Sooo anything you noticed so far that will need tweaking?

[JOEdellis]

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

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.

Good to hear!

[MizzouRah]

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.

Sure did, not as much as MVP, but the hit variety was not near as good as I've seen so far this year.

[JoeMimic]

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

Yeah on HOF contact definitely needs to come down to zero. Every game I've played both teams have been over 10+hits. I played another last night with 0 contact for both teams and pitch count all the way up. I ended up winning 2-1 on a Giambi single in the bottom of the 9th. I had 8 hits they had 5 both starting pitchers had 80+ pitches. Daniel Cabrera lasted into the 9th and Jaret Wright lasted until the 8th. I've seen pretty good hit variety.

[brunnoce]

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

has any of you guys ever had a game with more runs than hits?

casue in mlb2006 i didnt..and i m sure i played more than 200 games..

[Pared]

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

On All-Star, I haven't touched ANYTHING. Things are great where they are.

Lower the arm strength and you'll increase triples... don't want to do that....

[JOEdellis]

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

I play on HOF and also didnt touch anything as it all been amazing gameplay wise, BUT i think somethings will need tweaking. For example in those 3 games i didnt see 1 error, i didnt see the AI try to go for the steal ( MY TEAM DID DO but got caught, i put it on auto baserunning). I didnt see injuries, i wouldnt mind seeing one in random manner like a guy collapsing when trying to hustle to first base, i remember seeing that last year.

Oh and i kinda getting annoyed by the LASER ARMS of the AI, one guy threw from left field and it looked a bit too fast he almost caught me home and it shouldnt be THAT close. So it looks like i will try to tweak those areas a bit.

[rspencer86]

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

After playing some more games, here are some settings that I think would benefit gameplay:

• Max out "Pitch Count" slider: I like the pitch counts, number of foul balls, and CPU hitter patience with this slider maxed.

• Increase CPU & User Error slider: Definitely not enough errors with this slider at default. This would also help set apart the good-fielding teams from the bad.

• Tweak Contact/Power sliders: Maybe this is just me, but every hit is a screaming line drive or a lazy fly ball. Haven't seen any bloop hits as of yet. Since this is my first year with the MLB series, I'm not sure if we need to reduce contact, reduce power, reduce both, etc.

• Increase CPU Runner Aggression slider: I think this would reduce the "station-to-station" feel that I occasionally get when playing the CPU. Also might force the CPU to attempt more steals.

• Decrease Throwing Strength/Accuracy sliders: Seems like all fielders can really zip the ball around, with above-average accuracy. Decreasing these sliders will allow runners to take extra bases and place an added emphasis on having good defensive players.

Just a few ideas. I would try to start developing a slider set... but I am still struggling to make the MVP-to-MLB transition. I struck out 18 times in a 4-1 loss to the Twins tonight (playing on All-Star, default settings). Just can't seem to get things down.

-Ryan

[JOEdellis]

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

Ya pretty much was we decided to do with last years game. peep my sliders sets it describes all you said there, i play all 3 games on the default tomorrow will play 3 with my slider sets from last year and see how they translate in this years game.

[rspencer86]

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

Ya pretty much was we decided to do with last years game. peep my sliders sets it describes all you said there, i play all 3 games on the default tomorrow will play 3 with my slider sets from last year and see how they translate in this years game.

Cool, hopefully they will work well enough that it will only take a small tweak or two from last year's set to get some realistic games.

-Ryan

[JOEdellis]

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

Cool, hopefully they will work well enough that it will only take a small tweak or two from last year's set to get some realistic games.

-Ryan

I am getting realistic games, well the last 3 have been, i dont think this year i will have to tweak like i did last year. Just minor stuff like Errors and Laser Arm AI and i will try the pitch count out maxed, see how that goes.

[brunnoce]

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

I am getting realistic games, well the last 3 have been, i dont think this year i will have to tweak like i did last year. Just minor stuff like Errors and Laser Arm AI and i will try the pitch count out maxed, see how that goes.

so joe, no more screamer singles? you dint touch the contact/power slider? and its still a good hit variety?
also have you got any game that the H number was under or same as the Runs number?

[Gary Armida]

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

so joe, no more screamer singles? you dint touch the contact/power slider? and its still a good hit variety?
also have you got any game that the H number was under or same as the Runs number?

Brunnoce--I agree with Joe that not much needs to be tweaked either. The hit variety is much improved over last years (actually it is like night and day). I do have a theory about your amount of hits to runs issue. I think that if we left the arm strength alone it might cut down on the amount of hits. I know the arms are like lasers, but I remember last year with the arms turned down there were a lot of hits. I went back to default and alot of those infield hits were taken away. Just a theory... Pared, Joe-- what do you think about that?

[JOEdellis]

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

so joe, no more screamer singles? you dint touch the contact/power slider? and its still a good hit variety?
also have you got any game that the H number was under or same as the Runs number?

Ya and i played 3 games all amazing, the boxscorer were.

Yanks vs Redsox

6 / 12 / 0 (me)

4/ 7 / 0 (AI)

then

Mets vs Cubs

3 / 12 / 0 (AI)

4 / 8 / 0 (me)

and

Mets vs Phillies

5 / 7 / 0 (me)

3 / 6 / 0 (Al)

[Pared]

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

Just a theory... Pared, Joe-- what do you think about that?

You can't lessen arm strength more than one value b/c it will not allow star shortstops to make a diving play on average speed players. One tick to the left seems good.

Also, increasing pitch strength will do wonders... it also cuts down on the amount of foul balls to the back stop.

I also wouldn't lessen CPU contact, at least on All-Star.... the CPU offense is fine at default.

There just isn't a need for sliders for this game. Maybe a few tweaks (like the pitch speed).

I've also lessened accuracy by one tick, just to have a bit more throwing issues...

I haven't seen many errors though... so I might up that one.

But again, not much is needed.... the game would be fine if you played out the box all the time. I might not even make the changes, since you can't save them simply anyway. I don't want to have to do a work-around all the time.

[Stormyhog]

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

You can't lessen arm strength more than one value b/c it will not allow star shortstops to make a diving play on average speed players. One tick to the left seems good.

Also, increasing pitch strength will do wonders... it also cuts down on the amount of foul balls to the back stop.

I also wouldn't lessen CPU contact, at least on All-Star.... the CPU offense is fine at default.

There just isn't a need for sliders for this game. Maybe a few tweaks (like the pitch speed).

I've also lessened accuracy by one tick, just to have a bit more throwing issues...

I haven't seen many errors though... so I might up that one.

But again, not much is needed.... the game would be fine if you played out the box all the time. I might not even make the changes, since you can't save them simply anyway. I don't want to have to do a work-around all the time.

I maxed error frequency for both me and the cpu and seen a couple of dropped balls in the outfield and a third baseman botch a ground ball play. I haven't played alot of games with it maxed so it could go down if it feels like there are too many. I reduced throwing accuracy by by 3 clicks and have seen a couple of offline throws to first usually when the player is on the move needing a quick power throw.