How come more of you don't use cursor hitting?

[Padgoi]

Personally I think it's the best representation of true hitting. It is a true hand-eye coordination tool and I think it yields the most realistic hitting experience. Plus, it's a lot more challenging than simple zone hitting. So how come many of you are not using cursor hitting? Please explain, I'm interested.

[The Living Legend]

Ill be honest i started to only playing cursor hitting. but i chase EVERYTHING i mean everything. And when i did hit it i could not hit homeruns or anything deep it was beyond frustrating. maybe i need to change the contact more and slow the pitching down. I like the swingstick i know its not true but you do have some influence on were you can aim the hit. And i can focus more on were the ball is coming so i can take better pitches instead of focusing more on the cursor.

[bkrich83]

Because I hate cursor hitting and always have.

[Padgoi]

Quote: Originally Posted by The Living Legend

Ill be honest i started to only playing cursor hitting. but i chase EVERYTHING i mean everything. And when i did hit it i could not hit homeruns or anything deep it was beyond frustrating. maybe i need to change the contact more and slow the pitching down. I like the swingstick i know its not true but you do have some influence on were you can aim the hit. And i can focus more on were the ball is coming so i can take better pitches instead of focusing more on the cursor.

You can slow pitch speed down, I'm at 65 and it seems pretty good, not too slow like it's softball, but not too fast that I can't make contact most of the time . . . and it yields realistic K numbers.

[stealyerface]

I would be willing to try it. Is the cursor a different size for the different batters, and does it change when either ahead or behind in the count?

I know that lowly old World Series Baseball on the SEGA Genesis had the cursor style hitting, but Tony Pena's cursor would be HUGE when he was up 3-0 in the count. Made it very difficult to take pitches.

Also, I would like to hear some more input on the Pitch Speed with regards to making the hitting difficult, but also rewarding by recognizing pitches, and taking advantage of sitting on a fastball in the right spot, and getting it..

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[JBH3]

Not to be smart...

But because it IS a video game, and I do want to have fun. For me the cursor just isn't fun. As long as I can tweak sliders to lessen the annoyances of user hitting w/ the swing stick, I'm all about swing stick.

I've seen a great variance in hits/contact. I hit a 2B down the LF line w/ Werth, I've hit slow dribblers, shallow bloops, hard-hit gappers, opposite field HRs, upper deck reaching HRs, barely clearing the fence HRs,....I get a wide variety of hits/outs.

[teambayern]

I miss the old ASB style where you could have a power circle and a contact box. Nice risk reward. I also liked how you could angle the contact box accordingly.

I;ll have to give this game's cursor system more of a try, but it doesn't seem to offer that same risk reward. For some reason, it feels gimmicky to me.

[MizzouRah]

Much like the skill stick in NHL 09, I love the swing stick.