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Crittz11589
9 months ago

Dynamic Potential Completely Broken

I spent a ton of hours scouting youth players that we "exact" players that I wanted for my team all of my starting 11 "HAD POTENTIAL TO BE SPECIAL" which is 90+ overall after my first season 2 players aren't even "Showing great potential" which means they wont reach a 80. 6 are only "Showing great potential" 80-85. and only 3 are "Exciting Prospect" 85-89. None of them not even 1 are still Has The Potential To Be Special. 

I know that amount of matches and match rating can effect this changing from season to season. However I play to just have fun and most all of my offensive players average 9.5 or higher for the hole season with over 50+ appearances. And my defensive players all averaged 8.6-9 for the whole season with over 45-50 appearances. Obviously these numbers aren't realistic which is all the more reason that every single player on my team should still have "The Potential To Be Special." 

I know that you can save the game right before the season switches and you get that next season loading screen I did this and reloaded into my second season several times to see if it was different any of the times but it wasn't every single player on my team had there potential completely tanked. This needs to be fixed, and honestly I with they would just remove it all together its a dumb feature if your scouting players and you know there Max potential that shouldn't be able to change. Yes some players might never reach a "Deemed Potential" this is the case in real life, but the Potential shouldn't be affected. An example that I can think of in the real world would be Christian Pulisic. He had so much hype coming out of the states at 17-18 years old and really hadn't amounted to much till half way through last season. He is 26 now and really just seems to be a "late bloomer". This is just one example I'm sure there are tons that have happened around the world. 

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7 Replies

  • CinKid73's avatar
    CinKid73
    Rising Veteran
    9 months ago

    Have been reporting on this issue for over five years. Largest problem occurs when conducting a Manger Career mode save with lower league or second/third tier clubs that have minimal transfer funds. After scouting a player who displays the the enhanced attributes (potential to be special, or other high potential indicators), and purchasing the player, immediately upon entering the squad hub that player exhibits the low potential nomenclature 'At the club since 2024', and fails to achieve a high rating (80+), even after three or four seasons. For bottom table clubs, this singular player acquisition can consume the entirety of the transfer budget, resulting in missed opportunities.

    https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Manager-Career-High-Potential-Rated-Players-Becoming-Slow-Growth/m-p/14114536

  • aenima6969's avatar
    aenima6969
    Rising Veteran
    9 months ago
    @Crittz11589 Its like this disappears... if you loan the player it disappears for sure and has been like that for years. Like CinKid said, this happens at the smaller clubs, but Ive seen it happy at mid and larger clubs too. The youth system in this game is still broken, no matter how much they introduce new stuff to it to improve the players, they still suck and by the time they are good, the next game has come out or Ive stopped playing this one because its boring.
  • Crittz11589's avatar
    Crittz11589
    9 months ago

    The scenario I'm talking about is the youth academy where you can play with the players in the youth tournaments and you can see there actual full potential like right now i have a 14 yr old CM that has a max potential of a 97 but now I'm afraid to promote him because his potential will end up screwed up at the end of a season even if i play every game and do good with him. 

  • JustinCase0110's avatar
    JustinCase0110
    Seasoned Ace
    9 months ago

    The dynamic potential has been broken since its introduction, I'm afraid. With all the things you need to decide when starting a career, it baffles me that there isn't a "Player potential - dynamic or fixed" option available.

    I also miss the days where a young player can get 10-15 games in a season, and it's viewed as a good progression for his development. Now it's like they need to play 95% of the games. I think. It's not like this threshold is easy to tell anyway.

  • t1heone's avatar
    t1heone
    9 months ago

    I waited to buy the game just hoping the ANNUAL crap was fixed….but once again EA has let me down. I knew I shouldn’t have purchased it but I did anyway after some reviews. But now the normal crap is returning. After first season I’ll have loan glitch the entire team to get them back where they should. I’ll stop playing the game after that until there’s a fix, and that won’t happen until some time in early spring.

  • Crittz11589's avatar
    Crittz11589
    9 months ago

    If you loan glitch your players you brake the ability to get playstyle + traits just remember that.

  • Crittz11589's avatar
    Crittz11589
    9 months ago
    @JustinCase0110 I feel like a fix should be a change in training between matches instead of "Sharpness" of "fitness" they could add a 3rd and have it as something for there overall rating so they still progress as a youngster not get 45+ appearances a year.

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