first pitch meatballs....bug?

[MLB Bob]

Quote: Originally Posted by kehlis

Okay, I'm in franchise.

Ok, It was just that you responded to someone that said they tried in RTTS and you mentioned your settings.

[Heroesandvillains]

People are claiming to see it in all modes.

The theory is that it is more pronounced in RTTS because every time you are up, it's esentially the first pitch of the inning (meaning RTTS players are seeing it during all at-bats, and Franchise/Exhibition players are only seeing it once per inning).

[Bobhead]

This is insanely strange.

Have any of you meatball guys tried changing the difficulty level yet? mid-game?

Because I haven't really noticed any more meatballs since, and I played a game last night afterwards. I'm about to play a game right now too (probably), so I will look.

[Tendonitis]

I haven't read the whole thread so I'm not sure if this has been mentioned.

In RTTS, when you do batting training, the first pitch is always a FB right down the middle. Even if it's pitch recognition training where they specifically tell you the pitch will be somewhere like low and inside.

[Bobhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tendonitis

I haven't read the whole thread so I'm not sure if this has been mentioned. In RTTS, when you do batting training, the first pitch is always a FB right down the middle. Even if it's pitch recognition training where they specifically tell you the pitch will be somewhere like low and inside.

whoa... Thanks for that, because if this is true, this almost definitively confirms that it's an actual bug.

[orion523]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bobhead

whoa... Thanks for that, because if this is true, this almost definitively confirms that it's an actual bug.

Yeah, I've mentioned this way back. Go into batting practice even and the first pitch is always, a meatball.

[nomo17k]

I wrote earlier this thread is boring, but it has become quite intriguing.......

[nomo17k]

I also confirm that the first pitch in any batting practice mode is fastball (or primary pitch? didn't check with someone with something else) down the middle, regardless of difficulty level... you can easily check this by switching practice modes and changing difficulty within practice.

... and then went back with a couple innings of exhibition game, and but there I cannot reproduce the issues some of you guys are having (i.e., they pitch realistically). I still get the variety of first pitches that I have always been getting.

so I still don't know what makes us different in this issue. But it's worth reporting so guys having the issue should update the bug report with what we learned so far, to help the devs hunt this down.