These Issues Ruin the Game Experience
Everyone has been screaming at the top of their lungs for months about these issues, but there has been no fix at all until now. These ongoing issues need urgent attention and fixes : A — Gameplay System and Player AI 1. Manager Mode, Manager Mode is completely dumb. No matter what tactic you use, no matter your training level or EVO level, the player AI still plays clueless. For example, I have Nesta and Márquez, both Gold with level 30 training, so they should be performing at their peak—but guess what? They just stand there doing nothing when there’s a rebound, and the enemy scores. Not to mention Nesta has the Dive Into Tackle trait so he could at least block the shot. 2. Player AI randomness, The AI is way too random and inconsistent. Just like the example above— sometimes when I pass, the player just lets the ball go through him. Or when I press the shoot button for a volley/instant shot, the player decides to take a first touch and dribble, and the ball gets stolen. Sometimes defenders literally stand still doing nothing, etc. 3. Overpowered headers, I have no idea how headers can be as powerful as a full-power shot. My opponent’s Van Basten literally scored a header stronger than my Beckham’s long shot. I know MvB has high heading stats, but no way a header should be as powerful as a kick. 4. Referee decisions, My Hazard was being pulled and fell down. When he fell, the opponent who pulled him also fell because he stepped on my Hazard. The referee blew the whistle—not for me, but for the enemy team. It counted as my foul. This game claims to be number one, but this is not what a number-one game looks like. 5. The clock system, At 89:50, I took a long shot that got blocked and went out. Instead of giving me a corner, the referee blew the whistle and I lost the game. I should’ve had that corner, and who knows—I might have scored the equalizer. Another case : my shot got blocked, the ball rebounded to my nearby player, it's a wide-open goal, but the referee blew the whistle before he shoot. This happens a LOT. B — Overall Game System 1. Pack system, This is not new, literally every player complains about this, but nothing changes. The pack system isn’t randomized—it’s scripted. Explain how I got 6 Dantes and 5 Chilwells from opening 3K packs and from promotional rewards. I mean there are many players in the 110 category, but it’s always Chilwell. The chance for a 115 is also extremely low—not even 1% for 3K packs. That’s a scam. My best pull so far is Bernardo Silva (112), not even close to 115, while the rest are all 110s. 2. New OVR come too fast, I grinded so hard in Anniversary and Footyverse. I just got the players, just barely ranked them to purple—and suddenly 115 OVR comes out. All my 113s aren’t even Gold yet because of the lack of rank-up points, and this cycle will repeat. I bet when I finally get all 115s and barely make them purple, you’ll announce 117 OVR players. As F2P, it’s nearly impossible to keep up. When you finally increase your team’s OVR, a new one gets announced and makes your hard work feel useless. 3. Rank-up points. Sure, the game now gives more rank-up points in Division Rivals rewards, but it’s still not enough. A 110+ OVR player needs 2,100 RPs to go from Base to Gold. For all 11 players, we need 23,100 RPs. Division Rivals rewards are nowhere near enough. Events give too little, and so do the Quests. And again, by the time you finally get enough RPs to upgrade your 113 players—you announce 115 OVR 🙂 4. Same players every event. Do I even need to give examples? You already know this. Hamsik appears in Hero Chronicles, Aqua & Inferno, Captains, and now Footyverse. Same with Riise—I was super excited to get 112 Riise at the end of Footyverse, and then boom, you announce 115 Riise. So what’s the point of grinding for 112 Riise in the first place? And soon we’ll probably get Zidane in Glorious Era, even though he just appeared in Ragnarok and Ballon d’Or. There are so many players out there. Where are John Terry? Evra? Özil? Arjen Robben? Stop giving us the same players in a row. C — Cosmetics You’re telling me I worked hard to get 113 Beckham from Footyverse just to see his hair bugged like he’s bald? Bro, what are you doing to that beautiful man? We’re already in a new event and his hair is still bugged. No fix at all. Do better, EA. So I guess that’s it for now. I’m sure many other players will add more points in the comments because there are so many problems. We’re all waiting for fixes. Thank you, EA.
Players & Teams feedback Megathread
Hello everyone! We’re excited to open this megathread for you to share your feedback on player and team data within the FC series games. Whether you have suggestions for attribute updates, have noticed some objective discrepancies between real life and the game, or just want to share your thoughts, this is the place to do it. Your feedback helps ensure our game is as true to life as possible. Please attach relevant data and image/video footage if possible. Our team is eager to hear from you, but please keep in mind that not all feedback will result in changes for various reasons. For those interested in diving deeper and contributing even more, consider applying as a Reviewer for our FC Data Collective at https://fc-datacollective.ea.com/ It’s a great way to help define the characteristics of players and teams in the future FC titles! Thank you in advance for your contributions!😁
EA's dev team is incompetent and dumb
The game was fine. Everyone seemed to be able to enjoy it. And EA said (in a dumb voice) "Lets make the game less fun and unplayable". 0 reason to change the game so much. Fix the bugs but just stop changing it. And its not like we can do something like go to a different game because FC26 is basically a monopoly but legalized. 0 competition so they can give us trash and we'll eat it. Its lazy and when they said they were going to listen to the community. THAN LISTEN EA. Just give us our game back and more people would enjoy it.Bf6 unfair and Random EA BANS
I was playing portal servers on BF6 and was banned for violating the EA guidelines. When I went to check what this was, it was correlated to boosting using portal servers, which they in turn provided with a permanent ban. I have seen many similar cases in the EA forums where EA decides to ban players based on their time spent in portal servers, whereas even after individuals apply many tickets of support they are met with declined ban appeals with automated messages from EA services. I am frustrated with the appeal process and have not gotten a response from EA support, and have been waiting 1+ weeks. The lack of support is upsetting, especially because the ban is correlated to a specific entity of the game. If players are not allowed to spend significant amounts of time in portal servers, then why are they available to players. It makes no sense and is unfair to the player base.Skill-based matchmaking.
