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Outdated transfers on February 17rd, SHAME!
Dear EAFC 25 developers, I am writing this message to express my deep indignation with the lack of winter transfer updates in the game until February 14rd. As a dedicated player of the career mode, I eagerly expected the market movements to be reflected in the game, allowing for a more realistic and up-to-date experience. However, I was extremely frustrated to discover that an update released on February 02th, instead of improving the situation, actually regressed the transfers. Players who had been transferred in previous versions inexplicably returned to their original teams. It is unacceptable that on February 17rd, we still do not have access to the complete transfers up until this date. The transfer window for major leagues has already closed and the lack of proper updates makes the game experience extremely frustrating and outdated. I kindly request that you rectify this situation as soon as possible. We, dedicated players of EAFC 25, deserve a quality experience where transfers are updated in a timely and accurate manner. After all, this is what brings realism and immersion to the game. I hope to receive a positive response and a prompt update on the winter transfers. I believe that we can make EAFC an even better game, as long as there is a genuine commitment to the players' expectations. Sincerely, A disappointed fan of EAFC 25FC 26 Gameplay Feedback – Core Systems Are Fundamentally Broken
This isn’t a tuning issue. It isn’t “early patch adjustments needed.” It’s a foundational intelligence problem. Right now, FC 26 does not understand football at a systems level. Multiple core mechanics actively work against logic, positioning, and player intent. Below is a breakdown of what’s going wrong. 1. Passing Logic Has No Spatial Awareness Passing feels disconnected from player input and football fundamentals. The engine consistently selects the wrong target. Simple or obvious passing lanes are ignored. Through balls are to overpowered and normal passes to underpowered. The system shows no awareness of angles, pressure, or body positioning. It often feels like the game overrides your decision and chooses chaos. This isn’t difficulty. It’s just broken. 2. Bounce-Back Tackles Winning the ball cleanly should end an attack. Instead: You time a tackle perfectly. You clearly win possession. The ball ricochets instantly back to the attacker. The attack continues like nothing happened. Repeatedly. This creates artificial pressure and removes defensive reward. Tackling is reduced to a minor inconvenience instead of a skill-based action. 3. Overpowered Tackles From Behind Defenders can: Stick out a leg from behind with zero body position. Magnetically hook the ball away. Win possession with no foul called. Meanwhile, attackers lose the ball from the slightest toe contact as if the defender’s boot has superglue on it. Skill dribbling is punished. Blind tackling is rewarded. 4. Defensive AI Centre-backs: Randomly step up to follow attackers into ur box creating space instead of holding line putting them in offside. Abandon the defensive line with no trigger. Create massive gaps for through balls. Full-backs tuck in when they shouldn’t. CDMs don’t track runners. Defenders don’t understand risk management. There is no consistent defensive structure logic. 5. Corners = Instant Counterattacks (Again) After a corner: Your players are out of position. One clearance turns into a 3v2 or 4v2 sprint. No recovery AI logic activates. This isn’t realistic counterplay. It’s systemic imbalance. 6. Attacking AI Is Either Static or Brain-Dead Forwards: Stand still next to defenders. Make runs directly into marked areas. Sprint into offside like a blind buffalo in a stampede. Ignore obvious gaps between centre-backs. There’s no timing, no staggered runs, no reading of play. 7. Dribbling and Creativity Nerfed Into Oblivion Dribbling has been reduced to: Clumsy collisions. Coin-flip animations. Random dispossession. Creative play is punished. Exploit mechanics are rewarded. Anything that requires skill rather than abuse of mechanics has been systematically weakened. 8. Goalkeeper Inconsistency Keepers: Concede from impossible tight angles. Fail to react to near-post shots. Miss routine saves. Then pull off superhuman saves from point-blank range. There’s no logic curve. It feels animation-driven, not physics-driven. Certain angles should not be 100% goals. 