New update has broken hitting once again

[phantomblackgoat]

Just when I thought SDS had finally gotten it together after the train wreck that was MLB 17's hitting system, they go out do it again. This new update has turned to game into Groundout Simulator 2018. I even jacked up the sliders for contact and solid hits thinking this would offset it, nope, can't even buy a base hit. Seriously the pitchers could be tossing underhand and would still be throwing complete game shutouts left and right. Almost feels as though the devs are trying to punish people for playing correctly since good timing swings routinely turn into popups and weak grounders. Anybody found a way to fix this mess through sliders? Also, why was an update necessary this late into the game's lifespan? Or does SDS just pull this stuff now as some sick joke?

[countryboy]

My hitting didn’t change after this update. Same as it was before which i would expect since the patch only addressed a head to head freeze and a stealing exploit.

I play on default legend across the board except for pitch speed sliders maxed out


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[phantomblackgoat]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

My hitting didn’t change after this update. Same as it was before which i would expect since the patch only addressed a head to head freeze and a stealing exploit. I play on default legend across the board except for pitch speed sliders maxed out Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

Be glad it hasn't been affected. I've been playing my franchise over the past couple days and EVERY game has been decided based on nothing but bloop singles and infield hits. Think I could count the number of extra base hits by both teams on one hand at this point. Not to mention swinging at anything with good timing is essentially a death sentence now.

[Caulfield]

Gotta be some other problem than the patch, my hitting performance hasn't changed but then, I play on dynamic difficulty.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by phantomblackgoat

Be glad it hasn't been affected. I've been playing my franchise over the past couple days and EVERY game has been decided based on nothing but bloop singles and infield hits. Think I could count the number of extra base hits by both teams on one hand at this point. Not to mention swinging at anything with good timing is essentially a death sentence now.

Try uninstalling and reinstalling the game


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[Ace2734]

I usually don’t respond to patch-hitting threads but I literally just finished a game where the pirates rallied against me with 4 straight bloop hits. I get that it happens, but 2 of the pitches were out of the strike zone and yet Luplow and Frazier blooped game tying and winning singles and doubles.

Offensively, my good timing was getting me nowhere. I also get that that happens as well. But I had to respond to this thread cause getting a notification for it in the middle of such a game felt fateful.


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[phantomblackgoat]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ace2734

I usually don’t respond to patch-hitting threads but I literally just finished a game where the pirates rallied against me with 4 straight bloop hits. I get that it happens, but 2 of the pitches were out of the strike zone and yet Luplow and Frazier blooped game tying and winning singles and doubles. Offensively, my good timing was getting me nowhere. I also get that that happens as well. But I had to respond to this thread cause getting a notification for it in the middle of such a game felt fateful. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's been me ever since the patch dropped. I've had better luck swinging at things on the corners and sometimes even out of the strike zone than things that were basically Home Run Derby pitches.

[phantomblackgoat]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ace2734

I usually don’t respond to patch-hitting threads but I literally just finished a game where the pirates rallied against me with 4 straight bloop hits. I get that it happens, but 2 of the pitches were out of the strike zone and yet Luplow and Frazier blooped game tying and winning singles and doubles. Offensively, my good timing was getting me nowhere. I also get that that happens as well. But I had to respond to this thread cause getting a notification for it in the middle of such a game felt fateful. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

Try uninstalling and reinstalling the game Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

Tried that and so far the game still plays like garbage. I'm starting to think SDS enjoys making unnecessary changes that ruin the playability of their games. Starting to remind me of EA in a way, which is never a good thing. Either that or one of their developers is just really not good at their job.