Yep we believe we sorted the online issues with mauls. Unfortunately it means they are actually changing slightly again. I’ll try to get exact details. Im currently reviewing support running and attacking team line speed. Its better, I want it faster still but need to find that balance.
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Not linked to gameplay: do you think the custom competition mode will be improved in R25?
As you know, the pool draw of a famous competition taking place in 2027 will be tomorrow. In addition to a vastly improved gameplay, that could be nice to have the possibility to play it
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Hi, @JNT_BA,
What are your thoughts about rules? When there will be in R25?
Knock-ons, forward passes, penalties (I mean more than high tackles and off-side, which are pretty random and not accurate).
Thanks
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Is it going to be possible to assign official kits to custom teams by next week patch? Or are the squads going to be updated?
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Is it on my list? Yep, I want more done there. Will it get done… maybe, my list is quite large, and it’s about managing the resources I have, even if it’s against the things I would personally like to have right now. When it comes to custom comps, it’s actually a massive process. When setting all the different options, it has to make sure there is a compatible match type, then there are a whole bunch of other things. Obviously, we have the WRWC now. To get that working as intended, it required a lot of manual overwrites, much to the annoyance of the career team, with me going back to them every 5 minutes to make it as close as possible. This makes it very hard to just bring this out to a comp schedule.
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Game has a good flow when playing run and pass rugby, the set pieces is what is really hurting the game and some improved draw and pass. Scrums are my biggest disappointment, why over complicate it? There have been many past systems that did a decent job of grabbing the essence of the scrum. But this is any area that has never excelled in any Rugby game to date. Like it or not scrums are a huge part of rugby and rugby strategy, Springboks are the team they are and the World Champions because they have a tremendously powerful scrum and set piece game. Why not take pride in making it he best scrum system of any Rugby game to date, (the bar is not that high). A scrum, with possible over commitment, with power, with strategy, with a little risk vs reward play with penalties, scrums that make an impact in the game be having the team penalize for collapsing. The system in itself could be a mini game. A combo of Rugby Challenge Series and Rugby 22 could work with added risk vs reward penalty system. The rucks are almost there and have improved considerably since early builds, but we need the isolated “tackle stand and Jackle to work as initially intended, (like rugby challenge) and more rucking penalties and you could have a very good system. And last but not least the side-step, one of the worst side-steps in the history of rugby games. Having said that, I am enjoying the game and appreciate the improvements as they slowly trickle into the game. Look forward to more improvements.
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Glad to see this Support Running and attack line speed looking forward to that Thanks @JNT_BA is this going to be for AI also ?
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Hell yeah!! Support lines finally 
General gameplay is 90% of a match.
And I’m glad it’s getting a look at. Mauls and lineouts obviously needs work but for me general gameplay and AI should be number one on the list.
Now just bump up the kicking power a bit and improve AI and add rugby rules and we almost there 
As an additional bonus adding set plays will have me drooling.
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you are going to get banned for this
Speak for yourself I actually enjoy playing the game, it you want a real game get yourself a pair of boot and sign up for your local club
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I agree with you 
… And I understand that Matt he is frustrated and so and not just him and I know the game is not in its best stake and there is problems still but at the end @JNT_BA and his team is working on it and trying there best … if you look at it take a look when the game just came out and where it is now you can see the differences and with the patches that the team is trying there best and I believe its not so easy to do everything .. so Thanks @JNT_BA I also enjoy playing it and I try to make it realistic while the patches comes out … looking forward for the next patch 
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True, which sucks cause 90% of it was fine.
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Yeah, the frustration comes in when this was advertised “Experience the Rugby 25 rush! From local club clashes to the grandest international championships, lifelike gameplay, strategic depth, and heart-stopping action ensure every match is a battle and every victory earned on the path to immortality.” - it is far from all of this. While JNT is not responsible for the release date, some heads higher should roll as they have put this onto a team with 0 resources. You have people on this forum (or used to be) that, if they got certain access, would likely update player skills etc just for the cause & make the gameplay better. Only just recently (after how long in development) have they hired someone to do the stats which are also a mess.
Certainly no reason to be rude to an individual but the playing group has been tested time and time again. 5712 comments from players that want a good solid game and here we are still talking about offsides, support lines and basics of rugby…
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5714 messages, no gripsocks and still waiting for gifs to come back
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I agree with the general sentiments there. I have no ill will or thoughts towards anyone working on this game. Everything they do or have done that works, I want to thank them for it. I am seriously grateful for the effort to make a Rugby Game. There are some decent elements that more or less work well.
However there is a massive amount of the game which is 3/4 baked.
The AI’s lack of playing style and difficulty.
The support play.
The general play kicking.
The scrums (cut off the first 3-4s of packing down for a start - this is a game!).
The games implementation of Rugby laws.
The goal kicking.
The pocket kicker not working a lot of times.
Pretty much a lot of stuff that Plaasvark and yourself talk about amongst many others. I really hope these things change, but it’s been so long and I really feel like the team is under-resourced compared to the League and Cricket.
Fingers crossed we see something that improves some of these things and works properly. Let’s hope for a Christmas miracle maybe.
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One thing that gets me, games long ago had smarter AI, I just can’t compute… my brain hurts haha