Find the quote where I said this, and you win. I never said anything of the sort, I said the fielding patch will sort out 99.9% of the issues regarding finding gaps in the field and the run-out issues which plague the batting side of the career mode. To elaborate further I find the "PRO" level perfectly acceptable and an incredible leap forward in cricket gaming. I absolutely love that batsman are backfoot/frontfoot specialists and setting your preference in career mode means you have to work harder when selecting the opposite to your set-preference. For me, I'm a front-foot player and therefore I play the majority of my shots off the front foot, as what happens in
real cricket, where particular players are specialists. You tend to find back-foot players have less ability to play spinners, for one general example... To your point, the current fielding issues play a huge role in the ability to find/hit gaps and successfully execute a shot-to-reward replication of real cricket, once fielders have a toned down approach to the shots people play in the game, you'll find it's easier to hit gaps and score runs. If you read around (not just in troll-threads like this) you'll see the
majority of people batting in career mode or the arcade modes recognize this issue (fielding) as a huge portion of the problem when batting. You're just ignoring all that, because you're obstinate and your position on the game is not sustainable, nor reflected by the majority of people who are playing the game.
Once again, find any quotes where I've said any of that (I haven't). My opinion on the non-issue that is the fielding radar is; I can see the field just fine. I play on a massive 50 inch television and it's glorious, I can make out wonderful little details and I enjoy the game doesn't hand-hold me and tell me where the field is every over. It's cool, it's a challenge. I've never said anyone who doesn't like is wrong - I've said it's an unnecessary hissy fit to throw, when there's already a patch being included offering the option to turn that shit on! The fact I and many others don't need or want it doesn't invalidate our argument nor do I think that people who DO need it are "wrong". It's just not the way I want to play the game and I'm more open to revolutionizing cricket on consoles than copy-pasting what has gone before. Change is tough for some people, clearly you fit inside that box.
I have absolutely no idea what that has to do with anything, but the target market for sports games of this ilk is generally 18 - 35 year olds, with the core demographic being males ages 25- 30. I can't see "Kids" running down to pick up a game called "Don Bradman Cricket" and if
young kids do want to play a cricket game, they'll embrace the opportunity of the lower-levels rather than play on "PRO"... spin bowling is really easy, if you play the tutorials correctly and spend time practicing, which you seem to have the opinion of that being some incorrect position when it's the exact reason why "Match Practice" and "Nets" are included in the game to hone your skills and spend the time getting that stuff right, again, this is not a failure of the game but a failure of your imagination to grasp the complexities offered in this game.
I'm seeing post after post to the contrary, again, you're spending time wallowing in threads like this than celebrating in the others, it's okay. We don't need or want you there, but seriously, this is just ridiculous. Is bowling providing more reward in career mode? Yes, I imagine that will be balanced out in Patch 2, if not in Patch 1.
I still don't understand how "playing on the legside" is an "exploit". You make it sound like there has to be some even spread when that is simply not a reflection of REAL cricket. In cricket, certain players favor certain parts of the field, have certain shots they execute better. Since the position you stand at the wicket determines what side of the field you favor I would suggest that people experiencing "legside" bowling are prolly taking their stance too far across to the offside. Taking more legside stance opens up the offside, I've found it's next-to-impossible to pierce the offside field because of the amped-up fielding, so I chose those shots carefully and usually hit off my hips to fine-leg, which (ironically) is my EXACT go-to shot in real cricket when I play. Pushing an easy single to fine-leg or third man is the stock-and-trade of every batsman worldwide, to suggest that's an "exploit" in the game displays a gross misunderstand of the functionality of cricket. Pull shots, leg glances and offside shots is a reflection of the AI field settings and the difficulty in piercing the off-side field currently, especially if you're new to the game and finding batting difficult it IS easier to score on the legside to the simply numbers equation of there being LESS fielders on the legside! Again; Not an exploit, it's related to the amped up fielding and will be fixed in the first patch out in a week or so. You chose to ignore that fact, so your argument falls apart.
In short; Your argument is unsustainable. @
BigAntStudios are committed to patching the anomalies in the game and will have the first one out in a few weeks. If you were genuinely committed to your position on the batting, as you keep banging on about the legside, then stroll over to the "reports" thread and log your issues in the correct template, provide feedback, take a few videos and contribute as I and many others are doing frequently.
You're not comitted to your argument, because it's lazy, flawed and you'd much rather be a keyboard warrior and troll threads like this than contribute constructively to a discussion about the hundreds of other GREAT things BigAnt have got note perfect in this game.
It's a poor mans position to whinge like you do about the same things, most of which will be fixed in the first patch (that you've had nothing valuable to contribute to) and the rest will be MORE than like fixed in the second patch (one that although currently doesn't exist, I doubt you'll have anything meaningful to contribute to either).
It's easier to bitch and walk away, than it is to put your money where your mouth is. So if you feel that shit needs to be fixed, then make some bug reports, put some effort in and quit banging on about the same old shit post after post and DO SOMETHING about it.
The rest of us have, we're also moving on because it's getting patched.
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