What is the reason for secretly adding a skill-based matchmaking system? For the past few weeks I've noticed that no matter the division, rank, friendly match, etc., the game only matches you with people of a similar level what is known as skill base matchmaking. It's noticeable because when searching for a match, the game takes minutes to find an opponent; it's noticeable because, being from Europe, it finds me matches with 50 ping, when my normal ping is 14. This is because the skill-based matchmaking is looking for people of my level everywhere, making it pointless to play the game since every mode is highly competitive. Honestly, if they keep this skill-based matchmaking, I'm quitting the game. It's impossible to have fun in any game mode because it forces you to compete as if your life depended on it. I can attach proof of 5 or 6 match searches where it only finds opponents with a ping of 50, even with crossplay and proximity matchmaking enabled... Why are they secretly adding things?
Does anyone actually enjoy this game?
Serious question does anyone actually enjoy the game how it is right now? Passing I mean what's even the point if it doesn't work passes go no where you aim them. Pace well that's just pointless when you have players with 60 pace outpacing player with 90+. Defending is still absolutely trash players feel so unresponsive when trying to make a tackle it's like you press tackle then 3-5 working days later the player actually tackles. Honestly the game was 100× better on release than how It is now who actually cared about the amount of goals it was fun now it's just an absolute sweat fest. This is what happens when gaming companies listen to streamers and pros it turns into absolute garbage. And oh squad battles don't even bother with it unless you want the Air passing between themselves with 0 error no matter if it's a bronze with 30 passing or a gold with 80+ the Ai and the whole game right now is absolutely broken. If you don't have the game DONT buy it saved yourself the money and pain this game will cause.Added ranks for solo mode
I love playing Apex, but I don’t like chatting while playing, so I’ve spent about 80% of my time in solo queue. Maintaining Predator rank is easy when I play in a party, but it’s not realistic in solo queue. I find it really exciting that what used to be judged as a team effort now reflects individual skill. Having proven myself in past Arena ranks, I think solo mode ranks could also be a great way to showcase skill and make new connections—just like those who reached Arena Predator and teamed up with Battle Royale players.
Dear EA/DICE: You’re Losing the Battlefield Community
Dear Developers, I want to start by saying that I honestly wish I didn’t have to write this post. I’m writing this as someone who’s genuinely sad and frustrated. It’s obvious that EA wanted to attract CoD players — and at first, I completely understood that and had no problem with it. My first impressions from the Beta were great, I was truly hyped, pre-ordered the Phantom Edition, and couldn’t wait for October 10th. Today I’m level 110, and I think it’s finally time to share my thoughts. I’ve been playing Battlefield for around 15 years, and my favorite will always be BF2 (RIP GameSpy). Well… we definitely got a product aimed at CoD players — but in the worst possible way. The TTK and TTD are absolutely miserable, the 4-player party limit is a joke, forced operator choices feel out of place, and there’s NO SERVER BROWSER! How can the lead producer say we don’t need one? I honestly thought it was a joke at first — and that the community feedback would be heard — but nothing ever happened. Matchmaking is a disaster. Every second match I play is completely unbalanced. There’s no option to pick the attacking or defending side without disconnecting and reconnecting a dozen times until it finally puts me where I want to be. This problem used to be handled by server admins through the browser — they helped keep matches fair and balanced. And don’t even get me started on the challenges. They’re an absolute pain to complete. I honestly don’t know if they were designed by an AI or by someone who’s never actually played the game, but they’re a complete tragedy. The overall pace of the game is way too fast, leaving almost no time for proper teamplay, even when you actually try to play tactically with friends. The gameplay experience feels on par with BF2042 — but ironically, that game still had more freedom. I honestly get the feeling that the developers haven’t played this game for more than 20 minutes… or worse, that this is intentional — which would be really sad and could bury the entire franchise. What also really disappoints me is the complete lack of developer feedback here on the forums. I understand you can’t respond to every single post, but it would be basic respect to at least address some of the hot topics here. Right now the community feels unheard, like our frustration just keeps piling up and EA leadership simply doesn’t care. Maps, maps, maps… This topic has already been brought up several times — and yeah, I wouldn’t say the maps are terrible, but they are really, really small and focused entirely on running and shooting with no sense of tactics whatsoever. As for the bugs, I’m still patient for now. We’re only in the first season, and I know updates will come — bugs happen in every game at launch. That said, I did expect a bit more polish for a 100€ title, but I can still understand it… for now. To end on a more positive note — the graphics are absolutely beautiful. I just wish we could enjoy this amazing world with more freedom, playing the way players want to play, not the way we’re being forced to. Please, developers — take a little time to listen to what players here on the forums are saying and what’s frustrating them. Otherwise, this could genuinely bury the whole franchise. Thank you for your time.