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Meerclaw
Rising Rookie
8 months ago

Cheating AI is Squad Battles

I can just about handle the blatant locking of my players in ball control animations that won't let them respond until the AI steals the ball from them, the AI tactics that break the patches of the game by allowing the midfield to drop deeper than they are allowed to for players, the constant boring keep ball it can employ with 0% pass or ball control error, etc.

But the most annoying part of the mode is the blatant referee bias. They let the AI get away with blatant fouls, or if they call them (unless it's a last man challenge) it's almost always a yellow at worst. I've repeatedly given away fouls without even touching the tackle button but the AI can swarm over my player and pull them over without the ref blowing up. The first time I slightly mistime a tackle often results in my player getting a red card while the AI can do exactly the same challenge and it not be called as a foul.

I hate this so much it is hard to find the words to convey it without resorting to expletives. I hate being cheated and your game cheats with disgusting frequency. 

4 Replies

  • Totally agree, the Ai are disgusting in squad battles, especially at legendary level, they have positioning capabilities our teams don't and they foul all the time, almost every ball loss is a foul that is never given and they score goals out of nothing, u can't respond or defend to the goals that are scored, the scripting is worse than rivals 

  • Dao4Deuce's avatar
    Dao4Deuce
    Rising Traveler
    5 months ago

    It really feels like the AI is trolling EA's customers. Like they're trying to **bleep** us off, or even worse, gaslighting us. It's an insidious practice, and it also defies the whole point of difficulty settings. If you play against a more difficult opponent you should be able to learn the mechanics that make them better so that you can rise to their level, but instead, FC25's Squad Battles AI cheats and changes the fundamentals of the game in order to force a feeling of higher difficulty, when in reality, you can't learn how to play better because EA is constantly bending or even changing the rules of the game to make sure you can't do well and you can't earn enough points to get better rewards. It really is disgusting, insidious and insufferable. 

  • 8c566c1248dbde15's avatar
    8c566c1248dbde15
    New Novice
    3 months ago

    Wow, I came on here to find out if I was the only one feeling this way and you wrote everything I have been feeling. Especially when the games count towards your weekly rankings. It most definitely feels as though the AI does things (unfairly so) to gain a particular result. Like, I will be making pin point passes up the field and timing my runs well, but magically the last pass before getting in front of goal will go to the wrong teammate. Often. Or the fact that you will beat the defense with an incredible run or great pass behind the defense to an extremely talented and fast striker but a slower defender, you have had on your team previously, will gain speed they never had when you had them and consistently catch your player. How in the world do you beat that? You gain more talented players, adjust to the game, improve on your mistakes, make a great play, and the defense pulls off a miraculous play often. I out nothing past the gaming companies, couple months back Ubisoft forced a glitch in the Avatar game and as soon as soon as I made a formal complaint on their site…. Magically fixed after months of the game being stuck and attempting to charge money for an update. By the way, what is the point of icons and AI when you can tell I want players from Brazil but continue giving me ones I will never use? I get that the sbcs and market are part of the game but let your consumers eventually attain what they want and enjoy the game so they will purchase the next one… that would be a better use of AI. 

  • 1a2Z3c4k's avatar
    1a2Z3c4k
    Seasoned Ace
    3 months ago

    Hi 8c566c1248dbde15​ 

    That last part, I have been thinking that. It would be nice if maybe the "packs for you " section had some AFFORDABLE player picks based upon the players, leagues, and clubs that YOU use most often. Just a thought, but thank you for bringing this up. All the best to you!

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