Player Career: Replace Hard Position Locks with Recommendations

I would like to suggest reconsidering the new hard position restrictions for Archetypes in FC 27 Player Career.

In FC 26, Archetypes had recommended positions. These positions were highlighted when creating a player, but they were recommendations rather than restrictions. Players could still choose another position if it better suited the type of player they wanted to create.

For example, in FC 26 I played a Creator with the Beckham-inspired Architect Mastery as an RM for a long-term Player Career save. RM was not one of the recommended positions for Creator, but the game still allowed me to select it.

In FC 27, this is no longer possible. Creator is restricted to CDM, CM and CAM, so an Architect player cannot be created at RM or LM.

I think this change unnecessarily reduces the freedom of Player Career, especially because some Archetypes and Masteries are designed around gameplay that naturally fits positions outside their current allowed-position list.

Architect is a particularly clear example. It is inspired by David Beckham, and its gameplay design and additional perk encourage long passing, crossing and creating chances from wide areas. A wide midfielder is therefore a very natural way to use this Mastery, but FC 27 prevents the player from selecting RM or LM.

There are similar inconsistencies elsewhere. Marauder is inspired by Cafu, Roberto Carlos and Lilian Thuram, and parts of its gameplay design also encourage wide play, yet it currently cannot be selected at LB or RB.

I have reported the Marauder/Disruptor position issue separately as a possible bug. However, I think the broader problem is the new hard restriction system itself.

Player Career is a single-player mode built around creating and developing your own footballer. I think Archetypes should guide the player toward suitable positions without preventing other role-playing and tactical choices.

My suggestion is to restore the FC 26 approach: keep recommended positions and highlight them in the creation menu, but allow the player to choose other positions.

This would preserve the intended identity of each Archetype while giving Player Career players the freedom to create different interpretations of those Archetypes.

For example, Creator could still recommend CDM, CM and CAM, while allowing a player to create a Beckham-style RM Architect if that is the career they want to play.

Please consider restoring recommended positions instead of hard position restrictions for Player Career Archetypes.