Timing hitting?

[BlingBling19]

What kind of results are people getting with timing hitting? Does it work better this year than in years past or is it the same as in years past?

I'm getting a bit tired of zone so I figured maybe timing would bring more variety to games.

[G3no_11]

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I've always been a timing hitting guy, but this year it seems like the PCI is totally random. I'll have a fastball catching a good part of the plate, time it "good", and my PCI will be in a totally random spot. Like if it's up and away, my PCI will be low and in.

Not really sure what is causing that at all. I would understand it happening every so often, but it seems to happen quite frequently.

[BlingBling19]

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I've always been a timing hitting guy, but this year it seems like the PCI is totally random. I'll have a fastball catching a good part of the plate, time it "good", and my PCI will be in a totally random spot. Like if it's up and away, my PCI will be low and in.

Not really sure what is causing that at all. I would understand it happening every so often, but it seems to happen quite frequently.

That sounds quite frustrating. Now because of that does it ruin the mode or just make games more random and challenging?

[crizolli]

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That sounds quite frustrating. Now because of that does it ruin the mode or just make games more random and challenging?

I tried with Timing and had the same experience. And it didn't feel challenging at all. Felt cheap and unrewarding.

It's VERY frustration to hit with Good timing and then having the ball pop 1 feet in front of you because the PCI was completely in the wrong place.

[Taffin]

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Agree with what's been posted already. I use timing because as an old guy I like the simple interface of pushing a button, but man, is it frustrating. I play RTTS at Veteran difficulty (so at the MLB level it is actually all-star), and I feel like my hot and cold streaks are largely determined by the program, not my input. Yes, I still have to time it correctly and ideally swing only at pitches that are in a good spot, but even when I do that, the PCI is frequently in the wrong spot and I make poor contact. No real reward there. And this is with a Vision rating of 90, contact in the mid-80's.

[G3no_11]

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Agree with what's been posted already. I use timing because as an old guy I like the simple interface of pushing a button, but man, is it frustrating. I play RTTS at Veteran difficulty (so at the MLB level it is actually all-star), and I feel like my hot and cold streaks are largely determined by the program, not my input. Yes, I still have to time it correctly and ideally swing only at pitches that are in a good spot, but even when I do that, the PCI is frequently in the wrong spot and I make poor contact. No real reward there. And this is with a Vision rating of 90, contact in the mid-80's.

I'm kind of glad that I'm not the only one experiencing this. I also have been playing RTTS and my Vision is right around 90 (89 I think) and my Contact ratings are lower 90's against lefties and mid 80's against righties and I still have this problem. I figured once my vision and contact got higher I wouldn't have as much of a problem but it's still very frequent.

I have been tooling around with the sliders and it seems to help if you raise the "timing" slider a notch or 2 and lower "pitch speed" a notch or 2. This could just be coincidence though.

But like what has been said... it feels a little cheap and frustrating. When you are going against a pitcher that's been painting the corners most of the game and you finally get that good pitch to hit, time it right, and completely whiff... talk about making a grown man ticked off at a video game lol.

[rdsxfn85]

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I've always been a timing hitting guy, but this year it seems like the PCI is totally random. I'll have a fastball catching a good part of the plate, time it "good", and my PCI will be in a totally random spot. Like if it's up and away, my PCI will be low and in.

Not really sure what is causing that at all. I would understand it happening every so often, but it seems to happen quite frequently.

I honestly believe that this year was an attempt to get players to move away from timing hitting to zone hitting. I had to because I was missing too many opportunities to crush pitches. No matter how high I had the contact and timing sliders. It did not matter because if the PCI indicator was in the wrong place I would miss out on it. Much different from last year.

[rdsxfn85]

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Agree with what's been posted already. I use timing because as an old guy I like the simple interface of pushing a button, but man, is it frustrating. I play RTTS at Veteran difficulty (so at the MLB level it is actually all-star), and I feel like my hot and cold streaks are largely determined by the program, not my input. Yes, I still have to time it correctly and ideally swing only at pitches that are in a good spot, but even when I do that, the PCI is frequently in the wrong spot and I make poor contact. No real reward there. And this is with a Vision rating of 90, contact in the mid-80's.

Unfortunately, I would recommend moving from Timing to Zone Hitting and taking some work with Batting Practice to work on recognizing location. You may have to mess with Pitch Speed, Contact and Timing (try to leave this alone unless you need it) Sliders. I finally am hitting more of the pitches I should. I just move the PCI to a location that is easier to move it and then either move it or wait for a pitch in a certain location.

[G3no_11]

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Yeah I have thought about switching to zone, but I'm really trying not too. I just really like the simplicity of timing.

I will say that sometimes I mess around with the settings during my training sessions, mainly just the pitch recognition training. They throw the ball in a certain part of the zone (low and in, or up and away, ect). I will generally have to switch to zone hitting during that drill and hold the marker on the area they are throwing the ball because the PCI will miss the pitch 90% of the time. I was failing the training because of the PCI, despite me timing the pitch.

I even tried moving all the way to Rookie (I play on All-Star) for a training session just to see if maybe I was playing on a difficulty too high for me or something... No, the PCI would still be in the complete opposite area of the strike zone, even though the PCI was the size of the strike zone! It would be aiming way high on a low pitch and way low on a high pitch so I would still miss it....

[rdsxfn85]

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Yeah I have thought about switching to zone, but I'm really trying not too. I just really like the simplicity of timing.

I will say that sometimes I mess around with the settings during my training sessions, mainly just the pitch recognition training. They throw the ball in a certain part of the zone (low and in, or up and away, ect). I will generally have to switch to zone hitting during that drill and hold the marker on the area they are throwing the ball because the PCI will miss the pitch 90% of the time. I was failing the training because of the PCI, despite me timing the pitch.

I even tried moving all the way to Rookie (I play on All-Star) for a training session just to see if maybe I was playing on a difficulty too high for me or something... No, the PCI would still be in the complete opposite area of the strike zone, even though the PCI was the size of the strike zone! It would be aiming way high on a low pitch and way low on a high pitch so I would still miss it....

I wonder if this is a bug that the PCI is always so far off since I do not remember having this problem as much in MLB 12 the show. The PCI was much more accurate then in my opinion.

[G3no_11]

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I wonder if this is a bug that the PCI is always so far off since I do not remember having this problem as much in MLB 12 the show. The PCI was much more accurate then in my opinion.

Yeah I don't remember the PCI being this erratic last year. I understand if it is a little off if you are a "little late" or a "little early" and even way off if you have "late" or "early" timing, but it's when you have "good" timing and it is in a totally random/opposite spot to where the ball is that really bugs me.

[kehlis]

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