Reveal trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3V-GvvzjE4
World Cup mode :groove:
Printable View
Reveal trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3V-GvvzjE4
World Cup mode :groove:
I thought that they had dropped the Fifa name.
Next version, after this one
More info here: https://www.ea.com/games/fifa/fifa-2...ures-and-modes
Main features
- Women's club football
- Cross play
- New set pieces
- World Cup DLC
- WC Heroes (Park Ji-Sung :cool:)
96 Coman out for a single 86 squad.
Hero SS pack for the same price too
Wrong thread. Whoops.
Pretty reasonable that, albeit I'm touching cloth on the fodder now. Had to open the 82x25 and 83x25 yesterday.
I won’t be doing the hero. I have main shitters (Ricken, Ljungberg and Dempsey) already.
Crossplay is nice to see.
Lol at how they keep trying to push women's football.
Looking forward to them adding more interview questions in career mode while leaving all the existing bugs as they are
Is it too late for a phwoar?
Fi-Phwoar.
TTH Pro Clubs Cross-Play :drool:
Am I right in saying the only benefits of standard vs ultimate edition is all FUT related?
Pretty sure that's the case Baz.
It's going to be weird seeing the women footballers do men footballer things.
There's a video here - no idea if it's still got loads of gamebreaking bugs though
Looks like more shit (like why the hell add more cinematic sequences, they are annoying as it is!) and less useful stuff (like better transfer menus, better player development, etc).
They've got to be thinking about pulling a Konami with the rebrand. Free to play but it's only Ultimate Team.
You know when a tech guy comes in to fix issues within some software that your workplace has been using for years? Well they tend to find that the people who replaced the replacement for the replacement of the guy who originally installed it, have all left. What you get then is a system that nobody really knows how it works any more and as such cannot really fix, more than enough to bodge it and everyone carries on. The only way to make it fully better is to start from the ground up, but then that is extremely more expensive than just bodging it.
There was a Twitter thread from a guy that's worked with EA for years and has said that this is essentially what they have going on now. They've built on top of previous versions so much that even simple things, the example given was cross play on pro clubs, take an absolute age to implement and even longer to do properly.
As such FIFA 23 is in a mess apparently. The big wigs dont want to tear up trees and rebuild the game as the current way of doing things earns them £1bn+ each year.
The hope is that EA Sports FC once that launches will be that chance to start anew, but I'm not holding my breath.
You can tell it's the same code they start with each year as every single search bug in the transfer market always comes back.
They could make a fresh break. The cynic in me says they'll just cannibalise '23, especially if they just want to release an Ultimate team only package. However, if it's no longer going to be an annual product, EA has the incentive to make sure they have a framework they can work with for years.
Konami changed engines for eFootball but that was entirely out of support for the FOX engine being shuttered. EA will still be using Frostbite and the one year turnaround probably means they'll pick the quickest option.
They'll carry on doing what they've always done, just with a different name.
Loads of new info here: Pitch Notes - the new chemistry system seems complex but allows for loads more variation in teams. Being able to switch players from LB to RB etc. looks mega too
Officially pre-ordered it despite saying, for maybe the fifth year running, I wouldn't get it this year.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footb...pears-27867419
Some on Xbox have been able to download and play the game already.
Rating leaks everywhere. How have they fucked this up that badly.
True but this a new level.
That'll absolutely fuck however they intended the economy of the game to work on launch too. Top effort all round.
Now issuing copyright takedowns on all media revealing anything from todays game leak. Streisand effect anyone?
Have EA met the internet before?
If they're still planning to do their ratings reveal, well, lol.
Web app release schedule:
Toggle Spoiler
https://fifaforums.easports.com/en/d...nion-app-start
Web App available this evening :dc:
Last 2 days of the 85 pack.
I have now packed every one a minimum of twice except the following
Neymar - 1
Ronaldo and Mbappe - 0
Granted the packs from the SS pack have made me enough coins to buy both a couple of days ago and have 700k left over so I am no that fussed but I would like FO
Pitch Notes for 23
They're doing something for Icons to upgrade them (like they did with Heroes) so they will actually be usable towards the end of the game
WebApp is up. My welcome back packs were terrible. Probably for the best really since I haven’t bought it :lol:
Guedes (who looks pretty decent for a starter striker) and Kasper Schmeichel as the best I've got so far. Did get a loan Vinicius who will surely come in handy
IF Palhinha :drool:
I got Phil Foden. Looks ripe for an SBC at some stage.
I haven't any plans to pick the new one up, but apparently from the web app release alone, the new chemistry system is absolute hell in SBCs.
I did wonder how they were going to cope with that. At this stage, and having got back into FM, I really wish I hadn't bothered pre-ordering it.
The main thing is that there isn't an equivalent to a "yellow link", so if you put a CM at CDM it doesn't add to chemistry. As long as position modifiers are abundant it won't be a problem, but EA will probably balls it up.
It's much better for squad creation, just a ballache for SBCs
Greetings from New Zealand :beer:
Seen a lot of that on Reddit. Wonder what the ‘population’ of NZ is today :lol:
How was the flight? Surprisingly speedy?
Yeah I was just messing around in the Settings and next thing I know there's some geezer doing the Haka next to me
Can confirm this works and I didn't need to travel.
The Moment things are kinda neat. One tip I have: pick up a cheap Free Kick beast (Gareth Bale or Griezzman are solid options)
Fred is still a legend :cool:
The ones that are like "score with a CB" you can just put your best players there and dribble past everyone and lash it in too
Note.
If you buy a pack in the moments market it auto opens.
I wanted to save the Jumbo Rares until OTW.
IF Savanier came walking out.
Gulasci and Ramos behind him, no others 83+.
Yeah, I ripped the 64 token one. Nothing too major out of it, but some good starter players: Joe Gomez, Bremer, Richarlison and a load of SBC fodder. Quite tempted by that Di Maria for the Bremer link
Foden (from the welcome packs) and Alaba from the 4,600 points sold to net me over 50k. I also packed Varane from the points, but he has a min sell of 101k, which is useless.
Pretty much fuck all from the welcome packs and the points. Harry Kane was the best, ratings-wise but no meta players
How did you get 64 tokens so quickly? Is there a crib sheet detailing how to do it all in x number of games?
Cheers Raoul. Last question, are we still in the 10 hour trial period? I thought we were but my game made no reference to it upon entering and exiting.
Nah today is The Day if you have Ultimate Edition. The plebs who bought the Tesco Value basic version have to wait until Friday though
IF Traore from the loan pack thing.
And I can't get in now.
Back on now.
Does anyone want to knock off the Bronze/Silver stuff?
Can it be done cross platform?
Oh and Varane gone for 55k, over 110k now. :drool:
Probably best off getting it into fodder - loads available in the 85-88 range for around 5k
Prices seem to have gone up a bit and I reckon they might crash hard when everyone gets their Tesco basics version.
Which versions are people using? I tried the PS4 one to start and I have to say, I don't like it. It's far too fast, so this might be the game that finally gets me next gen.
Chemistry on SBC's is seriously annoying now.
PS5 and yes, SBCs are a dick right now.
I hope it's just a case of getting used to it, but I fear the new system (which I much prefer in actual matches) is so unintuitive when it comes to glancing at the screen and knowing what you need to get the chemistry up.
The last segment of MM's took a genuine age to get 26 chem on. A 75 rated team would have taken seconds last year.
To borrow a catchphrase:
Err, lads...
Eat a dick.
:cool: What pack was that from? Keep or sell?
Looks untradeable.
Him untradeable is the dream. You can't turn down the coins if you pack him tradeable at this stage as I did last year, but using him all game cycle is a fapworthy prospect.
He's also bonkers at this stage.
I took his loan out for a spin in rivals tonight, really fun but I've now got to sit him for some schmuck. Likely Timo Werner or Greaseman.
Yeah - I'd be interested in trying to trade with the coins this early and see what I could do with them, but as it is I'll just use him and try and get 1000 games with him. He'll be in every team I build until next May or so.
Now weighing up whether to shoot 50k on Kimpembe
POTM nerf is a bit shit really.
A POTM Rashford could have almost had me back in but thats pointless.
What have they done?
The Serie A one is 100% banter. 50k for an 82-rated card...or just but Bremer for 5k who is better :cab:
Got TOTW Akanji out of a pack just now. Looks a bit of a beast
Nerfed the POTM upgrades. Only a +1 IF rather than then 2 he would have got normally.
81 should have gone to 86.
https://i.redd.it/x0iz4n0ula221.png
Pro-tip: get on and make some cheeky bids ahead of the inevitable server crash :drool:
Just logged on, and well, those are two SBC's I won't be doing.
Decided on a no FIFA points game, bar when a special pack is in the promo section, like the Welcome pack one there now, which didn't turn out that great.
This new chemistry system is so fucking shit for SBCs.
It really is. It also doesn't work properly as I sometimes have to back out to get the players I add in to register.
Even simple throwaway ones like the "Trade 3 CB's" or whatever it is in one of the basic SBCs.
They now need 1 chem point for each so you can't just give them any 3, they all have to be linked.
Got Tolisso in my OTW pack :moop:
Schlotterbeck :moop:
I win/lose.
Snap Mahow.
Ben Yedder from the Jumbo Rare Pack from the OTW objectives though.
I have been messing around with WebApp and finished hybrid nations today
VVD, OTW Nunez, OTW Schlotterbeck, IF Eriksen and Kimpembe from the packs.
Will be solid for if I pick it up later on.
Super disappointed Pro Clubs isn't cross-play. EA stated it 'should' come in a future update.
Is everyone else constantly getting 77+ rated teams in every slot when they refresh on SB?
The two Fulham IFs in the opening two weeks is a good way for FIFA to get me to buy the game.
Also, Raoul... what the fuck. Mbappe before release is obscene.
I packed IF Mitrovic and he's great Thommo.
Some mad prices right now. Random Argentinian CM from Benfica going for 7k sort of thing. I went through everything tradeable in the club, granted its not a lot, and found some nice coins.
Quite a few of the Futbin solutions for Hybrid Nations/Leagues/League & Nation use Argentinians.
Spanish are also pretty popular.
A really stupidly priced Thiago Silva flashback, an unnecessarily complicated SBC for a 75+ player and Dest OTW objectives in SB. I guess the latter is ok.
Can't seem to find my feet on this.
Getting absolutely battered in Division 9.
I'm fairly decent at finishing when I have a bit of space in the box but getting there is so hard for me and I'm being carved apart when defending.
Half decent SB rewards having toiled to Elite 1. Aubameyang, Laporte and Parejo the highlights. Once Auba sells that should put me up to 200k of coins.
What's the chemistry like? Is it easier to make fun teams?
Not a fan of Draft Challenges being obliterated. Also, if you choose a 5 atb system in a draft, your wing backs are not getting chemistry unless their base position is a wing back?
It's alright, but all a bit Emperor's new clothes. So you can in theory make fun teams in an easier way, but they're still not getting decent chem unless you basically have as many players with links from the old system in the new setup and even though they've nerfed chem, there's still a massive difference between the boosts you get for 3 diamonds as opposed to none.
LB's not being able to play at LWB or CM's at CDM is also a thing, yeah.
It's also fucked SBC's that require chemistry.
Although it has just dawned on me that when we hit TOTS it'll be a brilliant system as Chem styles matter far less then.
PotM Valverde. Too expensive. Again.
I've got so many 82-83 dupe untradeables with no real SBC to put them in.
Might do Valverde just to use them up.
Found a great little skill move - hold L1+R1 (no direction) with a 5* skiller when you receive the ball and it does a little Antony 360 spin
https://i.postimg.cc/1t3qBr5r/team.jpg
This year's early team. Gomez captain with most appearances at 34, Di Maria top assister with 31 and Ben Yedder (who is amazing) with 43 goals in 22 games. All first owner bar Gelshon Marteeeeeens, who I had to buy to get the cheddar man on full chem.
Did Silver Stars earlier which was nice and closing in on Div 8 in Rivals now. Had one game of Richarlison and thought fuck that. Not enjoyable and 12 games is ridiculous when I could be working towards qualifying for Weekend League and getting Rivals rewards.
Casemiro from my 83+ pack.
Not bad.
Seems like that new acceleRATE thing is a bit broken. "Lengthy" players seem a little too powerful.
It's just mixed things up so it's not all pace merchants. I have a feeling at some point EA will patch it and switch it the other way leading to a massive market crash...but at least for now you can use players who are good IRL
Yeah, I have to say I love it. I think its effect is overstated as well. My best player is Ben Yedder and there's no way to make him lengthy, for example.
I am only going by what I am seeing everyone say but am yet to see an example of it in action.
It's definitely oversold a bit by YouTube people trying to invent a meta
The state of MM's. :sick:
They're at the point now where it's just not worth doing them
Kulusevski is massively overpriced.
SBCs have been so shit thus far.
Do those cards upgrade? If not that might be one of the worst SBC's they've done so far.
Win 2 of 3 and qualify according to the Sheriff.
ALERT: get on Store ASAP! EA dropped a bollock and issued a 25k Gauranteed Tradable Hero Pack.
I got Forlan :cool:
Cheers Raoul, I got Al Jaber. :moop:
I had 28k, on account of now owning the game, so I sent it and got Cahill :moop:
They took it down apparently. So the prices should rebound on them.
If you've got any spare coins then get on the market. Insane sell off happening
Hero sell off?
I also did the IF as well, has that gone too?
Looks like it has. Hero’s flying back up now
Yeah, looks like it.
I've listed Forlan for ~450k. No idea if he'll sell, some are (and I'm undercutting them a little) so hopefully.
Forlan sold for 380k. Dropped down loads then rebounded up
Is it just me or are the servers absolute dogshit for anyone else on this game too? On Ps5 and the lag in menu screens and random disconnects are unreal.
Norwich goal song going for 5k. Understandable. Samba De Janeiro :cool:
There's some Bohemians kit doing the same too, because it has Bob Marley on it
Lemar from an 80+ pack.
Pre-season rewards just landed. Mine was mostly fodder and then, whilst clearing out some dupes, I got Salah in a 2-player upgrade pack :|
Your pack luck is absolute filth, every single year.
No idea why, but Uruguayan managers are insta selling for 5k.
Had my best pull from an 80+ today, UEL Live Moreno.
Meh.
Scumbag.
Can someone bump the thread whenever FGS drop streams are on?
Otherwise I'll keep missing them.
https://www.ea.com/games/fifa/compet...Localized=true
Monday apparently.
Zaha from the mega pack reward for level 24.
The price for Alaba :|
Yeah, hard pass from me.
Telles looks pretty decent. Doesn't link into my team right now but there's always some Brazil objective somewhere.
I did a Two Player Upgrade earlier and got a dupe Salah and RB Herrera :cab:
Prime Gaming pack out, plus some cheap (probably awful) Icon pack. 86 is pretty much behind the curve and Icons are crap for chemistry this year
Drops are live on their Twitch too.
