05-04-2022, 06:15 AM
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Join Date: May 2014
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Re: Base Stealing MLB The Show 22
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Originally Posted by DonkeyJote |
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So the first couple weeks of the game, I felt that stealing was much harder than it had been previously. I found myself having to turn the base stealing ability slider way up to have reasonable success (but then giving the CPU a little too much success).
But then this week I at least felt I was having a lot more success. Both in franchise and doing the stolen bases goal in Mini Seasons in DD. I had seen a method of stealing suggested, and in trying it felt like I was getting okay results. But I was worried it might just be placebo. So I decided to do some light testing and share it. Maybe some of you, like me, will learn to steal better from this. Maybe some of you already knew this. Maybe some of you will think I'm nuts. But alas, here we go.
First, methodology. I went up against the same battery for consistency; Zack Greinke and Salvador Perez. I was on default Hall of Fame. I went into Custom Practice, and set up a team defense with a runner on 1st, 0 out, 2-1 count. I never took a lead. I used several players to get a wide picture. Three players with similar speed but varying steal ratings; Ozzie Albies (74 SPD, 48 STL), Cedric Mullins (77 SPD/75 STL), and Starling Marte (74 SPD/99 STL). I also tried a couple high speed guys with a little lower steal; Tyler O'Neill (95 SPD/5 STL), Eli White (99 SPD/38 STL), and Ronald Acuña (90 SPD/65 SPD). I also tried a guy with average speed, but higher steal; Kyle Tucker (57 SPD/85 STL).
First, the manual steal. Maybe I just suck with it, but this was bad. Marte somehow got 10/20, but Acuña and Tucker combined for 4/40. I didn't try it on anyone else. I've tested it before, and maybe it's just me but it's by far the least effective method (23.3%).
So, I started the year just preloading an auto steal pressing LT (L2 on PS4/5, I believe) once. Was having issues, and then I saw someone mention always making sure to press the Left Stick (LS on Xbox, L3 on PS4/5 I think) towards the base the player currently occupies (in this case 1B). And that's when I started seeing better results. Then today, I saw someone mention holding RT and pressing LT twice, then releasing RT (I tested this once, and then tested just pressing LT once and got similar/better results, so then I just tested that moving forward).
Ozzie Albies: LT only - 1/20. LT w/LS to 1B - 8/20. Holding RT when Pressing LT - 12/20
Cedric Mullins: LT - 4/20. LT+LS - 14/20. LT+RT - 18/20
Starling Marte: LT - 10/20. LT+LS - 16/20. LT+RT - 14/20
Tyler O'Neill: LT - 5/20, LT+LS - 9/20, LT+RT - 4/20
Eli White: LT - 7/20, LT+LS - 13/20, LT+RT 13/20
Ronald Acuña: LT - 6/20, LT+LS - 16/20, LT+RT - 16/20
Kyle Tucker: LT - 1/20, LT+LS - 11/20, LT+RT - 10/20
The other methods were universally better than just pressing LT (24.3%, barely better than manual). Among these players, LT+LS had a 62.1% success rate, and holding RT while you pressed LT also had a 62.1% success rate.
I think LT by itself is just meant to be for like Hit and Runs and the like maybe. It's a drastic enough difference that it's not just a fluke. The other two methods are right on equal. They give better (and also more realistic) results.
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Thanks for this. I’ve been struggling to steal with L2 only with some of the jumps being so late I’ve been in run-down territory!
So to clarify (PS5), holding LS towards 1B whilst pressing L2 gets more success? I assume you didn’t increase the lead with L1 in any of the scenarios?
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