Haven’t played in 2 months. What’s changed about the game in that time?

[Good Grappler]

Just put the game in for the first time in 2 months (lots of traveling) and its downloading a massive 5.52GB update. May take a while.

So what are the main, major changes to gameplay I may have missed? Specifically changes that pertain to live, human vs human, tactical (ie competitive) gameplay?




- Any changes to the clinch, offensively or defensively? Anything added, removed, or tuned?

- Has the wrestling (takedowns) been tuned or changed in any way? Any new animations, or takedown counters? Any changes to stamina? Any general adjustments in the past 2 months?

- Has the mat grappling changed at all? Any new positions? Any new tactics? Any adjustments to stamina, grapple advantage, reversals, denials?

- Has the ground and pound changed at all? I read some posts alluding to it having changed but cannot figure out what exactly changed.

- Any adjustments to submissions, like the standing guillotine or armbar from side saddle?

- Has offensive striking changed at all? Any new strikes or combinations? Or any changes that may affect playstyle/meta/strategies?

- Has defensive striking changed? Any new ways of blocking, slipping, swaying, countering, etc?

- Any changes to footwork or movement?

- Any general changes to stamina, damage, etc.?

[Haz____]

No changes.

[martialxd]

nothing special

[MeowingForVengeance]

Whole lot of nothing, sadly.

[bmlimo]

just strange clothes for the cafs

[Good Grappler]

Quote: Originally Posted by bmlimo

just strange clothes for the cafs

Why does EA think people care about that? Like seriously where is their data coming from? I’ve never once seen or heard anyone say “I want CAFs to be able to wear chains during fights”. Why is EA directing so much of their time and resources towards products that no one asked for, yield no additional profit, and fail to expand their consumerbase.

[ryangil23]

Quote: Originally Posted by Good Grappler

Why does EA think people care about that? Like seriously where is their data coming from? I’ve never once seen or heard anyone say “I want CAFs to be able to wear chains during fights”. Why is EA directing so much of their time and resources towards products that no one asked for, yield no additional profit, and fail to expand their consumerbase.

Trying to make the game for people who don’t like these kind of games.

[LarsP]

Quote: Originally Posted by Good Grappler

Why does EA think people care about that? Like seriously where is their data coming from? I’ve never once seen or heard anyone say “I want CAFs to be able to wear chains during fights”. Why is EA directing so much of their time and resources towards products that no one asked for, yield no additional profit, and fail to expand their consumerbase.

Because it probably does attract people who buy the game, play it for a week and then never touch it again. That's a win for EA because they still paid.