Make me feel better about lowering the pitch speed.

[VanillaEps]

I also have it set at 1. I still strikeout my share of times, but don't walk all too often. Which is what I am trying to work on. Once I adjust to recognizing pitches and laying off the high or in the dirt pitches, I'll raise the pitch speed.

[Joey]

Sliders are there for a reason, so adjust to suit yourself. My goal is realistic stats, so if that means leave everything as-is out of the box, so be it. But if not, there's no shame in changing things. It's only cheating if you adjust to the point of grossly inflated stats...but even then, if that's how someone wants to play, it's their 60 bucks!

And yes, I've lowered pitch speed the last 2 years.

[LowerWolf]

I've got it at 0, and I don't feel like I'm cheating. Even at 0, the ball gets on you pretty quickly.

I still strike out plenty, but I can actually draw a walk every now and then too.

[slickdtc]

I have it at 3. I love that the Pitch Speed slider is even in the game at all. I don't recall it being there in MLB 09.

I'm not ashamed to admit I'm not as good as others here. I play on Veteran (pitching & hitting). Just moved up my fielding to All-Star. I have increased a few of my hitting sliders and turned down some of the CPU's pitching sliders.

I'm getting realistic, and fun, results. That's my goal.

[rspencer86]

People need to forget about the idea that adjusting sliders is cheating. Developers put sliders in sports games because while one person might have great reflexes and think the pitch speed is too slow, others might think it is too fast.

Don't be afraid to adjust in order to achieve good results. It's neither fun nor realistic to strike out 14 times a game just because the pitch speed is too fast.

[Mike3207]

Quote: Originally Posted by nonnel

I play on All-Star, timing hitting. I HATE HATE HATE messing with any games sliders to go in my favor, because it always feels like cheating and ruins the game experience for me (it was even tough for me to finally realize that while they're are two levels above it, "All-star" is actually a legit challenge for "the show"). After a few weeks of horrendous results, I decided to lower the pitch speed from 5 to 4, and am finally getting great results. But I still feel like I'm cheating now. Make me feel better. Did you lower pitch speed?

I've got it at 0. Feel better?

[cardsleadtheway]

I dropped my pitch speed all the way down. I got tired of not being able to hit a single fast ball. Even all the way down, it is still pretty fast and I can't get around on a Verlander fastball unless I am in a hitter's count. And even then, there is a chance that I will be way early if he drops the change. At default, I never walked because I could only look to swing at breaking pitches. Now, I can get a split second longer of a read, and thus don't have to swing at every curve ball. Just play how you want to play and don't feel bad about it. Nobody here is looking over your shoulder and judging you.

[Glenn33]

Quote: Originally Posted by rspencer86

People need to forget about the idea that adjusting sliders is cheating. Developers put sliders in sports games because while one person might have great reflexes and think the pitch speed is too slow, others might think it is too fast. Don't be afraid to adjust in order to achieve good results. It's neither fun nor realistic to strike out 14 times a game just because the pitch speed is too fast.

What he said...