Bots/Clubs is awful
More so than in 25, fc26 bots in Pro Clubs are awful. For some reason it is mainly for my team. Any team we face bots are not nearly as bad. We have tried everything from manually controlling them to changing every role assignment to almost every variation in the game. We have found no difference when doing the facility upgrades for AI either. Our bots are always slower than any striker. To the point where they can have a ball right next to the and the pace max striker will just run to it from 10x the distance and beat them. They constantly pass to each other and do back passes, completely killing all momentum we ever get. There has been at least 7 own goals in our club just this season, all bots or the keeper. Meanwhile, I find myself, and other strikers in my club who have max or just short of max pace always being beaten to the ball by the other team's fullbacks and centerbacks. The enemy bots are always doing insane over he head and through passes even without being asked to. Meanwhile our bots will randomly refuse to pass, slowly skip dribble into the middle of the pitch and lose the ball. It is ridiculous and genuinely exhausting. I would love to be making excuses right now. You can accuse me of it all you want. I wish that were the case. The amount of demotivation and anger the bots have caused me this year makes me not want to play the game I like anymore. Clubs is what got me into fifa, and it will also be what pushes me away.Ea if you gonna ban someone account permanently
I just received permanent ban email from Ea which the reason is cheating . I played fifa19 until now FC 26 same account same platform pc , this is first time I got banned and I feel angry because I'm totally innocent . My FC 26 best WL result was 10 wins at first week , most recent WL 8 wins , DR went up to elite once at FC 23 , now completely D4-d2 player . I play FC almost everyday and doing 90% daily content they released . Until today they suddenly send me email tell me I'm using cheat and my account was banned permanently . I'm shocked I was expecting there is any proof of cheating from Ea to put such serious charge on me , but only an email , no proofs no evidence. For a loyalty user who yearly spent above 3k USD to top up FIFA point user like me , I feel disrespect and uncomfortable with what EA doing to Thier customer, banning innocent player without evidence, even my account was 5-6 year long . This is big disappointment, even I get back my account in future , I won't spend any cents on this company product anymore . For all people who want to spend money on ea product, think twice and step back . This is not genuine game company at all .
This Community - Complaints, Not Always Justified - EA Please Read Too
THIS IS NOT AN AI POST - I TYPED IT ALL MYSELF Hi, Look, I know all forums around the internet are full of 99.99% of complaints about that specific product. These forums are no different. Just that if someone is complaining about a TV they will usually post a constructive post that explains the issues etc... Not just this TV is crap. So many posts on these forums just blast EA for the patches etc... And I am no EA worker, nearly all are unjustified. People mentioning about the day 1 game are completely wrong. The game was a mess on day 1. Every patch EA have introduced so far is to better the game experience and keep balancing the game based on player feedback and telemetry data they record. Some game developers release a game then you barely hear from them - You would be complaining then too right?? The fact that EA have supported this game constantly from release is a good thing. Don't be kidding yourselves thinking it's some form of torture. They are patching this game and they are telling you why. That is a big deal. Again, EA don't pay me. I am just being realistic and truthful from my own take on this. If you look at the day one game it was as "ratty" as you could get. The constant cheap spinning goals (like, nearly every goal). Jockey was completely broken. Goalkeepers were being moved all over the place in the box as a get out of jail free card for players who would not bother defending. Acrobatics were even more overpowered (Yes, I know they still need more nerfing). We had cheap corner tactic goals. It was an absolute exploit fest. (I am not saying it is perfect now either). But to list things that have been patched by EA... Kick off goals galore Corner kick exploit goals everywhere Fidget spinning goals non stop Defenders could not jockey properly Strikers we're too agile Defenders we're not agile Wingers did not make good runs Strikers did not make good runs People were still running around with CDMs and Strikers galore The gameplay was too fast The gameplay was too jerky with R1 dribbling being over the top Goalkeepers too weak at near post Rainbow flick in to volley goals everywhere (Still