Rugby 25 Megathread

I’m keeping faith, as I did for every video games since 1995, but I feel tired. Rugby Union is a HUGE target, not a “niche” (we are as numerous as US Football).
You hang us with “bits and bops” tweaks. We ask for TWO YEARS a gameplay that shows our sports with:

  • tactics (set plays)
  • rucks cleared with a risk / reward system
  • mauls (forwards set plays)
  • lineouts
  • tactical kicks
    Our community has been constructive and very polite but we are now very frustrated. Please give us a roadmap, and you’re about to win a jackpot sales …
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I have kicked lot conversions and struggled has anyone any tips on best way to get more to go over and less dud kicks

Just want to pass along a request from the team that goes over all the feedback from everyone and sorts it, and narrows it down. While we love hearing all the experiences and what’s going wrong, what’s good, when it comes to gameplay, we really need to know what difficulty you’re playing on to get the results you are as depending on that, you would get “expected” and “unexpected” results.

So if when you give feedback, please mention your difficulty.

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I’ve noticed that not maxing the meter lessens chance of the dud kick.

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Thanks JNT, will make sure I do that. Would it help to add platform (PS5, Xbox, Steam etc?)

Yeah, that can help as well, while all versions are the same overall, some things can be device-specific, such as the grass on the PS5 version recently.

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Ok bye bye now, not helpful in the slightest.

Hi,

When will we be able to edit our teams?

I know you can add players on career mode, but players like Halfpenny and North their rating drops to like 60 by the time I get to coach Wales

And when will you add nzl woman to the game?

All my feedback has been on Steam, hardest settings and 5 minute halves.

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Easy difficulty for me. I played games for weekend, easy is still pretty tough I play side camera which I love a lot

Conversions slider difficulty would be nice and also a slider for lowering missed tackles

Easy I can play on , so I hope any changes don’t go too hard on easier difficulties because some updates have made it harder

A lot of my feedback is academy related at moment and how it can be even better

The problem with gameplay is it is so subjective so tweaking can make one person mad and another person happy but the gameplay right now is acceptable

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All my comments I’m on PS5 :+1:

Always hardest for me.

I may be getting optimistic, but it sounds like some proper difficulty changes may be coming!

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I play hardest on ps5. Hoping it gets more difficult :crossed_fingers: also if possible BA can we please edit teams and have more options in create a tournament mode. With all the creative options this game has it is such a shame we cannot utilise it properly.

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Hi
I play in the hardest too and it’s really easy, IA must be more creative , because they always do the same kind of attack…
Any update today?
Could you please check why BA dont answer to my claim tickets since 2 weeks?
Thanks

Ok, so new update on hardest.

Game is defo harder. Good to not have a scrum on every penalty too.

However, tackling now seems to lock on to the ball carrier less, and it feels lie players are just tackling air more.

Rucks are also pretty broken. Pretty much 1/3 rucks now either my players or the ai just bunch around it without entering. This makes it super obvious how broken the steal function is too, as I have frequently had a 3 against 0, where the 3 can’t steal the ball… I appreciate this is probably to stop steals all the time, but perhaps a risk/reward function where lower rated players are more likely to go off feet etc if you attempt a steal, so you are running a bit of a risk/reward with the situation (pressure etc), and the players involved.

As well as rucks needing a complete overhaul, we really do need to get some actual backline structure/movement in there now (esp given AI now defend better).

Other issues are still that the fend function is basically the only one that works, and it pretty much works every time. Offloads too, I shouldn’t be able to offload in every tackle scenario (or make it so that you can, but the ball may go forward etc if you try it in a silly tackle or the player has bad offloading stats.

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GotBy

Patch is great, what’s on the note is defenetly improved.

AI defece is much much harder to break.
Also thanks to the patch i can see again the good “pathfinder” that AI has.

The problem i see, amongst others, is that AI now never passes unless is an offload.
So no variaty there…

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When will patch be released on ps5 in uk? 2pm is usual hoping earlier :crossed_fingers:Also any sign of being able to edit team?

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I am not sure we will get ability to edit licensed teams

It might be licensing related why they can’t add this. Probably a tough thing to add but yeah it isn’t in this update

Have a feeling it might not ever come which will be disappointing

But still lot other good things in the academy I’m liking

Usually about 3:00pm

Hmmmm nothing I noticed today. I’ll check in the morning and see what may be happening there.

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