R.B.I. Baseball 16 Available For Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Android & iOS

[thelounger456]

Thank you very much MLBGames for the detail on the hitting. A cool feature for the future may be a training session where a user would get feedback on where it was hit so we can get an idea of where we need to put the barrel on the ball. I have got better via trial and error. A lot of time I was thinking I was nailing but after now getting better hits on what I thought was closer to the 'outer' part of the bat I now try and aim for that part of the bat. Not saying it is the outer or not just to my eyes it is and I can see the difference.

I agree it does not need to be pure sim or even 12-11 arcade style games but I think it is a bit on the low side right now.

I messed up and accidentally simmed a few games (totally my fault not paying attention in the calendar) so I decided to sim to the end of the season. Still had low hitting stats in my season.

Votto was the only player to finish over .300. Second was Trout at .290
Votto got the triple crown with 29 HRs and 99 RBI
6 triples lead the league

I simmed 4 more seasons from scratch all with similar way below normal stats. Here are the leaders in a few stats to show this. I simmed about 5 more to check and didn't keep the stats but no one ever hit .300 or had more than 30 HRs. So if nothing else the sim engine needs a boost in hitting.

Also a few relief pitchers every year would have 200+ innings.

BA		0.291	0.276	0.294	0.274
HR		23	25	27	24
RBI		99	107	94	96
3B		4	6	5	7
2B		40	38	36	41
SB		41	45	43	54
OPS		0.754	0.764	0.772	0.749

[boomhauertjs]

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Also a few relief pitchers every year would have 200+ innings.

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My guess is that is due to the starters getting tired too early. I hope that, along with the hitting getting a boost, would be tweaked in a future update.

[ballgameronny]

In season mode is there a way to see stats and standings?

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[MLBGames]

Quote: Originally Posted by thelounger456

Also a few relief pitchers every year would have 200+ innings.

The sim AI doesn't handle long relievers well. That is, pitchers in the bullpen who have enough stamina to be a starter. We don't want to nerf their stamina, because some of you may prefer to put that pitcher in the rotation.

But yes, we would like the sim AI to better handle these long relievers. Because they tend to have aggregate ratings on the higher end AND they have lots of stamina, they are chosen very frequently for substitutions.

The best way to handle this is probably to implement a deeper bullpen role system. Currently, only the Closer is assigned a role and is used by the AI based on that role. Everyone else is just considered "a reliever who is not a Closer" and are simply compared by their ratings, the score, the number of innings left in the game, the handedness of the batter, and current stamina level when the AI chooses a relief pitcher.

[MLBGames]

Quote: Originally Posted by ballgameronny

In season mode is there a way to see stats and standings?

Yes.

On Consoles and Steam, Stats and Standings are available directly from the Season Hub (the main screen for Season Mode with "Today's Game" at the top).

On mobile, these can be be accessed through the Stats button on the Season Hub.

[Twigg4075]

I finally robbed my first HR yesterday. I saved it to my Live account but I'm not sure how to share it anywhere else? I also saw the CPU attempt to rob me of a HR but got the '!' like he made an error and the ball fell back on to the field. Pretty cool.

[Twigg4075]

The more I play this the more I feel like the hitting is pretty much the same as last years. I didn't change anything so I'm not sure what changed my stance. I was actually able to win three straight games before finally losing a 3-1 game to the Royals. All of my starters are doing pretty well, Davis has 6 bombs, a few others (like Machado) have 4 HRs. I have a few guys, including Davis, that are batting over .300 too. I'm really enjoying the game, as I did last year's, but now most, if not all, of the bugs and glitches seem to be ironed out.

[MLBGames]

Quote: Originally Posted by Twigg4075

The more I play this the more I feel like the hitting is pretty much the same as last years.

We definitely improved upon last year's system rather than overhaul it. So it should not feel drastically different. The biggest difference is that opposite field power is much lower. There were too many opposite field homers last year, especially by non-sluggers.

Another change in 16 is that perfect timing for an inside pitch is earlier and outside pitch is a little later (in relation to the batter, not the plate/strikezone). In 15, perfect timing was the same no matter the pitch location. This change was made to make it more satisfying to "turn" on an inside pitch or wait a tick on an outside pitch and slap it the other way.

And finally, the detection of bat/ball collision should be a little more accurate than 15.