Interesting icon pack. Max 86 for 84 and 86 SBCs
Does the icon itself always get 3 diamonds?
Haaland from a 78+ :chief:
Chicharito from my Prime pack :drool:
Koulibaly from mine.
Top, top stuff there gents. I only got Kostic and some other mooks from mine
Sol Campbell from my icon pack.
Cashley as my icon.
Not bad.
Messi gonna get POTM. That’s a seriously early monster.
Apparently if you dont own the game you are supposed to lose web app access by now. I bought the EA play trial to see if I could sneakily keep access and it seems to have worked :cool:
Watch me lose it tomorrow :lol:
Packed Cancelo yesterday and havent sold him yet but I did do the icon pack.
Toggle Spoiler
Assuming FUTBIN is right that Messi price is :lol:
I think I might be done already which would be the earliest I've dipped out.
I just can't be bothered loading it up.
Haven't played a Rivals game in a couple of weeks now, barely played SB, haven't done any online friendlies for a while etc etc.
Never got on with the early game and I hate how they've fucked SBC chemistry wise.
Yeah I have dabbled with the trial but I dont feel like I am missing out.
New Warzone and FM will do for me for a while.
About a week after I pre-ordered 23 I got bang back into FM and I wished I hadn't bothered. This is the best game they've done so far mind.
I've never been able to get into it and usually I absolutely love how the game plays on release/first couple of patches.
It's just felt boring for me and seems to nullify how I play.
Its such a minimal upgrade on his gold for 550k more.
The other one should get atleast one, possibly two, upgrades.
Ah, fair point. I'd forgotten about the upgrades.
The lack of decent leaderboards :cab:
Cant see what rank my friends list are in rivals or WL
Max 87 hero pack for 85x squad and a TOTW. Not bad.
Some monsters in there but some shitters too.
If I pack Toure I might buy the damn thing :lol:
Also drops stream up
Al Jaber for me.
Guess I'm still not playing.
Brolin from the Hero Pack and a cheeky Smith-Rowe from a 78+ pick. Decent
Dembele from the daily somewhat making up for it, though he is untradeable.
Joe Cole from my Hero pack, which is a massive W based on value but still somehow very underwhelming.
Probably cause it’s more of the same. I imagine someone like Papin, Kewell or Brolin (not sure on the costs of those) would have been more exciting as it’s a new card to try.
Mascerano and RB Estupinian out of Marquee Matchups :drool:
Used the remainder of my 10 hr trial yesterday to get gold SB rewards and finish a few objectives. The fact they appear to have stopped doing SB objective players is annoying. Though that could have been because of the foundations.
Davies (10k) and OOP Fofana (100k) from the rewards.
Did the TOTW pack for the cost of 1x 85 and got Casemiros IF
I got SMS. Meh.
Of course this year is the year I have my best ever start (player-wise) but have the least amount of fucks to give (game-wise) :moop:
It's just massively dead isn't it? Like Arse Creed, there's only so many times you can do the same thing year after year.
That’s what hit me. Since I got back into it at the end of FIFA 17 I was proper hooked, full FOMO. Just couldn’t face doing it again
WC Mode trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8m9plRwMgk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUuJHx_wJwQ
Further to the discussion above, Nep nails it/states the obvious here. I'm simply not doing anything like that on the game again.
If it was 20 games with 5 players, so you could double down, it wouldnt be so bad. Since you could do it over a few weeks with no drama. As it is though? Not worth it at all for the cards you get
There's the Turkish league guys there now if you fancy doing another 27 games of SB too :henn0rz:
Icardi looks cracking for the price. Loved his card last year so picked him up
Nice little touch. Forget how many great songs we have had over the years
Ive played over 150 games now. Sitting in division 3 and my best weekend league attempt is 14 wins. I have to say, im still super disappointed in the game. Its more of the same. Been gone for two years and i was expecting a lot more.
*The tactics and formation stuff is still the same
*gameplay is still the same. Kickoff goals are still a thing somehow
*You dont get the win, if someone quits
*Weekend league leaderbaords are gone
*You cant check your past results
*Still no history of players within your club, if they are sold or discarded
World Cup stuff is here
They're basically RTTF cards but for the WC, plus there's Heroes/Icons etc.
Marquez as my World Cup hero pre-order, meh.
Prime pack 2 is out.
Nowt special for me.
Without grindable menu content, like league SBC's, the game is over.
Nep's videos continue to amuse me. Haven't logged into the actual game for weeks now but still watching them.
Ashley Young SBC :cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSiSdVx7zCA
3 minutes in and he's on fire. :lol:
Ive just signed in and can see, you can get a World Cup Vieira for 40 swap tokens. Seems tempting. Not sure if it is still possible to complete though
It's getting to the time of the year where I usually start getting the itch and start wishing I'd bought the game earlier.
Last year I started post TOTY and still managed to get arguably the best team I've had in any cycle. What gets me is to get the absolute "Ultimate team" you have to hit it like Yev does every few versions and he smashes TOTY. However the silly amount your team can upgrade just during TOTS means as long as you start before April you should be grand.
However, no signs of the itch yet this year.
I gave this a go and its been fun. You can still get 40 tokens. You have about 12 days left. You have to do it in a golden goal mode and you can do 60 games per day. You need 6 wins with players from all of the world cup nations. Ive got about 30 tokens so far. Most fun I've had in Fifa for a long time.
The 60 games per day, sounds like a lot. But it really isn't. You can run through them in just under 6 hours. Ive found myself annoyed that I don't have any games left.
Yeah the fact they bought into the community going for golden goal has been a big win from them. Made some of the grind worth it last year.
@Gray Fox, same here still not got it nor really got the urge. I keep up with the content/creators to see whats going on but its not pulling me in. Even on sale like it is now.
Another Ronaldo flashback. No clubs so terrible links and priced at 500k. Madness.
There's a generally accepted rule of golden goal by the community. Most will quit after you score your goal. So those 60 games whizz by. It can get very toxic though. Some will score first and then pause for you, basically telling you to quit and fuck off. If you don't, all manner of shithousery begins.
The 60 games Sincere refers to are actually golden goal in the game, with no need for anyone to quit as the game just ends when the first goal goes in.
That's a shame. Some of the post-game messages from when you didn't comply used to be quite entertaining.
Yeah they were but its nice they bought into it. Makes life a lot easier.
Anyone know if Ronaldo is still in packs as a Man Utd player and if so, how long that'll be the case for?
Don’t know 100% but based on his piece being on the 70k range I would think so.
He could be dropped at any point though.
Cheers Danny, I started a new game a week ago and I've ground to 85k coins and I want a clean card version of him before he moves to an unlinkable club.
Prime Gaming pack out.
Five more tokens and Vieira is mine :cool:
Seems like EA are just gonna make us play swaps for the rest of the game cycle...
Ok decided yo give WL a go and ive won games, but my record is all losses. Glitch shit.
if you have any intention of playing the game down the line/toty and can get on the web app I would recommend the daily log ins that started yesterday.
Rewards are nice. Single bronze card a day
:D
I saw something about that on reddit a while ago. I assumed (I know) that they fixed it
League SBC''s are back and the grind is a cracking one.
Sort of. I'm selling everything from the bronze packs that sells (no matter whether it's needed for a league SBC or not) then using the cards that don't in the bronze > silver, then silver > gold upgrades.
Essentially the only two segments that cost are the Lib/Sud one and the Fra 1/Ned 1 one. It takes a while, but you can get almost enough gold cards for the latter and almost enough Sud/Lib cards for the former from both of the upgrades. You could save the cards for these from what you pack from bronze packs, but you'll be sat on so many coins doing nothing from clubs all over those leagues if you do that, so I figured I'd save the untradeables and buy the cards I need to finish each off when I have a decent amount for each club. If that makes any sense.
I've made about 150k since last night and sat on a fuck tonne of rare bronzes that'll sell for 500 each when the next Icon SBC turns up.
Sounds like a plan? How many bronze packs do you open until you put them in SBC? Ive done what ive said and my coin balance hasn't moved, but ive done the SBCs once while selling everything ive packed.
I try to open enough Bronze packs to get 110 commons to fire into the upgrade SBC so I can open 10 silver upgrades at a time.
This grind is so good I'm now seriously considering doing that rip-off Ronaldo SBC.
Yeah agreed. Ive increase my coins balance slightly plus I have a lot of duplicate high-rated cars ready to put into an sbc. I may do stoichkov.
That's the winter and winter premium league SBC's done 5 times each for the objective rewards, so I can just focus on the premium one now.
I think only an 87 card needed and Ronaldo will be done too.
How's the coin balance with this? Fairly static or are you making a bit off it too?
I spent a few more coins than I would have done before to finish the 5x completion off, but I had about 140k of coins before these landed and have 330k now. High point was 370k.
Also sat on about 500 rare bronzes too, which I'm going to make fortunes from when they bang in price.
my coin balance hasnt moved too much. About 100k, but I can see how this pay offs. I also have saved my rare bronzes and doing what Yevrah has done. Every so often, I pack a 85+ card, which gets stored in the club if untradetable. Waiting to be used for an SBC. It takes time to do, but its worth it.
BPM is running out of juice a bit so might move to just doing the Premium Winter League SBC over and over.
Got bought this for xmas so I guess I am in. Havent fired it up yet but I have been keeping an eye on SBC's and doing some trading so have a decent base to start from.
That Gullit SBC looks like a no brainer.
Yeah he looks tidy. Different in-game stats so won't play the same, but a cool card. There's Clauss/Randolph which you could knock off super quick.
Nep has a "speed run" RTG video showing how quickly you can rattle through from zero to a decent team. Nice idea.
I've been grinding this a fair bit recently but not pulled anything top drawer. Couple of Chiellini's and a Chong. Got Abedi Pele from the Hero pack but he doesn't really make my team. I've got a pretty good team but I can't bring myself to commit to spending on a player only for their value to tank. Currently only have gold Hakimi as my only tradeable player in my first XI :cab:
I played the trial over a few weeks long enough to keep access to the webapp so I am in a decent spot.
Will check out that Nep video to see where to start.
I started again 3 weeks ago (as the other account had been spoilt by some FIFA Points) and it's ridiculous how quickly one can build a decent team. I haven't even had any decent pack luck really.
Anyone any idea whether the best of is still in packs and what it contains? Can't see any reference to it anywhere, but pretty sure some content creators have packed Sule after 6pm today.
Reddit reckons they are but don’t think there is a known list
Cheers Danny.
In other news and with BPM having been profitable enough to save any rare bronzes that go for less than 550 I think I now have more in my club than I've ever had. A quick check on Futbin suggests there have been 1,800 released to this point (I guess some will be out of packs - death, legal reasons etc.), but I have 751 of them now, or 41.7%.
Given the league SBC's are there for another 19 days I'd like to think I could hit 1,500.
Jesus :D
I was doing some BPM and need to do a bit more to support the lower of the league SBCSs. Need to do that one three more times for the full 10.
Not sure who is investing in what but 84s are cheap again. I usually try pick up a stack of them when they hit <2.8k. They went for 5k when that 86+ hero came out. I got normal Kewell or WC Kohler in that so took the latter based on value/rating.
Haven't invested in anything yet, but I feel like I should so keep the tips coming Danny.
Just took the three week old team into Weekend League qualifying and we made it, just. Played some ludicrous opponents (for my poor standard at least) in the first few games and also got a disconnect that the game blamed me for which left us 2-6 after eight games. Won the ninth 5-1 to take it to the final match. Which had the worst connection I've ever experienced in a game, pausing for 5 seconds at a time then furiously catching up. We somehow took a 3-0 lead into half time, but then went 4-3 down. He's equaliser coming with me having no control over the play at all. The constant press helped us equalise to take it to extra time where we ran out 7-4 winners with that unlinkable Ronaldo card coming off the bench to score a hat-trick. Legend.
No idea what playing weekend league on Sunday night is like but hopefully wins are given away a lot as people rush through it (didn't get any in qualifying). 6 wins and I'd be delighted.
Rare Bronze Watch
829 out of 1,800 collected. 46%.
Tapped out on 7 wins in the end, which was enough to get some decent fodder from the picks and store a couple of packs for TOTY. 9 next week and that'll be the Weekend League plus objective complete too.
That base icon is luring me in, despite be knowing its going to be shit
Well that's the best thing I've ever got out of a 5k gold pack...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig6ghuMQgP0
Lovely! Looks like they are still shafting him on balance :nono:
His M/M workrates are not pleasant either, but he has to be an upgrade on what I had.
Started much on the game yourself yet?
Yeah, a little bit. Played a bit of squad battles and then anything where it's been online I have done the minimum to get the tokens.
Mostly just been doing SBC's and playing the menus. The best bit :lol:
Did the Base Icon pick - Figo | Muller | Zanetti
Took the German. Looks alright but not going to make my first XI. Worth more than the SBC (400k) so not bad overall.
That’s not a bad one at all. Especially considering the options…
Dupe untradeable Verde from my WW pack. Wouldn’t expect anything else.
I got Milinkovic-Savic, who looks good due to the speed but has 63 for reactions, which is absolutely tragic.
Tempted to punt him into the Icon pick SBC.
Pato from the WW pack :eyemouth:
Think I'm just gonna start saving packs for TOTY now, so difficult to pack a promo card this year might as well try and give myself more shots at something there
Prime Gerrard out for Yev to build a club around.
Zidane (I think mid) is supposed to be coming soon.
Haha, he was sooo shit. You could take the last two segments off the requirements and I'm still not sure I'd do it.
:D
Same. I’ll save everything I have for a potential TOTY run at Zizou
Likewise, if I could come out of TOTY with a mid Zidane that'd be a result no matter what else I pack.
Yeah, I think I'll look to go in for him if I can. Pairing him up with WC Vieira :drool:
Zidane's landed. 12 segments.
FC Twente and FC Emmen cards are max bin thanks to MM's sell them while you can
Just insta sold 7 Emmen or Twente bronzes for 10k each too. :cool:
I may or may not have 80+ 84s on my tradepile :uhoh:
I have a few spaces though, anything specific going?
Nah, cause the rare bronzes are 400-450 from Zidane you can just break even/make coins while storing a load of cards as well.
Fair enough. Prob wont bother then.
That Politano has all traits.
He does indeed, surely some sort of mistake.
Rare Bronze watch is progressing nicely. I now have 1,043 of the 1,800. 58%.
Politano in and ADP from the base icon. Him Riquelme and Suker the options.
I have had a mini pack opening spree and managed to get some decent fodder along with Weghorst, Boateng and Fabio WW's
Aouar is now Algerian. Guess that means he won’t get his yearly special card anymore
That is sad news.
75 (decent) packs hit for TOTY last night. Would be good to get to a couple of hundred going in, but not sure how realistic that is.
Oh shit, I forgot about their other baby. Dynamic duo guaranteed.
