[Feedback thread] Gameplay Improvements!— We Want Your Thoughts!

Thanks Goodness I came in right on time to report a lot of terrible jobs. 

I remember I said it here that it will be a slap in the face for players that participated in the beta testing if they don't fix the pressing issues we were reporting. Now the time has come. I will answer your question one after the other.

Question 1: Passing & Through Balls — Are passes and lofted through balls more natural and reliable?

Answer 1: I will not repeat myself again, I posted on the beta forum on passing issues and still EA devs refused to address these issues. You people decided to carryover the problems we've been facing to the new season of FC mobile. The beta version wasn't worse than this nonsense we are playing right now. Driven passes are so so inaccurate for my liking. Through passes are even worse than ever. What did you people really do? Don't you guys watch a proper football match? Huh??? What is up with the balance of the players when they receive passes? Tell me! 

I just don't understand why and why we have to be going backward in fixing a game problem. 

Passes: 4/10

Through passes: 5/10

Don't ask me silly questions, just fix the game. I am very very angry 😡 😡 

Question2:  Kickoff Rush Balancing — Do kickoffs feel fairer without easy breakaway goals?

Answer2: This is the biggest lie ever told in the history of mankind. Increasing the travel time of the ball still has a loophole and it own disadvantages in normal gameplay. 

You increased the travel time and you think there won't be a loophole to exploit? Clowns! 🤡 

If you ask me what loophole I will gladly tell you so you guys can see you people don't listen. 

Loophole:

Increasing the travel time makes passing on it own have a problem to address. How can it be exploited? Good, all you have to do it trigger runner timing. Trigger run and waste more time before you lose possession then pass to the triggered runner to receive the ball because the DEFENDERS are ZOMBIES, they will lose balance and won't be able to defend **bleep**! 

You see how silly it is! Now get back to work and turn off that trigger run at every kick off for 10 minutes of the game then activate it back. That way the game will be a bit balanced. 

If you people like don't listen! 😡😡😡

Kick off rush balance: 2/10.

Disappointment of the highest order!

Question3: Crossing & Headers — Are aerial duels balanced and rewarding?

Answer3: Before I say this, where are the teams in charge of game movement? I need to speak to them individually and get them arrested. 😡😡😡

😮‍💨 Let me calm... (Breathe in and breathe out).

Okay, you people should fix the balance of the players. In fact I forgot to add, why is the ball too bouncy? This is the main culprit of players loosing balance easily. Fix! Fix! Fix! 

You should fix the driven ball crosses, it is so [removed] and players misses too much chances because you people made it to go the wrong direction. Players don't show passing techniques anymore, all the balls goes straight to the opp easily. Fix! Fix! Fix! 😡😡😡😡

Aerial battle: 5/10

Crosses and header: 6/10

Question4: Shooting & Finishing — Do shots feel satisfying and reflect skill + chance creation?

Answer4: No much problem. I will address this later but for now it is okay.

But I will talk about skill moves, tell me why they are so so imperfect. Lane change goes the wrong direction almost every time, elastico is so exaggerated. The skill moves fails 80% of the times. This further shows that EA devs don't play this game at all. They only care about money. Clowns 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 

Rating: 6/10

Question5: Defending, Fouls & Referees — Is tackling sharper, and are fouls being called fairly?

Answer5: Tell me why my defenders aren't actively closing down passing lanes. They are behaving like zombies and colliding a lot. 

Fouls: in my experience, better than last season.

Referees: Tell the referees to stop blocking my views and colliding with my players!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Rating: 6.5/10

Question6: Goalkeepers — Are they making the right saves at the right moments?

Answer6: I will rate it 5/10. You people should look into it well. Tell me why van der sar is now making incredible saves than milinkovic-savic? Do you people have any ideas of who these players are? 

Rating: 5/10

Question 7: Match Presentation — Do you like it? 

Answer 7:  I don't really care about this if you people don't give ys player stats after the match, players rating in the game, and also fix the substitution system. 

Match presentation: 2/10.

Go to my profile, you will see my posts on defending ganeplay, attacking gameplay, substitution system.

Question 8: Matchmaking Lobby — Does the redesigned pre-match flow improve how you get into games?

Answer8: I don't see when my opponent is switching jersey. As funny as it is, it is a big disappointment EA can't do what other football games are doing with ease. Terrible!

Rating: 3/10

One thing I don't understand. Wtf happened to the beta gameplay? Why they didn't implemented?

What update?!!

The game gets stuck on black screen. Can’t login since Thursday in my 116 ovr account. Whats the point of making regular progress if we can’t even login to access our own linked account after a stupid update..!! 

