Safz01

hidden gem

bonus tip - if you still struggle, change formation to a narrow 4222 or 4231 to keep your team central. the ball literally never went out wide when I did it, the AI isn't fast enough, so you can rush them more effectively with 2 CAM and 2 ST. weirdly, having defensive beasts playing high up the pitch, feeding one lethal striker, would probably be the easiest way to win the ball back quick enough to score

I got 51 goals like this: I played the lowest rated bronze squad. Gullit CAM, VVD ST, TOTY Henry ST. everyone else in my team is fast, good tackling, anticipate, pinged pass. depth 100, counter tactics. most of my goals were finesse with Henry outside the box. very easy dont give away any fouls. activate "team press" regularly on kick off. sub in fresh striker every 30 mins try not to dribble into the box, it wastes time. aim for a goal every 2 mins. you should manage it easily like this

to clarify what I mean, the game has obvious momentum swings, each team gets periods of momentum. if you're losing heavily, you get extra momentum. if you're winning by 2, your teams AI difficulty level goes down, hence they're dumber and lazier, so opponent can easily get through. the commentator even tells you "THEYVE got the momentum now!" etc. when its against you, you have no choice but to play safe, or else you're probs gonna lose the ball, a lot

also, it is much easier if you're good at longshots. finesse+ against a beginner AI keeper is basically always a goal. if you have to run to the box for every goal, it wastes a lot of time when it all adds up

you need counter tactics, line depth 100, either 1 CAM 2 ST or 4231 narrow. I used VVD Evo at striker, Gullit CAM, and a fast striker who scores all the goals. same goal over and over again. everyone else in the team is there to tackle and pass forward only. good luck!

everyone gets the scripting for them and against them in the same match. you have to be good at the game to recognise when the scripting is helping you, and when its against you. I've never played a game where the scripting is one sided, ever. sometimes its uneven, but it always goes both ways. its still really **** and the game was better without it

I tried spamming it until i just got bored, it didn't work for like half an hour gave up

no, you can do it if 9PS and 2PS+ if you evo the player and give him a PS+ version of one of his 9 PS. Then he goes to 8 and 3, so you can then give him a 4th. the Henry chain works cos the normal evo in the chain gives him quick step + which takes him down to 8 PS

I had a 92 evo Son who i turned to 93 with a +1 evo, and then used TOTS recolour to make him TOTS rarity again, now im trying to do the second +1 evo to make him 94, I can see him as an available option but it comes up with an error when I try to select him. anyone else have this error? he fits criteria for the second +1 evo but it wont let me select him

its annoying but hopefully you can deal with it using first touch+, it worked for me just thought I'd share it

most people have realised by now that every cup has slightly different gameplay because they tweak different parts of the scripting for each one (hidden sliders). this serie A cup is definitely heavy on the "slow first touch" and "player freezes for a second then you can move", and first touch+ is the only thing that negates it. just my observation, lmk if you notice it too. its subtle but you cant unsee it

I have gold mbappe and 92 IF Vini in my club but I just really wanna do this evo instead lmao

this is the one

Hahaha this is such a perfect description

new built different evo is absolutely perfect... him and gullit gonna be like a brick wall at CDM

just extremely polar scripting, you have periods where your team feels underwater and later youll have periods where your opponent is going through the same thing. just gotta pick your moments, cos if you attack at the wrong time, the gameplay is designed to be so slow and horrible that you start thinking its the servers

the scripting always kicks in when you're close to a milestone checkpoint or promotion. its just part of the game i think. they've made it so that your AI players are basically on semi pro or professional level whilst your opponent will be on world class, so they have good AI movement and you dont. you just have to play safe, defensive and boring for the whole match and it seems to speed your team up after a while. otherwise you're cooked

only game I've ever played where even winning isn't fun. nothing about this BS game is fun, it feels like torture the whole time, win or lose. like the game is fighting against you and trying to make you look like you're the one who tackled 90 degrees the wrong way. even TOTS is fuckin shite and there's zero reason to carry on unless you're completely addicted to this BS so I'm out, uninstalled this **** after that ridiculous champs gameplay and I s2g I'm not playing this **** ever again

