S & B's Directional/Classic MLB 22 Sliders

[HeadCoach2.0]

Re: S & B's Directional/Classic MLB 22 Sliders

Mets are 1st in Pitching and Contact but the Braves are the highest ranked team.

This year's NL East is going to be all out war in real life and the game.

The Phillies are the defending NL Champs and 8th best team.

With the new schedule there is no telling how this is all going to play out.

For franchise players this is a vanguard year with all the changes.

[Lil Worm]

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Guys I’m still using the original set in my Pirates chise and loving it. Thinking about putting version 2 in but just haven’t been able to break away from the first.


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[The Kid 24]

Re: S & B's Directional/Classic/Quick Counts MLB 22 Sliders

Gonna start a thread for 23 at some point?


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[bryanm1982]

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Guys I’m still using the original set in my Pirates chise and loving it. Thinking about putting version 2 in but just haven’t been able to break away from the first.


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If you are having great games with the previous version then that is awesome and don’t make the change. Don’t change it just because. Curious on what you are using though.

[bryanm1982]

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Gonna start a thread for 23 at some point?


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Definitely. Best time of the year! Need to discuss with Steve if he wants to start it or if he wants me to. Whoever makes it is the one that has to edit it so I need to see if he wants me to take care of it or if he wants to do it this year since I did it in 22.

[Lil Worm]

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Definitely. Best time of the year! Need to discuss with Steve if he wants to start it or if he wants me to. Whoever makes it is the one that has to edit it so I need to see if he wants me to take care of it or if he wants to do it this year since I did it in 22.

Lol good Lord…I will try to post in just a bit the set. It is definitely one of the earlier settings that were being messed with though.


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[HeadCoach2.0]

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I can't wait to play without those extreme shifts.

The problem with shifts on a video game Is that from a pitching perspective there is no way you can remember everytime a batter has a shift set up for him.

Meaning if you have a dead pull hitter up you can wind up throwing a pitch that enables them to get a opposite field hit simply because there are no fielders set up in that area.

You are not always going to remember to pitch into the shift.

From a batting perspective all of your shift hitters should now hit for a higher average against the CPU.

For franchise players like us 2023 is the vanguard game.

[DarthRambo]

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I am excited for MLB 23. New playoff system and the schedule change. No extreme shifts. Baseball has evolved a ton since the strike of 1995 or whatever year it was. But I think the new playoff system and schedule change will be the two most impactful changes in their history.

I can't wait to play and not be able to see those accidental base hits against extreme shifts. And franchise mode getting some supposedly big changes! How can you not be at least intrigued and excited?

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[baseballguy99]

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Do you guys experience too many hit by pitch when batting? I swear I’m hit every other game lol

[bryanm1982]

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Do you guys experience too many hit by pitch when batting? I swear I’m hit every other game lol

You are about right with every other game. Lol I have played 94 games in my Guardians franchise and they hit me .49 times per game. So that is every other game. The real life MLB average is .42 in 2022. So we aren’t too far off. But it seems like it is in spurts. One game I’ll get hit 3 times and then go a week without.

[HeadCoach2.0]

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For the past 18 games of my Guardians franchise I have been testing CPU contact at 7. I have been getting good results so far. The CPU is averaging 3.5 runs per game and 7.7 hits per game. I would like to the the R/G in the 4’s and maybe one more hit per game from the CPU. But it might just be from the Guardians pitching staff and/or opponents and hot streaks. I am getting about 9.5 K’s per game. If you guys want to try the change out you can.

I am just a little concerned that the CPU offense would get too weak over time.

I put the CPU contact on 7 and the batters were seemingly just as dangerous as they were on 8. I have had games on 8 where I shut the CPU down and games on 7 where I got shelled.

I find that it really depends on the quality of stuff and type of pitches that your starter has. You definitely will have issues if you cant hit the bottom of the strike zone and the CPU wont chase. Then you will have to come up in the strike zone and when you hang one you will get punished.

Definitely gotta work the corners. If you give up walks or hit batters/make errors then you can have your whole inning go wrong VERY quickly.
7 or 8 is the best sweet spot for the CPU hitting.

