FenwayMac 2018 Legend Sliders

[Rmiok222]

Re: FenwayMac 2018 Legend Sliders

Fenway, I myself am getting hammered for average against me. I have the Indians pitching staff even. I’m not very good at pitching tho lol. For me, you think I should lower solid hits one or contact? And how would that affect power? Thanks.


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[FenwayMac]

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Fenway, I myself am getting hammered for average against me. I have the Indians pitching staff even. I’m not very good at pitching tho lol. For me, you think I should lower solid hits one or contact? And how would that affect power? Thanks.


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Damn CPU.

There are several routes you can go...

If their overall hits and batting average are high I would drop contact, this would be the most extreme change.

If the hits are okay but the extra base bits are out of control I would lower power.

If you want a milder way to control hits instead of contact, you can lower timing a click or even two.

IF you are getting hit hard because you are over the plate too much (and you will get killed), then consider upping your pitchers consistency to help you control keeping it out of the middle.

[Rmiok222]

Re: FenwayMac 2018 Legend Sliders

Damn CPU.



There are several routes you can go...



If their overall hits and batting average are high I would drop contact, this would be the most extreme change.



If the hits are okay but the extra base bits are out of control I would lower power.



If you want a milder way to control hits instead of contact, you can lower timing a click or even two.



IF you are getting hit hard because you are over the plate too much (and you will get killed), then consider upping your pitchers consistency to help you control keeping it out of the middle.

I put the cpu timing to 0. Also if anybody is curious these work great with directional hitting as well [emoji1303]


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[FenwayMac]

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Came out on the wrong end of a 6th inning rally by St Louis, which effectively ruined an otherwise dominating perfomance by Trevor Williams. When then CPU makes up its mind they are hard to stop.

I seem to be suffering from a massive amount of K’a and misses suddenly. The only connection is raising the foul rate. I feel like these foul balls are creating deeper a higher than normal 2-strike count scenario and as a result more swings and misses.

The confusing part of this theory is that my foul ball rates have really not gone up at all with the slider increase, BUT I have noticed more barely foul balls when hitting up the line.

I am going to keep the sliders the same through 30 games, but might need to back off the throttle on the foul ball slider, at least for HUM.

[Rmiok222]

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Came out on the wrong end of a 6th inning rally by St Louis, which effectively ruined an otherwise dominating perfomance by Trevor Williams. When then CPU makes up its mind they are hard to stop.



I seem to be suffering from a massive amount of K’a and misses suddenly. The only connection is raising the foul rate. I feel like these foul balls are creating deeper a higher than normal 2-strike count scenario and as a result more swings and misses.



The confusing part of this theory is that my foul ball rates have really not gone up at all with the slider increase, BUT I have noticed more barely foul balls when hitting up the line.



I am going to keep the sliders the same through 30 games, but might need to back off the throttle on the foul ball slider, at least for HUM.

You talking about going from maybe 4 to 3 for human foul frequency?


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[FenwayMac]

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I am actually at 5. I bumped it up 2 because FF was several percentage low.

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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I am at 7 foul frequency and im striking out 7.67 times per game, my foul frequency is 19%, which is only 1.5% high. so i may drop it another notch if it continues.

Some interesting numbers:
My miss rate is 23.2%.

Im getting 38.9% fouls-per-swing (MLB was 39.6%) so this is actually very close to accurate. So foul frequency may not even be the issue...

Im getting 27.3 foul balls per game (MLB was 26.2) approximately 1 foul ball per game above average. This is due to my swing percentage...

I swing at 49.5% of pitches (MLB was 46.5%) - this is a tad high, which bumps my foul ball rates (fouls-per-pitch and fouls-per-game) up.

If i swung at at the major league average of 46.5% and kept my current foul-per-swing rate of 38.9%, doing the math, i would be at 18% foul rate. So thats more of an issue for me than the foul rate itself.

[Rmiok222]

Re: FenwayMac 2018 Legend Sliders

I am at 7 foul frequency and im striking out 7.67 times per game, my foul frequency is 19%, which is only 1.5% high. so i may drop it another notch if it continues.

Some interesting numbers:
My miss rate is 23.2%.

Im getting 38.9% fouls-per-swing (MLB was 39.6%) so this is actually very close to accurate. So foul frequency may not even be the issue...

Im getting 27.3 foul balls per game (MLB was 26.2) approximately 1 foul ball per game above average. This is due to my swing percentage...