I was 8-3 in champs and ended up 8-7... i can't even begin to describe how insane the scripting was in the last few games especially... it felt like the game is completely against me in every way. rebounds, AI defenders opening huge gaps, refusing to let me player switch until it's too late... it was the most insanely scripted BS and it's so far gone now that there's no point playing this game anymore, it's completely out of control and so obvious that it drives you mad

I know, I meant there's crazy scripting right now, AND the gameplay is really damn slow so it's even more torture than it usually is

yeah you know. tbh I think more and more people are finally realising. and theyll also realise that the friendly cup modes are EA's way of experimenting with different types of scripting, that's why gameplay feels so different each time there's a cup. Maldini cup was bouncebacks, maicon cup was underwater defenders and smooth attackers. i think they're just experimenting with it

100%

it's scripting, the bad gameplay switches from team to team during the match cos they're trying to share the goals around

with slower gameplay speed the scripting is even easier to spot. you can react to it with tactics changes but it still shouldn't be in the game at all... it's so easy to tell when your team is in underwater mode and then suddenly they're fine again

I have him untradeable

scripting in champs is bad again, just a warning... extreme slow motion gameplay and all the AI players standing still for most of the match

just used him hahahhaha wow, if he was 500k in this market it'd be worth it. Hawk for the pace and maxed out shooting, he's benched my TOTY Henry holy F

yep, straight into my team until I can put anticipate+ on gullit

maestro is the way here

I think he's one of those players this year who doesn't fit the meta, at all, and especially for the half of the match where the scripting is against you, he just feels like a bin lorry, you need agile fast silky players to beat the scripting so when it kicks in, haaland will just slow you down and you're more likely to lose the ball

most successful I've had is by holding L2 + R1 when he gets the ball, it activates press proven and he can basically turn on the spot to try and roll the defender. then R2 sprint away with quick step and basically just try to hulk smash past the defence. but I'll be honest it isn't the most effective way to score, my other strikers are better and I score way more goals without him in my team

can you imagine the thrill of driving a bin lorry slightly faster than the speed limit ? that's what this card feels like

if you want, you can do finesse+ evo then the TOTS LFF evo to add low driven as well. but you have to do finesse+ evo first. you can then do CM roles++ evo purely to give him TOTS chemistry again if you need it. he'll end up with 4 PS+ and 9 PS including low driven

did all my upgrade sbcs, did the toty cup, opened all packs.... and all golds. just low rated gold after gold after gold. then realised I had some season pass rewards, opened a tradeable 82x10 and get this guy? did EA make a mistake or something cos I'm not supposed to get nice things

hahaha

how's the scripting been the last few days? is it still unbearably obvious or should I start playing this game again. cos this card looks nuts

yeah I get it, just sayin it's literally useless for the guy on this particular video game but you have fun with him fella

power shot is useless on a striker as it is, can't even imagine how useless it'll be on him. EA deffo doing this on purpose

when your on a x2 and one win away from promotion, you better believe you're about to have the most demonic scripting ever

anything above 86 feels like that's my luck for tonight

I'm serious I've packed like 4 discard price tots after opening 1000s of players worth of packs, I had so many packs saved as well, almost every single pack just gives out 83s or 84s and my storage fills up with them. wtf is the point

same for me, over and over again. wtf

I've opened every upgrade pack available in SBCs and tons of saved packs, but almost every pack gives out the bare minimum. 83x10 mostly 83s, same for 83x14, and 84x7 mostly 84s. 85x2 gives 85s, and so on. where is everyone getting TOTS cards from??? literally every pack i opened since content has had the bare minimum in it, wtf

kessya bussy is such a funny name her parents obviously don't speak english

at the beginning of the game he was absolutely broken. now he's obsolete but I guess if they ever allow him a decent evo, he might make my bench as a late game sub

wow only took about a year but finally packed this guy

gameplay is so ridiculously slow right now, I can't tell if he's clunky or not. shooting is incredible though

they try and make you think you're crazy for noticing it and people on here say dumb **** like "oh its the servers" "just concentrate more" meanwhile your defenders have literally just become **** and the game won't let you switch to the one guy who can actually affect the situation. and when you do switch to him, he freezes for a whole second anyway and feels like a hippo

