First of all, I love the game. I don't mind little bugs that only pop up every once in a while at all.
Having said that, good grief do the AI controlled fielders who are supposedly backing up my outfielders act stupid. They take worse lines to the ball than an above average little leaguer. In general, I'm still shaky in the field when it comes to being comfortable with the spead of the fielders and judging the speed of the ball so it is not terribly uncommon that a ball will just get past a human controlled fielder on what is a routine liner to the outfield. On occasions when this happens, I see the AI controlled backup man running in and I am momentarily pleased that this single won't be a triple, but this brief moment of happiness is crushed as the AI fielder almost inevitably takes a horrible line to the ball and it goes past him rolling to the wall.
I would much rather he hang back so that if the ball goes to the wall he'll be there to pick it up right away, instead he comes in aggressively and it goes right past him, having already beaten me and only then can i take control of him and send him on his long journey back to the wall.
I may be misjudging what to expect from a guy backing up a play in the field but it seems like the AI's approach is atrocious.
Having said that, good grief do the AI controlled fielders who are supposedly backing up my outfielders act stupid. They take worse lines to the ball than an above average little leaguer. In general, I'm still shaky in the field when it comes to being comfortable with the spead of the fielders and judging the speed of the ball so it is not terribly uncommon that a ball will just get past a human controlled fielder on what is a routine liner to the outfield. On occasions when this happens, I see the AI controlled backup man running in and I am momentarily pleased that this single won't be a triple, but this brief moment of happiness is crushed as the AI fielder almost inevitably takes a horrible line to the ball and it goes past him rolling to the wall.
I would much rather he hang back so that if the ball goes to the wall he'll be there to pick it up right away, instead he comes in aggressively and it goes right past him, having already beaten me and only then can i take control of him and send him on his long journey back to the wall.
I may be misjudging what to expect from a guy backing up a play in the field but it seems like the AI's approach is atrocious.