expanding upon what SugarShaun wrote, there are 3 labels given to players with 80+ potential. When I wrote "high growth potential" I was referring to the guys who are currently 61 and can grow 26 pts to 87 overall. That type of player needs to grow physically, while a 21 or 22 year old who is a 79 with 86 potential will rarely get much bigger/faster/stronger. Showing Great Potential: 80-85 Exciting Prospect: 86-90 Potential to be Special: 90+
I hate playing on World Class. If I had money, I'd break a controller every single match. "Oh you want a simple A pass to your CAM in the middle? Nah, we'll give you a through ball to your offside striker instead." Also it's amazing to me how many times I press to play a square ball and instead it plays a forward pass into traffic. If I'm pressing directly over on the thumbstick it shouldn't go forward.
Adjust the pass error slider maybe? I do the same shit though, started off at professional for a few games and world class can be a bitch.
Anyone have guys they have found or like in career mode thusfar? Gonna start my career in the next few days. Might just bank off the semi-realistic storyline that Chelsea need a youth revolution and sell off most of the team and just play the youth players and see how they grow
I tried to get Shaw (highest potential LB + take him away from Man U), but they kept shooting me down. I wound up buying Andrew Robertson (http://sofifa.com/player/216267) from Hull, he has been pretty nice thus far. None of the FWD/MF guys have really impressed me, I am in Oct/Nov somewhere, so its early. Timo Werner was my favorite "young" purchase I made last year, including Gotze as he was 22 at the time In the initial Summer transfer window Arsenal sold Ox to me for $9M, then in the first Winter transfer window Barca paid $80M for him - who knows why. I was able to get Gotze for $65M+a $20M free agent striker. I couldnt find an ideal position for him. At CM/CAM he'd wear out by the 60' mark due to poor stamina, and he struggled with the demands of a more attacking position as he wasn't much of a finisher.
Just like in 15, I will almost always sign Breel Embolo as my 2nd striker (Tottenham career). I have tons of success with him in Euro/Cup matches. Plus his physical attributes are beastly for an 18 yr old so the training in career mode does wonders for his growth.
thorgan hazard has always been my first get the last few years. usually pretty cheap and rating goes up pretty rapidly
So with the training only effecting technical attributes does it make more sense to go after a physically better player all things equal because you can train the technical side up versus the physical side?
Robertson has leveled up very quickly for me, loving him. They've got a young RB that is pretty good too
I have run into this problem at Chelsea. Was thinking of starting with another team but I follow Chelsea youth players quite a bit and I am thinking of just doing a complete changing of the guard and playing all the young players so from a talent perspective they will be closer to a Southampton until the players grow
Yes though if they have a ton of room to grow you could do it some and then still leave room for them to grow
That's my line of thinking when either looking for players to train, or looking for youth players to buy that I won't need to push into 1st team play immediately.
So I'm still not great at this game. On semi-pro I destroy teams, but switch to pro I eke out 1-0 wins, or more often than not draw/lose. Any tips to get better? I think my defending tech and possession are to blame. I usually hold down R1 when they have the ball to bring a defender on the guy with the ball, and then man the passing lanes with one of my forward players. Is that a flawed strategy? Also, I seem to get the ball taken from me a lot. I think I'm using speed boost way too much, but when I don't, I can't seem to chase down through balls.
Playing on Legendary and this shit is so fucking hard to score but I've finally made some headway by lowering the CPU marking down to like 35. I have the CPU pass fail rate way up but it has literally no effect, the CPU is always 88%+ in passing, usually 90%+. On Legendary you never win any 50/50 balls and the CPU ball control is other wordly. If I have one tip for anybody it's to learn THIS fucking move and abuse the shit out of it:
I'd like to learn this, but i couldn't understand what the guy was saying as far as button combinations to do it. Is it RB + RT + Left stick on XBone?
no. just your sprint button (RT on XBone) and then the direction you want to cut. I works really well. scenario... you're holding RT while going down the sideline. let go of RT for a second, then quickly point the left analog stick in the direction you want to go and mash the RT button again. edit to add: its best used in and around the box where you can get a shot or a cross off after making the cut. using this technique will give you that all important space that you need to take a shot, but do it quickly because the defender you just beat usually closes down on you quickly. it works best when doing acute angle cuts, but I've occasionally had it work for a more dramatic cut.
Why does no one make a near post run when I select the near post run on corners? Why do my teammates always drop behind me as I move across the field instead of moving with me so I can pass them into space? Why IN THE MOTHERFUCKING HELL does the CPU react more quickly to my short FKs than my team? What is it about EA's understanding of soccer that makes them think my team should be more surprised by me taking a short FK than my opponents?
To be fair if he is doing all the scouting for one country on the same day those would be 1 day's messages from his scout
Yeah. I've had no fun playing against the computer. I downloaded NBA2k and am just going to play that now. Oh well
I think the novelty of that will wear off pretty quickly for most people though. It needs to be expanded or I'll probably never play it again
After messing around through the first two seasons in career mode with Man U, I'm attempting to build them into an American powerhouse. Should be interesting.
Scouting/transfers is pretty overwhelming for me. If I was in college and could put in the time that'd be one thing but I just want to keep things moving...but without sucking.
Careful, there is a game policy where that will be taxed to pay for the lavish houses of Muslim terrorist councilmen.
No CCV in this game? Also is the xbox 360 version limited compared to the xbox one? Can't seem to find player training in career mode
So when I got to play a game in my career mode the game freezes and crashes mid load? anyone having this same issue? A fix if you have faced it
I don't hate career mode so far. Playing on Pro is actually challenging this year. I've gone on cold streaks and hot streaks just like Wolves do throughout any season. Some of those streaks will be gutsy 1-0 wins and some streaks I'll continuously put in 3 or 4 goals. It feels true-to-form for me.
This is the experience I am having too. I had a hot streak on Pro where I won a few games in a row, and now am having a down streak as well. If I have any complaints its that it should be slightly easier to score (wayyyyy too many post hits), but it does feel as true to form as any FIFA game I've played.