Another good update from the team. Very impressed with the addition of Djokovic challenge difficulty and locking players out of the unlockable players if they set difficulty too low. Exactly how it should be.
I just want to say that this is all meant as constructive feedback and is based on expert difficulty.
• Make flat shots slightly more consistent to get over the high part of the net when attempting a down the line shot in certain situations and easier to hit closer to the lines. Its currently almost impossible to paint the lines with a flat shot even with prep. It really doesn’t like you attempting this shot while on the run and will usually hit the net regardless of position, timing and power.
• Make flat shots easier to trigger. The current requirements for the animation to trigger are slightly too extreme with 50% turning into reflex shots massively disrupting rallies. (Are we being handicapped in some way against the CPU as human to human is fine)
• Some aggressively set players are attempting too many flat shots and not mixing it up enough. Because they are attempting so many they are making an extreme amount of errors.
• Make CPU returns more varied instead of flat shots all going to the baseline forcing the player into a reflex shot.
• Fix the issue where the human player will run off in a random direction when in a rally without me touching the controls.
• Fix the animation issue where sometimes in a baseline exchange at the back of the court the human player will be moved several feet and court position reset.
• Fix CPU errors, especially on hard and expert. They are ruining the game at the moment and have returned with a vengeance. Sinner today with 12 winners and 37 unforced errors and Alcaraz yesterday with 27 winners and 47 unforced errors. This is actually a huge issue at the moment.
• Fix CPU net cords and constantly winning the point this way. Happens many times during a match.
• Fix doubles and allow human players to hit balls into tram lines like the CPU.
• Add more customization to endless tutorials and allow us to select scenarios to practice volleys and smashes etc.
• Do not let old character models go to waste as they are all very good. Please allow us to select the different models in the roster selection for those that prefer the players with the old or new looks.
• Make the top spin shot more penetrating and less floaty for certain players.
• Make the CPU better at close to net shots, they still hit the net too much when too close as they are still going for crazy flat shots. Make them more intelligent and allow them to hit drop shots or more nuanced shots near the net.
• Increase player grunt volume for players and add grunts for certain players that don’t currently have them. Federer was a very quiet player but he did have a grunt when exerting himself and sometimes on serve. Del Potro has grunt set up to trigger on power shots and serve but has no voice so does not grunt at the moment.
• Some players could do with their signature shot animation tweaking like Federer’s forehand when he lifts his one leg off the ground which only happened in real life when he would run into court and hit a top spin winner off a short ball. Please make his default forehand have his feet planted on the ground. Please tweak Alcaraz top spin forehand as his flat shot forehand looks more like his normal shot. This is an issue with signature animations that affects a number of players with their flat shot variant looking better than their top spin. Largely because the game was initially designed to have the flat shot and animation be the default shot. We just don’t get to see those better looking shots quite as much anymore.
• Please continue to tweak likenesses, Alcaraz could with slight tweaking as could young Federer. But please allow us to still select the old models in case they are preferred.
• Any chance of adding players like Nalbandian and Roddick etc.?
Thank you for the new endless practice for strokes and serves. The only things I would say about this is that regarding the strokes, is there any way it can eventually be expanded on a couple of fronts? Could you allow us to choose what kind of balls the ball machine shoots out in terms of their direction? Right now, it fires them out quite short so its not possible to hit flat shots directly from the baseline and behind the baseline you have to stand mid court for the flat shot animation to trigger, otherwise it does the reflex shot.
They are also too narrow so you can’t practice shots out wide across court or down the line. If we could preselect the balls direction it would be very helpful as practicing for different situations is very limited with the current implementation.
Just additionally, if we could also preselect the ball machine to do drop shots, much shorter balls for volleys and lobs so we can practice smashes that would also be helpful. Or have a CPU player at the other end that can be set up to do that?
I currently don’t have any issues to report with serves other than the fact that they could do with a little more speed. The 140mph serves feel okay but 128-135 feels a little slow.
Doubles still has an issue of not being able to hit balls into the tram lines, but CPU can do this.
There is also a huge issue with movement where occasionally my player will move off and run in a direction without me pressing a button putting me at a huge disadvantage.
Flat shots are still a little too difficult to hit in certain situations over the high part of the net down the line but the positioning for them has changed greatly. They were changed already pre patch but feel even more so now.
They are extremely sensitive regarding the triggering of the animation and seem to be heavily impacted by how low the ball is and what type of bounce is coming at you and how fast the ball is coming. It may be a realistic direction to take them in which is great, but they feel too sensitive at the moment. Even if I am 100% in position to hit one and the ball is bouncing high enough to my eyes, at least 40-50% of the time the animation is not triggering, and a reflex shot is performed. Its massively disrupting many rally’s at the moment and stopping me performing point winning shots when I have worked hard and have the clear advantage. I appreciate that people will most likely say skill issue, which I don’t disagree with, but with the other changes to movement that have happened and the fact that the CPU is banging all serve returns right to my feet which once again leaves my player no choice but to reflex shot, the general gameplay at the moment is very stop and start sometimes. Again this is usually just an issue with playing the more aggressive CPU players as they make too many errors and 90% flat shots isn’t realistic.
It’s not helped at all by the fact that on Xbox the CPU is making a crazy amount of errors, especially on expert and hard. Its actually kind of ruining the game if I’m honest. All things combined and as much as I am liking the game and the new updates, the whole experience is one of slight frustration at the moment. The CPU also have a massive problem with hitting the net cord and are constantly winning points as they trickle over.
Regarding CPU errors at the moment, please see the attached pictures. This is on expert difficulty.
An hour ago I had a match against Sinner on hard court. Difficulty was expert. I won the 2nd set 6-0 without doing anything. After two sets his stats were 12 winners to 37 errors. I made 13 winners and 8 errors. Yesterday Alcaraz made 47 errors…
