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  • cwood418
    Banned
    • Mar 2009
    • 62

    #1

    cant Hit Doubles or triples!! why??

    ok so i started my season on HOF and am 9-14 on the year. i have default sliders except i turned power up 1 notch, fielder reaction +10 and fielder run speed +1 to try and slow down the OF. but i only have 26 doubles (212 hits), where as the rest of the league is around the 40's.

    my team BA is .260 and have 22 HR which are both around league avg. everything seems to be realistic except i cant hit doubles or triples, therefore i only have 67 RBI's on the year and its taking wins away from me. all i can hit are singles!
    i have power hitters to (longoria, utley, holiday)

    anyone have any tips for me to make it more realistic?
  • jpup
    MVP
    • Feb 2003
    • 4571

    #2
    Re: cant Hit Doubles or triples!! why??

    Originally posted by cwood418
    ok so i started my season on HOF and am 9-14 on the year. i have default sliders except i turned power up 1 notch, fielder reaction +10 and fielder run speed +1 to try and slow down the OF. but i only have 26 doubles (212 hits), where as the rest of the league is around the 40's.

    my team BA is .260 and have 22 HR which are both around league avg. everything seems to be realistic except i cant hit doubles or triples, therefore i only have 67 RBI's on the year and its taking wins away from me. all i can hit are singles!
    i have power hitters to (longoria, utley, holiday)

    anyone have any tips for me to make it more realistic?
    put the fielding sliders back to default. It seemed to help me. At least the reaction slider.
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    • dkrause1971
      All Star
      • Aug 2005
      • 5176

      #3
      Re: cant Hit Doubles or triples!! why??

      Originally posted by cwood418
      ok so i started my season on HOF and am 9-14 on the year. i have default sliders except i turned power up 1 notch, fielder reaction +10 and fielder run speed +1 to try and slow down the OF. but i only have 26 doubles (212 hits), where as the rest of the league is around the 40's.

      my team BA is .260 and have 22 HR which are both around league avg. everything seems to be realistic except i cant hit doubles or triples, therefore i only have 67 RBI's on the year and its taking wins away from me. all i can hit are singles!
      i have power hitters to (longoria, utley, holiday)

      anyone have any tips for me to make it more realistic?
      Triples will depend more who you have that is fast. The doubles you could raise solid hits +1 so some of the singles get in the gaps. I really do not get many doubles from the balls that get passed the 3B/1B myself so fielder reaction changes to default might not do alot as that is mainly IF slider. Try solid hits or runner speed if you want more doubles.
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      • Speedy
        #Ace
        • Apr 2008
        • 16143

        #4
        Re: cant Hit Doubles or triples!! why??

        Originally posted by jpup
        put the fielding sliders back to default. It seemed to help me. At least the reaction slider.
        Seriously, (to the OP) why do you have reaction time at +10?! It just seems the fielder's jumps are way too quick so (with that slider) if you hit a ball in the gap you'd barely be into 2nd safely even w/someone like Hanley Ramirez or whatnot. I play on legend and have brought the fielder's speed & reaction time to 0 and upped the baserunning speed +2 so I could actually get a double if I hit it down the line and vise-versa.
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        • BigWilly
          Rookie
          • Mar 2009
          • 454

          #5
          Re: cant Hit Doubles or triples!! why??

          One of the first things I did when I got into my season was move the outfielder speed four notches to the LEFT of the default position. Through 3/4 of a season, I'm 2nd in triples and 16th in doubles (rankings based on all teams, not just NL or AL). I get a triple every 4-5 games, which seems a little high, but not unbalancing. Almost every triple is because an outfielder dove and missed.

          This way doubles are doubles. I still don't get doubles on the shots down the line that get into the shallow outfield, but I don't care too much about it. So long as I get a reasonable number of extra base hits, I'm good. I don't want to mess with baserunning speed for to try and correct for this as I'm worried it will mess with balance.

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          • pbz06
            Banned
            • Oct 2008
            • 1504

            #6
            Re: cant Hit Doubles or triples!! why??

            I don't like the idea of raising the reaction to +10.

            The CPU reacts way too quick.

            I turned down Fielder Speed to -4 from default, and reaction down -2 from default.

            I get plenty of doubles in the gaps, and balls get by the fielders down the line (although those only go for doubles if they roll all the way to the wall).

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            • jd369
              Banned
              • Sep 2008
              • 1341

              #7
              Re: cant Hit Doubles or triples!! why??

              I got fielder speed at 0 and reaction at 1. gives me a good realistic feel and you get doubles that should be doubles and get a triple every now and then if the outfielders dont take the right path to the ball. also Id leave power at default, it makes the ball get to where it goes faster meaning line drives right at someone hardly ever fall short for a hit

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              • pbz06
                Banned
                • Oct 2008
                • 1504

                #8
                Re: cant Hit Doubles or triples!! why??