I just played a few friendlies with the loan Zidane - he's great but the Stamina is a bit of a concern. He was fried by the end of a not particularly arduous game where he was just a roaming CAM rather than playing as a true CM.
Gonna try Jairzinho's loan too to see which I prefer.
Is his wank agility and not great balance an issue too?
He was fine - he's not Mbappe or one of the speedy midgets like Correa/Gomez, of course. The counter to that is that he was great in defence as well as he's a big lad and a great all rounder.
This Centurions promo seems pretty meh? All these cards have a pretty glaring weakness (awful balance or strength mainly). They really shit the bed on the power curve this year, skipped the 83-85 bit and went balls deep into ~87-89 territory but now it's been three months or so of them releasing pretty much the same card ad infinitum with a different badge :moop:
Also, Ledley King out as a completely pointless base Hero card...
Yeah, today was a massive fail.
Another problem is this increasing trend of about 4 of the cards in the promo being genuinely good and the rest ranging from average to downright awful. Couple that with the shocking pack weight and you’ve so little chance of packing anything good.
Anyone tried that German with the 99 PHY? Heard he's a bit of a beast.
Nep said Politano is great so I'll probably pick them both up
It seems to be getting worse, to the point that when you see one of these things come out you just KNOW it’s going to be shit.
The promos looks a bit meh so far.
Mahrez is tempting. Always good on FIFA.
Too many new cards are behind the power curve and i also think they nerf older cards.
Remember when you used to be excited when a TOTW came out, promos are going the same way that has IMHO.
One squad away (84) from that centurion pack. It’s going to be terrible :lol:
Benzema, IF Ledezma, 2 x 85 and 7 x 84s the main highlights. Pretty much the exact value of the pack from those.
I've made a start on it but will save it for TOTY. Up to 28 packs now with some big boys in there.
Made a killing on 83/84s yesterday after buying up a load when they were 900 coins and selling them for 2k a pop :drool:
This 80+ x100 grind could be interesting for TOTY. Rinse a load of bronze -> silver into it
It could, but I'd be staggered if anyone got a TOTY from a 100 of them.
Just run the numbers and opening 750 bronze packs, savings 3 players from each one to yeet into upgrades will get you the 100 packs.
88+ Mid/WC Icon for an 87+85. Seems alright value, although there are a lot of shit Mid Icons rated 88
I am very tempted but I know I shouldn't.
I think I want Mahrez more than that risk :lol:
That new 80+ upgrade has wrecked BPM so my ability to print coins and do infinite Premium League Winter League Upgrades has gone. :moop: Down to my last 286k of coins.
I have managed to pull together the below packs for TOTY though.
https://i.postimg.cc/MHqxmHJV/TOTY.jpg
Would be nice to get to 200 not including the 80+ packs.
Dynamic Duo coming. Kent and Tavernier
Hold me.
I made a mistake.
Toggle Spoiler
:D Is he at least usable?
In other news, 34 80+ upgrades left to do, it's been a fair slog I must admit.
He doesn’t look terrible. Better than a few years ago when they had his composure at 58.
How have you made out? I have done <30 and have been keeping track on a spreadsheet at home. It’s been ok for fodder. That and some saved packs are why I did the icon instead of just doing Mahrez.
I haven't opened any yet. I might crack a few if a decent team 2 comes on Friday. I expected them to be dogshit though so good to hear it's been ok for fodder.
40 so far
Code:80 13 IF Windass
81 7
82 6
83 7
84 4 IF Santos
85 1 Centurion Arnold
86
87 1 IF Taremi
88
89 1 Casemiro
Kent for an 82 (+ TOTW) as part of a wider SBC for Tavernier that needs another 84 team
Those history maker cards got upgraded
I now have an untradeable 86 HM Pedri to go with my slightly better untradeable 86 IF Pedri
That Fred card looks tasty. Basically it's the same as his RTTK from last year who was amazing
Unfortunately I packed a Man Utd Brazilian midfield special walk out on Thursday rather than yesterday.
Would have been nice to get Fred rather than my second untradeable IF Casemiro
Packed my first Centurions last night. First was Calabria from one of the 80+ packs (I opened all of them) and the second was Iago Aspas from the League SBC Prime Electrum pack.
Up to 201 packs for TOTY now, all decent ones.
How did you do on the 80+
I think I am at about 4 walkouts from ~75
It was bad. A couple of walkouts, a shit Centurion, two low rated IFs, one 85 and some 84s.
But I guess not bad for the effort it took and I still have all of the objective packs from it too bar the Gold Premium players one.
I got two 85 centurions, both of the shit Germans, last week. Don’t even get near any Bundes team I could put together
I bought Fred - didn't get a chance to play with him too much but seemed great in the couple of games I tested him out in. Also got Lisandro Martinez who's a tidy card.
Ended up opening about 10 packs as I needed some fodder (including the first 100 player pack). Didn't pack anything of note but just about enough to re-roll for another 100 pack.
My 100 this time around was bang average. Ended up just rolling most of it into another premium league SBC cycle
Did Mhki but I am still deciding if I want to do Mahrez.
Need this icon pack to pump up my 84s.
Will I have learned my lesson from Sanchez? Probably not.
Daily icon SBCs for TOTY. Rooney, Gullit and Ronaldinho already supposed to be coming.
Along with a mad looking Ramos.
My club is going to be absolutely mudded after I've finished all of these upgrade SBC's. Christ knows how I'll do the ones that come next week.
Oh and nerfgate has been fun. It staggers me that people thinking a company charging £30 for an untradeable pack, full of absolute bilge for the vast majority of people, wouldn't be up to all manner of other shady, but still just about legal, shit.
Mbappe won POTM .... to go with his TOTY.
Rooney out today and looking quite reasonable when 85s get back to normal.
If the Beckham comes out in the blue TOTY card :drool:
A piss poor effort compared to previous years, but I've hit 250 packs.
https://i.postimg.cc/t4WGnK1V/Packs.jpg
Should be able to grind the upgrade packs you see at the bottom of the below (numbers include all recycling) too, so even if the odds will be the worst ever I think I'd be slightly disappointed if I don't get one.
I'll be going shit or bust as well, all into Ligue 1.
Going to be one hell of a ride again. I have a lot less than that. Mostly just kept the big 83+ packs and fuck all in the club.
Ill be happy just getting Beckham done to be honest.
I've not got many saved (40-odd?) but some good ones - 83x25 x3, Centurions and a few ??x11 being the big boys. Will probably rip the small packs sooner and save the big ones for when the whole team is out
Saw a post on Reddit the other day mentioning there were some nation-specific packs in the WC mode (83+ for a few nations) that would have been targeting a really small set of TOTY nations/ratings. Should have kept them :moop:
I had that 85+ semi final pack I was saving for a while but I opened it by accident :moop:
I know I would have got Lloris but I was dreaming of Modric
These TOTY Icon cards look immense - basically what PIMs should always have been. Even the traditional shitters like Pirlo and Nesta look awesome
There are Flash Upgrades SBCs out now - 9 golds, 2 rares
So I thought that Beckham was an SBC looks like promo cards. Thats a bit sad.
10 Coin pack in store
Another flash SBC.
Yes, no and yes
Though the free kick animation is very slow so people usually put people on the line :moop:
I used to use Ballack as a free kick taker in(I think) '19 for that very reason. They could move the keeper during free kicks then and would wait for his run up to start before moving said keeper over to the place most shots would go. But I'd do a power free kick aiming right to the side where the keeper was stood. So many times they'd just let Ballack thump it into an empty net and then they'd quit from embarrassment after.
Has The Agent packed his yearly TOTY yet?
The Agent doesn't really play anymore.
Although I'm sure I'll do a couple of SBCs now and then this week.
Congratulations on your future TOTY
That Bale is crazy cheap.
Vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Alright Danny?
On Bale, I have Chiellini. :cool:
Either Danny packed a TOTY or his cat is posting on his behalf now...
I actually have a pretty good MLS team - Higuain, Chiellini, Insigne, Pato, Herrera and that Luquinhas. Bale is probably good enough to just play on zero chem, but if you can get a Welsh manager he'll have 1 point which isn't too bad.
Tried Gareth Bale on the left in a 3-5-2 (which he has perfect stats for), on full chem and what a disappointment.
Really? Shame.
I am going to try him on the right or upfront. I know he can play LB and as tempting as it is, I think I will ignore it.
Ive never enjoyed playing with players like Bale and Sane. Playing them out wide, and I could never get the most out of them. Playing them as a CM, always worked better for me.
Yeah, I think Bale might make a great DM or CM, his running style in game is just nothing like those marauding runs he used to do down the wing, but the rest of the card is solid.
Prime pack and upgrades out
Upgrades appear to be somewhat nerfed. 8 cards back instead of 12
Ligue 1 packs appears to be the best for grinding: https://twitter.com/FUTWIZ/status/1617584929432555523
I think it’s always the way. Reckon I’ll do enough for the Objs too
Edit: or prob not. I thought it was pack not XP reward
Just packed Modric out of the 83+x3 :drool:
I'm only surprised that took so long. Your pack luck remains absolute filth. :D
He packs what he wants. He packs what he waaaannnts...
I almost said that Sincere was misdirecting his agent claims..,..
Adding it up over the last few years, I think that makes it:
FIFA 21 = Lewa x2 tradeable (2.4m) and untradeable
FIFA 22 = Ruben Dias tradeable (800k)
FIFA 23 = Modric untradeable
There were probably others but this is just while they had some major value/scarcity. I still have all my packs to open too :D
That Modric card looks very similar to the TOTY Kimmich from '21. That card was the best midfielder I've ever used in FUT, though with the caveat that I've never had the proper big boys yet.
His pace might start to become noticeable towards May time, but should be good to be in your team for the rest of the cycle.
Yeah, he's going to play in either a 4-3-2-1 or a 4-3-1-2 (team here) to he won't have to run around too much as Acuna and Vieira will do most of that, so pace won't be a massive issue. I might swap out Telles for Mendy but the whole defence needs a bit of an upgrade, but it's fine for now
Mbappe POTM to come Thursday/Friday
Pogba, Ramos and Mbappe in every team until the end of time.
That Pogba card is shit. So many massive flaws - literally sub-par in every key stat group. 500k is mental
And yet I imagine he is a monster in game. That defensive awareness is concerning for a B2B though
Review of Modric after 8 games of Rivals: he's mustard. Some lovely silky movement and magic passing. Shooting is pretty weak and so he's only really a threat up close but he's mainly an assist merchant.
Amusingly I have hardly played Rivals since 23 came out and so was in Div 8. Won 8 straight games and got promoted twice in about 2 hours, wrecking some absolute noobs. Mostly rage quits but had two people stick around for the whole thing and I scored about 9-10 in both games. I've had tougher games in Squad Battles :D
Mbappe POTM is apparently a 92 like his already out IF. Thats a bit shit really.
So I've been dropping a few FP this week, mostly on untradeables, to keep the grind going, but word comes that EA have gold versions of players in packs that should be TOTY, so thought I'd see if I could pack any with 12k FP on those Elite packs with a free Rare players Pack. I didn't get any regular golds that should have been TOTY's, but I did get this:
Toggle Spoiler
Keep or sell is the question mind. His value will tank once they're all in packs so I'm seriously considering the latter.
Looks like a load of TOTYHM. Some nice ones too
Sheriff posted that the ICONs will come out of packs Friday and go back in Sunday. Without communication. Seriously shitty if true.
Some of the HM cards look better than the TOTYs, especially the Real Madrid lot.
Is it pack ripping time tonight?
VVD has dropped by 200k btw (as expected), so I'm going to keep him and rely on dupe theory. I'll also be ripping that 1,750 FP pack later that was added to the store last night and expires tomorrow, which had a 2.2% chance of packing a TOTY with just the defenders available.
That Mbappe price is bonkers
Right, let's get this shitshow going:
https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust
Gonna pop the special packs in store at some point and build a shit load of player picks with the commons.
Update on Bale. Tried him at DM and much better than on the wing, but I then moved him up front (on zero chem) and fuck me, his shot is something else.
Heads-up: our friends at EA have started some flash SBCs
Alright - made a start on the packs. Got HM Alphonso Davies just now. He's not a patch on the monster cards he had previously but still looks tidy
Nice little link to that Mane
Opened that big special pack in store. No TOTY but Ginola was my Hero card. Ill take that.
Woof.
I got Voller :moop: He's already found his way into the Mane SBC, the wee scamp
Packed him in November last year. Lucky as fuck tbh.
If there was any doubt, I am not getting a TOTY now :lol:
Hard baited by Koulibaly in that defenders pack. Ffs
Timed well with the post above
Finished up my packs this morning after recycling pretty much everything. Final tally:
Cards
- TOTY Modric
- HM Davies
- HM Fekir (tradeable, sold)
SBCs
- Sergio Ramos
- Mane
- Pogba (one squad left)
- Kaka (three squads left)
Not bad overall, but nobody top tier
I planned to open and clear out my club yesterday. I don't claim objectives and milestones when they unlock and I had all that and open packs that were bronze, silver, etc. Need to keep on top of it adds up very quickly
One my of friends decided to play FIFA for the first time so I saw showing him what to do via share play. I was opening packs via the web app, and not paying much attention.
Finally decided to clear out my club this morning and a wild untradeable end-game star appeared in my club.
Who did you get Sincere? If there’s a pic it’s not showing for me.
Man Like Jude :cool:
:drool: he'll be a total beast
FFS, just got a dupe Davies. Literally anyone else would have been great
So it's usually the TOTY, then Future Stars promo that draws me back in to a new version.
They're really testing me with this Mane and TOTY Xabi Alonso.
Not to mention the 87-rated striker from a random league with 80 composure, stamina and strength :drool:
I'm seriously considering waiting until tomorrow night (when hopefully we get more icons) to epaculate.
Also need to work out what the fuck I'm going to build from the SBC's and which league I'm gonna focus on.
I have saved all the good shit for tomorrow but have been doing league SBCs and picks with the smaller crapper packs.
Which league upgrades do you reckon you'll grind?
Going to probably do the 50 of the Prem, La Liga and Ligue Un and then focus fully on Ligue Un.
Some serious cards spread around that big 3
I watched Nick28T before, as I'm getting the itch, and it was driving him mad trying to do no man left behind. Even with the reduced pack size you're getting a dupe every other pack and his club was relatively empty.
That is the arse you get with this, particularly with Ligue Un.
Of course EA fix that shit as I am about to complete game 5 :face:
Likewise. Dammit.
I said Ligue Un. Maybe I meant La Liga
I don't have enough packs/won't pack enough TOTY's to not be baited when an HM comes out this year, so the thought of knowing it's a TOTY when you see blue in Ligue Un is an appealing one. No TOTY GK in there either is also a bonus.
But then I'm also thinking of doing Mbappe's SBC, so I really don't know. Grrr.
