Move the hit icon?

[jsteele14]

When batting, do you guys even bother moving the hitting icon. It seems to go right to where the ball is going.

I find that i often make it worse by moving the icon. Is there an ego level where the icon stops moving for you?

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[JayBee74]

Re: Move the hit icon?

When batting, do you guys even bother moving the hitting icon. It seems to go right to where the ball is going.

I find that i often make it worse by moving the icon. Is there an ego level where the icon stops moving for you?

I hit on 55 EGO (55-30-50-30) and never move the reticle. I play with a good hitting team and my failure to sometimes hit is all about lack of timing and chasing after balls. Beyond 55 I can't say.

[sethisthegoat]

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I think the icon always moves toward where the pitch is going, however as the pitch speeds get faster, the movement helps less. I'm currently at 65. I can hit okay when I don't move, but generally better when I do.

[Earl1963]

Re: Move the hit icon?

Isn’t it based on contact ratings? Anyways, I always Manually move it when the contact rating is low.

[randogu]

Re: Move the hit icon?

Batting at 66 here

I only make last second adjustments to the auto-movement. A flick down to get under the ball, a flick up on the stick to influence a grounder, etc.

I've played a season with an above average hitting team and now just finishing a season with a team rated 1 in contact on the team ratings. There is definitely a difference as to how much (how early) I need to take over the reticle between the two teams.

[JayBee74]

Re: Move the hit icon?

Isn’t it based on contact ratings? Anyways, I always Manually move it when the contact rating is low.

I thought the contact rating increased or decreased that player's chances of getting a hit or hitting it "more solidly". In other words, if a player with a 92 contact rating hit the same pitch in exactly the same way as a player with a 65 contact rating the ball would be better hit by the higher rated player.

[da_centa_fielda]

Re: Move the hit icon?

I believe the icon will move to some degree even at 99 ego. But I think it moves slower. Plus the pitches come in really fast so you have to move it.

I bat at 75 and move it on my own.

[Blzer]

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If you're talking about pre-positioning, no I never do that. I do move it afterward, though.

On the contact attribute rating, I'm still not sure what it does exactly, but my guess would be more solid contact. However, I did edit a team and gave an individual a 99 contact and 19 power, and she struggles mightily at the plate. I've tried hitting both for power and contact, and out of maybe 25 games her average never came that far over 100. I've played more than one Pennant with her (this is the third one actually) so I've had chances for her Mojo to reset. Other players with like 40 contact and 35 power have better luck than she does. Ah well, I'll figure it out. She also is the only lefty regular on the team, so maybe I have to work on it with that and see if I have that kind of bad luck if I put her righty for a while.

[KBLover]

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On the contact attribute rating, I'm still not sure what it does exactly, but my guess would be more solid contact. However, I did edit a team and gave an individual a 99 contact and 19 power, and she struggles mightily at the plate.

I think of it like this:

Contact = Chances to hit the ball as well as possible (i.e. "get all of it"). Also impacts the window/leeway for contact in general. Lower contact will need to be "on the ball" more solidly for both swing plane and timing in order to "get all of it" consistently.

Power = How hard the player can hit the ball. This is like their bat speed and batted ball velocity put together. Higher power means higher velocity even on mis-hit balls. Lower power means even the squared up balls don't have a ton of "oomph" behind them.

So a 19 power player will have a hard time hitting the ball hard, but at least she'll likely hit better trajectories and hit as hard as she can on a lot of her swings...which is not very hard. She'll need those better trajectories to have a chance and get good hit placement (gaps, lines, up the middle).

The 35 power player at least can put some pace on the ball. Decent, but not optimal, trajectories have better chances of being hits because of this. The ground ball that the SS gets to at the last step off the bat of a 19 power player might become a hit off the bat of the 35 power player.

That's how I relate them in my head and why I wouldn't be surprised that 40/35 could have more success than 99/19, especially depending on your hitting skill (they both might struggle for me or the 99 chica would still do better overall).