Briste Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) Does anyone have any advice on this or is it completely luck. I wouldn't have expected to have so much trouble with a trophy this common. I have only seen two bats break so far and I was pitching both times. Once in rtts as a pitcher and once during online play. I've been playing on all-star setting for batting and legend for pitching. I haven't touched any of the slider options. I've been playing as the Padres vs Houston with Verlander starting. I've been skipping the pitching portion and only been hitting. I've played over 100 innings like this and nothing...is it just bad luck? Edited July 7, 2018 by Br1ste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmland12 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 It sounds like bad luck, or perhaps you're just too good at letting bad pitches go. From what I've seen you're much more likely to break your bat swinging at balls, especially ones that are inside. So, setting the difficulty up like you have (all-star should be plenty) and hacking at everything is probably how you'll get it the quickest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briste Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) On 7/7/2018 at 6:28 PM, dmland12 said: So, setting the difficulty up like you have (all-star should be plenty) and hacking at everything is probably how you'll get it the quickest. Thanks for the reply! I actually have been swinging at everything. I've probably struck out 100 times today on balls in the dirt. I started watching TV while I'm hitting just to keep my sanity with this one. Since I posted that question, I've been playing non-stop except for about 2 hours with no luck....I've been able to watch Spiderman Homecoming, and Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown in Hong Kong and I just finished watching A League of Their Own and still have not broken a bat...I know Jimmy Dugan says there's no crying in baseball, but this dumb trophy is starting to make me wonder... /edit To wrap this up, after 4 more hours of trying, I ended up uninstalling the game to get back to the default settings on everything. I changed the batting from dynamic to all-star and in the 3rd game I played I broke my bat on a down and in pitch just off the plate...thanks again! Edited July 9, 2018 by Br1ste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadborne Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 I'm struggling with this something awful. Anyone have good tips on this? Ways to force this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKiLLa-KaLoRiEx Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 These trophies are bugging me. Some just arnt poping. I broke my bat on the first game I played, nothing. Got intentionaly walked, nothing. Made a sacrifice bunt multiple times, nothing also Hit triples, nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solidfox88 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) this trophy is luck based like many others, difficulty settings does not affect the outcome. I play with sliders with human contact, timing and solid hits to the max. and play with pitching difficulty at all-star and I've broken a lot of bats. Also if you play on beginner all the pitches come down right in the middle. My advice: hack at every pitch you see. you can use Circle for contact swing, maybe that will help. I hope this helps and best of luck. Edited August 16, 2018 by Solidfox88 missing advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCatHerder42 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 I get broken bats fairly often. It most often happens on inside fastballs either just on or just out of the strike zone. I suspect anyone swinging at these that hasn't gotten it are very good at lining up the PCI with the incoming pitch. You might try not squaring up an inside pitch with a player that has good contact and see if you can't get firewood that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossLegends Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Just coming here to vent... This trophy is currently the bane of my existence. 1) Are you guys trying to guess your pitch? Or just swinging randomly? 2) Should I move the oval or just leave it in the middle? 3) Power swing or contact swing? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCatHerder42 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 As I said above I get it fairly often. I'm not particularly good at moving the PCI to square up pitches. I tend to target a zone, typically somewhere center of the plate. When I break my bat it is on an inside pitch that I made contact on when I didn't get the PCI adjusted for an inside pitch. So you could try not moving PCI and swinging at inside pitches right on or just off the black. It should be just a matter of time before the infield is dodging shrapnel to make the play. I guess this one was easy for me since I'm a pretty average player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-Alec_J-x Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 If you are having trouble make sure you are using cursor based hitting. If you use directional the CPU will always adjust to inside pitches and make it difficult to miss enough towards the handle of the bat to break it. I break one at least one almost every game. Its all about inside pitches and using Zone hitting. You shatter enough to build a house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossLegends Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) Was having a lot of trouble with this, so I deleted and reinstalled the game and got it almost immediately. Maybe something I did with my sliders was interfering with the trophy...? Edited December 11, 2018 by RossLegends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeesTrophies Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Thought I'd post this here for anyone like me late to the party. I spent about 4 hours doing this- mostly because I was rarely getting inside pitches. Got it within 6 tries with the follow 1. reinstalled the game and left the sliders in default 2. Put pitching and hitting to all star 3. zone batting and not moving the left analog stick at all 4. using contact hitting 5. Played as Boomers against Groundbreakers- every third pitch was an inside pitch. After three up three down I would just restart the game. Ended up getting it with Reggie Jackson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ_Radio Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 With settings set to Beginner you pretty much ALWAYS get strikes, never any balls. I tried changing sliders but that didn't really do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirilianov Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Spaz said: With settings set to Beginner you pretty much ALWAYS get strikes, never any balls. I tried changing sliders but that didn't really do anything. Yes, when I first played this game I played on Beginner but it was too easy because the pitcher throws always strikes and never balls. I got this trophy just random while I played franchise mode with the Cubs. I played on Experienced difficulty and throughout the whole season I wrecked quiet a few bats. I don't know the exact situations when my bats broke, but if I remember correctly, most oft the time it was with inside pitches or when I tried to reach a ball out of the strike zone. At the end of the season, I must had more than 10 broken bats. I can still remember of 2 during Postseason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagles_Numba_One Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Does anyone have any new info on this. Ived looked up so much for this trophy, tried all the methods ive found and nothing works. I cannot make contact with the ball in a way that breaks the bat. any help or new knowledge would be appreaciated. thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zid2016 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 On 4/11/2020 at 5:45 PM, Beth Medusa said: Thought I'd post this here for anyone like me late to the party. I spent about 4 hours doing this- mostly because I was rarely getting inside pitches. Got it within 6 tries with the follow 1. reinstalled the game and left the sliders in default 2. Put pitching and hitting to all star 3. zone batting and not moving the left analog stick at all 4. using contact hitting 5. Played as Boomers against Groundbreakers- every third pitch was an inside pitch. After three up three down I would just restart the game. Ended up getting it with Reggie Jackson. Got it using this method. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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