EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

[EarvGotti]

Re: EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

So what is your point. You don't make sense.

Finish the fight instead of letting it go to decision. Do you watch MMA man? Dana White says it all the time, "Don't leave it in the hands of the judges." You can never have an excuse if you lose by decision.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

Ok yeah I'm done with randoms. Bunch of quitting SOBs.

[woody2goody]

Re: EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

Ok yeah I'm done with randoms. Bunch of quitting SOBs.

Honestly though, what were they thinking not punishing quitters?

THQ admitted it almost ruined UFC 2009 so they patched it so people couldn't do it and guess what - they couldn't.

That should be the first priority in online play.

Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

[vpizzle28]

Re: EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

I must also say that last night, I had ZERO quitters. Does it get worse as you move up? I'm on the third belt right now.

[unBEARable]

Re: EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

That should be the first priority in online play.

Shouldn't have been a priority, should have just been standard.

The whole game seems rushed. They saw the options for offline play in UFC3 and yet none are in the game, not even an Event mode, which is already in Career mode is it not?

The game is just lacking. Not worth full price.

[bwiggy33]

Re: EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

if i remember correctly you have to change it before you start the career. once in it you cant change it. i could be mistaken

Ya I remember it prompting me to set that stuff. I figured I'd start on easier difficulty and then be able to change it while in that mode as I get better at the game. That's a pretty bad design flaw if you have to restart a Career mode just to change difficulty or time. I don't remember the last time I played a game that didn't allow you to change difficulty while in a game mode. That's extremely aggravating especially because you can only do Play Now fights for so long before you get a bit bored. I guess I'll just have to restart.

[GameplayDevUFC]

Re: EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

All in all the ground game becomes a back and forth sweep fest. Sure I can defend 6 or 7 attempts and let them burn out their stamina but they can continue to spam transitions where you are locked out of doing anything other than blocking the pass, eventually the ref will come in and stand you up.

I acknowledge all the points you made and will take that feedback to the designers for sure.

I'd like to respond to this point in particular though.

Once you successfully block a sweep, you are supposed to get priority on initiating the next move. I don't know for sure if that applies to posturing up, it sounds like you're saying it doesn't and that may be a bug, but you should have first shot at initiating a transition, getup or submission if you queue up your request after successfully blocking your opponents attempt. It's not a window where your opponent is locked out from attempting after the move completes, but you get priority if you both queue up an attempt while the move completes.

Hope that makes sense.

[vpizzle28]

Re: EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

I acknowledge all the points you made and will take that feedback to the designers for sure.

I'd like to respond to this point in particular though.

Once you successfully block a sweep, you are supposed to get priority on initiating the next move. I don't know for sure if that applies to posturing up, it sounds like you're saying it doesn't and that may be a bug, but you should have first shot at initiating a transition, getup or submission if you queue up your request after successfully blocking your opponents attempt. It's not a window where your opponent is locked out from attempting after the move completes, but you get priority if you both queue up an attempt while the move completes.

Hope that makes sense.

Speaking of posturing up, I can get to the full mount, how do you posture up?

[reptilexcq]

Re: EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

I acknowledge all the points you made and will take that feedback to the designers for sure.

I'd like to respond to this point in particular though.

Once you successfully block a sweep, you are supposed to get priority on initiating the next move. I don't know for sure if that applies to posturing up, it sounds like you're saying it doesn't and that may be a bug, but you should have first shot at initiating a transition, getup or submission if you queue up your request after successfully blocking your opponents attempt. It's not a window where your opponent is locked out from attempting after the move completes, but you get priority if you both queue up an attempt while the move completes.

Hope that makes sense.

I noticed the ref stand up too early. There are times i was in control of the guy underneath and methodically try to do something about him and then the ref stand up....and i was like what the hell. Need a fix here.

[GameplayDevUFC]

Re: EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

Speaking of posturing up, I can get to the full mount, how do you posture up?

You posture up by pressing up on the left stick, but you need enough stamina to do it.

You can get to mount by transitioning there from either half guard, side control, back mount, some submission breaks I imagine, a standing strike when your opponent is knocked down when you are past his guard, and probably something else I'm forgetting.

[Drakar]

Re: EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

You posture up by pressing up on the left stick, but you need enough stamina to do it.

You can get to mount by transitioning there from either half guard, side control, back mount, some submission breaks I imagine, a standing strike when your opponent is knocked down when you are past his guard, and probably something else I'm forgetting.

