EA Sports UFC 5 released A LOT of new goodies for us today! Two new ranked fighters and another big gameplay update! The tallest Lightweight in the land, The Tarantula, Jalin Turner is finally playable. He is joined by Philly's own Sean Brady at Welterweight. Also peep Suga Sean O'Malley in his new sigh hot pink Champion shorts.
See official gameplay updates below:
STRIKING
Increased the stamina cost of blocked, missed, and evaded strikes in stand-up.
+ 7.5% for blocked strikes
+ 10% for missed and evaded strikes
Fixed a tracking issue with spinning strikes.
Spinning strikes were unduly tracking evasions and it was possible to evade them. Now, they should behave like the other strikes.
Reduced the base damage and range of the spinning elbows:
Lead: 30 to 25
Rear: 35 to 20
The range was reduced from that of a jab range to that of a regular stand-up elbow range.
Reduced the block stun caused by the spinning elbows.
Halved the block damage caused by spinning elbows (10% to 5%).
Quadrupled the vulnerability conceded by the spinning elbows.
Reduced the base damage of the regular stand-up elbows:
Lead: 20 to 17.5
Rear: 25 to 22.5
Slightly increased the vulnerability conceded by the regular stand-up elbows.
From the same as a jab to that of a hook.
Made it harder to cause the special guard breaks of specific kicks, such as hook kicks and the rolling thunder.
The long-term block health threshold changed from 85 (15 damage) to 60 (40 damage).
Removed an unintended damage penalty from nose injuries.
It affected straight and upper arc strikes, increasing the damage by over 30%. This fix should reduce the compounding effect of causing a nose injury and make corresponding doctor stoppages significantly harder to achieve. (Nose injuries continue to inflict a 15% penalty to short-term stamina recovery speed.)
(Improved blood particle effects from big hits when the fighter is bleeding significantly from the nose or mouth. This change was in the previous patch, but not informed in the patch notes.)
GRAPPLING
Canceling a double leg into the over-under clinch will now require a 1% stamina advantage.
Reduced the stamina advantage requirement for canceling the single leg and low single leg into the back clinch from 30% to 20%.
Ground and Pound Submissions will now require a health event.
This change’s goal is to prevent the “submission true combos” that were possible by stringing deep submissions/desperate escapes that ended up in a ground-and-pound position right into another submission attempt and subsequent finish.
Reduced the stamina advantage requirement of some ground and pound transitions:
From Postured Full Guard to Stack Guard: 50 to 10
Stack Guard to Half Guard: 10 to 5
Stack Guard to Side Control: 25 to 10
Fixed an issue with the D’arce struggle animation temporarily hiding other actions.
Added a heel hook entry to the top stack guard ground and pound position.
It requires “Heel Hook Level 1,” and, according to how the ground and pound submissions shall work after this patch, it also requires a health event.
The input is:
Playstation: L2 + R1 + DOWN on the Right Stick
Xbox: LT + RB + DOWN on the Right Stick is
Allowed the muscle modifier to be used in the transitions from bottom mount to bottom back mount.
The mount feels slightly too strong after some recent ground and pound tuning. This new change is designed as an authentic and dynamic option for the bottom fighter. Its viability will likely depend on whether the attacker is more dangerous with ground and pound or submissions, as spending a lot of stamina to turn your back will mean playing with fire against the threat of a rear naked choke or armbar.
Slightly reduced facial redness during submissions.
MISC. ADDITIONS AND UPDATES
Fixed several rare crashes