How are you doing in your career?

[angad]

@blockerdave @angad That's why we didn't rush in an "easy" career option immediately in patch#1 - The pressure of near milestones or career highs induce mistakes. The sense of achievement is great when you overcome the odds and get your 50's and 100's, we want to be careful not to kill that.

We need to make sure that *when* we make an easier career mode that it is kept well away from the "real" one so as to not diminish it.

I am upset that run-out and AI bugs are getting in the way of the experience but we will iron them out.

Yeah...brilliant move that. Infact I never wanted you guys to change anything with regards to the difficulty levels in the game. I could see myself getting better and better in batting the more I played the game. It made me realize people need to put in some more time and 'thought' into the game before declaring it too difficult to play. Yes there is a learning curve involved, however the only reason why people are finding it too steep is because everything is new in this game as compared to the previous cricket games. The controls are new, the physics are new, the gameplay style is new......so its obvious that people would take time to get accustomed to it.

Now that people are getting used to this game, the learning curve is much much enjoyable as the depth in gameplay is just brilliant.

i noticed the mental block in this game is huge... i had a period where i couldn't score or even survive against spin... be out in the first few balls i faced to spin. became a real issue because i was "out" in my head as soon as i saw i was facing a spinner. played non-career for a few days to get used to facing spinners not feeling "pressure"... had a few terrible collapses to spinners but slowly got the hang of it.

Oh yeh! The mental state of a player plays a HUGE role in the game. Even during bowling you can make out how confident the player is. If the opponent (online) is scoring runs off you and is reading what you are trying to do, you actually feel the match slipping away from you. Suddenly get in a few tight overs, and you feel the opponent stops reading your mind all of a sudden and gets jittery himself. The kind of matches I have had online is really something I have never felt in a cricket game before. The way the matches change within seconds is just amazing.

 

[BigAntStudios]

I'm still gonna hit you with a stick if I ever see you this game torments me to my very core, also angad I had that happen on a Saturday to me to a left arm spinner which he dropped a half tracker to me first ball while I was on 33 I thought I'd be nice and rock back to block him well I got a toe end on the ball onto my stumps, I was his only wicket that day, I'm now wondering which is more frustrating this game or that dismissal?

It's a test designed to provoke an emotional response - Reaction time is a factor in this so please pay attention

 

[PremierBatsman]

It's a test designed to provoke an emotional response - Reaction time is a factor in this so please pay attention

My mother, let me tell you about my mother, *nicks to keeper on 78 off a freakin spinner* throws tv across the room, wait is this the test?

 

[Nagi]

Enjoying career, just some of the shots available is either due to my level of my player or just the shot is not available the way I believe it should be in the game.

I find playing in front of square on the front foot(Amla flick to square), is non existent. The only time I can score to deep square leg is a slog to square which more than likely ends up behind square to the fine leg boundary or a hook shot or lastly an old fashioned sweep. The other issue I have is when attempting said shot, my batsmen(for the love of me I don't know why and the amount of times I get bowled cause of it) jumps from leg stump to outside offstump when I press front foot, and angle towards square leg or infront of it. Yes, went to practice nets to see if there is a way to correct this.... Nothing even with an average/pro batsmen. So many gaps or easy singles in that direction, just can't get it to go there.

Has anyone actually succeeded with an old fashioned front foot glance in front of the square leg without jumping stump-to-stump? Even when connecting it lands up in most cases behind square like a fine glance instead.
It's one of my favoured area's as a player in outdoor, so frustrates me when knowing its simple to do in outdoor, I can't replicate in Don Bradman.

Also would love to know how to slog sweep, cause holding slog and L1 on PS3 still hits it fairly low and not high and mighty like a Glen Max on a feeding frenzy.

Highest FC score of 59, and only 34 in OD, and a lovely string of single digits in T20 cause what I think should be the angle of my shot never is. Almost done with first season, so hope it improves.

Also, funny laugh, took a wicket in an OD game during a free-hit, yes I'm patched, was just funny how it came to be as I appealed out of natural reaction and was given out caught behind.

 

[PremierBatsman]

It's a test designed to provoke an emotional response - Reaction time is a factor in this so please pay attention

Also I don't know if this is PC or not but if you were a baby I'd shake you ijs.....

 

[angad]

Has anyone actually succeeded with an old fashioned front foot glance in front of the square leg without jumping stump-to-stump?

Many times bro. I think you are not timing the ball correctly or choosing the wrong delivery to play that shot and your footwork (i.e. LAS movement) is sure wrong if you are jumping stump to stump.

 

[PremierBatsman]

Many times bro. I think you are not timing the ball correctly or choosing the wrong delivery to play that shot and your footwork (i.e. LAS movement) is sure wrong if you are jumping stump to stump.

Angad is a wise man a master of all crafts a true warrior with wood in hand

 

[NoLeName]

it's real and it's huge and i love it. (new sig for @ethybubs and @NoLeName)

Better mention @ChinamanSpin for good measure, he won't want to miss out on all the fun

If @barmyarmy hadn't already said the knob joke sigs were off limits this would be mine. Typical barmy, always ruining everything

 

[yogi33]

Started a new career with a batting all rounder hoping to focus more on the latter. Averaging about 18 with the ball and about 15 with the bat in first class. Managed to grind out a few scores in the Twenties so a big improvement from my previous career.

Anyone else select medium pace for their player? Its very difficult to pick up wickets when your pace drops to 105km after a few overs. Not to mention boring trundling in on a green wicket at that leasurely pace for up to 20 overs an innings.

 

[angad]

Angad is a wise man a master of all crafts a true warrior with wood in hand

If you dont believe me you can see the wagon wheel from one of my innings yourself:

http://www.planetcricket.org/forums...ion-big-ant-cricket-86991-29.html#post2752226

Its not difficult to hit the ball in front of square, though I wont say I can hit it at will. Keep hitting on the leg with different timing and you yourself would see the results.

 

[NoLeName]

Angad is a wise man a master of all crafts a true warrior with wood in hand

Speaking of knob jokes

 

[PremierBatsman]

Ross said big ant is sorting it mate just enjoy the game and throw some stuff around

 

[blockerdave]

Yeah I have also played a leg glance both in front and behind and in front of square... Occasionally you will end up jumping across your stumps but typically this is due to the angle of LAS... You need to be going forward rather than forward and across

 

[Nagi]

I can replicate this time and time again. Timing in practice nets is Ideal with the correct angles. Full pitched ball or a good length ball, with just a flick of the wrists to square. Any change in my angles ends up as a drive, and everything else behind square. Just nothing just infront of square.

Also I wish there was an option to not push at the ball but wait for it to come onto the bat with whatever angle your aiming. Similar to a block, except a block doesn't go anywhere.

If you could explain what would be the right ball or correct footwork I would love to know. As a human being, the footwork is front foot to a ball pitched up/good length and an angle bat towards square and a simple turn of the wrists. If we talk about letting it come onto the bat a simple angled bat. I don't believe it to be angles, I will check on a friends DBC and see if his remotes do the same but further than that, can't be choice of ball as I've tested full and good length on legend, in practice mode with all the angles. No success, so if your saying its easy, then I will test with an alternative remote.

Anyone know about the slog sweep, would love to know the combination.

 

[PremierBatsman]

Speaking of knob jokes

Haha hey hey I left out the part about you being in the shower