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New Vanguard

Re: any solution to input delay?

I'm honestly furious with myself, wanting to play a football game in my spare time I've always had these same issues. Which is why I stopped buying FIFA. I crumbled and bought it after the 10 hour demo was really nice to play.

As soon as I purchased it, gameplay was inconsistent and delayed - always on my end by the way. I won most of my matches but it wasnt fun. Why is delay always my end?

Since the last time I bought FIFA and had these same issues - I've moved home, had a new set up and ISP, I'm running over 800mb speeds on an ethernet cable, every other game works fine. Yet I have the same issues with inconsistent gameplay. I'm on PS5 using an edge controller.

I've been out the loop in terms of the politics of the community and the server or whatever it is issues that I'm sure a lot of others are having, can anyone update me on whats going on and if they are aware or want to fix it? I thought this game was meant to listen to the community.

Please share your experiences - I want to know why only some of us seem to feel these delated issues. Some of my issues below...

Speed up lag when it says I'm on 22-24ping - I have a video here (I was the team in black) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neVhZGd5s9w

Players run the wrong way when switching to them

Opponents know when I'm turning before I do it as the animation is that slow.

Players taking half a second to react to my input when switching to them

Players can't make sharp turns or change direction / adjust there run direction

AI players standing still or jogging back when bering countered on / ai players not involved in the game even if the ball is by them

Players not sprinting

Direction of passing going the wrong way

Team tactics not being followed by ai in terms of forward runs

Players never being anywhere near opposition players when trying to win the ball back

Players not being able to control the ball - it just bounces off them even high skilled players

are there any fixes for this? I'm in Liverpool - it cant be a server issue still now come on?

6 Replies

no_way_mad_tha
New Vanguard
2 days ago
Hi mate - yes sometimes it goes up and down a few ping, not by much never over 30. I’ve tried everything, playing after hours, ethernet cable, switching ISP, new controller, new monitor, gaming routers, router settings, VPN, tactics, in game settings, new cables, nothing changes.
no_way_mad_tha
New Vanguard
2 days ago
Hello mate, I’m in Liverpool. To be honest my gameplay has always been like this. Never have a responsive game. It’s awful. Like you I’ve tried everything. You’ll never get a response here either or help from anyone EA_Megami can you shed some light on this one sided delayed game play? I can handle being beat by better players, but when your own team don’t respond to your inputs it’s soul destroying
Iban_Milan003
Seasoned Adventurer
2 days ago
Welcome to the club that no one wants to be a part of. This game is total trash.
I'm in the same boat as you. I stopped playing these games as soon as it became overtly pay to win, but I caved because I couldn't contain my excitement over the WC next summer. It feels like I'm battling the connection more than I'm battling my opponents. Stuttering while I'm powering up my shots and corner kicks. It freezes for a fraction of a second when I'm jockeying and when it comes back, my RB runs out of bounds and the LW is 1v1 with the GK.
I've read online that unstable connect can cause your players to have poor ball control. I know it creates problems for me when dribbling. I'm charging down the left wing and turn my left stick counter clockwise from 7 o'clock to 2 o'clock. My player should turn wide and create separation before dribbling inside. What ends up happening is my player turning directly into the CB/CDM or my player flicking the ball inside as if I went from 7 to 2 directly.
I can handle losing to better players (low bar). But it's difficult to accept a loss because of some BS like your gameplay clip above.
This is especially frustrating because of the poultry rewards for completing huge objectives and SBCs. Seems like they are really promoting packs in the store. I spent $100 on the Ultimate edition and that was $200 too many.
I'm just speed running the trophies as fast as I can. Anyone is welcome to send me an invite to their Pro Clubs team.
hatters33
Rising Adventurer
2 days ago
The lag and responsiveness is nothing to do with networks or servers i play offline and no Internet on and its just as bad its all game cheats to delay you getting to the ball they do it because the CPU AI is just crap only way they can justify how poor it is , is to make you seem bad 👎
blue166
Rising Ace
2 days ago
Who is your actual ISP provider guy's?
Also what router have you got?
Are others using the connection at the same time as you? If so what are they doing with it?
Do you monitor your ping in game? Does it vary much during play? Does it jump around much by several milliseconds?
PastieSmasher
Rising Novice
2 days ago
Mate I’m up in Newcastle and having most of the same issues you’re having, I’m on 1gb fibre connected via Ethernet and getting between 10-20 ping but gameplay is shocking! The input delay is horrendous even when connected via a USB cable. I’ve adjusted so many settings to try and resolve the issues but clearly the problems are on EA’s side. Doesn’t help that with every update they seem to make the game worse 🤯