Restrictive Matchmaking in Online Seasons
Hi, Can anyone playing the ea fc 25 beta please let us know if restrictive matchmaking works in Online Seasons? If i pick a 4 star team, will the game give me games with 5 star teams like Man City, ...
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We must have been playing different games then because I've had the issue for years hence why I lost interest in the mode and maybe your not understanding what I say. If no one is picking a 4 star team or lower whilst your trying to play how can you be matched? Can only get a match against what's available
as of FIFA 23 on PS4, there was restrictive matchmaking. it definitely worked. and i already said that restrictive marchmaking does not mean 4 star vs 4 star strictly. it can be 4 star vs 4.5 stars. there are plenty of people using 4.5 star teams. but in ea fc 24, ea decided to take the mad decision to just let it be a free for all and let 4 star teams and even 3.5 star teams meet 5 star teams. you can’t understand the concept of 4 v 4.5 star team?
@dazzelecloudy I don’t think He understands what you say. If you put restrictive and 4 stars, You NEVER Should play against 5 stars teams. The Game should continue to search again and again until it finds a 4 or 4.5 team.
I played in semi assisted with former Fifa and I must make a search 10 or 15 times to find an opponent. It means that the matchmaking worked and not in FC 24@martinhoAlonso thank you! finally someone understands the concept of restrictive matchmaking. look how sad it is though with the EA moderators completely ignoring Seasons players and issues. it is shameful
@dazzelecloudy And it should be very easy to fix. It worked with old et Fifa (21,22,23) and it is only FC 24 where it doesn’t work. If the problem is still there , I won’t Buy FC 25. And with the crossplatform and the Number of players, you should put not very long to find a 4 stars opponent.
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The difference between you and me is that I am fine with playing vs. better teams.
To become a better player you have to play vs. better players.
Playing vs. equal players will expand the process getting better and better.
These better players will do moves, passes and pressing a worse player would not do.
You learn from the better players/teams to win, not from the worse.
- Hi All,
OK, I am now going to weigh in on this one since not everyone likes Ultimate Team and tbh I have never liked the idea of it and never enjoyed the thought of boost cards etc... and all the tosh that comes with it. But that is IMO.
So, I have always been a Seasons player from day dot. I have played every (yes every) FIFA/EAFC installment. PES etc...
Enough about that.
So, for Seasons you will sometimes see 20K+ at any given time playing online. It was a great move by EA to add cross play so Xbox players could play PC and PlayStation, vice versa etc...
So there is plenty of people playing at any given time in Europe. I was playing with 4 and a half star Chelsea last Season (for most of it) Now, most of the time I do the following as I know how the match making in this game works. I search and back out after 5 seconds, search again rinse and repeat until I find a game. You will find after EA made changes that by doing that it will lock you in to a match often quicker and usually more likely to meet within half a star of what you have chosen. More times than not it will try to get you are 4 and a half star. But if you leave the search longer it searches further a field (so higher latency game as opponent will be further away) and it will then attempt to find you any opponent on any star.
The key here is to leave the search for around 5 seconds then back out and repeat. It has worked for me the last 2 FIFAs and I continue to do this for match making.
I also hate International teams playing club etc... so I nail it right down.
I suggest you try that search method for starters.
Personally. I don't mind meeting Man City, Real Madrid etc... as I like attempting to beat those people and get great satisfaction in doing so. But I totally understand people wanting the star they are playing with.
Seasons is a great mode for those who prefer stock teams and stock players. I for one definitely do.
Let me know how you get on. I am a super veteran of this game.@blue166 thanks for the reply and for confirming that seasons database of players is larger than people think.
you have raised an interesting point with regards to how if a game is found within 5 seconds, it is most likely a fair match. although if u are using chelsea as a 4.5 star team, i think man city and real madrid will be considered fair matches too as chelsea is only 0.5 stars away. i recall before ea fc 24, the 4.5 star teams were divided into 2 - the stronger 4.5 star teams were able to get real madrid, man city etc. the weaker ones like newcastle, bayer leverkusen will not. that was the era of genuine, real proper restrictive matchmaking and i really hope it returns in ea fc 25. i have been trying to confirm this but all of the ea moderators here simply ignore this thread, even though it has the highest post counts
