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Oldman_Sparky_YT
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago

I’m fed up with pay to win online……plus why is game so broken

I very rarely play online for 1 simple reason, the game is pay to win. As I play for free I’m punished at every opportunity.

i don’t even buy the game, and haven’t done for the last 2 years because of the same issue, this year my son messed up and gifted me the game.

i played some online games today, and its even more of a notice, every team I played has messi that was given out for free during that 1 hour that EA is brushing under the carpet, and all have other toty players. I opened 50-60 free packs and got nothing, and because I play for free and meant to be for fun, I don’t trade etc, so trying to get coins to buy a toty player that’s good is impossible because of bad pack luck and nothing much seems tradable anymore

but onto the game play, i have a full fibre connection to the house on 500mbps hard wired to my ps5. I go into a game with 10-15 ping, not that it seems that matters with the poor servers EA use. And the game seems clunky and delayed in doing anything, except the game is reading my inputs as I have the controllers showing for input delays.

the passing is nowhere near as it should be, the players can’t dribble, or tackle. And with delays to shooting it’s easy to defend against. But I’ve noticed th the few games I’ve played, my team seems worse when playing against teams without 1st owners, it may just be me noticing the little things because the game is infuriating when you press pass, a delay and the ball is 5 yards nowhere near my player, then you see the oppo playing short fast passing with no issues, to the feet etc.

for this game to be successful EA needs to remove the very overpowered cards, an hernadez lb toty with 100 pace nearly shouldn’t be a thing, as that when the AI is in control of it cuts out any cross ball with no user input at all is just ridiculous, or the defending from AI being allowed to be so broken with certain players needs removing so the real human controlling actually needs to learn to play

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  • @Oldman_Sparky_YT100%


    I can’t figure out how a competitive game mode can have such an advantage applied by paying.

    If you get Mbappe you will win more games. If you open enough packs you’ll get Mbappe or enough coins for him.

    Then there’s the game setup, divisions

    You’ll only know your rank by yourdivision, you’ll get relegated every few weeks so any sense of progress will get reset
    You don’t have any reward or any token of your skill progression that can’t also be purchased from the store.

    This is all a funnel, the whole system and the whole way of engaging with the game is a funnel to the store.



    Unless, you don’t play for any rewards. And you only play to play. And if it isn’t worth it to you, don’t play at all. That I think is the only way to engage with the game.

    so finally to actually reply to you. I’m on on the no pay tip as well, and I don’t care about rewards.

    i don’t care about winning or losing I only care if I’m having fun and when I can’t have fun I stop. 

    stopped for a month an half, I’m having fun now, but may stop again

  • number5's avatar
    number5
    New Veteran
    2 years ago

    I agree with the gameplay but the pay to play thing is iffy. I think EA swing the game from time to time to benefit or balance certain players. I win the same amount of games whether I use my Toty players or icons vs when I use a Gold team. I’m currently 10 wins with this WL with a gold team and haven’t finished. The toty team I started my first few games with sucked. The three lettter acronym was through the roof trying to balance things and keep my opponent in the game. 
    what I’m saying it’s definitely pay to play but it’s just as unfair to someone with a good->very good team who is getting all the |)|)@ 

    this is the first year I’ve spent a couple hundred bucks and it’s made zero difference. One game my  high rated players are amazing the next they can’t even pass. 
    I will admit there are some players, Sawa, gullit, VVD, who are meta no matter what but the rest get nerfed occasionally due factors outside our control 

  • StuBoy1984's avatar
    StuBoy1984
    Seasoned Veteran
    2 years ago

    What do we expect from a company whose employees were seeking icons to people for real money that they think we all forgot about

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