Hi Ali,
As explained by many people after the beta patch the whole gameplay changes. Apart from the fact that now stats are saved in the dropped matches and quitters loose out on star rating another improvement is that the lag is much lesser now. Comming to gameplay , if a bowler can mix up his deliveries i.e. bowl slower deliveries and inswinging yorkers he can have the batsmen in a corner. It is just like before the patch bowling a offcutter outside offstump was. You need a lot of practice to judge the slower balls. Also by default the the bowling marker doesnt startup in a sweet spot, instead its placed in the middle of the pitch and you have comparitively very little time tp get it to where you want to pitch it. Also the bowling cursor moves very slowly and hence those people (like me:doh) who move their cursors to confuse the batsmen dont have that luxury now. It should also be noted that the batsmen also has much lesser time to react and place their shots. So if you have a competent bowler at hand , batting could be much more difficult. Also the Batsman's confidence meter plays an important role. If a Batsman is fearless and he plays a lofted shot which is risky and does not time it well, the shot will stay grounded, similarly it is very easy to bowl out tail enders who are timid in confidence meters by just bowling em yorkers. very real if you ask me. Unlike prepatched version the Fast medium and Medium fast bowlers are now equally and sometimes more deadly than fast bowlers now, thnx to slower balls. Also the timing meter for all types of pacers is now the same. Alas the spinners are still very easy to put away, unless you are playing in conditions totally favoring them , i.e. you provide them an older ball (possible only in games longer than 20 overs), a slow pitch like Kolkata on say Day 4 or 5 with afternoon or night time. Also the offline gameplay has been improved tremendously and on a Hard setting much more realistic matches take place unlike the carnage that was before. Hopefully the mini review will be useful to you.
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