Pinpoint vs. Breakpoint Aim

[JayhawkerStL]

I've gone back to Pinpoint Aim for pitching in 2K11. As most others, I had defaulted to Breakpoint aim in previous version in order to make it harder to paint the corners. And really, it never did help very much. I mean, we are just aiming to the end of those arrows, right?

I might consider going back to Breakpoint Aim if I could ditch the darn arrows on the cursor. As it is, location is variable enough, that using Pinpoint Aim is just more convenient, as you run into far less rumble on the gamepad. Using it ha not resulted in any kind of ability to paint the corners.

For now, when I pitch, I go almost exclusively with catcher suggestions. My house rule is that I use the pitch he calls for, and I aim for a spot that at the very least touches the outline of the target box. The exception is that I will aim sinker balls and curve balls lower than the box if the catcher calls for them up in the zone.

But if you don't nail the gesture, you are still not hitting your spot. So I'm not sure it completely matters anymore. The real option I would like to see is no cursor. I already go with no strike zone, nor IE. And with the Broadcast Cams at various angles, it is never clear if I am aiming in the strike zone or not.

So no cursor may turn out to just be too hard. I mean, a pitcher does know where he is aiming. and now that his ability to hit that spot is affected by the execution of the gesture in conjunction with his fatigue and composure status at the time, even no cursor may not be needed anymore.

Overall, it really does show off how well they finally got the pitching down this year.

What settings do you guys use? And am I missing something that would improve immersion?

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Pinpoint vs. Breakpoint Aim

I am also using Pinpoint. Right now I'm using IE with Catcher Suggestion-OFF. Though it may seem pitching to the blue is lame, what I've seen is since pitches have more movement to them, it's not as easy to hit the blue.

The movement & variable location of pitches have been really well done this year.

[JayhawkerStL]

Re: Pinpoint vs. Breakpoint Aim

I don't think pitching to the blue is lame, at all. It's especially better now that location is not so precise. You could pitch to the blue and still end up in the red. So there is some good strategy to be had.
My main objection with using visible IE is that I do like to keep the strike zone off, and the IE boxes pretty much show you where it is.

I could use the D-Pad to view the player's weaknesses and come up with a game plan for each at-bat. At some point, I will probably start doing that some. I do wonder if spamming the blue zones does make it easier to get outs than it should.

What I wonder is, does the CPU use the batter's eye to guess location, so that it can make up for the fact that a pitcher is pitching to their weakness. This would necessitate mixing up your locations, including pitching to the red with certain pitches. I know that when i have used the hitter's eye (the black dot) to guess location I almost always look in my weak zones, or at least low and away primarily.

The other think I like about catcher's suggestion is just how often is has me pitching outside the zone. I just have a hard time deciding to do that enough on my own.
And it really is an important part of getting outs.

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Pinpoint vs. Breakpoint Aim

I don't think pitching to the blue is lame, at all. It's especially better now that location is not so precise. You could pitch to the blue and still end up in the red. So there is some good strategy to be had.
My main objection with using visible IE is that I do like to keep the strike zone off, and the IE boxes pretty much show you where it is.

I could use the D-Pad to view the player's weaknesses and come up with a game plan for each at-bat. At some point, I will probably start doing that some. I do wonder if spamming the blue zones does make it easier to get outs than it should.

What I wonder is, does the CPU use the batter's eye to guess location, so that it can make up for the fact that a pitcher is pitching to their weakness. This would necessitate mixing up your locations, including pitching to the red with certain pitches. I know that when i have used the hitter's eye (the black dot) to guess location I almost always look in my weak zones, or at least low and away primarily.

The other think I like about catcher's suggestion is just how often is has me pitching outside the zone. I just have a hard time deciding to do that enough on my own.
And it really is an important part of getting outs.

I don't think spamming the BLUE is gonna work this year. Unless you have the sliders set to minimize the the movement & variation of the pitches.

As for the CPU using Batter's Eye, from my experience so far I believe it does use it, which is why it's good to mix your pitches & location as much as possible. Even if it means shaking off the suggested pitch & location & doing your own thing.