Any reliable way to stop cross spamming? I'm struggling a bit in Div 3, Im playing fine and scoring but I keep getting hit with crosses and headers. Lost the last couple 3-2, grr. I'm not raging though because I'm actually playing quite well.
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Best way is to stop them from getting into a position to cross, the second best way is to block the cross even if they do get into position.
The best way to do that IMO is to have medium attack full backs and play defensive.
Examples of the decent medium attack full backs are
Konko
Mariano
Enrique
Gibbs
Eliseu
Radu
De sciglio
Schmelzer
You really can't stop some players doing it, depending on their formation you may have to change yours in game to stand a chance.
If they have 90+ pace wingers defending against them really isn't an option as most of the 90 pace full backs have high attacking workrate so are never in position.
Konko as Sonny has listed is pretty good at it but then this limits you to using specific players who you may not like.
If they have 90+ pace wingers defending against them really isn't an option as most of the 90 pace full backs have high attacking workrate so are never in position.
Konko as Sonny has listed is pretty good at it but then this limits you to using specific players who you may not like.
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This is effectively due to pace.
Pace is so overpowered in UT, that if you have a speedy striker running onto a cross chances are he will get to it first.
This was blatantly obvious when I used aubamayang for the first time ever the other day and he was out jumping Dante, boateng and Santana on every cross
Had an incredible game earlier, online co-op season with a mate.
We were Argentina against some people who were Brazil. Winning 3-2 then concede 2 in the 84th and 88th minute to put us 4-3 down.
We scored in about the 90th minute to level it up, then again in the last seconds to take the win 5-4!!!
His kick off was the last kick. Amazing
We were Argentina against some people who were Brazil. Winning 3-2 then concede 2 in the 84th and 88th minute to put us 4-3 down.
We scored in about the 90th minute to level it up, then again in the last seconds to take the win 5-4!!!
His kick off was the last kick. Amazing
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Had an incredible game earlier, online co-op season with a mate.
We were Argentina against some people who were Brazil. Winning 3-2 then concede 2 in the 84th and 88th minute to put us 4-3 down.
We scored in about the 90th minute to level it up, then again in the last seconds to take the win 5-4!!!
His kick off was the last kick. Amazing
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Me and some mates tried to play online together the other day and they have removed guest play from Fifa. We then tried to make a offline tournament and that's no longer there either.
It looks like they are pushing co-op which requires 2 consoles, 2 copies of the game and 2 TV's. Whereas the old way required just one of each.
I wouldn't be surprised by ea if they switched the name of the game to ultimate team then made you pay extra to unlock all the other game modes.
Effectively they have destroyed the playing together with mates in the same room aspect.
Mates going to keep his ps3 now instead of selling it and look at buying Fifa 13 so we can still do tourneys.
Ahh ok, not seen much concrete on it and no mention on his Wiki, i'll assume it was hearsay for now!
Each game I play I end up thinking what annoys me most so here is the list:
- LAG, button lag/general lag. About 80% of the games are lag, I only ever seem to play foreign players, no idea if this is anything to do with it.
- CORNERS, I never had an issue defending these in 13, why are they so OP, I must concede one every game.
- LOBBED THROUGH BALLS, it's no one's fault EA have decided to abolish actual build up play, it's just 1-2 passing and lobbed through balls. The AI defending are still retarded and can't mark a man properly.
- HEADING, maybe relevant to corners I guess but crossing doesn't annoy me, it's a style of play that is evident in the real game but little men out jumping 6ft+ defenders just is mental.
- EA SERVERS, the amount of money they must have made from this FIFA alone and they still can't get stable servers. Look at the state of the web app, where I work if there an issue affecting customers we fix it, what are these idiots doing, where is the support?
This is after winning three in a row so I'm not actually raged right now, needed to get it off my chest though
G'night.
- LAG, button lag/general lag. About 80% of the games are lag, I only ever seem to play foreign players, no idea if this is anything to do with it.
- CORNERS, I never had an issue defending these in 13, why are they so OP, I must concede one every game.
- LOBBED THROUGH BALLS, it's no one's fault EA have decided to abolish actual build up play, it's just 1-2 passing and lobbed through balls. The AI defending are still retarded and can't mark a man properly.
