I think my time with FC is over.
Hi,
This is directed to EA but i would like all peoples opinion regarding the current state of FC26. I will keep it as diplomatic as i can but there are really mixed feelings regarding the last FC games.
To start things off i think the start of FC26 was the best we had in a while. FC25 was to be honest overall a very boring game to play. 2 dm formations with heavy ai defending and hitting you with hard counters every time, all people played the same formation, same players etc. The launch of FC26 was really good, you got rewarded for attacking, you got rewarded for defending manually and the game overall felt good and responsive. Some major tweaks was needed which the community asked for and it was to nerf kickoffs and corner goals and maybe give a slight buff to jockey. Majority of PC players had hard problems from day one with lagging, input delay etc caused somehow by bad optimization.
We are now in December and the state of the game has gone from fun and playable to really unenjoyable and horrific gameplay especially on PC. AI defending somehow has become worse than it's ever been. The press people can get is crazy, completely unjustified. I and many players i see online witness 3-4 players pressing our ball holding player non stop. Tight defense which is almost impossible to break down and on top of that hard counter attacking which is impossible to defend manually. We went from people trying different formations, different players, different playstyles and getting rewarded for being better to FC25 gameplay all over again but in my opinion much worse. At least in FC25 everyone played on the same premises, here some people have heavy ai defense and some people like me can't figure out how it is possible.
Ball bouncing and tackles are non rewarding if your ai does not intercept it. All balls you intercept manually just goes past the defender or bounces back to your opponent. Another problem people hated with the last FC game.
I read your november update regarding the AI and i think it is a complete joke. How can you even write something like this to us "We’re continuing to watch this space closely, if we make further tweaks they’ll likely be incremental so that we don’t completely shift the balance of the game with a single update. We’ll let you know of any changes in this space ahead of making any updates."
People all over reddit, x, tiktok, twitch and youtube scream for AI defending to be nerfed. It should not be rewarded that AI automatically press you and on top of that hit you with hard counters everytime you lose the ball which is 90% of the time because of this ridiculous press and snap on effect defenders have. Players should get beat by players who are better than them not by in game help they receive which is obviously there. No other PVP game reward people for being worse, NONE.
Also the gameplay on pc has been a disaster for i don't know how long. Complete disaster!! I have the best setup possible with a stable fiber connection and i can't move correctly, everything feels slugish and slow. Bugs which should have been patched long time ago still exist for example rainbow flick shot which goes in 99% of the time.
I really consider quitting FC because this games brings nothing more than stress and zero enjoyment at the moment. Complete disaster. 3K and 3 months of time down the drain.
