Feedback - Gameplay Integrity, Momentary Control Loss, and Engine Neutrality
Dear EA SPORTS FC Development Team, I am writing as a dedicated member of the competitive football gaming community to provide critical feedback concerning persistent issues that fundamentally compromise the integrity of skill-based gameplay: scripted momentum shifts and the instability of core mechanics. The Core Problem: Artificial Drama (Scripting/DDA) The game frequently exhibits moments where the underlying mechanics appear to favor goals during specific, non-random periods, particularly around the 45th and 90th minutes (plus injury time). This is not about the drama inherent in real football, but the perception that the game engine temporarily overrides player control and physics predictability to inject forced drama. This manifests in two deeply frustrating ways: Defensive AI Paralysis: In these crucial late-game moments, user-controlled defenders and goalkeepers often become momentarily unresponsive, misposition themselves, or fail to execute simple actions (like clearing the ball). Attacking Input Buffs: Conversely, the attacking team's passes become impossibly precise, shots defy physics, and the ball magnetically snaps back to the attacker during tackle attempts (the "rebound loop"). Instability of Core Mechanics: Dribbling and Passing Beyond the late-game momentum, the fundamental actions of playing football—dribbling and passing—suffer from constant inconsistency due to your ongoing tinkering and updates: Dribbling Fluidity: The feeling and responsiveness of player control while dribbling changes frequently with patches. This constant instability prevents players from mastering the subtle art of player movement and touch, as the mechanics they learned one month are often altered the next. We require a stable, predictable, and fluid model for close control. Passing Consistency: The inclusion of random, unpredictable elements designed to make passing harder feels detrimental to competitive play. We value skill in choosing the correct pass, angle, and power; however, the game frequently sabotages well-executed passes with random inaccuracies. Passing accuracy should be a direct, consistent reflection of player stats, input quality, and tactical situation, not a function of a hidden difficulty modifier. The Competitive Contradiction A truly competitive game must maintain a neutral and predictable physics engine from the first whistle to the last. We want the pressure of the 90th minute and the challenge of high-level dribbling to make us make mistakes, not for the game to force our AI-controlled players to fail or our controlled players to misfire. Our Request We urge the development team to prioritize the following: Engine Neutrality: Ensure the physics and AI behavior remain consistent regardless of the match time or score line. Eliminate coded "drama" spikes. Core Mechanic Stability: Define and commit to a stable, highly responsive model for dribbling and passing. Future updates should focus on balancing, not fundamentally altering, the core feel and consistency of player control. We believe that returning to a pure, skill-based foundation—one that rewards mastery of stable, predictable mechanics—is essential for the long-term health and integrity of EA SPORTS FC as an esport and a competitive title. Thank you for your time and consideration of this critical feedback. Sincerely, A Member of the EA SPORTS FC Competitive Community - amnesty457
Ban appeal pending
I got a ban, I use PS5, and I’ve had this account since 2022 with no history of banning or warning, I have no idea why I’m banned. I have 2 cases already with these numbers (#217509325, #217483474) with “waiting on studio” status (I don’t understand what does this mean), I get emails that customer experience is working on my case, probably automated, yet I want to know for how long ! I wish I could communicate with a normal customer support not automated machine to guide me if i’m hacked for example, however I changed password recently! I had to refund preorder of eafc26 until I know that my case is solved. what does “waiting on studio” mean and how long it lasts?the game is so one sided in career mode and has no elements of fun anymore.
How is it possible to play a game (that’s meant to be fair) where you never win a tackle, because the ai does a skill past you or shields the ball (but you can’t do that becuase they make an inch perfect tackle - small or tall, strong or not - and win the ball back). That’s only one thing. The amount of heavy touches my players have in order for the ai to win the ball back is incredible. but the ai don’t get that, oh no they NEVER have that happen to them. Every touch for them is perfect, whether it be to turn past my player or to get past my entire defence. Defending is broken. My defenders CONSTANTLY drift to create a nice gap for the ai to run right through and score and there’s nothing i can do. i cant even switch the correct player to even try and get him back in the same position because the player switching mechanic is also broken. And how are the ai players all so fast. no matter how much pace they have, they are always 100% either going to catch up to my fit, pacer winger, or go on a run down the wing where not a single one of my players can catch him. 84 pace against 53 pace and yet the ai - who’s nearly dead come the end of the game - outpaces him still. It’s broken and pathetic. Will certainly not be buying fc26 until proven it’s been upgraded and actually works like a proper game - one a person can actually enjoy. Seen good things but still hasn’t changed my mind. They talk a good game every year but never change it and i believe next version will be no different. You’ve somehow managed to make a broken game even more broken, well done to you’s who make the game. SCAMMED OF £80. Thanks, EA.Fc 25 hacker
Every time I play with a player on pc the game starts glitching and the other players seem to have infinite sprint stamina and when I try to press pause to go to the menu it didnt let me not even when it was half time I had no access to the menu my friend took pictures and videos of the issue and I tried to report the player on ea but when i submitted the report it told me error so pretty much I lost six times to the same player without even playing a full match because the game would crash and it would give me the automatic lossFut Champions
Hola, tengo un problema con el modo FUT Champions en EA Sports FC 25 (España). Desde hace más de un mes no puedo acceder ni a los Play-Offs ni a las Finales, aunque tengo los 1000 puntos de clasificación en Division Rivals. El juego me muestra los puntos, pero sigue indicando que no soy apto o que no puedo jugar. He esperado varios fines de semana, reiniciado sesión, actualizado el juego y verificado la conexión con los servidores de EA, pero el error persiste. Por favor, revisen mi cuenta, ya que no puedo acceder a FUT Champions ni avanzar en el modo competitivo.