While customizing my Youth Academy (YA) striker in Career Mode, I discovered a critical bug where Playstyle+ traits do not activate in-game if a player has more than 10 total playstyles.
🔍 What I tested:
My striker has 14 playstyles total (including Quick Step, Trivela, Acrobatic, and Aerial).
Playstyle+ traits like Trivela+ appear in the player bio but do not activate in matches.
In a previous save with only 12 playstyles, Quick Step+ was active in-game until I added Power Header and Aerial—after which it stopped working.
Acrobatic+ never activated, even as the 12th playstyle.
📊 Key Findings:
It appears that only the first 10 playstyles are functional in matches.
Any playstyle beyond the 10th (even if it's upgraded to Playstyle+) is non-functional, existing only in the player details screen.
This raises concerns that regular playstyles beyond the 10th may also be broken.
✅ How this was tested:
Monitored animation behavior and performance linked to specific Playstyle+ traits (e.g., no outside foot shots for Trivela+).
Suggest testing this with Relentless, since stamina regen is measurable.
🛠️ Suggestion:
This seems to be a cap-related bug, possibly in how the game handles loaded playstyles. EA should investigate whether there is an internal cap limiting in-match activation to 10 playstyles per player.
Please fix this, as it heavily impacts the value of developing YA players with many playstyles.
Here's a link supporting this theory: https://www.reddit.com/r/FifaCareers/comments/1cr9r1a/playstyle_glitch_warning_playstyle_not_active/
