MLB The Show 17 Patch 1.05 Available Now, Patch Notes Included

[nomo17k]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chris_SCEA_Sports

It did not make the patch notes, but this is something we did tweak a bit for this patch. I have seen a lot of posts about it in this thread, so I assume all of the comments are based on seeing it still happening too often with 1.05 installed. As you said in another post, it is a delicate balance...and we will continue to work on it. Thanks!

Just providing some data points from CPU vs. CPU games on where the wild pitch issue is at after patch v1.05.

The game shipped and before any patch was applied, the fraction of wild pitches among all pitches was about 0.67% with default sliders. The MLB average in 2016 was 0.26%.

After patch v1.05, it's still about 0.69% after about 135 games, although I should mention Pitch Control/Consistency sliders are set to 1 and 4, respectively, for the duration of my CPU vs. CPU test games (these are used to increase walks and batting average to make them more inline with MLB averages). Before the v1.05 patch, it was more like 0.80%, so the numbers do indicate there has been some reduction in wild pitches...

... however, the reduction still isn't close enough to the MLB average of 0.26%. So there still needs to be about a factor of 2 ~ 3 reduction in wild pitches.

[EWRMETS]

Quote: Originally Posted by nomo17k

... however, the reduction still isn't close enough to the MLB average of 0.26%. So there still needs to be about a factor of 2 ~ 3 reduction in wild pitches.

I can tell you your issue is probdbly caused by your sliders. If it was properly tuned with your sliders, there would be way too few on default.

[nomo17k]

Quote: Originally Posted by EWRMETS

I can tell you your issue is probdbly caused by your sliders. If it was properly tuned with your sliders, there would be way too few on default.

I could agree with this if I were using a setting way out of tune, but, traditionally, lowering Pitcher Consistency just by one has not increased wild pitches by that much, certainly not by a factor or 2 - 3 departure from the MLB average that I'm seeing. (And Pitcher Control usually doesn't affect wild pitches or hit by pitch that much either... certainly not to the extent which causes.)

With the default sliders, WPs was already off, and I'm comparing WPs pre- and post- patch v1.05 to see whatever remedy the developers checked in on that patch, to see how much improvement it has introduced. I definitely see an improvement, but not nearly as much as to fix the amount of WP inflation that I saw with default sliders setting.

People playing against CPU probably tend to see this issue less because (1) HUM baserunners usually cannot take off on pitches in the dirt as immediate as CPU right now can and (2) HUM pitches doesn't throw pitches in the dirt as much... (people controling pitchers tend to throw a lot more pitches in the strike zone than pitchers IRL)

[AUTiger1]

I just got my copy of the game a week ago and I really do enjoy the quick manage option in franchise mode but I've noticed that the computer pitchers are routinely pulled in the 4th or 5th inning. Now I don't know what the pitch count situation is but, it's always happens and seems to be irrelevant to whatever the score is.