MLB 15 The Show Patch 1.03 Available Now, Details Included (PS3, PS4)

[Will I Am]

Quote: Originally Posted by QuestGAV

I think you're confusing randomness with ratings. If the user is 100% in control of every outcome then ratings are entirely useless window dressing. Surely that's not what you're asking for?

Ratings can still be entirely meaningful even with complete user control.

The higher the ratings the easier it is to hit your mark etc and the lower the players rating then the harder it is.

There has to be a system in place however that allows this to happen. This game just chooses to take user input out of the game rather than try to incorporate the two together.

[thaSLAB]

Quote: Originally Posted by HustlinOwl

anyone playing this series long enough know that you cant simply aim in same location the entire game and expect the ball to continuously land in the same perfect location lmao. You must start aiming further inside, higher in the zone/out of zone or lower in zone/out of zone for the ball to locate at your intended target.

And sometimes you have to pitch to contact. Or aim right down the middle just to make it land on the inside half. You have to learn the pitch movement for every pitcher and every pitch type, and the realize attributes (fatigue included) effect them even further.

LOL, you're probably opening up a can of worms with the part in ()... some people may take that the wrong way on here.

[Spokker]

Randomness and ratings. I have no idea how the game works but I like what I see.

In my fantasy Cubs franchise one of my top players from April-August is a 64-rated Juan Pierre (carried over from 14, made generic, then renamed) while Billy Butler and Matt Carpenter are batting under .250. Pierre is batting .310. I bring in Torii Hunter from free agency because my right fielder was injured and my minor leaguer I called up wasn't ready yet. Hunter is tearing it up despite his age.

Of course, the same guy is controlling them, me! I don't bat with any of them any differently. I don't sim games so that doesn't play into it.

I think it's very interesting that situations like this happen. Ratings should not always equal results. This results in situations where a player is a bust. Or you trade him away and now he's batting over .300 when he was a dud with your team.

I want to make decisions not just based on ratings, but also stats. Guys don't always reach their potential. Great players can come from nowhere. Everybody seems to complain about degrading players. Yeah, I see my Pierre degrading from a 70 to a 64 over the last couple of years. He's still producing for me.

That's how I always want The Show to be.

[Armor and Sword]

Hate to report this....but here it goes.

Offline franchise using 1987 full 90 man roster. Post patch 1.03

0-1 count....went to bunt, fouled it off.

Out.

Will file a bug report.

[QuestGAV]

Quote: Originally Posted by Will I Am

The higher the ratings the easier it is to hit your mark etc and the lower the players rating then the harder it is. There has to be a system in place however that allows this to happen.

Yes...

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This game just chooses to take user input out of the game rather than try to incorporate the two together.

No.

[Steven78]

So before if you fouled a bunt with two strikes you weren't out.

Now fouling a bunt with one strike and you're out.

[Padgoi]

Quote: Originally Posted by QuestGAV

I think you're confusing randomness with ratings. If the user is 100% in control of every outcome then ratings are entirely useless window dressing. Surely that's not what you're asking for?

No sir, there is a happy medium. If I'm hitting, I am in control of making contact and how well. The ratings are still in control of whether it falls in for a hit or not. That's how ratings tie into it.

In terms of pitching, I am in control of where the pitch is located. The ratings still control HOW accurate and whether the computer is able to make solid contact with the pitch. The ratings also control whether the pitch is called a ball or strike based on control of the pitcher.

At least this is how it should be. The pitch location should NOT be random at all, it should be directly tied to my meter feedback. Many of the other factors should be based on ratings, good sir.

[jvalverde88]

Quote: Originally Posted by P.A.D.

No sir, there is a happy medium. If I'm hitting, I am in control of making contact and how well. The ratings are still in control of whether it falls in for a hit or not. That's how ratings tie into it. In terms of pitching, I am in control of where the pitch is located. The ratings still control HOW accurate and whether the computer is able to make solid contact with the pitch. The ratings also control whether the pitch is called a ball or strike based on control of the pitcher. At least this is how it should be. The pitch location should NOT be random at all, it should be directly tied to my meter feedback. Many of the other factors should be based on ratings, good sir.

Isn't that how it is real life though? Even the best pitchers don't always find their intended target, its how homeruns are given up.