MLB The Show 17 & My Issues @ Hitting...Help!

[Speedy]

I'm seeing a lot of threads and posts with users having issues with hitting. So my idea is to use a common thread to identify the problems and subsequent solutions. If one person has issues, there's likely more so hopefully this type of thread can produce some benefits.

Saying "I hit 2 HRs a game and now cannot. This game is junk!" helps nobody, including yourself. Try to provide some circumstantial data surrounding your issues such as "I'm on All-Star hitting, default sliders and I only manage 5 hits a game, maybe 1 HR a game, if that." This type of feedback can allow those who HAVE a good experience hitting provide some alternatives.

That said..., I'm using default sliders and am on AS hitting. I wish I could walk more than I do but I'm not sure if I should move the strike frequency slider or just simply be more patient? Either way, I feel like there aren't enough doubles for my taste but I see plenty of HRs still. Any suggestions?

[Juve]

I didn't believe there was a bigger issue at hand, but the last 3 weeks or so, I've been hitting about .150-.180 in my rtts. I'm normally in the .280s.

Can't really say for sure if it's the patches affecting it in some way, or what. But I find myself hardly playing anymore. I don't expect to always be around .300 but an 85 overall player and batting .180, gets pretty boring

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[Padgoi]

Quote: Originally Posted by Speedy

I'm seeing a lot of threads and posts with users having issues with hitting. So my idea is to use a common thread to identify the problems and subsequent solutions. If one person has issues, there's likely more so hopefully this type of thread can produce some benefits. Saying "I hit 2 HRs a game and now cannot. This game is junk!" helps nobody, including yourself. Try to provide some circumstantial data surrounding your issues such as "I'm on All-Star hitting, default sliders and I only manage 5 hits a game, maybe 1 HR a game, if that." This type of feedback can allow those who HAVE a good experience hitting provide some alternatives. That said..., I'm using default sliders and am on AS hitting. I wish I could walk more than I do but I'm not sure if I should move the strike frequency slider or just simply be more patient? Either way, I feel like there aren't enough doubles for my taste but I see plenty of HRs still. Any suggestions?

You should try Armor and Swords sliders in the slider forum.

[ARoid1313]

Completely agree hitting is just off. No longer getting the great variety before patches and the power of the hits now feel much weaker regardless of nailing the spot at times

[Padgoi]

I agree with the previous posters. The original release was good except for the absurd distances of some of the home runs. The developers seem to have tried to correct the distances by nerfing power, which in essence has thrown off the entire hitting engine. I'm been tinkering with sliders for a month trying to get it right.


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[Speedy]

Quote: Originally Posted by ARoid1313

Completely agree hitting is just off. No longer getting the great variety before patches and the power of the hits now feel much weaker regardless of nailing the spot at times

I've found the same to be true. The ball physics almost seem to have reverted in 16 some what...maybe it's placebo but it does feel different.

Has anyone found a sweet spot? I'll try A&S' sliders and see if that helps me.

[underdog13]

Quote: Originally Posted by Juve

I didn't believe there was a bigger issue at hand, but the last 3 weeks or so, I've been hitting about .150-.180 in my rtts. I'm normally in the .280s. Can't really say for sure if it's the patches affecting it in some way, or what. But I find myself hardly playing anymore. I don't expect to always be around .300 but an 85 overall player and batting .180, gets pretty boring Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk

For the first month of the season in my rtts I batted .240 as a 97 ovr guy. And .250 the following month. Now in September my average is .305. Focus on the experience imo more than the results.

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[braves_94]

All Star default sliders, default roster... and I got 21 hits in a game against Philadelphia using the Braves in 8 innings. I can say without a doubt, I am not having any issues on offense. I was though. But I realized the CPU was pounding the bottom half of the strike zone. So I moved the cursor to the bottom half of the strike zone. I found often when the CPU would "miss" it would be in the bottom half of the zone, and as I moved the cursor down, I had a tendency to hit grounders. Now that I start lower in the strike zone I can elevate pitches in the lower half especially breaking balls where as in the recent past I was either hitting ground balls or weak pop ups. In this game alone, I had 3 home runs. One came from Dansby facing a righty (33 PRW) and another two from Brandon Phillips, one from off a left where he has like a 28 PRW.