                Originally posted by jd369
                I got fielder speed at 0 and reaction at 1. gives me a good realistic feel and you get doubles that should be doubles and get a triple every now and then if the outfielders dont take the right path to the ball. also Id leave power at default, it makes the ball get to where it goes faster meaning line drives right at someone hardly ever fall short for a hit
                Yea, anything lower than default for either of those options would work better.

                I think fielders at default move and react way too fast relative to baserunners.

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                • cwood418
                  Banned
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 62

                  #9
                  Re: cant Hit Doubles or triples!! why??

                  I had reaction at 10 because i was told the infielders wont react very well on ground balls, meaning easy base hits ( i dont want it to easy)
                  but i will try and move reaction down to 5 or 4 and see if that helps. (keep run speed at 1)

                  Also jd369, i had power at default and didnt hit many HR's so i turned it up 1 and the ball seemed to go out when it should.

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                  • jd369
                    Banned
                    • Sep 2008
                    • 1341

                    #10
                    Re: cant Hit Doubles or triples!! why??

                    haha I used to have it up one and I actually never hit homers with it, Id always hit hard fly balls right at the outfielder, turned it down to default and I hit homers when I get the timing right.

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                    • oldman
                      MVP
                      • Nov 2006
                      • 1568

                      #11
                      Re: cant Hit Doubles or triples!! why??

                      A problem I had was that I was instinctively trying to pull everything. Once I broke this habit my double and triple totals have gone up considerably.

                      I play on default sliders by the way.
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                      • spyder23
                        Rookie
                        • Apr 2003
                        • 169

                        #12
                        Re: cant Hit Doubles or triples!! why??

                        Originally posted by pbz06
                        I don't like the idea of raising the reaction to +10.

                        The CPU reacts way too quick.

                        I turned down Fielder Speed to -4 from default, and reaction down -2 from default.

                        I get plenty of doubles in the gaps, and balls get by the fielders down the line (although those only go for doubles if they roll all the way to the wall).
                        The reason + 10 works is that fielders react WAY too slow on default, let alone decreasing their reaction time even more. They're not zombies.

                        With reaction at +10, and fielder speed at +1(-4 from default), it plays perfectly IMO.

                        These adjustments are from Psycho's slider set and they work great. I get plenty of doubles(five in one game last night) and the occasional triple.

                        With fielder reaction as low as you have it, you're going to have a surplus of infield hits and bleeders that make it through the infield. Way too many over the long haul.

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                        • jd369
                          Banned
                          • Sep 2008
                          • 1341

                          #13
                          Re: cant Hit Doubles or triples!! why??

                          see I think they react way too fast on default, sometimes running in the direction the ball is hit before its even off the bat.

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                          • pbz06
                            Banned
                            • Oct 2008
                            • 1504

                            #14
                            Re: cant Hit Doubles or triples!! why??

                            Originally posted by spyder23
                            The reason + 10 works is that fielders react WAY too slow on default, let alone decreasing their reaction time even more. They're not zombies.

                            With reaction at +10, and fielder speed at +1(-4 from default), it plays perfectly IMO.

                            These adjustments are from Psycho's slider set and they work great. I get plenty of doubles(five in one game last night) and the occasional triple.

                            With fielder reaction as low as you have it, you're going to have a surplus of infield hits and bleeders that make it through the infield. Way too many over the long haul.
                            I've never seen them as way too slow on default. The opposite actually, lol. I like seeing the occasional ball get by the corner infielders. And at default (can't imagine with it at +10), the middle infielders already gobble up EVERYTHING unless it's a laser. Everyone plays like Omar Vizquel in his prime. No choppers get through.

                            To each their own I guess.

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                            • spyder23
                              Rookie
                              • Apr 2003
                              • 169

                              #15
                              Re: cant Hit Doubles or triples!! why??

                              Originally posted by pbz06
                              I've never seen them as way too slow on default. The opposite actually, lol. I like seeing the occasional ball get by the corner infielders. And at default (can't imagine with it at +10), the middle infielders already gobble up EVERYTHING unless it's a laser. Everyone plays like Omar Vizquel in his prime. No choppers get through.

                              To each their own I guess.
                              lol that's strange...I just know that for ME, I've gotten more extra base hits using these settings. I'v been able to sneak hits down the line past the corner infielders on numerous occasions.

                              And the tradeoff in the OF, is that their speed is decreased. The best players will still get to balls, but Jack Cust isn't any longer the 2nd coming of Willie Mays.

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