Any questions?

[FatPitcher]

Re: Any questions?

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favre4vr said:
Would you say that this year's version is geared more towards realistic sim play or somewhere in the middle? Thanks for answering all of these questions.

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Just in case you missed it...Thank you for your information. I was set on ASB now I may be learning to ESPN.

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It's definitely geared toward realism. We don't take control away from you and force the outcomes to be realistic, but we provide enough options and sliders that you should be able to get a realistic game regardless of your ability with the controller.

We've also added features to make the game more enjoyable in terms of arcade play and strategy, but I think these additions enhance the realism rather than taking away from it.

[Slip]

Re: Any questions?

Is there some kind of arbitration?

[Slip]

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Is there some kind of arbitration?

[Slip]

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Is there some kind of arbitration?

[PhantomPain]

Re: Any questions?

Hey FatPitcher, you said that the stadiums, in particular the outfield, are not bigger but the camera angle has changed a bit to make it appear bigger. One of the few problems I had with last year's game is the lack of ability to get a ball past the outfield. You could hit a would be gapper that should be a double, but the outfielder would just reach out and keep you at first. Or you could line on pretty much down the line but again the outfielder would most of the time get to it to stop the extra base hit.

Has this been changed at all? Can you get doubles easier this year?

Thanks,

John

[PhantomPain]

Re: Any questions?

Hey FatPitcher, you said that the stadiums, in particular the outfield, are not bigger but the camera angle has changed a bit to make it appear bigger. One of the few problems I had with last year's game is the lack of ability to get a ball past the outfield. You could hit a would be gapper that should be a double, but the outfielder would just reach out and keep you at first. Or you could line on pretty much down the line but again the outfielder would most of the time get to it to stop the extra base hit.

Has this been changed at all? Can you get doubles easier this year?

Thanks,

John

[PhantomPain]

Re: Any questions?

Hey FatPitcher, you said that the stadiums, in particular the outfield, are not bigger but the camera angle has changed a bit to make it appear bigger. One of the few problems I had with last year's game is the lack of ability to get a ball past the outfield. You could hit a would be gapper that should be a double, but the outfielder would just reach out and keep you at first. Or you could line on pretty much down the line but again the outfielder would most of the time get to it to stop the extra base hit.

Has this been changed at all? Can you get doubles easier this year?

Thanks,

John

[maquina123]

Re: Any questions?

FP a few questions here.

--- Did I read you right before? Will we finally be able to change the stadiums in season or franchise mode??


--- This year when you edit players can you change skin color???


---Last year in my season I created alot of high rated legendary pitchers. Those as well as the great real pitchers in the game would always be easy to smoke when they were on the mound. This was especiall true with the slider at the infamous 100 abiility and throw strikes 1. It seemed like the worse the pitcher the wilder and harder it would be to hit. Where as great pitchers when they came over the plate would get hammered.

To combat this I actually moved the meter to 100 ability and between 90-100 throw strikes. This seemed to straighten things out a little. It worked. better pitchers threw better pitches and mediocre and bad ones were more wild but out of the zone.


a) how do you account for that.
b) besides the new ahead, behind slider what else has been done to alleviate what was at best a sticky part of the game.




--------Are there more wild pitches from the cpu pitchers? More passed balls?


-------Is the fielder positioning changed at all on defense? How about facing the cpu. Does it track players real life tendancies or tendancies from the game?


THANKS!!!!

[maquina123]

Re: Any questions?

FP a few questions here.

--- Did I read you right before? Will we finally be able to change the stadiums in season or franchise mode??


--- This year when you edit players can you change skin color???


---Last year in my season I created alot of high rated legendary pitchers. Those as well as the great real pitchers in the game would always be easy to smoke when they were on the mound. This was especiall true with the slider at the infamous 100 abiility and throw strikes 1. It seemed like the worse the pitcher the wilder and harder it would be to hit. Where as great pitchers when they came over the plate would get hammered.

To combat this I actually moved the meter to 100 ability and between 90-100 throw strikes. This seemed to straighten things out a little. It worked. better pitchers threw better pitches and mediocre and bad ones were more wild but out of the zone.


a) how do you account for that.
b) besides the new ahead, behind slider what else has been done to alleviate what was at best a sticky part of the game.




--------Are there more wild pitches from the cpu pitchers? More passed balls?


-------Is the fielder positioning changed at all on defense? How about facing the cpu. Does it track players real life tendancies or tendancies from the game?


THANKS!!!!

[maquina123]

Re: Any questions?

