First time writing in ages, and after getting a good amount of hours in on the game i got some ideas/suggestions/bugfinds for the game.
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intercepts, The amount of times when the ai rarely passes that ive read it, and my player just runs into the ball and doesnt pick it up, yet the ai will read the most crazy pass and intercept it? are the intercepts scripted or at random? cause intercepts seem to be near impossible to get in the game.
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AI. Ai is the only thing stopping me from getting on the game more. When you are on defense you can just put the controller down because the ai gains no meters at all. I was playing as a random Bangladesh team against new Zealand testing the defense, and i put my controller down and pushed back new zealand from my 22 to their 22. Ai need to be able to identify gaps and whatnot. Also, make them concede penalties more. AI defense is sometimes alright. But seems terrible because im the only one scoring.
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Penalties. The ai rarely concede a single penalty all game. Would be nice if the game might have a morale system, which affects discipline, the worse their morale gets (from conceding losing territory etc.) they concede more penalties or errors, with different teams having stronger morale over another.
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better attacking options. Set pieces, better lines, backs/forwards differentiated. Have your forward pods with two possible leads for forwards (A&B) and the backs (fly half Y/centre X). More realistic position on field also, if there is a forward pod running up, dont just have the 10 slung out 20 meters away, have him right behind the forwards for a hook. At a ruck/scrum/lineout, 10 should always be first reciever, but i always find him just randomly scattered around the field.
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passing. Passing attributes could be better, such as a player with lower passing attributes cant pass as far or as accurately as a player with high attributes. Also, can far passes have height on them? no one is missiling a flat pass 30meters whilst running, would be more realistic if they had some arch rather then a flatline. Different passing combinations would also be nice, like: rb,rb/lb,lb as a wrap around. rb,lb/lb,rb as popping it on the inside to a player
with them to try break the line. something to give more flow, and skill. Players still sometimes dont run on with pace when they should be. -
stepping/hand-offs/bump-offs. I like the new hand offs, that actually slow your player down instead of them not breaking pace and running the whole field, but; ive never had one bump off (flicking up) ever work, so i dont even know if its in the game. But stepping rarely ever works. so inconsistent. only ever had it work twice. Stepping could have more combinations, like goose steps and such.
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dummies. Will they be implemented? there are times when im holding rb/lb to pass and i see a gap and run for it to not sell any players and get smashed. maybe if when you hold the pass button and are about to select options, if you let go of the button its a dummy, which would make the ai continue to shift over as if youd pass and take a quick second to react, giving a chance of making a gap or better pass.
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try line attack/defence/phase play Can we have forwards running it low and hard when you are 5-10m out. just getting phases together. There isnt really much phase play in this game. Maybe we can select different tactics with the d-pad, like phase play/backs-ball/pick and goâs. which alter some animations and team set up, rather then the kinda useless split/wide forwards thing in the game, but add a buttom prompt to try and dominate collisions, like pressing a has someone bind onto you as you take collision/ which can help you gain momentum and meters, because at the moment you cant actually gain meters from just running it up.
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held up. At first every try was held up and now every try is a try. One step forward another back. A button prompt perhaps to score a try? and to hold one up?
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tries, i dont think that Ben Tameifuna is going to be front flipping over the try line and doing a figure 8 swan dive or whatever that one dive animation is. I dont hate the animation, its just never used at the right time, every time i go to dive in the corner, i never get that animation, instead my player just turns in and dive on the floor. would be nice if i could have that big aerial dive actually in the corners.
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wind. Wind has like no effect. Please make it actually have a big effect in this game. actually challenge you on conversions and kicking for touch rather then moving it 1cm over and slotting it, but actually have to aim outside of the posts sometimes to curl it in, and having impossible kicks if the wind is too strong.
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ive never ever had a yellow card in this game. I dont ever even concede penalties. Make it more possible. Have the ref tell you to leave it and if you dont stop mashing x he penalises you. offsides to be fixed maybe? add more ways to concede a penalty, that you may get away with.
enjoying the game at the moment, most of the time, just certain things are stopping me from playing it more.
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