IE AI Hitting maybe "FLAWED" but man the IE "Pitching" is ON the money...

[bigfnjoe96]

Guys the IE Feature for Pitching is rock solid this year & I would suggest everyone use-it when Pitching. The wealth of Info you get when hit that D-PAD is sick. I've been using it in combination with wasting some pitches & trying to paint corners during my games & have been able to get a pitch count of about 80-90 a game.

By also wasting & trying to paint corners, it seems to throw the AI Hitters OFF a little allowing for a higher possibility of strikes taken & strike-outs looking. Not to mention you definitely have to mix your pitches up.

I don't use the Catcher's Suggestion & go by Instinct & what the IE Percentages look like. I would suggest if you want to get comfortable in using IE for Pitching enable the IE K-ZONE in the Presentation Settings & try to hit more of the BLUE target then the RED.

Thoughts?

[zpq12]

The IE stuff, if it works right, seems like it has HUGE potential.

[stealyerface]

Now see, here I thought that based on your catcher's rating, he would call the pitches and location using the info from the IE.


Now how cool would it be if they expanded on that and, based on how good your catcher was rated, he would be more likely to call the "right" pitch in the "right" situation. The more green your catching crew was, the more they might ask for a pitch in the hitter's Red Zone because their scouting was not as good as the crafty veteran. Therefore, it would be important to draft a smart catcher and try to keep him on the team as he only would get better with age....

ahh yes... someday..

syf

[therizing02]

Ha! After reading through the hitting thread, I was thinking, "man the pitching part of it is really good though".

You definitely need an approach to each individual hitter when you're on the mound and the IE is well implemented.

Now fix the batting and we'll have a decent game.

[bigfnjoe96]

Trust me IE for Pitching is your friend use-it...

[JoshCA916]

i don't know much about using the IE for pitching but i mixed pitches threw some balls on purpose just barely missing for a reason as it helped the cpu take many more strikes then normal well i had Lincecum on the mound threw a 9 inn. shoutout with 11 strikeouts only gave up 3 hits(hit one guy on accident) but i think mixing up pitches and throwing some balls on purpose really helps, doesnt completely solve it but makes a pretty big difference

Oh and this was on all-star with custom sliders for the cpu's advantage

[bigfnjoe96]

I wanna try to keep this thread going as I have seen many talking about this as a way to generate pitch count. People this is working very well, not only in getting user pitch count up some, but in getting the AI to take strikes, swing @ questionable strikes & actually take strikes also..

[amarks05]

I do agree. How about on the Batting side after you buy the reports on other teams. The computer flashes 3 boxes up on the screen. I am assuming the color corrospondes to pitch type and the locations are the spots that they are most likely going to throw to.

Can you trust these zones? are they actaully pitching to the preindicated places?