Yup that bug still there. Along with the 50 times per game “receive the pass” commentary line.
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The game is still not fun to play
Please fix the AI passing! Not touching the game until that is fixed.
Please add AI substitutions! Easy Fix!
Please extend custom competition to more than 8 teams! Easy Fix!
Please fix rule implementation! Penalties and knock-ons!
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Over the past few days I’ve found myself gradually discovering the quirks, ins and outs of the gameplay mechanics and have gradually found my feet and the ability to up the difficulty levels, though it strikes me that these are all fairly inconsequential.
My thoughts on a lot of issues echo those from many others, though there are a couple of things I wanted to raise that bother me to a degree.
Open play kicking I find almost impossible in it’s current format, the sensitivity for trajectory feels incredibly fast and loose and kicking from hand feels like a complete lottery, even more so when there’s less structure with fly halves not setting back in the pocket for clearances and drop goals. Somehow all kickers become left footed when kicking penalties to touch as well which impacts immersion.
The nature of some of the penalties I’ve encountered has probably been amongst the most infuriating things I’ve come across. Offside against me for playing the ball from my own ruck because my scrum half has gone beyond the ruck, retreated again and then picked the ball up to pass. It seems to happen pretty often, but particularly when looking to box kick.
Beyond those details which are pervasive of my otherwise increasing enjoyment of this opening title from Big Ant, it’s great to see how active BA have been in striving to improve and update the game as often as they have in the days since launch. It’s fair to say none of us would be here if we weren’t all passionate about Rugby and our love of a platform in which to recreate and enjoy it. Keep up the hard work, as many have said previously, the potential is all there.
Unrelated to everything above, but when kicking for goal, is there a means to adjust the arc of the ball from just curling inward? If there is, I’ve not found a way of striking the ball straight or with any away curve etc.?
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Only one patch as far as I am aware.
Hi Everyone
Long time reader, first time poster.
Firstly let me thank BigAnt for developing a Rugby game, I have my harsh opinions like do I think the game was fit for release? No but it’s here now so no point in dwelling on it, we’ve all spent money and the team are trying by the looks of it so I don’t think it will help slamming the team so as a rugby fanatic I’d like to provide feedback in the hope that like others it gets fed back to the development team to make corrections.
Let’s start with the positives as there are some:
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Commentary Mechanics:
- The commentators just don’t say what’s needed at the right times like for example: kicking into touch from a penalty, the Commentary team either say he’s missed touch or it was poor even when you kick to the corner.
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Graphics and Animation:
- The graphics for me I’d like to praise the development team on this, the likeness of the players is outstanding (apart from the SA rugby as mentioned).
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Gameplay what’s been done well in updates:
- Lineouts: Being able to steal at the line-out has been improved massively as I’ve mostly won all lineouts so we’ll done on this.
- Goal Kicking with right kickers: Well done on fixing who should be kicking at goal.
- Rucks: As @AndyPelser (thanks for this Andy) said, with rucks if (In my case as I’m using the PS5 console to play) you smash square and circle you’ll win a lot of rucks so for me that’s not a bad thing to keep as then at least I can win some rucks.
Improvements Needed:
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Gameplay Fixes Needed ASAP:
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Main Point - Passing: For me it’s what makes or breaks the game and Even after today’s update the passing to me is slightly better but nowhere near as good as Rugby games of the past, after today’s update yes you can pass a little better but the best way to explain it is it’s as if your passing a balloon not a rugby ball as when you pass it just floats in the air, there needs to be more directiveness of the passes, more sharpness of the passes and not just float it in the air as by the time someone catches it you get nailed by the opposition so even though it’s still do-able it’s still very hard to spread it out through the backs when the ball takes an age to get there, if it gets there at all before being tackled.
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Positioning: Its hard to pass when you win a ruck and all the players are bunched together and when you pass the ball just pops up anywhere and the ref blows for a forward pass.
The players need to get into position when winning a ruck or a line out.
The AI needs to be able to determine that once you’ve one a ruck/lineout or anything for that matter then players need to be able to get into position ready to attack and not just stand in a bunch doing nothing.
When a player is standing right next to you and you try and pass and somehow it completely misses them?
If the outside centre has the ball and the winger is not directly in line with the outside centre and he passes the ball it won’t make it to the winger and will get passed into touch, rugby is about passing the ball behind you so could you look at this please? As it makes me want to throw my controller in temper lol. -
Difficulty: I find it very frustrating that when playing on easiest there’s no difference on playing Easiest Vs Hardest as I still concede a lot of tries and a lot of the time lose the game, I was NZ Vs Papa New Guinea and I lost 21 - 7 so no way should I lose that ( I’m not that bad of a gamer I promise lol), so the difficulty definitely needs looking at because there’s no difference.
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Players Speed: I scored a try with a lock who cut past a centre and a winger and ran the length of the field and scored a try, this isn’t realistic at all and needs looking at.
Make players play the way there stats show, if a player has 52 speed then he should be slow. -
Scrums: How do you actually win the scrum? I think this needs addressing as the R2 and L2 buttons (it might just be me) become very stiff when trying to press them on scrums.
As it stands I’ve given up on scrums and don’t even bother trying to win them.
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Kicking out of hand: This is non-existant imo, when I press X I cant see where I’m kicking to, I can’t even see if the kickers going to kick the ball and most of the time I’m tackled before a kick out of hand has taken place.
