Does anyone else think timing is too sporadic this year?

[gminnick9]

I have seen some discussion about this, but not a lot. I feel this year I am not making as much solid contact as in previous versions using timing. The PCI is all over the place compared to last year. I used zone hitting in 10' or 11' and let the PCI sit in the middle, I may go back to this again.

[PhilliesFan13]

Quote: Originally Posted by gminnick9

I have seen some discussion about this, but not a lot. I feel this year I am not making as much solid contact as in previous versions using timing. The PCI is all over the place compared to last year. I used zone hitting in 10' or 11' and let the PCI sit in the middle, I may go back to this again.

That's what I did and it made a world of difference. I also agree that Timing hitting is way too erratic this year.

[dalger21]

I said the same thing as my RttS player is a pretty good hitter but the PCI is so random that I find myself striking out a lot more than I ever have in previous games. Timing seems to have been tweaked for the worse in my opinion.

[Sacrafice]

Even with hitting zone and not moving the PCI it will go up or down like timing. If you swing at a slider the PCI will end up where a 4 seamer would land and not where the slider actually lands and change up and so on. With zone you can get away with it more, but it still moves and you will end up with a ton of ground balls. That's on HoF hitting though so probably different on lower levels.

[BrianU]

I play franchise and have had to problem with timing hitting I love it. You have to be selective like in real life and not swing at bad pitches. Just because a ball is in the zone doesnt mean its good. Turn off the PCI display thing and play with minimal garbage on your screen. I've never had that on I have no idea where my PCI is located I just see the ball and hit the ball. PCI is controlled by ratings and timing best represents the ratings no matter what anyone says. I don't wanna have the same quality hitting the baseball with David Wright as I am with Marlon Byrd

I lowered Human timing to 4 and get the right amount of hits. Timing best represents hitting a baseball imo, Zone is cheesy like playing a game of whack-a-mole. Sorry I had to vent I see tons of timing haters around here Timing is brilliant once you are grooving the ball and it feels natural I wouldnt play any other way.

You can still try to hit opposite field or pull the ball based on when you time the swing like in real life... not some stupid thing like aiming a crosshair, how many players actually 'aim' their bat? Maybe jose reyes and Starlin castro

[Formula1Racing]

The only problem I'm having is the freaking Change-Up. I can't for the life of me get good timing on that pitch. I always swing to early or too late. That is a nasty pitch in the game and in my RTTS they throw it all the time!!..driving me nuts!..lol

Any suggestions? Please!

[jr86]

I have always been a 'Timing' guy but this year i just cannot take the erratic nature of it.
I have switched to Zone (not moving the PCI) and my results have been dramatically different(for the good).

For me there seems to be a strange phenomenon going on with Zone this year that hasn't been there in previous years and has been mentioned above by another poster.
The fact that even if you don't move the PCI,there are times where if you check your swing box it will show that the PCI has in fact moved to the vicinity of where the pitch was thrown..so for example if it is away sometimes the PCI has moved from the middle of the plate to away to cover some of the pitch.
In years gone by this was never the case if you left the PCI in the middle of the plate that was where it always stayed whereas this year it seems to be somewhat of a crossbreed between Zone and Timing...

[moemoe24]

I'm really disappointed with the hitting this year. It seems in their attempt to make it easier for the arcade style people something just feels off. The variety of hits has gotten worse instead of better(either hit line drives to infielders or high fly balls...see these two 90% of the time). The infields seem to have some sort of magnetic field, a ground ball up the middle is almost coming to a stop before it gets to the outfield.

I've slobbered over this game since 2008 but the hitting has really put a damper on it.