AFL 26 - Megathread - This is not a support forum

Just wondering if anyone has had their daily log in counts reset? I’ve been logging in once (or more) every day for over 6 months. Yesterday it reset to Day 1. Today is Day 2.

Is there a limit on how many days? Or are Big Ant f’n me around again?

No issue for me. I’m currently at about Day 70 I think.
The ‘day’ starts at either 8 or 9am Australian Eastern time I think. Did you get the Daily Reward each time you logged in?

Another good match online against someone named rileyconboy2000. Close one right till the end, and dude sure likes to use the bump.

had another game before against the same person (Haw v Gee), also another cracking match.

Both matches were losses on my end, but close

a few instances where you couldn’t see who took possession of the pil,l and then all of a sudden someone ends up with it is a bit annoying

I LOVE my manual handball cutting through congestion, BUT when the player you are passing to runs away from the pill, that is annoying as hell.

Manual aim passing (Kick and Hand) should, in some way, dictate where the AI runs to. Like run towards it instead of away, please……..

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This happened to me once on 23 - unfortunately that was the end of it, there was no wide spread incident that was ‘fixed’ later on. If you raise a ticket would love to know the outcome.

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@JNT_BA hi there - another season where HP Battle has wound up super early in the last week, stopping any progress towards the objective. Is there any chance a new one can be created before the deadline? I’m only 200 points off, surely I’m not on my own.

Well they’re gone. Not something I want here.

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Good call, well played !

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Im all for a bit of banter and some friendly rivalry. But not that.

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This is why theres no VFL or WAFL songs btw.

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I like to think this is the reason why we don’t have Hird Carey Lockett Gaz Snr Matthews Barlett et al. Really hope it’s the reason.

In which case what gives I wonder, it’s a poor look if they are asking for a lot of money.

Who is hyped for new season to commence tomorrow??

I’ve still got my bonus PT coins gifted by BA, look forward to spending them tomorrow with the new season :smiley:

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Eddie Betts and Dane Swan!

Plus a 96 Santa and Krampus :rofl::rofl:

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If BA haven’t added in custom celebrations to taunt with Krampus I’ll be disappointed :joy:

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Any hints as to what the secret hidden objective is :eyes:

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@ BA - I can’t believe I’m saying this but please lock the novelty characters away after this season. You need to start introducing scarcity. Auction house sure but that’s it.

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Finished the season last night, overall it was a thumbs up. Clearly a degree of effort is going into the objectives with a lot of complementary on field acts which is appreciated. There was a reduction in non reward card specific objectives which is cause for celebration. e.g. Docherty 30 disposals / 4 I50s / 7 rebounds - you could use any Docherty card and that’s great.

Other Positives:-

  • objectives are back to clearing in a timely manner with the exception of gold handballs of all things (thankfully the reward was minor)
  • I could be imagining it at this stage but I feel like animations for contested play are get getting chipped at slowly behind the scenes. Occasionally you see something that you could have sworn you hadn’t seen before, or something that you rarely see that is now more common. Could be imagining it but if I’m not please keep it up.
  • Level Progression Rewards - Yes! 30 - 40 was a veritable cornucopia of things worth grinding for. Hopefully this is the new normal because ~50% of the grind is in that last ten.

Some negatives:-

  • a poster pointed out that the AI never misses on the run, even on easy. Once you see it you cannot unsee it. Surely a small debuff in the sliders is in order?
  • Still have that comical dynamic where the tackled AI player has zero pressure to release the ball. You can have sequences where two second tackles occur one after the other and then it’s a ball up or a ten meter pass to a teammate in traffic. Or worse - you finally get the ball and you’re pinged against an entirely different umpiring standard. Balancing is important sure but we’re getting a bit too far away from reality.
  • I think I’m the only person talking about this but there is a type of blindness for dead balls where the AI just stops dead or for certain possessions where the ‘run to ball’ button stop working. I’m sure there is something going on there that i hope BA is aware of.

Apart from that, well done for a good season and bring on the next one.

AI never misses - throw in a confidence mechanic similar to what is in the cricket series - affects both AI and player - no matter what difficulty level, if the confidence is low, it should affect accuracy.

Tackling is just kinda bad - seems like once the AI has gotten into the kicking animation, no matter if a tackle is being applied, they will get the kick away. Bad game design?

Anyone have any players who wear number 36 for the Dane Swan objective?

When your season reward pack luck gives you your 2 all time fav Richmond players haha

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Anyone know best place to find a Sam Sturt card? Only card I need to complete the objective.

Can you post his height, stats, etc? Curious to see.

Found this card in the AH. Have to get him, since I grew up playing with his older brother a bit in Canberra with Eastlake. (Aaron, who was drafted by Sydney in 2007/8, but never played a game).

Of all the pics you could’ve used, you used his worst look. :rofl: