Congrats ! Update is a step forward ! Not sure what notes over dummy-passes means ,since release ive never had a dummy pass (ive seen comments from other players that they can actually perform a dummy) ,in case you remove it ,please bring it back! Dummy pass should be a “must” in this game!
Ok, so it is better but still broken, just less so.
The speed balancing makes sense, but highlights a LOT of the issues with rucks. There are times now when there is noone in a ruck from the AI side for a few second whilst I can have threee players in there and spam the steal button and get nothing from it? It looks silly and makes no sense.
Would also add that the evasions still need work, both in animations and effectiveness
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Can someone please tell me the dummy pass input controls?
Hold target pass one side than tap the opostite pass direction!
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You would lose multiple rucks if you don’t observe where your forwards are on the pitch. I would make sure I play my game around where my forwards are situated. If one just pass,pass,pass all the time you will get isolated and be turned over. Currently it organizes the game between forwards and backs and I like that. but…that said, backs do join rucks occasionally I agree.More likely out on the wings when one plays out to the wings and there’s no forward there quick enough, but not more than one back at a time. We saw multiple backs join the ruck in previous updates that disrupted the flow of the backline,taking over the role of the forwards main job, and that’s to secure possession
Has support lines been improved? Players not way behind ball carrier.
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This is the biggest thing for me as well, so I hope so lol
just to add to my mini latest update review earlier, not oinly do i only watch AI vs AI, but i am very new to Rugby itself, and hoped to learn how Rugby works in real life from the game, so not a great plan of mine that was it !
But the AI passing seems like what ive seen in just a few International Union games in real life now, or at least its better, as for the realism of Rucks/Mauls and the positioning of players, I am clueless as to how it should be, but i see many organic animations happening, and so as olhers have said at various tiomes since the EA times, this game has a good base underneath it and once they get all the systems working correctly, if they ever do…and give us sliders, i am sure with my limited Rugby knowledgge that this will finally go full circle and be a repsected game
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Can we please be able to add the real players to custom teams, lions series coming up and I want to make the lions team.
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People need to move on from their nostalgia for Rugby 06 and Rugby 08. Rugby Challenge 1-4 was made with passion by rugby union fans, yet it faced constant criticism. It was a great series with so much potential but stopped making rugby games due to this exact reason (constant criticism). Let’s support BA and help them create the best rugby game possible!
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Same as last week… Still EA… When Patch ?
I’m just sad at this point lol
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Ok…I’ll second your comment regarding backs should be allowed to join ruck. however I would like them to consider it carefully, so that we don’t get next week’s update and they join excessively again, so please BA, modern rugby…backs do join rucks but not 3 at a time and not at the cost of a good opperating backline. More specific… less the flyhalf, definitely not the scrumhalf, more the centres and little less the wings because we would like them situated on the left and right touchline where they belong
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There are quite a few comments where people are stating that in modern rugby backs enter rucks when they are the closest player to the ruck.
This is true but a lot of teams do their very best not to have the 10 in them, and if they can avoid it, the 9 and possibly the 15.
I think when people were asking not to have so many backs in the rucks, they generally seemed ok with the 11 12 13 & 14 being in there if necessary.
Of course whenever there is a situation that a key back like a 10 ends up in a ruck then the appropriate backup player comes into that receiving position, in the case of a 10, then that would usually be 12 or 15.
I appreciate what Big Ant are trying to do here, as they are trying to bring a cohesive structure to the game rather than anyone in any old position as it has been broadly up to now. I’m sure if necessary there could be still some refinements to which players enter rucks in subsequent patches.
We need to remember how immensely complicated rugby is compared to something like rugby league which has less variables in relation to where players can be involved. In rugby league it’s a lot easier to program as it is just a repetitive series of runs and tackles and players resuming their formation. Rucks make things incredibly difficult for programming and I do think overall they are attempting to get the balance right.
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Two button system should be implemented 1 button adds nearest player, one button adds nearest forward.
Would dovetail nicely with correct implementation of pods and attacking formations.
A pipe dream at this stage
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At least soon, it looks like it might be ready to release in Beta for people to test and give feedback. I am sure with feedback the game will get better 
EDIT: They took my GIF rights away 
Couldn’t handle the pants GIFs I suppose lol
At least I still have emojis
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One day pigs might fly
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There is still the one clear and obvious issue after this patch. AI do not pass, cause any attacking threat, unable to score and can barely hold onto the ball after 1 phase. Game still unplayable. If they continue to ignore this issue the game will never be playable mo matter how many other changes they make. I play hardest on ps5. I redownloaded the game when i saw patch notes like a fool turned it off after 1 match when i was winning 24 - 0 after playing it for 2 mins.
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Now now…dont lie😂the AI do pass a lot more, at least on PC’s update. However,most of the time the first reciever is getting the ball too deep,causing the backline to stall. Whenever(happens very rarely)they do receive the ball in the right position, they do make plenty of ground and get some decent 2, 3 passes away
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#FreeValhalla
#whenreasonablegane
#AnnounceRugby27
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Tried the last patch on pc. The game is more unplayable then earlier. It’s useless to write down why and what to improve, I don’t know what to say anymore.
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