Still Not Enough Walks (And Difficulty Talk)

[Stolm]

Pitcher Control and the overall Difficulty and how it works needs a massive upgrade next year.

Every year its the same thing, Double A and Triple A Pitchers do nothing but throw strikes, and you never see any control issues at these levels. Because of this and because of the way RTTS difficulty works (Double A actually lowering hitting difficulty 1, Triple A being what you have selected, and the Majors increasing difficulty 1 notch) hitting is way too easy, incredibly boring, and average is super inflated at the lower level.

Selected difficulty shouldn't have to be altered behind the scenes to realistically portray the skill between the minors and majors. This should be done with the actual stats of the players.

[Heroesandvillains]

Re: Still Not Enough Walks (And Difficulty Talk)

Dynamic Difficulty will override the traditional difficulty changes in RTTS.

[Mitchrapp]

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I'm getting more walks than I ever had..I use guess pitch. I assumed you are referring to rtts.

[Skyboxer]

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I'm getting more walks than I ever had..I use guess pitch. I assumed you are referring to rtts.

Same here.

[Stolm]

Re: Still Not Enough Walks (And Difficulty Talk)

Yes I am referring to RTTS, I'm not noticing any problems in regular play.

[Stolm]

Re: Still Not Enough Walks (And Difficulty Talk)

Dynamic Difficulty will override the traditional difficulty changes in RTTS.

Hmmm, not really of fan of the game adjusting difficulty on the fly on the account of slumps and hot streaks. But giving it a try wont hurt.

Absolutely bored out of my mind seeing strike after strike while playing my RTTS.

Edit: not sure if this will affect the control of the pitchers in the minors though. I know that the power stat is the main contributing factor in pitchers pitching around, but they seem to have near perfect control of their pitches. And if they are not pitching around they will never miss the zone.

[ScouserHUN]

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I do not use guess pitch, here is what I do to draw walks:

I try to take as many pitches as I can. To tell the truth, I stop playing if I have take percentage under 50%. When I get ahead in the count (2-0, 3-1) I go for the hit. When I get behing in the count (0-1, 0-2) I go defensive and swith to contact hitting. What usually happens is that a pitchers throw balls in a hope that I will chase. I have never seen this with default sliders in past games. Now, they just don't throw that many strikes on 0-2 counts. I try to foul off borderline pitches, but on a 0-2, 1-2 count my main target is to go back to 2-2 and 3-2. If I have a better hitter up, I try to hit on 2-2, but with worse hitters I stay contact on 2-2, in hope of a single or to make it 3-2. And on 3-2 you just need to be very selective.

If you candrive up the pich count (a la Red Sox), and you force the pitcher to throw 20+ pitches an inning, you will get a walk or a big hit.

Playing The Show 14 is better than ever. The game has never been soo good


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[Stolm]

Re: Still Not Enough Walks (And Difficulty Talk)

I do not use guess pitch, here is what I do to draw walks:

I try to take as many pitches as I can. To tell the truth, I stop playing if I have take percentage under 50%. When I get ahead in the count (2-0, 3-1) I go for the hit. When I get behing in the count (0-1, 0-2) I go defensive and swith to contact hitting. What usually happens is that a pitchers throw balls in a hope that I will chase. I have never seen this with default sliders in past games. Now, they just don't throw that many strikes on 0-2 counts. I try to foul off borderline pitches, but on a 0-2, 1-2 count my main target is to go back to 2-2 and 3-2. If I have a better hitter up, I try to hit on 2-2, but with worse hitters I stay contact on 2-2, in hope of a single or to make it 3-2. And on 3-2 you just need to be very selective.

If you candrive up the pich count (a la Red Sox), and you force the pitcher to throw 20+ pitches an inning, you will get a walk or a big hit.

Playing The Show 14 is better than ever. The game has never been soo good


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I'm not having trouble with the fundamentals of drawing a walk, its that I'm not seeing any actual balls being thrown outside the zone. Specifically in the minors in RTTS.

[Mitchrapp]

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I'm not having trouble with the fundamentals of drawing a walk, its that I'm not seeing any actual balls being thrown outside the zone. Specifically in the minors in RTTS.

Interesting. I see balls all the time and even get 4-pitch walks. I also chase a few that are 2 feet outside..:-)

[Dolenz]

Re: Still Not Enough Walks (And Difficulty Talk)

I'm not having trouble with the fundamentals of drawing a walk, its that I'm not seeing any actual balls being thrown outside the zone. Specifically in the minors in RTTS.

I see balls quite often. I am not sure I have walked much in the first week of the AA season but I know I see balls.

[ScouserHUN]

Re: Still Not Enough Walks (And Difficulty Talk)

I'm not having trouble with the fundamentals of drawing a walk, its that I'm not seeing any actual balls being thrown outside the zone. Specifically in the minors in RTTS.

I always understood the fundamenta.s of drawing a walk, however it took time until I could use this knowledge.


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[ruxpinke]

Re: Still Not Enough Walks (And Difficulty Talk)

I see balls quite often. I am not sure I have walked much in the first week of the AA season but I know I see balls.

[Xagoth]

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Weird, I am actually walking MORE than I have in previous versions.

With my RttS SS I have 5 walks in his first 54 AB's (which is a LOT for ME) with only 8 K's (again, good for ME).

I am playing on Dynamic Difficulty with Catcher 2 cam (until custom cams start saving).

Only sliders I touched are:

CPU Pitch Consistency - 3
CPU Pitch Control - 3
CPU Strike Frequency - 1

Of course I could just be getting lucky and may go a stretch of 200 AB's without another walk (not out of the question for me). But so far I am seeing the ball extremely well...

[Ryan97]

Re: Still Not Enough Walks (And Difficulty Talk)

Remember this game is smart. Or more accurately aware of your play styles and tendencies. If your perceived as weak or not a threat the AI will attack you. Traditionally the dves set this game up so the pitchers throw a little bit of a higher strike percentage as well. Minor tweaks have always been the norm.

[dalger21]

Re: Still Not Enough Walks (And Difficulty Talk)

I never touch sliders and I've always drawn 100+ walks per year. Put points into vision, discipline, power, and contact. Once you do that, you will see more balls thus, more walks.