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Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
I began my Pennant with the following CPU difficulty settings:
Running: HARD
Fielding: HARD
Batting: HARD
Pitching: NORMAL
I've played 30-40 games, and my offensive stats are unrealistically high. To counter this, I believe that the CPU A.I. has weakened my pitching a bit. My pitching stats are unrealistically low. Because of this, balance has been maintained and most of my games continue to be fun and competitive. Although I did win one game 21-3 recently...
So I decided to play a few exhibition games with the CPU difficulty set higher. These are the settings I used:
Running: POWERFUL
Fielding: POWERFUL
Batting: HARD
Pitching: HARD
I bumped up CPU Running and Fielding because stealing bases against the CPU and catching CPU runners stealing was just too easy on HARD difficulty.
I left CPU Batting alone because HARD still feels right.
I turned CPU pitching up because of my ridiculously high offensive stats. My batting skills must have improved because I'm hitting HARD CPU pitching much better than I used to. My hit, HR, and strike out totals are all more realistic with the CPU pitching set to HARD.
To be clear though, when I first started playing Pawapuro I found HARD CPU pitching a little too difficult to hit. Now I don't. I must have turned a corner. Hooray!
Please share your thoughts on Pawapuro difficulty settings here.