i could barely score the first 10 games i played, but i think i figured it out last night. you cant aim the joystick all the way. if you try to finish to the far post and have the joystick all the way down, automatic goal in 14, but now it will go out for a throw in.

i was finally finishing chances across the face of the goalie last night aiming about halfway, sometime even less. side-foot finishes are finally working, when the keeper charges you hold RB, barely aim back to your goal and to the side you're running and they'll pass it in on the ground.

it might have to do with work-rates and/or aggression stats. sometime i switch to the FB and hold RB so the CB stays on the ball.

holding both triggers is good for defending when there's a bit of space between you and the ball, but not much space behind for the attacker to run into.

yeh i was pretty elite at defending on all fifas previously, its the only thing i could do on ot, knew abut jockeying etc but this one i just cant do it.

You cant really use strength against attackers when both running (you used to be able to press/hold b and it would semi drag attackerback and you could win the ball sometimes, now they just instantly fall over for shirt pulling or you cant hold onto him)

i used to be able to just have defender chase the ball whilst i hold back running around predicting where theyre going to pass to, but thats impossible to do now as the ball just rolls straight past you when trying to intercept the pass, they dont try stick a leg out or control it or anything

from playing seasons, it just seems like defending/crossing/goalkeepers are broken. although me not being able to defend shouldnt mean its broken, ive just always been extremely good at it on all prev fifas that it being broken can be the only logical explanation :P

Do you like 4-3-1-2 better than 4-1-2-12 (2)?

Same formations but the latter has a DM. Have heard people say good things about both.

4-2-3-1 with the cams is pretty good too. Basically any formation that works through the middle of the pitch seems to be a god bet. I haven't tried 4-3-2-1 yet.

False 9 is pretty good with fast wingers.

Defense seems to be all about jockeying + keeping your back line in shape + playing passing lanes

I literally never used jockey before this year so it's been a learning adjustment.

yeah makes sense, im using 4-3-3(4) and i hate it. might give 4-2-3-1 a try

man all the changes sound absolutely amazing

unrealistic defending and stamina being a non-factor were two of my major let-downs of previous fifas

Yeah cashy, it's really good imo. The gameplay changes are really positive.

scoring like no goals from crosses whatsoever. got carroll, rooney, remy and benteke as my 4 forwards i rotate. normal 41212

not sure if its that crossings harder. or that ben arfa, milner, routledge and rodriguez are just **** crossers.

going to try out the 41212 with 4 CM's coz other than routledge i dont think i even remember my wingers making a contribution.

I'm still only on ps3 early access until tommorrow (well later today) so it could be different between them. But this year auto defending doesn't work. You have to predict when the balls are coming and get in motion.
4-2-3-1 with defensive players in the 2 has helped. Also if you are playing ultimate team check players work rates as someone with M/L never tracks back.

As I said haven't played on ps4 yet but even though pace is hard to defend against its not impossible just takes a fair bit of adjustment.

Crosses have been completely nerfed this year as well.

I've had a really weird thing happen twice now, once with Bayern and once with Chelsea.

Boateng and Cahill have randomly started marauding up from their CB spots about 2/3 of the way through the game. Essentially playing as striker. I know that's an option you can select in team management now, but I haven't gone anywhere near it. Hopefully it doesn't automatically activate that tactic when you're trailing because it was tilting me pretty badly.

sounds like you have hit right on the dpad a few too many times by accident.

or even up up on dpad does that too i think.

same thing happened to me in UT with Veltman. i think its probably a glitch that activates that tactic b/ he did it around the same point in the game, and once when i had a comfortable lead.

Chikhaoui is soooooooooo fun to play with.

5* skills
5* weakfoot

I think Neymar is the only other that can boast that.

This season I'm rocking the Arsenal Tula kit for sure

That kit looks pretty nice MindFckr.

Anyone figure out how to save tactics? I go to select them in team management and they go back to the default settings. This is for FUT.

Will player prices be higher now, tonight or tomorrow? Wondering when is the best time to sell the only players i have of decent value.

im having a clear out tomorrow, alot of ppl first time to play might be a weekend so saturday daytime gonna sell all my valuables for a few weeks before buying back cheaper.

Yeah thinking i might wait til about 8 or 9 tonight or tomorrow to get rid. Not even gonna bother buying any players to keep atm. Ridiculously high prices. Was gonna build a BPL team til i realised i could offload loads of average players for decent coins. Some fools are buying players for 2x what their lowest bins are.

I think prices will be lower tonight/tomorrow than right now

Can't believe how expensive a gold pack is. Almost $5 if you use FIFA points and you have a 97% chance of getting complete ****.

For those who have played with Ibarbo, is he as OP as last year?

even more but wtf disconnecting every single game today

More like $1.50....

got 12k fifa points, most i've ever done spent 2k so far and best i got is Sakho haha

3k down, Sakho still highest rated, most expensive (only one over 5k) is Van aanholt who's a silver worth about 20k.

Hoping for some better luck later.

6k points down and these are my highest rated/most expensive players. 81 still highest i have pulled.



Feel some run good coming in next 6k !