Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

[Mike Lowe]

Re: Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

Game 2 with the new changes and hitting on legend







Strike %



Me- 70%



CPU- 61%







First Pitch Strike %



Me- 73%



CPU- 70%







Foul Ball%



Me- 12%



CPU- 21%







Swing and Miss%



Me- 48%



CPU- 28%







Strikeouts (pitching stats)



Me- 11 (i struck them out 11 times)



CPU- 11 (they struck me out 11 times)







Homeruns



Me- 0



CPU- 1







Doubles



Me- 1



CPU- 2







Hits-



Me- 7



CPU- 6







BABIP



Me- .333



CPU- .313

There's some promise here. We can easily get the AI to K less while batting, so I hope they still lay off enough pitches to draw walks w contact at 2. Contact at 2 seems like it might be necessary to avoid these games where your SP Ks 1 guy.

If so, we'll start bumping up the AI hitting timing and or foul balls.

[Mega0862]

Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

Version 1.0 sliders: Legend pitching/HOF hitting

17 game sample:

Human:

Hits: 212 12.4/gm
Errors: 9 .52/gm (buttons)
HRs: 57 3.3/gm
Ks: 100 5.8/gm (number of times my batters SO)
Runs: 135 7.9/gm

CPU:

Hits: 141 8.2/gm
Errors: 8 .47/gm
HRs: 17 1/gm
Ks: 132 7.7/gm
Runs: 63 3.7/gm



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[cubbies1744]

Re: Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

Game 3 with the new changes and hitting on legend







Strike %



Me- 72%



CPU- 62%







First Pitch Strike %



Me- 66%



CPU- 69%







Foul Ball%



Me- 10%



CPU- 20%







Swing and Miss%



Me- 58%



CPU- 17%







Strikeouts (pitching stats)



Me- 7 (i struck them out 7 times)



CPU- 17 (they struck me out 17 times)







Homeruns



Me- 1



CPU- 3







Doubles



Me- 2

CPU- 3







Hits-



Me- 10



CPU- 12



Base on Balls

Me-3 (they walked me 3 times)

CPU-0 (i didnt walk them)







BABIP



Me- .500



CPU- .360

[jcas007]

Re: Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

Are the latest updates in the vault ,I'm sorry if you already mentioned it

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[Mike Lowe]

Re: Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

Are the latest updates in the vault ,I'm sorry if you already mentioned it

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No, the latest is based on what's in post 1 here. The LATEST latest that I'm testing is a few posts up.

[jcas007]

Re: Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

Got it been using your sliders for years ,cant start my franchise till I know you have them at there best

No, the latest is based on what's in post 1 here. The LATEST latest that I'm testing is a few posts up.

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[Mike Lowe]

Re: Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

Got it been using your sliders for years ,cant start my franchise till I know you have them at there best

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I don't believe in "final" sets. Go ahead and start; it's a long season that's unpredictable. After all, why bother playing if the outcome is already known?

[Mdunc31]

Re: Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

Looking forward to your testing results with legend hitting, been using legend for years curious to see what you notice.

[cubby blue]

Re: Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

Diamondbacks @ Cubs (me)

Runs:
Cubs 3
Dbacks 2

Hits:
Cubs 7
Dbacks 5

Doubles:
Cubs 2
Dbacks 1

Homeruns:
Cubs 2
Dbacks 0

Ist pitch strike %:
Cubs 64%
Dbacks 60%

Fouled ball %:
Cubs 19%
Dbacks 21%

Strikeouts:
Cubs pitching strikeout 4

Dback pitching strikeout 15

Base on Balls:
Cubs pitching 4 walks
Dbacks pitching 7 walks

Missed pitches:
Cubs missed 28 pitches, 15%
Dbacks missed 4 pitches, 3%

Won the game in the bottom of ninth.

I got the percentages from pitching and batting analysis.
Set everything to all.

I hope I did it right.

This is your v1.1 with changes yesterday. Legend hitting/pitching
Directional hitting/meter pitching



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[Mike Lowe]

Re: Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

Here's my latest game with Legend hitting and some other tweaks. Games are tough and really require your focus both when hitting and pitching. I'll share where I think I've landed sometime this weekend.

