Hey Buddy, out of curiosity how far ahead in builds are the bigant dev team playing the game and can you give any insights on whats being tested to be implemented? Im really hoping for fatigue and player attributes to have significant impact on the users experience so tactics such as targeting weaker/fatigued players can result in reward.
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Thanks for update . If I locate anymore that have no hairs I will let you know
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It hasnât felt great. The past few weeks have been quite underwhelming.
But surely they can still turn it around. Hopefully we will be able to edit squads soon!
Ok this is the first time Iâve bought a Big Ant game. I didnât know how they did things! Thanks for your reply.
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Can you guys please fix the sharks squad please
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The fact that injuries and stamina donât roll over during competition mode is the thing that takes away from the immersion the most
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Big ant can we please be able to add the real players to custom teams.
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Hello! Please solve the problem when the player is put to the ground with the ball and from then everything is blocked, time just passes and you have to replay the match. It is a very big and very annoying problem that has been there for a very long time, I have written to you so many times, I have also attached images and it has not been solved so far, please pass it on as a priority. Thank you and good luck in the future.
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Plaasvark can I ask how many more chances are you willing to give the programming team at Big Ant ?
Iâm pretty much done with it now. Iâve bought the early access pc version and pS5 version hoping for things to change. Hardly anything gameplay wise has changed. Rucks, scrums and line outs are the worst of all rugby games to date. All Players are still kicking to touch left footed. There is nothing to enjoy here. How many responses have we had from BA on this forum regarding gameplay issues and how they plan to tackle it. Nothing!
Why have a forum or early acess when clearly they not listening to community. All these issues has been raised almost a year ago.
I would like to know who I can send an invoice to at BA. Iâve been a beta tester now for a almost a year and would like to be paid.
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So as an predominately online player (since AI hasnt been a challenge since game launched and for the people finding a challenge against AI, once you learn the game more it will become very easy), I have some feedback of some recurring issues that dont seem to have been addressed -
- Can we see the opponent kit to change the kit? Can we also pick the stadium?
- Offside penalties are left, right and centre. There is a really annoying bug where you get a turnover, the ball comes to your side, then your 9 goes to the other side of the ruck and you concede an offside penalty.
- I feel like player switching is not smooth online.
- Overall, offisde rules are not enforced with long kicking, which is a fundamental rule of rugby. It would be great if the game could reflect the actual rules of rugby union.
I encourage people to try play online, there are people like the guy at top of leaderboards that dont play genuinely and just play on custom 99 rated teams and spam hand offs, but there is a certain core of players trying to play authentic rugby (kicking etc).
Just into another AI v AI game and Iâve noticed a couple of things. The first Iâm not sure if itâs a bug as itâs happening quite regularly. When the player is tackled he stays down and the other players gather round as though they are about to commit to a ruck. However, they just stand there and the opposition player goes in to grab the ball. He then proceeds to walk back towards his team mates before being nailed in a tackle. Not sure thatâs whatâs meant to be happening. Secondly Iâve noticed this issue on fewer more infrequent occasions whereby the clock is in the red, the team with the ball in their own half go to kick the ball into touch. They seem to make a real hash of it. In this instance itâs right on half time, clocks in the red, player goes to kick the ball into touch hits his own player with it and the opposing side regain the ball and score a try. Surely in situations like this the player should be making a more forceful kick into touch. That has reminded me of another issue regarding kicking the ball whilst the clock is in the red. Iâve had an instance where a team is trailing and looking to get back level or take the lead. The 80 minutes are up and instead of trying to get the ball forward and score a try to get back into the game, they decide to perform a box kick into touch or for the opposing team to gather and kick into touch?? This wouldnât happen in real life. Not sure if you are aware of those issues so thought Iâd bring them to your attention. 
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What the hell Big Aunty !
What the hell JNT !
So youâre actually saying that adding teams and art to a game has nothing to do with gameplay programmers ? And youâve been saying that since the beginning of Early access, so i do kinda get the frustration and i do kinda understand your passive aggressiveness towards someone being upset after buying half a game full price and still complaining about the gameplay being so far from finished more than a month after full release, and still the few stuff thatâs in there being buggy as hell.
But hey, come on mate, women rugby⌠how come youâre able to drop this patch with branded stadiums only for women stadiums and the menâs stadiums being in the game since the beginning of early access still look so naked poor. That has nothing to do with gameplay development, this is only cosmetic, it has been asked for ages for menâs stadiums, yet youâre able to deliver this womenâs teams with branding on the pitch and advertises everywere in the stadiums, and still nothing for men ?
It would have been nice to finish menâs art before adding unfinished womenâs artâŚ
You pretend you donât really care and handle easily the negativity but the truth is you enjoy bullying people with legitimate complaints.
Whatâs in the game is far from finished : so buggy itâs unplayable, and the art isnt finished (neither players nor stadiums). Yet you still add this womenâs unfinished content, which is as unplayable. I guess negativity is gonna be around for as long as this game is in this early access state.
Cheers !
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Any plans to fix the visual bug of not updating overall ratings from training? They work during a match, but not during lineup, squad selection, international squad or contracts/transfers but are working, as in game they do work and the ratings update.
Just reflagging, as would make career mode fun and hopefully isnât too intensive as itâs working, just not displaying on certain screens if that makes sense. Thanks!
Unfortunately I think the game wonât improve much from this point onwards, bear in mind itâs been in development since before the 2023 World Cup. I think theyâll have a couple more updates and then focus on the rugby league game that everyone thinks theyâre making.
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Has it though? Like how could it actually have been in development that long and be in the current state, I mean it does not even correctly enforce the rules of rugby union⌠One might call this a basic element for a rugby game to actually reflect the sport.
Well who knows 
but the original release date was 7th September 2023, the CEO mentioned that he had been playing the game and it was good so Iâd like to think so but I agree with you the basic foundations of the game are still not there.
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Iâve always been of the view that they started developing the game in say 2022, got halfway done, and couldnât get something major to work/something broke and they had to start over
PS5 just had a small update today. Only had one game on hardest (side view career mode). AI much tougher on first impression. I won 8-7 but it was a tough match.
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How did the AI play in comparison to the last few weeks and what was their try like?