Is fielding bad in this game?

[half-fast]

How many people automatic field out of frustration? I dont know a crap-ton about baseball anymore, and am definitely not great at this game(actually on the poor side), but I have to say the number of games Ive given up due to fielding, or perhaps lack of understanding in the fielding mechanisms is frustrating to say the least.

Too many games Ive had a fielder drop a fly ball because I cant position him properly, but instead of slightly strafing or walking around, he darts quickly left and right. I've also had this problem where occasionally my outfielder will catch a ball off the wall, and with the throw charged, will sit there for a couple seconds before throwing the ball ... frustrating! This can also happen in field while trying a double play. The throw-charge circle is red but he stands there. Am I doing something wrong?! lol.

All in all, this game is amazing imo. Nowhere near some of the EA garbage in terms of keeping the game level by giving the human or AI a huge advantage. Most game results seem legit, and maybe the odd time I'll have a game that seems too fixed, but for the most part, this fielding thing is the only thing hurting this game for me.

[countryboy]

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I absolutely love the fielding this year.

In regards to double plays, are you pre-loading throws? Are you accidentally tapping the button twice which would cancel or re-load the throw?

[Bullit]

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While I do have some issues with the game this year, the fielding is not one of them. I love that you actually have to use fielding adjustments this year. The fielding window is smaller so you don't get locked in to an animation as early. It took a lot of getting used to and I still goof up once in awhile but it is so much better this year.

[zippy2212]

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I have a love hate relationship with fielding this year. I love the new timing dynamic of it where you can actually throw runners out from deep in the hole at short. But I'm not sold on the smaller window with the outfielders.


My outfielders, Michael Saunders, Fowler and Soler have 10, 10 and 17 errors. 95% of them my fielder is right next to where the ball is going to land and then the spinning/lost animation kicks in and the ball lands right next to my outfielder. In 35+ years of watching baseball I can probably count on 1 hand how many times I've seen this happen in real life.


I have no problems with my player just missing a ball or dropping one for an error but if a player lines up and the ball moves a foot to the right 99% of the time they make the catch. Heck I'd be ok even if they just dropped it from time to time but I really dislike it when this animation kicks in.

[countryboy]

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I keep seeing people mention that their fielder is right underneath the ball and then all the sudden it moves, but I have not seen this once on a routine fly ball. I've had players drop the ball on occasion but never because the ball moved at the last second away from where they are standing.

[nemesis04]

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I keep seeing people mention that their fielder is right underneath the ball and then all the sudden it moves, but I have not seen this once on a routine fly ball. I've had players drop the ball on occasion but never because the ball moved at the last second away from where they are standing.

I don't see it offline but online it happens a lot. The ball icon will actually push the fielder away from the ball like the icon itself has some type of collision detection. You have to compensate for it otherwise you miss a lot of fly balls.

[countryboy]

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I don't see it offline but online it happens a lot. The ball icon will actually push the fielder away from the ball like the icon itself like it has some type of collision detection. You have to compensate for it otherwise you miss a lot of fly balls.

that could be why i haven't seen it.

[Spooky]

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I do have problems with fly balls in the outfield often. If you slightly move your thumb wrong before they've entered the catch animation, it completely jerks him out of position and screws you unless you can recover on time. Not a big deal on hard fly balls, but the line drive type hits are insta-misses.

Infield fielding I believe the physics is also slightly nerfed. The "process of the throw" physics are completely underestimating the type of movements pro athletes can make. On a slow grounder to the pitcher, he doesn't need to slowly bend over, stand back up, set his feet and get into position when Billy Hamilton is burning down the basepaths. His movements would be much quicker and less "textbook".

The infield stuff doesn't rear its ugly head as much as the OF stuff, though.

[half-fast]

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I absolutely love the fielding this year.

In regards to double plays, are you pre-loading throws? Are you accidentally tapping the button twice which would cancel or re-load the throw?

I am preloading throws, and I might be double tapping, I'll have to pay closer attention to that, thanks for the idea!

This weekend Ive played three games and fielding has been ok. I restarted a game twice because for the first time, it seem legitimately rigged. Other than that, I havent had any major problems.

One thing that happened to me was, a batter I pitched to hit a bouncing/dribbler just to the right(my right) of the mound, my pitcher snagged it, I had the throw preloaded, and he stood there and watched, then went into an easy, laid back throwing animation to first. I dont think I cancelled, but I may have, but there was zero urgency and the batter made it to first. First time Ive seen that though.

[tdogg097]

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I use auto fielding and have for a couple of years now. Even with auto fielding you see some wonky things. Turning a double play with the first baseman starting the play is a 50-50 proposition because the pitcher always has to cover the bag. There are also plays where the OF dives and gives up a triple when he should just play it on a hop. However, I love auto fielding with manual throwing and would never go back. Especially after seeing another's post, 37 errors from your outfield? That is an insane amount.

[Spooky]

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Does anyone know if that "herky-jerky" outfielder motion is related to the fielding rating? For instance, does a great fielder like Alex Gordon have a smoother overall motion than say a horrible one like Dexter Fowler?

That would be pretty cool actually, if it was tied to ratings. But i don't have a ton of extra time to "delve in" and see if its related.

[countryboy]

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Does anyone know if that "herky-jerky" outfielder motion is related to the fielding rating? For instance, does a great fielder like Alex Gordon have a smoother overall motion than say a horrible one like Dexter Fowler?

That would be pretty cool actually, if it was tied to ratings. But i don't have a ton of extra time to "delve in" and see if its related.

I can't say for sure that ratings effect the "herky-jerky" motion but I can say that with better rated outfielders, you tend not to see them have those "odd" catch animations once they arrive at the fielding marker (offline). They seem to settle under the marker "more easily" than those with lower fielding ratings.

[TheSoloistGamer]

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For me the indicator when the ball is in flight throws me off at times, it seems to change green at times when your still not even close to the location of the ball. It can be a little frustrating but not as much as the slow tappers in front of the plate. Seems like it takes forever for the catcher to break and make a play to pick the ball up. Wrong animations playing at the wrong time.

[Comduklakis]

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I just switched to auto field yesterday after one too many flyballs falling as my OF flailed wildly for unknown reasons. Loved the IF fielding for the most part. Hated the OF and hated the Pitcher/catcher. Too often I received the wrong person between the pitcher or catcher to best make the play on a bunt or a squibber. And then too often they took FOREVER to make the throw (preloaded or not), costing me some silly IF hits. I don't have enough hair left to keep pulling it out after yet another "error" in my OF.

[JoseBerrio]

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For me the indicator when the ball is in flight throws me off at times, it seems to change green at times when your still not even close to the location of the ball. It can be a little frustrating but not as much as the slow tappers in front of the plate. Seems like it takes forever for the catcher to break and make a play to pick the ball up. Wrong animations playing at the wrong time.

100% agree. It's completely frustrating, to say the less, when on these kind of situations your catcher takes too much time to pick up a ball which is not a yard far from him. It piss me off when slow players reach first because of these animations. However, I have noticed that the better the reaction skill the catcher has, the less frequent it may occur. I have Jason Castro and Austin Hedges in my team and from the above mentioned, these situations occur much often with Castro (60s or 70s in reaction). So probably this could be associated as well.