Mike Lowe MLB The Show '18 Sliders

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

Quote: Originally Posted by stormchaserck19

I've heard that patch 1.08 has messed some things up. Are these possible changes to balance that?

Curious what youve heard specifically about 1.08?

[Mike Lowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by kylesedlacko

The biggest thing I’ve noticed post patch is the CPU pounds the strike zone way more than before. I used to be able to chase guys in the fifth or sixth because of pitch counts, now I find myself staring down their starter into the seventh and eighth out of nowhere.

Geez, not me I had Lester at over 100 pitches by the 6th inning. I'm glad to hear that though because I was starting to worry that the AI wasn't throwing enough 1st pitch strikes.

[Mike Lowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Lowe

Thinking of a few changes based on latest patch after playing again last night. Thoughts? Human Timing +1 Human Pitch Control +1 Throwing Errors (IF and OF) -1 Fielder Run Speed +1 Fielder Reaction +1 The idea is to lower BABIP for both sides, among a few other minor tweaks. Are folks seeing similar issues or the opppsite since patch 1.08?

Been thinking about this some more today, and I think when I play next I'm going to try:

Human Pitch Control +1
Throwing Errors (IF and OF) -1
Fielder Run Speed +1

[kylesedlacko]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Lowe

Geez, not me I had Lester at over 100 pitches by the 6th inning. I'm glad to hear that though because I was starting to worry that the AI wasn't throwing enough 1st pitch strikes.

Granted, I’ve only played like three games since the patch but so far it seems to be that way. I’ll play some more tonight when I get home from the Tides game and report back.

[dowie]

Hey Mike,

Luv your slider set and YouTube streams - nice work!

Question for ya - do you use 30-team control feature for your franchise to ensure lineup/rotation/40-man integrity or just 1-team control and let the league completely live on its own?

BTW - I absolutely would move both field run speed and field reaction to 3.

Dowie

[Mike Lowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by dowie

Hey Mike, Luv your slider set and YouTube streams - nice work! Question for ya - do you use 30-team control feature for your franchise to ensure lineup/rotation/40-man integrity or just 1-team control and let the league completely live on its own? BTW - I absolutely would move both field run speed and field reaction to 3. Dowie

A bit of both. I use 30 team control, but I let the AI handle themselves and only adjust broken rotations and bullpen.

Note: Broken rotations are not a subjective thing like adjusting the rotation to suit my preferences. That's too much interference to me, and every team ends up looking jist like your own.

Let the game breathe a bit.

And I'm only going to adjust throwing errors and Human Control.

[Mike Lowe]

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[dowie]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Lowe

A bit of both. I use 30 team control, but I let the AI handle themselves and only adjust broken rotations and bullpen. Note: Broken rotations are not a subjective thing like adjusting the rotation to suit my preferences. That's too much interference to me, and every team ends up looking jist like your own. Let the game breathe a bit. And I'm only going to adjust throwing errors and Human Control.

thanks - last question....

do you set up all the cpu controlled team bullpens like this....

1 closer
2 set up
4 middle relief
0 long relief

OR

1 closer
2 set up
3 middle relief
1 long relief

I've heard leaving the long relief spot opens helps with cpu using their bullpen more effectively.

thoughts?

Dowie