Thought I'd check back in to see if EA ha grown a braincell and decided to fix this before 2026... apparently not.
On a different note, ones of my sons who used to love Fifa but doesn't play anymore (smart) came over and was shocked I wasn't on the game being black Friday and all. Told him how bad it was and that I had quit.
He wanted to see for himself so booted the game up an he tried 1 Live event game, bare in mind he loves skilling and dribbling, he even said "what the hell is wrong with this game". Told him to try squad battles (Which he barely touched as he found it boring) and even he said "Why is squad battles sweatier than online, don't EA realise people play SB's because It's not like online play"... I rest my case.
Extra side note, that old theory of don't play for a while and get better pack luck is BS, we opened some 60 odd packs I had on there and got 2 bottom feeder promos an a few informs, either that or I've done so much moaning on here that EA have put me on the naughty list.