Simple answer…Gameplay sliders…for everything, passing, kicking, line defense movement, play the ball speed, passing speed, attack speed…
Would make things much easier for us and them.
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Loving the game and improvements have been great, but the short kick offs are killing it, it’s so spammed, it’s really frustrating, is this going to be tweak for online? Or something, the game was better without it in my opinion, Atleast only let you do it in last 10 mins of the half, line drop outs should be all the time. Sorry to rant, just over it.
There is a problem where I am waiting for 1st, 2nd or 3rd receiver to run their lines, and when I hold the pass button and press one of the four buttons(triangle, square, circle, X), it cancels and ends up making the hooker just stand there and do nothing. I have to press the receivers button straight away for it to pass but it just slows the play down, and they either actually run their line or just stand still, most of the time they just stand still, fix this at least, it’s like with every patch comes a new problem.
Fending and stepping nerf was okay for online, but when you just want to play a normal single player game it gets frustrating, I never used to rage out on this game till now because of this, it’s soo boring now that yous have taken it off single player, just taking the fun out of the game.
Add some support plays will you, when gone through thes line and comes to the fullback it’s an automatic tackle, since yous want to take the stepping and fending out, at least get the hb or fb or some player to support on the left or right, there’s no other way to get through the fullback unless you just run around of the fullback and hope they slow down, do something quick and listen to your fans tips, cause right now the game is just not fun at all.
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One of the most frustrating elements is it feels like the AI opposition can do things you can’t.
From catching players offside, quick turning circles, gaining momentum on a hitup, quick play the balls.
It feels like being an actual player is hindering you. There’s no sharp turns, no draw and pass to create an overlap, no catching AI offside, no quickplay the balls to get on the front foot.
Spamming step/fend got tired, now they’re nerfed anyway so it’s a lot less fun.
Also PLEASE add opposition name plates. Surely that isn’t hard to code.
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I was playing on veteran and now I can barley score a try in amateur, won’t be bothering with ladder leader, you got no hope, everything is so slow now, Atleast make the defence line quicker, done good things but now the overall game play is so frustrating
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I dunno what to say to that mate, there’s so much that can be so much better.
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I feel like there was so many bugs that were there at the start of the game. Now in an effort to fix them the gameplay has tanked and become unplayable, and creativity has suffered too. Very soon this game will be binned before getting to 2026
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It’s heading that way, last couple days have been disappointing more then the joy you should feel playing a game.
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I genuinely don’t see a point in discussing how to improve Manager Mode in terms of a ‘managerial wishlist’ like player progression, improved transfers/stats or adding NSW cup etc when the gameplay is so bad in its current form.
I’m critical but I want this game and this franchise to succeed.
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I reckon the game just needs some speed changes. A few tweaks will make a huge difference to the gameplay. I don’t think much has to change to get it right it all seems good just speed changes will make a big difference especially Line defense movement. This is the key to opening the game up and making it more fun in my opinion.
Firstly I would get rid of all the slow play the ball animations and just a have the quickest play the ball animation in the game for every situation, held or not.
Second, I would speed up passing so passes are more crisp, there are too many floating passes.
Thirdly, I would slow the speed of the defensive line movement till it gets to a point when a tackle is made and the line retreats and spreads out it does it at a speed where quick play the balls and quick passes out wide can catch out the edges as the line spreads out when resetting. Holding down will allow time to reset the line.
This way you will get more of a balance where you can play the middle, suck in defenders, then if you get quick play the balls you can quickly spread the ball and attack the edges with more effectiveness because the defensive line will have to scramble more often due to a slower spread speed.
It’s just tuning till the right speed balances are found.
Maybe sliders could be an option because we all have our own preferences.
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Only suggestion I’d make to that post is that play the ball speed should be slowed IF you pull off a Big Hit effectively.
Maybe relative to Strength… but i just think a decent big hit should rattle the player.
I’m not against that idea. Fair reward.
Hey everyone i am new to the game and play on amateur does anyone have advice how to create a gap through the other teams defense cheers
You can trigger gaps in the defense by running the set play lines that appear on the screen before the play the ball. I’m not very good at doing it like some people I’ve seen but with practice holes appear.
Thank you Big Ant for adding more powerful grubbers, those over kicking it ,just release quicker , once we learn how to use it will be a great addition. But there will be a slight learning curve. Has anybody been able to string together more than two offensive skills to get pass the defender? I’m not even sure if I’ve been able to do two in a row. They need to adjust some, Was too easy to fend in the past. But now they have nerfed it too hard to string two skill moves in a row. Should happen every now and then. Most of the game has improved ,but there’s a couple things that have gone backwards.
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Hi can anyone say if this game gets a update evrey thursday thanks
I’ve only played a couple of games since the recent patch and it looks like the difficulty on amateur is now a more incremental step up from Rookie and not so close to Pro now. I enjoyed my games on amateur so far.
It didn’t seem like opposition players were quite as much in the way of off-loads as they have been, but haven’t tested much yet.
Great hearing the ref call the tackle numbers!
v1.0.2814 (PS5) - (Veteran Level - Side Far Classic) since patch dummy half is now more responsive to play and reduced occurrences of going walt disney. Observed short passing between forwards at the defence line on more than one occasion by CPU team which is nice touch. Nameplates of cpu attacking team displaying whole match. Heard ref calling tackles, grubbers have improved and overall better AI behaviour in matches. Great job Bigant, more enjoyable to play again since the previous build nuances.
I am hopeful that AI runs set play shapes when in attack targeting weaknesses and gaps in user controlled teams. Obviously more content such as NSW Cup , Pacific Championships and Ashes to come.
So after GF will all field markings be available to use in game?
Will Q Cup stadiums be included eventually?
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I don’t know if it had anything to do with the updates or it was just good timing / luck on my part, but a week or 2 ago we were discussing how to do a 2 point FG when the ball, when kicked at its hardest, doesn’t seem to travel far enough … and the other day I nearly booted one from halfway.
Last play of the game, I was up by more than a converted try, siren went, so I just thought I’d have a crack. Hit it sweet from the 50m line, sailed straight and true … but hit the crossbar!
Somehow I could almost get one from halfway, and can get them from about 35m out, but from 40m+, I just can’t get them to go near just yet.
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