EA really doing everything they can to make this game as long and boring and miserable as possible. I've given up on it now. every single pack, 83x10 gives out mostly 83s, 84x7 gives mostly 84s. what's the point? not coming back unless everyone starts saying somethings changed cos this is just insane. even the gameplay is a load of scripted, slow, boring, repetitive shite

anyone else noticed the gameplay feels underwater now? I tried rivals, champs qualifiers, friendlies and squad battles. all of them feel like I'm in a swimming pool... it's not anything to do with connection, ping 8ms online, I'm sure they've changed the gameplay.. anyone else noticed this?

just a warning, scripting is heavy in rivals div1 right now - mainly that underwater feeling during parts of the match. feels very bipolar, like suddenly your team takes drugs and speeds up again. player switching is also affected and your player freezes for a second after receiving a pass

aerial, power header. easy goals from corners, especially with sentinel which makes him 97 rated as a CB

you know that moment when the scripting kicks in and you can just feel your whole team goes to **** like they're all underwater all of a sudden

don't worry almost no one will pack him, except every single person you play against in champs

if I top myself then who's gonna impregnate your very low IQ mamma? she dribbles all over me every time it's too good to pass up on. so I'm gonna stay alive sorry bro. I mean son

don't care about publicity fella I just want a futbin comment to tell me which pack gives out a million TOTS cards like last year

oh btw is anyone out there kind enough to translate the packs in the store from every language so we can all buy the one pack where EA "accidentally" make a mistake in the description in like Polish or whatever? I got too many coins atm, just waiting for these fake mistakes

I had the same idea, respect

100 men vs 1 silverback gorilla, bare knuckles only, cant run away, who wins

yeah the scripting is literally embedded into the game engine, it's impossible to remove it because it's there on purpose. it's momentum/DDA scripting designed to make sure no one gets battered too badly and stops playing the game. FC26 will likely be worse, youll see. they're always experimenting new ways to script the gameplay, that's why every friendly cup feels so specifically different and you have to get used to whatever sliders they've tweaked

tbh that's valid, his def awareness at 99 will be crazy as well. I just use him at CAM so prefer shooting or incisive+

so many people don't use him cos of his 90 OVR, they don't realise he's basically 98 or 99 rated with the right playstyle and when he gets his next upgrade he'll be the best card on the game if you know how to use him. he's ridiculous in my team, just needs shooting playstyle

yep exactly, shooting is the one so his shot power becomes 99. add on low driven or finesse and he'll be so crazy

99shooting and finesse+ or 99passing and incisive+ PLEASE

wait she'll keep going up while everyone jumps on the bandwagon

the only reason you packed her is BECAUSE she's not a 1 mil card. that's the point. pack weight depends on market value, which is same reason why gold Theo was so hard to pack compared to every other 87 that I've packed 50 times each

he is very good. helped get me to 12 wins, that first touch, rapid, finesse combo is mental. he's playing just as well as my TOTY Henry, genuinely insane for that price

I had exactly the same experience... the scripting is just too obvious when it switches between one team and the other, the game just plays itself. the AI seem to change difficulty, like they're semi pro for 20 mins and then suddenly legendary for 20 mins. you just wait for your moment and attack, then your opponent gets a turn, regardless of whether you or they deserve it

they've just tweaked the scripting by adjusting the sliders (hidden online, but visible offline)

just opened an 84x7 pack and got 7 84s????? not even an 85? is everyone packing this shite or???

I've played a few matches tonight. there is definitely a lot of "sabotage scripting" (where the game keeps refusing to do what you tell it to). from what I've seen, the magnetism rebounds and bouncebacks aren't as bad as rivals/champs. but defenders do feel like they're a bit underwater. attacking is very smooth which is why every game has a goal basically within first 20 mins or so

glad it's not just me noticing this. thought I'm going mad. I swear my evo players are heavily juiced for like 1 week and then suddenly they just become noticeably crap

yeah or maybe it's nothing to do with the servers and the gameplay is rigged af, which is why they managed to reverse all of it and produce the best gameplay we had in ages (TOTY patch) when they realised we all got sick of it and left the game. they flicked a switch and improved gameplay to bring us back, then they brought the scripting right back and youre here going on about servers

the scripting is so bad that me and my mates have names for the different types of scripting like "underwater scripting" and "AI positioning" and "magnetic rebounds scripting" lmao this game is so beyond help and EA are rats for ruining my favourite game since I was a kid