I've started using more pitch effectiveness than before, and that's helped a lot with getting the AI to SO when batting. Be confident in a good pitch, and let it rip...but don't miss the meter too much...

Angels (3-11) 1
Tigers (6-7) 3

Angels
BABIP .292
7 hits
2 BB
11 SO
2 2B
0 3B
0 HR
1 GIDP
0 SB
0 E
57% strikes, 54% first-pitch strikes
19% foul balls
31% missed+strikeouts on total swings

Tigers
BABIP .350
8 hits
5 BB
11 SO
1 2B
1 3B
1 HR
1 GIDP
1 SB
2 E
64% strikes, 47% first-pitch strikes
17% foul balls
34% missed+strikeouts on total swings

The swings and misses were high for both teams, but this was a 1-1 game into the 7th inning with two pitchers performing well (Turnbull had the enlarged meter a few innings). Percentages that high absolutely will happen w a hot pitcher who's striking guys out. This might be the first time I'm seeing this, albeit keeping sample size in mind. Very exciting, and will be easy to adjust if swings and misses are too abundant.

[broncofan1827]

Re: Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

Hey Mike,

First off, great work as always with the sliders. But I seem to be on too many pitches at the plate. I've played around 30 games with your set already. Usually it's either good or early timing on 75% of the pitches for me. Any ideas to make it more challenging? I bumped the hitting difficulty to legend and upped the fastball and offspeed speed slider to 6 as well. Thanks!

[broncofan1827]

Re: Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

Hey Mike,

First off, great work as always with the sliders. But I seem to be on too many pitches at the plate. I've played around 30 games with your set already. Usually it's either good or early timing on 75% of the pitches for me. Any ideas to make it more challenging? I bumped the hitting difficulty to legend and upped the fastball and offspeed speed slider to 6 as well. Thanks!

I feel like I should elaborate a little more on this. I seem to be hitting a lot of HRs too. I know it says on the front page that it isn't going to be 1.1-1.2 HRs per team per game every game, but it feels like, more often than not, that I'm hitting 3-4 per game. Again, I'm just looking for a way to make it a little more challenging. I guess I'd rather work for my runs, like hitting a 2 run double for example, than just blasting one into the crowd, if that makes sense.

[Mike Lowe]

Re: Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

Hey Mike,



First off, great work as always with the sliders. But I seem to be on too many pitches at the plate. I've played around 30 games with your set already. Usually it's either good or early timing on 75% of the pitches for me. Any ideas to make it more challenging? I bumped the hitting difficulty to legend and upped the fastball and offspeed speed slider to 6 as well. Thanks!

Have you tried the changes above a few posts I've been testing? Which team are you?

Lowering contact and/or solid hits by 1 would help you.

[Mike Lowe]

Re: Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

I feel like I should elaborate a little more on this. I seem to be hitting a lot of HRs too. I know it says on the front page that it isn't going to be 1.1-1.2 HRs per team per game every game, but it feels like, more often than not, that I'm hitting 3-4 per game. Again, I'm just looking for a way to make it a little more challenging. I guess I'd rather work for my runs, like hitting a 2 run double for example, than just blasting one into the crowd, if that makes sense.

Yeah lower solid hits and/contact.

[DLion]

Re: Mike Lowe MLB The Show 20 Sliders

Here's what I'm currently trying the next few days starting tonight vs what's up in the first post with v1.1:

*Legend Hitting*
Human Power +1 to 5
Human Foul Frequency +2 to 2
Human Pitcher Control -1 to 2
CPU Contact -1 to 2
CPU Power +1 to 5
CPU Solid Hits +1 to 3
CPU Pickoffs +1 to 9

Give them a test! Hoping to see:

More HRs for users (this keeps getting nerfed it seems)

Slight increase to user fouls while still seeing enough swings and misses

Less control for user pitchers, but more strikeouts too (no need for more swings and misses...just to finish a guy off. May need to later increase CPU foul balls if those start to go down)

When the AI does hit, make it more threatening overall

How are the results for this looking so far?