9. “Impossible” Solo Goals Players can: Run straight through multiple defenders. Ignore physical pressure. Score from unrealistic shooting positions. Meanwhile structured build-up play is unreliable. The balance favors chaos over football. 10. Reward Structure Punishes the Average Player Example: 24 attempts required. 20 wins needed for full rewards. That locks a large portion of the player base out. Instead of scaling rewards fairly, the system demands near-perfection. It discourages participation. 11. Pack Weight & Progression Frustration Whether intentional or not: Pack luck feels heavily unrewarding. Progression feels grind-gated. Rewards don’t match effort. If gameplay is frustrating and rewards are underwhelming, engagement drops fast. 12. Server Instability & Input Delay Especially during objective tournaments: Heavy gameplay. Delayed inputs. Inconsistent responsiveness. Skill gap disappears when responsiveness isn’t consistent. 13. Rubberbanding & Objective Quitting When players: Rubberband to complete objectives. Intentionally lose to avoid playing… That’s not a community problem. That’s a gameplay satisfaction problem. People avoid playing because the experience isn’t enjoyable. Core Issue: The Game Doesn’t Reward Football Intelligence Right now: Reading the play isn’t rewarded. Tackling cleanly isn’t rewarded. Creative dribbling isn’t rewarded. Structured defending isn’t rewarded. Patient build-up isn’t rewarded. Exploit-heavy, chaotic play is. This isn’t realism. It isn’t difficulty. It’s low-level decision logic across multiple systems. What Needs to Change Rework spatial awareness in passing. Remove or drastically reduce bounce-back possession immunity. Tone down behind-the-back tackling magnetism. Fix defensive line discipline AI. Balance corner recovery logic. Improve attacking run intelligence and offside awareness. Restore dribbling responsiveness and reward skill input. Stabilize goalkeeping logic based on angle and distance. Adjust reward systems to scale more fairly. Fix server responsiveness before adding more content. If this is the intended gameplay direction, then it’s deeply concerning. Because right now, FC 26 doesn’t feel competitive. It doesn’t feel realistic. And it definitely doesn’t feel intelligent. A great example is when my midfielder just runs past the guy with the ball to go to his position instead of going for the ball Tactics are terrible... It feels like a football game that doesn’t understand football. U also have negative game mechanics like ur player tumbling for 4 seconds, or the best way to prove it... If u try to pass at the back ur passes come unprecise and the first touch becomes difficult even from a small pass. So yes game is actively trying to make u worse. Many more things as well put all these are core problems with the game. But the really tragic part is... This is not at all fun or enjoyable. Ping used to average around 30ms. Now it’s sitting at 38ms. Either half the player base quit overnight, or the servers have somehow gotten worse. And honestly? It feels like the latter. Gameplay is completely off. The connection feels delayed, heavy, unresponsive. Whether it’s bad ping or just broken mechanics, dribbling has been absolutely nerfed into the ground. Players turn like trucks, skill moves feel delayed, and responsiveness is nowhere near what it should be. This isn’t “competitive difficulty.” It’s input lag and clunky gameplay. Right now, it’s borderline unplayable. Fix the servers. Fix the responsiveness. Because this? This isn’t it. On a scale of 1 to 6 this is a clear 1. Its a really really terrible product and should never been released. This reeks of lack of understanding or just a complete lack of care about football or your customers. Just horrible Sry for long post, but its just so much wrong with the game
Best matches of the Weekend – Vote and Discuss
Hey FC Fans, Football is full of passion during the weekend. It's when fans from every corner of the globe watch together the greatest matches that can sometimes be crucial for the progress of the Season. Whether it’s a game between two contenders for the title or between two rival teams from the same city, we’re sure they will always be exciting matches to watch until the end. Here, we can discuss the most important weekend matches chosen from our Marquee Matchups’ Group SBCs. We will also add a poll in the Forums where you can predict the final result of the matches. Show us your knowledge by sharing your thoughts and predictions about the game and final results! How can I vote? It's very easy. Go to General Discussion (Link) and check the Polls tab on the right.EURO 2024 Thread - Let's chat about the tournament!
