Shogun Slider option for 25 Anticipation

[pistolpete]

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I'm going to give these a whirl. I just played a game with my old sliders and w/ anticipation @ 25 and there were a total of 30 runs scored and 40 hits.

[shogunofharlem3]

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What does the x tickmark mean in the sliders?

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The x is there to show there wasn't a value for that particular slider for user / cpu. Like pitch meter speed. THere isn't a value for the computer, so I put an x there.

I'm going to give these a whirl. I just played a game with my old sliders and w/ anticipation @ 25 and there were a total of 30 runs scored and 40 hits.

Wow! The sliders I use usually yields about 8-10 hits per team, and 3 or 4 runs. Been really great games. Very realistic lines and stats too.

[pistolpete]

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Last game there were I believe 18 hits and a total of 7 runs. Good sliders.

[shogunofharlem3]

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Last game there were I believe 18 hits and a total of 7 runs. Good sliders.

How did you find the defense? Turn any huge inning ending double plays to get out of a jam?

How about the difference from say a centerfielder with good range vs one with poor range?

[mkharsh33]

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What I love with the 25 anticipation is how the FIRST BASEMEN are now very separated in ability. They used to scoop up everything and make diving catches all the time. Now, you really have to think about defensive substitutions late in the game or recognize your offense will be hit by the defensive weakness. Love it!

[shogunofharlem3]

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Oh, you're not kidding. I have Ortiz and....I can't think of the other guy's name at the moment between classes. But Ortiz has a range rating of like 41 and the other defensive juggernaut is a 49 or something.

They both have been killing me down the lines. But after a slow start batting 190, Ortiz is up around 326 right now. Looks like a trade will be necessary for the late inning substitutions........which are 100% necessary now due to separation.

Really loving this game. Also, my outfield, right and center anyway, is unreal. Victorino, 96 range I think and Ellsbury 91. They get to everything. My 1st, shortstop and 3rd base situation, well, that's another story.

[Rdrunner]

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I'm curious. Don't know which slider or which combination of sliders has caused this. Is anyone else seeing a serious increase in AI bunt singles?

[shogunofharlem3]

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Not at all. I only see one about every 4 or 5 games.

If I had to guess, it wasn't a slider that caused it. It was the lowering of the anticipation rating. Now the catcher doesn't come flying out of the catcher's box to flag down the ball. I haven't seen it as an issue in my games thus far. I'll keep an eye out though

[shogunofharlem3]

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Played 2 games yesterday. Both dynamite games. Now that I am playing alot I am hitting better. Very streaky though so I am not sure if it is a slider adjustment I need or just turned it on for lack of a better saying.

I had 6 rbi in last night's game with 2 outs. I am thinking of lowering my contact a click or their pitchers success up a click. Going to try out both options today and tomorrow.

Also, changed catchers throw speeds a tad. I'll report my changes as I test them more.

Like I said, not sure if I've been streaky and a bit lucky with all these 2 out rbi, or since I have played a bunch I am getting better at hitting.

Last night's line (remember, I scored 6 runs with 2 out and I threw a AA pitcher, he got rocked in the first 2 innings but settled after till the 6th):
____R/H/E
CPU: 3/13/0
ME: 8/12/1

Oh, and the teams batting averages for that game, not far off, timely hitting by me blew it open:
CPU: 273
ME: 301

[pistolpete]

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How about the difference from say a centerfielder with good range vs one with poor range?

I have Carlos Gomez in CF and Ryan Braun in LF. I know when a ball is hit to be fielded by Gomez it's a piece of cake. Braun is an adventure to say the least. I'm debating trying to find a way to move him to 1B his LF play is so poor.

[shogunofharlem3]

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I have Carlos Gomez in CF and Ryan Braun in LF. I know when a ball is hit to be fielded by Gomez it's a piece of cake. Braun is an adventure to say the least. I'm debating trying to find a way to move him to 1B his LF play is so poor.

I hear ya. My outfield is nasty but my infield, aside of Pedrioa, is average to below average.

I need to make some franchise moves to tighten up my late inning defense. Never thought I'd have to do that in a videogame.......finally! It's awesome

[pitchleague]

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I have now played about 3 games with this slider set (and anticipation changed to 25/catcher block plate to 99) and have had 3 real good ball games (on PC by the way.) I just finished a 10-inning affair between Milwaukee and Cleveland, with a fair number of hits per team, etc. etc.

Animations do, indeed, look pretty smooth. And hits that normally would've been gobbled up have been dropping in the outfield or sneaking past the infielders. It's really great!

I am having one problem and I have one question however.

