Hey @JNT_BA what’s the process look like when Big Ant tests patches before going live?
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big bug on today’s online update we make a racket and the opposing player can no longer tackle
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Yeah already looking into this one. This is a… weird situation haha. But we see whats happening, they’re testing new changes now.
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Unable to tackle after fends and handoff surrrley we get an update ASAP
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As an American who has an elementary at best understanding of the game, I’ve been able to live with little things like positioning of the players being off, speed differential between the backs and forwards being non existent, offsides not being right, and things like that.
However, after another seemingly random and unchecked patch, the game is again unplayable as after the first fend, my player cannot be tackled.
Ive never witnessed a game be this out of whack this far into it’s release and I have a question for Big Ant from someone outside of the traditional rugby market.
Is this how you want to represent the sport of rugby?
A proud sport with hundreds of years of heritage and millions of die hard fans?
The game isn’t just a poor effort from Big Ant. With all the licenses, it’s an insult to rugby fans and the sport itself.
I will never complain about Madden again!
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I wonder how much will cost the game when officially released ?
Oh wait !
Quand Patch ?
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Yes had a player run through and just before he could have scored he turn round and went back to his own try line then walked to the touch line, sorry to say with the AI glitches it’s virtually impossible to play I’m afraid 
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How are we still at the point where stability patches are ruining the game? This is beyond now
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Ok no worries. I’m running a Gallagher Premiership, URC, Top 14, Pro D2, and Super Rugby Pacific.
I’m playing out the matches AI v AI according to the dates so there’s a lot of swapping between leagues.
I’m having fun with it though.
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Five minutes of play testing would have revealed this glitch, surely?
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Another update and more issues, completely pointless. Can anyone actually tell me whats improved with the game? I went back to playing FC25 and the difference in quality is unbelievable and yes, I paid the same amount for both games. How are you not testing your updates, in my world (product development) you would be sack for release such bugs, who is running this roadmap?
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This has baffled me as to why these bugs keep happening and doesn’t seem like we are any closer to all these bugs being fixed, here’s 2 examples of me just sitting here laughing as these 2 did actually make me giggle lol.
I’ve had to break it down to 3 parts due to the max file size.
So I had a penalty and kicked for touch, the opposition caught it outside of the line and I pressed take quick lineout, that didn’t happen and the AI first started walking and then handed off but because this is a glitch/bug or whatever you wanna call it then I couldn’t tackle him as it should be a lineout. He dives and scores but no try given and goes back for a scrum, all of this when it was supposed to be a lineout 
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2nd Bug
AI has the ball at the maul and passes, hooker does a nice handoff but then decides I don’t fancy scoring today I’ll turn around and casually walk into touch, I can’t tackle him at this point as it’s a big so I have to let him stroll into touch.
Conclusion:
Come on guys I really don’t understand how after this long since release bugs like this are still there?
Everyone’s trying to help but it’s like, I don’t think people know what to do or say anymore.
How many developers are working on this game? I’m sure I read that there are 130 people in the studio or am I wrong?
I know new games have been announced but if it’s all the same 130 people then wouldn’t it be best for everyone, buyers like us and the team to completely finish a game like this and concentrate on full completion of the game before announcing new games?
That’s just my opinion, I could be wrong with the way it works but if there’s rugby and afl fans/gamers out there and that are going to be a bit apprehensive buying afl if they’ve played this rugby game first?
Hopefully itll come good but right now I just don’t see it, hope I’m proved wrong.
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GotBy
Played with yesterday’s patch…
Was supposed to be a nothing patch but broke something.
There is a bug where at somepoint player cannot, in anyway, tackle the ball carrier.
Sometimes i feel like that you have issue with keeping tracks of versions of the game while working… 'cause every time we get an update that broke something. Sometimes bringing old bug…
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Hey team
@JNT_BA Thanks for all your comms, your copping the brunt of a lot of the criticism and feedback, or atleast are having to deal with it. Just reminding you that none of this is directed at you, appreciate all your work and know you are just the messenger.
Playing on the hardest difficulty.
Two massive bugs at the moment breaking the game
-After you use a bump off on attack, no opposition players can tackle you and the opposition fullback runs away from you, resulting in a try every time.
-Opposition player gets the ball and none of your players can tackle the ball carrier, then the ball carrier gets penalised for being offside.
Hoping the patch update on Wednesday is a massive list that gets rid of these bugs and implements some more depth to gameplay that players have been requesting for a long time now. Please fix this game and put some serious focus and emphasis on it. Becoming an absolute monstrosity. With the 2 steps forward then 5 steps backwards with the patches each week, I don’t think I’ve ever seen or experienced anything like it.
