yeah absolutely. some games my player's are nerfed. can't pass straight, being outpaced, missing easy shots. other games they feel electric and can't miss. EA has been handicapping and boosting teams forever. I'm not good enough (elite, pro and even streamers like boras etc) to beat most people when i'm handicapped, but good enough to win most games when i'm buffed.

ea need to sort their **** out. Wipe out DDA, make pack weights not obscene, make grinding and/ or trading for better teams possible and stoop being so fcuking greedy

as a stay back CDM he is cracked. seems to cover my whole midfield. One minutes he's auto sliding and breaking up a pass on the left flank, next minute he's tackling someone over on the right side, next he's blocking a shot in the box. It's like there's four of him out there haha

why are the servers eating so much ass today? My connection is great (20ms) yet the play feels so slow and crappy and full of horse****.

It's the only bit of gameplay i actually enjoy.

are the servers **** and laggy for everyone else right now?

His handling is killing me! always bobbles and fumbles and rebounds straight to attackers for goals.

meanwhile remiro up the other end goes off for 10 saves

You can't get 88 rated cards for 16k ... and eusebio needs 88 cards. easy math.

A good card. clinical finisher, finds space and makes good runs. Dribbling and agility are really good.

if you're looking for a striker who'll consistently finish, he's worth the price (430-450k) imo

He's him. Took me a dozen games or so to get used to his movement and where he goes off ball. He's so good. feels like every other game he bags 4 goals

same. ea have killed it for me in record time... they're so out of touch with the community. they don't care while they're making hundreds of millions.

**** it's hard to find a GK this year ... this guy lets in the most ridiculous trevellas and finesses. in the box he can't catch the softest of shots, and always seems to parry it straight into attackers. Every damn game, my expected goals is higher than my opponent, but i'm losing by like 2-3 goas bcos of this mf'er

boys. he cooks!

the big area i notice the dda is defending. sometimes your cb's stand there and don't even move while an attacker runs right around them even if your L1 pressing. I was using Mbappe packed from rewards, and the whole time i had him my defenders never defended. scores were always 6-5, didn't matter who i had back there (blanc koundie). I sold mbappe ... and now my defenders are defending, my team pressing and not playing so dumb. Average score this WL for me went from 6-5 to 3-2 ...

DDA is so unnecessary and a ****ing curse on this game.

it's time we burned down ea

fr ... ea is the worst company out there in gaming

it's bcos it's tekz' card ... he's a favourite to win the tourney, so max upgrades.

i have him on a deadeye, and in 30 games he has 19 goals 38 assists. div 3 and WL games. his passing and dribbling out of pressure is excellent. even tho his strength is 74, he does lose the ball at the slightest touch in a tackle.

His thru balls are amazing. he finds space that other great passers i've used just couldnt.

I can't imagine anyone better than him for the under 500k ... kaka is what i'm saving up for, he's (imo) the next best cam to sneijder for under a mil

he is playing all the chords on his acoustic guitar this afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

One of the best set piece takers i've ever seen ... and ea doesn't give him the playstyle.

The latest rooster update, they did something to fix him. Tried him today and he won me at least 2 games i had no right winning. Conversely the latest update has broken ederson and alisson my other 2 keepers. They've been letting in utter asswad dribble that has to be seen to be believed

we need to head on up there to HQ and put a few heads on sticks, burn the place down ... I'm thinking full Lord of the Flies on their whitebread cracker asses

It's crazy the amount of money people spend on a game. Every game its 93 mbappe, gullit, cruyf or pele or zico with an identical backline.

Been using his gold card for 226 games, and just packed this baby after Rank 5 WL rewards. 1st one mil card i've packed in about the last 4 fifa's

clear of mbappe, but not R9. R9 is from another planet...

he really did. he's a menace, breaking up passes and plays and tackling everything that moves. and with the ball, you swear his workrates are H/H and his passing and shooting are a level up from before the patch.

You have to pass it around. switch flanks with your FB's often as they overload one side. If you're facing your goalie, pass it back to him. There is literally always one spare man on the pitch when you use your GK. Be patient and a hole in their press will come. Fast wingers with good dribble/ touch is important, get the ball to them and beat their FB and you're basically in on goal. I enjoy playing against the press ... its the drop back, park the bus, 5-at the back rats i can't stand.

Crazy ... used him for 150 games. he ran my offence. I packed tradeable Mendy centurion, sold for 1.1 mil and finally bought Cantona. In 25 games i just couldn't get on with Cantona. His shots were wide and over the top, his passes nothing like Benz's. he had moments, but Benzema owns my games and takes over. Cantona just didn't.

