Apr 28

Broken game

The fact that when in control of a player you can't pick up the ball in a contested area, you just run over it and then once the opposition pick up the footy you're unable to tackle him.

Marking contest are broken and just pure luck

Custom teams should not be in Ranked online

Ruck contest are also broken

SaintSkeeta

Apr 28

‘Ruck contests are broken’

and

’Marking contests are broken’

really don’t describe what issues you‘ve noticed with them. Try to be descriptive with your problems, and maybe offer solutions so the dev team can work with it.

Personally, I think they’re fine. Marking contests are so much better now with positioning the key factor of the outcome (no more ball teleporting 10m behind the play because you ‘timed your button press right’).

Ruck contests now aren‘t 100% predictable...so it’s not stupidly easy to get an easy clearance. (Just need that second ruckman bug fixed).

Maybe they’re not ‘broken’, they just haven’t been mastered yet.

Tyson Dudson

Apr 28

positioning the key factor, that has to be a laugh. You can have perfect position yet still lose to someone who was 20 metres and running away from the footy

SaintSkeeta

Apr 29

@Tyson Dudson

I've never seen that happen in this game.... Maybe you're playing online and witnessing a laggy connection? (that's when players seem to teleport). Try playing people with better connections, good speeds, and correct NAT Types.

SaintSkeeta

Apr 29

@Tyson Dudson

Try marking one offline games first. Then worry about Online, as your online games will have lag from your connection or your opponent’s connection. (If it’s a friend you play, you should both test your connections first to see if you have a problem between the two of you).

I suggest better than 20Mbps Download, better 10Mbps Upload, NAT Type 2, and hopefully you live in the same state.

Here are some tips on marking from this thread which you could try offline first.

https://www.wickedsports.com.au/community/issues-and-bugs/marking-marking-marking

Some quick tips for marking:

Exact timing of pressing the button doesn't matter. Just make sure to push it before the circle has completely vanished.
Positioning yourself in the centre of the circle is the most important aspect
If you are jostling with an opponent you can use the left stick to slowly move them away from the centre.
Or you can use the right stick to bump them out of the way (make sure to still press the mark button)
Lastly sometimes the opponent is just better at marking than your player, in these scenarios spoiling is the best option.

Hope these help!

Apr 28

Sorry to hear you're having issues with the game. We're continuing to improve the gameplay experience. In Ranked online play all attributes for players are normalised so that higher rated teams don't have an advantage. Because of this we have allowed custom teams to be played online. Is this the issue you were concerned about or is it a problem with offensive names/appearances? If you have any videos you can show us of the gameplay issues you're describing such as losing to someone in an inferior position in a mark contest that would be most helpful. Also are you mainly referring to single player or online?

Tyson Dudson

Apr 29

Referring to online mainly

Tyson Dudson

Apr 29

and its an issue with custom teams being in ranked as it does create an unfair experience

SaintSkeeta

Apr 29

@Tyson Dudson

as the players are normalized in online ranked games, it’s not unfair.

What they mean by ‘normalized’ is the super-teams are automatically brought down to the same ability levels as the opposing team.

You also can download custom teams from the Community... but even so, they wouldn’t be any better than a Richmond or GWS or whoever when you take them online.