Not sure whether it’s incompetence, lack of resources, lack of knowledge or passion about rugby, shortage of staff being overworked or an outdated engine which makes it’s hard to edit or implement changes to gameplay and also fills the game with bugs with each patch but someone needs to take a good hard look at themselves in the mirror because it is beyond disappointing what is happening with this game and that it was released in this state and after 19 updates we are still in the same position that we were after update 1.
Think I’ll take a break from this game for a month or so and see if it gets any better down the track. All the best and hope you guys get it to an acceptable state.
Cheers!
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The current bug is by far the worst as far as game breaking goes, that I have ever seen Big Ant release into the public domain.
The only thing more surprising is that this is not being followed up with constant communication.
This is not your everyday bug making the game awkward for most people to play. This effectively brings playing the game to a standstill for the entire audience.
I do feel for those working on this game, because this bug is so big and so obvious, that it seems to me there must be an extremely reduced team now working on Rugby at this stage of post release.
Even in the improved state it was in prior to this patch, the game still has so so much that it needs to have fixed before you could call it a decent final game.
I really hope that the correct level of resources are going into making this game into a worthy state because it sure isn’t in one now.
A patch doing as much damage as this one has is always going to leave some of the fans angry and in this case surely they can’t be blamed.
Please let us know how rapidly the situation is being fixed.
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I think somwthing that needs to be adressed is the defensive lines. Some times I find they don’t run up and the ai run through holes and the players dont realise. Also chasing the kick off and drop outs also needs to be looked into. When I’m kicking off the speed of the players is fine, the ai has time to kick but not too long. However when the ai kicks off, they are too fast, they pretty much tackle you as you get the ball even if it is a long kick off/drop out.
I second what this lad has said at the start of his post, @JNT_BA, @Lachie_BA You lads have been great and we know that all you can do is direct the feedback to the dev team and then it’s on them to do what they do and time after time it’s you two mostly that have to pick up the pieces so as Spataki said, none of this criticism is aimed at you guys personally, it’s more towards the development team or whoever is coding this because this is the biggest case of 1 step forward 5 steps back I’ve ever seen in a video game at the moment,
When someone posted videos of RLL the other day I was absolutely shocked to see how good mechanically it was with in detail aspects with the way players were running with the ball, simple small things like the ball carriers arms pretending to dummy pass, the chip kick animation, it looked like a real life game and to see that from years ago with the technology that’s available now compared to then and seeing rugby 25 is a shame as if you added small bits from RLL like that into R25 I think it would make the world of difference.
I feel sorry for you two as the same things since this thread opened has been repeated time and time again,
Support runners (backs) being 10 yards back from the no.10 at the scrum.
Ruck mechanism being all weird.
Scrum, people still struggle with winning balls
Kickers kicking with left foot only to touch at penalties.
Floating passes.
More backs stuck in rucks and more forwards in the backline than backs.
Quick lineout is broke.
Bugs
The list goes on and on and it seems like when 1 bug is fixed then it opens the door for a whole new bunch of bugs or old bugs creep back in.
I’d like to see when the patch notes say “improved stability” more notes about this must be given because I think people get angry when this is mentioned “improved stability” where? Where has it improved because we can’t see it as there’s been 18-19 patches all included “improved stability” but we don’t see it and come back to square one with feedback that’s been repeated over and over again.
I really do feel for you two lads as it must feel like groundhog day every time you clock on to work.
I know the development team are trying but If I were in charge the last thing I’d be doing is announcing new games to the public when this one feels like it’s still in EA.
Just my opinion and please do not think this is aimed at you two lads as I know you two try your damn hardest to keep everyone calm and do your jobs to the best of your ability so all the praise in the world to you two but I think Ross needs to have a good look at his development team manager and how he’s running things such as his testing team as most people here find bugs within 10 mins of playing, same bugs different consoles from what I’ve read so if we can find it with 10 mins of gameplay why can’t the testing team and that’s what needs investigating imo.
Thanks lads, really mean what I said, you two are a credit to ross’ team.
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Playing on PC, hardest, with the last patch
Unable to tackle a player after a successfull handoff, and a lot of times the scrumhalf passes from a ruck and the ball just disappears, sometimes ending at the edge of the rugby field
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Hello, 
For tomorrow’s update, I hope that AI makes passes before contact.
Please tell me that it’s fixed. 
It’s still serious for a rugby game to have a game with one pass and only after contact. 
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Hear, hear! This is essential!
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