I miss you Guess Pitch :(

[Se7enth_Sinn]

I've played 10 games so far, gave up on analog hitting when back to classic vet but I can't get more than 5 hits per game. Guess pitch doesn't work like last year so in the 10 games I've taken 3 balls total. Omg I miss the old guess pitch lol.*

[BwanaKuu]

Re: I miss you Guess Pitch

Learn to read the ball.

I used to use guess pitch all the time. However, I found that if I didn't use it, I would get a lot more walks and hits. It takes a bit but eventually I was able to tell if it's a slider vs. a cb vs. a 4SFB, etc. and once you can tell that you can determine if it's going in or out of the strike zone. For example the 12-curve arcs a ton so if you can learn to recognize it's distinctive arcing from the pitcher's hand you can know whether to take it or swing. For example, if the pitch starts very high and has a curve to it, it's likely for a strike. If it seems to be heading towards the strike zone it's likely heading right below it.

Of course, good pitchers mix stuff up or set you up and you'll be all tied up at times but hey, that's baseball.

[BaylorBearBryant]

Re: I miss you Guess Pitch

I always turned off guess pitch. Makes it like real hitting. I mean if you're going to guess fastball, guess fastball. You don't need to press a button to guess. It's just something you see and react to.

[Bondsfan]

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How is guess pitch different? Seems the same to me as last year.

[bigdaddykraven]

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I was always opposed to the sticks for batting but it seem sto work well for me this year. With our without guess pitch (actually do better without it most of the time). Only problem is its hard to tell the depth of the ball sometimes, so you don't know if its going to drop or not. Wish I had a 3D tv for that :P

[FreAk47]

Re: I miss you Guess Pitch

Learn to read the ball.

I used to use guess pitch all the time. However, I found that if I didn't use it, I would get a lot more walks and hits. It takes a bit but eventually I was able to tell if it's a slider vs. a cb vs. a 4SFB, etc. and once you can tell that you can determine if it's going in or out of the strike zone. For example the 12-curve arcs a ton so if you can learn to recognize it's distinctive arcing from the pitcher's hand you can know whether to take it or swing. For example, if the pitch starts very high and has a curve to it, it's likely for a strike. If it seems to be heading towards the strike zone it's likely heading right below it.



Of course, good pitchers mix stuff up or set you up and you'll be all tied up at times but hey, that's baseball.

I've finally abandoned guess pitch after using it every other year, and I actually feel like I am better at the game without it. Makes you actually pay attention to the pitch and not just sit on whatever you guessed.

That 12-6 curve can be the hardest pitch to wait back on, but if you do...it usually has 10th Row written all over it.

[eyeamg0dly]

Re: I miss you Guess Pitch

gp is the same unless i was doing something wrong all these years....

[eyeamg0dly]

Re: I miss you Guess Pitch

I've finally abandoned guess pitch after using it every other year, and I actually feel like I am better at the game without it. Makes you actually pay attention to the pitch and not just sit on whatever you guessed.

That 12-6 curve can be the hardest pitch to wait back on, but if you do...it usually has 10th Row written all over it.

yeah but what if you use gp to force the pitch you want ? to make this simple, lets say we are in the situation where the obvious pitch location is down and inside. you guess down and inside knowing that the cpu is expecting you to guess this location. however you are expecting this.

the pitch is coming and you are now aiming your pci away since you know the location is not inside.

ive played alot of games with gp on and off, i prefer it on because i think the game is better when its on with no feedback. it really feels like you can get inside the pitchers head and make him throw bad pitches.

[Se7enth_Sinn]

gp is the same unless i was doing something wrong all these years....

It's doesn't give you the pitch location anymore.
I guess I have to do it the hard way now. It will be nice if I had a 3d TV but I have might have to get closer to the TV to see the breaks.

[tedi]

Re: I miss you Guess Pitch

"It's doesn't give you the pitch location anymore."

You do know that you can set it up (under options) so the pitch location shows with guess pitch (just like every year), right?
It just hasn't been the default setting for a couple of years now, but it's still there... and you don't have to "miss" anything...

[stefanneeley]

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It's stil the same except the rookie mode one, the only difference is rookie 1/4 when you'd JUST guess the pitch type and it told you where it was gonna be, now you just have to guess pitch type AND location for that in all modes... rook, veteran, etc... (although if you guess just location it will tell you if you are right and where the pitch will be you just miss out on the bonus from pitch type.)

[jd369]

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I am now reading conflicting reports, some say it has changed, others say the tutorials show it to work the same as last year on rookie. still have gotten no answer from the folks that have the answers lol.

[Se7enth_Sinn]

Re: I miss you Guess Pitch

I am now reading conflicting reports, some say it has changed, others say the tutorials show it to work the same as last year on rookie. still have gotten no answer from the folks that have the answers lol.

Me too, I tried it in the demo and tried it in over ten games and I cannot see the pitch location. Don't know what i'm doing wrong.. Maybe's it default because i didnt see it under 1/4 or 1/6.

[adayinthelife]

Re: I miss you Guess Pitch

Where's the fun in knowing exactly what type of pitch is coming, and exactly where it's going to be? Guess pitch > off is the first thing I do, and I'm not even that good at these games. Take the effort you're putting into figuring out why it's not working and put it into learning to track pitches better and you'll enjoy the game more.

I mean to each their own, but this is something that makes zero sense to me.

[Se7enth_Sinn]

Re: I miss you Guess Pitch

Where's the fun in knowing exactly what type of pitch is coming, and exactly where it's going to be? Guess pitch > off is the first thing I do, and I'm not even that good at these games. Take the effort you're putting into figuring out why it's not working and put it into learning to track pitches better and you'll enjoy the game more.

I mean to each their own, but this is something that makes zero sense to me.

Let me explain...

1) I'm a Met fan, a freaking HUGE Mets fan I bleed orange and blue (for the Knicks too) and the Mets suck! They owners suck, the stadium suck, the team suck. I watch them stick it up in real live and i'll be damn if i'm going to have stick it up in The Show... so i take ever edge i can. I even create a 2nd baseman with all 99 stats to kick the Phillies and Yankees Butts... That's fun

2) It's a video game, as good at it looks, feels and plays it still a video game. Sliders, CB, KNB & Sinkers don't move like this is real life. Unless you have a 3D TV you can't see the breaks in the ball so using Guess pitch sorta evens the playing field. It's not like you see the location for every pitch it's about 15 to 20%.

So there lol.
Can they cut Ollie P already!!!