Some things to consider w/OF/IF run speed sliders and OF throw speeds...Read
So I have played a solid months worth of franchise games with my nationals with I believe balzzens sliders and I have come to a discovery with the sliders set that have really opened up the game in about three areas:
1. OF/IF speeds - Everyone on here has their slider speed set to the min of 30 for BOTH the OF/IF. The problem I ran into with this was there were no seperation of speed vs the "jim edmonds" of baseball if you will. ESPECIALLY in the infield. It seemed like to mnay balls were getting reached with very little effort by even the mediocre of fielders. Then I thought about how this game was developed out of the box with the players ratings being the focus. I since then have set this game back to 20 at the default and this is where it needs to be if you want some sim and realistic results. I have since then seen animations that have surfaced out of nowhere and looked awesome. Like when I played the marlins and I saw a sweet glove flip to turn two against me. Or when the Zim master dove for Q shot down the 3B line that if the slider was any higher than 20 he would have just ran to it and gloved it. Trust me 20 (for user/CPU) is the magic number as the game was developed around the player ratings with this slider in mind.
OF throw speed - This took some time to get down but either way it has to be tweaked to be anything near realistic. 70 is MY magic number. I get a good balance of OF assists where appropriate and more importantly I get the feel of an actual MLB throw...especially since sometimes animations get in this sort of momentum block where nothing happens and I am waiting for the dummy to throw and what should have been a single, the hesitation costs me a double. Trust me when I say 70 is a good place to be. IF throw speed I left at blazzens (which is at 60) because I felt it was perfect.
Baserunner speed - this frustrates me so much because the aniamtions are so off that its hard to really guage what is a true perfect spped to be at. I left it a blazzens deafult which is 35 and I am happy with what I get. You might not be, but would say start here at 35 and go DOWN if anything. Going any higher will piss yall off to no end with the unrealistic doubles and triples.
All in all I wanted to post this because it has made a huge difference in playing the games. What I wish I could do is change the CPU batting AI somehow as I feel they are too patient with pitches. Its like I am FORCED into throwing thier pitch no matter what, but then again I guess that is what MLB talent si SUPPOSED to do! LOL The only thing else I changes was the CPU pitch sucess up to 75 just because I hit really well...my boy danny espinosa is killing the league as well as jason werth which is a surprise for sure! Have fun with the game with these sliders. Something as small as this changes the dynamics of the game for sure.
1. OF/IF speeds - Everyone on here has their slider speed set to the min of 30 for BOTH the OF/IF. The problem I ran into with this was there were no seperation of speed vs the "jim edmonds" of baseball if you will. ESPECIALLY in the infield. It seemed like to mnay balls were getting reached with very little effort by even the mediocre of fielders. Then I thought about how this game was developed out of the box with the players ratings being the focus. I since then have set this game back to 20 at the default and this is where it needs to be if you want some sim and realistic results. I have since then seen animations that have surfaced out of nowhere and looked awesome. Like when I played the marlins and I saw a sweet glove flip to turn two against me. Or when the Zim master dove for Q shot down the 3B line that if the slider was any higher than 20 he would have just ran to it and gloved it. Trust me 20 (for user/CPU) is the magic number as the game was developed around the player ratings with this slider in mind.
OF throw speed - This took some time to get down but either way it has to be tweaked to be anything near realistic. 70 is MY magic number. I get a good balance of OF assists where appropriate and more importantly I get the feel of an actual MLB throw...especially since sometimes animations get in this sort of momentum block where nothing happens and I am waiting for the dummy to throw and what should have been a single, the hesitation costs me a double. Trust me when I say 70 is a good place to be. IF throw speed I left at blazzens (which is at 60) because I felt it was perfect.
Baserunner speed - this frustrates me so much because the aniamtions are so off that its hard to really guage what is a true perfect spped to be at. I left it a blazzens deafult which is 35 and I am happy with what I get. You might not be, but would say start here at 35 and go DOWN if anything. Going any higher will piss yall off to no end with the unrealistic doubles and triples.
All in all I wanted to post this because it has made a huge difference in playing the games. What I wish I could do is change the CPU batting AI somehow as I feel they are too patient with pitches. Its like I am FORCED into throwing thier pitch no matter what, but then again I guess that is what MLB talent si SUPPOSED to do! LOL The only thing else I changes was the CPU pitch sucess up to 75 just because I hit really well...my boy danny espinosa is killing the league as well as jason werth which is a surprise for sure! Have fun with the game with these sliders. Something as small as this changes the dynamics of the game for sure.
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