Hitting in Ranked Seasons Harder Now?

[SigmundFraud]

It seems that suddenly the hitting in ranked seasons is completely different. I hadn't played in a week or so, so maybe it's been like this for a while.

It definitely seems to me that hit speed has been tuned down, or maybe hitting has just been made more difficult?

Has anyone else noticed this?

[BigOscar]

I've only played 4 games in the last two days but I certainly have been having that feeling. I don't think it is harder though, I think it's just that I played the Event so much I just got used to having people absolutely mash? I think it's distorted my view a bit

[Sterlingarcherkessel]

Not you at all hitting is broken

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[SigmundFraud]

Quote: Originally Posted by BigOscar

I've only played games in the last two days but I certainly have been having that feeling. I don't think it is harder though, I think it's just that I played the Event so much I just got used to having people absolutely mash? I think it's distorted my view a bit

I was thinking that too because I played the event a ton, and got really accustomed to hitting basically every pitch hard. But even my PCI seems like it's smaller than it used to be in previous ranked seasons matches.

Did they make the difficultly hall of fame or something? I have a hard time believing they'd make this big of a change without some sort of announcement, so maybe I just suck now.

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by SigmundFraud

It seems that suddenly the hitting in ranked seasons is completely different. I hadn't played in a week or so, so maybe it's been like this for a while. It definitely seems to me that hit speed has been tuned down, or maybe hitting has just been made more difficult? Has anyone else noticed this?

Did you rank up either from Spring Training > Regular Season or from Wild Card > Division Series? If you did, difficulty goes up a level for those league shifts - up to All-Star for RS and HOF for DS. I'm guessing the WC > DS jump was the more likely one, so let me know if that was the case. If your PCI suddenly seems significantly smaller, I'd bet on that being the case.

Note that the game defaults to all-star when players in 2 different divisions play each other, so you're not ALWAYS going to be on HOF if you've made it to DS unless you manage your matchmaking setting closely.

And, although it's unrelated to your problem, the devs made HOF the difficulty level for BR until Sunday. So people have probably found it tougher to hit there too.

[BigOscar]

Quote: Originally Posted by SigmundFraud

I was thinking that too because I played the event a ton, and got really accustomed to hitting basically every pitch hard. But even my PCI seems like it's smaller than it used to be in previous ranked seasons matches. Did they make the difficultly hall of fame or something? I have a hard time believing they'd make this big of a change without some sort of announcement, so maybe I just suck now.

You might be right as they do seem to be constantly messing with the game, usually for the worse, I just assumed it's probably me being rubbish.

It's also been crazy hot where I am so I kind of figured the full body flop sweat and light-headedness I have going on might have been affecting my hitting!

Really though I think it is just adjusting back from the Event.

[SigmundFraud]

Quote: Originally Posted by bcruise

Did you rank up either from Spring Training > Regular Season or from Wild Card > Division Series? If you did, difficulty goes up a level for those league shifts - up to All-Star for RS and HOF for DS. I'm guessing the WC > DS jump was the more likely one, so let me know if that was the case. If your PCI suddenly seems significantly smaller, I'd bet on that being the case. Note that the game defaults to all-star when players in 2 different divisions play each other, so you're not ALWAYS going to be on HOF if you've made it to DS unless you manage your matchmaking setting closely. And, although it's unrelated to your problem, the devs made HOF the difficulty level for BR until Sunday. So people have probably found it tougher to hit there too.

I played tons of games last season while in World Series and never felt any difference in gameplay like this.

I was not aware of those difficulty settings though. I thought everyone played on all star after spring training. I guess if nobody else is noticing the change then it's probably just me.

[beardedaussie]

Hitting just feels a lot weaker lately, i get a lot of weak line drives to third and second. My opponents with golds and silvers haven't been getting solid hits either and I've gotten away with some really bad pitches because of it. But i do get lit up against the full diamond teams , they seem to be able hit everything hard and in the gap.