Dear EA Sports Support Team,I am writing to express my deep concern about the current state of FIFA FC24, particularly in the FUT24 mode. While I have already noticed significant gameplay issues, I am now encountering a new and highly disruptive problem: players are abusing the start button throughout entire matches. This has made the game unplayable and unenjoyable, and it is clearly a form of cheating.Here are the specific issues I'm facing:Start Button Abuse: A significant number of players are exploiting the start button to disrupt the flow of the game. They repeatedly press the start button throughout the match, causing the game to become unresponsive and laggy. This abuse of the game mechanics is not only frustrating but also gives an unfair advantage to the abusers, as it breaks the concentration and momentum of their opponents.Impact on Gameplay: This constant pausing leads to a highly unpleasant gaming experience. The frequent interruptions make it impossible to enjoy the game or play it competitively. It is clearly an exploit of the game’s mechanics, and it ruins the integrity of the gameplay.Cheating and Exploiting Mechanics: The abuse of the start button is just one example of players exploiting game mechanics to gain an unfair advantage. This behavior goes against the principles of fair play and sportsmanship that FUT24 FIFA should uphold. It is essential to address these issues to maintain a level playing field for all players.Calls for Immediate Action: I urge EA Sports to take immediate action to address this issue. Implementing measures to limit the use of the start button, introducing penalties for those who abuse it, or improving the game’s responsiveness to such exploits would greatly enhance the gaming experience. Additionally, stricter enforcement of fair play rules and monitoring of such behavior are crucial to deter future exploitation.Other Gameplay Issues: As previously mentioned, there are still ongoing problems with player performance, inconsistent gameplay mechanics, and server issues. Combined with the abuse of game mechanics, these problems make FUT24 almost unplayable at times.As a dedicated player and fan of the FIFA series, I am disappointed by these ongoing issues. I hope that EA Sports will take the necessary steps to fix these problems and ensure a fair and enjoyable gaming experience for everyone. Your attention to this matter and prompt action would be greatly appreciated by the entire FIFA community.Thank you for your time and consideration.

@Burnzee I also thought you only got so many like 3. If someone is continually pressing I assume he means they are cheating by going over the limit somehow. I’ve not seen this kind of cheating but hopefully ea fix it before it gets used every game. I would imagine you wouldn’t even be able to finish a game as people would pause the game indefinitely.

I thought you only got 3 or 4 pauses all game. If they choose to use them then to help with them.I get what you're saying about interruption of the game, but its hardly cheating, unsporting yes. If I have a game and it's been done to me, I take longer to start the game.

All the time I meet players abusing the start button. Come on EA do something!

I just played 10 matches and in every match people abuse the mechanics by continually pressing the start button. It's a circus at this point.

Yes you only have 4 pauses each, so why do they press the start button all the time even if they don't have any more left?They do it through the entire match.My point is about how repeatedly pressing the start button can make the gameplay less responsive, giving players an unfair advantage. This tactic is used only when they are being attacked. I never claimed that you could pause indefinitely; that's obviously not possible.Instead of defending, players rapidly press the start button, causing my team members to freeze or execute erratic actions. This leads to unresponsive gameplay, where players stand still, fail to react to the ball, and don't make any runs. This disrupts the flow of the game and makes it nearly impossible to implement effective attacking strategies. To me that's a clear abuse of game's mechanics.Please test this while you are attacking. When you'll notice that everything suddenly becomes slower, especially the gameplay responsiveness, please press the start button, I bet you that than you'll get a message saying that your opponent has already requested to pause the match. Try this again when there are no more pauses left, try it few times when you are attacking, and you'll always receive the same message, along with a note saying that no more pauses are available. This was initially hard to notice, but I've started to see it happening more frequently. Whenever I try to pause the game, I find that my opponent has already requested a pause. If I press the button again, I can see the message constantly changing, as if my opponent keeps pressing the start button. I was puzzled at first, but then I realized that this behaviour was affecting the gameplay, and I finally connected the dots.Please note: this doesn't work out for them well all the time but most of the time, I'd say 80% of the time.I hope I made my point clear now, if not please let me know and I try to explain it better. Thank you for reading! Your attention and comments on this are very much appreciated.Kind regards,

