I'm cold, and getting colder.

[Gagnon39]

Seven of my players are currently cold as illustrated by the snow flake next to their names on the lineup screen. I play as the lowly Cubs and I'm currently 8-19 to start the year. My team average is near the Mendoza line and I have scored 5 runs over the past 6 games!

How much, and in what ways does being cold affect your hitters? And how do you get them to be not cold?

[My993C2]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

And how do you get them to be not cold?

Here I thought I was cold. My Rockies (MoM player) are on a 6 game losing streak where nothing (pitching, hitting and fielding) is working lately. However as cold as my team is (presently sporting a 27-24 record 7 games out of 1st), I only have a handful of players with the snow flake icon. Here is what I do when a player goes cold. I bench them for at least two games and only put them in as pinch hitters or defensive fielding replacements if the game goes into extra innings and I am desperate. Then usually (not always) they will come out of the cold snap after a few days off. However my catcher Wilin Rossario went cold, I benched him as mentioned above. On his first day back he went 0-3 with 2 walks and his snow flake went away despite not getting a hit (I guess the game factors in walks when determining whether or not a player is cold). However in yesterday's game he went 0-4 (meaning he has not gotten a single hit in well over a week now) and I fully expect the snow flake to return when the team lines up for a game in Philly this evening trying to break this nasty 6 game losing streak of theirs.

[chuckm1961]

I think Cold/Hot is way, way overdone in this game.

When my Locked player was hot, I was hitting a homer when jammed, a homer to the opposite field with ease.

When he got cold, I could not buy a hit.

This is NOT fun.

Please, tone down the Hot/Cold settings!!

[2kguy]

Quote: Originally Posted by chuckm1961

I think Cold/Hot is way, way overdone in this game. When my Locked player was hot, I was hitting a homer when jammed, a homer to the opposite field with ease. When he got cold, I could not buy a hit. This is NOT fun. Please, tone down the Hot/Cold settings!!

When the game got too frustrating for me and went to Dynamic difficulty and tweaked some sliders. Made a huge difference.

[allstardad]

When players are cold, sometimes I'll sit them down for a game and see if that helps. But every player is going to go through a cold stretch, that they must play themselves out of. No real trick to getting it to snap.

[YeOldTonk]

Don't quite understand the hot/cold thing really. In my RTTS I had a snowflake next to my name and was on a 7 game hitting streak batting around .323. Eventually the icon disappeared but didn't really notice anything from it. Maybe just me.

[nico117]

Quote: Originally Posted by 2kguy

When the game got too frustrating for me and went to Dynamic difficulty and tweaked some sliders. Made a huge difference.

I completely agree!! I had the same problem with extremely bad cold streaks. I re-started my season w/ Armor and Swords sliders along w/ dynamic difficulty and it made all the difference! Dynamic difficulty is a life saver!

[caseyj622]

Quote: Originally Posted by chuckm1961

I think Cold/Hot is way, way overdone in this game. When my Locked player was hot, I was hitting a homer when jammed, a homer to the opposite field with ease. When he got cold, I could not buy a hit. This is NOT fun. Please, tone down the Hot/Cold settings!!

Seems the opposite to me. I don't even pay attention to the cold icons. It's more of a mental thing IMO. You still have to approach your at bats the same. I have hit homers with guys ice cold and k'd 3x with guys who are red hot.