Guess Pitch-On or Off?

[brinks]

Re: Guess Pitch-On or Off?

It makes sense to use it to guess the pitch. It's too difficult to spot the pitch out of the hand and read fastball or split finger in a video game. But a good hitter will pick that up right away.

It's a nice feature in 2K10... as the ball is released, text flashes to tell you the pitch for higher rated hitters in good counts.

No need for location

[drolouis]

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I never use guees pitch. Its makes the batting way less organic for me and I like to capatilize on the natural feel of the game.

[videobastard]

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I find it easier to hit with guess pitch off. Without it you have more discipline at the plate and are not fooled by the red highlighted zones when the opponents pitches are way off the plate.

[Jordanfan23]

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Thanks for the input everyone. Think I am going to try the No Feedback setting. So let me get this right, if I guess correctly, I am just not notified, correct?

[Jordanfan23]

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And what about swing influence? I turn it off b/c I believe if you just wait for a pitch in the right location you can place the ball where you intend, or hit according to the situation.

[Bondsfan]

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I had turned off guess pitch. One problem I had is when I did guess correctly, I always swung, and half the time it would be a ball and I would either swing and miss or I would hit into an out. So I went completely away from it and changed to turning it off. I liked this better, but unfortunately, I'm a hacker, and without it, I couldn't work a count at all.

I found 1/4 guess pitch to be really helpful for people like me. The bonuses are less if you guess right, which is fine because I dont really want the bonus anyways. What is great about 1/4 is that when you guess right, it doesn't just tell you what zone the ball is going into. It actually flashes a red dot where the exact pitch location is going to be. This helps me immensely in working the count.

Now obviously, this is all artificial, but hey, its a video game. Anything that helps me get realistic pitch counts is ok by me.

[Jordanfan23]

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Good post, there is no correct answer. It's whatever works for you that matters. I will try them all and use whatever works best for me overall. It is just a video game and I have found that getting too nitpicky can ruin it.

[seaduke24]

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I was wondering why some of you would chose not to use the confidence option. I would assume that adds variance to the game, and should work both ways? Anyways, I'm also going to give the no feed back a chance.

[Jordanfan23]

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Played one game with feedback off and mustered a whole 4 hits lol. It was my fault for swinging at junk as usual but I liked the difficulty. I did make a lot of solid contact but the balls were right at people. Still torn but I am going to leave it off for 5 games or so and see if it is what I want. I did like the AI pitch count though so that is a good sign! Means I wasn't hacking too horribly bad.

[Pared]

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Thanks for the input everyone. Think I am going to try the No Feedback setting. So let me get this right, if I guess correctly, I am just not notified, correct?

Yes.

[mobbdeep1122]

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I only play online, and will only play if Guess Pitch is on (Default).

[Jesse2444]

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I know this isn't technically guess pitch, but can someone tell me in the manual it says to use the right analog stick up for a fly, down for a grounder and left and right for first and third base. i've tried this but it doesn't seem to make much of a difference.

are you supposed to aim the right analog stick up/down while you are pushing x or z for swinging? and if so, how do you guys do it, left hand on the analog stick and right hand on x or z to swing? or are you supposed to aim the right analog stick when the pitcher is in the windup and let go when you swing?

[stealyerface]

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Just press up or down on the R-stick and your choice is made. If you have a dual shock, you'll feel a little Buzz on the controller to tell you that your choice was detected.

You don;t have to keep it pressed up or down, just choose and you are all set.

syf

[shoe]

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I always turn it off, but one thing I do like is viewing the location of previous pitches (by holding L3 down this year).

It appears that this year they stopped color coding that screen, or making it extremely difficult to distinguish between types of pitches. Last year the colors where bright blue, bright red, bright green, etc.... This year they are all really dark and you have to look really close to get a hint of color.

Does that bother anyone else?

[ODogg]

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It bothers me.