EA Sports FC 24

[Danny]

I have a hunch of packs left but so far

2 x Malard (one tradeable so I sold instantly)
Greenwood
Wubbeb Moy
Dreyer
White
Muslera
Dewsbury Hall
Russo
Estupinan
MacAlister
Charles

Lots of fodder. Just give me Garnacho.

[Danny]

TOTY R9 from that new pick

[Yevrah]

Fuck me. Is he like 15m coins?

[Yevrah]

Doesn't compare, but Heung Min Son from a 77+ BPLSBB and EWSLSBW pack.

[Danny]

9.5 right now. If he was tradable I would sell in a instant

Getting into my bigger packs and doing decent today. Son, Palmer and Alisson (have his TOTY)

For what it’s worth dupes suckered me into another go and I got FS Smith. Fodder

It’s also EA making up for not letting me evo Hannibal any further. I’ll post a screenshot of what I should be able to do when I get on my laptop

[Raoul Duke]

Decent striker. Shame, because I know you'd have preferred Garnacho

[Danny]

It’s a close one

[Danny]

Game is bugged out so I cant do this

[Danny]

Spider-Wan Flashback SBC

[Raoul Duke]

CB as position makes him pretty interesting. My fodder is absolutely rinsed right now though

[Danny]

I have done most of Rio so I am not too hot myself. Skipped the Arsenal love in though so it’s doable.

Got Garnacho from the guaranteed TOTS pack

[Raoul Duke]

Got Garnacho from the guaranteed TOTS pack

Result

I did Havertz and Zambrotta so we're pretty empty right now. I got some Haaland-bait woman out of the TOTS pack

[Danny]

I would have done Havertz if AWB didn’t come out.

EFL picks are quite nice. Gray looks very nice

[Danny]

Luis Diaz from the Prem TOTS pack. Shocked his price is so high considering Son exists

[Raoul Duke]

White from mine

I now have Gabriel, Havertz and him

[Gray Fox]

This is coming to PS+ in 5 days. It might be time.

[Shindig]

I'll probably spend more time downloading it than play it but still fancy giving it a look. Life without a proper PES is grim.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I forgot I had the 10 hour trial still so I've started on it today.

Only done some SBCs and Squad Battles thus far. No big pulls as of yet.

Servers are the pits, even in the menus.

I just completed a SB game and won on pens, insta kicked and the game counts as a loss.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Got my first bait.

French
Striker
PSG

Katoto...

[Danny]

Wubben fucking Moy from my SB red two weeks in a row. Can’t even go into the red evo. Fuck me

[Raoul Duke]

I got Adeyemi, who's not bad.

Also just got Balotelli out of some random pack. Assume he'll be fodder price but seems to be about 300k right now

[Gray Fox]

So I'll be installing this Tuesday when it comes to PS+ unless I can also get that trial now. I've 3 main questions really.

1. Is this still like previous years, where the PS5 version looks nicer but plays worse?
2. Does any particular YouTuber have a video on Evos/Playstyles that I can use as a catch up?
3. How have the women players affected the meta? I should imagine though they may not be the best to have at CB, they make for great use in wide/forward areas.

[Danny]

For Evos I would suggest just going to FUT.gg, clicking evos and then going into each and seeing who you like. Nep usually has a look at them but I don’t know anyone specific content wise.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What's the best way to grind?

I need coins.

[Gray Fox]

I've been grinding for a couple hours and I've noticed the TOTS rate seems quite low. I'm using the Nep method so it may not quite be the most efficient, but it seems to be.

I thought I'd have seen a few moments cards.

[Danny]

Seen a few people saying the Bundes weight has been lower than prem. I have opened a lot less packs than I did for Prem/Live but I have struggled to get anything from the mens team and only a couple from the womens.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've gotten 4 Frohms TOTS in about 45 minutes or so.

[Danny]

Today has been a better day. Adeyemi, Tah and Kyle Walker Peters

[Gray Fox]

Got a hearty collection on 84s now through grinding. Managed a TOTS Davis and Pavlovic so far, but I'm really surprised given the prices I'm seeing on FUTBIN that I'm not getting more of the shitters like that.

Dipped my toe into Rivals and I've won all 5 of my games so far but it definitely feels strange. Going to have to get used to the movements and try and fix the camera angle.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Upamecano from the Bundesliga TOTS guarantee. Not bad.

[Raoul Duke]

Got a hearty collection on 84s now through grinding. Managed a TOTS Davis and Pavlovic so far, but I'm really surprised given the prices I'm seeing on FUTBIN that I'm not getting more of the shitters like that.

Dipped my toe into Rivals and I've won all 5 of my games so far but it definitely feels strange. Going to have to get used to the movements and try and fix the camera angle.

The new R1 dribbling is the main thing to get your head around. It can be very effective if you've got someone rapid. Can just run past entire defences

[Danny]

If someone has that play style its mad how they glide

[Gray Fox]

EA done fucked up like they did with TOTY Messi. Everyone getting red Mbappe and Dembele.

EDIT: People are doing Golden Goal in weekend league to try and get to the rewards before they fix it

[Danny]

I just saw on twitter. Wtf.

[Gray Fox]

People seem to think most of the players aren't registering as available for the pick. For example no Marquinhos in anyones pick. This is making it so basically you're getting one of the big star PSG players almost guaranteed.

I've never seen streamers so stressed.

[Danny]

Fixed it at 3 in the morning UK time.

[Gray Fox]

A lot of unhappy people.

It was such a strange experience flipping between all the bigger streamers. Started with NickRTFM who was doing shareplays and saw a large amount of Zaire-Emery, Dembele and Mbappe. He'd already started on his 2nd account so gave away loads of wins as he didn't care for most of this TOTS. He got Zaire-Emery then Mbappe. Switched to his main and the struggle was real. Everything went to shit. Golden goal in WL, people rubber banding after 2-0 down instead of quitting. People passing around the back.
Those reds made Zwe start a speedrun too. Switched over to Nep and Fuji and the same for all. Fuji was 14-2 in his run and his chat were screaming at him to gift the wins but he got all stressed and pissy(proper man baby shit) about it. Got to 16-3 and then went into a game and quit without gifting. Still got Hernandez and Zaire-Emery.

I didn't go back to Nep but I know that Zwe was in game for his 11th win when they patched it out.

I assume there'll now be a tweet saying how that only 0.7% of people got a red Mbappe item.

[Danny]

Nep got done in time and got Dembele and Zaire-Emery.

At that point they should have just left it and let people have at it.

[Gray Fox]

Yeah this is where I always circle back to why they feel the need to "game" the player so much. I understand that if everyone has good odds of getting the top cards each week in this case, your average player loses the will to grind/pay more money for packs, but they've tuned it to the point of insanity.

I tend to buy on odd years. The grind on 17, 19 and I think for me 22? These were all great fun, a mix for me of having to play the game well and manage my club well. I'm no Yev but I could get it done alright.
This is what stops me buying. I haven't bought since '22 and I don't think I can see myself paying again until they fix this need to screw the playerbase over.

[Shindig]

I've installed this. After my 'let's see how you do' game, it's put me against Legendary AI. Quite how you get that from a 5-2 win over Sunderland, I'll never know.

Also, after years of getting misty-eyed over EA's presentation, it's a bit shit. Each team has one chant that just gets repeated ad nauseum and the atmosphere is a little flat. I can only hear Blaydon Races so much before getting sick of it.
Speaking of flat, I still can't believe nobody outside the NBA 2K games has commentary sounding right. It feels alright to control but, as a solo lad, it'll rest on whether the AI is interesting to play against.