Need hitting advice..

[sharebear420]

I seriously can't hit... Iv always been decent at the show games but I'm horrible at batting in this one. I'm playing on veteran and am thinking about putting it on rookie which iv never had to before. I'm using zone batting because I like the idea but it's so hard to see where the ball is gonna end up, moving the eye in e correct spot, and time it right while deciding if your even gonna swing at the pitch. Which brings me too another thing. Low balls. It's so hard for me too tell if it's gonna be a ball if thrown low. I swear it's comin right down the middle or low and it goes so low I can't even hit it. I tried putting the pitching speed down and using timing hitting but even with the pitch speed down I can't tell if it's a ball or not and when using timing your AI seems to automatically guess where the balls gonna be so it puts the eye in random places and I swing an miss or make crappy contact(it's when it shows you how late you were it shows the up randomly up high or low when the ball is no where near it) which I thought turning hitting to timing would eliminate the eye all together but I guess not. I need help!

[sharebear420]

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Can anybody give me some suggestions?

[willIam9387]

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I seriously can't hit... Iv always been decent at the show games but I'm horrible at batting in this one. I'm playing on veteran and am thinking about putting it on rookie which iv never had to before. I'm using zone batting because I like the idea but it's so hard to see where the ball is gonna end up, moving the eye in e correct spot, and time it right while deciding if your even gonna swing at the pitch. Which brings me too another thing. Low balls. It's so hard for me too tell if it's gonna be a ball if thrown low. I swear it's comin right down the middle or low and it goes so low I can't even hit it. I tried putting the pitching speed down and using timing hitting but even with the pitch speed down I can't tell if it's a ball or not and when using timing your AI seems to automatically guess where the balls gonna be so it puts the eye in random places and I swing an miss or make crappy contact(it's when it shows you how late you were it shows the up randomly up high or low when the ball is no where near it) which I thought turning hitting to timing would eliminate the eye all together but I guess not. I need help!

I've been having trouble as well with zone and I went to timing. I lowered the pitch speed two clicks which has helped. I've wondered the same thing about timed hitting, why the AI jumps around. Can anyone explain the AI works, is it random or based off the user input?

[Bushido]

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I'm getting dominated by the KC Royals. Their starters are throwing complete game shut out's against me.

So imagine how I feel...

This is my first time ever playing the game in my defense. I went out and got a PS3 specifically for this game alone.

[JSHT21]

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The game is really hard for beginners. My first year with it it took alot of practice before i could hit.

[pistolpete]

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I am an uber beginner on the show and in order to enjoy the game I really tweaked batting in my favor. And as I sincerely try to get better, I'll make it more difficult.

Anyways, swallow your pride. Put hitting on rookie, turn guess pitch on, crank down cpu pitch speed, turn down cpu consistency and cpu throw strike tendency.

Now what I do is guess pitches in my hot zones and if I'm not right on both location and type without 2 strikes on me I take the pitch. I strike out a lot more than I would otherwise, but the contact I've been making has been effective.

[cardinalbird5]

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Pick a zone and sit on offspeed pitches....you will be able to foul off fastballs and when you get a breaking ball in your zone then you'll cream it. You have to pick your poison.

[Geronimo22]

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I'm getting dominated by the KC Royals. Their starters are throwing complete game shut out's against me.

So imagine how I feel...

This is my first time ever playing the game in my defense. I went out and got a PS3 specifically for this game alone.

I'd suggest to do some searches for hitting threads from last year. Here's one I made that has a lot of good info in it. Continue to ask questions and for help and you will get better.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...es-why-10.html

[Ghetto Anthony]

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Hey I'm not the best around here, but I've been doing decently with hitting this year. A LOT better than last year at least.

From the games I've played I normally average around 8 hits and 10 or so strikeouts which is about right, imo when you're facing the likes of David Price and playing as the Kansas City Royals.

I'm playing on All-Star difficulty and using Zone hitting with buttons. During most at bats I keep the PCI towards the bottom of the zone and wait for a pitch to come down there. High pitches and pitches on the corners kill me though.

[Bushido]

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Finally scored a run (3 actually..), but lost in 12 innings 4-3. The good news is that I connected for 14 hits. I didn't change much, just went into CPU speed pitch slider, and lowered it 1 click.

I still need to stop swinging at 85% of the pitches.

[willIam9387]

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Finally scored a run (3 actually..), but lost in 12 innings 4-3. The good news is that I connected for 14 hits. I didn't change much, just went into CPU speed pitch slider, and lowered it 1 click.

I still need to stop swinging at 85% of the pitches.

Ugh me too. Struck out against ian kennedy 11 times, five times through the first two innings, so I guess in the next six innings, only striking out six times was kind of a moral victory lol. I'm using timing only without guess pitch and I've been seeing some good results. In my previous game to kennedy I was able to knock cueto out and get like 7 hits off him, so I feel like i'm making progress and this is on All-star. I've lowered pitched speed two clicks which helps as well.

Mostly the problem is plate discipline as I'm swinging at a lot of balls outside the strike zone. What I like is that I'm seeing progress in terms of my hitting.

[Bushido]

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Ugh me too. Struck out against ian kennedy 11 times, five times through the first two innings, so I guess in the next six innings, only striking out six times was kind of a moral victory lol. I'm using timing only without guess pitch and I've been seeing some good results. In my previous game to kennedy I was able to knock cueto out and get like 7 hits off him, so I feel like i'm making progress and this is on All-star. I've lowered pitched speed two clicks which helps as well.

Mostly the problem is plate discipline as I'm swinging at a lot of balls outside the strike zone. What I like is that I'm seeing progress in terms of my hitting.

I've only walked once in three games (lol), and that felt more rewarding than any base hit (which were scarce up until the last game..) I'm starting to take more pitches now since I decreased pitch speed. I'm able to track the ball a tad bit quicker. What messes me up is when I guess which part of the zone the pitch is going, I automatically go into swing mode, forgetting that just because it's going to that zone doesn't equal it actually going over the plate...

[KDWilliams85]

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I'm getting dominated by the KC Royals. Their starters are throwing complete game shut out's against me.

So imagine how I feel...

This is my first time ever playing the game in my defense. I went out and got a PS3 specifically for this game alone.

I did too but I use timing to bat. However, you could use batting practice to help hone your skills in analog.