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SilverSpikesOG
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29 days ago

FC 26/27 PRO CLUBS THREAD AND DISCUSSION SUGGESTIONS

I know this is a suggestion forum so EA will probably ban me for posting actual suggestions but I will try again for the 16th year in a row. This is a repost from my FIFA 13, FIFA 17, 18, 20, 21, FIFA 22, FIFA 24, and FIFA 14 to 15 forum posts. I got banned in all of them and everything still applies. Starting from FIFA 10 to 14 Pro Clubs was the best mode you could play. Eleven versus eleven with human players. Having 22 real players like real life football and working together toward one goal felt unreal. After that the mechanics changed into what felt like a run down the wing simulator. One short player runs down the wing holding sprint and presses cross and the tall player heads it in. The gameplay became spamming crosses until it works. I have played in organized 11 versus 11 leagues since FIFA 11 from a ranked number one club in the world to leagues like VIFA VPSA VPFL iFVPAA International VFL IVL WPSA ELITE FC FIFA K1NGZ and l Ambitious l. These were Xbox clubs and third party organized competitive leagues because FIFA never built a proper competitive platform for Clubs. There was a time when people invested real life time into Pro Clubs purely out of passion. Wins felt satisfying and losses felt emotional. The mode had and still has huge potential. Eleven years ago I suggested ideas such as adding substitutions so late teammates can sub in instead of bots, adding a spectator mode so players can watch live in game from the bench, adding optional paid content so EA has incentive to support Pro Clubs, and bringing back proper lobbies, 11 versus 11 modes, and real drop ins so the mode feels alive again instead of empty. I am now in my mid to late 20s remembering that I posted this feedback over a decade ago as a customer who cares about the mode and would even pay more to see improvement. Instead features get renamed like traits becoming archetypes or perks becoming playstyles which is not real improvement. The Pro Clubs population has dropped heavily over the last decade. It is 2022 moving into 2023 and adding one or two real gameplay features should not be impossible. I am from Vancouver British Columbia Canada where the FIFA franchise was developed. I know my ideas are not perfect but at least I tried. FIFA 23 was the last official FIFA title after EA lost the license. Since then we have seen drop in matchmaking issues hackers in Clubs gameplay glitches and mechanics that feel worse than older titles. Instead of focusing on cosmetic animations and visual details focus on gameplay and long requested Pro Clubs features. This mode had the potential to become a major competitive esport platform for eleven versus eleven. Either fully commit to improving the franchise or stop pretending that renamed features are innovation. Many players never got to experience old school Pro Clubs and Pro Ranked matches and they never will.

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  • SincerelyI43's avatar
    SincerelyI43
    Seasoned Veteran
    28 days ago

    I am not sure why EA chooses not to listen to their devoted fans rather than the bandwagon fans who play the game after it comes out on gamepass.  Your suggestions are right on the money and they have been repeated year after year for over a freaking decade by literally thousands of people in these forums.  Instead they have the moderators kick out people so the fanbase never realizes until it is too late that the game is just a simulation and multiple choice animations.  I agree Clubs could have been one of the biggest eSport game3s in the world if only EA cared about anything rather than quick profit.

  • Since FC24, things haven't been the same. Since they shortened the divisions from 10 to just 5, it's frustrating for people who don't play competitively, like me. They also eliminated division titles; now we just get promoted and there's nothing else to do, no recognition whatsoever. And don't even get me started on the playoffs—having to wait two months to play 10-20 matches just to get trophies with no celebration or anything.

  • Tbf now late arrivals can sub in for bots, players can watch the games as long as at least one person is willing to stream it and you can buy points to progress you pro and buy accessories, the only thing you don't have is 11 vs 11 in drop in games, but then again that would be complete chaos. as far as it becoming about just spamming crosses, well that's just the player base finding ways to exploit the mechanics and that will always be a thing. Any proper league you are in will ban those things with height restriction, and other set of rules. 

    BUT 

    I do agree, clubs has more potential then any other game mode and it's a shame that EA can't or won't see that.

  • SilverSpikesOG's avatar
    SilverSpikesOG
    New Veteran
    2 days ago

    only 1 sub and it doesnt always work sometimes its glitched.. and no one can spectate the game from bench either.

  • SilverSpikesOG's avatar
    SilverSpikesOG
    New Veteran
    2 days ago

    They banned me multiple times for over 14 years for posting suggestions I literally have 100+ people who grew up with pro clubs and still loyal to the mode but they always shut us down... we never even get early beta access to test the game or provide feedback

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