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StopHandicappin

1 year ago

Urgent: Addressing Cheating and Abuse of Game Mechanics in FUT24

Dear EA Sports Support Team,

I am writing to express my deep concern about the current state of FIFA FC24, particularly in the FUT24 mode. While I have already noticed significant gameplay issues, I am now encountering a new and highly disruptive problem: players are abusing the start button throughout entire matches. This has made the game unplayable and unenjoyable, and it is clearly a form of cheating.

Here are the specific issues I'm facing:

Start Button Abuse: A significant number of players are exploiting the start button to disrupt the flow of the game. They repeatedly press the start button throughout the match, causing the game to become unresponsive and laggy. This abuse of the game mechanics is not only frustrating but also gives an unfair advantage to the abusers, as it breaks the concentration and momentum of their opponents.
Impact on Gameplay: This constant pausing leads to a highly unpleasant gaming experience. The frequent interruptions make it impossible to enjoy the game or play it competitively. It is clearly an exploit of the game’s mechanics, and it ruins the integrity of the gameplay.
Cheating and Exploiting Mechanics: The abuse of the start button is just one example of players exploiting game mechanics to gain an unfair advantage. This behavior goes against the principles of fair play and sportsmanship that FUT24 FIFA should uphold. It is essential to address these issues to maintain a level playing field for all players.
Calls for Immediate Action: I urge EA Sports to take immediate action to address this issue. Implementing measures to limit the use of the start button, introducing penalties for those who abuse it, or improving the game’s responsiveness to such exploits would greatly enhance the gaming experience. Additionally, stricter enforcement of fair play rules and monitoring of such behavior are crucial to deter future exploitation.
Other Gameplay Issues: As previously mentioned, there are still ongoing problems with player performance, inconsistent gameplay mechanics, and server issues. Combined with the abuse of game mechanics, these problems make FUT24 almost unplayable at times.

As a dedicated player and fan of the FIFA series, I am disappointed by these ongoing issues. I hope that EA Sports will take the necessary steps to fix these problems and ensure a fair and enjoyable gaming experience for everyone. Your attention to this matter and prompt action would be greatly appreciated by the entire FIFA community.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

17 Replies

RadioShaqs
Hero
1 year ago
@StopHandicapping Maybe this is something similar to what you are experiencing? It looks like ea isn’t aware of any lag switching. Then again he didn’t say they were hitting the start button.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Ultimate-Team/FC-24-lags-and-hackers/td-p/14017029
RockDokRock
Seasoned Ace
1 year ago
@StopHandicapping IF someone does that just quit. Toxic play is usually a straight quit from me. This time of year the game is unplayable as it's just a skill-move-spam factory and nobody wants to play football... just spam skill moves to themselves.
RadioShaqs
Hero
1 year ago
@RockDokRock While spamming skill moves might be annoying I don’t think that’s the same as cheating like the op is talking about.
RockDokRock
Seasoned Ace
1 year ago
@RadioShaqsNo, it's not. I'm just adding in my own prejudices. But abusing skill mechanics for ridiculous goals is pretty damn close. That shouldn't happen.
Burnzee
Seasoned Veteran
1 year ago
@RadioShaqs I remember that was an issue in the old Madden games with pausing, where your opponent would pause, and there was no limit to get back in to the game, so essentially you could be sitting there for 30 minutes. Why they thought that was a good idea?
Burnzee
Seasoned Veteran
1 year ago
@RockDokRock There is no abuse of the skill mechanics. I dont skill moves myself, however if I am playing someone who decides to do every move from KO. I'll just tackle them and take a yellow. They are the boring players.
RadioShaqs
Hero
1 year ago
@Burnzee People find a way to use anything to annoy you. Before the 3 own goals would kick you people would score an own goal repeat celebrate and take just seconds off the clock. That would make the game take an hour to play. I figured that was what op was originally talking about with pausing.