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1440666fd7e443ec
Seasoned Ace
4 months ago

Give us 5 instead of 3 substitutions

Virtually all of the world’s top leagues now permit 5 substitutions (across three “windows”). Isn’t it about time FCM was updated to reflect the modern game? We pay (or labor) to assemble our fantasy squad but are currently prevented from using many of these players because of out-of-date substitution parameters.

On a related note…. Can EA please allow us to use the time during a goal replay to execute a substitution. I, for one, would much rather use these brief moments to make a tactical adjustment rather than watch a replay (which, frankly, just aren’t that exciting most of the time). Especially in late-game situations, the scoring of goal is precisely the moment when a user most wants/needs to bring on an extra attacker or a fresh defender. Given the relative infrequency of stoppages (15 minutes of game time can run off the clock in a flash) and the difficulty (in H2H mode) of toggling to the substitutes panel while the ball is in play, it would be hugely helpful to be able to use the few seconds while a replay is running to queue a substitution.

These are modest asks from a technical standpoint and would make gameplay both more realistic and more tactically interesting.

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  • 1440666fd7e443ec's avatar
    1440666fd7e443ec
    Seasoned Ace
    4 months ago

    Thank you for at least acknowledging. Honestly, if “it’s in the game it’s in the game” still means anything at all then EA needs to make the 3 to 5 change. This is a fundamental facet of the modern game. The other change (making substitutions easier to manage) addresses basic playability.

    EA appears to spend an awful lot of time and resources on new events and player cards, and that’s all well and good, but it systematically devalues those events and cards if it doesn’t also attend to playability issues like substitutions. Maybe that’s hard for EA to see (that something as seemingly mundane as substitutions might actually contribute to its bottom line), but trust me when I say that it does. As I’ve said before, the main reason I’m almost exclusively F2P is that FCM doesn’t offer the realism, quality or consistency of the FC console titles (which I have paid for many, many times). If EA would only show it cared more about the quality of FCM gameplay (instead of focusing almost solely on cards), I’d be MUCH more inclined to open my wallet for this game. Just sayin’!

  • EA_Pulsar's avatar
    EA_Pulsar
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    4 months ago

    Thanks for taking the time to share this detailed feedback around substitutions. While we cannot promise any changes, we can make sure this feedback is shared with the team for visibility.  

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