Hi guys quick question mext week is an update right or the week after thanks
Every 3 weeks would mean Aug 5-7th. Last patch was July 18.
Only things I noticed were punting distance increased, jittery icon more stable, stat displays on kicks and slightly better ruck play.
Personally Iām insulted RL26 is light years better and they urgently fix things with that game. Big ant hates Union.
As an American, it would be like EA SPORTS making NCAA FOOTBALL perfect and ignoring Madden or vice versa. Something you can say happened 2011-2014.
Agree, Iāve lost patience. The screenshot above of the difference in stadiums is stark. Feel like a mug for wasting any of my time on this Rugby 25; EAās Rugby 05 is 20 years old and more fun.
Learned my lesson the hard way. Decent coaster like, cheers Bigant and Nacon.
Are you ok mate ? I mean really ?
1 Like
I read this, thatās curious lol
Jk, here is a hug for you
But yeah I reckon it is pants when opponents are not fair play and donāt play to make people quit
1 Like
Hello !
Iāve been liking the game a lot more since the last updates.
Iām just concerned about the fact that we have more than 100 international teams, yet it is impossible to have a World Cup mode ?
Did anyone manage to do it ?
I tried to make a competition, yet you cannot go over 20 teams and no round robin modeā¦only a championship
It would be a fantastic idea to implement a World Cup Mode, even with a fake trophy in the end (like Pro Evolution Soccer did with their āInternational Cupā).
And (Iām maybe asking too much butā¦) even more incredible to add Qualifiers mode, how fun would it be to bring Mongolia or Lesotho to the World Cup through regonal qualifiers and then to the big competition !
A nice idea to get a fun use of all of these international teams !
1 Like
Thatās two different things. You can be good or bad while playing, it wonāt change if the game is pants or good.
Good for you if you enjoy playing the game in its current state
@Valhalla_Vagabond please accept and just do like Mcfc-The-Guvnor haha
JNT when he will wake up: ā50 messages! What did these doofs said againā
1 Like
It is what we have indeed. And it is far from being finished. Hopefully they manage to make something fun to play, like RL26.
Everybody has its own feeling on the game
3 Likes
Hey ! Thanks ! I did not try, but it would be fantastic if we had that directly on the menu, and not having to pass by career mode and get (I imagine) a random international team.
Custom your world cup, decide which team should go in each pool for the first round ect ! And even make a 32 teams world cup if you want!
A simple āinternational cupā mode like in PES ! I had great fun with this making my own world cups, it would be gret to have that for rugby too (especially with that huge amount of international teams!) !
I personally dream of a big world cup in rugby with loads of nations, I think the game is close to realise that dream ! yet it lacks that mode which would be so much fun !
1 Like
Do you want a second virtual hug mate ?
1 Like
Yeah that person is gone. Interesting that word got through.
3 Likes
Yeah not any more lol.
There goes another person as well.
1 Like
Lines are driving me insane, I pull a thread and it all comes apart, PODS PODS, so many PODS. Pods and lines and player allocation, and weighting. 
8 Likes
Will there eventually be online tournaments or cups in addition to the classic online matches?
And maybe one day Shep will have a drink (a real one, not a special Shep) with Ross, both laughing about this journey.
But not today haha
1 Like
Lines update does sound promising but I really do hope other things get dropped in too.
Like fixing the scrum which has been broken since release.
Punting which is just naff.
And the list goes on.
RL26 type of attention please which Iām sure we deserve too having paid the same and waited much longer.
8 Likes
Agree with every single thing you said there mate!
I really think Scrums should be totally changed to be about countering the pressure points from the other side, using both control sticks.
The attacking scrum should display a couple of little dots somewhere along the front row. The player with the attacking scrum should be moving those to target different points of the front row to push.
The defensive scrum should be trying to counter that and follow those pressure points as exactly as possible. If you are able to counter both of the attacking scrums pressure points pretty accurately then you can make them buckle up or collapse.
Or if youāre really accurate at following the pressure points, possibly push them off the ball or with square hook the ball against the feed.
You could have L2 and R2 to apply wheeling pressure also.
Anything would be better than the bizarre timing related to the meters at the moment.
5 Likes
I like the ideas ! Nesreviac your idea is the best, both joysticks and L2/R2 to put pressure on the scrums!
To me also, I always thought that in rugby games applying the pressure on the scrum side with both joysticks (left joystick = left prop, right joystick = right prop) could be fun !
Maybe another option than L2 R2 would be to push both joysticks gradually at the introduction to push the scrum, then maintain the joysticks on the right direction though at the end, to not get penalised.
But feel free to put more pressure on one side during the push of the joysticks if you see the opposite prop weaker (here scrum individual stats come in play), to put him in difficulty and generate a penalty, also turning a bit the scrum on one side to help a 8-9 on one side or the other ! (but turning it too much would be gambling as it could generate a penalty against you, like in real)
There are lot of good ideas possible for scrums !
5 Likes
Iāve had the opportunity to play a few games with this new patch, and honestly, Iāve been finding nothing but new bugs.
Mainly, when thereās a knock-on, the referee awards the opposing team a penalty. And when I commit a penalty, the AI āis again calling a scrum in its own 22.
You know the kicking is completely broken when you gain more distance with the drop goal button than with the normal punt (50+ meters)
What saddens me most of all is comparing the union game with the league game.
Since the gameās promotion began (announced on official NRL and Super League IG and FB pages, even banners in rugby league stadiums, and even through professional team accounts), the difference has been abysmal. Even the cover looks like homework done in the last minute.
Why didnāt they do this with the union game? They knew it was going to be pants all along.
Theyāve only shown with RL26 that they actually can do decent stuff, but wonāt.
When advantage given properly? When red and yellow cards? When high tackles? When supporting players positioned correctly? Will the fun ever begin?