Feedback EA FC closed beta

Career mode:

Higher rated academy players- My academy players are rated in the 60s at best and other teams have under 17 regens at 80+

Ability to change positions in the formation (removed in fifa 23 or fc 24 I believe)

More real life brands for kit sponsors in my team

I cant turn players that have a secondary position of striker to a striker e.g. firmino is a cam but takes him 155 weeks to convert to a st and only 3 weeks to make him a cm with 58 defending.

Players that have playstyles in your team gain a playstyle+ when they get to 90 rated but i think when any player reaches 90 overall in the career they should be given a playstyle+ e.g I can't sign a 90+ rated regen and use a playstyle+ on them because they can't get it

Long term and maybe not possible for fc 26 but online career mode would be great and would get lots of ut players coming back to career to play with friends. Would be possible as shown in the f1 games.

Overall was very impressed with some of the changes in the fc 26 beta but still work can be done to improve

What I've been noticing, (even on higher difficulty levels) during authentic gameplay, the AI CPU defenders still jog behind defenders and are still way too passive at closing you down. This leads to repetitive, easy through ball goals. This was an issue in 25 as well. I fear that EA just adjusted sliders without adjusting CPU AI to adapt to this new game speed. What happens is when the sprint speed slider is turned down, this makes AI defenders reaction speed slow down as well, leading to passive, delayed and overall poor reactions.

I've been testing and adjusting sliders for years and this does happen. Slowing down the speed in authentic mode is great, but this means AI defenders still need to be able to sprint in desperation, not jog lazily as they do when sprint speed is turned down.

Outlawcleric2​ thank you for answering my question.

All the best to you!

The Gameplay is much better from 25 for sure, but there are still a lot of issues. The heading, crossing and lofted through balls are still inconsistent (especially the lofted through balls). The first touch isn't the best, and the AI on clubs seem to have somehow gotten worse despite being higher rated than the average player.

EA send me a code for xbox one and I have and ask for a series X and I try playing it but it's 👎 I keep getting pings at 80-100 it's baddddd

Playing career mode and absolutely love it, playing on world class and above on authentic really makes you play football and work the ball as in true life, (please don’t change this under and circumstance) few bugs, sometimes players stars will not change after you level up, almost impossible to get the ball from cpu when they move across the pitch, keepers catching 20 yard rockets like it’s a back pass, please do something with trophy wins/ celebrations, it’s been the same for at least 5 years, I remember when medals used to get put around the players neck, all in all very exited for the new game, p.s live start points and challenges are awesome 

ashm25​ how about lofted through balls, do you see improvement there?

I've been playing the authentic gameplay, within career mode. As for the gameplay itself, I would definitely say it feels way smoother than 25. Passing feels good, attacking runs are smarter as well. Definitely noticing less bounce backs and rebounds from tackles and GK saves. 

There are definitely some bugs in career mode though. Scout reports and transfer offers don't always appear on the task screen. I'm guessing this will be fixed in the full game, or I'd hope so at least.

Overall it feels way better than 25, just a few things to iron out 

The archetypes aren’t a bad idea for me but I think paying to reset your stats isn’t ideal for clubs and seems like a money grab. Specialization should grant you a third play-style plus if it doesn’t already, getting three distinct attributes up to 90 is kind of difficult. I’m indifferent about having to upgrade your stats to get playstyles. All in all this is a very good beta but a LOT of changes are needed before release.