overswing/underswing
have you noticed that when you hit your shot and it's an under swing it comes up short? it's a 100% chance that if the shot isn't the "correct" shot (club and distance) it will be an under swing (no...
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stupid how much you get punished for a under swing compared to the over swing
I have always struggled with this under/over swing concept. How can you hit the the ball over 100% of what you are capable of?
Unless 100% is supposed to be a controlled smooth swing. In that case it might make sense to me to have an overswing area... but then it should really put a premium on the swing path where any deviation should be multiplied exponentially.
I personally have thought the swing mechanics are inconsistent, I have seen under swings go to far... and over swings be well short. Though I will admit short shots appear more likely from my experience, but it has been about 4 weeks since this game has been in my PS5.
I still come to the forum to keep abreast of what is going on, it seems nothing has changed. Other than people waking up and smelling the coffee.
@ELF014 wrote:I have always struggled with this under/over swing concept. How can you hit the the ball over 100% of what you are capable of?
Unless 100% is supposed to be a controlled smooth swing. In that case it might make sense to me to have an overswing area... but then it should really put a premium on the swing path where any deviation should be multiplied exponentially.
I personally have thought the swing mechanics are inconsistent, I have seen under swings go to far... and over swings be well short. Though I will admit short shots appear more likely from my experience, but it has been about 4 weeks since this game has been in my PS5.
I still come to the forum to keep abreast of what is going on, it seems nothing has changed. Other than people waking up and smelling the coffee.
To me it has always made sense for exactly the reason you are conjecturing: 100% equals smooth controlled swing. 105% means you are trying to murder it and shoulder turning more than your normal consistent, effective swing.
I'd also submit there IS a bit of a premium on the path for overswings. Certainly, in my experience, the ball will go further offline if you overswing and deviate from the path as opposed to underwing deviations.
I know from other posts you started playing with spec less golfers without attributes applied. When I see a lot of posts about inconsistent swings and RNG, I always wonder where people are in the game, because while I would certainly agree that sub level 50/no specs there is a considerable amount of RNG, I'm really not seeing it after.
@7AnimalMother wrote:To me it has always made sense for exactly the reason you are conjecturing: 100% equals smooth controlled swing. 105% means you are trying to murder it and shoulder turning more than your normal consistent, effective swing.
I'd also submit there IS a bit of a premium on the path for overswings. Certainly, in my experience, the ball will go further offline if you overswing and deviate from the path as opposed to underwing deviations.
I know from other posts you started playing with spec less golfers without attributes applied. When I see a lot of posts about inconsistent swings and RNG, I always wonder where people are in the game, because while I would certainly agree that sub level 50/no specs there is a considerable amount of RNG, I'm really not seeing it after.
I would actually would agree with your assessment. When I was playing with a fully powered up character I was pretty deadly with my shot making. Which is why we started playing without attributes.
I also knew that keeping my swing with my drives under 100% ensured that I kept the ball in the fairway.
My problem is that the RNG plays far too much a role in this game. And that results should be based much more on player input rather than some random event.
The game is far too easy when you are powered up, and additional shot types just adds to the problem. And if you remove all these the game can get pretty random. It doesn't stop you from shooting low in the game... but it makes the game not enjoyable because until you get to a shot type with less dispersion like a chip or putt you never feel in control.
@ELF014 wrote:My problem is that the RNG plays far too much a role in this game. And that results should be based much more on player input rather than some random event.
Honestly, I'd go the other way lol.
I think it plays to small a role in the game or it isn't being applied correctly. I can land in the heavy rough on courses with a drive (and drives absolutely SHOULD have large dispersions considering tour average fairways hit are about 50%), and unless it's a long par 5 that requires me to hit >7 iron, there is basically no penalty (and this is with a big fat 0 in recovery attributes).
I mean sure it may say my ball will be 85%-96% power out of that lie, but for all intents and purposes it's giving me 100% distance with maybe just a tiny bit less spin.
This is to me where the game really fails. The penalties out of anything in heavy rough, normal rough (not first cut), or sand are non-existent.... These shots -SHOULD- have a large dose of random for the simple fact that even with a good swing, the amount of grass between the club and the ball is hugely variable and leads to unexpected results.