On for some player picks and then may get cracking.
https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust
Haaland isn't on that list so it makes it a bit closer, but yes La Liga seems to make the most sense.
Bremer from a player pick. Done for the night so the main pack spam will begin tomorrow night after all.
Aint played with Man Like Jude yet. Just saw a decent Mane SBC, for the bundesliga i will do now.
Maignan out of an 84+ rare gold pack. Baited.
I love his base gold mind, so he goes into the TOTY pulled squad.
If you got a WC player that was in TOTY in that fucked up pack, you're getting the TOTY version. That'll tank the pack weight. Fuckers.
Spent about half an hour ripping some packs and the no man left behind grind this year (if you have some coins to supplement it) will genuinely go on forever. Never have league SBC's been easier to grind (if they were even there during TOTY before).
It's gonna be a long night.
Nothing from Sheriff yet but rumours of a Ronaldo SBC doing the round.
Fat Ronaldo? I've never used him in FIFA, so I could be up for that if he isn't M/M.
CR7.
I think its bullshit with him already having a flashback but they have gone pretty big on TOTY so far. That and Sheriff has moved onto leaking for future stars.
91 Shearer from the Icon Pick :moop:
What dos No man left behind mean?
No discards, stick everything into another SBC
Sounds like your own headache
It is a headache, but there's an order that you can open packs in (while being aware of what's in your club) that minimises it. Well, until you start cracking Ligue Un upgrades open, when you're basically fucked.
Outrageous. I got shafted on that one.
Popped another 12k on those Elite packs with a free Rare Players Pack and Harry Kane walked out of one them. Gonna recycle the shit into Ligue Un upgrades then I might get cracking.
Got many packs to go Danny?
Not a whole lot but I havent popped the big stuff yet. Still have the 83x25s (3) and the 83x10s (6) to go. Alongside a Jumbo and Ultimate (will get another of those this week)
Still havent packed anything to write home about. Think ill keep putting cards into the Icon SBCs, then Zidane. Assuming I get enough for that plan to be worth it.
Right, we're on.
https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust
Shared with Yev on stream but I then got 89 Drogba and 88 Keane. Shoot me.
Atleast you now know what to do with the other!
:D
First time dupe theory actually worked in my favour.
The bundesliga really does lack options for links at the highest level. Trying to link Man Like Jude, is a bit of a headache. I dont mind running him off chem. May actually just build an England team around him.
Is that official?
Usually is from Sheriff
Man Like Jude has pulled me right back in.
SBC banned on PS5. :cool:
Fucking Maignan again.
Still, a step closer to Mbappe potm I guess.
Pass on the Richarlison.
Nice one Yev. Shame it's a dupe but the TOTYs have actually increased over the weekend :drool:
I got Bremer out of some random pack earlier. Looks alright.
I'm glad the FS swaps are shit because my club is absolutely rinsed. Gonna struggle to get the basic SBCs done right now :D
Yeah mine is in the mud. Badly.
Finished Mane today. Feels like Zidane is going to be a step too far in the time available
It might have to be project Mbappe instead
Cheers Raoul.
Right, scores on the doors after last night's all-nighter.
https://i.postimg.cc/25Rhgh8G/Fnvv-SMh-WIAw-Kh-HV.jpg
VVD came from a League SBC Small Rare Gold Pack, as did Bobby Carlos. Joao Cancelo was out of one the Centurions pack (the other was horrific, without even a walkout). Neymar from a Jumbo Rare Gold Players (sat behind a binman IF walkout).
343 packs still to go and I reckon there's another one in there somewhere, with no man left behind grinding. On the plus side the League Upgrades show up now, which is good. There were times last night I was having to put 85's into League SBC upgrades due to the packs it was forcing to the front. Also have the three icon packs to go when I get to them. Just one usable one is all I ask.
Back on.
https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust
Another one (that isn't VVD) tonight would be very welcome.
Yev :cool:
But also Yev :uhoh:
Another one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWyNVbIwlRo
And then another VVD in the very next pack.
Nice link to Mike/Pogba. Gonna be a bit hard to get VVD in on chem.
So one of my mans has recently bene playing ultimate team for the first team. The past week I have been showing him. I warned him, stay away from the menu's as much as possible. It will try and such you in, but just play the game of football. It didn't work. He is constantly calling me, asking me how he completes SBCs and how to get more packs. He also saw me pack untradeable neymar last night from a two player pack and he was very upset.
It's too late Sincere, he's well and truly hooked. Give it a few weeks he'll be calling you back giving you more efficient ways to complete SBCs and menu grind.
If someone plays PS4 on ultimate team, and get a PS5. Do they have to start again?
Yev was switching between PS4 and PS5 versions fluidly last night.
Yeah, I think that should work fine Sincere.
Time to pack one of the forwards:
https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust
272 packs to go.
Late drop on the Jorginho SBC to make him an Arsenal player
Looks absolutely shit :D
It’s mad, why is his boost so shit compared to the others
They've absolutely phoned it in this year, content-wise. He'd hardly be standout if he came out in week 3 of the game.
I completed that First Owner thing for a couple of tokens in a straight run, which was nice. Loads of people with dreadful teams.
92 rated CM before Chem but I bet he is shit.
I need to run though that over the next few days. 0 rivals games leaving me on Div 10 appears to be working out
I am also very annoyed because he would have given a nice link to Koulibaly.
That Jorginho. :D
Still, as someone who has every single fucking 84 in the game untradeable and keeps packing more of them, I sort of welcome it.
Hit the Jumbo golds earlier so down to 197 packs to go now. A load of recycling to do, but I can feel another TOTY coming...
https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust
Please don't be VVD again.
Tried to play Man Like Jude as a CAM in a 4231, but he just a little too stiff for my liking. I like to dribble with the ball, and he just isnt suited to the role. Might have to try him as one of the deep CDMs on balanced or even a 4321 on get get forward. I just hate the way 4321 defends.
48 hours to go and here's where we are:
https://i.postimg.cc/0NGm50Qf/Fnvv-SMh-WIAw-Kh-HV.jpg
4 segments to go on Zidane, 2 on Kaka and 1 on Richarlison. In all cases they're the higher rated segments.
A duplicate untradeable Verratti about an hour ago stopped the pack opening. Have quick sell recoveries but I'd rather wait and do the 85+ pack SBC's at 6pm.
160 packs left:
https://i.postimg.cc/pLKrHVcb/Packs.jpg
Those 85s and the Icons are going to be the highlights.
That Fofana looks pretty tidy. Twice the card Jorginho is :D
Yeah already got him done.
Great news that he's there somewhere to put 83-85's and as you both say, he looks pretty tidy.
Dupe Verratti gone, with the 85's upgrades done, let's do this.
https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust
He should be your secondary DM / box-to-box midfielder.
I've been using this for 4-3-2-1:
Width - 42
Depth - 48
Balanced
Direct Passing
Width - 44
6 - 3 - 1
Right ST - stay central, get in behind | Middle ST - the same | Left ST - come back on defence
Left CM and Middle CM - stay back, cover centre
Right CM - everything balance
LB - balance
RB - stay back
Seems to work pretty well for me. I'd probably put Jude in the right CM position there
Toggle Spoiler
Best I could do Yev
Cheers Danny!
I've just packed 90 Icon Luis Figo from a mega pack. Untradeable of course. I don't even.
One last hurrah!
https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust
Of course :lol:
The greatest objectives of the year return tomorrow (Atleast I believe tomorrow). The academy rewards where you upgrade the card. Looks like its going to be Anthony Gordon. Shit choice but I do love those.
36 games for that academy player. :nono:
I hadn’t clocked the full number but saw it looked a lot.
There’s going to be atleast one more so better off waiting and doing it over weeks.
Any last big pulls beyond that Figo, yev?
That was it sadly.
Ive used this for a few days now and it is fantastic. However when defending. When i put Man Like Jude as the RCM, when defending. Vieira ends up at RM with Man Like Jude at RCM with Kroos. Its weird. I put it down to work rates. If i play Kross at RCM, when defending. Kroos defends at RM. It works as i should. The team i have can be found via the link below
https://www.futbin.com/23/squad-builder/copy/3302342
This is the team im hoping to get over the next few weeks. I want to try and put Davies as one of the CMs. His low defensive workrates make me nervous though. Will test and see.
https://www.futbin.com/23/squad-builder/view/800528
TOTY is over, pack weight turned up.
Guehi and Adeyemi already this promo.
Top stuff, what pack did you get Adeyemi from?
One of the league ones, but not the main one. I think the Prem/La Liga one.
Prime Gold Players Pack for the win. All my (non dupe) TOTY's came out of those bad boys.
Adeyemi looks overpriced.
Very. I would rather have had Elanga.
What app do you use to build your potential teams as FUTBIN seems to miss players out that clearly link.
I only ever use FUTBIN but dont really use its card suggestions.
Walcott SBC out. 99 pace and up to a 92 winger with a finisher. Would imagine he feels really nice in game.
https://www.futbin.com//23/squad/800528
Team I will be running for the next few weeks. Everyone is on full chem. Ive dropped World Cup Acuna for now and brough Davis in. On balanced, I was worried about the low Defensive workrate to be an issue on balanced from left back. But ive watched back several replays, and when i lose the ball. He is spiriting back into position so im not sure what workrates actually do?
Good question. Only time I really feel it with is with "low" in either direction. Although Medium Medium feels like it does nothing.
Anthony Gordon Stars out, it all in Weekend League with not a lot of win conditions.
Swaps are out. Assuming I get all 30:
85x10
84x10
Team 1
81x11
82+ upgrade pack out too.
4 Rares, 3 commons.
I don't know why but BPM has gone mental.
Anything you notice in particular? Might chuck up whatever I have.
It's random as fuck when it comes to the big monies. Sold a 60 rated Chinese striker for 5,500 and could have got more I think. But, Major league CB's and CM's seem to be going for a fair bit, as well as LW/RW.
Sound. Threw a few up on the list to see if I can get a nibble.
84 Gordon in. Got absolutely spanked by a decent player with an outrageous team first game. Then won 3 on the bounce before throwing the 5th to hope the FIFA gods bless me for the next few later on.
Got Kudus out of a pick earlier. He actually looks pretty great (albeit 4/3) and I collect most of the Eredivisie cards, so worked out pretty nicely
Is that 82+ gold upgrade worth grinding for one card,?
From what I can see without having the game, it's asking for 7 gold cards, 4 rare, with no rating requirement.
It's absolutely worth doing and to what degree depends on how much time you have. If you have a fair bit of time to kill, you should upgrade your useless bronzes to silvers, silvers to golds and then put the golds into the upgrade.
Most of the time you're going to get 82s and 83s, but when you don't, you're just saving yourself coins. Let's say you open 10 and get back 8 x 82/3 but then one time it's an 87 rated card. Well you've just saved 25k off a future/current SBC. All with cards most people likely discard anyway.
There is that small chance you do get Adeyemi(who I assume it is you want), but you should be more in the mindset of setting the club up in case an SBC drops that you'll want to do.
Agree with Fox it’s 100% worth chucking stuff in there.
I would probably say do the league SBC (the big one) first before sending things into this but it’s worth sending the low rated crap into this.
For me, Premium League SBC as a priority and then any excess/other stuff into the 82+.
I opened my 84 x 20 pack last night. Not one special.
I got Kudus in the 85 pick with the resulting fodder but still :face:
They reupped them pretty quickly, thankfully.
Yeah, they came back as soon as the winter ones expired.
Finished the WL play off stuff for Gordon. 7-3 in the end, only that far because I played an extra one with the 82 in the team like an idiot :face:
Rattled through the homegrown stuff too for the tokens and got a couple of decent boards to into the hero pick they went.
WC Al Owairan, WC Cole and WC Papin.
I have the Papin's normal hero and apparently Al Owairan is stupid expensive, so I took him.
Just saw that Gordon card. Not that i want to do him, it seems fairly easy to achieve. I really hope they bring back the Golden Goal for some monster card eventually, like they did for World Cup Vieira and Cafu. Most fun Ive had in a long time on Fifa.
Sounds like he might get some time over a zero chem Bale then.
I played someone with Jairzinho yesterday and he looked like he was actually on wheels. Breezing past Cancelo like he wasnt there. It was weird. Thankfully that was his only plan to I stood off him and brought my winger back to double team him.
Walcott is the slowest 99 pace card ive ever used. He does not feel great at all. Even off the ball.
I saw someone say that on Reddit too. I havent tried him though.
Bronze Iker Bravo has been turned into a future stars 86
@Yevrah, I assume you have him :lol:
I've got him - looks alright but the card is borked and caused my game to fail out to the main menu. Can't sell him either as he's only got a 5k BIN :moop:
I haven't logged on to check as I'm bored of the game again, but I don't think I do have him.
Tbf after that TOTY grind I get it.
Flashback Phil Jones coming apparently. Makes no sense but I am all for it (again)
Smalling apparently too :cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5JHWXTArP4&ab_channel=JOE
Jones is a reward for one of the Smalling segments. Ok, thats really cool.
Did the 89 icon SBC and got Wayne Rooney. I have about 5 icons and he is obviously one of them.
Of course.
I have the fodder for that but not touching it. The 89+ eliminates like 2 WC icon cards and keeps the rest in the pack. Sack that off.
I'm at the point where I could do the 27 token Swaps pack but it looks atrocious from what I've seen. Definitely rethinking going for fodder instead.
How many more tokens are coming?
Pretty sure theres nothing new to come
https://www.futbin.com/swap-tokens-tracker/future-stars
Or not, two more came in silver stars today.
Did that 86+ Party Bag or whatever it's called - Seamus Coleman the only player I didn't already have untradeable :moop:
I got Rebic, Bremer and Biraghi.
I took Bremer as the best of a bad bunch.
Bremer's actually pretty tidy
Donny :drool:
Upgrade path on these new cards looks good but I'd imagine they'll be pretty rare. Seems to be the way they're going this time around
I can no longet keep my defensive line high. If someone plays a one-two against me. My defense makes it their duty to follow the run toward goals. I want them to push up and play offside ffs. It leaves a huge gap between my midfield and attack. Super annoying.
token stream up today
The defensive line and runs of defenders are a joke. They either dont run or run in the dumbest direction possible.
Logged into the console and got a "we're sorry about the content issue with your account" message. Apparently it's from TOTY times. Got an 85x3 attacker pack and got Raspadori and Felipe Anderson out of it :cab:
Prime Gaming pack is out too btw
RTTF Barella from my Prime Pack :cool:
Been quite flukey with the RTTF cards and like all of the ones I got so far (Felipe Anderson, Raspadori, Diaby and Lamela) are all still in play.
Diaby SBC is still available even though they already went through
Yeah I did it this morning after the draw came out quite favourable
You see the leaked Weghorst card? :drool:
I did. Running it back from last year. Insta complete.
Perfect link to Donny too :cool:
Lineker SBC dirt cheap
SBC's for 99 game loan players are coming. :lol:
I saw that. What’s the point?
