MLB 12 The Show - Q&A Thread

[swanton]

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For Diamond Dynasty, can you use script on your jersey opposed to just the logo on one side?

[CArty]

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Can somebody check which managers did or did not make it in? And while your on the Cardinals can you tell me if any of the other coaches made it in?

[DanH35]

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And while your on the Cardinals can you tell me if any of the other coaches made it in?

This was answered earlier in the thread by Knight. The Cards coaching staff is "Mathieson...Pettis...Oquendo...Lilliquist and Walton....Monroe is farm director."

[FreezeTime]

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I just created him.
I think he just got injured though.

M.K.
Knight165

Oh okay thanks. Russell assured me at CES that Jerome would be in the game but I guess the MLBPA doesn't like him or something. Where did you get all his info to create him?

[AJColossal]

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How is pitching to the CPU with regards to pitch counts ?

Some posters said that the CPU is a little swing happy, esp. on 1st pitches, and some of the videos seem to represent that.

Any thoughts?

[nemesis04]

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How is pitching to the CPU with regards to pitch counts ?

Some posters said that the CPU is a little swing happy, esp. on 1st pitches, and some of the videos seem to represent that.

Any thoughts?

I am up and down on this. There was a string of 5 games in a row where I felt it was extremely low and I am a nibbler when I pitch. I played one yesterday where they made me work and could only get the starting pitcher through 5.5 innings. I have been using pitchers 1-5 to see have they fare. I am still playing at default and need another 6 games to make it an even 20 before I will start to adjust things.

As far as the CPU pitching to you, I think their mix and approach is excellent and you can make them work. Also the AI in handling starters has been excellent as far as when to take out and mixing and matching.

[stealyerface]

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Nem, Outfielder and infielder speed with regards to range, jumps, etc... Are they still covering too much ground out of the box?

I am actually thinking of using this evening prior to my Midnight Madness dash to the mall, to copy down my final slider set from last year, which for me, was the best playing game of baseball ever.

I am thinking of starting from that set and adjusting from there, as opposed to starting at the defaults. Who knows, maybe the SYFHOFv3.5 is going to get me right where I want it from day one!??

~syf

[nemesis04]

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Nem, Outfielder and infielder speed with regards to range, jumps, etc... Are they still covering too much ground out of the box?

I am actually thinking of using this evening prior to my Midnight Madness dash to the mall, to copy down my final slider set from last year, which for me, was the best playing game of baseball ever.

I am thinking of starting from that set and adjusting from there, as opposed to starting at the defaults. Who knows, maybe the SYFHOFv3.5 is going to get me right where I want it from day one!??

~syf

Out of the box I think the outfield play is EXCELLENT! Having the left and right fielder adjusted and the speed slowed down creates a great situation out there.

I would strongly recommend playing the game at default for a while. A lot of things were tweaked under the hood which results in a great playing game!

That would be my suggestion!

[AJColossal]

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I am up and down on this. There was a string of 5 games in a row where I felt it was extremely low and I am a nibbler when I pitch. I played one yesterday where they made me work and could only get the starting pitcher through 5.5 innings. I have been using pitchers 1-5 to see have they fare. I am still playing at default and need another 6 games to make it an even 20 before I will start to adjust things.

As far as the CPU pitching to you, I think their mix and approach is excellent and you can make them work. Also the AI in handling starters has been excellent as far as when to take out and mixing and matching.

Thanks, Nemesis. What level are you playing on, btw?

[nemesis04]

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Thanks, Nemesis. What level are you playing on, btw?

HOF right now and using pulse pitching at the moment.

[tvman]

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How is the cpu when it comes to adjusting their fielders, do they play pretty much normal "straight away" position or do they do a lot of shifting for different hitters. Thanks.

[Pared]

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Out of the box I think the outfield play is EXCELLENT! Having the left and right fielder adjusted and the speed slowed down creates a great situation out there.

I would strongly recommend playing the game at default for a while. A lot of things were tweaked under the hood which results in a great playing game!

That would be my suggestion!

I don't think many will listen no matter what we say. They are already formulating plans for sliders!

Just give the game a shot, people. Lots of focus went into the gameplay.

[stealyerface]

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I don't think many will listen no matter what we say. They are already formulating plans for sliders!

Just give the game a shot, people. Lots of focus went into the gameplay.

I am planning on giving it a fair shake on stock HOF settings, but as I mentioned, I played those 6 innings at BB, and for me, (again my opinions) I felt the outfielders were just too quick to the ball. I try to play the game by deducing as to whether or not a guy would be able to make a play on the ball in real life. Now, that being said, as we talked before, the perception of the field being bigger this year based on camera angles, or if they indeed scaled it a bit better, may in fact require less tweaking of sliders to make for accurate gameplay.. if those things were addressed.

To wit, I will play at least 10 games on the default HOF settings, and then talk about tweaks and adjustments based on speeds for runners, fielders etc..

~syf

[Pared]

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Guaranteed you lower it much more and you'll have way too many extra base hits.

The fielders are solid as they are now. Slow guys will certainly be slow... but most teams have semi-quick guys in the outfield anyway.

And if you're lower it just for the CPU, you're cheating. You'll see your players have a fair balance of speed... but of course, if you're playing as a team with a fast outfield, you'll feel this way. That's the advantage you have to capitalize on - but it doesn't necessarily mean the balance isn't there.

Try playing with Duda or someone else slow in the outfield. Ugh...

[stealyerface]

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Well, last year, my slider set was basically backing off the User sliders, while giving the CPU a bit more of an advantage.

And again, the beef was not the speed of the guys per se but the speed of the guys and their relative size to the outfield.

If you look at some gameplay videos from last year versus this year, and I mentioned this early on when the videos started to surface, it seemed to me that the "scale" of the field looked much better. Whether this was because of the camera angle or the fact that guys just seemed to be too big, they covered a lot of ground in tracking down fly balls. So I backed off their speed and their jump to adjust for their ground coverage.

One of the things that I did not remember to factor in this year, and honestly 6 innings in Best Buy feeling self concious about a 42 year old playing the game with a crappy controller is arguably not the best benchmark for slider discussion, was the physics, and the fact that routes to the ball are goiung to be really, really important this year.

So, coupled with what I perceive to be better on-field scaling, and the new baseball physics.. I will hold off the tweaking until I get some good basis of gameplay.

I'll let you know how I do. Hopefully Online is stellar this year, and I can show you

~syf