- HEADING, maybe relevant to corners I guess but crossing doesn't annoy me, it's a style of play that is evident in the real game but little men out jumping 6ft+ defenders just is mental.
- EA SERVERS, the amount of money they must have made from this FIFA alone and they still can't get stable servers. Look at the state of the web app, where I work if there an issue affecting customers we fix it, what are these idiots doing, where is the support?
This is after winning three in a row so I'm not actually raged right now, needed to get it off my chest though
G'night.
I agree with some of what you are saying:
Lag, I don't tend to get much, the obvious bit sometimes, but as a rule most of my games have been pretty smooth with zero input lag.
Corners, it is hit & miss, I struggle to defend them at times, then don't concede for a few games.
LTB: Yep, should be fixed, I try slow build up play a lot, specially now with 451, but it is WAY more laborious than it should be.
Heading, can be strange at times, some of the positions people get into & still score can be silly at times, but obviously you have people like Falcao scoring a lot of header irl, its just not simulated in a way that doesn't make people scream.
Servers are a lot better for me now on web app, over TOTW and last week they were terrible, searches crashing a lot, slow, timing out, but has seemed better this weekend, bu granted, for how long? I know the demand is huge and expanding server capacity for just one game with a customer base that makes WoW look like some indie game, can be tough, but as you said, they make MILLIONS from UT alone, the amount of missing opponents on the pre-game screen & timeouts there is amazingly bad this year.
Lag, I don't tend to get much, the obvious bit sometimes, but as a rule most of my games have been pretty smooth with zero input lag.
Corners, it is hit & miss, I struggle to defend them at times, then don't concede for a few games.
LTB: Yep, should be fixed, I try slow build up play a lot, specially now with 451, but it is WAY more laborious than it should be.
Heading, can be strange at times, some of the positions people get into & still score can be silly at times, but obviously you have people like Falcao scoring a lot of header irl, its just not simulated in a way that doesn't make people scream.
Servers are a lot better for me now on web app, over TOTW and last week they were terrible, searches crashing a lot, slow, timing out, but has seemed better this weekend, bu granted, for how long? I know the demand is huge and expanding server capacity for just one game with a customer base that makes WoW look like some indie game, can be tough, but as you said, they make MILLIONS from UT alone, the amount of missing opponents on the pre-game screen & timeouts there is amazingly bad this year.
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I think EA do it on purpose so that Mr Men doesn't get their coveted ultimate troll title.
In fact that should be what it's called from now on Ultimate Troll much more suitable than ultimate team.
Button lagg is the worst, sometimes even pressing the button several times and the player passes or shoots a second later or usually gets tackled before the game attempts it.
Servers are shocking and always have been. Same with their employees and programmers.
Game is full of bugs yet they manage to find time to go after coin sellers/buyers because it hurts their revenue.
In fact that should be what it's called from now on Ultimate Troll much more suitable than ultimate team.
Button lagg is the worst, sometimes even pressing the button several times and the player passes or shoots a second later or usually gets tackled before the game attempts it.
Servers are shocking and always have been. Same with their employees and programmers.
Game is full of bugs yet they manage to find time to go after coin sellers/buyers because it hurts their revenue.
well i have encountered a new class of idiots, score a goal then quit. whats the point, second time in as many days.... what is it is the game to much of a challenge?
And then you get the clowns who think its smart to pick a matching or close to matching color strip
why cant people just play the game properly for gods sake!
And then you get the clowns who think its smart to pick a matching or close to matching color strip
why cant people just play the game properly for gods sake!
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FUT web app kept crashing every 30 seconds all afternoon but when I went to buy a couple of packs it was stable........hhmmmmm?
But seriously,EA don't care about servers. The last 3 EA games Ive bought have been seriously lacking in Bf4,simcity and fifa
But seriously,EA don't care about servers. The last 3 EA games Ive bought have been seriously lacking in Bf4,simcity and fifa
So it's quite realistic in that a striker with the forward momentum running onto the cross to head it will often win against a defender taking a standing jump as we see week after week in real football? How many goals did Larsson score with his head out of interest, not the tallest was he? How about Ally McCoist, pretty small but scored a fair few with the head despite other teams having tall defenders...
But yeah off course you won every single cross, you are totally amazing.
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