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Lack of home runs from non power hitters.
I am in the middle of may in my franchise and I am seeing an extreme lack of home runs from my non power hitters. I am currently playing with the Phillies and I have 8 with Ryan Howard, 5 with Hunter Pence, and 3 with Chase Utley. And 1 with about 4 other players. But Shane Victorino has 0 home runs and so does Carlos Ruiz and Jimmy Rollins. I had the same exact problem in MLB 2k11 where these non power hitters would have barely any home runs throughout the season. I have my contact at 30 and power jacked up to 80 and I am using Classic Batting. I know Carlos Ruiz usually doesn't hit more than 10 a year but Rollins and Victorino are usually hovering around the 20 hr mark every season.Tags: None -
Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.
It's pretty much a known issue with the game engine and it's been discussed in a few threads. Players with power ratings under 60-65 rarely hit home runs. Maybe raise the power slider more and lower the contact slider to balance things out? Is that an option? -
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Oh something else... The contact slider in 2K baseball acts like a loft modifier. The higher it is, the more loft you get on your hits. I play with my pitch speed slider at 90. One possibility is to RAISE the contact slider, then compensate for any loss in difficulty by raising the pitch speed and making the game harder that way.Comment
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Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.
CPU pitch speed, makes it much harder to hit when the CPU pitches you see. Makes up for the easier difficulty that will result when raising the contact slider, if you go that route.Comment
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do you use total control hitting or classic? do you play all your games or sim a good chunk of them?Comment
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Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.
Depends on the sliders that are noted in the thread and another thing: the pitcher you are up against and the ballpark you are in. With low power guys I can not hit homers e.g. against Cain in AT&T but in Coors Field of Moyer it is possible. I also hit a homer with Hanley Ramirez (62 power vs RHP) against Vorley. I use classic hitting and MKharsh sliders (with 2 modifications).Comment
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Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.
Depends on the sliders that are noted in the thread and another thing: the pitcher you are up against and the ballpark you are in. With low power guys I can not hit homers e.g. against Cain in AT&T but in Coors Field of Moyer it is possible. I also hit a homer with Hanley Ramirez (62 power vs RHP) against Vorley. I use classic hitting and MKharsh sliders (with 2 modifications).Check out my Houston Astros Dynasties:
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Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.
I don't know if it's just imagination or if it's real. But IMO in some ballparks it is way easier to hit homers than in others. As I said in AT&T I can't hit many homers for some reason, but in Detroit, Texas or in Colorado and Philadelphia they drop and drop.Comment
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I've noticed this as well...I played a series at Wrigley. Both teams hit at least 2 HR per game, with one game having 6 HR balls. So there has to be some kind of ballpark factor, because the ball seemed to carry more at Wrigley than I was used to it doing in Detroit or anywhere I'd played (and playing at Oakland was the opposite, it felt very vast and difficult to hit out of the park.)Check out my Houston Astros Dynasties:
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Re: Lack of home runs from non power hitters.
I hadn't look that close but I do know (I'm the Rangers) when we go to Oakland my bats go to sleep. But that was so obvious I couldn't miss it. I hadn't really paid attention to any other parks.Comment
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I am leaning to believing they do based on my inability to do much of anything in Oakland's park compared to my own park or what we do in Detroit. I don't see anything in game that let's us see any park ratings tho.Comment
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