WIld there's 1.3 mil price difference.

crazy good card. best cdm in the game. every fifa i play a formation with a cdm, and i'd say he's the best one in any fifa i've used. Fast, aggressive, tackles everything, physical, intercepts everything and is good for thru-balls and starting the break. only one con, ea needs to upgrade his positions to CM as well.

what's the verdict, chief?

Another rat has revealed himself!

base centurion pick. xavi, bobby moore or Keane ... what a let down. ea are the worst.

Same! EA has gone full retard. FC24 - ****test football game ever made.

the og goat has returned. just insane on the pitch.

best centre mid I've used so far. he's everywhere. smooth on the ball and some of his passing and thru-balls are elite. The passion is real. I was using Kimmich before this, have tried bellingham, and a bunch in the premier league. he'll be in my team for a while, and if he ends up an 88 - gullet gang incoming.

gameplay is dogs nuts this weekend. not sure what's happening. rttk dembele is being caught by riise. can't do a skill move, lose the ball on a turn. unexplainable.

same. hits the post every other attempt now, before they were top bins. doesn't seem to hold the ball as well in traffic either. feels like there was some kind of nerf there.

she swings a bigger axe than you bruh, tbh ...

you're mental. this is ****house

some games he feels slow and nerfed ... like his playstyle+ doesn't even activate when he runs. then other games, he's the fastest man in the world running rings around everyone.

such a weird game this year. ea is slowly ****ing this series

whole game is geared towards spending money and catering to those who spend it.

100%. it's bordering on criminal.

Oh that's horrible! Meanwhile I've packed Luke Shaw 14 times ...

EA fanboy alert

EA fanboy alert

i've only used him on an anchor ... but he hasn't lost a duel for me. wins everything from everyone. and if he looks like getting beat, i dive in, studs up and he sorts them right out. 10/10

my mans out here scoring finesse goals like he's Thierry Henry

imagine if ea cared for gameplay and took this down a notch or two. imagine!

I would say yes. the speed boost alone takes her to another level ... her tackling seems cleaner, her passes a bit better too. get her loan card and in one game of rivals you'll see she's better, and better to the point its worth upgrading. I've played her as CM, CAM, ST and RM/ RW and she's done a job. Upfront when i shift to 4-4-2 she's outscoring henry, ts vini and eto

Same with my last session. lost 2 on pens, lost 2 more by 1 goal and won just 1. In all my games i had nearly double theirs in expected score. My virgil can't tackle, ball keeps bouncing and bobbling around to an attacker until they eventually score. Meanwhile they have bernado silva who's tackling like prime maldini and winning everything in the middle. Passes not going to where i direct it, shots missing from inside the box with ST's with 95 finishing etc ... this game is the worst one ever. We've barely even had a patch. Meanwhile every day there's store new packs ...

Worst fifa ever ... and it's barely been patched.

passing has absolutely turned to **** after this patch. the one thing they had right at launch has now been nerfed. wtaf ... ea are a calamitous corporation.

that's when the easter bunny comes into packs.

Same. player picks were all dupes, not one walk out for all that hellish grinding. Haven't come close to packing a promo card in about 3 fifas too.

they've ****ed it ... greed finally rotted their brains.

I say we storm the capitol with guns and grenades!

bcos ea are stupid mf'ers who only care about store packs and creating addiction in kids.

Attackers feared going down the right side bcos maldini was waiting. His slide tackling, legendary.

it's more about the opponent and the press and not having time on the ball. Zidane loses possession too much for me in the middle bcos lacks that agility and explosiveness to evade the manic ****-eating press that EA refuses to fix or make more realistic. In space and with time Zidane is unreal, the problem is in FC24 once you hit Div 3 or 2, there is no space and definitely no time.

still the only player who is effective in slow gameplay. if you can't use him, it's time to retire.

yeah this weekend it's all gone to ****. painfully lagged out, i can't pass, tackle or dribble. its spinning me out.

last two weekends finished with 13 wins. so far i have 2 wins out of 10 games. wtaf ea

well, well, well ...

everytime you upgrade your team rating, you match against higher rated teams yourself. I packed ginola's triple threat card, and barely qualified and then had my worst WL ever with 8 wins. For mid players like us, upgrading your team isn't always the best thing to do. imo

77 def awr and 71 agility. he's hot ass

that's exactly what it's fcuking like,no cap. man, this company is horrible.

I can't ever remember a fifa with so few patches, and worse servers than this. They make hundreds of millions of dollars and can't stay on top of their servers and gameplay. ****s my mind.

