Individual Pitch Confidence Dichotomy

[Impetuous65]

Quote: Originally Posted by nemesis04

The pitcher did not walk away totally clean, you got him to use up a portion of energy on just one at bat. The system has always been result based and there has been a lot of debate on this through the years. Pitcher/pitch confidence only affects control and does not have an affect on your ability to hit.

Never knew this, thanks for that info chief. I stand corrected. The only explanation that made sense, and based on the game mechanics.

[Impetuous65]

Quote: Originally Posted by NDAlum

Well if you show a ball getting scorched and the pitcher confidence going up I'll agree with you. In the context of the AB you showed I don't agree that his confidence should've gone down.

After making an earlier declaration that how hard I hit the foul ball it made no difference. I am happy to report to the contrary, your assessment is correct, confidence does change based on the type of foul ball hit.

quick twitter clip of the results.
https://twitter.com/backbreaker1965/...58957773463553

[Jr.]

I turn pitch confidence off. It's not replicated well, in my mind, and causes more issues than good things.

[TattooedEvil]

ya i agree with everyone on here. every pitchers confidence would go up cuz he had u where he wanted u. u were clearly defensive which resulted in poor contact and any pitcher would know he had u at his mercy. if you woulda watched a couple of those its a walk and his confidence goes down. also if Strickland had any sort of decent off speed pitch you woulda been miles in front and u were still plenty late on his FBs

[Trackball]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jr.

I turn pitch confidence off. It's not replicated well, in my mind, and causes more issues than good things.

I always thought that just turned the display off, and pitch confidence was still there, just hidden. The options screen didn't explain this well.

So turning that off disables pitch confidence entirely? Just making sure.

[Bullit]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trackball

I always thought that just turned the display off, and pitch confidence was still there, just hidden. The options screen didn't explain this well. So turning that off disables pitch confidence entirely? Just making sure.

I was just coming to post this. Turning off Pitch Confidence, to my understanding only turns of the display. Pitch Confidence is still in full effect.

[Impetuous65]

Quote: Originally Posted by TattooedEvil

ya i agree with everyone on here. every pitchers confidence would go up cuz he had u where he wanted u. u were clearly defensive which resulted in poor contact and any pitcher would know he had u at his mercy. if you woulda watched a couple of those its a walk and his confidence goes down. also if Strickland had any sort of decent off speed pitch you woulda been miles in front and u were still plenty late on his FBs

I wasn't trying to get a hit, the whole experiment was to find out if confidence rose on a foul pitch that doesn't result in a strike. I was trying to foul the ball on purpose, not trying to get a hit.

[Woodweaver]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trackball

I always thought that just turned the display off, and pitch confidence was still there, just hidden. The options screen didn't explain this well. So turning that off disables pitch confidence entirely? Just making sure.

Shhh, he's enjoying the game more with it completely "off"

All kidding aside, a game this complex with so many interactive systems is bound to create some misconceptions about how things work "under the hood". I know some folks love a good conspiracy theory, but we are just trying to make the best true to life baseball game we can.

When we answer your questions, we are doing so in all honesty.