I'm curious as to what the PCI is representing. I'm playing on Timing hitting on "easy" Hall of Fame (i.e. HoF for the pitching AI but with easier sliders for me because I suck - there I said it)/Classic Pitching All-Star essentially default or slightly lower to deal with the innate randomness of Classic pitching and that not all bad pitches are killed in the real game, and trying to think of what size would be most realistic and maybe gearing my sliders towards that.
Of course, the bat isn't skinny like a rod, but it's not nearly as big as some of these circles. Sometimes I wonder if James Loney is swinging a bat or a tree trunk.
Also, I see some...interesting...pictures when seeing some swings and misses - batters swinging at the knees (PCI low) on high pitches - swinging inside on pitches that start on the outer half and move away, etc. Thing I can't imagine a hitter actually doing (especially the swinging low on a high pitch).
So I'm wondering, just what is it trying to indicate.
This is sorta related, but what's the holding the button down until vibrating representing, especially when it doesn't change velocity of a fastball (it does add some MPH to offspeed, and sometime take some off like on the circle change (probably "choking" the ball more to try to get more movement).
But on a 4 seam fastball...what is it representing and why does it shrink PCI of the hitter? Again, it makes me wonder what PCI is indicating for it to be impacted like that. I've noticed my hitters PCIs shrinking and expanding on the same swing (i.e. I swing "Normal" four times against the same pitch with the same player vs the same pitcher and the PCIs are different sizes each time), so I figure the CPU has the ability to do similar.
Is it representing the hitter's ability to adjust to a pitch? The bat isn't that big but that's the range he can use his bat control to adjust his swing (sorta like the "adjustment units" of BBPro 98)?
Why is it that sometime the PCI being off in left field relative to the pitch location creates contact? I thought this was the foul frequency, but I have it at 0.
Yet, sometimes I/CPU still get foul balls. So if PCI represents where the swing plane is - how can there be contact when a hitter swings at the knees on a high pitch? I could see near misses, but that?
Just leaves me wonder - just how big (or small) "should" it be for realistic sorts of swings and swing results?
Thoughts?
Of course, the bat isn't skinny like a rod, but it's not nearly as big as some of these circles. Sometimes I wonder if James Loney is swinging a bat or a tree trunk.
Also, I see some...interesting...pictures when seeing some swings and misses - batters swinging at the knees (PCI low) on high pitches - swinging inside on pitches that start on the outer half and move away, etc. Thing I can't imagine a hitter actually doing (especially the swinging low on a high pitch).
So I'm wondering, just what is it trying to indicate.
This is sorta related, but what's the holding the button down until vibrating representing, especially when it doesn't change velocity of a fastball (it does add some MPH to offspeed, and sometime take some off like on the circle change (probably "choking" the ball more to try to get more movement).
But on a 4 seam fastball...what is it representing and why does it shrink PCI of the hitter? Again, it makes me wonder what PCI is indicating for it to be impacted like that. I've noticed my hitters PCIs shrinking and expanding on the same swing (i.e. I swing "Normal" four times against the same pitch with the same player vs the same pitcher and the PCIs are different sizes each time), so I figure the CPU has the ability to do similar.
Is it representing the hitter's ability to adjust to a pitch? The bat isn't that big but that's the range he can use his bat control to adjust his swing (sorta like the "adjustment units" of BBPro 98)?
Why is it that sometime the PCI being off in left field relative to the pitch location creates contact? I thought this was the foul frequency, but I have it at 0.
Yet, sometimes I/CPU still get foul balls. So if PCI represents where the swing plane is - how can there be contact when a hitter swings at the knees on a high pitch? I could see near misses, but that?
Just leaves me wonder - just how big (or small) "should" it be for realistic sorts of swings and swing results?
Thoughts?
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