needs more nerfing) 10-9 Scorelines too often No tight tactical games No real strategies being used Goalkeeper in play movement Dangerous Bicycle kicks are now fouls (To put those off who try constantly) High foot - rightly so. Referee logic is now better all over the pitch People were running through the back of you and stealing the ball - This is now much better Internet Connections EA can't control everyone's connections. Half the player base think because they have 1gb fibre optic that means the gameplay should be perfect. Networking does not work that way - There is so much out of your control and out of EA's control. EA does not decide the ISP's routing and surely does not know if you are using a cheap ISP router with 50 devices hanging off it with others in your household downloading, streaming and smashing the connection while your trying to play - Unless you have a top end router with QOS settings enabled and on top of the connection you will get in game spikes, slowdowns and other random things happening through jitter etc... This online experience can't be directly compared to any other game and they all have different net code. Community I understand people are unhappy when they lose. I am too when it happens. But everyone has to look at themselves first. If the connection is bad then make sure you have checked everything your end before blasting EA. - If it is formation and tactics then try other systems. Don't just go on Reddit or X and use this stupid META stuff that DOESN'T work for everyone. Find a system that works for you. Where do you want players to be? Are you defensive minded? Are you attacking (Understand the risks). There is so much to football. If you are losing, do you change formation enough? Do you try other systems and strategies. If you thought online was toxic years ago, it's worse now. These idiots constantly posting bait on the likes of X with META formations and tactics are fools and I have no respect for them. Something works for them great. Braindead player follow and use and get little to no success and blame EA. Use your own brain and create your own football. It really annoys me. And some of this is a dig at the younger players who in all honesty come from a lazy generation of people who don't want to learn or master anything. (I know some of you do - and good for you if you learn and master) The majority of the older mature generation usually enjoy tactical battles and strategy. Not just some META rubbish. As you may be aware I am no fan of Ultimate Team (sorry EA) But I hate everything it stands for (I know it is great for EA's business - I am not silly) But I hate boosted stats, coming up against the same teams and formations constantly. - I am a Seasons player and NO it is not Real Madrid every game. It is nice to play real teams with real stats. And MOST (not all) players on Seasons play tactical, strategic football. Which is nice. Again, not everyone. You can't get 100% success in playing the Ultimate Team arcade way in Seasons against a smart player. How often is anyone really having a proper football tactical battle on Ultimate Team?? I barely ever see it. I just see people sweating trying the same cheap ratty stuff all game long every game. It's actually embarrassing to see. I'd be ashamed. I have been here for the whole journey - I know I am qualified to speak on all of the above subjects. I have played every version of this game - I have experienced the good, the bad, and the plain **bleep** ugly with this franchise. From Sega MegaDrive, PC, Playstation, PS2, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox Series X. Not only this franchise but others including Italia 90' Kick Off, Virtua Soccer, Sensible Soccer, ISS, PES 3,4,5,6 (6 The greatest) and 2008 - Big gap from PES after this until 2017 (It was pure garbage for years - Konami dropped the ball). I watch plenty of eFootball and while it is not a rubbish game (Not a fan of the Ultimate Team model - Everyone seems to have Ruud Gullet Zzzz...) - ALSO ON THIS SUBJECT - I HATE HOW UNREALISTIC IT IS HAVEING DUPLICATE PLAYERS ALL OVER THE PITCH IN THE SAME MATCH - THERE GOES ANY REALISTIC IMMERSION RIGHT AWAY BEFORE KICK OFF But it does not look arcade like Ultimate Team. So in that I respect. UFL - Glad to see someone else having a go. But UFL is light years away from FC. So don't be fooled. What I am getting at above is experience. You can't buy that. It is a life journey. Too many of the younger generation learn through YouTube, Twitch etc... and don't play enough to learn the real feel and understanding of what needs done to truly succeed (Again, not all of you) I respect you if you take time to master your craft. From a Seasons player point of view. I have appreciation for player traits, movement, life like ways of movement from the real life player. Ways you can play football (especially against an