First, the problem . . . I seem to be getting an inordinate number of errors/bobbled balls by my infielders, specifically at 2nd base. Rickie Weeks had 4 errors in the first 5 innings tonight! And he bobbled several others that he was able to grab and make the play. Now some of this is still attributed to the fact that my Logitech Rumblepad 2 does not play nice with the right analog stick on throws. I'll move it toward first base, and it throws to third or sometimes wildly toward home plate. So, unfortunately, I have to always use button throwing, which is not nearly as "accurate" or "fun" (since the game was made for the analog stick to be used on throws.)

I never had this problem with 2k9, 2k10, or 2k11 so I'm unsure if the stick is just going bad (although calibration seems to indicate that it is fine) or what. I seem to remember this being an issue with others on release last year, but perhaps I am mis-remembering this instead.

I'm unsure if I should change any of the sliders to fix this or not. Any thoughts?

Now my question . . . (yes, I realize that I just asked one in the above sentence; I didn't intend that when I first started the post.) Do you use directional hitting with the left analog stick when you play with these settings/sliders? I haven't done so yet, but I wasn't sure if you or anybody else does and/or if you feel this is kinda cheating. I know hitters in real life sometimes will try to hit to the right side/left side or hit it on the ground/in the air in certain situations, but I wasn't sure if the sliders accomodated for using the left stick or not.

I seem to also remember trying a slider set sometime last year that said "DO NOT USE DIRECTIONAL HITTING" or something like that because the hit variety that came out of the sliders somehow made up for it.

Anyway, thanks for reading this long post. I look forward to playing more games with these sliders!

[shogunofharlem3]

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I have now played about 3 games with this slider set (and anticipation changed to 25/catcher block plate to 99) and have had 3 real good ball games (on PC by the way.) I just finished a 10-inning affair between Milwaukee and Cleveland, with a fair number of hits per team, etc. etc.

Animations do, indeed, look pretty smooth. And hits that normally would've been gobbled up have been dropping in the outfield or sneaking past the infielders. It's really great!

I am having one problem and I have one question however.

First, the problem . . . I seem to be getting an inordinate number of errors/bobbled balls by my infielders, specifically at 2nd base. Rickie Weeks had 4 errors in the first 5 innings tonight! And he bobbled several others that he was able to grab and make the play. Now some of this is still attributed to the fact that my Logitech Rumblepad 2 does not play nice with the right analog stick on throws. I'll move it toward first base, and it throws to third or sometimes wildly toward home plate. So, unfortunately, I have to always use button throwing, which is not nearly as "accurate" or "fun" (since the game was made for the analog stick to be used on throws.)

I never had this problem with 2k9, 2k10, or 2k11 so I'm unsure if the stick is just going bad (although calibration seems to indicate that it is fine) or what. I seem to remember this being an issue with others on release last year, but perhaps I am mis-remembering this instead.

I'm unsure if I should change any of the sliders to fix this or not. Any thoughts?

Now my question . . . (yes, I realize that I just asked one in the above sentence; I didn't intend that when I first started the post.) Do you use directional hitting with the left analog stick when you play with these settings/sliders? I haven't done so yet, but I wasn't sure if you or anybody else does and/or if you feel this is kinda cheating. I know hitters in real life sometimes will try to hit to the right side/left side or hit it on the ground/in the air in certain situations, but I wasn't sure if the sliders accomodated for using the left stick or not.

I seem to also remember trying a slider set sometime last year that said "DO NOT USE DIRECTIONAL HITTING" or something like that because the hit variety that came out of the sliders somehow made up for it.

Anyway, thanks for reading this long post. I look forward to playing more games with these sliders!

Glad to hear you're enjoying them. As far as errors go. Maybe the PC version is tuned differently than the 360 or something. I have only seen 1 error 1 the last 5 or 6 games. Maybe lower the Gather Error slider a tad and see if that helps. Also, what is Weeks defensive rating? His catch rating?

If you're having throwing errors. Not sure, my sliders make throwing easy compared to MK's. Try to click down throwing error slider and see if that helps.

I do use analog hitting but I don't use directional. Maybe once in a great while with no outs and a man on second I'll try to make sure I hit the ball behind the runner, or sometimes on a hit and run. But I find that I can place the ball by my timing.

[Rdrunner]

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I play PC and I don't control fielding but I do see an occassional bobble but not a weird number of errors. In fact, since the adjustment I have seen a marked decrease in the number of line drives the SS and 2B drop.

[mkharsh33]

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I play PC and I don't control fielding but I do see an occassional bobble but not a weird number of errors. In fact, since the adjustment I have seen a marked decrease in the number of line drives the SS and 2B drop.

smoother animations have equaled less fielding errors. I think the throwing errors should be 5 points higher than the gather errors as that is what normally happens in real-life baseball.