My honest opinion

Hi EA Team and Community,

I wanted to share my honest feedback regarding the current state of FC 26. As a long-time fan, there are several critical issues that are completely ruining the gameplay experience and making the game incredibly frustrating to play.

1. Mixed Ultimate Team balancing issues and lack of choice

Adding women and men to the same Ultimate Team pools has completely ruined the realism and game balance. Female players are massively overpowered (OP) compared to their real-life counterparts, which makes the matchmaking and squad building feel completely unfair and unrealistic. Furthermore, as a football fan, I do not follow women's football at all. When I pack a female player, it feels unrewarding because I simply don't know who she is. This isn't about being against women's football - it's about a lack of choice. EA should split this into separate Ultimate Team modes: one for men's football, one for women's football, and a mixed one for those who want it. This would satisfy all players.

2. Horrible passing mechanics across all modes

The passing system in this game is an absolute disaster, especially in Ultimate Team, but it also ruins Career Mode and standard matches. Passes are completely inconsistent, slow, and unpredictable. It feels like the worst passing mechanic in the history of the franchise, and it makes the gameplay incredibly frustrating instead of enjoyable.

3. Artificial AI difficulty gap and scripting (Professional vs World Class)

The difficulty balance against the AI is completely broken. On Professional, the game is way too easy and I win every match 5-0 without any effort. But when I switch to World Class, it becomes literally impossible to win. I played 6 matches in a row on World Class and lost all of them in the exact same frustrating way. In the final minutes of a tied match, my goalkeeper suddenly turns into a total amateur, my players lose every header, and the AI gets perfect deflections. It feels heavily scripted, as if the game is completely pre-programmed to force the AI to win in the dying seconds of the match. This dynamic difficulty adjustment completely ruins the fun.

Please look into these core gameplay mechanics and matchmaking options.