I haven’t touched any of the showdown stuff either. Terrible promo so far.
I did do Lineker and the icon pack (Prime Zola - I will never learn) but this need to pick up ASAP
Presumably it's designed to shaft people wanting to put them in SBC's later on down the line. Such a rat move.
If they're a) cheap and b) top tier then it could be cool but I have a suspicion it'll be neither and basically just a way to get you to exchange useful cards for something temporary, rather than permanent
I think like tradeable vs. untradeable packs it'll be marginally cheaper.
Will it only be the loan available and the regular card? Surely it wouldn't just be loan only. It sounds like it will be like they do for icons at the moment. A loan version to test before doing the main card.
Based on sheriffs latest posts it sounds like they are going down that road @sincere
Makes no sense on a showdown which will expire very quickly though
Those prices make the permanent versions seems fairly worth it:
If you calculate the cheapest 87 is 26k + an 82 squad is 13k = ~40k per card would be a fair price, and this is 110k for the pair (going off the FUTbin prices). Not to mention that one of these could go up to 89, which are about 48k. Whether you'll get 99 games (not including friendlies) of Bundesliga players, I'm not sure though
I think both cards actually look alright - I think I'll do them
I am only 6 mins in but Neps vid is a wild ride.
Just watched it. Fuck me.
His brother seems like the absolute worst.
100%
Obviously, Nep isn't squeaky clean but most of that is clearly just delusional ramblings of someone who needs help.
Which video is this? Been a while since I've seen some YouTube drama.
Interesting, he seems to have removed it.
Presumably the lawyers told him to.
What was going on?
It was just Nep responding to most of that.
Apparently he has a restraining order against the brother, expiring 6 month, as a result of threats against Nep and his family.
His brother is clearly a crackhead
To be fair to Nep himself. Everyone knows these crimes, so his audience now this will not be a shock to in any way.
Seems like the brother literally crying because hew wasn't provided with a YouTube channel with a few hundred thousand subs.
It's Wout time :drool:
Looks expensive but decent. I would have done both if they were reasonable but as it is I will only do Wout
I've already got the first squad ready and have a decent amount of packs saved. It's happening :cool:
There's no point in doing Harvey Elliott.
Casemiro will take one look at the corpse of Liverpools midfield at the weekend and piss himself laughing.
Never confident at Anfield. Even during your shit years :lol:
Took Bobo into homegrown eleven. 5 goals and 5 assist in 4 games. Only one of them went the distance and he got 3 goals and 1 assist in that one. I like him so far.
Got Benhrama out of one of my saved packs. Looks ok but not gonna get many upgrades with Moyesy's barmy army.
Completed the Woutmeister
He should get a +2. His goal contributions look at bit meh this season (2 assists in the last game when it didn’t matter of course) and unlikely to go undefeated.
I got Skriniar. If I am reading their fixtures right they play Juve and Lazio in their 6. Oh and he just got injured :face:
Atletico win 6-1. Depay get 2 goals. That’s a plus two if this shit didn’t start tracking in 2 weeks :face:
When do showdown stones get upgrades? You would think it would be the next day at 6 pm but this is EA.
They had been pretty quick in upgrading but I imagine you are waiting until the end of the weekend for that one and the Weghorst/Elliot winner.
Played a few games against wegohorse. Corner. Header. Goal. No upgrade is great
Yeah he is stupid in corners.
Managed to pack Sanchez and Benrahma today. Would rather Sanchez be tradeable though
Did the (84+x5) x3 and got some decent pulls amongst the dross:
- FF Isak
- FF Miller (Canadian guy from MLS)
- gold Messi
FF Team 2 has been leaked. Don't think there's anyone majorly exciting there. There'll be more Heroes too.
Also, rumoured CR7 for it too (hence the Al Jaber SBC). I might actually get involved as I have WC Al Owairan
Sabitzer an SBC apparently. Better be nicer priced than his moments all those years ago.
Ill prob do Jaber at somepoint but he is there so long its no rush. I have to. I have packed both of his other cards so far.
The Al Jaber holy trinity
Got Angelino out of the 84x5 pack earlier. Looks shit :thbup:
:D
Managed to pick up a few of them including Ndiaye, Miller and Lauriente who all look terrible. Fabian does too but you would hope he gets a decent amount of upgrades.
I have todays three packs sat behind a Harry Kane I need to use. Probably into the new Rashford in the morning.
I think I'm going to go in for Zambrotta next. Just one of those cards that you can stick into almost every team
They've done the usual thing of pricing it as the one on the market, but that's kinda dumb because it doesn't factor in tradeable vs. not. 80 balance is shit still
Right. It’s a bit better than his 88 on the market but with a weaker WF. At this point just wait for his TOTS.
Replace the 88 with an 85 or 86 and I am doing it because United, but I’ll save my fodder for Sabitzer
That Zambrotta does look good. End game full back across both sides.
Team im running. I want Angelino to get his upgrades. He isn't that great on the ball. Acuna is better and has been my favorite card to use. White is the only tradeable card in the team. Nketiah is surprisingly strong on the ball. He feels like one of those glitch players.
Toggle Spoiler
Icons are auto full chem still?
Yeah as long as they are in position, full Chem.
The meta full backs. Walker, Capdevilla, etc. Are this way because they are lengthy, is that the way it works?
Capdevilla because he's a) a good card and b) gives links to players of that league. Walker is just good - but yeah, it's still helpful. They nerfed it a bit on strikers so it's not as relevant any more
Sabitzer looks pretty great. Going to do him straight away.
As does Park but he's way overpriced :(
Sabitzer a bit high priced too for a likely only +2 but yeah I’ll be doing that card.
Apparently Hazard has only played 3 league games this season. :cab:
Just packed Prime Litmanen :D
Nice 75k (guess as I assume that’s about discard on icons)
Fofana 89 looks to cheap at 350k? I know chelsea have been terrible all year, but they are in next round of champions league. Draw is on 17th March. Compare him to similar CBs in the prem
89 Saliba 1.1m Dynamic
88 Varane 700k
:cab:
Want to that Upamancano cars but its extinct at 750k. EA and there price ranges. It should be £2m
Future Stars Vitinha from the Campaign Pick along with Milner and some chump
I got Alba, Aspas (dupe) and Fagioli.
None of them change anything so I took Alba as he was the most expensive.
Angel Gomes for the Utd P&P team :cool:
St. Patrick's Day on Friday so worth picking up a Robbie Keane just in case they drop something
Already got Drogba /s
I actually have to check my club. I know I have Roy
This FUTballers promo seems... :sorry:
Think it's a big scam to move towards promos without cards in packs
How does it work?
Do an 83 SBC -> 86 Diaz -> score 5 finesse (5 games) with him -> 88 Diaz
Then there's a bunch of other cards which I guess will be something similar: Mount, Ederson, Madueke, Bamford, Ox.The cards look alright tbf.
Should each league get a promo set of cards?
Believe it's just Prem for now
My world cup Acuna is now bald
I swear he's not as good now as well :moop:
I wonder how that happened. :sherlock:
Bamford out today, 82 rated squad. Score in 4 games for one with 99 dribbling.
Bunch of other stuff too. Can all be combined if you set up the team right.
So...FUT Birthday Swaps looks like...more of the same copy/paste stuff. More tokens :moop:
Prime Gaming pack out, but there's nothing in packs right now
Birthday Icons coming too.
Yeah I haven’t opened any cause it’s pointless.Friday is going to be nuts across the board for saved packs
Are there any icons who's bornday over the next two weeks?
Dinho and Matthaus are 21st March
This new Mbappe POTM :lol:
It epitomises what's wrong with the game these days. Everything is a side-grade apart from stuff like this which takes far too much time to grind for as they've nerfed the pack weight into oblivion.
It's a shame (and no doubt I'll cave and be back next year), but they've genuinely made it a bad game now.
More football games should bring more compo
I think that only happens if FIFA hand the license off to someone like Konami. Konami wouldn't pay for that, though and what they're doing might as well be Ultimate Team.
Got Birthday Emerson out of the 10 coin pack last night :D
Not sure the new promo cards are that exciting but making it so that the top end cards are 4m+ is pretty dumb
Other than having a serious amount of stuff to play for the last two weeks have been meh.
Kante SBC apparently coming. I have about 70+ packs (of various variety) that I didn’t open last week/are stuck behind a couple of high level dupes. So he’s prob an instant complete unless they pull an Mbappe
Rivaldo looks pretty mega. Will probably start working towards him soon
I do like the look of him, finally a useable one. His normal WF is a crime. It wasn’t that bad when he was playing but I think he one I’ll mess with later on as he is there for a while*. See if the Kante comes first.
*I also said that about Rooney and Vidic and never did them :lol:
5* skills Shearer for 20 tokens is kinda loco
There really needed to be a loan for him. For 20 I don’t think it’s worth it but I would 100% want to try him.
The rest of the swaps looks shit tbh
I would prefer 5* weak foot on Shearer. Its Kante born day tomorrow. Hopeing for a card. It's Antonio born day today and he got one.
Kante is nailed on, been leaked for a while
Better be good and not Mbappe price after all this. I have so much high fodder and so many fodder packs to get through.
I know TOTS is coming but Kante is usually just different level.
1m minimum is my prediction. It will be similar to his gold stats with a 5*
1.7m ish
There for 60 days.
+1s on his WW and then +1 on skills and +2 on WF (to 5*)
A ridiculous price and epitomises everything that's wrong with the game.
Its madness but I understand somewhat
His WW was 1.3m last week before the leaks. 400k on that is not that bad for the WF upgrade. Its also Kante who is just nuts.
They should have priced this right at what the WW was last week, but they went high to hoover up all the fodder they gave out last week, in swaps and upcoming TOTS.
TOTS is the elephant in the room that makes cards like Kante so much more achievable and it's what, 3 weeks away?
Will make this one a lot cheaper too.
I just cause it’s Kante. He is just different.
Nkunku SBC for a pretty reasonable price. Great link to Diaby a well, who's an absolute menace. May have to reshuffle the team about
3 ratings lower than a card that came out ages ago. It’s mad.
Though it would have been another 3m SBC had it been better than his PTG
Kante done. Not spent a coin or given up anything other than a couple of TOTWs more than I should have.
They control price via an SBC. If they released a higher rated Nkunku, but it was 500k as an SBC. The PTG would fall off a cliff ?
Just completed the Cruyff SBC. Christ my club is rinsed.
Team:
Cech
Zambrotta | Sergio Ramos | Bremer | Alex Sandro
WC Vieira | Cruyff | Pogba
Al Owairan | Mbappe | Di Maria
Could really do with a top tier CB to replace Bremer and Di Maria might end up getting switched for Rivaldo. TOTY Modric doesn't make the first XI
Apparently 90+ Prime, TOTY or Birthdsy Icon SBC has been added to the code.
I’ll send everything for that Beckham
Apparently 90+ Prime, TOTY or Birthdsy Icon SBC has been added to the code.
I’ll send everything for that Beckham
Why do you have to hurt me like that? :(
That'll be mega. Really hope he's got 5* skills :cool:
Roy Keane is coming as an SBC too. Hoping for a nice upgrade.
In other news: Women: know your limits
Not sure they will get used as Bronze cards :D
Hopefully his passing and dribbling is close to max'd out.
They forgot to add a token in moments so it’s there now. For free.
Bergkamp is like future stars. Lots of games but you get his other variants along the way.
Keane looks very good
Keane in. So I did the hero/fantasy hero SBC and got WC Yaya….
Of course.
Definitely getting Keane (dream midfield of him and Vieira :drool:).
I am pretty tempted to pick up the 94 Bergkamp card as well once his price comes down to something more sensible. Will try the other one in the mean time
Keane and Bergkamp look great. Im getting thay 94 version as my striker moving forward.700k does not sound that bad. This time next week. He will probably be cheaper.
Yeah, I reckon he'll settle at about 500k. Probably less the closer we get to TOTS
I had 89 packs to open as ive had duplicate neymar for weeks. Finally decided to do Nkunku and i managed to pack No trophy Del P and Lahm. Along the way, i did Keane and made over 300k along the way from selling tradeables. I may collect packs for 30 days, and then do one day of clearing. It just feels better that way
It's probably a decent way of also ensuring you don't waste cards on random SBCs as well. Half the time I end up chucking an 85 squad into some card who sits on my bench for a month then gets put into something else. Going for every other promo/monthly opening is probably a good tactic.
I packed that 92 Lahm from one of the 80+ doubles you can craft. Shame he's basically fodder
Ended up doing better than I expected from these.
2 x lil bro Del Pierio, 1 x big bro Lahm, 1 x Casillias, 1 x Ljungberg and 2 x Donovan.
Granted, it owed me a bit after giving me Laudrup in the icon pack :moop:
I did, R9 and Paddy V are the highlights for me (as I didn’t have the game for WC Vieira).
Hopefully that Solskjaer is common so I can just add him to the United PP
Three Liverpool legends. And also Michael Owen!
A shame I haven't played a minute of the game this year.
Have to admit the level of content right now is drawing me into a new save.
https://www.reddit.com/r/FIFA/commen..._refreshreset/
Infinite packs!
Bonucci SBC looks great. I seem to have accidentally acquired an almost entire Juve special squad :cab:
People who have played this year, what's the verdict now the dust has settled on the new chemistry system?
I check in now and then to see what's going on in the game and it seems like they've done a good job allowing people to get a good team if they want to grind for it. However your very top players still seem as out of reach as ever.
Pros:
- Doesn't need proximity of players to work
- No penalty for less chem (zero = base stats)
Cons:
- Icons are basically pointless now (for chemistry purposes)
- Lack of managers in the game from obscure nations means it's really difficult to link in players like Davies or Salah without committing to club links
Overall I think it's mostly better than before, as having to have little triangles or players for chem was far more limiting, but it'd be so much better if they fixed the issues above
Prime Gaming Pack is out
He is worth fuck all considering but I finally got one this week. Van Basten from a PP
City are 4 wins from 4. So Dias has two upgrades.
They are refusing to keep clean sheets though :moop:
New Season Rewards leak:
Actually look amazing, if correct. Some nice TOTS/Flashback players and then Birthday Rooney at Level 30 :cab:
Yeah the season rewards looks mad
They're clearly trying to bin this game off as quickly as possible so they can kill the FIFA brand and move everyone onto the new iteration as quickly as possible, but those season rewards are genuinely what they should be like all the time, without the objectives to achieve them getting any harder.
Apparently the new one is coming out earlier so makes sense.
Also TOTS cards are already in packs. So thats nice.
Is that a fuck up?
Yeah. Should be tomorrow at 6
Is it really worth salting the earth when FIFA haven't even found someone to work on future games?
Guaranteed Community TOTS SBC out this evening for pretty cheap. I traded in a 90 Eredivisie mook + some fodder for an 88 Morata. GG
They included the moments ones the sneaky fucks.