FP a few questions here.

--- Did I read you right before? Will we finally be able to change the stadiums in season or franchise mode??


--- This year when you edit players can you change skin color???


---Last year in my season I created alot of high rated legendary pitchers. Those as well as the great real pitchers in the game would always be easy to smoke when they were on the mound. This was especiall true with the slider at the infamous 100 abiility and throw strikes 1. It seemed like the worse the pitcher the wilder and harder it would be to hit. Where as great pitchers when they came over the plate would get hammered.

To combat this I actually moved the meter to 100 ability and between 90-100 throw strikes. This seemed to straighten things out a little. It worked. better pitchers threw better pitches and mediocre and bad ones were more wild but out of the zone.


a) how do you account for that.
b) besides the new ahead, behind slider what else has been done to alleviate what was at best a sticky part of the game.




--------Are there more wild pitches from the cpu pitchers? More passed balls?


-------Is the fielder positioning changed at all on defense? How about facing the cpu. Does it track players real life tendancies or tendancies from the game?


THANKS!!!!

[spacefunk]

Re: Any questions?

1. I'm big on throwback uniforms. You guys had some great ones last year and I've seen a few pics of this year's and am not dissappointed. (79 black Pirates! Thank you! ) But I wonder why you guys and everyone else even bother with unis from the teens and 20's. It's safe to say that 99% of the people that buy these games their knowledge of the history of the game doesn't go further back than when Jackie Robinson broke the color line. You guys should take note of what your brothers over at ESPN NFL do and only have unis from the 50's on.

2. How come there aren't real managers in any of the games? Do they have their own seperate dealie like the NFL coaches? And if so, why can't there be an option to edit/create managers? I think if they can cut to close ups of the managers during games it would give the game more of a real broadcast feel.

[spacefunk]

Re: Any questions?

1. I'm big on throwback uniforms. You guys had some great ones last year and I've seen a few pics of this year's and am not dissappointed. (79 black Pirates! Thank you! ) But I wonder why you guys and everyone else even bother with unis from the teens and 20's. It's safe to say that 99% of the people that buy these games their knowledge of the history of the game doesn't go further back than when Jackie Robinson broke the color line. You guys should take note of what your brothers over at ESPN NFL do and only have unis from the 50's on.

2. How come there aren't real managers in any of the games? Do they have their own seperate dealie like the NFL coaches? And if so, why can't there be an option to edit/create managers? I think if they can cut to close ups of the managers during games it would give the game more of a real broadcast feel.

[spacefunk]

Re: Any questions?

1. I'm big on throwback uniforms. You guys had some great ones last year and I've seen a few pics of this year's and am not dissappointed. (79 black Pirates! Thank you! ) But I wonder why you guys and everyone else even bother with unis from the teens and 20's. It's safe to say that 99% of the people that buy these games their knowledge of the history of the game doesn't go further back than when Jackie Robinson broke the color line. You guys should take note of what your brothers over at ESPN NFL do and only have unis from the 50's on.

2. How come there aren't real managers in any of the games? Do they have their own seperate dealie like the NFL coaches? And if so, why can't there be an option to edit/create managers? I think if they can cut to close ups of the managers during games it would give the game more of a real broadcast feel.

[FatPitcher]

Re: Any questions?

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PhantomPain said:
Hey FatPitcher, you said that the stadiums, in particular the outfield, are not bigger but the camera angle has changed a bit to make it appear bigger. One of the few problems I had with last year's game is the lack of ability to get a ball past the outfield. You could hit a would be gapper that should be a double, but the outfielder would just reach out and keep you at first. Or you could line on pretty much down the line but again the outfielder would most of the time get to it to stop the extra base hit.

Has this been changed at all? Can you get doubles easier this year?

Thanks,

John

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We slowed down the outfielders a bit. There's a slider you can use to slow them down more (or speed them up) if you want.

[FatPitcher]

Re: Any questions?

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PhantomPain said:
Hey FatPitcher, you said that the stadiums, in particular the outfield, are not bigger but the camera angle has changed a bit to make it appear bigger. One of the few problems I had with last year's game is the lack of ability to get a ball past the outfield. You could hit a would be gapper that should be a double, but the outfielder would just reach out and keep you at first. Or you could line on pretty much down the line but again the outfielder would most of the time get to it to stop the extra base hit.

Has this been changed at all? Can you get doubles easier this year?

Thanks,

John

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We slowed down the outfielders a bit. There's a slider you can use to slow them down more (or speed them up) if you want.