What do you think about the CPU spamming fly-through paths? It's worse than human players and never makes mistakes.
If this keeps happening, we'll lose all motivation to play. Did you even test this properly?

AstralDrifter14​ , you don’t need to say ‘came in right on time’ 😂 Those garbage issues have been around for years for you to report.

After another day of playing, everything that seemed fine went straight back to the old garbage.
Goalkeepers don’t dive — they just rotate 90 degrees on the spot. Opponents can blast shots from ridiculous distances and my keeper won’t do anything. It’s a complete mess, no improvement at all, if anything it’s even worse.

Defense isn’t any better either. In fact, attacking has become even more frustrating. The ball randomly rolls away while dribbling, like the system simply decides you’re going to lose possession. My players look no different from amateur idiots. Defensive switching is trash too — it often won’t switch to the right player who can actually deal with the ball, making it feel like the system is out to screw me on purpose.

Shooting is another disaster. The ball hits the bar way more often now, sometimes even bouncing off 2–3 times in the same attack so you’ll never score. OVR is still meaningless — lower OVR players keep outperforming higher OVR ones, and their players are always smarter while mine, even with higher stats, play like brain-dead morons.

From what I’ve seen, nothing actually improved after the update. All we got was worse connection, dumber AI teammates, unnatural ball physics, and illogical OVR performance. Honestly, this is the first time I’ve seen a new version actually turn out worse than the old one. If they had just left everything as it was, at least it would’ve stayed at the same trash level. Why even bother updating if you’re just going to make things worse?

Dear EA, its been more than 48hours since the last time i logged in to my account.  we have been waiting in patience, but 48hours isn’t enough? 

why things keep getting worse? if all of us didn’t get enough compensation for these, well then maybe the game just going to lose more and more players.

FIX IT ASAP! 

You just keep asking for feedback.. but when we ask queries rarely reply back.  The help text on the game sections won't even get updated or leaves lot of gaps unexplained.  I have been asking about how league tokens system works for a year now especially around when the member count is calculated.. neither in game help answers nor the community here.  

I don't know how but the update has massively reduced enjoyment of the game. Defence seems hugely boosted, such that my 115ovr Son , who has 175 pace, is unable to out run any defender with or without the ball. I've noticed nearly all games since the update are goalless or 1-0. A week ago it was great fun, now it's not. You need to tweak it back to favouring attacking football. 

Passing & Through Balls — Are passes and lofted through balls more natural and reliable?
No. Still unreliable and nothing about them feels smoother or more consistent.

Kickoff Rush Balancing — Do kickoffs feel fairer without easy breakaway goals?
Haven’t really noticed, to be fair. Easy kickoff goals still sneak through.

Crossing & Headers — Are aerial duels balanced and rewarding?
No. Shorter players still outjump taller and more physical ones, which makes zero sense.

Shooting & Finishing — Do shots feel satisfying and reflect skill + chance creation?
Hardly. VSA seems to start slightly closer to the goal so you get maybe one more shot, but finishing is still unrealistic. Goalkeepers are either unbeatable walls or dopey liabilities. Strikers seem to hoof over the bar (or notoriously hit it, like it was a crossbar challenge)

Defending, Fouls & Referees — Is tackling sharper and are fouls being called fairly?
Still way too random. Defenders don't mark when needed and drift into weird positions. Ref decisions are inconsistent — you get penalised for soft contact while the AI gets away with murder.

Goalkeepers — Are they making the right saves at the right moments?
Nope. They still rush out like lunatics at the wrong times. PvE GKs are basically superheroes against you, but let the AI walk right in and score. They also started to splill the ball, especially in the last minutes of the game, letting opponents score an easy goal. Not expected from meta GK's.

Match Presentation — Do you like it?
Sure, it looks nice. But eye candy doesn’t fix broken mechanics.

Matchmaking Lobby — Does the redesigned pre-match flow improve how you get into games?
It’s cleaner, but matchmaking is still a joke. You get paired with players across the world even when you're not in the top 1k, which just causes lag. Regional matchmaking should stay in place until you reach Championship level with 30+ win points. Global matchmaking before that is just annoying.

Overall, lots of talk, no walk. Gameplay barely changed and cheaters are still running free.

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TLDR
Gameplay feels mostly the same, visuals are better, but the core issues — matchmaking, AI bias, random ref calls, and broken mechanics — still exist. For all the noise, not much has actually improved. If not the eye candy and badge addition + change to ranking, I would never guess there was a "major update"