I havent done it yet. I have a dupe Kimmich and Trent I was intending to save for something better
I understand why, but the ratings are not that high, especially for some of the Arsenal players.
They usually leave room to release the monster 97+ rated of everyone during the July/August months so everyone can have one big splurge before the new game.
Salah in above Saka, but Ramsdale in over Alisson is a very strange decision. That Rashford looks filthy though.
Saka is there. Just not in the first XI listed. Apparently Alisson is getting something this week.
Packed Saka, Kane and Saliba yesterday.
I packed a tradeable Saka, sold him and picked up Casemiro and Bergkamp for my team
Got Red Martinelli from 11 wins which goes straight into my team and got that Brazil Newcastle CM untradeable. I didn't want to go down the Prem route but its pushing me down it now
Hopefully we get more Icona released. I would like to out together a old Arsenal and Man Utd team. Big Sol and Scholes are basically fodder.
finished up the TOTS cup: Kane from my guaranteed pack then Saliba and James from a couple of the other packs I picked up along the way. Also did Havertz (he is not very good)
I did the lower half of Havertz to keep fodder moving along as Nick (RTFM) seemed to be really enjoying him. Thats less than ideal.
Casemiro x 3
Kane x 2
Ramsdale x 3
Saliba x 2
Saka x 1
Trippier x 1
James x 1
A surprising lack of EFL ones in my packs but I got Brownhill in the 85 x 10
Geez, that's a good haul.
To be fair to Havertz I only used him in the TOTS Cup thing and he didn't have to do much as I only played a couple of games. Casemiro was mega though.
I did avoid opening the big stuff last week to have a proper go this week. I cant imagine the rest of the weeks go as well.
4 EFL TOTS packed (including guaranteed) …. 3 x Hoskins. Ffs
I've got a few out of the bronze/silver upgrades. Saved about 10 big packs for Ultimate TOTS which I'm trying to resist ripping
84 X 5 had Dias and Odegaard :drool:
Havent done the guaranteed yet.
Bruno G from that meaning I have now officially packed 11/18 missing the big 6 + Martinelli.
'23 is out on Gamepass in 5 days, so I may well install this on the PC and see if I can hook my PS5 controller up to play it. I'll likely get bored/annoyed at how far behind I am, but it might keep me entertained for a little while.
You should catch up in no time to be fair.
I've never played on PC before though I have been watching Nick28T who does. I'm not fond of him personally but appreciate he doesn't put money in like I like to play.
I remember him being something like 11 win-14 win type of WL finish player when he was on console but he went 19-1 last week with not the best team. Obviously there's likely to be more hacking type BS, but I'm not into taking it seriously.
I've never actually played a FUT cycle from the very beginning, I always tend to come in at varying degrees of lateness. I just want to get a feel for how it all works now before trying to smash the next version.
Yeah the hacking is probably the worst bit.
The player pick at level 20 seems a bit broken. Throwing out constant Son and Rodrygo with Varane quite popular too.
I had the choice between Son and Rodrygo (Odegaard the other).
So that Bundesliga TOTS just blew the Prem one out of the water.
Unreal how much better it is.
I feel like EA should do this more. It does get boring when people just used the Prem players with a smattering of PSG around it.
This thread is pretty useful if you want to knock off the Bundesliga objectives fairly quickly
Just packed my first Bundesliga TOTS (Kobel :eyemouth:)
Prem TOTS haul:
- Kane
- Casemiro (bought)
- Son
- Bruno G
- Havertz (SBC)
- Saliba
- Mitoma (Obj)
- Alisson (SBC)
- James
- Palhinha (Obj)
- DDG
- Joe Linton (Obj)
This thread is pretty useful if you want to knock off the Bundesliga objectives fairly quickly
Just packed my first Bundesliga TOTS (Kobel :eyemouth:)
Prem TOTS haul:
- Kane
- Casemiro (bought)
- Son
- Bruno G
- Havertz (SBC)
- Saliba
- Mitoma (Obj)
- Alisson (SBC)
- James
- Palhinha (Obj)
- DDG
- Joe Linton (Obj)
My return plan may well be short lived.
I plugged in my PS5 controller to my PC to see how easy it would be to set up and it literally is as easy as plugging it in. First hurdle passed. The Mrs made me buy Hogwarts Legacy for her birthday and it works on that(as with the rest of Steam tbf). Second hurdle done.
Lastly I went to Gamepass to try an EA title as they're linked. I expected here to find some compatibility issues. But EA want you to use their own launcher through gamepass, I assume just to piss people off. Problem is for this you must link your EA and Xbox accounts. The same email bound to my Gamertag, is also the one on my PS5 tag. So I'm caught in an error cycle.
I can fix it I think, but I believe EA only allows you to change it once every 6 months. So if I do so I'm essentially committing to buy the new one on PC.
14 wins last week and 11 this week. Got Frimpong in Red and Rodrygo untradable. Cant complain about that really.
That Rodrygo is a cool 1.2m at the min. Can't complain about that for 11 wins.
As it turns out, my xbox tag was linked to a hotmail account from some 20 years ago. I went into the mind palace to dig out the password for that and managed to unlink it and then link my current email to it.
Even better as my current email is now connected to my current PS5/Xbox tag.
Top result
Got Diaby in the overpriced upgrade today. Along with a dupe Lacroix who will go right back into tomorrow.
It's installed and let me on to the 10 hour trial as it doesnt seem to have yet ticked over into their library.
Objective is to try and get as many of the bundesliga objectives ticked off to get those 11 player packs, as I can. And also not jack it in out of annoyance by the weekend.
Ighalo out of the Saudi TOTS pack. Straight (onto the bench) of the Utd P&P team
I got the shitty CB from that but got Kimmich from the Bundes one.
Daily Icon SBCs coming with La Liga. Prime Dinho seems to be confirmed, as does Birthday Koeman. Loading screen has TOTY icon on it. Hoping for Beckham, expecting Makelele.
Did a bit of web app action and got the shitty GK from the Saudi one and Frimpong from the Bundesliga, who looks pretty immense.
Got on and found myself with a draft token. Got a pretty mish mash draft, with a few good cards along with a load of shite. First game was against a person with a guest. Felt like absolute chaos. Like building the plane while flying it. Was pleased to win 4-0, but a good player would have torn me a new one, I feel. Unsure if the experiment will continue.
I've also just seen they want 4m for a Prime R10 SBC. Fucking lol.
Only noticed just now that this years thread only has around 700 posts whereas previous years it’s been thousands. Is this years game especially shit?
For me, it's slightly worse than it's been previously due to the continuing decline of the pack odds, but the biggest problem is it's just the same thing again, with the same players getting special cards, for about the 4th year in a row.
I actually like this version a bit more (gameplay-wise) but it's definitely been a bit tougher pack-wise to get much back. EA definitely pushing everything to be untradeable and therefore it just becomes a grind to unlock players, which is a bit boring
I've got back into it over the last couple of days and those league SBC's are an absolute ball ache to do compared to how they used to be. The packs back are also dogshit compared to how they used to be.
Yeah, it's a shame they killed the menu grinding aspect
The menu grinding is what killed this year for me.
I don't think I've actually liked the game for years (bar the odd patch) so I ended up leaving the game earlier than ever.
I really think that I'm done now and wont be ordering the next one.
I'm convinced the design flaw in the gameplay is that they base it on players standard stats. Hence why the game usually feels pretty good when it comes out. As cards get all of the juice through the year the game copes less and less well.
All players feel the same unless you have the 1% of the 1%
I'd love it if they took the opportunity of losing "FIFA" to really revamp the game but there's more chance of the Ukrainian hunting me down and asking me to marry her.
It does make me laugh that the 'community' seem to be pedalling that line. Now they may not actually believe it and are just saying it to generate interest for their channels, but either way, there is no rhyme or reason why it would make any difference whatsoever.
Oh and Marcos Llorente from a La Liga upgrade pack. Finally something actually good since La Liga TOTS landed.
No TOTS Cup this week so I played my first WL in forever. Using a full Ligue Un team for that bonus objectives was not idea. I played literally one other person doing it too.
I ended up getting to 12-6 and gave away the last two. Which was all well and good until I remembered I needed to win 13 to complete the Ligue Un objectives :face: probably should have called it before 1:30 am.
Ended up with decent picks:
Samba, Fofana, Marquinhos
Samba, Medina, Clauss
I took Clauss in the second. Him and Medina are close in price but I have FB Ramos to go with that Marquinhos. Probably pass on that Kimpembe now too.
And the TOTS Cup came today instead.
Are the Ligue 1 upgrades out tomorrow night?
Gone absolutely balls deep into the league SBC's, upgrade packs, gutting the club in preparation for it and currently buying ever rare gold rated 82 or under that doesn't play for Juve. :drool:
Yeah they will be. Theres an objective to do one of them.
Expect them to be nerfed compared to the other leagues though.
Cheers, nerfed vs the drop weight from La Liga sounds TOTY level shit.
I'm not expecting to pack anything decent, but it's been a while since I've taken a visit to the casino.
352 rare golds in the club and a fair few more on the transfer list. 35-ish upgrades to start and another 200+ League SBC packs/silver & gold upgrade packs. That should see me through for the rest of the week. :drool:
251 packs, including 40 Ligue 1 upgrades. Gonna crack the big packs in the store first and then build some PP's, before opening the packs.
https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust
Player picks out and a 75+x11.
I got Cabella out of my first pick and then a Todibo in the x11 pack.
Team Update
Toggle Spoiler
Last night's packed and crafted haul. Took 8 hours and started really slowly, but finally picked up:
https://i.postimg.cc/MHTC0PZS/Fx-Xsf-OMXg-AEar0-A.jpg
Best packs were my very first Ligue 1 upgrade, which took ages to get to but had Samba as the face card and Nuno Mendes in behind and the actual best was the 85x5 from that dogshit super loan objective in milestones, which had Marquinhos, Ronaldo and three other high rated cards. My 84x25 from seasons objectives was absolute bilge.
Overall the trend I've been on since FIFA22 continues, I can only pack defenders and defensive midfielders and none of the good attacking based players. Looking forward to trying Okocha though who appeared last and saved the Hero pick from being a disaster.
Had a few packs left but needed to stop as I was running out of places to put 83 to 85 cards and the dupes were piling up.
Oh and I'm yet to get a TOTS from the 81/75 x 11, from La Liga or this.
I dont bother with any of the Objectives or Milestones. I dont go out my way, to get them.
Took the 1/5 Pick for Level 30. Best choice was the Ligue 1 keeper or a load of shitty fullbacks of which I had half already :moop:
Dupe Cabella in the TOTS Cup pack as well. Fuck this shit
I’ll take another set. Thank you
Not interested in Mbappe, Messi, Neymar, Renato or Ben Yeddar. Ill take a Lacazette. .
Another fucking dupe Cabella from the guaranteed pack. Suck my balls, EA
Sissoko from mine, for about the 4th time. The mid cards being almost impossible to pack and the top end cards being impossible to pack, coupled with the dogshit league SBC grind really has made this game far worse than it was.
No Sissoko yet for me but I did get Marquinhos blue yesterday. To go with the red.
Andre dupe from the pack, unfortunately.
I got Fofana and Cabella in the 83 pack today and then Andre and Donnarumma (granted only gold) in the 75+. Not a bad end to the week.
I am really struggling what to do with the level 30. Fodder pack is meh and I would 100% take the pick if it wasn’t Rooney as the other option. Tempting to take him.
You'll get Rooney when 85x10 season rolls around.
I'd go pick or pack (and save for ultimate TOTS)
I did pick and it was tragic. I should have taken Rooney.
Ended up with Sissoko, the rest were low quality prem dupes.
And I just got him in the flash upgrade.
Granted he came with a Todibo so not complaining too much but dupe theory in full effect.
Tomori from a 84+ and Tonali from the 10 coin pack.
Great start.
Got nothing from anything so far. Did make a start on Big Rom though :cool:
I have Tammy so not too sure on Rom (though United PP…). Looks quite good with a engine on him.
EA really are slow at times. By now ewe should have had end of an era firmino, busquets, Milner etc. Now the likes of Benzema are leaving and we will probably not get all of the cards, gor players who are leaving their clubs.
Got my compensation reds today and they were meh. Samba and Molina. The latter is a tasty card but Marquinhos and Ramos are probably still ahead. I didn’t do Kimpembe either as it seemed a waste.
That Level 30 Kroos seems insane
I was hoing to play WL being there is the UTOTS. Turned on console and then loaded up in F1. I think that is me done now.
:D
I actually got a quick 11 in yesterday to get a couple of picks. 97 Lewa twice. I would have taken literally anyone else but MATS and Fofana but they were the other two options both times.
Beckham TOTY SBC. Dont care about cost. Hes coming home.
That card looks so much fun.
For years people begged for Neuer and Ederson outfield cards and then Kane/Walker in goal.
They have gone mad with it here. Some of these keepers are the best players in the damn game.
Can someone let me know once we get a new version of Henry and some EOAE Benzema. Thanks in advanced.
98 Henry came out today Sincere.
And look at the price. Anything under 3 mil i would have been ready for. But that card is crazy overkill. :drool:
Camavinga is a bit of a grind but the card is great (especially if you nabbed Kroos)
Fun card. I tried him LM with a finisher for a few games (have Balde LB in my La Liga side)
This promo. :lol:
It could only be worse if you have to pack the players and I'm not convinced you don't yet.
They are mostly in packs. What an utterly dogshit promo.
I packed 3 (Cavani, Foyth and Pacho) from the daily login packs so hopefully they are very packable.
The volume of games is madness though.
The shit ones will be very packable and discard in no time, but not even Raoul is getting a KDB or Renato.
100% with you on the games. Insanity.
I bought Corona and did his objective but no others right now.
Apparently if you pack them you can co-op the games and both players get the reward
Big fan of how they didn't mention how the fuck you're supposed to get the players in the first place. Also, the rewards will surely only benefit people who pack the monster cards, which will be about 5 people on Earth.
They took out the ability to squad battles coop. Disgraceful.
I’ll do all the easy ones for sure and the rest will see on how it plays out. I could buy and sell cards like Enzo and Davies but not sure I care that much.
Another thing that dawned on me is that the sheer number of games in this promo is to steer you towards buying that kit to get the season XP done so you can focus on this.
Such a scummy move.
And I thought about buying cards too Danny but by the time you get the games done the loss you’ll take on the cards is gonna be unreal.
Just checked out the promo and its a great concept but poor execution. Those cards are stupidily overpriced. I can understand you are buying two cards for the price of one but given the cost of the top cards anyway, its a rip-off.
A repeatable SBC might have been a better option.
I bought Cavani for 205k, played the 5 games and then sold for 189k. Not terrible overall and I wanted the card. Not worth it for the defenders and the like. I have 17 other RBs who are just as good (Montiel, Gavi and Navas just from the same league). Fekir is probably worth it once he hits a negligible tax loss as you can knock it off in one match.
