FN Champions Patch Impressions

[Jesus]

- Marked improvement in stamina loss w/ heavy modified punches. Still too much recovery between rounds however.

-The punch reactions and offsetting is very rewarding

- Freeze is gone from PB

more later

[Money99]

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Is this strictly for online or does it affect offline gameplay too?

[acts238shaun]

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Both. Still some freezing though :-(

[JayBee74]

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Jab seems more effective. Perfect block seems almost neutered, but I've only had one fight. Punch accuracy particularly to the head is down. In my first fight since the update:
ME-------:41% Accuracy, Head-29%, Body-64%
OPPONENT:46% Accuracy, Head-28%, Body-55%

[bnb]

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i thought it came out tomorrow with the dlc? anyway, is there any confirmation of the rest of the sliders working on the 360?

[JerzeyReign]

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Played a quick online match... threw in the towel on one because I didn't realize he picked a superstar versus my dud and he just blew me out the water with his power punches... my next opponent was B Hop versus Jones Jr... I was Roy and I don't think ol' buddy got the message of what the patch does... I blew his body apart while avoiding his big blows... by round 5 it was pretty much a wrap for him and he acknowledged that by DQ'n himself... I like the patch from that aspect... its good to know I can stand a chance with one punch power punchers... my masterpiece I painted with the body had his punches coming out extra slow... so far I like it...

[Jesus]

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After more play, the problem is that EA feels that connecting on punches and making your opponent miss does not deplete stamina.

[steelernut]

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Just got done playing a game online. The punch accuracy is the most noticeable in my opinion. The punches seem to have more snap in them and seem more crisper. The movement of the fighter is more polished overall. They have done away with the counter auto block (not completely) but a very big improvement;I'm happy about that,... Haymaker spammers will hate it lol. You have to really pick your shots, my connect rate was 43% my opponents was 33% (which is very realistic in terms of real boxing). I still see a issue with the stamina portion, the opponent I faced threw nothing but HAYMAKERS the whole fight and wasn't penalized for it, but I've only played once so it could be an unfair assessment as far as the stamina goes. Overall I say EA did a good job, they cleaned up allot of the major issues, IM SATISFIED (so far lol). Also a side note. The new DLC's are there but are not up for purchase, finally they'll have someone to compete with Robinson in middle weight and ALI in Heavy (Roy Jones, Hopkins, & Joe louis, Patterson).

[acts238shaun]

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Yeah, body spammers and power spammers are lost, leaving themselves wide open. One trick ponies always end up in the glue factory.

[Money99]

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Yeah, body spammers and power spammers are lost, leaving themselves wide open. One trick ponies always end up in the glue factory.

LOL!

This is great news guys. I'll continue to read your impressions. I might be picking this up afterall if this tuner/patch combo fixes the issues.

[fistofrage]

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LOL!

This is great news guys. I'll continue to read your impressions. I might be picking this up afterall if this tuner/patch combo fixes the issues.

Even before the patch though the bigger issue with the game was the Legacy mode, and no patch or tuner will fix that. The in the ring game was decnet before the patch and with the patch, the fight now matches shiould get even better.

[td7]

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Does any of this affect offline play?

[fistofrage]

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Alot of people are complaining about the patch on the EA sports forums.....Probably a good thing,

"MOMMY!!! I keep mashing the X button and I can't knock anyone out anymore my boxer looks like he's gasping for air.....Call gamestop and see if I can get a refund and get Pokemon on the DS instead."

Looking forward to testing this out......

[randombrother]

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Well I fought 3 fights with the new patch. I'm a sim boxer and I have to say it seems to hurt me more than help. My counters are missing more thereby not letting me punish these guys as much as before. At least my power counters I should say. I've fought 3 fights and they all went to the cards. Lost one because the guys reach was just too much but I think I have something for that, something I saw in the last fight this guy was doing. I think it's a bit cheesy but right now I see it as my only option and it should open up the big guys more, making them do something different seeing as that reach in the way they're using it wont work. In 3 fights there was only one knockdown and that was against me in my first fight with the patches. Guy was too chicken to try to finish me off or at least maybe he knows my theory on knockdowns. That was in the 9th round however and I'd expended a ton of energy. I won the next two on the cards. I was able to stun all my opponents at least twice but just couldn't finish them off.

All in all I'd have to say this is an improvement over before. Very few fights I had would go to the cards, with this patch I think very few will be KO's. Which is kinda bad as I was trying to get an achievement.

[clivo1050]

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Online has been laggy for me since the patch. It's really been throwing off my timing. It was silky smooth before.