EA HEAR US OUT

First off, we appreciate the effort EA is putting into improving the game, but let’s be honest—updates have been a bit slow, and some recent changes haven’t quite hit the mark. This isn’t just my opinion; it’s feedback from my local gaming community, many of whom don’t speak English but love the game and don’t always get a chance to be heard. Here’s what we think could be improved:

1. Gameplay Issues

Passing – What Happened?

• The 'Gameplay Improvements' update on 3 January 2025 had some good changes—removing skill stuns was a solid move, making things feel more realistic.
• But passing? It’s somehow worse now. Simple one-two passes (literally 5-yard ones) either get intercepted because they’re too slow or, worse, go straight to the opponent. Why?
• Lob through passes are way too strong! Everyone in Champion III is abusing the kickoff glitch, and I concede over 80% of the time. Last year, crossing was fixed to stop spam, but now we’re drowning in lob-through ball spam. It’s killing the realism.

Defending – Auto-Switch Needs Fixing

• When my wing-back overlaps, they can’t track back properly. In these cases, the closest defender in front should be auto-switched, and the wing-back should fall back into position—this is basic football, even at amateur level!
• Goalkeeper intelligence needs work—if a ball is loose between the last defender and the keeper, the keeper should rush forward automatically to clear it. H2H matches are short, and we can’t afford wasted time.
• Player movement feels sluggish—dribbling is too loose, even for players with high ball control stats. They get tackled too easily, even from behind!
• Too many player collisions—whether attacking or defending, my players keep running into each other like they’ve never played together before!

2. Where Are the Updates?

• No new TOTW players after TOTY Nominees B dropped last Thursday? That’s frustrating! Rare cards keep the game fresh.
• Division Rivals rewards haven’t changed—we’re in February, yet we’re still stuck with 99-103 OVR as the max reward? Even Advanced DR maxes out at 105 OVR, and the odds of getting that are less than 1%.
• No new TOTY kits either. It feels like things are stalling.
• If you’re adding TOTW players in the future, at least increase the max OVR to 105—even if it takes more points to get them. Some of us love collecting rare cards!

3. UCL Upgrades – Where Are They?

• We’re in the knockout rounds, yet no OVR upgrades? EA, you mentioned these would happen at the start of the UCL event. Right now, their stats aren’t even top-tier, but their market prices are through the roof!

4. Unrealistic Player Stats

• Most wing-backs should have high defensive work rates—realistically, most teams defend deep and overlap only in attack.
• Messi has 5/5 weak foot, but Ronaldo has 4/5? That doesn’t seem right.
• CBs with medium/high defensive work rates are nearly unusable in-game. Most Barcelona CBs have these work rates, making them ineffective and out of position.
• Too many players have 3-star weak foot when they clearly deserve better:
  • Bruno Fernandes (3/5)
  • Omar Marmoush (3/5)
  • Marcus Rashford (3/5)
  • Arda Güler (5/3)
  • Dušan Vlahović (5/3)
  • Frenkie de Jong (3/5)
  • Viktor Gyökeres (3/5)
• Some forwards need 4-star skills, but EA gave them 3-star instead:
  • Anthony Gordon, Romelu Lukaku, Dušan Vlahović, Viktor Gyökeres, João Pedro, Rodrigo Muniz, Florian Thauvin, Facundo Buonanotte, Raúl Jiménez, Alejandro Garnacho.
• Bruno Fernandes having a high/high work rate is a joke! Even Manchester United fans are laughing at it.

5. Face Scans – Update Needed

Some well-known players still don’t have proper face scans:

Anderson Talisca, Tijjani Reijnders, Nico Paz, Bryan Zaragoza, Hugo Ekitike, Fernando Muslera, Charles De Ketelaere, Gary Medel, Andrei Rațiu, Lucas Chevalier, Marc Casadó, Morgan Rogers, Francisco Conceição, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Riccardo Calafiori, Pau Cubarsí, Aleksandar Pavlović, Kenan Yıldız, Georges Mikautadze, Adam Wharton, Dean Huijsen, Artem Dovbyk, Aleksandr Golovin, Pablo Barrios, Fermín López, Iñaki Peña, Luka Sučić, Alexis Saelemaekers, Kristjan Asllani.

EA has already updated some mid-season (like Alexander Sørloth, Savinho, James Rodríguez, Warren Zaïre-Emery), so why not continue?

6. New Dynamic Cards

Some players haven’t received dynamic cards for ages or only have their base cards. Time to change that!

Jakub Kiwior, Kieran Tierney, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Bernd Leno, Jarrad Branthwaite, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Conor Bradley, Kostas Tsimikas, Ryan Gravenberch, Caoimhín Kelleher, Mateo Kovačić, Harry Maguire, Jonny Evans, Sergio Reguilón, Victor Lindelöf, Altay Bayındır, Tino Livramento, Guglielmo Vicario, Rodrigo Bentancur, Fraser Forster, Lucas Bergvall, Alphonse Areola, José Sá, Carlos Soler, Chris Wood, Pablo Sarabia, Anthony Elanga, Amad Diallo, Clément Lenglet, Oier Sancet, Viktor Tsygankov, Portu, Fran García, Andriy Lunin, Dani Ceballos, Benjamin Šeško, Hugo Duro, Raúl Albiol, Álex Baena, Gonzalo Montiel, Noni Madueke, Filip Jörgensen, Ørjan Nyland, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Lukas Hradecky, Patrik Schick, Maximilian Beier, Nathan Tella, Arthur Theate, Florian Neuhaus, Mathys Tel, Deniz Undav, Angelo Stiller, Alexander Nübel, Bryan Cristante, Mattia Perin, Nicolás González, Michele Di Gregorio, Davide Calabria, and more.

7. Authentic Customization

• Please provide a full set of authentic boots and gloves, not just one or two, and definitely not generic ones from EA.
• Undersleeves are common in real football. It would be a nice addition!

That’s all for now. We love this game and just want to see it keep improving. Thanks, EA, for all the hard work—just help us out. It's the only game we love playing!

Much love, Your Dedicated Players