Let's be honest.

bevis2k9​ 

Hi Bro, most of us actually agree with you. And honestly, that’s the saddest part about all of this.

People here have been writing the exact same feedback for months — some even since launch — only for EA to respond with what feels like endless patches trying to fix previous patches. It’s basically a cycle of “update the update that broke the last update.”

The issues you described with passing logic, defensive positioning, AI behaviour, input delay, and connection inconsistency are brought up constantly on this forum. The problem is not lack of feedback anymore. The community has explained these problems in detail countless times. The real issue is that almost nothing ever gets acknowledged properly.

If you spend 10 minutes browsing posts here, you’ll quickly realise most players are saying the same thing:

• gameplay changes from hour to hour,
• players randomly become heavy and unresponsive,
• AI positioning makes no sense,
• manual defending gets punished,
• patches create more instability instead of balance.

And sadly, you’ll also notice another pattern: almost no meaningful communication from EA. Very few replies, almost no technical explanations, and rarely any visible action based on what players are actually reporting.

You’ll definitely get support and sympathy from a lot of people here because many are experiencing the same thing. You’ll probably get plenty of likes too. But beyond that… this forum often feels like a dead end.

At this point the gameplay feels less like football and more like different patches fighting each other in real time.

Your point about EA trying to please everybody is probably one of the biggest issues. One side wants heavy AI assistance, another wants manual skill gaps. One group wants slower gameplay, another wants arcade speed. One patch buffs defending, the next nerfs it, then partially buffs it again. The game ends up confused about what it actually wants to be.

Honestly, the most frustrating thing is that underneath all this chaos there is a good football game hiding somewhere in there. Every now and then gameplay becomes smooth for a few hours or a day and suddenly everything works — movement, passing, dribbling, positioning. However, this last for very short time and the whole gameplay suddenly shifts to unplayable, and that basically is the gameplay cycle.