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Substitutions: Why doesn’t AI make a sub when they have a player injured? They just carry on with the game?
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AI passing: Still when AI (Opposition) have the ball the still don’t pass it more than once before being tackled.
*Continuing career mode after updating to latest patch: I don’t know if it’s me but when I update to the latest patch it seems like none of the new fixes or features are in the saved career mode, it’s as like it hasn’t updated and is the same as when the game was first released? Do I need to start a new career mode after updating to the latest patch?
- Cut scenes: Make the cut scenes periodic instead of every single line out, It seems right now every time there’s a lineout the touch judge will always talk to the hooker which is annoying as I just want to get on with the game.
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Non GamePlay Fixes:
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Transfers: I think there needs to be some clarity here, I’m not that far into career mode but when I go to recruitment >> search for players >> nothing appears when I try everything to search for any sort of player, doesn’t matter what I put their name as it doesnt search.
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Transfer Hub - Blank, does it ever get updated?
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Some suggestions for future updates:
- Allow us to create a player and put them into any squad we choose.
- Rugby World Cup be added? You have licensing for everything else so are you licensed to have the Rugby World Cup as well? If not then a tournament like the RWC?.
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Player Career / Story Mode: Create a player, have him go through either the lower leagues or Youth system and play just as that player in gameplay and build him up to get signed by major clubs and then finally represent his country at the world cup, if that player is British then allow him to be picked for the British & Irish Lions.
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British & Irish Lions Mode (If you have the license): Become coach of the B&I Lions and pick your squad to tour the country of your choice, NZ, Aus or SA and play as the lions guiding them over a 3 test tour.
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Updates and Support:
- I think more transpa needs to come from the right channels and filter through to the admins here who can update us when and if an update is coming and what is going to updated.
With Ross posting on social media then I think the admins here who do take a lot from us should also have some insight to what’s going on and be able to communicate with us.
Conclusion for now:
- Worried:
- I am quite worried that Ross posted “there will be significant changes to passing in particular.” As if this is a high quality change in the passing as it’s not.
I don’t feel it is significant changes especially with most passes when pressing L1 or R1 it just floats in the air and the support player needing to be in a straight line to receive a pass otherwise it will go straight into touch.
Look I hope I’m wrong but it’s just a bit concerning if they call this “significant”
There’s my take on it so far, Do what you want with it what you will but let’s hope they don’t take the passing feedback as better meaning they won’t continue to work on it as it’s very unrealistic to say the least and this floating pass as if your passing a balloon and not a rugby ball needs fixing in the next patch along with players position to receive a pass imho.
I have faith.
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Yes, I got your point. I am not concerned, you can be if you want lol.
They said improved passing, not finished passing. Plenty to do but everyone was aware of that before the patch too.
No single patch is ever going to fix this game, I would buckle up for a number of months of updates tbf.
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Ok, everyone’s different mate so fair enough. Your view is as valid as anyone elses.
After being in this EA from the start I guess I have just learned to temper my expectations a bit around what each patch would do.
Seems improved to me. Onto the next.
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Thanks for this Andy, this helped me massively and am now able to win a lot of rucks.
Latest update has made a huge difference in my opinion. Still a lot more room for improvement but the passes are flowing better and when you make a break, you can actually look to pass it to the support runners without fear of it always going wrong.
I’ve still had a few passes ping straight past everyone and into touch mind!
Would love to see the Ai teams stringing some passes together and making a nuisance of themselves!
Is there any update on creation options? I’m yet to create a team and be able to use them to play career mode? Still issues with looking to sign players within career mode as well.
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The issue now is the game is wayyy too easy, ai are passing the ball once each phase which is so easy to defend against even on the hardest difficulty. Now the passing has improved in scoring left right and centre
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Until the new update everything was going well, now the game has lags when the player is shown closer, there are moments when the image is interrupted , I scored a try but the try is not validated like nothing happened, at lineout the ball it goes into the stands and then into the field, instead of getting better, it got worse with the new update. Please fix this, thanks.
New Bug! After the latest patch I can no longer box kick without being called for offsides.
I noticed this happening while playing a few matches last night, but it only occurred when I was inside my 22. Has it started happening across the entire pitch now?
Another issue I came across is when the AI wins a ruck inside their own 22, and the player retrieving the ball is positioned behind their try line. In this case, the AI player just stands still indefinitely, never using the ball.
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Ver: 2614 PC
- Passing has improved.
- I find that offloading happens more often and without having to spam LB/RB which I like.
- I am able to do bullet passes consistently by standing still and pressing LB or RB. Example below. I am the team in red.
Overall nice update, needs more tweaking of course.
EDIT: The bullet passing needs to be fixed. I was mid getting tackled and tapped RB twice and my player threw the ball 30 meters and into touch. There were 3 players standing outside him.
Ok 
I don’t know why you are still trying to convince me of something lol. I didn’t make the game tbf 
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This is not even Nayacalevu lol
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Had my best game today. Good improvement, still a lot more to do tho. Targeted passing is a bit of a mess rn too, if that gets sorted the game will be much better. Thanks guys
I’m playing with lowest teams against all the tier 1 nations as it gives the most challenge, and have played on every difficulty it’s all the same games difficulty doesn’t change. Like today played Sudan vs Boks on every difficulty to see if it changed but still from easiest to hardest still winning games 30+ and rucks still the same spam add and steal and you will get the turn over
Is there any difficulty you recommend for career mode ? All the same ?