FIFA 18

Pigeon_Killer · 5 Dec 2017 at 18:09

Benzema and Dembele in the same Rare Gold pack in MM, I'll take that.

What's all this about the mobile data? More cheating?

Edit: BPM to the rescue. Packed a Middlesbrough player in my third pack and then Braithwaite in my MM rewards

Edit: And now Martial in my Gold Player Premium pack

Stewy · 5 Dec 2017 at 19:13

One More Solo said:
Does the DKT get any easier as the week goes on and people are already qualified? I'm Div 4 seasons but this seems like quite a big step up, struggling to win more than 2 in a row!

From my experience it's about the same standard as D1/2 with the occasional very good player with their team of icons that you don't really see in Divisions.

nemtizz · 5 Dec 2017 at 20:05

Hagi is fun to use. Haven’t used a player that can pass like that all year.

Janesy B · 5 Dec 2017 at 22:16

Rui Costa is like that, really underrated too.

Bronze pack madness

Indigo · 5 Dec 2017 at 22:37

Why are those players worth so much?!!!!

And just had my first two games in a row where my team clearly can't be bothered stringing a pass together and have no idea about even attempting to get to the ball first. Pffft

Janesy B · 5 Dec 2017 at 22:42

Middlesborough vs Ipswich marquee matchup SBC - unusual one so not many people expecting plus bronze/silver players much rarer because most people just open gold packs.

Opened one of the 1800 coin promo bronze packs and bang, profit.

The FIFA gods are smiling upon me.

** edit **

Okay, what the f...

GreenMint · 6 Dec 2017 at 09:00

One More Solo said:
Remember untradeables will be at the bottom of your current search by default.

Yep, no sign

One More Solo · 6 Dec 2017 at 09:09

IndigoGorilla said:
Why are those players worth so much?!!!!

And just had my first two games in a row where my team clearly can't be bothered stringing a pass together and have no idea about even attempting to get to the ball first. Pffft

You can tell when your opponent has gone "high pressure" because not only do their players run around with a rocket up their arse but yours stop playing too, it's been like that since FIFA 12 at least and it's ridiculous.

GreenMint · 6 Dec 2017 at 11:42

You can also tell when the opponent has gone park the bus, your players all pull out a noose and head for the nearest crossbar.

Indigo · 6 Dec 2017 at 12:45

One More Solo said:
You can tell when your opponent has gone "high pressure" because not only do their players run around with a rocket up their arse but yours stop playing too, it's been like that since FIFA 12 at least and it's ridiculous.

I usually set my game plan to high pressure too though. Three games out of four last night my team were just complete pants. Hoping for a swing in my favour this evening.

Robbo · 6 Dec 2017 at 12:56

I'm hoping there will be a big patch quite soon that will fix a lot of these problems. The issue is that EA have designed the game so it's much easier to score, which has resulted in the kick off glitch for example. There will always be some degree of momentum/scripting but it needs sorting if they want people to take it seriously as an Esport. Then we have all this match fixing stuff coming out, pro players should be playing against each other, not gold level players, it's ridiculous really.

rickjames · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:12

Amidst all this cheating stuff going on I'm amazed EA haven't said anything about this upcoming WL yet either...

GreenMint · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:31

Robbo said:
I'm hoping there will be a big patch quite soon that will fix a lot of these problems. The issue is that EA have designed the game so it's much easier to score, which has resulted in the kick off glitch for example. There will always be some degree of momentum/scripting but it needs sorting if they want people to take it seriously as an Esport. Then we have all this match fixing stuff coming out, pro players should be playing against each other, not gold level players, it's ridiculous really.

Whats the kick off glitch this year? Seems to be a lot of bad stuff coming out, haven't really kept on top of it though!

Robbo · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:35

Basically, when you kick off, you have a much better chance of scoring because the AI is frazzled for some reason. It's much harder to defend. Same thing can happen at 45 and 90 mins too.

GreenMint · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:36

Oh yeah, same as every year then, does seem like my whole team has the defensive ability of Everton in November on an opponent kickoff, half thought it was psychological on my part!

Robbo · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:38

GreenMint said:
Oh yeah, same as every year then, does seem like my whole team has the defensive ability of Everton in November on an opponent kickoff, half thought it was psychological on my part!

Yes, on previous FIFA's it was noticeable too, it seems a bit more potent this year though.

GreenMint · 6 Dec 2017 at 14:12

Robbo said:
Yes, on previous FIFA's it was noticeable too, it seems a bit more potent this year though.

I think thats why I'm not ashamed to say a lot of people get hacked down by me after I score!

Robbo · 6 Dec 2017 at 14:16

GreenMint said:
I think thats why I'm not ashamed to say a lot of people get hacked down by me after I score!

Yes, just try and foul someone, that's what I do, or break up play somehow. Pro's say sticking it on Park the Bus helps, but I've not tried it yet.

Robbo · 6 Dec 2017 at 15:00

New TOTW.

JustBen · 6 Dec 2017 at 17:59

Gnarby and Rooney are my realistic targets out of that . Rooneys normal card is good . Gnarby maybe fit in at cam