opponent who plays football strategy). There are annoyances of course. It is not perfect. But man, when you look at some of the detail EA put in to the players and the ball physics etc... It is a masterpiece. The community is mostly the problem. Sure it is on EA to keep patching and making things as realistic as a video game allows. And last off - If you are sick and tired of Ultimate Team and the grind, the frustrations with women rinsing your men all over the pitch. Unrealistic gameplay, unrealistic player stats, unrealistic goals, Just anything arcade and you want online football still then please, just at least try Seasons mode. Pick a team. Team you support? Why not? Team you admire... Just go for it and try. Not one game and quit, Play a few and see the true differences between that and Ultimate Team. What have you got to actually lose by trying? Sorry EA, but Ultimate Team has created a more toxic community. I know it makes you loads of money from a business take - I get that and understand. But please, from a morale point of view it is pure toxic and caused a fractured broken community. If EA actually wanted to invite me to a studio to discuss the game, formations, tactics, strategies, gameplay realism. Anything really. Just contact me. Tip of advice for players I strongly believe not enough people shift around quick enough on their controllers. You have to be really busy when playing. Even if not moving towards the opponent just shift around and move players slightly. Even the most basic pressing can force them in to a poor decision. Another thing is not holding sprint down. And I mean dont touch it. Just left stick movement and calm passing. It sounds simple BUT. Not enough players do this. They go straight for sprint and run in to trouble. Slowing the game down and playing calm goes a long way too. Obviously if this is not your style I am not telling anyone how to play. Just from my point. Another thing i notice with some opponents. Some people refuse to pass backwards or sideways and only forward at all costs. Football is a game where you are not getting hurt if you have the ball. Possession is important. If a game becomes end to end like basketball it can work in your favor BUT. Sometimes you need to take the sting out and calm it down. You have to treat each game like military action. Sometimes opponent will be better than you. Someone out there will always get the edge on you. It happens in all walks of life. BUT. What you can do is adapt and Sometimes accept. You can win a game scrappy if need be. I do from time to time. I like to think I am quite a front foot dominate the pitch player BUT. Someone from time to time are either stronger at this, in a good run and confident or have me done with formation and tactics. This is when you need to adapt. Accept they will have the ball and hang in there. It becomes a game of making the most of your chances. You will lose at times and it sucks. But it can feel super rewarding when you hang in there and take the win. It doesn't have to be pretty. Football can be won in many many ways. How you adapt is super key to this. I don't expect everyone to fully agree with me. But just wanted to post this. Thanks.Online Friendlies Lacks Key Features and Customization Options
Online Friendlies needs major improvements. It feels like a stripped-down mode missing the basics. Match time is random, and we can’t select day/night, weather, or kickoff time. This kills immersion for things like evening EPL derbies or Champions League nights. EPL, UEFA, and other official broadcast visuals don’t show up, even when using licensed teams and stadiums. Matches feel flat and generic. We also can’t choose our own stadium, which removes realism. Retro jerseys unlocked in Ultimate Team can’t be used in Online Friendlies or single-player modes. Why are they locked outside of FUT? There’s no way to create online tournaments with friends — something that would be great for weekend leagues or friendly competitions. We also can’t play 2v2 online with four players on their own devices. Why isn’t this supported? I know simple Kick-Off has these settings, but all my friends live far away. Online Friendlies is the only way we can play together, and right now it’s missing core features. Please consider improving this mode — it has so much potential for casual but authentic football fun.
Gauntlet not working, kicks me out after each game
When playing gauntlet, and the game ends, i will get "Cant connect to UT at the moment" and get disconnected and put to the home screen, game doesnt count... Does anyone know a solution? I've tried creating a new empty team in the companion app, restarting/repairing/reinstalling my game, nothing works. When i reinstalled my game, i couldnt even launch the game, but after restarting my pc i can atleast startup my game and get into UT, but still cant play Gauntlet....
