Hey everyone!The latest update just went live, bringing a bunch of fresh features and systems we’ve been excited to roll out. We want to hear your first impressions: what’s working, what feels cool, and what still could use some polish. Here are the big new ones to dig into: Team Badges — Earn and equip badges to boost your squad. Which badges are you using, and what combos feel strongest? New Rank Up Items / Rank Up Currency System — We’ve replaced the old item-based system. How’s the flow for powering up your players? Training Levels (Separated from Ranks) — Now you can train players up to Level 30 without needing the next Gold Rank. How does that affect your squad building strategy? Matchmaking Lobby — New pre-match features: see your and your opponent’s captains, avoid kit clashes, and enjoy new walkout animations. How’s the vibe? New Formations — 7 new tactical setups added (e.g. 4-2-1-3, 4-1-3-2, 3-4-2-1) across H2H, VSA, and Manager Mode. We read every comment. Your feedback is exactly how we’ll sharpen these systems in the future. Thanks for being part of the team — can’t wait to hear what you think!

The matchmaking lobby is a nice addition, HOWEVER the H2H matchmaking algorithm still stinks and lag from high ping rate is now worse than ever. I normally run at 24ms, but since the update I now regularly experience +100ms (see screenshot from my latest match — which, of course, was a loss!). These matches are not just un-winnable — they’re downright infuriating because the AI basically runs your team and your delayed inputs often undermine what the AI is doing (or vice versa).I’ve been posting about this issue for months (with no acknowledgment or reply from EA) and I’ve seen at least three new posts in the bug reports forum in just the last 24 hours all complaining about the issue and how it’s gotten EVEN WORSE since the update. So, if you guys truly read all of these comments then show it by acknowledging this long-running point of pain.At the end of the day there is no value to winning/buying top player cards if you can’t have FUN using them in real matchplay. Sure, you might be able to keep some folks addicted to the dopamine hit of acquiring a new meta player, but most users are going to want/need more. H2H with a live opponent is where most of us want to experience the thrill of deploying our ultimate team, and if EA can’t get that part of the game right then it really needs to reassess its priorities/values.All of us who love “the beautiful game” beg you (EA) to get this right. You claim that you “listen” to us, but the evidence, at least with respect to H2H play, suggests otherwise. Please SHOW you’re listening by fixing H2H play.

**TLDR**Some UI and eye candy changes were made, yaaaay, but core issues remain untouched making the gameplay crap. Training and ranking systems have been reworked with some welcomed changes but not necessarily improved the game overall to be fair. Matchmaking is still messy. Gameplay still suffers from the same bugs, logic flaws, cheaters and lag. The event, star passes, and LVL pass thing pacing is unbalanced, and rewards continue to feel underwhelming. For a major update, very little has actually changed. All talk, no walk.**** now the full feedback***The obvious elephants in the room (not all of them, just the annoying ones)* LVL first 50 levels usually get completed within a week, the rest of the month we get a dribble of nothing.* Passing is still inaccurate, with barely any improvement* Players panic and go out of position for no reason* Referee logic looks unchanged* VSA still has graphical display issues when showing chance breakdowns* Players don't retain their assigned numbers from the locker room* Subs are still inaccessible during replays, and we’re still limited to 3 subs instead of 5* Weekend Challenge is still on the extreme difficulty, and the rewards are worse — the 105-rated card is worth just 5 shards now, which feels like a slap in the face to the player base. You want to keep it hard, fine but give people a worthy reward, 5 shards is a joke.* Latency display doesn’t reflect the actual experience. Some matches show high ping but play smoothly, others show low ping, but players are warping all over the place* VSA now shows lag to the local server, even though it’s a human vs AI match using the opponent’s squad and the winner is determined by comparing scores after 90 seconds. Makes no sense why there’s lag at all* H2H is all over the place (latency vs gameplay-wise)* Manager Mode still offers little value since there’s not much you can actually do* Probabilities lower than in lotto/casino, lol* Ads remain broken or unreliable when it comes to giving rewards, and there are more of them to watch* You can earn enough event currency in the first week to finish the month’s content, which throws pacing out the window* Star Pass can be completed in a week, leaving you with 20+ days of filler training cards and XP* Cheating is still heavily present* We still can't remove half-joined players in LVLTo answer your questions:**Team Badges**Too early to tell. There seems to be some logic behind it, but we’ll need to see how it plays out long-term and what impact it actually has on gameplay and the market. Looks to be a positive change, but it also may backfire. Time will tell**New Rank Up Items / Rank Up Currency System**Not having to gold rank players to train them to level 30 is definitely a good change. However, removing the ability to rank up with duplicate cards takes away flexibility. The cost of ranking up is pretty much the same whether you're training a top-tier card, a random small club player, or just trying to level someone with green cards. So far, this feels like it brings more negatives than positives.**Training Levels (Separated from Ranks)**Again, skipping gold rank for level 30 is nice, but training costs have gone up overall because we can’t use dupes anymore to green-rank players for training.**Matchmaking Lobby**Being able to see the other team’s kit helps avoid kit clashes, which is useful. But there’s something odd going on with how lineups are selected, and the game keeps randomly changing squad numbers for no reason. Especially seen in VSA, where the chance distribution is out of whack**New Formations - Seven new formations like 4-2-1-3, 4-1-3-2, and 3-4-2-1 were added across H2H, VSA and Manager Mode. That sounds great in theory but means very little while matchmaking is still in its current state. We continue to get matched with players from across the world even outside the top tiers. I have said it many times before. Until players reach the highest levels there is no reason to face someone across the globe. Both sides will lag and at that level of competition there is no real need for global matchmaking. This is not about bringing back strict regions but about keeping matchmaking as regional as possible at least up to level 20 or 30 in Championship.One positive change is that CF, LWB and RWB positions no longer appear to be penalised OOP since the positions were removed. However, cards with an OVR above 105 still receive a -2 OVR penalty when red or gold trained. That is due to the 99% logic rather than any actual OOP penalty (it should be -1 or -2 for base to purple). It feels unfair considering we have had four major OVR increases since this first became a problem.I didn’t play the beta myself, but several people in my league did, and most of their feedback is that gameplay now isn't what they had in Beta. Overall, nice PR, but what gameplay updates? Haha2c

