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<blockquote data-quote="lukeyhym" data-source="post: 319754" data-attributes="member: 21255">Improved Breakdowns, Set pieces &amp; tackles: In 06and 08 we had&nbsp; the problem of being punished for good play, with ridiculous turnovers&nbsp; at crucial/unrealistic times. When you make a break, the momentum shift&nbsp; should be evident, and you should, more than likely win the ensuing ruck&nbsp; when tackled, as your team in going forwards and defenders have to&nbsp; retire from behind the gate. It should also be evident in defence when&nbsp; you make a dominant tackle that it&#039;s easier to steal the ball and/or&nbsp; counter the ruck (maybe if you make a dominant tackle you have 3 secs or&nbsp; so to compete for the ball by clicking the R3 button as fast as you&nbsp; can, do it for too long you get pinged by the ref (warning sign needed)&nbsp; or don&#039;t do it at all and just reset your Defence). you should have the&nbsp; option to pop off the ground in attack if your player is going forward&nbsp; with momentum into the tackle. Counter rucking: there has to be room for this, opportunistic&nbsp; counter rucking on slow ball is a crucial part of the game and being&nbsp; able to steal in the tackle is a feature that is so prominent in the&nbsp; real game, but has never been able to be explored/pulled off properly in&nbsp; a video game.You should be able to have a bit more control in the maul, i.e.&nbsp; direction, players shaving off and gaining momentum etc. must be room&nbsp; for error though as if it&#039;s too dominant it gets stupid and boring.&nbsp; Lineouts could be a bit more varied, particulalry when challenging in&nbsp; defence and the ability to use short lineouts to create forward running&nbsp; options in midfield to stretch the defence and scrums could have more&nbsp; competitive control, too.Improved defensive options: It would be awesome to include an&nbsp; on-the-fly defensive option system, whereby you could choose to, for&nbsp; example, to inflict a brutal rush defense when opposition ball is slow,&nbsp; to compliment this, you should be able to pull players out of the ruck&nbsp; if the ball is lost, to make defense more involved, more important and&nbsp; require more thought, if you include the ability to counter ruck,&nbsp; players will have to balance the opportunities that presents with the&nbsp; risks that it opens up outside the ruck if the ball gets cleared by the&nbsp; opposition quickly and vice versa (i.e. forward dominance and go forward&nbsp; via pick and go&#039;s and short balls, if you thin the defence out too&nbsp; much)-to counter this, refer to my points on more varied ball&nbsp; play....chipping options etc nullify rush defence etc etc etc., Tackling needs to be more varied, big hits were maybe a bit too easy to&nbsp; pull off in previous games, and in attack you could easily doa bit of&nbsp; crazy running to avoid tackles alltogether....half tackles, ankle taps,&nbsp; big hits, dead heats and non dominant tackles create and prevent&nbsp; opportunites being created, by making the physics in the tackling more&nbsp; realistic, and the AI of defending players more willing to attempt&nbsp; tackles from wherever they are, we&#039;ll see much more varied gameply, with&nbsp; half breaks and pop/flick passes and quick ruck ball etc playing a&nbsp; major part in developing the flow of gameplay...it would help to create a&nbsp; less one-dimensional playing environment, and reduce the temptation to&nbsp; take advantage of AI failings and glitches.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lukeyhym, post: 319754, member: 21255"] [U]Improved Breakdowns, Set pieces & tackles:[/U] In 06and 08 we had the problem of being punished for good play, with ridiculous turnovers at crucial/unrealistic times. When you make a break, the momentum shift should be evident, and you should, more than likely win the ensuing ruck when tackled, as your team in going forwards and defenders have to retire from behind the gate. It should also be evident in defence when you make a dominant tackle that it's easier to steal the ball and/or counter the ruck (maybe if you make a dominant tackle you have 3 secs or so to compete for the ball by clicking the R3 button as fast as you can, do it for too long you get pinged by the ref (warning sign needed) or don't do it at all and just reset your Defence). you should have the option to pop off the ground in attack if your player is going forward with momentum into the tackle. Counter rucking: there has to be room for this, opportunistic counter rucking on slow ball is a crucial part of the game and being able to steal in the tackle is a feature that is so prominent in the real game, but has never been able to be explored/pulled off properly in a video game. You should be able to have a bit more control in the maul, i.e. direction, players shaving off and gaining momentum etc. must be room for error though as if it's too dominant it gets stupid and boring. Lineouts could be a bit more varied, particulalry when challenging in defence and the ability to use short lineouts to create forward running options in midfield to stretch the defence and scrums could have more competitive control, too. [U]Improved defensive options:[/U] It would be awesome to include an on-the-fly defensive option system, whereby you could choose to, for example, to inflict a brutal rush defense when opposition ball is slow, to compliment this, you should be able to pull players out of the ruck if the ball is lost, to make defense more involved, more important and require more thought, if you include the ability to counter ruck, players will have to balance the opportunities that presents with the risks that it opens up outside the ruck if the ball gets cleared by the opposition quickly and vice versa (i.e. forward dominance and go forward via pick and go's and short balls, if you thin the defence out too much)-to counter this, refer to my points on more varied ball play....chipping options etc nullify rush defence etc etc etc., Tackling needs to be more varied, big hits were maybe a bit too easy to pull off in previous games, and in attack you could easily doa bit of crazy running to avoid tackles alltogether....half tackles, ankle taps, big hits, dead heats and non dominant tackles create and prevent opportunites being created, by making the physics in the tackling more realistic, and the AI of defending players more willing to attempt tackles from wherever they are, we'll see much more varied gameply, with half breaks and pop/flick passes and quick ruck ball etc playing a major part in developing the flow of gameplay...it would help to create a less one-dimensional playing environment, and reduce the temptation to take advantage of AI failings and glitches. [/QUOTE]

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