This update is very good especially in terms of AI Continue like that big Ant doesn’t listen to people who complain all the time. The game is of course perfectible, there are still flaws but you are on the right track. Now we should improve the foot, the offensive placement and the passes. Congratulations again for the recovery for a month and update and especially don’t go back for AI we need a very strong AI not to get bored and have fun during the games.
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What’s “very good” about this update, genuinely curious
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AI is really better, arrived in 1 week to give back pleasure to play against AI, it’s really curious as you say
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The AI attack is definitely a little better. Are you saying that the kicking system changes actually work for you? You did say the update was “very good” with no exceptions.
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No, I just want to say that since Wednesday I’m no longer bored playing against the AI, for me it’s the best advance but of course there’s still a lot of work to do includingj foot games, passes and defensive and offensive positioning, I’m much more optimistic than 1 month ago hoping that BIG ANT doesn’t go back on what’s good since the last 2 updates
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I can only laugh at this point.
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Okay, so the update had some good things (AI attack) and some bad things (kicking has been ruined), not just a very good update. Okay I understand now.
Since Early Access and the official launch, the game has progressed. The AI, for example, is “better” than it was. But let’s be honest — we’re still nowhere near a realistic rugby union experience. It is pure nonsense.
There are still so many core elements that either don’t work properly, just feel off or which are not yet implemented:
- Player positioning
- Rules
- still some bugs (passes etc)
- Kicking
- almost 0 difference between forwards and backs
- Structured attacking and defensive phases
- Useful mauls
- meaningful set-piece strategies
- missing photogrammetry
- many more missing…
This game absolutely has potential, no question. But at this point — after three delays, several months of Early Access, over 20 post-launch patches — it still feels like the very beginning of Early Access. And for a game that’s supposed to be officially released, that’s frustrating for the community.
What’s even more discouraging is the lack of clear direction. We don’t know what’s being worked on, what’s planned, or what the dev team is prioritizing. Patches drop and I don’t even know how to react anymore. Honestly, the only thing left to say sometimes is to joke about Kelvin, “When Patch?”, or “Gripsocks” — because we’re not being given anything real to engage with imo.
I know JNT and Matt and all the team are doing their best, and I understand that communication is supposed to come from Nacon. But seriously — at this point, we just need a roadmap. Just some honest messaging like:
“we are currently trying to have this part perfectly implemented. It’s taking time. It’s not easy. But we believe in what we’re building. It will need X Patches. And after this phase, we will be able to add strategies etc…”
That kind of transparency would go a long way.
Once again, I truly believe the team at BA is doing their best. And I’m genuinely happy for the fans of cricket, AFL, tennis, and league who have solid games to enjoy. But as a lifelong rugby union fan… I can’t help but feel pretty let down right now.
When Patch? When GIFs?
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You dont find a better post in this ,congrats bro ,point on “i” 
!!!Transparancy should be the key! Since they are giving signs to let down this game ,i still belive into the process considering that they still bring updates for the released games (Tiebreak, Cricket24, AFL26) ! i like that nice reply after i raise a ticket but i would prefer ,like you said , a road map! Is still a lot of work to do ,hope they will nail it before gta6,otherwise not many people will buy the “official RWC game” for 2027 !
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lol haha
I am going be laughing at this post for long time
@JNT_BA can we get feedback regarding general kicking please?? Also if its a legit change why not mention in patch notes?? Answer us pleaae
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I had all the faith in Big Ant, seemed absolutely impossible to me that this game would be in the sad state it is right now considering all their work before.
But I have given up to be honest. I watch it more out of morbid interest at this point. We can say things have improved, that’s easy to say because it is impossible to get worse than it was. But improved nonsense is still just nonsense.
What an absolute waste of potential. What an absolute mockery of the fan base.
This game, improved or not is still just the worst 
It would need far more effort than it has ever seen before and at this stage, well after release … unlikely we will see it.
This game is worse than Rugby Challenge 4.
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The kicking is probably one of the biggest patch related steps backwards I have yet seen in this game.
It is definitely the biggest one that Big Ant have ignored us all on and not spoken on at all.
Of course with us all being told that they have separate teams for separate games and departments you would think that they would apparently have people on this issue since it happened and JNT would have told us about it.
Is it a big coincidence that communication has faded to a small trickle since the release of AFL? Going at this rate once Rugby League releases we’ll hear nothing at all.
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It’s already being looked at. It is not a new kicking system as some people have hypothesised. Unfortunately I’m all over the place at the moment on some other things. As soon as I saw it mentioned and some of you dm’ed me on here/discord about it. I got the team to jump on is asap. Unfortunately I haven’t had time to check in with them, I’ll check in with Matt if he has an update on it.
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Hahaha you called it!
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How are we how many patches in this game and when teams run out, the Captain doesnt even run infront💀 @JNT_BA @MattW , like what is the reason for choosing a captain then? How are right footers still kicking left after 20 patches? Why is there even automatic substitutions, why is guys still running and playing normally with injuries? Why are smaller guys like wings etc able to just give BIG HiTS/Tackles to players twice their size? Rugby League spelled all over this “Union” game
#WhenPatch?
#whenproperpatch?
#WhenMajorPatch?
#WhenRugbyUnion?
#WhenRulesOfGame?
#WhenRoadmap?
#WhenFixingMajorIssuesOfGame?
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Any chance of the team jumping on attacking lines, and shape, fixing the ai, vastly expanding all aspects of gameplay, and implementing rules properly?
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@JNT_BA @MattW
Just had this one online match, and because of the ability to just offload from any type of tackle and handoff the first defender everytime, one can literally go score whole time, because of this, online matches doesnt even feel worth it, because its just whole time running and passing and offloading. There was a time my players couldnt even tackle, the standing tackle or diving tackle didnt work, and the other player just ran through with a forward, thats just dumb, this is a messed up game you guys released honestly, it just makes one angry from the start to know one spend full price on this load of bull
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