Has anybody had issues getting the game from amazon order it on the 3rd it said would get it on the 15th only to then wake up to an email telling me there was a issue with dispatch and wouldn’t get it until between march 3rd-April 13th and it said that order now get it by February 20th and also said there was 3 in stock, i know at least 2 people that ordered game from there got there copy’s on the day of release 
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Perfectly said. This would be the best rugby game if they implement what you listed.
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I’ve given up trying to run and attack everything. I too end up going sidewards and giving away interceptions or passing the ball in to touch.
So I’ve started to focus on territory and been putting in kicks and box kicks to look to play in the opponents half - not mine. I then defend aggressively pushing them back in to their 22 and the AI being predictable, then kick it out giving you an attacking lineout in their half.
I mix up sniping runs from the back of the rucks with carries from the nearby players. The right analogue stick down fend seems to work pretty well and so make decent metres each time with this.
If I see a gap in the defence I’ll try for a targeted pass out wide - but the CPU defence usually covers this quicker than you can pass the ball in to space annoyingly. I have managed to get a little better at timing the runs with the backs now though where I draw the defender just enough to be able to get the pass away and give myself a little bit of space to attack and time by committing the defender to the tackle just before passing.
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Does anyone know if you can get offers to coach a different international team while coaching an international team, I just got offered Bermuda and while it does sound like a challenging prospect I’d hate to miss a job offer for someone slightly better because I’m coaching Bermuda 
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When did transfers enable in career mode? I’m a few games into series 1, trying to sell some players and got some on watchlist but not able to make any offers, or receive any
Bravo Sir could have not said it better myself. My exact thoughts, you should be able to attempt to add up to 5 players on that rare occasion. It changes the dynamics of the ruck and game. Managing the ruck system is 50% or more of the fun in a Rugby game, it’s what makes it different from Rugby League games.
They started popping up about halfway through premiership season and then slowly just keeps being more
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Thanks mate. Everyone takes something different from rugby depending on your position.
The forwards, like myself, will focus on rucks being really important because its what we know best and do the most.
Backs will focus more on movemement and breaking the line and passing (though passing is important for both forwards and backs).
As i say, rucks, passing and tackling are ultimately the three things that will make or break a rugby video game. Lineouts and scrums are more auxillary and aren’t as common.
Add in set plays (which I’d argue falls under the passing ‘umbrella’) and you’ve a very good product.
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Funny glitch
Replacement fly half for the Bermuda national team is also called Dan Cole
Just brought him on to close out the game and he absolutely slotted the conversion
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I don’t see their face scans?
@JNT_BA and @Lachie_BA is it possible to see if the art/graphics team can maybe look into making players and jerseys looking dirty with mud, grass and paint marks will visually give the game a more realistic look. As that was one thing I loved about rll4
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Suddenly the sponsor boards of a custom stadium, around the field, are just black, not showing the selected sponsors.
Please add a normal large pavilion option. We currently only have normal medium sized pavilion, with a large pavilion option that has a lower first tier. Just a normal option is required urgently, thank you.
Also, regarding pavilions, look to add wooden pavilions in small, medium and large varieties, as well as standing terraces in medium and large variety.
It would also be great if the small pavilion option also fills the entire block and not just a section, so you could make the small pavilion run right around the field and not just blocks at a time. Does that make sense?
Playing AI vs AI, a player would get a minor or major injury, like a broken arm, but the AI does not replace the player. When I switch sides to that AI team to manually replace the player, who is on 0 stamina due to the injury, the game blocks me from replacing him. I can replace anyone else but the injured player. So the AI does not replace him and I cant intervene, so the guy with the broken arm will play 80 minutes?
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I did a Career and simulated a lot of games to see what would happen in 2027: there is a RWC starting in October, this is cool.
We can see that there is the RWC23 official logo in it, this is good news.
It is just details, this is the old format as it was supposed to be for RWC23. (4 Pools of 5 Teams)
Would be great to also implement the new format in the future (6 Pools of 4).
Cheers guys, you did a good job, but there is still a looooooot to improve and implement.
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When will we able to edit teams and add players to teams??
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So spent a little more time on it. Not paying any attention to the glaring gameplay issues.
And i want to just say im impressed with the amount of content, the depth in the career mode, the visuals and the general presentation in menus and such.
This genuinely has the potential to be the best rugby game we have seen.
I think as a rugby gaming community we need to really help big ant save this game. We deserve a good one, and if this fails. It could be another 17 years before we see someone else attempt this.
Odd1x makes some really good points on youtube. Some of the issues and sub-par gameplay mechanics can be overlooked if the gameplay is fun and challenging. BA will never be able to please everyone, so i imagine most of use will have to accept compromises. There are obvious non-negotiables that will make or break the game, passing, kicking, rucking, the ai and game rules that need fixing.
I appreciate that we have had some patches/hotfixes already and im hoping this patch on tuesday will improve things. I am disappointed, but i am also optimistic that BA can save this.
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Part of the challenge is the game play took a nose five after EA 4. When the improved support players came out and the interim patch to fix the issues with them were done the gameplay was great. Then it went downhill and now it’s a mess.
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I’ve totally given up trying to steal , we need a bit more fluidity to it it seems very rushed gameplay to me
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO EDIT REAL PLAYERS. If gameplay is going to need a few more patches to get things playable at least let us make the game look real by being able to edit real player boots, strapping etc @JNT_BA
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Coming from afl. Cricket and tiebreak which all had rough release and were turned around to be in pretty good places, especially tiebreak has improved so much since release. But difference is the mechanics were in place in them games and just needed bugs fixing and features added, were this has so much rugby league in it that to get it looking and playing like union is going to require some big changes. Like were is the kicking game ? The passing is nothing like union, the rucks just need to allow the option to add more players. Contest lineouts I mean just basic stuff that isn’t there. I will say the dedication that went and still is going in to improving tiebreak has me optimistic that if the same people are involved it will get a lot better but it’s going to be a long road.
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so I find that the basis of the game is good. It is certainly not easy to access, you have to practice a lot to understand the game mechanisms are subtle and are good for me. Let’s stop talking about rugby 22 and rugby 08, this game clearly has more potential. Be careful, I’m not saying that the game is perfect, but it has a simulation side that I like. For me the biggest problem with the game is the opponent’s AI and player placements. I find the ruck system not that bad. I give all my support to Big Ant and I really believe in this game.
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