Re: Armor & Sword's MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sliders
I can try to help here. First off, unless it has changed this year, you cannot control auto baserunning in the situation you provided. You can control lead off and steals, but in the case of a single and u want to go through the stop sign at third, I do not believe you can do that. I personally have bounced around on auto/assist and I still am not 100% satisfied. On auto I have had bonehead decisions of slow guys tagging up on shallow popups, but I have also ran myself out of innings more than once with bad baserunning decisions.
As far as pitch speed goes, all it does is slow down how fast the pitch gets to you at the plate. One issue I had was that at 5 I was constantly behind every fastball because I was trying to pick up the offspeed pitch. By time I would realize it was in fact a fastball, I was almost always behind it. Even at default of 5 I was able to sit and wait on offspeed pitches, but constantly being behind the fastball lowered my AVG, power numbers, and literally meant the majority of my fastball base hits were opposite field.
I first moved down to 4 and saw my timing get slightly better, but still behind most and a lot of opposite field base hits on inside/mid pitches. Moved it down one more click to 3 and it just felt better for me. I am still behind on some fastballs and still get my share of opposite field base hits (which is actually ideal with good timing on outside pitches), but I feel like I now have the time to pickup on a fastball and get ahead of it if I am looking for it (say on a 2-0 count with a power guy at the plate). If you are hitting fine at 5 and you are not constantly behind fastballs, I would say to leave it. If your timing is constantly late though, then I would move it down a click, play a handful of games, and reassess. If still behind move it down again until you get to a spot you feel is fair. I do not think every pitch should be good timing, but if you cannot get ahead of a fastball ever, then you probably need a change.
For me the pitch speed was a big change. Not only could I get better timing and drive more pitches, but it also gave me more time to recognize what was coming at me and if decide what I wanted to do with it. I am not always correct and on the money timing wise, not even close, but my offensive numbers have picked up to a more acceptable level since making this change.
I can try to help here. First off, unless it has changed this year, you cannot control auto baserunning in the situation you provided. You can control lead off and steals, but in the case of a single and u want to go through the stop sign at third, I do not believe you can do that. I personally have bounced around on auto/assist and I still am not 100% satisfied. On auto I have had bonehead decisions of slow guys tagging up on shallow popups, but I have also ran myself out of innings more than once with bad baserunning decisions.
As far as pitch speed goes, all it does is slow down how fast the pitch gets to you at the plate. One issue I had was that at 5 I was constantly behind every fastball because I was trying to pick up the offspeed pitch. By time I would realize it was in fact a fastball, I was almost always behind it. Even at default of 5 I was able to sit and wait on offspeed pitches, but constantly being behind the fastball lowered my AVG, power numbers, and literally meant the majority of my fastball base hits were opposite field.
I first moved down to 4 and saw my timing get slightly better, but still behind most and a lot of opposite field base hits on inside/mid pitches. Moved it down one more click to 3 and it just felt better for me. I am still behind on some fastballs and still get my share of opposite field base hits (which is actually ideal with good timing on outside pitches), but I feel like I now have the time to pickup on a fastball and get ahead of it if I am looking for it (say on a 2-0 count with a power guy at the plate). If you are hitting fine at 5 and you are not constantly behind fastballs, I would say to leave it. If your timing is constantly late though, then I would move it down a click, play a handful of games, and reassess. If still behind move it down again until you get to a spot you feel is fair. I do not think every pitch should be good timing, but if you cannot get ahead of a fastball ever, then you probably need a change.
For me the pitch speed was a big change. Not only could I get better timing and drive more pitches, but it also gave me more time to recognize what was coming at me and if decide what I wanted to do with it. I am not always correct and on the money timing wise, not even close, but my offensive numbers have picked up to a more acceptable level since making this change.
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