Gameplay is constantly changing - what's the reason?

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Hello FC Community,In the last few days I have noticed that the gameplay is very different. I play on the PC.I'm mainly talking about online Ultimate Team game modes like Rivals or Champs.Yesterday, for example, the gameplay was fast, fluid and responsive. TOTY player "Reiten" was agile, fast and I was able to shape the game very well with authentic football.Today, on the other hand: The whole gameplay is slow, passes don't arrive, no matter if the player has playstyles or not. The player reacts very slowly to any input and the game feels far too slow.I play with a maximum ping of 22 ms.I use an Ethernet connection and my network is underutilized. I have a redundant, symmetrical direct connection with 1 GBit down and 1 GBit up.All drivers are up to date, there are no programs running in the background that use the CPU or GPU. The computer temperatures are also top.I have installed the game on a second computer at a different location and started a Rivals game. Same problem here today: slow game, everything feels heavy and immobile and the game is absolutely no fun.My computer has the following specs:Ryzen 7 9800X3DRTX 409064 GB RAM1000W be quiet straight power 12 80+ PlatinumIs the problem perhaps on EA's side? Are the data centers so overloaded that the traffic of the players is not enough to provide a good gaming experience for everyone at the same time?&nbsp;Unfortunately, there is little information about EA's data centers and their connection. Despite my good connection, is my opponent's connection taken into account? Let's assume my opponent is playing via WLAN, has poor reception etc.? How do the data centers compensate for this connection? Is the possible traffic reduced so that both players have equally "bad" gameplay?Questions upon questions, but no solution.EA, I would be very grateful if you could adapt your infrastructure accordingly. These constant changes in gameplay are a really bad thing that take the fun out of the game.I would like to hear the community's opinion on this. Do you also have this problem, if so, how do you proceed?GreetingsYzea

radioshaqs · Answer

@Yzea_S04 Ea has explained in the pitch notes that the other players connection will not affect your experience. It’s not like the old p2p where the game would give you that slow circle and have start stop lag depending on your opponent.

Also ea explained that what you are describing is down to fluctuations in your connection as it’s not always going to be the same.

If there is a server issue they will announce it.

Since you are likely having connection issues the patch will also make that worse as now everything is about pace and speed boosts. Try the connection faq to see if you can improve your gameplay.

me7g0re · Answer

@RadioShaqs Thanks for your reply.I can definitely rule out a connection issue. I have no jitter, maximum 22 ms latency, average 12 ms (thanks to direct backbone connection). Network technology is my daily business.It has nothing to do with the patch. Even before the patch, there were good and bad days when the gameplay felt significantly different than a few days before.

stefujr_ · Answer

It's the same for me. Gameplay is so slow, players can't turn etc. I've had no problem with the gameplay at any time even tho everyone is complaining but now that it feels laggy I don't even enjoy playing.&nbsp;

stefujr_ · Answer

@Stefujr_ Im on PS5 btw. I noticed this same kind of slowness when im playing on big promo nights like when black friday content came out. Probably bc of the amount of people on the servers. I just find it so weird that it has been like this since last night, could it be possible that so many people are still online all the time and EA servers just can't handle it.

redandwhite1874 · Answer

Game is more shambolic than ever.&nbsp; Matchmaking is as shambolic as EA wish it and goalkeepers are still the joke they've always been.&nbsp;

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