I really hope you stick around. Not only educating us but also taking feedback to the team. I think with a few tweaks with risk/rewards like takedown and mod strike, it can really make the game more enjoyable offline and online.

[vpizzle28]

Re: EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

You posture up by pressing up on the left stick, but you need enough stamina to do it.

You can get to mount by transitioning there from either half guard, side control, back mount, some submission breaks I imagine, a standing strike when your opponent is knocked down when you are past his guard, and probably something else I'm forgetting.

Thank you. I will try it out when I get home.

[DaveDQ]

Re: EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

I'm enjoying going through the challenges and making sure I get a black belt in each set. It walks you through what they were after with the design of the game. If anything, it taught me to slow down and properly time things. Just a great way to learn the game.

I am an online fan, so certain things need to be in place for me. I keep preaching stamina and feel the best way to address it is to do away with accelerated clock and heighten stamina drain on all accounts.

The other part of online that is surprising is how ranked matches are set up. You can't see who they choose or their history. With FNC, if I got a guy with a 35% DNF, I knew what to expect and could make a choice. With this scenario you are in the dark.

[Phobia]

Re: EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

I acknowledge all the points you made and will take that feedback to the designers for sure.

I'd like to respond to this point in particular though.

Once you successfully block a sweep, you are supposed to get priority on initiating the next move. I don't know for sure if that applies to posturing up, it sounds like you're saying it doesn't and that may be a bug, but you should have first shot at initiating a transition, getup or submission if you queue up your request after successfully blocking your opponents attempt. It's not a window where your opponent is locked out from attempting after the move completes, but you get priority if you both queue up an attempt while the move completes.

Hope that makes sense.

Yea that is exactly what I'm saying. I see the transition, sub, and get up window you mention after you block a transition attempt. I use this regularly to get up from transition spammers.

The issue lies with the striking on the ground. I have not noticed any "priority" allotted to the blocker of the transition when it comes to posturing up.

For instance lets use a example to clarify it better.

I'm on top in full mount
Guy on bottom just repeatedly keeps spamming L3 to get up.
I continue to block attempt after attempt with R2+RS Down
Eventually he burns all his stamina out while mine is still full.

Here is where the issues come in.
I can transition OUT of full mount after a block but that would be stupid.
If I try and stay in full mount the continue of spamming transitions means the ref will come in and stand the fight up, yet again stupid!!
Lastly, if I block a transition or get up attempt, then hold LS up to posture up. By the time my guy makes it to the sitting up position, he is able to spam yet another get up attempt. Now I'm in a position unlikely to block the attempt or land a strike. Then the get up attempt passes as a success and he gets up.

This is a constant issue with all ground positions, plus add couple more when you throw in sweeps.

A huge issue I see online against randoms is the ref issue. They will literally spam transition attempt after transition attempt. Back to back, back to back, back to back, back to back, back to.......ref comes in and stands fight. Rinse and repeat if you decide to take them down again. They want the fight standing and this is a exploit to get it. No matter how many blocks you do, or transitions you complete instead, it becomes fruitless to try and strike on the ground (only light strikes). So you can rule out posturing up, the transition speed is to fast.

[GameplayDevUFC]

Re: EA Sports UFC Available Now, Post Your Impressions

Yea that is exactly what I'm saying. I see the transition, sub, and get up window you mention after you block a transition attempt. I use this regularly to get up from transition spammers.

The issue lies with the striking on the ground. I have not noticed any "priority" allotted to the blocker of the transition when it comes to posturing up.

For instance lets use a example to clarify it better.

I'm on top in full mount
Guy on bottom just repeatedly keeps spamming L3 to get up.
I continue to block attempt after attempt with R2+RS Down
Eventually he burns all his stamina out while mine is still full.

Here is where the issues come in.
I can transition OUT of full mount after a block but that would be stupid.
If I try and stay in full mount the continue of spamming transitions means the ref will come in and stand the fight up, yet again stupid!!
Lastly, if I block a transition or get up attempt, then hold LS up to posture up. By the time my guy makes it to the sitting up position, he is able to spam another get up attempt. Now I'm in a position unlikely to block the attempt or land a strike. Then the get up attempt passes as a success and he gets up.

This is a constant issue with all ground positions, plus add couple more when you throw in sweeps.

OK thanks for clarifying. I'll look into it some more when I get a chance. No promises though.