Armor & Sword’s MLB The Show 22 Classic/Directional/Clean Screen Simulation Sliders

[dowie]

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20>22 no doubt.......just trying to find ways to get my 70 bucks worth from 22....so far....not happening.

Dowie

[Armor and Sword]

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20>22 no doubt.......just trying to find ways to get my 70 bucks worth from 22....so far....not happening.



Dowie

I can say after 120 plus hours on 22….I got my moneys worth.


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[Scotters1976]

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Me too. Played all 162, then my Cubbies won the NLDS 3 games to 2 vs the Mets. We won gave five in 10 innings, 4-2. I had two heart attacks in that game alone.

Right now we are down 2 games to 0 against Da Dodgers in the NLCS.

It's been fun!

[dowie]

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Im sure it’s on OS somewhere - just being lazy.

In this game, if you play w/ extra inning runner rule on, will that rule bleed over into the postseason?

Really sucks if it does…..can’t play Oct ball allowing a free base runner in extra innings.

Dowie

[bryanm1982]

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Im sure it’s on OS somewhere - just being lazy.

In this game, if you play w/ extra inning runner rule on, will that rule bleed over into the postseason?

Really sucks if it does…..can’t play Oct ball allowing a free base runner in extra innings.

Dowie

They fixed that in a patch in 21 to not allow it in playoffs if you have it on during the year.

[dowie]

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They fixed that in a patch in 21 to not allow it in playoffs if you have it on during the year.

Thanks for the intel!

Don’t mind the rule for regular season - TBH, I sorta like it, and I am as old school as they come.

Dowie

[bryanm1982]

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Thanks for the intel!

Don’t mind the rule for regular season - TBH, I sorta like it, and I am as old school as they come.

Dowie

I agree. It makes it more intense in extra innings.

[Scotters1976]

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DaDodgers beat my cubbies 4 games to 1 to win the NLCS and then beat the Astros 4-0 to win the World Series.

First time I ever finished an entire season.

I'm going to increase the pitch speed. My .269 avg was too high, even though we were ranked #2 in contact.

We went 86-76, and best the Mets 3 games to 2 in the NLDS. Even with a few trades and changes that I made, were were still ranked between 14-26 overall, so we exceeded expectations.

Armor, this was fun, thank you for the excellent sliders.

On to season 2.

[Jaybirdy2337]

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Armor & Sword, been a fan and you’ve guided my slider setup in the past for many years. Quick question. I never use left stick to influence batting direction. Should I switch to timing? And if so, do you think that would mess with the setup? I could see my hitting improving, but then again it could be a nothing burger. Curious on your thoughts on directional vs timing. Thanks

[Ren The Conqueror]

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Armor & Sword, been a fan and you’ve guided my slider setup in the past for many years. Quick question. I never use left stick to influence batting direction. Should I switch to timing? And if so, do you think that would mess with the setup? I could see my hitting improving, but then again it could be a nothing burger. Curious on your thoughts on directional vs timing. Thanks

I'll chime in here. Here's what I've noticed this year with Timing back into the equation. If you do not use the L-Stick with Directional, you are essentially using "timing".

However, there is one caveat that I've seen: If you use the actual Timing interface, it works the same as Directional, sans the L-Stick, and your players ratings seem to dictate the influence of the swing when/if needed.

[Mikeyo918]

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Finally reached the mid summer classic in my DBacks franchise (every pitch!)
Will update a post with my thoughts on gameplay and will show player/team stats etc!
And whatever else anyone would like to see.
Thanks for those who stop by in the streams, appreciate it!

[Mikeyo918]

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Armor & Sword, been a fan and you’ve guided my slider setup in the past for many years. Quick question. I never use left stick to influence batting direction. Should I switch to timing? And if so, do you think that would mess with the setup? I could see my hitting improving, but then again it could be a nothing burger. Curious on your thoughts on directional vs timing. Thanks

Situations will determine if you need to use the L stick or not. Like mentioned, if you don’t use it, it’ll act as “timing”. I’ll use it if I want to hit behind the runner on 2nd, or influence a fly ball to hopefully hit it deep enough to tag up, those type of situations.

[dowie]

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Finally reached the mid summer classic in my DBacks franchise (every pitch!)
Will update a post with my thoughts on gameplay and will show player/team stats etc!
And whatever else anyone would like to see.
Thanks for those who stop by in the streams, appreciate it!

I'm interested in seeing your 1/2 way point stats (assuming you used Armor's set up the entire time).

Most gave up on this game long before the 81 game mark.
Couldn't get the cpu offense to perform, and way too many xbh's for user.

Dowie

[Mikeyo918]

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Does anyone know how you can use stubs to buy "money" for a franchise team. I remember being able to add to teams budget to make big trades etc.
Ex, Mets are -12$ MIL but I want to add funds to their budget to make some trades (Like IRL Cohen is going all in)

[Mikeyo918]

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Hey all, so here's my midseason update on gameplay, stats, etc.

I uploaded a video on twitch labeled ASB Stat update, it's easier to view all there, want to see anything else let me know.

