Armor & Sword's MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sliders

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Armor & Sword's MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sliders

Mn I can't hit homeruns for the life of me.
I get plenty of hits and score plenty of runs I just can't hit hrs!
Any time I crush a ball it's either a tapper or a fly out on the warning track.
Ant advice on how to hit hrs?

Hang in there. It will come.

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Armor & Sword's MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sliders

I will be taking a break for the next 48 hours from the game. I have not stopped playing since release day.

I am now mired in a massive cold spell at the plate. I am not seeing the ball well, swinging at too many out of the zone pitches, getting behind often in the count.

That clearly signals a break for me.

Back at it on Monday.

[TheBleedingRed21]

Re: Armor & Sword's MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sliders

Well.. After a beating the NYY two straight games and winning home opener vs WAS.. I've lost the last two games vs WAS.

In the 3 win streak, I was crushing the ball having no issues with runs. Last two games, I've scored 1 run each with most hits being softly hit.

Just another great example of the realism this game has with every game producing differently.

[RoyceDa59]

Re: Armor & Sword's MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sliders

I will be taking a break for the next 48 hours from the game. I have not stopped playing since release day.

I am now mired in a massive cold spell at the plate. I am not seeing the ball well, swinging at too many out of the zone pitches, getting behind often in the count.

That clearly signals a break for me.

Back at it on Monday.

Lol, this happened to me as well I had to be done after Aaron Harang shut me out while giving up 4 walks and 8 hits while having him in three bases loaded situations and him striking me at all three of them. Stopped playing for about 3 days after that lol.

[jake44np]

Re: Armor & Sword's MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sliders

Pretty sure a lot of our hot and cold streaks are based on who we play and how hot or cold their players are.
I recently swept the cubs in a 3 game series in which I won 9-1, 8-5, and 6-4.
I then traveled to Atlanta and lost 3 of 4 and only scored a total of 8 runs in the 4 games.
I then played the Pirates in my next game and scored 7.
Still not hitting hrs, I have hit 23 in 35 games.
I am telling u I crush a ball and fly out to the warning track 3 or 4 times a game.

[MDgolf]

Re: Armor & Sword's/Marino MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sli

Can anyone else let me know what their injuries are like? Thanks


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[KayOtic723]

Re: Armor & Sword's MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sliders

My Review of A&S sliders

Hitting:I have a love hate relationship with hitting lol and these sliders are wonderfully frustrating! All the variety is there strike outs are there and the biggest thing is the how unpredictable hitting can be from game to game even inning to inning which is very real life like I have no complaints in this area

Pitching: Classic Pitching simply put the only way to pitch and A&S nailed this down with no complaints

BaseRunning/Fielding: I will say when it comes to baserunning and more importantly the pickoff/steal game...its stale and lacks the feel of the pitchers/runners interaction..mainly because cpu doesn't really take leads and if you quick step through to first twice mostly likely the second one is going over the first baseman head (im not knocking the sliders just trying give input of what i have seen sorry if it sounds negative) i play with the nationals (GO NATS) and love stealing bases I get picked off at first sometimes when i take leads but its never the 3 or 4 picks off attempts when my speeders are over there/ Fielding is lovely only real thing is the off the mark throws happening a little too often but I see you put fielding errors down pretty low so i don't think thats fixable without messing something up as a slider maker for 2k I know how it can be a check and balance game

Look:the best sliders when it comes to this looks like im watching a game..sometimes it cuts to a long cut scene of the park and i forget im playing a game lol and for the ultimate broadcast feel I would use

clean screen (as stated on the first page)
Broadcast
QC off
Broadcast camera for fielding and in play view when hitting
whatever hitting camera you use

QC: the sliders using QC have been fun and time saving I just struggle at the plate with them on because I like to see a lot of pitches to get in a rhythm but thats just personal preference i like the change you made to make the Pitchers Fatigue the same as the non QC sliders as they did a better job with the feature this year

Realism:IMO these are as close as real life baseball replication you can get alot of downs and ups

Suggestion to help with the baserunner/pitcher/catcher interaction

I really wish there was a Pickoff error slider

what i plan to do is this
CPU PickOff +2
Steal Frequency +1
Steal Ability -1

I will be testing these for the next month of my season and will report back what i have found

Here are my First Month Results
Hitting
9th Batting .268
24th Runs 69
8th Hits 191
25th Doubles 30
21st HR 15
24th RBI 65
5th Steals 14
2nd Caught Stealing 1
26th BB 51
2nd SO 123

Fielding
16th Errors 10
18th Fielding Percentages .987

Pitching
9th Era 3.08
5th saves 8
27th Blown Saves 5
7th Hits Allowed 168
7th Runs 67
10th ER 63
5th HR allowed 14
6th BaseOnBalls allowed 50
16th SO 146
9th Win Percentage .571

Having a problem getting runs home as you can see really fustrating lol but if you watch the nats its are real life problem too striking out WAY too much gotta start being more patient only thing that stands out is the 15 steals and only caught once

hope this helps let me know if you would like to see any more of my stats

[topside]

Re: Armor & Sword's MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sliders