Yeah I did buy and sell Fekir for 1k tax loss since it was one game but they need to do something for the others.
It’s a great idea, like the Ballers one, but they have proper fucked it. Especially in July.
Davies and Cavani from that 3k store pack.
And on the losses I meant more with the expensive players. The cheap ones should be no problem to flip as they don’t take anywhere near as long to do.
Right. Imagine buying Enzo yesterday.
Packed all the low tier ones and thought about picking up Davies last night when he was 700k. Didn’t do it and he is now over 800k. Sad
That Saverier grind is great value. The crafting pretty much gets you through two of them each time and you get half of the cards back each time.
Seems like mixed teams are confirmed in FUT
Yeah, I stand corrected on this promo it is pretty fun, albeit a massive time sink.
Upgraded Sildilla (I love him), Pacho, Foyth, Corona, Fekir and Cavani are in the cloob. 3 games left for Calhanoglu, 9 for Sterling and 20 for Davies.
I should finish Savanier tonight too. Got about 200 packs stored as well (including all of the season rewards) as there's not really much point opening them to try and get the cards I don't have yet from this promo - I could have 2,000 of the fuckers and I wouldn't pack an 11.2m coin KDB or even a 6.6m coin Renato. The others I could buy and do, but I don't have the time to get through the games in advance of what comes for Team 2 on Friday.
Got Corona out of the 83x25. Shame I've already done his upgrade.
Yev - the Level Up objectives are there for another 10 days, so you can still crack on if you want
Yeah, but don't wanna start something I can't finish before Friday in case the team 2 options are better and I get lumbered with a card bombing in value. Hopefully EA will make the number of games required less for Team 2 mind.
Did that store pack (EA basically might as well have me on a direct debit for the 3k packs at this point) and got Musiala, Ruben Dias and Kane (who is cheap but I really wanted first owner).
Musiala looks the tits. Boras was loving him a lot
He does look absolutely obscene. I'll stick him in when I get onto levelling up Davies.
Just realised you can do Werner and Davies at the same time, so I'll be buying the former then.
You can’t. Werner is min 6 Germans. Davies is exactly three.
I just clocked that. Godammit.
Ended up buying Davies. Figured I have his TOTS so it would be worth it for the fodder. Bought for 859k, completed and sold for 910k this morning.
Level up profit :cool:
Just packed Timo Werner, which would be nothing but good but I've still got 18 games on Davies left to do. If this promo had let the objectives run to the end of the game cycle it would have been sooo much better.
I have been playing the featured squad on semi pro doing what I need to and putting the controller down.
FIFA reveal a bit shit really. Not much new. Waffle about competition licenses and then "Hypermotion V" (we have hypermotion already V is new)
Biggest change appears to be women in FUT.
It does and the fallout from that is going to break the internet.
Just a new engine then :D
Still, nice of Erling Haaland to turn up in his pyjamas cosplaying as a leprechaun/Jar Jar Binks
Yeah. Not sure I am a fan of it to be honest. I get why they have done it this way as a separate mode would die instantly
I mean, a separate mode has been in there for ages where you could play tournaments or something (I don't know, I never opened it).
The thing I heard was that in Pro Clubs you could plays as a woman and they're basically crazy fast/agile skill midgets, so the new meta might be interesting...
Genuinely gents. when it actually lands, it’s going to make gamer gate look like a pleasant thing.
Just you wait until they do stat reveals and show a female player to be the top rated in the game. Guaranteed internet broken.
EA don't seem to have a clue how this will go either, so good luck to them with that one.
FIFA's always been fantasy football. I'd rather take a women's game with realistic stats, though. Just to see what a competent person controlling them would manage.
Im all for a change to be fair. Putting women in FUT. This should take off in he current climate. I for one, wish to see mixed gender sport formats for my own viewing pleasure, in real life. It shouldn't just be the transformers going into the female discipline and causing havoc.
Prime Gaming Pack is out btw
Laughable situation in the FIFA eWorld Cup today.
The final went to penalties. $300k prize for the winner and $150k for 2nd place.
When the penalties started the big screen in the arena was showing the screen cap from one of the players who had the controller overlay up. He pointed it out but they told him to just get on with it. So he lost because everyone in the room could see which way he was going.
That Kent and Vini J in season 8 rewards. :drool: No idea why the latter is in there twice mind.
Not sure about Kent but that Vini will get taken 100%
Modric being in there is nice but I have this TOTS red so I will pass.
Kent and Vini Jr are going to be in everyone's teams. I already have the Isak and Modric cards so that's an easy choice. Jota and Rio are alright but doubt they'd get in my first XI by that point.
Everyday Kroos and Camavinga look like better pick-ups. Would have liked to get Tchouameni but cba spending the coins
He was down in the mid 500's last night. I thought about buying him to do the obj but decided against it since I wouldnt be able to do it until today.
Woke up to him almost 800k :face:
Agree on Kroos and Cama. I was lucky enough to pack Rodrygo and Rudiger in TOTS/Shapeshifters so the Real side is coming along.
I've got my eye on Goretzka, who I'm hoping will tank (more than he already has) come Friday.
Did you ever do Beckham btw Danny?
I was gonna ask if he's any good if you had, but I've just seen his stats with a Finisher so he's definitely getting done.
I did. Pretty much instantly. I try to fit him into every team for objectives :lol:
The power curve has probably passed him by a little as we hit silly season but I think thats to be expected.
KDB down to 1.65 and Renato down to 600k now the level up objectives have expired.
I’ve got over 400 packs saved for Futties, so hoping Team 1 is worth opening them all for.
I expect to pack Beckham
No TOTY or TOTS for Team 1 would suck.
I need to see a list of players available in packs before I'm 100% sure, but it's looking like EA have fucked Week 1 of Futties.
Yeah, that is gutting. Saving packs for another week then.
Oh and players in packs. FUTTIES being ruined is sad.
Yep, clocked that too. Lightning rounds and a 99 Ronaldo in packs. Such fuckery.
The nuts thing as well is I'd have more fun starting a new account this evening than opening all the packs I have and having to discard a million Patos, which should never be the case.
What's the point in clogging up all the packs with these dogshit gimps from long-dead promos - whilst at the same time giving away a god-tier Vinicius? Idiots
Some decent coin to be made on BPM thanks to the new League SBC's, which sadly are almost a complete copy and paste from last time.
It's also dawned on me that this dogshit FUTTIES Team 1 is in packs for another 11 days, so I'm gonna have to start cracking some I've saved soon to get some of the expiring SBC's done.
The league SBCs just being re-upped with the exact same shit requirements is so lame. Surprisingly all the Lib cards have gone extinct
Did the TOTS tradeable upgrade for the last two days and didn't even get a proper TOTS, so was expecting the same today and out popped KDB. Annoying he's tradeable really.
:D kind of have to sell him at that point
I ended up doing Tchouameni and Nunez for a tax loss. Doubt I’ll get through Goretzka as his price is staying way too high
Yeah, I'm swerving Goretzka too. When the people who have him decide to all sell up on mass his price will absolutely die and I know I'll be left stuck with him.
Over 400 packs opened since Futties started (albeit I've kept all of the 85+'s and higher I had) and I've packed my first Futties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwDsrxWf7c4
Tradeable again.
Another you have to sell really. Shame those coins are so late in the game
Yep, not fussed about using Alvarez and not a fan of H/H on a striker either so 1.9m coins or so is far too many to turn down. Wish I'd saved today's luck for next year's game.
The pack came from Squad Battles too, that'll learn EA for making me AFK a million games in that mode over the last fortnight...
I packed the Portuguese midfielder guy earlier in an 86+ pick. He's not worth anything, of course
Goretzka price falling. Can I AFK 25 squad battles quick enough for it not to murder me coin wise? :uhoh:
That'd be what, about 8 hours minimum?
Probably. Especially just scoring and putting the pad down with no real “glitch”
Only down 130k since that post.
Glad I didnt bite (yet)
https://www.reddit.com/r/EASportsFC/...s_coming_soon/
Join us in looking back at some of the most iconic Cover Stars in history -- with the introduction of Cover Star ICONs. Cover Star ICONs will not be available in packs and will only be released via Squad Building Challenges or Objectives. Coming soon to Ultimate Team.
That is huge
Yeah, I like that. However, 16 games minimum for another 600 XP this week can gtf.
Ended up buying him for 640 before content. Wasn’t able to rattle the games off without a big break so lost about 100k.
Card felt incredible playing some rivals/playoffs
Rewarded with Goe Jomez from a player pick for my trouble.
Nice. Some cracking content today too.
Just opened today's 84+ x10 and didn't get a single special card. Had 3 walkouts (including Benz) so not that bad nonetheless, but how is that even possible? :D
Futties Forlan from my first 80+ pick of the night.
This week is gonna be a good one for content. That Carlos is a bonkers start.
Haven't used him yet but couldn't resist finishing him tonight.
Forlan again from an 85x10.
Last pack from those I'd saved and it was a good one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfIu6nM69DQ
That’s massive. Dragging you back in :lol:
That Yaya will be absolutely bonkers
There's so much shit to do now the game is seriously crying out for a repeatable rare gold upgrade pack - the League SBC's take far too long.
And I've just seen the player pick requires an 80 rated squad too, making league SBC's much more costly/more of a faff.
I'm sure it's a coincidence that there's a pack in the store for only 3k points for a load of golds...
Yeah, the game is absolutely fucked now if you don't have loads of coins or are prepared to shell out real monies on packs. 4.5k for an 83, 6k for an 84, even 82's are going for silly money. People will start saving packs for Team 2 as well, so those prices are only going to go up.
It's actually got so nuts that I'm wondering if that 'Super Ultimate Pack', 250 players for 400,000 coins might actually be worth it.
Decided against the 400k pack as there's absolutely nowhere to put anything under 78 rated bar league SBC's and frankly, fuck that.
81s are now 2k, everything is fucked and the only conclusion I can draw is that we're definitely getting an Ultimate Rare Gold upgrade pack very soon, nothing else makes sense.
If you want some free money then do the bronze/silver squads from Icon SBCs to get tradeable golds.
I'm annoyed they sacked off Silver Stars. It was kinda my favourite game mode
Ronaldinho coverstar SBC is out. 98 rated
33 squads.
Tempted to liquidate my entire club and coins to do him now.
Any list yet of who is in best of batch 2? Looks a bit shit again from the packs I've opened.
Ruben Neves out of my first of 10 85x10 packs.
https://www.reddit.com/r/EASportsFC/...ist_formatted/
Better but still not great.
Cheers Danny. Having TOTW's in there is a godsend but there should be more and some of the crapper TOTS' wouldn't have gone amiss too.
I'm hoping Ronaldinho is still around for when the infinite 85x10 comes. Otherwise he'll be impossible for 99% of the player base
Yeah, he will be, he's there for 44 days so people will get a week or two with him at least. I bit the bullet and did 15 of the 33 segments last night.
Over two weeks into Futties and I think I might be done. There's a grind that can be done but it takes far too long/isn't rewarding enough and almost every single 'upgrade' pack they release at the higher end of things is asking you to put more value in than you're going to get back. That 84 x 30 today being a case in point. I genuinely don't ever remember it being this bad and certainly not as late as six weeks before the game dies.
Yeah, I've no idea why they're not just letting people run free and unlock everything. It's not like my team can get much better.
I'm actually enjoying the new cards though - been using Ronaldinho in the Futties Cup and he is absolutely bonkers
Was reminded of this watching Nep earlier and apparently it's viable now to make your coins back from it as well as getting some shit. So... in the interests of science I'm gonna test it tonight.
Need to clear my club of rare golds to avoid dupe city and get the transfer pile under control, but let's give it a go.
Annoyingly I've already done MM's, but haven't opened the packs yet so could try and factor that in somehow when I do.
https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust
Well, opened it and these were the scores on the doors, notable players listed:
28 Special Cards:
95s 1 Futties Capdevila
92s 1 FUT Birthday Veron
91s 1
90s 1
89s 5 1 TOTW
88s 6
87s 5 2 TOTWS
86s 4
85s 4
Gold and Lib Cards:
89s 1
88s 1
87s 1
86s 3
85s 3
84s 17
83s 17
82s 24
81s 32
75-80s 123
Taking the minimum value of each player rating on Futbin equates to 771k, but as I want to keep Capdevila we'll call that 700k+ Capdevila. Now to go and do some SBC's.
Next step was to build the first SBC, but annoyingly I got a dupe Griezmann as part of the 250 players that I had to do something with. I would have put him in a Dinho segment but that may involve using players not packed from the 250 and I'm trying to avoid that for as long as possible, so the 85x10 it is.
131k of my fodder across 22 cards went into this, so I need an average of 13k a card back to break even in fodder terms. Before we open it, first two tradeable packs to open:
Premium Mixed Players Pack - 80 rated was the highest although it was Coquelin.
Mixed Players Pack - Bugger all
Quick sold the bronzes and 4 silvers insta went for 300 coins, so that's our first 1,311 coins of the 400,000 back. :cool:
Onto the 85x10...
Veron again and another dupe 91 Benrahma. Overall fodder value was 120k, so we 'lost' 11k of fodder on that. To be fair perhaps better than I expected given there's nothing usable in it, but if you get a pack with no 90+ players in it you're gonna bone hard.
The tradeable TOTW SBC is probably a cheat code for this.
Yeah, I think you get enough to do that 6 times and the tradeable TOTY one 6 times too. So this will be dead at recouping coins as soon as best of Team 3 comes out (or EA realise it's worth it and pull it).
90 Segment of Dinho done with the dupes and other cards from this grind so far but the Rare Electrum was disappointing. Might clear 10k from it. Onto the above...
6 times might be optimistic as it happens. Done the 3 TOTW's today comfortably and sales (less tax) are now up to 101,725, but this is sort of where the problem comes in measuring this, in that it just isn't efficient to use only the 250 cards and any you generate from those in SBC's as you'd end up putting far too high rated ones into SBC's to get them to work. I haven't had to so far, but to do more of the TOTW packs tomorrow I'd need to, when I could just whack common golds into them from the Silver upgrades that are now so easy to do thanks to the 3 silver cards SBC.
That said, I've seen enough to know this is definitely worth it as the game currently stands.
EDIT: When TOTS' and more TOTW's are in packs or 81s to 84s go down in price it won't be. Not that I foresee the latter happening mind.
Rodrygo in my first TOTS pack built from the 250. That's 270k right there. :D
Mad that he is still that expensive.
Yeah, I was assuming he'd be under 100k given his FUTTIES SBC, so was genuinely surprised to see the lowest BIN when I listed him at 274k.
Second TOTS pack. Moments Goretzka who I'm surprised is so cheap, but that's another 70k and up to 435k in coins in.
