Beginner's questions

[wizard151]

Hello!

First off, I want to say that I tried to search the forum for this info but apparently I'm not allowed to search here.

I have some basic noob questions about the game, I've been playing Madden, FIFA and 2K NBA for ages but recently I decided to start playing The Show.

I've been struggling to be a consistent hitter and I imagine what I'm going to ask is mostly personal preference, but is there a hitting animation that is suitable/recommended for beginners?

Thanks in advance

Sent from my SM-G9600 using Operation Sports mobile app

[jeffy777]

Re: Beginner's questions

Welcome to The Show!

When you say hitting animation, do you mean the actual batting stance?

Otherwise I would start by putting the difficulty on Rookie and use Directional hitting. Also try Analog to see if you prefer swinging with buttons or the stick.

[knucklecutter]

Re: Beginner's questions

The simplest way to hit is directional. It's based off of your timing and the players rating dictates everything else. There is also no need to influence the swing in any particular direction as the game will do that for you, but you can influence it yourself by holding the left analog stick in any direction you want.

[wizard151]

Re: Beginner's questions

Welcome to The Show!

When you say hitting animation, do you mean the actual batting stance?

Otherwise I would start by putting the difficulty on Rookie and use Directional hitting. Also try Analog to see if you prefer swinging with buttons or the stick.

I've been using Zone Hitting with Dynamic difficulty, my player has the Anomaly build, so I've been using the power swing almost exclusively. I've been hitting the ball, but getting flyout a lot. Is it because I'm making contact under the ball?

Another question, sometimes I get the timing and the location right but my player does not complete the swing and the ball gets fouled. Why?

And what about batting stance? Is there any noob-friendly stances?

Sent from my SM-G9600 using Operation Sports mobile app

[wizard151]

Re: Beginner's questions

The simplest way to hit is directional. It's based off of your timing and the players rating dictates everything else. There is also no need to influence the swing in any particular direction as the game will do that for you, but you can influence it yourself by holding the left analog stick in any direction you want.

Thanks, I'll try that. What is a good batting average? .250?

Sent from my SM-G9600 using Operation Sports mobile app

[knucklecutter]

Re: Beginner's questions

Thanks, I'll try that. What is a good batting average? .250?

Sent from my SM-G9600 using Operation Sports mobile app

I think there's only a handful of batters in the hall of fame with less than a .260, but yeah nothing wrong with a .250, that's 1 out of 4.

[jeffy777]

Re: Beginner's questions

I've been using Zone Hitting with Dynamic difficulty, my player has the Anomaly build, so I've been using the power swing almost exclusively. I've been hitting the ball, but getting flyout a lot. Is it because I'm making contact under the ball?

Another question, sometimes I get the timing and the location right but my player does not complete the swing and the ball gets fouled. Why?

And what about batting stance? Is there any noob-friendly stances?

Sent from my SM-G9600 using Operation Sports mobile app

I wouldn't use the power swing. Maybe if you have a good hitter's count, but even then, you are better off just using the regular swing or even the contact swing as that seems to be overpowered this year. The power swing greatly reduces your contact so you pretty much have to be perfect on your timing and location and the tradeoff isn't really worth it as you can and will hit plenty of homeruns with the other swings.

As for the second question, are you accidently checking your swing? (Double tapping or not pressing all the way)

There isn't a specific noob friendly stance, but some folks definitely hit better with different stances but it really boils down to personal preference so you'll just have to do some trial and error.

[Caulfield]

Re: Beginner's questions

regarding batting stances, if you're specifically talking RTTS, there probably is that one stance that you'll find is best for you but that will take a lot of playing to find which one is ''right'' for you

other than that, non-RTTS stuff I'd recommend:
Dynamic Difficulty | Directional Hitting | find which camera angle is best for you
(similar to the whole batting stance issue again)
happy baseball & good luck

[BlueSkies77]

Re: Beginner's questions

I honestly use X to hit 98% of the time (I don’t even remember what X is called). The other 2% I use contact swing or bunt exclusively for pitchers. I never use power swing, I feel that the loss of check swing is a big disadvantage lol. I hit plenty of homers with X, it’s a good balance between power and contact I think. Am I the only one?

[knucklecutter]

Re: Beginner's questions

I honestly use X to hit 98% of the time (I don’t even remember what X is called). The other 2% I use contact swing or bunt exclusively for pitchers. I never use power swing, I feel that the loss of check swing is a big disadvantage lol. I hit plenty of homers with X, it’s a good balance between power and contact I think. Am I the only one?

I almost never use the power swing, and I use the contact swing with 2 strikes or if I have runners in scoring position, and I always use contact with pitchers. I never influence unless it's a bunt and you have to use the right analog stick left or right to influence bunts.

[ingey1968]

Re: Beginner's questions

power swing is a waste of time for me. i use x for every swing, never use power swing and still hit homers alot

[jcar0725]

Re: Beginner's questions

I never use power swing, its always just x for me. Although I should probably use contact more often with 2 strikes I'm just stubborn.

Sent from my thoughts

[misterawesome]

Re: Beginner's questions

I don't use power, either. I have been using the "elevated" swing via the R3 stick a lot more this year and it's leading to more HRs. Maybe that's a game change, maybe it's a user change, but that's what I'm seeing.
<style></style>

[misterawesome]

Re: Beginner's questions

Hello!

First off, I want to say that I tried to search the forum for this info but apparently I'm not allowed to search here.

I have some basic noob questions about the game, I've been playing Madden, FIFA and 2K NBA for ages but recently I decided to start playing The Show.

I've been struggling to be a consistent hitter and I imagine what I'm going to ask is mostly personal preference, but is there a hitting animation that is suitable/recommended for beginners?

Thanks in advance

Sent from my SM-G9600 using Operation Sports mobile app

I've switched from the default camera angle, as I found the fisheye effect was messing up my timing. You might want to explore different angles to find what works for you. Beyond that, I would say to just be patients and maybe do some HR derby. It takes me a while to get my timing right, and then the hits start coming in.

<style></style>

[Caulfield]

Re: Beginner's questions

I actually take a counter-intuitive approach to Power swing (square) & Contact swing (circle)
when I have a power guy at the plate with less than two outs and I have a runner at second or third, since he already has natural power built in, I use contact swing once I get to two strikes and push the stick button up to influence a fly, hopefully a sac fly

and conversely when I have weak power guy (but good contact) at bat, in the same above scenario, I use a power swing BEFORE I get two strikes (after I'm at two strikes, back to normal swing, X) to try to get that sac fly, since he already has good contact, I'm just trying to get a little extra oomph out of him

but both of those strategies I use as sparingly as triangle bunt. I'm a big believer in since you only have 27 outs, they're far too valuable to just give away (even hoping for a sacrifice fly IMO isn't really that different from hoping for a successful sacrifice bunt)