For me, the defensive rucking is what is holding back the gameplay right now. When you are attacking, the rucks are fun and generally quite quick. But when on defense, it feels like you’re doing nothing 95% of the time and just waiting until you get the ball back - this is really boring.
It would make for a better gameplay experience if there was more jackling or competing for the ball on defensive rucks. Would make the game more fun.
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I agree, you can keep.pressing for players to join the ruck, but you never win the ruck, the game also freezes when doing the ruck tutorial on PS5
Add max players to the ruck then spam Y/triangle
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Unless we are doing things wrong, it feels like rucks are completely random. Played through the tutorial, the passing the running, offloading, handoffs, sidesteps, ect, ect, all good enough to start with. The rucks at this point need a complete re-work, can honestly say one of the worst rucks systems I have ever played. The rucks are the heart of Rugby, do not dumb them down or simplify them by limiting 3 in a ruck, it changes the dynamic of the whole game, It seems agitating to play because of the ruck system at the moment. It is so robotic and slow, particularly on defensive rucks. Just copy and paste rugby 22 rucks and set plays and formation into the rest of Rugby 25 gameplay, and then it will be a fun game. U
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Is it me but is it nearly impossible win a ruck when u defend
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Just spam stealing button you will get a lot more ruck wins
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I wrote the original post in EA4… and not a single thing has changed. Rucks are still terrible.
Rucks, along with passing, are the most common occurance in a game. If these two things aren’t fun - you’ve not got a good game.
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