Hi Team,
Patch Feedback - Positives - PS5
Overall I feel quite positive on the game and the small steps it’s taking in improving different aspects. Personally for me I am enjoying it a lot more and finding it more challenging. This has been a major issue for me.
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Ai defence and attack has improved. I find the Ai are kicking more for field position. Passing out wide sometimes and just varying their running , stepping passing, offloading. Especially near the goal line when they are attacking. If I commit too many players to the ruck they find the defence gaps and run to score over my goal line.
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All players including custom players feel more agile with movements. This is helping Ai run better for their attack and my own players
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Stamina replenishment at halftime has reduced a bit but I think this is a good thing. I think it only replenishes by 40% now but this to me is realistic.
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Injuries on “Reduced” setting will still occur in Career mode. This is a good thing as I still want to see some injuries , even if it’s only 1-2 per game in total for both teams overall in a match. Realistic and Extreme injuries up the number of injury occurrences and this is good that we can change these settings at any time during a coach career mode.
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Crowd noise seems to have increased. Adds to more immersion and feeling of intensity / aggression.
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Some tackles at times during periods of a match feel like they have more intensity, aggression. The sound effects and quick tackles sometimes make a feeling like a player has hit a brick wall or that the tackle could be a borderline high tackle. Again just adds to the match atmosphere at different times in the game.
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Dynamic goal kicking , while it is challenging it’s not impossible and I have been able to kick goal conversions. Just needs more repetition/practice/tutorial and timing, this is on PS5. Good we still got the option for Classic.
NEGATIVES
- On field Kicking in play still doesn’t have enough reach or power when kicking down the field. RL26 definitely has this more.
- The TMO and Referee, still rules Held up on grounded balls in the in goal area. We also don’t see a generic TMO screen ruling a Try or No Try.
- Lots of players still not updated with appearances. Particularly “Template Players” or players with wrong appearances. I guess we might see teams updated for the new seasons in Super Rugby, URC, MLR, Top 14, ProD2, Premiership Rugby
FUTURE
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We still can’t remove players from teams. I am hoping we can in the next month or two in time for new seasons for URC, Premiership Rugby. And the ability to edit some players appearances (Non Face Scanned at least) and all player Stats. Stats so important as many stats I would like to change.
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Hoping for more High Tackles and Red , Yellow Cards. Being done by my own players and the Ai. If there is a way you could get these events to randomly happen or some variables based on player stats. In Rugby challenge 4 it could happen randomly although we had sliders and player discipline meters which influenced High Tackles.
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Womens World Cup teams and mode. I hope we see all the teams very soon.
Overall I support the work being done on the game. Even with the small steps it’s better than no work being done at all. None of us know the exact number of staff and resources JNTBA has in his team to work on improving the game so I think we all have to be patient. Playing the game now is a lot better than 3-4 months ago.
Thanks Team
