Need help with hitting difficulty settings

[jeffy777]

Hey guys, I'm hoping you can help me out. I'm trying to find the best hitting difficulty settings for my situation:

It seems the only way I can turn on a fastball is to have the pitch speed turned all the way down and with the Rookie setting (I don't have he best eyes and reflexes). However, it is getting a bit too easy because the AI doesn't throw hardly anything out of the zone on Rookie....but when I turn it up to Veteran or All Star, it seems like the pitch speed goes up too ......is there anyway I can get the pitcher to throw less meatballs and pitch more realistically without increasing the pitch speed? I notice there's the slider for that makes the AI throw less strikes, but it says it's only early in the count, so that doesn't sound like it would be the best solution.....

Any and all advice is greatly appreciated

[jr86]

Pretty good discussion in here

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...d.php?t=541113

[jeffy777]

Quote: Originally Posted by jr86

Pretty good discussion in here http://www.operationsports.com/forum...d.php?t=541113

Thanks, and any chance you could give me a quick summary?

[jr86]

At rookie or veteran the cpu seems programmed to throw a lot of meatballs to make it easier for you to hit.
My advice- Go to All Star and lower cpu control and consistency to 3

[Heroesandvillains]

If you can only turn on FB's on Rookie with a zeroed out pitch speed, I'd be willing to wager you are suffering from HD TV input lag.

By chance are you playing in HD?

If so, does your TV have a Game Mode??? If it doesn't, manually go into the settings on your television and turn off all of the processing stuff (Noise Reduction, Smoothing, etc).

[jeffy777]

Quote: Originally Posted by jr86

At rookie or veteran the cpu seems programmed to throw a lot of meatballs to make it easier for you to hit. My advice- Go to All Star and lower cpu control and consistency to 3

That's what I figured.....I just wish the pitch speed didn't increase when I bump it up to All Star.

Maybe I'll try Veteran for now with the CPU control turned way down.

Quote: Originally Posted by heroesandvillians

If you can only turn on FB's on Rookie with a zeroed out pitch speed, I'd be willing to wager you are suffering from HD TV input lag. By chance are you playing in HD? If so, does your TV have a Game Mode??? If it doesn't, manually go into the settings on your television and turn off all of the processing stuff (Noise Reduction, Smoothing, etc).

Yeah, HD with Game Mode and all the processing off. There may be a bit of lag, but I think most of it is just that my eyes suck and I'm not that great at reading pitches. I should clarify though that I can hit some fastballs on All Star, but I'm usually late on the 95+ mph stuff unless I use the Guess Pitch.

[SoxFan01605]

I fear I'll be in your position soon, Jeff. I've had to bump speed down a bit each year.

In terms of balance between realistic counts and difficulty, you're best best is to bump to AS, turn down pitch speed and then probably bump up timing (this will widen your window and should account for the speed difference).

[jeffy777]

Quote: Originally Posted by SoxFan01605

I fear I'll be in your position soon, Jeff. I've had to bump speed down a bit each year. In terms of balance between realistic counts and difficulty, you're best best is to bump to AS, turn down pitch speed and then probably bump up timing (this will widen your window and should account for the speed difference).

Ha, yeah and the sad part is I'm only 31

Thanks man, I'll give that a shot. I think I'll get a little better over time too. Coming from the slower pitch speed in 2K proabably made me lazier, but I'm definitely better now than when I first got this last month (I had to crank the Solid Hits slider way up, but now I have it back down).