I’m sorry @JNT_BA but this is just not what I and many who have commented on here are seeing with regard to punt distances. I’ve had a go today at testing this out and I’m not able to get a punt to go more than 40m-45m (point of kick to first bounce). This was trying with both NZ and France, on the easiest setting, skill based in-play kicking enabled, dropping the FH into the pocket and kicking in a straight line down field. With Ntamack or B Barrett I’d expect a simply kick straight downfield to be closer to 55m-60m every kick but I’m yet to see these distances achieved.
There is also a clear difference between distances from different restarts. Kick off I can kick it just into the opponent 22m (max distance 40m) but then on a goal line drop out I can kick it into the opponent’s half (about 55m). These are the same type of kick with the same player so there shouldn’t be a difference. Same on a punt from a mark or penalty. I can kick these 55m but general play kicking it’s maxed to 45m.
I just don’t see how this is the intention when it’s well known that top international FHs can easily kick 55m. If the human player is punished for not timing it correctly then that’s fine but it’s possibly set too high a punishment right now especially as the difficulty goes up. I’d also argue that mistiming should have more impact on accuracy than power.