Ego setting

[allBthere]

Re: Ego setting

to follow up, moving hitting to 70 is making the game WAY more fun again, and leaving everything else at 75. The problem is, it became a bit too easy again, so for the first time I'll move in single digit increments each game and see where I finalize. I'll go up to 71 next game and so on..

[bodean]

Re: Ego setting

to follow up, moving hitting to 70 is making the game WAY more fun again, and leaving everything else at 75. The problem is, it became a bit too easy again, so for the first time I'll move in single digit increments each game and see where I finalize. I'll go up to 71 next game and so on..

Never understood the ego system. You have to change the ego every game to find your sweet spot?

[allBthere]

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Never understood the ego system. You have to change the ego every game to find your sweet spot?

no, not every game. Typically you just dial it in until you are having fun every single game and it's competitive. With #1, everything at 80-85 was my sweet spot. This game is 'harder' so 75 is my sweet spot, but hitting I had to lower a tad because I just wasn't hitting with any power.

Another note is that as you play, especially if you're not a veteran of the series you will probably move up as you play because you'll get a better feel for it over time until you sort of plateau.

[tbread28]

Re: Ego setting

no, not every game. Typically you just dial it in until you are having fun every single game and it's competitive. With #1, everything at 80-85 was my sweet spot. This game is 'harder' so 75 is my sweet spot, but hitting I had to lower a tad because I just wasn't hitting with any power.



Another note is that as you play, especially if you're not a veteran of the series you will probably move up as you play because you'll get a better feel for it over time until you sort of plateau.

I would like to try your ego formula. What current formula are you using for batting, speed, fielding, and pitching?



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[tbread28]

Re: Ego setting

I was going to try
70-Batting
80-speed
80-Fielding
80-pitching


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[aderifield]

Re: Ego setting

What are you guys playing on for SMB3? This one seems a lot harder than 2. I am at 65 for now, but I plan to keep pumping it up as I can.

[Blzer]

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What are you guys playing on for SMB3? This one seems a lot harder than 2. I am at 65 for now, but I plan to keep pumping it up as I can.

This is definitely a lot harder/less forgiving than 2.

I’m at 80/99/85/99, but I’ve gotten a few games where I’ve lost by like 20. The main problem with this game right now is the CPU ain’t ever offering outside of the strike zone with less than two strikes (at least not at this difficulty).

[Bahnzo]

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This is definitely a lot harder/less forgiving than 2.

I’m at 80/99/85/99, but I’ve gotten a few games where I’ve lost by like 20. The main problem with this game right now is the CPU ain’t ever offering outside of the strike zone with less than two strikes (at least not at this difficulty).

I've been pitching on 65, and they rarely offer at balls there either. I'm not sure I remember them chasing either when I was using much lower settings.

How do you field on that high of a setting? I'm having the WORST time with judging fly balls.

[Blzer]

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I've been pitching on 65, and they rarely offer at balls there either. I'm not sure I remember them chasing either when I was using much lower settings.

How do you field on that high of a setting? I'm having the WORST time with judging fly balls.

I can't say, I've been fielding on 99 since SMB 1. I guess I just got used to it, is all. Judging fly balls on this game is ever so slightly more difficult than SMB 2 because the camera has a slightly narrow FOV, and it has only cost me a couple of times so far.

Anyway, I just lost a game 5-3. I was ahead 3-1 at one point, and their two go-ahead runs came on my first wild pitch as well as a double in the gap where I had combined throwing powers of 70s and 60s. If they were both 90s, I get the person out. No matter since I never scored a fourth run to say "That could've been the one!" but those are the kinds of games I'm getting now. I may lower batting to 75 and pitching to 80 at some point soon.

[Blzer]

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So I tried to play all 99 Ego, and here was the result...









To be honest, I held my own in pitching. Those two errors really destroyed me, plus two fielder's choices where everyone was safe.

I didn't realize that 99 hitting meant the cursor doesn't move at all. I legitimately had no chance. I only fouled off one ball, and made contact four other times, all into outs. Besides one walk, every other swing was a miss. I even whiffed on two bunts, and I was facing a <50 speed pitcher!

Yeah, not doing that again for a while, for the sake of my own personal confidence.


EDIT: Looking at this box score, this game also tracks a statistic incorrectly. If you substitute a batter who has two strikes on him/her and the substitute strikes out, the strikeout should be credited to the initial batter. According to the stats on here, they gave it to the substitute (M. Osuna).

[Bahnzo]

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Wow, 23 K's! I did see you managed to break up the perfect game with a walk however.

It seems the pitch speeds are faster with a higher hitting ego, is that correct? How did the AI pitch you? Did they nibble more, or ?

[Blzer]

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Wow, 23 K's! I did see you managed to break up the perfect game with a walk however.

It seems the pitch speeds are faster with a higher hitting ego, is that correct? How did the AI pitch you? Did they nibble more, or ?

They are absolutely faster, yes.

I wouldn't necessarily say they nibbled all the time, but I just couldn't hit it! If this game had a lower batting camera and a better pressure-sensitive check-swinging system, I think I could've done okay. With this though, there was just no way.

[Will I Am]

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I think the check swing system works how it was planned. PYS has no check swings and somewhat similar hitting.

[Blzer]

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I think the check swing system works how it was planned. PYS has no check swings and somewhat similar hitting.

I know it's working as planned. I wish they altered on it, personally (or as I say, "improved" on it). I need a trigger as I do in real life, because I'm always in swing mode until I'm not. That doesn't mean I always check swing in real life, but that means I load my hands and I'm prepared to trigger as needed, even as the slightest flinch.

[Will I Am]

Re: Ego setting

Most check swings are called strikes now anyways, unless your talking the 60' and 70's, those guys would take a hack and stop and "no swing", lol.