The gameplay is alright but I feel the goal celebrations need improvement. Make the celebrations more realistic, emotional and dramatic,(last minute winners, team hugs, jumping celebrations and knee slide celebrations).and also team tactics should be added in every match we play with our ultimate team not just only in manager mode. Thank you

Please amend the exchange rate of the old rankup to new rankup masc91=100 fine, but 95masc should=1000 & 94masc should=500 & 93masc should=300 Thx

Plz move the market tab back to the home page. Thx

[Feedback thread] New Features Drop! Tell Us What You Think

38 Replies

Niffyahmed2005
Rising Traveler
3 months ago
The gameplay is alright but I feel the goal celebrations need improvement. Make the celebrations more realistic, emotional and dramatic,(last minute winners, team hugs, jumping celebrations and knee slide celebrations).and also team tactics should be added in every match we play with our ultimate team not just only in manager mode. Thank you
pelicanos
New Veteran
3 months ago
Please amend the exchange rate of the old rankup to new rankup masc91=100 fine, but 95masc should=1000 & 94masc should=500 & 93masc should=300 Thx
pelicanos
New Veteran
3 months ago
Plz move the market tab back to the home page. Thx
pelicanos
New Veteran
3 months ago
Have you fixed the tournament preferred lineup selection bug that was introduced last season?
pelicanos
New Veteran
3 months ago
Why have you kept CF?
pelicanos
New Veteran
3 months ago
What happened to daily icon chronicles?
1440666fd7e443ec
Seasoned Ace
3 months ago
The matchmaking lobby is a nice addition, HOWEVER the H2H matchmaking algorithm still stinks and lag from high ping rate is now worse than ever. I normally run at 24ms, but since the update I now regularly experience +100ms (see screenshot from my latest match — which, of course, was a loss!). These matches are not just un-winnable — they’re downright infuriating because the AI basically runs your team and your delayed inputs often undermine what the AI is doing (or vice versa).
I’ve been posting about this issue for months (with no acknowledgment or reply from EA) and I’ve seen at least three new posts in the bug reports forum in just the last 24 hours all complaining about the issue and how it’s gotten EVEN WORSE since the update. So, if you guys truly read all of these comments then show it by acknowledging this long-running point of pain.
At the end of the day there is no value to winning/buying top player cards if you can’t have FUN using them in real matchplay. Sure, you might be able to keep some folks addicted to the dopamine hit of acquiring a new meta player, but most users are going to want/need more. H2H with a live opponent is where most of us want to experience the thrill of deploying our ultimate team, and if EA can’t get that part of the game right then it really needs to reassess its priorities/values.
All of us who love “the beautiful game” beg you (EA) to get this right. You claim that you “listen” to us, but the evidence, at least with respect to H2H play, suggests otherwise. Please SHOW you’re listening by fixing H2H play.
1440666fd7e443ec
Seasoned Ace
3 months ago
New/better goal/celebrations would be fine, but a higher priority for me would be the ability to make substitutions and other tactical changes during the goal replay. After a goal (particularly late in a match when, for example, you’ve just taken a lead and need to bring in fresh legs to defend) is a prime time to make tactical adjustments, but as it currently stands we have just a few seconds during the goal celebration to make changes before the ensuing kickoff. Once the goal replay launches we get locked out and this block of time becomes maddeningly useless. Queuing substitutions in H2H mode is tricky enough because it can mean leaving the AI to control your players while you toggle screens, and in Manager Mode game stoppages seem to be few and far between due to quirks in the simulated action (e.g., an entire 15 minutes in match time can easily elapse without a throw in or other stoppage). Thus, the window of time following a goal is a premium opportunity to make changes. Currently, the goal celebration segment is exceedingly short (just a few seconds) and the chunk of time during the goal replay ought to be made available to users to tweak tactics and make substitutions.
781tgywulloi
Seasoned Newcomer
3 months ago
Well i agree with you brother maybe they are not here for fixing issues i think fc mobile is here for to celebrate
bozc077qq2h2
Rising Adventurer
3 months ago
Wow the lag is so terrible! All games are lagging! Wow just wow 107 are running rampant against 116 gold rank cards, just wow, my players cant even pass and running is [removed, my players cannot even chase them, players are sliding tackle all the time even if I dont press the butron, when doing a skill move either a player shoots them or clears the ball, what new feature??? This is the same old s game from you! You really dont have shame at all!

(cm edit removed caps and language)