Hello EA, in the latest version, the strength of the AI teams has been increased to a degree that is hard to imagine. They possess extremely powerful reaction speeds, making it very difficult for players to get through them, and all fancy moves are rendered meaningless in front of them. This has resulted in ordinary players like myself struggling to obtain rewards in missions. I hope EA can weaken the strength of the AI teams or enhance the AI assistance for the player's team (at least don't make them look like idiots).

Product: EA SPORTS FC MobilePlatform:iOSWhat's your device's make and model? iPad 9th genWhat's your device's firmware? iPadOS 17.6.1What is your game version? latestIn what game mode did the bug occur? Live EventHow often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)What happens when the bug occurs? Gameplay difficulty is off, rewards are sometimes given even when game is lostWhat time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) 17:30This has been occuring ever since the last update. Gameplay in Icon Chronicles has gotten ridiculously hard. When playing with my 104OVR team against a 85 or 90 team, their attackers are much faster than my fast 103 defender, and are unstoppable. My 103 ST gets stopped easily by much weaker defenders. And so on, and so on, It's next to impossible to win the games!But the weird thing is, in a number of the games I lost, I still got a "YOU WON" screen at the end, and I got the reward. Something's not going as it should!

Same here… I can’t even win the Weekend Challenge anymore. My team is 106 OVR and I stand zero chance - even the Chronicle Matches are difficult now. Opponent team has 85 OVR but the team plays like it had 120 OVR. Just stupid• My players can’t outrun the opponent• My players run around like blind lice in a maze• My players can’t utilize their skill moves• My players get swarmed by 3-4 opponentsit feels like the opponent has 35 players on their team; haha… The opponent team is just WAY to overpowered now. I remember this happened once before, and EA turned it down again. Let’s hope enough people complain about this

I think it just shows how little EA cares about it's player base. I'd like to see their reasoning and testing process that decided whacking the difficulty level up was a brilliant idea. Was any peer testing done? Was it with people with "normal" squads (so 104 OVR or lower)?Or was it just a finger in the air and a "F*ck 'em that'll do" approach?They gave it all the big 'un that Anniversary event was going to be spectacular and instead bumped up the AI difficulty 100% instead of 10%, didn't increase the rewards to match the sweatiness involved to beat it. Forced players into more H2H mode matches (I actively avoid H2H) made it more difficult to score in VSA mode. Messed up the search function in the market. Reduced opportunities to get Mascherano while inflating market prices of tradeable players.Also, in the UK it's nearly impossible to get the rewards from watching the video adverts too. Yet another shining example of the vast incompetence of the FC Mobile team. If I wanted a weekend sweat fest for irrelevant rewards I'd go play FC25 on console.It's a perfect example of how to alienate your player base and hope the whales keep plowing money into it to verify your decision to ruin the game for the casual users.

Just tried again, it's totally ridiculous. @EA_Illium please tell the team, because they need to fix this ASAP. Maybe it was a bit too easy before, but they overcompensated and now it doesn't make any sense.

Since the update to anniversary the gameplay AI has become more difficult which is expected. What I can't fathom is why the struggle between an 85 OVR team (AI) vs 104+ Team (user) is a competition with that large of a range difference.Recently played Frank lampard Main Icons match which is professional and it was challenging as 104+ (mainly 30 Trained players) team performed terribly unable to outrun, out maneuver the 85 OVR team (player status 6 Trained)Worse of all 104 players unable to defend or catch break away attempts, goal keepers out of position and unable to make simple saves.The disparity between OVR and training should not allow a team to be this challenging.I won but wow something is off!

AI Too Difficult (not a happy anniversary)

140 Replies

JackGasoline
Seasoned Scout
6 months ago
Product: EA SPORTS FC Mobile
Platform:iOS
What's your device's make and model? iPad 9th gen
What's your device's firmware? iPadOS 17.6.1
What is your game version? latest
In what game mode did the bug occur? Live Event
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What happens when the bug occurs? Gameplay difficulty is off, rewards are sometimes given even when game is lost
What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) 17:30
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This has been occuring ever since the last update. Gameplay in Icon Chronicles has gotten ridiculously hard. When playing with my 104OVR team against a 85 or 90 team, their attackers are much faster than my fast 103 defender, and are unstoppable. My 103 ST gets stopped easily by much weaker defenders. And so on, and so on, It's next to impossible to win the games!
But the weird thing is, in a number of the games I lost, I still got a "YOU WON" screen at the end, and I got the reward. Something's not going as it should!
EA_Illium
Community Manager
6 months ago
Hi @JackGasoline, Thanks for this I can pass it on to the team!
Lincoln6161
New Adventurer
6 months ago
I have exactly the same problem. The level of the teams have been increased, that's totally crazy ! What a bad update !
861545354982166
6 months ago
I'm not getting the 'you won' message but I'm having the same experience - I just used all of my daily tokens trying to get past the daily Raul game and it's absolutely impossible. My team is 101OVR and the opposition is 85! Even on automated play my players are getting completely swamped and are completely no match for their opponents. I know it's on World Class but this is ridiculous.
Sanyosa
Seasoned Ace
6 months ago
@EA_Illium AI was upgrades too much since the last update. My team is 105 ovr and I can't win Carlos and Raul matches because the AI players are much faster and stronger and they should be 15-20 ovr weaker than my players
Sanyosa
Seasoned Ace
6 months ago
@JackGasoline Now EA fixed the issue of lost games awarding wins but the AI stays as strong as it was. Food for thought, be careful what you write 😉
JackGasoline
Seasoned Scout
6 months ago
@EA_Illium wrote:
Hi @JackGasoline, Thanks for this I can pass it on to the team!

Did you pass the entire thing on to the team? Would be a bit unfair to fix one part and not address the other part!
JackGasoline
Seasoned Scout
6 months ago
Just tried again, it's totally ridiculous. @EA_Illium please tell the team, because they need to fix this ASAP. Maybe it was a bit too easy before, but they overcompensated and now it doesn't make any sense.
djenergy84
6 months ago
@II_Emilia1962_II The worst update ever! I've been demoted from FC champion I to Legendary II in a glance. I don't understand what did they do with the gameplay. I can’t manage to play the same. It’s obvious that it’s not as it used to be. I’m thinking of giving up on this game after all the money and time spent 😔
How_Craig
6 months ago
Since the update to anniversary the gameplay AI has become more difficult which is expected. What I can't fathom is why the struggle between an 85 OVR team (AI) vs 104+ Team (user) is a competition with that large of a range difference.
Recently played Frank lampard Main Icons match which is professional and it was challenging as 104+ (mainly 30 Trained players) team performed terribly unable to outrun, out maneuver the 85 OVR team (player status 6 Trained)
Worse of all 104 players unable to defend or catch break away attempts, goal keepers out of position and unable to make simple saves.
The disparity between OVR and training should not allow a team to be this challenging.
I won but wow something is off!