timing hitting? most realistic way to hit?

[Fictionix]

just curious if this is the most realistic way to bat. Will you only hit homers if you chose to "power swing" or can you hit them with a regular contact swing as well? thanks

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Re: timing hitting? most realistic way to hit?

just curious if this is the most realistic way to bat. Will you only hit homers if you chose to "power swing" or can you hit them with a regular contact swing as well? thanks

u can def hit them with contact swing

[Fictionix]

Re: timing hitting? most realistic way to hit?

u can def hit them with contact swing

ok cool thanks man

[RGmoney]

Re: timing hitting? most realistic way to hit?

u can def hit them with contact swing

I second this

[Fictionix]

Re: timing hitting? most realistic way to hit?

ok awesome. testing it out right now and im a previous analog hitter and this feels much more realistic

[Fictionix]

Re: timing hitting? most realistic way to hit?

Hey yall i have one more question. I know contact is circle and power hit is square. Ive just been hitting X. what does X do then? Just a regular swing?

[Kelvarr]

Re: timing hitting? most realistic way to hit?

Hey yall i have one more question. I know contact is circle and power hit is square. Ive just been hitting X. what does X do then? Just a regular swing?

Yes, just a regular swing. More power than contact, but not as good putting the bat on the ball. Less power than Power, but better at putting the bat on the ball.

[JayD]

Re: timing hitting? most realistic way to hit?

Timing hitting uses players attributes more than any other hitting mode. I use timing hitting, classic pitching, and auto fielding to get the most sim experience possible and making transactions for your team during a season that much more important.

[Fictionix]

Re: timing hitting? most realistic way to hit?

ok awesome. Thanks guys for all the responses

[baef]

Re: timing hitting? most realistic way to hit?

I hit almost all my homeruns with the X button on timing hitting. When I use Square to much I end up popping it up a lot.


Try going into a HR derby and using only Square one round, then do the same but use X.. you will see a big difference.

[Fictionix]

Re: timing hitting? most realistic way to hit?

I hit almost all my homeruns with the X button on timing hitting. When I use Square to much I end up popping it up a lot.


Try going into a HR derby and using only Square one round, then do the same but use X.. you will see a big difference.

Ok cool ill give that a shot. I noticed last time i hit square with Jay Bruce i hit a pop up a mile high to very shallow center

[Ranger05]

Re: timing hitting? most realistic way to hit?

I try to use the "appropriate" swing in all situations and it seems to have accurate results. I.E. if there's two outs and no-one on and Jay Bruce is at the plate, I use the power swing. If there's a runner at 3rd with less then two outs I use contact and try to bring the runner home. If there's a runner at 2nd I swing X in hopes of a basehit to bring the runner home. I use X prolly 85% of the time.

Also, if I guess the pitch wrong I always use X if it's a strike despite the situation. Square always ends up in a whiff for me in those situations.

[dalger21]

Re: timing hitting? most realistic way to hit?

I use the normal swing (X) 99 percent of the time. The only time I use power swing (Square) is on a 3-0 count and even then, I don't swing unless it is right down the middle. I never use contact (o)....not sure why I don't tbh. The normal swing works in any situation, be it if you want to hit a homerun or get a basehit. It's worked well for me since I first started playing in '08

[BBlom13]

Re: timing hitting? most realistic way to hit?

Noone else feels like timing hitting is too easy? One game I played with the Orioles using timing hitting and I won 13-2 with a grand slam and a few more home runs. Another game I'm in the middle of I just finished the 3rd inning after batting around and getting 8 runs, including another grand slam. I hope its not like this every game.

[Bobhead]

Re: timing hitting? most realistic way to hit?

^ There's difficulty levels you know...

I'm not personally a fan of Timing hitting, but I agree with the stuff in this thread, you can't get any closer to authentic baseball sim-type stats and ratings, than with Timing hitting.