... that's because you're both meta rats

i know right ... have you seen how crisp and fast their gameplay is?! i mean wtaf are ea doing to the rest of us, the cheap *******s

The goat is back

Another rat has revealed himself!

5 at the back rat: confirmed

So much fun to use ... in a cam or CM in a 4-3-3 he's been killing it for me. so many assists. easily worth 500k

i bought him as an investment and played a few games. i sold my centurion zanetti, he's that good. his tackle animations might be the best i've used in the midfield

Lets get him boys!

ramires is excellent. maybe best cdm in the game i've used. but he's limited with his positioning being just cdm. hard to build a good squad around him

i have gold vini, and i couldn't catch him last night. he fleeced me

me too

haha

I feel like skilling was nerfed last patch. guys like gucci and neymar for me are taking some loose touches where the gets too far from their feet when skilling. I think post patch someone like Yaya is more effective in the CM bcos he has press proven and using L2 the ball sticks to him like glue. Up front in the cam i am preferring lee kang in and his burst and agility in traffic to make space. i'll give zidane another go and try to skill and R1 dribble and see what happens. i gutted my club to get him and feel like there's so many better players in game than him?

warra card. schmeicel is on my bench now after trying this guy for one game, just to see. well, my friends. i saw.

Same with my last session. lost 2 on pens, lost 2 more by 1 goal and won just 1. In all my games i had nearly double theirs in expected score. My virgil can't tackle, ball keeps bouncing and bobbling around to an attacker until they eventually score. Meanwhile they have bernado silva who's tackling like prime maldini and winning everything in the middle. Passes not going to where i direct it, shots missing from inside the box with ST's with 95 finishing etc ... this game is the worst one ever. We've barely even had a patch. Meanwhile every day there's store new packs ...

different players, i have both currently in my team. Cantona's shooting inside the box is immense. He doesn't miss. But with his pace & OP defending/ PTB he doesn't get open very often. Henry's step overs and pace to beat a man is way way superior, but his shooting espesh on his left, is like gold card standard.

same here

bcos this game sucks so hard, all the casuals have left the game, and what we're left with is the sweaty rats.

nah, you're wrong. I'm pocketing every winger with lahm. on stay back, his positioning is so good. He's literally always in the right position. Steps up and blocks passes to feet, hangs back and intercepts through balls and cross field lobbed passes, he's always there to head it away from trouble. The only times he gets dusted is when i'm controlling him and make a user error. As long as you don't send him on runs/ overlap him, he's the best defensive RB in the game

nah, you're wrong. I'm pocketing every winger with lahm. on stay back, his positioning is so good. He's literally always in the right position. Steps up and blocks passes to feet, hangs back and intercepts through balls and cross field lobbed passes, he's always there to head it away from trouble. The only times he gets dusted is when i'm controlling him and make a user error. As long as you don't send him on runs/ overlap him, he's the best defensive RB in the game

the only hidden gem here, is the potato gem you're using for a brain.

maybe when/ if he gets a totw or potm card ... good chance totw is incoming this thursday.

same. his gold 86 is my favourite card this year. fr

i've always said this too, until this fifa.

alisson on a glove, and the amount of crazy rebounds he gives up, greatly reduces with the handling boost. same with neuer.

prepare it in the traditional way, with a sage burning, motor oil and a rolling pin? Or are we going new school and using organic cows butter and cervical forceps?

Haven't had a proper striker all game long, and then i pack him and dalguish this morning. I think Dalguish is clear tho. He gets into better positions and has a quicker release.

same... and lately it's been really unstable in fifa. big surges of lag up to 72ms while i'm playing before it settles back down to 24-26ms

all weekend it's been bad. laggy, and unstable. seems like rather than fix ea just load up the store with more packs.

if you wanna have fun pirlo. his passing and agility and dribbling thru the middle is A1

I hope it's intercept and long pass.

this is when the other team's AI players are playing at world class or legendary, and your's on all pro. It's all dda scripted bull**** to get you to buy better/ more expensive players

yeah, a pass right into his ass

He is. packed him untradeable from WL rewards and he's toty quality, maybe higher. Shuts down the whole left side of the field. out runs everyone with the ball and sets up so much attack the other way.

Gucci sbc was 40k ... best bargain ea ever did;

well, well, well ... 83 x 10 pack. get in!!

dude i saved 73 packs all good ones ... and the best card i packed was harry kane. sure, lots of fodder which got me cafu and henry. but pack weights are beyond **** for the average punter who is buying them