Think I'll end the tracking there - 1x92, 3x89, 7x88, 5x87, 1 x85 and 2x84 of everything 83 and above left over and we're into 82s after that (plus another 12 player picks worth of low rated crap).
There's more than enough 82s and 81s left to do the 3 TOTW packs from tomorrow (and more TOTS packs if you crowbar stuff), so I think you're looking at getting at least 300k in coins back from it even with the worst pack luck ever. Combine it with bronze, silver and gold upgrades and league SBC's (which are now easy as you have so many players) and you'll be living off that pack for a while.
Capdevila tradeable from MM rewards. What a night. Good job Starfield is coming out, I'd have no luck left for EA Sportsball 24.
Tempting me to do the pack now too
Definitely doing another one as soon as my rare golds are down to a manageable level. Decided to hoover up league SBC's rather than chuck them into PP's as you'll get more bang for your buck that way. Involves doing some upgrades to get silvers and common golds but they're so easy now. Also reckon the 150 Rare Golds/300,000 pack will be worth it too. Equates to 1,667 a player rather than 1,600 for the 250.
Who'd have thought a fun grind would have come back via some of the most expensive packs in store. Cheers EA.
Back on for some more expensive pack grinding...
https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust
TOTY Bellingham from a Player Pick.
Ronaldinho in. His loan card might be the most fun player I've ever used in FIFA. Just obscenely good.
I havent started him yet. I should probably get a shift on. I have 9 85 x 10s that I am just accumulating.
Also decided fuck it on the 400k pack method:
Highlights:
TOTY Benz
95 Futties Diego Carlos
FB Kaka
92 TOTW Ronaldo
91 FF Llorente
21 total specials.
So far I have returned around 125k between TOTW and TOTS. I reckon over the next two days I can get close to breakeven from those never mind the fodder.
I then dropped FB Matthaus from an 85 x 10.
I've done it twice more since the first time and it was nowhere near as good. Think in one of them I only got 2 players over 90. Still, even with that it's definitely still worth it as it's such a good way to get rare golds and keep the grind going.
I started with 3.4m before the first time, I'm now down to 2.9m but must have done about 20 Ronaldinho segments in that time, plus a few other players so definitely value. Hope EA have it there when team 3 of Futties is in packs too, it'll be so much fun, if a lot less profitable in liquid coin terms.
I think the fact every man and his dog is doing it isn’t helping.
If I can recoup 75% in actual coins I’ll take it. Especially with the cards I got in there.
Cover star Rooney coming tomorrow by the sounds of it, for the love of god give us unlimited 85x next week.
About 275k back over the three days. Not bad considering the non tradeable value.
82x100 SBC out for like 400k. Tempted
Also still can’t decide between Kent/Jota and their packs.
TOTS in packs. So come Monday when 85x10 refreshes its grind time.
Looking forward to getting to the 82+ x100 I’ve got buried in there somewhere…
84x10 covering for the 85x10 for now.
My 82x100 had no futties but like 25 specials.
Obviously, the grind is incredible but I already packed Ginola :drool:
Snap. Got him from the 82x100.
Saw on Twitter that Futties replay pack is guaranteed minimum break even. 50k for 5 90+
This grind is absolutely nuts. Did have some packs going in but you can save so many cards from the 84+ x10. Done 15 player/specific icon SBC’s since last night and only have Alonso, Rooney and Zidane left to do now.
Dinho is in. Working through Zidane
Rodrygo is the only SBC from the player tab I have left to do. He will get done after Zidane.
Will then work through all the Icons. Not too fussed on Eusebio, Torres or Zola but I see me doing them and then hammering those 93+ picks to hunt down Martial, Bruno and Sancho.
I also dont have Cech and hate that he exists :lol:
You can literally grind the sbcs all day without really effecting your coin balance. Eventually you run out of golds, less than 83 rated.
That’s every specific player based SBC up to Govou done. The drop weight of good cards in batch 3 is tragic.
Position modifiers are almost 5k
Didn’t look until I finished him, what the actual fuck is this Govou card. Practically full 99 in shooting, passing and pace
Something feels wrong about throwing a dupe Ginola into an 84x 10.
After a few hours of crafting. Biggest pulls
TOTY Vini
TOTY Militao
SS Van Dijk
I have 30+ 84x10 left to pull but its duplicate city
100% duplicate city. Got that VVD myself last night.
I found a list suggesting there is 200 cards in packs. Time to check who I have and dont have.
Edit: List was only 199. Seems like I have 180. Missing most of the big ones and some random ones in the middle like Hero Toure/Lucio.
I know it's August and he doesn't quite get the best of the best Icons, but this new Nepenthez video does show how lol the state of the game is now.
Been away for a while but have been grinding shit though the app. Nearly finished Ronald Inho and did pick up a cheeky Benz the other day. Still missing Rashford and Ginola from the ones I actually want
Packed ginola. Really want henry though.
Haaland and Bellingham added. I must have packed Alisson 20 times.
Is this in any way available for free on Playstation right now? I know it's on gamepass.
I'm curious to see what a few hours of menu grind might bring.
Free if you've got EA Play.
Pogba in the second, seems like he is common but I am putting it down to dupe theory based upon the one I bought.
Haaland 5/5 to finish it off. Bonkers card for the Norse goal freak
Got 99 Donnarumma from the free pack. Will have Haaland and Mudryk in by the end of today I imagine.
13 of batch 3 to go :moop:
I have made over 1m discarding/selling the packs specials. It’s nuts
Used Haaland yet?
Finished him last night but didnt try him. Struggled against him a few times already though.
Ok he is good. Front 4 of him, Ginola, Zidane is quite enjoyable.
Even against the monster defenders.
He's mega. Still not the most agile but the 5* skills can get you around someone.
I really like the free Lemar card. Great all-rounder
Felix in. 12 to go. Ugh.
Played a couple games. Here is me thinking from not playing in months. Ill get my 99 dribbling insigne and mertens and start cutting shapes with them. Not happening. They dont feel agile at all.
Level up pick released. Supposed to be upgraded only but it giving normals
Griezmann and Ronaldo TOTS - 10 to go.
I then had a player pick of Futties Griezmann or TOTS Leao. I need the latter but the former is more expensive and not in packs so I took him
The 84 and 85 x10 has disappeared for me :moop: Is there some EA shenanigans going on?
Yeah. They fucked the requirements.
They put the 85 out with 2 squads (85 and 87) for 10 goes and the 84 was an 88.
Way too high for this time of year.
They are such gimps. Hard to know whether malicious or just retarded half the time with them :D
Its incredible.
Yeah, that's me out.
Got this on my PC after getting some game pass. Got a free 85x10 pack. 96 Van Persie in it. Thought this might have been a good pull but he's barely 30k :D
There doesn't seem to be any repeatable 84 or 85x10 in the SBC section though which does stop me seeing what menu grinding I can do.
It'll probably get re-released tonight. You can do the silver/bronze upgrades and put it into golds to build up some fodder
Yep. What Raoul said, do the daily bronze/silver shit into the gold stuff.
The big repeatable will come back.
You should be able to get decent enough team from just a few objectives and the packs they offer
Weird they haven't re-released the 84x10s etc. tonight though. As Nep says, Leao is kinda impossible without it
They are back, same requirements as when they left at expiration Monday (88 squad and 87 Squad). This company.
Are they the good ones then? I've been churning through some SBCs/upgrades and played a few games towards the Sane and Boateng cards. It's funny how almost literally every pack is giving you something back.
For example I got my first ever TOTS from a bronze pack(Gabri Veiga). I will say either there's people doing the same as me, or just scumbags in rivals. I've played 4 games with gold Thiago Silva at CB alongside TOTS Michael Smalling. All up against a hodgepodge of different futties and icons. Managed to win 3 though.
Been at it for an hour and I've done Xabi Alonso, got a pink Smolarek and Donnarumma in as well as packing Lahm about 5 times. This is very lol.
Best part of the cycle
TOTS Mbappe in one too. I was so used to seeing Kolo Muani it was a surprise to see his face. Started on Rafa Leao also, but with pretty much a dupe in every pack I've taken a break from it.
:D I've packed his TOTS on every version I've played all the way back to and including his Monaco days. 5/7 on Leao now with two 91s left. Dupe Donnarumma cards really help tick him off.
I've now had a few bad rolls on the 84 x 10 in a row and so am in need of 6pm to start ramping it up again.
Another of the 9.
TOTS Mbappe
TOTS Messi
TOTS Leao (got futties so meh)
SS Pele
TT R9
TOTS Neymar
TT Vieria
TT Lucio
TT Toure
bought the lower set as they are cheap enough.
Leaks saying its COMING. Will tag when it does (Friday)
Two of those 94+ picks down. All dupes :moop:
"In the coming days!"
Got some pink version of Landon Donavon during my last few goes. I swear its like you get the same grouping of cards for a while and then suddenly get a whole new batch of dupes.
That Dybala looks filth.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...5320/image.png
Neymar in 8 to go.
https://i.gyazo.com/thumb/1000/78b1c...ef137e-jpg.jpg
Not bad for having started less than 24 hours ago. It's a bit attack heavy, but that's just how the cards have fallen. I've also been a bit unlucky with tradeable pulls. Only sitting around 50k in coins despite that.
I don't think any of the other icons make much sense to do. Other than maybe Del P, all of the attackers are probably worse than I've got now. Ronny is the exception but 33 squads puts me off. I'm not sure I want to grind a full day or two when I'll likely be playing Starfield in a week.
Annoyingly it ticked over to the new season too, so I can't get the Jota/Konate cards from what I can see. I think the only thing left to do is rinse through the futties player picks to see what I can find in there.
Henry out yet?
My guess would be Friday, Sincere. Still just the endless pack grind for now.
Ticked off two of the futties picks. First was Mascherano, Dupe Smolarek, Coutinho and Park. Took Park because Masch is a midget and I'm not taking that snake. Second pick was much improved. Di Natale, Capdevilla, Araujo and Sancho. I'd have loved any of the first three there, but Capdevilla is worth as much as the others combined and I need full backs.
Cap is great. Been a monster all year across his various cards. I did drop him for Carlos so his reign was short lived but Carlos :cool:
I had Di Natale and Rashford in my 3rd. I had bought the latter so took him abd made a minor profit.
Put him in for a fut champs game and can agree. Gameplay is mental with everyone having 95+ pace charging the ball down though. Did my 3rd pick and it's like the game is listening as I got Carvajal, Oblak, Clauss and Dumfries. Took Clauss because he was a 'premium' which I think means he always gets full chemisty?
Yeah, plus he acts like a Hero for other French league players
@SincereTheRebel
Henry is here. 14 squads.
Easy one. I have 23 85x saved :lol:
It seems they have put all of the futties cards back in packs. I've had Forlan, Ruben Neves and Dumfries from about 4 packs from objectives.
First glance says fewer specials from 84 x 10 though. Maybe not quite as grindable.
Watched RTFM for a bit and it definitely seems like there are fewer TOTS coming in the upgrade packs, but there's more of the top rated stuff. Endlessly repeating 84x10 might not work now. I saw a full gold pack from one.
He has a standard image? Will it be dynamic?
Full wood if he is in long sleeve, long socks and gloves
Usually takes a day or so for it to show.
Yeah after a few can confirm. The 85 x 10 is still alright and will let you repeat until you run out, but the 84 x 10 previously would give maybe 3-4 golds, now seems to be giving 6-7.
They've tried to put the higher rated stuff up but removed a lot of the 89-92 fodder TOTS.
Finding that too.
I did have an absolute monster 85x that contained Etoo, Sancho and Gomez (all dupes and into Henry) but the 84s have been tough to recycle. It’s usually cutting it close.
85 x 10 is still fine because even if somehow its a shit one, the full 10 will recycle with 1 shitter card.
The 84 x 10 though is a proper struggle.
Packed Neymar and Cap during the Henry pack openings
The middle of my defence is a bit suspect(94 Varane and 93 Giroud) but the football that can be played with this team is quite lol.
12 of 23 85xs used but Henry, Mount and Rice are in.
How is he?
Previous years he's been offensively done dirty and is clunky(a bit like this 97 R9 is).
Will test him later on. Been grinding on the webapp. Played a couple of games with his 98 and he didn’t feel too bad at all. So quite hopeful they didn’t fuck him over.
Did the level up and got Varane. The one I really wanted. Very happy with that.
No promo packs is an odd one. Was gonna use the coins I have been accumulating on some 400k packs
Got 9 squads into Henry after using up my days 88x10 and tried with the 87s. Slowly lost more and more until it finally hit me with an all gold pack. Wont be touching those again.
A bit annoying as I'd like him in before having a go at weekend league.
Refresh in an hr iirc
Thierry is done and we picked him up a new friend or two along the way.
https://i.gyazo.com/0409fdfe3a48d643...28f2522a87.jpg
CBs now stick out like a sore thumb. I guess Diego Carlos could play in there instead of Giroud, but I'm pretty much stuck otherwise. I don't really have the coin to get changing much either with 80k. It might have to be Carvalho coming in.
Hey Jude.
Card looks mad. Have an insane Madrid team already too
Took my band of merry men(sans Jude) onto the friendly cup thing and lol it was a massacre. Crisp gameplay lead to many a fine goal. Won 6 of 6. The only "struggle" being the last game where the other person took the lead. His dancing celebration was the last time he was happy in the match.
Coming up against people with "only" full TOTS teams and the odd pink card just isnt fair.
I can get by for now with the defence. Cap feels amazing and Varane too. Clauss futties feels a little weak for my taste but it'll do for now.
https://i.ibb.co/S6ghHDF/Screenshot-20230903-170641.png
simple image resizer
That is the team ive managed to out together in a week or so. Im in division 9 having played about 20 games. Henry is amazing. I play a 433(5) with De Jong and Van Dijk swapping postions.
Might have already made Zidane obsolete because I cracked open the 85+ pick from todays SBC and Futties Toure was in there. Him next to Jude could be special.
Managed to get him last night and then TOTY Nesta, Makelele, R10 and FB Best.
Since then I have had Al O and Toure again. Still no sign of the big ones for me though.
They're re-upped the 84 and 85x10 both for the same requirements again and both are unlimited repeatable, but they've also put up an 86+ x 10 that you need to submit a 92 rated squad for. And no that's not a typo.
Yeah those are not happening
Paletools and the webapp is making speed running the 85xs worth while.
Finally got Mbappe. Also added Centurions Ibra and FF Kuyt and Okochka. Shocked it took this long to see those three.
Messi! Finally.
460 85x10 packs is why that is “finally” :lol:
CR7 futties SBC. 42 squads :lol:
Is that the most squads ever?
At this point they're just wasting people's time.
If you do a mere 3 squads a day you'll be done on the day EA FC 24 comes out.
10 in :uhoh:
I love how BOTH Nkunku and Diaby 99 cards come out to 200k and yet CR7 who I guarantee will feel worse, is 4m.
Just packed mbappe. Anyone want to trade for pink messi?