At last...in my opinion, this one slider that always caused so much consternation, so divided opinion, and almost univerally HAD to be reduced year on year to get realistic ratios/walk totals etc...NO MORE!
Ive played now 17 games since getting the game (not the largest sample size granted) but ive seen enough from my collated stats to tell me this year...its different.
Remember, CPU Strike Frequency only affects EARLY counts, NOT the whole at bat, so whats key here is basically first pitch strike numbers, percentages, basically.
The real MLB first pitch strike percentage was 60.3% last year, in 2014.
From my 17 games on DEFAULT CPU Strike Frequency...
64%
51%
70%
67%
58%
58%
64%
72%
51%
60%
61%
63%
57%
71%
51%
61%
66%
The average of those 17 games?
61.47%
That, fellow slider men, is, based on the history of this series with this slider...INCREDIBLE!
Generally in years past this figure has always been around 70% or above in game, way too high, and its needed the CPU K Frequency slider clipping to 2 or 3 to correct the problem - well no more.
Of course there will always be differences here, due to play styles/whos pitching etc, if you swing at what was going to be a ball its a strike etc, that can distort the figures, i get that, we all know that, but never, ever, in the history of this series has it been so damn good, this slider, on DEFAULT!
Now, the reason for this thread is because ive read through all the other respected slider makers sets and, aside from one, youve all (automatically probably from years past and i dont blame you for this) clipped the CPU Strike Frequency down...im here to say i dont think you need to, in fact if you are going down to 2/3 and even 4 to a degree, you are putting the CPU at a likely disadvantage in early counts, because my stats show (and yes, 17 games, yada yada) that its not needed.
Of course you will still get some games in the 70's and some in the low 50's etc, and you SHOULD, the 60.3 in real MLB last year is just an average, doesnt mean every game should regress to the mean, but my overall average, when i calculated it, staggered me, knowing the history of this slider, that i simply had to start this thread.
Id like to hear other slider gurus thoughts on this, you may not be seeing it, you may, i dont know, but i can guarantee you this...this key slider is NOT working the same way it did in years gone by and there definitely needs to be adjustments made for it.
Discuss away!
Ive played now 17 games since getting the game (not the largest sample size granted) but ive seen enough from my collated stats to tell me this year...its different.
Remember, CPU Strike Frequency only affects EARLY counts, NOT the whole at bat, so whats key here is basically first pitch strike numbers, percentages, basically.
The real MLB first pitch strike percentage was 60.3% last year, in 2014.
From my 17 games on DEFAULT CPU Strike Frequency...
64%
51%
70%
67%
58%
58%
64%
72%
51%
60%
61%
63%
57%
71%
51%
61%
66%
The average of those 17 games?
61.47%
That, fellow slider men, is, based on the history of this series with this slider...INCREDIBLE!
Generally in years past this figure has always been around 70% or above in game, way too high, and its needed the CPU K Frequency slider clipping to 2 or 3 to correct the problem - well no more.
Of course there will always be differences here, due to play styles/whos pitching etc, if you swing at what was going to be a ball its a strike etc, that can distort the figures, i get that, we all know that, but never, ever, in the history of this series has it been so damn good, this slider, on DEFAULT!
Now, the reason for this thread is because ive read through all the other respected slider makers sets and, aside from one, youve all (automatically probably from years past and i dont blame you for this) clipped the CPU Strike Frequency down...im here to say i dont think you need to, in fact if you are going down to 2/3 and even 4 to a degree, you are putting the CPU at a likely disadvantage in early counts, because my stats show (and yes, 17 games, yada yada) that its not needed.
Of course you will still get some games in the 70's and some in the low 50's etc, and you SHOULD, the 60.3 in real MLB last year is just an average, doesnt mean every game should regress to the mean, but my overall average, when i calculated it, staggered me, knowing the history of this slider, that i simply had to start this thread.
Id like to hear other slider gurus thoughts on this, you may not be seeing it, you may, i dont know, but i can guarantee you this...this key slider is NOT working the same way it did in years gone by and there definitely needs to be adjustments made for it.
Discuss away!
) I've played a lot of games on All-Star and HOF hitting combined, and it definitely holds true for both of those levels.
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