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.