WELCOME TO THE EURO 2024 THREAD! The moment we've all been waiting for is here! In just a few hours, the first game of Euro 2024 will kick off, igniting the houses of all football fans. There are no club rivalries and no time to discuss what happened in the leagues; each nation stands with its fans, aspiring to raise that trophy. Italy wants to defend that title, Germany wants to leave home as a winner, and France and England, still haunted by the memory of the last finals, are determined to rewrite history. We could make a list of other great teams like Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and also many underdogs that will try to live the emotions that Greece felt in EURO 2004. THIS IS EURO 2024! This is our place to talk about the competition and matches, share predictions, and talk about football like friends in a local park. We only ask you to keep a positive attitude, respect all opinions, and be polite like real football fans do ^ ^Let's Talk Football
By the time I realised we had a football forum last game year it was kinda too late and usually just had some random Chats in The Career Mode Stories General Thread. Maybe we can have a good General Football Forum here as they seem to be quiet most places and I ain't touching Reddit. Let's start it off with basics Who do you Support? Favourite Past and Present Footballer Which Leagues do you follow? Myself I'm a Leeds United Fan for my sins, favourite current player despite leaving us is Raphinia past is a tough one, John Barnes was one of my faves as a kid as was Georgie Kinkladze but it's probably Paul Gascoigne as one of my all-time faves. I follow The Championship as that's where Leeds currently play as well as the Premier League. Always checking in on Serie A and La Liga, but don't follow them as religiously as used too.Kennet Eichhorn und Jeremy Dudziak Hertha BSC
Guten Tag zusammen, Bei Hertha BSC gibt es leider nicht den Spieler Kennet Eichhorn welcher der jüngste Spieler der Geschichte der 2. Bundesliga ist, aber auch der wertvollste Spieler der 2. Bundesliga. Jeremy Dudziak welcher vor kurzem wieder erst als freier Spieler verpflichtet wurde existiert leider ebenfalls nicht Wird es daher die Spieler geben ? Vielen dank im Voraus.
EA Sports FC 26 funktioniert nicht!
Sehr geehrtes EA-Team, nach X-Jahren in der Videospielbranche und etlichen Stunden an Erfahrungen von Fußballsimulationen habt ihr es wieder einmal geschafft ein neuen Teil Anfang an zu ruinieren. Man zahlt 100 € und nochmal 5,99 € um das Spiel direkt zu Veröffentlichung zu spielen und ihr spuckt auf eure Kunden, tretet sie mit Füßen und das jedes Jahr aufs neue. Wie kann man nach diesen Jahren an Erfahrung immer noch zu inkompetent sein ein Spiel ordentlich auf den Markt zu bringen. Ich spiele seit FIFA 12 und ich hab echt die Schnauze voll von euch. Ihr verschlechtert euch von Jahr zu Jahr, es wird nur mehr Wert gelegt auf X-Beliebige Influencer, welche ohne Taschenrechner nicht einmal bis 10 zählen können und die Ottonormalkunden werden wieder mal verarscht. Ab sofort wird dieses Spiel meinerseits boykottiert...und dies sollten mehrere Spieler tun. Es ist eine bodenlose Frechheit, dass man sein Standing als einziger Fußballsimulator so dermaßen ausnutzt und man dann noch die Leute mit irgendwelchen Free Packs begnadigen möchte. Das ist die pure Schamlosigkeit! Ich weiß, dass ihr nie eure Lebensart und Meinung ändern werdet, aber seine Seele so an den Teufel verkaufen und dann noch hämisch die Kunden zu verspotten, dass traut sich nicht einmal Call of Duty.
FC 26 draft cheaters
Wasted coins in draft game mode in ultimate team due to cheaters instantly disconnecting me in my first game, I spend like 5 minutes attempting to build a solid squad and then every 2-3 draft games I play I'm going up against a cheater, how can a multi billion dollar company still not manage to sort out their anti cheat and that's not even the worse thing, I can't even let support know about this because their help websites sucks **bleep** and trying to get in contact with someone is impossible, so I'm making this post in hopes that this reaches a staff member who can potentially pull their finger out and bring this issue up. Playing on EU servers on pc, I've turned cross play on to try and limit the amount of cheaters I come across. please leave a comment below if you have had this issue too hopefully this will boost this thread to the top.