So I play the game exactly how AS has it posted on the OP, Vibration off (very key to improving CPU offense with more missed locations). I did change base running to AUTO so that the game logic with take into account the players Arm strength/accuracy, as the CPU has made some questionable baserunning decisions against me, i wanted an even playing field. It's rather on the aggressive side, but i love it.
Check swings, the big topic prior, I've gotten plenty of no swings and swings, same as CPU, not sure if it was an under the hood fix not mentioned in a patch, but it definitely seems a lot smoother and more random (prior to whatever, check swings did not exist!)
Defensive shifts- I usually will play the shift on a guy if he's extreme pull with 20% or less to opposite field, unfortunately though sometimes a ball will be hit into the shift, but the route towards the ball is awful (disadvantage of using auto fielding), but it happens rarely, sometimes Ill just individual guys to help with it.
The bullpen logic by CPU is still screwy, but I'm going to employ the system that I've seen in other posts and give it a shot, usually ill just go through each bullpen each week and make adjustments as needed.
Hitting- Im getting a good variety of hits, bloopers, scorchers and in between, using the DBacks isn't necessarily going to light the stats up, but Ketel Marte is a beast, 2nd in the league in BA, 9th in Hits (even while missing 15 days on IL) 1st in doubles, 5th in OBP, and 3rd in WAR. I saw mentioned USER offense with XBH seems too powerful, im around 10th league wide in both 2B/3B, but I would say playing in the NLW (Chase, Coors, Oracle) attributes to this more.
One note, I am dead last in SBs, but on my 26 man roster my fastest guy is an 87 SPD who is a bench guy, so it is what it is.
Pitching- Good days and bad days, depending on who's on the mound. 22nd in ERA (4.03), 26th in Ks (615) all though i feel like this is every year issue with Ks.
Playing with vibration off is huge, to be able to find the perfect release point on each pitcher is a PITA! But rewarding when you do find it, warm up pitches help with this when bringing in relievers.

So about the DBacks, currently sitting 51-46, 5 GB of 1st in NLW and 2.5 GB from 2nd WC. This team is tough, Marte is the only 80s player on offense, and consistency from players is hard to come by, Ill get hot streaks followed by very cold streaks. Christian Walker is a guy I can't figure out, he's batting .198 with 20 HR, 55 RBI, and 106 Ks. I think its his batting stance and swing I still haven't figured out. Carson Kelly is another, he cannot hit RHP, trade deadline approaching, I need to find a Lefty Bat at C to platoon him with.
Pitching has been fun as well, Zac Gallen has 11 QS thru 19 starts with an ERA at 3.38, MadBum has 12 QS thru 19 with ERA at 2.78. My bright spot in the bullpen has been Kyle Nelson (60 OVR) with a 2.25 ERA thru 36 IP.
Definitely going to make a few small moves to fight for the WC, but don't want to lose my prospects (Alek Thomas, Corbin Carroll, Jordan Lawler, Blake Walston) so I will probably look towards Veterans on expiring contracts.

I do control trades in the league (cpu logic is terrible once again)
ASB saw a flurry of moves, with lots of teams looking to get a head start and create some distance in the standings

Yanks catching was terrible (Trevino batting .189/Higashioka .193) so they traded for Sean Murphy, who's also been struggling in OAK (BA .192, 12 HR, 33 RBI) but hoping for rejevunation with the Yanks.
Yanks- Sean Murphy
A's- SP Deivi Garcia (B), SS Oswald Peraza (A), CF Everson Pereira (B)

White Sox were struggling with the DH position and got Nelly Cruz (.240, 12 HR, 38 RBI)
Nationals - SP Norge Vera (B), 3B Jake Burger (C), RF Luis Mieses (C)

Some smaller trades were made as well.
The next few weeks will be interesting, below are guys im going to list as available
BAL - Mancini (.239, 16 HR, 38 RBI)
BOS - C. Vazquez (.269, 6 HR, 34 RBI) Eovaldi (14-2, 1.55 ERA *STUD*)
DET- T. Barnhart (.294, 5 HR, 42 RBI) M. Pineda (11-8, 3.56 ERA) A. Chafin (16/17 SV, 1.75 ERA)
MIN- M. Sano (.226, 18 HR, 46 RBI)
HOU - Y. Gurriel (.249, 8 HR, 37 RBI)
OAK - F. Montas (13 QS, 88 K, 4.85 ERA) L. Trivino (25 SV, 2.62 ERA)
TEX- M. Garver (.225, 8 HR, 30 RBI) B. Miller (.221, 14 HR, 40 RBI)
PHI- R. Hoskins (.224, 17 HR, 43 RBI, Philly is out of contention, and with Stott knocking on the door at 3B, Bohm could move to 1B) K. Gibson (10 QS, 3.63 ERA) C. Knebel (29 SV, 2.16 ERA)
WAS- Soto (.304, 18 HR, 58 RBI) Bell (.290, 16 HR, 53 RBI) NOT NECESSARILY SOLD ON TRADING JUAN SOTO
CIN- T. Naquin (.254,13 HR, 40 RBI) T. Mahle (13 QS, 3.18 ERA) L. Castillo (11 QS, 4.05 ERA)
PIT- R. Perez (.216,11HR,40 RBI)
STL- Not sure, but they could be looking for their future C, lots of prospects to trade
COL- Too many bad contracts on this team, its tough)

Thanks for reading, feel free to ask any questions, check out the video to see the in game stats as well as gameplay!

Thanks!