MLB The Show 17 Franchise Improvements Include Player Lock, Quick Manage & More

[johnnyg83]

Isn't player lock already in 2016?

[Trackball]

Player lock is great, don't get me wrong.

But one thing I'd love for them to take from NBA 2K? Position lock.

You see, I'm a far better pitcher than I am a hitter. Currently, if I player-lock, I can control only the starting pitcher--once he's taken out, it sims to the end.

I'd like to be able to control the pitcher position for all 9+ innings, including all relievers.

This of course goes for any other position--say, I take the third baseman, but he gets injured in the fourth inning somehow, and I get to control his replacement for the rest of the game.

...Unless I seriously failed a spot check and this option is already in THIS year's game.

[jada855]

Quote: Originally Posted by johnnyg83

Isn't player lock already in 2016?

That's correct it is in the MLB 16 version of the game. There were some issues though mainly on playing defense and no way to disable fast forwarding until after your initial turn which really affected a in-game save in Franchise mode. So hopefully there are some improvements made in MLB 2017.

[jada855]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trackball

Player lock is great, don't get me wrong. But one thing I'd love for them to take from NBA 2K? Position lock. You see, I'm a far better pitcher than I am a hitter. Currently, if I player-lock, I can control only the starting pitcher--once he's taken out, it sims to the end. I'd like to be able to control the pitcher position for all 9+ innings, including all relievers. This of course goes for any other position--say, I take the third baseman, but he gets injured in the fourth inning somehow, and I get to control his replacement for the rest of the game. ...Unless I seriously failed a spot check and this option is already in THIS year's game.

You did not miss anything it does not yet exist. This would be a nice addition/ improvement to add both just like in NBA 2k16/NBA 2K17!

NBA 2K when using player lock fast forwards when you are subbed out and you can come back into the game with your team being up or down. I wish there was a way to fix this in MLB 16 and NBA 2k17. MLB 15 did it perfectly never understood why it was changed.

[Peter_OS]

Loving this!

I hope they have implemented random schedules (year after year) in this year's game.

[Caulfield]

Quote: Originally Posted by tessl

Until they officially deny it everything is still possible. We have to stay positive.

Ok, I am positive expansion mode, team relocation, and stadium creator creator wont be in 17.
Though none of these would really be easy to implement, team relocation would probably be the easiest of these 3, but I bet MLB is the hold up on that, not Sony.
Stadium Creator would probably be the hardest to put in, a lot harder than say basketball or football because at least the field dimensions are the same from stadiumto stadium and arena to arena, but baseball is such a drastically different animal.
As forExpansion mode, MLB might be the hold up on that as well.
I would love to see NRI's for spring training. If you could just expand rosters to 100 per team until ST ends and have 50-60 players participate in ST, that might allow split squad games for ST as well.

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trackball

Player lock is great, don't get me wrong. But one thing I'd love for them to take from NBA 2K? Position lock. You see, I'm a far better pitcher than I am a hitter. Currently, if I player-lock, I can control only the starting pitcher--once he's taken out, it sims to the end. I'd like to be able to control the pitcher position for all 9+ innings, including all relievers. This of course goes for any other position--say, I take the third baseman, but he gets injured in the fourth inning somehow, and I get to control his replacement for the rest of the game. ...Unless I seriously failed a spot check and this option is already in THIS year's game.

Quote: Originally Posted by jada855

You did not miss anything it does not yet exist. This would be a nice addition/ improvement to add both just like in NBA 2k16/NBA 2K17! NBA 2K when using player lock fast forwards when you are subbed out and you can come back into the game with your team being up or down. I wish there was a way to fix this in MLB 16 and NBA 2k17. MLB 15 did it perfectly never understood why it was changed.

It kinda does exist in '16, actually. When a player lock player leaves the game, the game reverts to normal play - controlling the whole team. From there you can go to the lineup screen and choose to player lock another player.

Obviously it doesn't work this way in RTTS because the whole mode is centered around 1 player.

[Trackball]

Quote: Originally Posted by bcruise

It kinda does exist in '16, actually. When a player lock player leaves the game, the game reverts to normal play - controlling the whole team. From there you can go to the lineup screen and choose to player lock another player. Obviously it doesn't work this way in RTTS because the whole mode is centered around 1 player.

Wow, really? Huh. Okay, this is a good enough workaround. I'll take it.

At least until position lock is officially put in.