Simple Slider Solution

[nbluedevils]

Take whatever difficulty level you feel comfortable at, although either Pro, All-Star, or Legend is suggested. Set the AI Strike Zone Tendency slider to 0 and the AI Pitch Zone Tendency slider to 0 and go to town.

I have had some great games with these sliders using the Pro-level sliders as a base. It seems as if AI Hitter Aggressiveness is based on the effectiveness/accuracy of the pitching motion/pitching meter, which I find much easier on Pro. I am not the greatest hitter in the world, so I find this to be an amazing combo since the pitchers actually test you, but you still have to hold your own against the AI hitting. After averaging 7-8 Ks with Tim Lincecum in my first couple of starts with these sliders, I just had a dominating CG SO with 15 Ks on 104 pitches. Then I turned around the next day and Randy Johnson got shelled by the Brewers for 8 hits and 5 runs through 4 innings. These sliders make the game fun, give varied results, and you can still unlock cards with them!

Enjoy

[baa7]

Re: Simple Slider Solution

After averaging 7-8 Ks with Tim Lincecum in my first couple of starts with these sliders, I just had a dominating CG SO with 15 Ks on 104 pitches. Then I turned around the next day and Randy Johnson got shelled by the Brewers for 8 hits and 5 runs through 4 innings.

The sliders you mentioned -- AI Strike Zone Tendency and AI Pitch Zone Tendency -- are CPU pitching sliders. They don't affect User pitching results.

[gambler1180]

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What is the AI pitch zone Tendency slider for anyway?

[Jaz3370]

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What is the AI pitch zone Tendency slider for anyway?

I believe there are 9 boxes that make up the strike zone, those boxes are pitch zones, if you have a higher pitch zone tendency you will have pitches that tend to be in one of them boxes(pitch zones), say twice in a row. The lower the pitch zone tendency means that the pitches will tend to be in various pitch zones(boxes) rather than in the same.

[nbluedevils]

Re: Simple Slider Solution

The sliders you mentioned -- AI Strike Zone Tendency and AI Pitch Zone Tendency -- are CPU pitching sliders. They don't affect User pitching results.

I was actually talking about the benefit of using the "Pro" default sliders as a base for these instead of All-Star. I was simply noticing the difference (for me at least) in terms of strikeouts and overall pitching. I was not trying to relate my pitching performance to the tweaks in the sliders, I was merely talking about the difference in difficulty. Sorry about the confusion!

[Ckhoss29]

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I currently use default Allstar with strike zone and strike at 0 and pitch speed at 85 and I have been getting some good games.

[tril]

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Ive used the default pro sliders for 3 games now, and Ive also noticed a difference in fielding. lowered the pitcher strike zone,

the players actually react to the ball and dont slow down in the outfield.
am I imagining this?

[Kramer5150]

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This is the exact same thing I ended up doing,with the exception of lowering the cpu's fielding speed,and been having some great competitive games.