S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

[DarthRambo]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

Any sliders we can tweak to make CPU hitters chase balls out of the zone a bit more? Every CPU hitter seems like they're 99 discipline.

I wish I had that problem. Can't help you there cause cpu has always chased since MLB 10 lol. Are we playing the same game?

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[bryanm1982]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

Any sliders we can tweak to make CPU hitters chase balls out of the zone a bit more? Every CPU hitter seems like they're 99 discipline.

I would lower contact and timing then. Last year we used 8/5/5/8 for cpu hitting sliders. Or try Contact at 5.

[TopSide83]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

Any sliders we can tweak to make CPU hitters chase balls out of the zone a bit more? Every CPU hitter seems like they're 99 discipline.

You must be doing something wrong man because on all star, striking out the cpu isn’t very hard to do

[The Kid 24]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

Damn maybe it was just one game but I couldnt K the Nationals to save my life... I went Twins, Nats and only managed 6 Ks in the game... Mahle had 3 Ks in 7 innings, Acala had K in 8th, Duran had 2 Ks in 9th for the save.

Idk just felt like the Nats would make contact with my pitches no matter what... Was a great game otherwise! But that part was frustrating to say the least.

Amazing sliders like usual tho!

[DarthRambo]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

Damn maybe it was just one game but I couldnt K the Nationals to save my life... I went Twins, Nats and only managed 6 Ks in the game... Mahle had 3 Ks in 7 innings, Acala had K in 8th, Duran had 2 Ks in 9th for the save.

Idk just felt like the Nats would make contact with my pitches no matter what... Was a great game otherwise! But that part was frustrating to say the least.

Amazing sliders like usual tho!

Just keep playing and you'll have games of 10+ Ks. 4-8 range is realistic, so getting 6 is good IMO. We seemed to find a good balance for Ks at this point.

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[DarthRambo]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

You must be doing something wrong man because on all star, striking out the cpu isn’t very hard to do

Difficulty level doesn't matter. It's easy on all levels from what I found. Having to raise contact for every level to avoid them tells us that. Plate discipline doesn't change with difficulty level. Only thing that changes is PCI size.

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[bryanm1982]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

I wonder if maybe part of it is the custom roster that Steve and I are using. Here is the thing, we tested and tested and tested sliders and thought we had a good balance. At one point, we were testing contact at 5, power at 6, timing at 5, and solid hits at 4 and we liked the results at the time. I found a roster called Full Minors which had rerates and had all of the top 30 prospects I believe. I really liked the roster. Well we started our franchise and I could be wrong but that seemed to start the increase in CPU strikeouts. I went and downloaded the latest roster last night and played a few games and it felt a little better and I was able to have contact at 8 where we had it last year and would get about 9-10 K's per game. This could be just a theory. No way I am bashing that roster cause I do like it.

For those of you who are not having an issue with the strikeouts, what roster are you using?

[PhlliesPhan6]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

I'm using the same roster but with Tatis with stats. Strikeouts seem ok for me.

[bryanm1982]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

I'm using the same roster but with Tatis with stats. Strikeouts seem ok for me.

Well just burst my bubble here. LOL

[The Kid 24]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

I wonder if maybe part of it is the custom roster that Steve and I are using. Here is the thing, we tested and tested and tested sliders and thought we had a good balance. At one point, we were testing contact at 5, power at 6, timing at 5, and solid hits at 4 and we liked the results at the time. I found a roster called Full Minors which had rerates and had all of the top 30 prospects I believe. I really liked the roster. Well we started our franchise and I could be wrong but that seemed to start the increase in CPU strikeouts. I went and downloaded the latest roster last night and played a few games and it felt a little better and I was able to have contact at 8 where we had it last year and would get about 9-10 K's per game. This could be just a theory. No way I am bashing that roster cause I do like it.

For those of you who are not having an issue with the strikeouts, what roster are you using?

I was using the last live roster update, from last Friday.

If I'm looking to get more K's from CPU, what sliders would I touch? Contact and Timing?

[The Kid 24]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

Just keep playing and you'll have games of 10+ Ks. 4-8 range is realistic, so getting 6 is good IMO. We seemed to find a good balance for Ks at this point.

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Makes sense, thanks man!

[DarthRambo]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

☆Guardians unable to sweep last place Nationals. Bieber continues to struggle in April☆

Game one: Guardians (3 8 1) @ Nationals (1 9 0)

W- J. Karinchak (1-0) SP A. Civale 5.1ip 3h 0er 2bb 4k
L- K. Finnegan (0-1) SP J. Gray 6ip 4h 1er 1bb 8k
S- E. Clase (4)
HRs- None
PotG- 1B Josh Naylor; 2 for 4, 2B, 2RBI


Game two: Guardians (3 11 0) @ Nationals (0 4 0)

W- Z. Plesac (1-0) 9ip 4h 0er 2bb 6k
L- T. Williams (0-3) 4.2ip 9h 3er 0bb 4k
HRs- None
PotG- SP Zach Plesac (CG shutout)

Game three: Guardians (10 13 0) @ Nationals (12 17 0)

W- S. Strasburg (1-1) 5ip 4h 2er 1bb 8k
L- S. Bieber (1-2) 1.1ip 8h 8er 0bb 1k
S- K. Finnegan (3)
HRs- M. Zunino (3); J. Meneses (3), A. Call (1), K. Ruiz (1), L. Thomas (1)
PotG- C Keibert Ruiz; 3 for 4, HR, 4RBI


~~Injury news~~

● Phillies RF Bryce Harper out 2-3 months. Recalled LF Jake Cave.

____________________________________________

Up next: Guardians (10-6, 1st ALC, 1.5gl) @ Tigers (8-7, 2nd ALC, 1.5gb)

Game one: Triston McKenzie (1-0 2.00era, 18ip 16k) vs Tarik Skubal (1-2, 3.44era 18.1ip 13k)

Game two: Daniel Espino (1-1, 1.50era 18ip 21k) vs Spencer Turnbull (3-0, 3.32era 19ip 11k)

Game three: Cal Quantrill (2-0, 1.20era 15ip 16k)




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[DarthRambo]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

I was using the last live roster update, from last Friday.



If I'm looking to get more K's from CPU, what sliders would I touch? Contact and Timing?

I think we are comfortable in saying contact can be 9 for the cpu now. They still are a threat offensively and will strike out what seems to be same rate as they were. So try that and it could give you a few more swing and misses.

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[PhlliesPhan6]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

Well just burst my bubble here. LOL

Don't take my word as gospel though. I switched to a different slider set a for a week and just switched back to yours a couple days ago. So I've really only got 2 games under my belt with your latest update. But I was striking out guys easier with your set then the other set.

[MadKingCraig]

Re: S & B’s Directional/Classic MLB 23 Sliders

Is regional broadcast theme still bugged?