Developer's Note - Live PvP Status Update and Improvements (April 2021)

This is Dev. Nom from the Baseball Superstars Team.

We recently finished the first week of [Happy Weekend] in [Live Clash] with mixed feelings.

While there were Superstars who had a great time, there were Superstars with frustration.

We have carefully reviewed and examined all the valuable opinions and suggestions you have provided.

First, we want to share the upcoming confirmed changes of the Happy Weekend coming in April.

## Live PvP First Improvements Preview

* Please note that they are still under development, and the details are subject to change without prior notice.

### **1) Shorten Play Time**

We've received countless feedbacks stating "The match takes too long, it's a Homework Weekend, not Happy Weekend, etc."

We also considered switching to full count mode, but we found that many players with lower OVR had difficulties throwing strikes all the time.

We will adjust the regular match from 3 innings to 2 innings, and the overtime match from the max of 3 innings to 1 inning.

### **2) Super Skill usage and 'Skip Animation' Function**

We've received countless feedbacks stating "3 Super Skills are too much in the game, it takes forever to complete one match due to the usage, etc."

We agree. We will reduce the number of Super Skill usage from 3 times to 1 time.
You can now use Super Skills as the core strategy in the match.

We tried countless testing and had many discussions internally in regards to skipping the Super Skill animation. But it was difficult to find the right solution to this matter due to synchronization problems in a real-time match. We will do our best to find an alternative way for this issue. Please bear with us.

### **3) Advanced Batter Control Removal**

We will remove the Advanced Batter Control in [Live Clash]

We considered removing the impact point of the swing. But in the case of pitches with drastic ball movements such as Knuckle Ball and Screw Ball, we found it was difficult to hit them. Therefore we will exclude the Advanced Batter Control from the real-time match mode.

### **4) Improved Matching System**

We will improve the matching system so that matching between players with similar team OVR or tier rank can happen.

We believe this is a mission that must be achieved, and we will continue to improve by adjusting the matching system starting from this week.

### **5) Other Status Updates**

We figured many players use 'emoticons' in the Happy Weekend matches last week.

We will add more emoticons to improve communications between players.

In the case of Scrimmage mode, we will change the starting pitchers from fixed to random players like Happy Weekend mode.

### **[Known issues from Week 2 of Happy Weekend]**

First, we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by the 1st week of Happy Weekend.

Most of the errors found from the mode are resolve, but

'An error that showed abnormal results when the opponent forfeits the match' is still under review, and we will do our best to rectify this matter as soon as possible.

**In addition to [Live Clash] improvements,**

We are preparing a major update that reflects the voice of the players through the official communities and forums as well.

We plan to update such as new difficulty in the Planet League, Scenario and Trainer rebalance, and many more!

We hope you liked what we've prepared for April updates. Please, share our excitement and energy with your friends and families as well.

We will return with details through future updates and patch notes!

We hope to meet everyone in [Live Clash], and Thank you for your support and love for Baseball Superstars 2021!

-Dev. Nom-