Armor & Sword & Marino’s MLB The Show 18 Classic/Directional Simulation Sliders

[BleacherCreature]

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You just gotta be super patient and really work bad pitchers. Some games you may only get 1-2 walks but against bad pitchers try to work like 4-5 and you'll end up averaging 3-4.

This. I’ve had games recently with 0 or 1 walk, but in a game against the Red Sox I drew 7. The walks are definitely there. If I don’t draw walks it’s usually because of my own impatience at the plate. But if the CPU is consistently throwing strikes early in the count I’m usually going to be swinging.


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[MvPeterson2828]

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Honestly, it's not the sliders....I'll bet money that you need to lower your pitch speed sliders. You're not visualizing borderline strikes and you're not in-sync on your swings. For me, I always need to go a notch lower than Armor on those two sliders (so I am using 4/4 right now). If I go with his pitch speed settings, I have a lot of the same issues you are.

A change in camera angle can sometimes work too...but I prefer suggesting that people pick the camera they like aesthetically and then identify the best pitch speed slider settings around the camera.

I can agree with this. I started off going 4/4 with pitch speeds, messed with camera angles and now I a back to 5/5. 4/4 helped me until I actually started getting better and than I bumped it up to default and ever since I've been enjoying it. My timing issues are solved, I am no longer striking out an insane amount, popping out a lot, etc. my new camera angle fixed me swinging at everything. I get about 1-2 walks a game. I am not the greatest player so I take what I get and keep getting better as I play. (:

[kpeercy]

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What’s the recommended camera? I know Armor uses fish eye.

[Gagnon39]

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I moved CPU contact, power and solid hits back to default (5). And I'm keeping a 4/4 setup for control and consistency for myself. My concern is immediately that I'd dominate pitching... well, first game against the Braves and they had four runs on the board before I even recorded an out. Haha. I'm going to roll with these, especially considering it's even more sliders at default.


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[richinspirit]

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I moved CPU contact, power and solid hits back to default (5). And I'm keeping a 4/4 setup for control and consistency for myself. My concern is immediately that I'd dominate pitching... well, first game against the Braves and they had four runs on the board before I even recorded an out. Haha. I'm going to roll with these, especially considering it's even more sliders at default.


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Interestingly I'm running the 5/5 pitching sliders as per 1.5, but with 6/6/6 contact/power/solid.

I've also been working on lower hum timing to up the challenge, but actually have come back up to default with one click up on pitch speed as it has the same affect, but doesn't adversely affect the game play. Seriously, default, or one click off, on as much as possible is the way!

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[Gagnon39]

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I think Chatwood may have just made his last start for me for a while. Both of his outings have been amazingly bad.


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[Shuckman]

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Long time show player and I love these sliders and this game. Loving the challenge of hall of fame level. Still getting plenty of strikeouts from some of my pitchers like Darvish and strangely Hendricks. Chatwood is either really good or really bad for me he has no middle ground lol. Just wanted to say thanks for the sliders the fielder speed adjustment was a big key.

[Gagnon39]

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I agree with most on here that the game is just about perfect in default Hall of Fame. However, the one area that I think definitely needs to be tweaked are the sliders that will result in more human issues walks. I do think that it has a lot to do with most people (including myself) pounding the strikezone and rarely throwing outside of it on purpose. I really only throw out of the zone on purpose with two strikes in pitcher's counts, which I imagine is how most pitchers actually try to throw.

But I still remain in firm belief that lowering the pitching consistency too much means that way too many balls end up over the heart of the plate. I wish there were more times when we miss our pitch that it misses outside the zone.

I think a combination of maybe 3 control (how often a pitcher misses) and 4 consistency (how bad the pitcher misses the spot when he does miss) might be a good fit. I just don't want to lead the league in fewest walks issued by the end of the year by 150.


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[Armor and Sword]

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[Shuckman]

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[QUOTE=Gagnon39;2049313544]I agree with most on here that the game is just about perfect in default Hall of Fame. However, the one area that I think definitely needs to be tweaked are the sliders that will result in more human issues walks. I do think that it has a lot to do with most people (including myself) pounding the strikezone and rarely throwing outside of it on purpose. I really only throw out of the zone on purpose with two strikes in pitcher's counts, which I imagine is how most pitchers actually try to throw.

But I still remain in firm belief that lowering the pitching consistency too much means that way too many balls end up over the heart of the plate. I wish there were more times when we miss our pitch that it misses outside the zone.

I think a combination of maybe 3 control (how often a pitcher misses) and 4 consistency (how bad the pitcher misses the spot when he does miss) might be a good fit. I just don't want to lead the league in fewest walks issued by the end of the year by 150



I use to chase the magic slider combo for user issued walks and just drove myself crazy trying to achieve it. And I always had a hard time walking the cpu. But would start giving up more hits and hrs. I myself have just learned to deal with it as long as my other stats line up realistically. I do issue walks now on purpose to get a few in a game I determine the amount and the situation based on my pitcher and the cpu lineup. Like when I face the Reds I make sure to walk Votto a few times during the series

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[wong604]

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how do you guys pitch on classic without aiming your location u dont find it easier with pitch fade?? i find it way easier that way to aim without it i find it real hard to aim

[Koosa1027]

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how do you guys pitch on classic without aiming your location u dont find it easier with pitch fade?? i find it way easier that way to aim without it i find it real hard to aim

I can speak for ALOT of us when I say...we don't want the game to be easy...we want it to be balanced AND challenging without feeling cheap or cheated.

EDIT: Personally for myself, I don't like knowing exactly where my pitches will go, I like a little bit of randomness and the unknown of what might happen at any given moment...I apologize for not really answering your question but this was just my thoughts
~Koosa1027~

[wong604]

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I can speak for ALOT of us when I say...we don't want the game to be easy...we want it to be balanced AND challenging without feeling cheap or cheated.

~Koosa1027~

how is using pitch fade on cheating the game u have more control over ur pitch that way without it its really hard to aim thats just my thought anyways maybe i need more games to get a better feel of it

[Koosa1027]

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how is using pitch fade on cheating the game u have more control over ur pitch that way without it its really hard to aim thats just my thought anyways maybe i need more games to get a better feel of it

Not what I said...I was saying we want the cpu to be challenging without "THEM" cheating "US"as the users. I think you misunderstood that as me saying YOU are cheating by using pitch fade. I guess I should have responded by saying I don't use the pitch fade because I want to kind of "free-hand" where Im aiming without any kind of guide, plus I like to play with a clean screen without too many visual aides...it's absolutely nothing wrong with using pitch fade

EDIT: Playing with a clean screen and not using visual aides is really just personal preference and some of us feel that it makes the game more challenging which keeps the game interesting over time. Hope Im making sense lol

~Koosa1027~