Experience, Levels and Attributes, PRO Clubs
I want to congratulate the innovation of being able to allocate points wherever I want without needing to follow a node pattern. However, the game now forces you to buy experience boosts. In a casual Rush match, the maximum experience you can earn is 250, casual matches give 300, and club league matches give 400 experience. To reach level 50, you need 40,000 experience from level 1 to level 50, which means: 40,000 / 250 = 160 Rush matches 40,000 / 300 = 134 casual matches 40,000 / 400 = 100 league matches When you first start the game, you don't know what you want to play, you haven't joined a club to play with friends, you have no idea what position you'll end up playing tomorrow, so you choose based on your preferences today, December 9th. Calculating roughly: 160 matches x 5 minutes = 800 minutes / 60 minutes (hour) = 13 and a half hours 134 x 6 minutes = 804 minutes / 60 minutes (hour) = 13 and a half hours 100 x 12 minutes = 1,200 minutes / 60 minutes (hour) = 20 hours That's not counting the time it takes to organize a casual match, finding players, then finding opponents, entering the match, 30 seconds of halftime pause. Let's calculate about 2 minutes finding a match, 15 seconds to enter the match, and 30 seconds of pause. 3 more minutes per match (approximately): 160 matches x 3 minutes = 480 + 800 = 1,280 minutes / 60 minutes (hours) = 21 hours 134 matches x 3 minutes = 402 + 804 = 1,206 minutes / 60 minutes (hours) = 20 hours 100 matches x 3 minutes = 300 + 1,200 = 1,500 minutes / 60 minutes (hours) = 25 hours What does this statistic show us? First and foremost, in casual matches there's a terrible user experience where what should be 13 and a half hours of gameplay actually involves 7 hours stuck in lobbies searching for matches. Second: To reach level 50 you need 21 hours of Rush matches, and all this for "JUST ONE" position. Then it turns out I find a team in a community to play league, and we're all forwards, so we have to change positions. Now the forwards won't want to change positions because they're level 1 again—they need another 21 hours to reach level 50 in that archetype. There are so many things to learn, yet I'm limited to choosing one archetype and grinding that archetype to level 50 just to have a "playable" character on the field. Remember, you start at 73 overall, and I don't see any pro players using 73 overall characters to win matches. In conclusion, they innovated with a point system that's great because it gives you freedom to choose what you want, but it's extremely costly in terms of time. Having to go back to level 1 to play another position seems really bad, honestly. In FC 25, you trained up to level 120 and didn't have to go back to level 1 to start over. It took me over 7 months of gameplay to reach level 120, and I didn't complain about the time it took because it wasn't necessary—I wanted to change position, I changed; I wanted to play there, I changed. But never starting from 0 again. Now, with an experience boost that costs 5 dollars, you go from earning 400 experience in a league match to earning 4 x 6 = 2,400 experience. In just 12 league matches you're already at level 50, with only 10 dollars and 2 hours of gameplay. We need to find a solution to earn more experience without having to pay so much. I understand you love microtransactions on top of the base game cost, but think about this: Like an MMORPG, how do you make people spend many hours trying to achieve something without getting tired? You've achieved the complete opposite—you make people tired doing what should be totally fun, leveling up without even realizing it. But there's tremendous difficulty in starting to play at 73 overall for every position you want to play. I now want to create an MC (midfielder) having started as a DC (center back), but honestly, starting over, being level 1 with low overall—very boring. So I stay in my position and that's it, what a drag. I had thought of something like increasing the weekly training experience limit. 1,000 points is very little when you need 40,000 to reach level 50—that's not even 3% of it (IN ONE WEEK). If you multiply that by the number of archetypes available, we don't even reach 0.003% of the total experience needed to play any position at high overall. Increase the experience that matches give you. ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY: Increase the starting overall. 73 overall is very low, way too low. The vast majority of people are pay-to-fast, and all the teams you face are emerald archetypes (max level 75). How can I beat a team that's constantly pressing me, they're everywhere, they have over 5 million club fans, and on top of that, they're all max level? How can I "compete" against them and manage to climb divisions? Weekly club rewards: Club coins, experience boosts, experience, whatever, but give weekly rewards, similar to Division Rivals in Ultimate Team, but for PRO Clubs. We already climbed divisions, we're in Division 2, but what does that give us? What does it guarantee me? What makes me want to keep climbing divisions?