[HeadCoach2.0]

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Here is some slider feedback for you Bryan. I know you like getting feedback.

I have made some adjustments to two sliders. I have at least for now put the User Pitcher Control and User Timing to 4. I will explain why.

With Timing at 0 or 1 I was having a hard time making contact with the ball. I was striking out a LOT and I never ever fouled off any pitches. Raising it to 4 has me fouling off pitches at the same rate as the computer does. I think that is important because it shows that I have simply put myself at the same level as the actual game. I don't have a competitive advantage I just now have a fair chance to get a hit. My Dynamic Difficulty is a All Star plus and I having trouble making contact with pitches.

I put the User Control up to 4 as well because I noticed that pitches were missing in unrealistic ways. I tried to the throw a fastball high and tight to a hitter and they hit the pitch out for a home run. Afterwards when I looked at where the pitch actually went I see that it missed down the middle of the plate. Even if you missed with a high tight pitch it would be more likely to either go over the catchers head or even hit the batter. Adjusting the slider to 4 I see that pitches in that area miss more like they should. Even with the slider at 4 it is still hard to throw strikes. It could probably be reduced down to 3. With the slider at zero or 1 it was also impossible to hit spots with any regularity.

I use meter pitching and with meter each pitcher has a different motion that you must account for. That might have something to do with it.

[bryanm1982]

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Here is some slider feedback for you Bryan. I know you like getting feedback.

I have made some adjustments to two sliders. I have at least for now put the User Pitcher Control and User Timing to 4. I will explain why.

With Timing at 0 or 1 I was having a hard time making contact with the ball. I was striking out a LOT and I never ever fouled off any pitches. Raising it to 4 has me fouling off pitches at the same rate as the computer does. I think that is important because it shows that I have simply put myself at the same level as the actual game. I don't have a competitive advantage I just now have a fair chance to get a hit. My Dynamic Difficulty is a All Star plus and I having trouble making contact with pitches.

I put the User Control up to 4 as well because I noticed that pitches were missing in unrealistic ways. I tried to the throw a fastball high and tight to a hitter and they hit the pitch out for a home run. Afterwards when I looked at where the pitch actually went I see that it missed down the middle of the plate. Even if you missed with a high tight pitch it would be more likely to either go over the pitchers head or even hit the batter. Adjusting the slider to 4 I see that pitches in that area miss more like they should. Even with the slider at 4 it is still hard to throw strikes. It could probably be reduced down to 3. With the slider at zero or 1 it was also impossible to hit spots with any regularity.

I use meter pitching and with meter each pitcher has a different motion that you must account for. That might have something to do with it.

Thank you for the feedback. I appreciate it. User hitting is tough cause we are all at different levels. I still kind of struggle to get K’s with user timing at 0. I’m glad you found your sweet spot.

That is a good observation for user control. We have always been nervous to raise it cause you don’t want it to be too easy. That is good you still struggle to locate pitches with meter pitching.

Looking forward to 2023. 10 more days!

[HeadCoach2.0]

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Thank you for the feedback. I appreciate it. User hitting is tough cause we are all at different levels. I still kind of struggle to get K’s with user timing at 0. I’m glad you found your sweet spot.

That is a good observation for user control. We have always been nervous to raise it cause you don’t want it to be too easy. That is good you still struggle to locate pitches with meter pitching.

Looking forward to 2023. 10 more days!

Edit : I meant over the catchers head not pitcher.

In 10 more days hopefully this stuff wont even be a issue.

I am sure your sliders will be just as good for 2023.

Im so ready to put the 2022 game in the rear view.

[bryanm1982]

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Edit : I meant over the catchers head not pitcher.

In 10 more days hopefully this stuff wont even be a issue.

I am sure your sliders will be just as good for 2023.

Im so ready to put the 2022 game in the rear view.

It has been a great game and had a blast playing it this year.

I’m the end of July in my Guardians franchise. Really enjoy that team. Debating if I want to sim to the playoffs so I can play in the playoffs these last 10 days or transfer it to my Switch and play it on there. Not going to get 23 for the Switch right away.