MLB The Show 17 Video - The Little Things: Part 2

[John_2400]

Hopefully the new hit variety take care of all those GIDP''s and good timing pop ups on HOF and above.

[Caulfield]

Quote: Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA

To everyone we are in art freeze what's changed is changed what's not won't be changed.

Oh, I can feel it! This game has got to be thiscloseto gold! Whats left, roster tweaking and bug testing? Play Ball and batter up!

[Mike Lowe]

On today's Twitch stream, Ramone said, in regards to smart pitching/bullpen AI:

• Teams now make decisions based on multiple players coming up in the order
• The game no longer just selects the best pitcher available

The example he gave was that the AI will now look and see R, L, R, R, and bring in a righty, presumably. That makes sense.

What I'm curious to know now is: will there be instances where we see THREE relievers in that inning--a righty, lefty, righty?

One of the big issues with this game is that relievers simply stay in until they do something "bad." They are never/rarely pulled after a success.

I'm hoping we see micromanaging at times of the bullpen, especially in tight games, playoff games, or when teams have expanded rosters.

Also, I sure hope they fixed the issue with CG/SO being WAYYYYY too high in simmed games during franchise mode.

[PitholeCreek]

It's a little thing, but it would've been nice if the size and positioning of the Blue Jays logo on the front of the team's uniforms had been fixed.

[tril]

Any one know if we will we be able to turn off the analog pitching meter. I would like to use analog pitching without the actual meter. That would make it more challenging.

[Syce]

Quote: Originally Posted by tril

Any one know if we will we be able to turn off the analog pitching meter. I would like to use analog pitching without the actual meter. That would make it more challenging.

wouldn't that essentially be classic then?

[nemesis04]

I don't see that happening because it would be nearly impossible to be successful at trying to figure out the release point line.

[tessl]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Lowe

On today's Twitch stream, Ramone said, in regards to smart pitching/bullpen AI: Teams now make decisions based on multiple players coming up in the order The game no longer just selects the best pitcher available The example he gave was that the AI will now look and see R, L, R, R, and bring in a righty, presumably. That makes sense. What I'm curious to know now is: will there be instances where we see THREE relievers in that inning--a righty, lefty, righty? One of the big issues with this game is that relievers simply stay in until they do something "bad." They are never/rarely pulled after a success. I'm hoping we see micromanaging at times of the bullpen, especially in tight games, playoff games, or when teams have expanded rosters. Also, I sure hope they fixed the issue with CG/SO being WAYYYYY too high in simmed games during franchise mode.

It would add realism but difficult to program correctly and as a manage mode user I suspect I would be able to out maneuver the cpu AI once I figure out how it is programmed unless they really get it accurate.

One thing which would be an improvement - just my opinion - I see starting pitchers get higher than realistic pitch counts with energy completely gone and still pitching well regardless of the score. IRL a GM would be pulling his hair out if the manager left a pitcher in to throw 130 pitches with a big lead but it happens in the show. There should be more of an attribute penalty once a pitcher's energy gets low which overrides pitcher confidence.