My Review of A&S sliders

Hitting:I have a love hate relationship with hitting lol and these sliders are wonderfully frustrating! All the variety is there strike outs are there and the biggest thing is the how unpredictable hitting can be from game to game even inning to inning which is very real life like I have no complaints in this area

Pitching: Classic Pitching simply put the only way to pitch and A&S nailed this down with no complaints

BaseRunning/Fielding: I will say when it comes to baserunning and more importantly the pickoff/steal game...its stale and lacks the feel of the pitchers/runners interaction..mainly because cpu doesn't really take leads and if you quick step through to first twice mostly likely the second one is going over the first baseman head (im not knocking the sliders just trying give input of what i have seen sorry if it sounds negative) i play with the nationals (GO NATS) and love stealing bases I get picked off at first sometimes when i take leads but its never the 3 or 4 picks off attempts when my speeders are over there/ Fielding is lovely only real thing is the off the mark throws happening a little too often but I see you put fielding errors down pretty low so i don't think thats fixable without messing something up as a slider maker for 2k I know how it can be a check and balance game

Look:the best sliders when it comes to this looks like im watching a game..sometimes it cuts to a long cut scene of the park and i forget im playing a game lol and for the ultimate broadcast feel I would use

clean screen (as stated on the first page)
Broadcast
QC off
Broadcast camera for fielding and in play view when hitting
whatever hitting camera you use

QC: the sliders using QC have been fun and time saving I just struggle at the plate with them on because I like to see a lot of pitches to get in a rhythm but thats just personal preference i like the change you made to make the Pitchers Fatigue the same as the non QC sliders as they did a better job with the feature this year

Realism:IMO these are as close as real life baseball replication you can get alot of downs and ups

Suggestion to help with the baserunner/pitcher/catcher interaction

I really wish there was a Pickoff error slider

what i plan to do is this
CPU PickOff +2
Steal Frequency +1
Steal Ability -1

I will be testing these for the next month of my season and will report back what i have found

Here are my First Month Results
Hitting
9th Batting .268
24th Runs 69
8th Hits 191
25th Doubles 30
21st HR 15
24th RBI 65
5th Steals 14
2nd Caught Stealing 1
26th BB 51
2nd SO 123

Fielding
16th Errors 10
18th Fielding Percentages .987

Pitching
9th Era 3.08
5th saves 8
27th Blown Saves 5
7th Hits Allowed 168
7th Runs 67
10th ER 63
5th HR allowed 14
6th BaseOnBalls allowed 50
16th SO 146
9th Win Percentage .571

Having a problem getting runs home as you can see really fustrating lol but if you watch the nats its are real life problem too striking out WAY too much gotta start being more patient only thing that stands out is the 15 steals and only caught once

hope this helps let me know if you would like to see any more of my stats

Excellent post my friend. You're spot on with your observations. I agree with basically everything you said. To go even a step further I would like to lower human consistency to 3 to induce more wild pitches and hit batters. Also helps make pitching just a tad harder.

[Gagnon39]

Re: Armor & Sword's MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sliders

I keep bouncing back and fourth between zone hitting and directional. I'm curious for you directional users, do you try to move in the direction of the ball after it is pitched or do you place your direction prior to the pitch and just look for a spot?

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Armor & Sword's MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sliders

I keep bouncing back and fourth between zone hitting and directional. I'm curious for you directional users, do you try to move in the direction of the ball after it is pitched or do you place your direction prior to the pitch and just look for a spot?

Hitters counts (0-0, 1-0, 2-0, 3-1) I will sit on a specific location. Other counts I will go with the pitch.

[Gagnon39]

Re: Armor & Sword's MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sliders

Hitters counts (0-0, 1-0, 2-0, 3-1) I will sit on a specific location. Other counts I will go with the pitch.

And you've gotten good results I assume going with the pitch? I just don't have time recognize the location and move my direction accordingly most of the times.

[prestwood90]

Re: Armor & Sword's/Marino MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sli

Just curious if playing on veteran will compromise these sliders or are they OK for any difficulty?

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Armor & Sword's MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sliders

And you've gotten good results I assume going with the pitch? I just don't have time recognize the location and move my direction accordingly most of the times.

Pretty good. All depends on the pitcher batter matchup and PCI size, ratings plus my timing.

Hence why I love the new directional hitting. Ratings drive the dice roll but user input and baseball IQ are needed to be a solid hitter over the course of the season.


Forget taking a break I am going to play again in a few hours LOL!!!

[Heroesandvillains]

Re: Armor & Sword's MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sliders

I keep bouncing back and fourth between zone hitting and directional. I'm curious for you directional users, do you try to move in the direction of the ball after it is pitched or do you place your direction prior to the pitch and just look for a spot?

I personally only influence my direction in situations where I really need a ball hit somewhere (like a sac fly, or a grounder to the right side with a runner on third with the fielders back and 0 or 1 out, etc).

So basically only a few times per game, if that.

And when I do it, I place it prior to the pitch and never move it.

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Armor & Sword's/Marino MLB The Show 15 Timed (Directional)/Classic Simulation Sli

Just curious if playing on veteran will compromise these sliders or are they OK for any difficulty?

There is a hybrid set on page one with veteran hitting and all star pitching.