Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

[JOEdellis]

Just wondering , i dont have the game yet but last year was my first year with this series and it took me 1 month or so, to get into the game and to finally come up with a set of sliders that would put a great gameplay experience.

[SoxChamp]

Re: Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

I turned down the Arm Strength for both a few notches. I just think everyone has rockets for arms.

Also, I would like to know when someone figures out what affect the Contact slider has on the game. Does it make it harder to actually hit the ball (thus resulting in fewer hits) or does it affect how hard it's hit once it's hit (thus resulting in a larger varity of hits...bloops, etc). Because I'm still seeing ALOT of screaming liners all over the place, much like last year.

[bowlerguy92]

Re: Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

Lol why bother with them we cant save them on our games anyway.

[JOEdellis]

Re: Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

I turned down the Arm Strength for both a few notches. I just think everyone has rockets for arms.

Also, I would like to know when someone figures out what affect the Contact slider has on the game. Does it make it harder to actually hit the ball (thus resulting in fewer hits) or does it affect how hard it's hit once it's hit (thus resulting in a larger varity of hits...bloops, etc). Because I'm still seeing ALOT of screaming liners all over the place, much like last year.

hmmm looks like my sliders from last year could work on this years also, try them out and tell me .

btw CONTACT sliders when at 0 gave more variety of hits, we figured this out last year. Try my sliders for 1 game and tell me if they work, btw Allstar difficulty is now HOF (9 hitting zones) in THE SHOW. So give my last years sliders a 1 game run on HOF and see how it goes, report back .

[JOEdellis]

Re: Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

Lol why bother with them we cant save them on our games anyway.

In franchise you can save everything, this was exactly the case last year. Set then up in franchise and then save franchise. Now for you to play with the settings out of franchise just return to the main nenu screen. I hope they didnt take this out?.

[SoxChamp]

Re: Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

btw CONTACT sliders when at 0 gave more variety of hits, we figured this out last year.

Okay, thanks. I thought I remembered that what it did, but I wasn't sure. I'll give it a shot.

[rspencer86]

Re: Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

Definitely need to find a way to reduce number of hard-hit line drives. Haven't seen too much hit variety as of yet...

I agree with knocking down the Arm Strength a few notches. Should help improve all the laser-like throws I'm seeing.

Other than that, not much to tweak. I'm sure we'll find some more issues to work on as we get some more time in with the game.

-Ryan

[CountryField04]

Re: Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

In franchise you can save everything, this was exactly the case last year. Set then up in franchise and then save franchise. Now for you to play with the settings out of franchise just return to the main nenu screen. I hope they didnt take this out?.

Did it do that in "season" mode last year? I just tried that trick today on this year's game but used "season" instead of "franchise". I think it worked but I forgot to make major changes to options and sliders before saving. LOL

[JOEdellis]

Re: Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

Did it do that in "season" mode last year? I just tried that trick today on this year's game but used "season" instead of "franchise". I think it worked but I forgot to make major changes to options and sliders before saving. LOL

It did and it should work, i cant believe we have to this again do. You would think SCEA would take care of this.

[CountryField04]

Re: Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

It did and it should work, i cant believe we have to this again do. You would think SCEA would take care of this.

At-least we have game tuning sliders! 10 years ago... there was nothing like them in baseball video games.

I leave them on default and make like it is still 1996 sometimes.

[brunnoce]

Re: Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

just one question , and a important one... please guys have you guys notice more hit variaty?? if so how much? i really need/want this answer to be "YES , alot"

[MizzouRah]

Re: Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

just one question , and a important one... please guys have you guys notice more hit variaty?? if so how much? i really need/want this answer to be "YES , alot"

After a few more games, I'm really liking this year's game a lot. Just beat Boston 9-6, but it was one heck of a game. Mulder was shelled and my bullpen pulled through. I was losing 6-5 in the 7th when Edmonds got his only hit, a booming opposite field HR. I love the play of the game, reminds me of NFL 2k5 when they had the big plays of the game.

Hit variety seems fine to me so far. I've seen bloopers, rockets, high pop flies, choppers, screamers down the line, etc... I think it's much improved from last year. Goofy thing is I'm playing on rookie right now with CPU pitch speed turned all the way up. Yes, hits for both sides are a tad high, but I'm going to play several more games and go from there. I love the timing hitting as my 34 year old eyes has had trouble hitting with the zones.

I'm sure I'll get to veteran sooner or later.

[brunnoce]

Re: Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

thats good to hear!
well but you did played last years game too right?
casue i nned to know how is the hit variaty compared to last years game.

[Picci]

Re: Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

Just wondering , i dont have the game yet but last year was my first year with this series and it took me 1 month or so, to get into the game and to finally come up with a set of sliders that would put a great gameplay experience.

Joe,

On HOF I tried sliders similar to yours and Parid's combination and they worked real well. I was pleased with your set last year and modified a few areas to more of my liking. It plays like last year and but better.

Leave contact at 0 for both CPU and human player, (I can still get hits and the variety is much improved). Throw Strength and Accuracy -5 for both. Base running aggression +20, I have Power at +1 for both, Pitch Speed at +19. Seems much faster than last years! ( I may decrease it. I feel like Sosa at times) Errors +2 for both and pitch count will be a work in progress. I tried a + 2 for the CPU, but that was with Carpenter on the mound. Nothing looked bad or extreme.

[CountryField04]

Re: Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

I gave up a triple to Chone Figgins in my 1st full game. Vlad hit a HR down the RF line.

I was the A's and lost 4-3. Both starting pitchers threw over 70 pitches in 7 innings. Same rate as I get on MVP.

The play-by-play on MLB is awesome even with Rex Hudler. LOL