Agree, no way near do they pass enough or logically. For example, AI could have a 3 man overlap on one side and they will pass it the other way. Also, the AI could make a break down the wing but they will just stay alongside the line as opposed to cutting in, making it easy to put them into touch. Lots of logic has to be created, as of now we have 0.
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Can you please ask the team whether it would be possible to increase the height of the box kick.or at least give us a option to kick a normal box kick that would be aimed at getting territory(for example a kick to touch) and then a option for a higher box kick where your players can chase down the kick to compete for it in the air. We see plenty of high box kick in real rugby that it feels like itās really something thatās missing in this game. Thank you!
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Hi Team,
Great to see more injuries and injury animations being updated in the game. I got this one yesterday. Fractured Skull , injured for 285 Days.
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Its definitely a lot more than before, back to a rare update they did a few months ago where it seemed every time it was exactly 4 passes they did in a row. After that, it reverted back for it seems 8 consecutive updates to be just the 1 pass only from the AI. So yes it should be even more and most certainly needs to be to the outside a lot more, im only stating that its 100% gone from 1 pass only, to being at this stage. Agreed too, that where we see players available for the obvious pass if it were real life, the AI often ignores that and passes the other way, so logic most certainly needs to be added in, maybe at the moment they pass for passes sake but thats all it actually is.
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The big problem at the moment with passing is that they donāt have the right first receiver taking the ball. The first receiver should mostly be the flyhalf but not limited to him. Regardless of who is the receiver, he basically stand way too deep with better options either side at the moment. They should position the first ball receiver next to the ruck, about 5m away on either sides of the ruck. I have had much cleaner ball to my backline when I did it this way. And whenever the AI did pass to the correct first receiver in this position Iām referring to, they did string together much better passes. Currently forwards are positioned in that area mostly where the receiver should be.
This looks epic thanks sharing this , has anyone noticed any other new injury animations ?
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@Tdrcv63 agree and the ridiculous thing is that we had what you mention all the way back in Early Access 2 but they messed around with things so much that the offensive line is now a complete mess. If you go back and watch some videos from EA2 there is plays where the ball is passed to the front forward in the pod, he hits the tackle and the two supporting forwards hit the ruck first. Thereās also examples of pods passing out the back to a looping 10 or 12. All this just disappeared from EA3 onwards
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Also checked an Early Access 2 clip, and there was an actual āMARKā called in the game, why has this not come back yet @JNT_BA , or is it because of the lack of kicking game from AI that this disappeared too? I hope Kicking and Passing are looked at for this week, with maybe rules being implemented right and adding and removing players 
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@JNT_BA Bonjour,
Iām making another request after several monthsā¦ regarding licenses.
Could you please make an effort for the RCVANNES TOP 14 team, which is licensedā¦ The stadium name isnāt correct, so I created it myself, but itās impossible to change it in Manage Team (RCVANNES).
By default, the team plays at the Stade de Franceā¦ thatās a joke ^^. So please replace the Oyonnax stadium (currently in Pro D2) with the real RCVANNES stadium (Stade de la Rabine).
It would also be a good idea to add the playersā faces, and especially their real skin color, while almost all the other Top 14 teams have been updated.
PS: The names of players in matches (TOP 14) still donāt appear (only their positions). Thank you again.
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The game should include The haka for the all blacks and when it comes to finals be more creative, for example super rugby pacific finals they donāt even have super rugby themed things itās the pro 14 final branding, need more detail for teams and leagues, another good idea would be to add a like all stars team for each nation with the best players from a nation in a team together some could be current stars some legends from the past, another idea is adding a team like wicked witch from rugby challenge 4, my last idea is for the commentary to be more like the rugby challenge games where it is someone from your country speaking because i am super used to hearing new zealand commentators and he talks very passionately unlike the commentator on this game another good idea for the commentary would be for the commentary to know all players names and be a little more creative with the commentary, these are all just ideas but it could really improve the game in my opinion.
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Very little of that would improve āthe gameā. Theyāre all really just ānice to havesā. The actual gameplay has a lot of bugs and there are several key aspects which arenāt very well replicated.
Things like forwards running at appropriate speeds to rucks and around the field.
Having the 11,12,13,14 backs attend rucks.
Side-steps and bump-offs working properly.
Support players not running far too deep.
AI learning how to draw and pass with all of itās players and create better attack all around.
A more challenging goal kicking system with more wind and less dud kicks happening to people.
Players fatiguing in a realistic fashion like FIFA.
Proper implementation of offsides and other rules and the ability to be penalized for offside tackles etc.
These are all important aspects of functionality and I bet others could add another dozen important issues.
Iād love it if we were in a place where we could ask for fun little nice to haves, but weāre so far from that itās not funny and now other games are coming out and communication is already quietening down.
I reckon we need to be careful what we ask for, thereās probably not that long before they move on. Last week on the Facebook page they didnāt even put up an update post like they had been.
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All we need are gripsocks and trees.
Gameplay updates can go in the bin 
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I agree with you, but more detail would make the game a lot more enjoyable in my opinion, think about it, if we had more ānice to havesā in this game it would be far more enjoyable, i think this game has definitely not lived up to itās potential and your suggestion would be valid, in all of the updates there are no recognisable things that have been fixed they need to put more time into the updates rather than just fixing minor issues, if they added some ānice to havesā along with your suggestions the game would definitely be a lot better
I think all the ānice to have thingsā are already there. This game already have more of those than any other rugby game before this. Letās concentrate on gameplay like Nesreviac mentioned
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Totally agree with your list. Gameplay first. Thereās no point in having bonus features if the game isnāt enjoyable.
An exemple : since the last update my players are sometimes first on the rucks for several seconds. And there are no turnover, no penalty.
Thatās pretty anoying.
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Rugby challenge 4 has the best ānice to have thingsā the game was made a long time ago and is a lot better then rugby 25 rugby challenge 4 was also made by big ant, i just donāt understand why they havenāt added more ānice to haveā feautures into rugby 25 as we are about 6 years ahead in time since rugby challenge 4, i think nesreviacs list would be great for the next update but big ant could consider adding in some ānice to haveā feauture as well
Im not sure you are right about RC4 was made by BA but Rugby League Live 4 yes !
Sorry that is my bad, but still rugby league live 4 has had a lot of detail put into its game, yes there is a lot of detail in rugby 25 but there could be a lot more
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Just because they had the haka? What else was nice to have? If you are referring to be able to adjust teams and a few sliders and tactics and setplays, Iām sure this is still on BA list to do except maybe the haka. Remember Rugby Challenge had 4 games which the games was made on the same build, this is Big Antās first attempt at rugby union, Iām sure if they had 4 games out already it would have been a perfect rugby game, just look at their cricket game, STUNNING!
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Can we please have some communication on team editing (player transfer)? Is it a thing that is in the works or even planned to be in the works? I notice a lot of comments are about it and just a clear answer on it would solve this pain-point.
Iād say the biggest questions are:
- Is it going to happen?
- If yes, then when (if not possible to say, is it a high priority or not)?
- If not, is there a reason for it not being done?
(Really hope we get some clear answers on this, that way I can stop being disappointed every release, and reading all the comments hoping for something on this subject). Thanks
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