yeah 100%, very obvious how scripted it is

scripting is crazy tonight lol, the gameplay is just deciding who it wants to have the ball.... only way EA reverse this is if we all do what we did before TOTY and force them to make the game playable for a bit

when he scored i just stood up, hands on my head, saying "noooooooooo" hahahaha what a goal

just played a few games on rivals on my account and then my mates account on the same ps5, just to see how different the scripting is for both of us... and the answer was, a lot. it's laughable. if you don't believe me, try it yourself and just watch how much the scripting influences the flow of the games on each account

worst type of scripting is either the one where all the rebounds keep going to one team, or it's when the game keeps switching you to wrong player and refuses to let you switch to the one guy who can actually do something

someone pls tell me if he's actually good before I waste the evo on him

I have a spare one. I put my untrade version into tu es mi idolo and now he's an 86 rated monster. dunno what to do with my tradeable version, the price range is way too low considering his evo chain potential

I hate it when people say skill issue but this literally sounds like a skill issue lil bro

that trickster ball roll, near post shot on the weak foot.... that was mad deja vu, like watching myself play champs

I don't understand the hate... this guy scores as much as my TOTY Henry, his trickster+ is amazing, finesse is amazing, he's not slow at all.... learn how to use him to his strengths and youll see. he's insane for me. can't wait for his upgrades so he'll be even more broken. I've changed my team just to fit him in on full chem because he's that good. only LW I've used that comes close is the 94 ronaldinho but that LW spot belongs to kvara now and rightfully so

popular opinion you've got there....

something people don't all understand is that scripting isn't about those moments where a dodgy, suspicious goal happens. it's about the way the game is ensuring that only one team can have possession of the ball and actually attack with it. how often do you notice all your tackles/interceptions result in the ball bouncing right back, or going out for a throw? it always happens constantly for like 20 mins at a time. that's the game ensuring possession stays with one team. if you do get the ball, your passes etc are messed up and you lose it immediately anyway

surprised I'm the only one who has noticed this one... pretty sick evo, easy upgrade potential too

don't be stupid, think one step ahead and you'll realise that EA are gonna start doing this all the time if we let them think they can. that evo has stat limits that make it dogshit anyway, why pay for that when we all have better players in our teams already? it should be free cos it has limits and it's shite

this evo is garbage, whichever player you put in it won't last a week before barely making the bench... save your 100k, definitely save your FP if you buy any, and save your fodder for this pathetic evo. TOTS is round the corner and some random discard price Turkish leage TOTS will be levels ahead of this crap

EA are trying to see how far they can push it before we complain.... what a terrible evo for 100k. only way to stop EA doing this forever is to simply not do these pathetic paid evos at all, if you have to pay then the upgrades should be good, not this absolute garbage

it's just the scripting, it seems to be designed to play with your emotions and convince you to buy some packs to improve your team. they know exactly what they're doing and it works cos they make billions a year from UT alone. trust me, everyone here knows what you're talking about, it happens to all of us and there's no real solution for it that doesn't suck all the fun out of the game

it's a bug for all of us, you have to do it on console and the player will be eligible, but in the app it says half of the players aren't eligible and you can't do anything about it

it's just the scripting bro, they've amped it up so the momentum swings feel extreme. when you have the momentum (and you will, it definitely swings both ways during the match) your AI will basically play at higher difficulty, and your passes/tackles/shots etc have reduced error. when the scripting is against you, it's the opposite. I think they're just trying to see how far they can push it before we complain. I agree with you though that this is just ridiculous, the momentum scripting is deciding the flow of the game and it's just too obvious

yeah, they make better runs off the ball and they stand in slightly better positions to receive a pass. otherwise they basically just sabotage your attack by being stupid

cazorla WW with the finesse evo. scores at least 2 goals per game for me and has dead ball+ as well

when the scripting is sabotaging you <<<<<<<

so blessed I packed him on day 1. he's been ahead of the power curve all the way. every upgrade took him up a level, his 99 dribbling is crazy, finesse is crazy. and now he's gonna get another 99 stat cos PSG won the league??? sounds good to me. end game card

haha I think that was against me. TOTY Henry score loads of 2nd half finesse by any chance?? agree though the scripting this weekend has been the most horrific ever. it's so obvious, they don't even hide it anymore. every game I played felt like each team gets one half of insane, ridiculous scripting. the magnetised rebound scripting was off the scale