I swing at 49.5% of pitches (MLB was 46.5%) - this is a tad high, which bumps my foul ball rates (fouls-per-pitch and fouls-per-game) up.

If i swung at at the major league average of 46.5% and kept my current foul-per-swing rate of 38.9%, doing the math, i would be at 18% foul rate. So thats more of an issue for me than the foul rate itself.

I’m glad you guys do all these percentages bc I just can’t [emoji23] I’ll ride on your coat tails to some fantastic sliders tho! Lol


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[Rmiok222]

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What is the mlb average swing and miss rate btw?


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[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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What is the mlb average swing and miss rate btw?


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Approximately 21%

[FenwayMac]

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I can double that, easily!

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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Damn CPU.

There are several routes you can go...

If their overall hits and batting average are high I would drop contact, this would be the most extreme change.

If the hits are okay but the extra base bits are out of control I would lower power.

If you want a milder way to control hits instead of contact, you can lower timing a click or even two.

IF you are getting hit hard because you are over the plate too much (and you will get killed), then consider upping your pitchers consistency to help you control keeping it out of the middle.

Im trying to decide on this too. I'm not throwing a l lot of bad (hittable) pitches but i am getting slugged around a bit. Part of it is playing against some potent offenses, so the numbers should be a little inflated but not this much necessarily. I dont know how you are getting the cpu to miss 21%. Im throwing on edges, out of the zone etc, and i walk 3 batters per game. But they are just not missing when they swing.

Some CPU hitting numbers:
Hits/G - 13.5
Runs/G - 8.0
BB/G - 3.0
K/G - 6.25
**1B/G - 8.0 (should be 5 or 6)**
**2B/G - 3.5 (should be under 2)**
HR/G - 1.25 (im fine with this)
Fouls-per-swing - 40.3 ( MLB 39.6)
Foul % - 19.5% (i have cpu foul freq. at 10)
**Miss % - 13.4% (21.8%)**
**Batting average on ground balls - .413 (MLB .239)** (seems to be a lot of the problem)

My strike % pitching is 65%
I throw about 8% deep strikes (middle-middle strike zone) which is a bit above average (MLB 7.38%) so i should be hit around a bit by potent offenses but not this much.

Trying to decide if i need to change my approach pitching (i have pitching like i always have so far, jusf different results) because it seems to be working for you.

Or if i should bump down a slider.

Either way, im loving the challenge. Just want to stop getting blown out as much. The good thing is they aren't having magic rallies. They usually milk me for runs and hits, an inning at a time, while the game stays close, before a big 3 run hit somewhere to break it open.

Any thoughts on this are appreciated. I have an idea of what i may do based on your post that i quoted, but wanted to see if you had any other input.

It still feels very realistic anyway as it is happening. And the games are a blast.

[FenwayMac]

Re: FenwayMac 2018 Legend Sliders

Based on your low CPU miss rate, my initial thoughts are the CPU timing for one, and the you might want to consider dropping contact a notch. Shrink their PCI a bit.

I found that pitching to miss is a matter of starting strong and building your pitcher confidence. As such, another option for you is raising your pitcher consistency a notch to aid confidence.

I also move all around the plate and not only mix up pitches but also pitch speed. I always used to max out the meter but found speed variation can throw the CPU out sorts.

But believe me, I get hit a ton too.

[GWPump23]

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Fenway, Nolan, Rmioi & others...

Thank you for your contributions here. The %’s seem right & my franchise FINALLY launched tonight!

I’ll report back every 10 games or so...

Which camera angles are WE using?

-GW-

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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Fenway, Nolan, Rmioi & others...

Thank you for your contributions here. The %’s seem right & my franchise FINALLY launched tonight!

I’ll report back every 10 games or so...

Which camera angles are WE using?

-GW-

Nice! What team?

I personally use the Show 15 Hitting View, with dynamic in-play view to give that on-the-field feeling.

For pitching - Broadcast. So i feel like the cpu has a tiny bit of home field advantage due to me having to get used to a "new mound" in different parks (view angles). I also get to play 81 games on the same mound (view) at home, so i can settle in faster.

For fielding i have used both medium and Broadcast. I use manual fielding so medium seems easier to track the ball marker.

I also have turned off runner windows this year. So i must consciously use L2 to look over at the runner. I like it so far, i guess i will find out if it causes anything to be harder than should be. So far so good and it feels and looks better.