FIFA 18

The Running Man · 7 Jan 2018 at 17:46

Stewy said:
Yup, thinking the same. Need to sort my midfield and keeper out, currently using this:

Romero
Walker - Bailly - Boateng - Alaba
Kanté - Sanson - Vidal
Dembelé - Mbappe - Neymar

Mbappe and Dembel up front ate awesome. In my scrub div 6 games dembele got 4 goals in.one including scissor kick at the far post and goals in the other including a tinger that hit the post and in.

Using martial as LF. But keep buying selling overmars there.

Thinking of upgrading mbappe to shevchenko though can't decide between 88 and 86.

ValiantUK91 · 7 Jan 2018 at 17:56

Decided to pick this up after saying i wasn't going to bother this year.

Whats the go to formations this year in FUT is it still 4321 and 41212 narrow?

Stewy · 7 Jan 2018 at 17:59

ValiantUK91 said:
Decided to pick this up after saying i wasn't going to bother this year.

Whats the go to formations this year in FUT is it still 4321 and 41212 narrow?

Yup, or 4231 if you're wanting to bore your opponent to death.

ValiantUK91 · 7 Jan 2018 at 18:04

Stewy said:
Yup, or 4231 if you're wanting to bore your opponent to death.

4231 with CAMs or LM/RM? I was sort of hoping 4231 with CAMs was fun to use again was my go to formations in 15 and 16 but wasn't so good last year.

Jimbeam3678 · 7 Jan 2018 at 18:17

4231 is the one with CAM's 4231(2) with LM/RM which stewy is referring to is the crap one!

Andybtsn · 7 Jan 2018 at 18:28

I really dislike Bale, he has 31 in 41 games which isn't too bad but his overall play just annoys me. Same with Griezmann to be honest but he's at CAM so can be excused more.

Andybtsn · 7 Jan 2018 at 18:45

I played some WL games today, was 2-0 from Friday night, won another 4 and was playing my 7th game. 4-1 up at half time, shocked the guy hadn't quit as I was extremely comfortable with him offering very little. The usual goal to make it 4-2 straight after half time occurred then he scored 3 goals in 10 game minutes and held on to the win. I then went and lost further two. I've had enough and going back to COD I have no patience with the game this year.

Stewy · 7 Jan 2018 at 18:48

Andybtsn said:
I really dislike Bale, he has 31 in 41 games which isn't too bad but his overall play just annoys me. Same with Griezmann to be honest but he's at CAM so can be excused more.

yeah I found him really clumsy this year, same as last. I much prefer a Neymar-type player who can turn quickly, nip in and out, quick 1-2s etc.

Andybtsn · 7 Jan 2018 at 18:58

Only Dembele to replace really.

Stewy · 7 Jan 2018 at 19:05

I like Demebele to be fair, he's a bit weak but his finishing is generally decent and that 5* WF is always nice. I always swap for IF Lozano at HT.

rickjames · 7 Jan 2018 at 19:51

23-17 in the end, played some proper slimy rats towards the end. Oh well.

nemtizz · 7 Jan 2018 at 20:35

Anyone used 85 Ederson yet?

Pigeon_Killer · 7 Jan 2018 at 20:45

Got his OTW card and wasn't overly impressed, seems to flop to the floor rather than try and save shots going past him.

Andybtsn · 7 Jan 2018 at 20:54

Pigeon_Killer said:
Got his OTW card and wasn't overly impressed, seems to flop to the floor rather than try and save shots going past him.

No keeper is going to save you, Pigeon.

Pigeon_Killer · 7 Jan 2018 at 21:11

De Gea's probably the best keeper I've used and does alright for me in Squad Battles

Robbo · 7 Jan 2018 at 21:37

Andybtsn said:
I played some WL games today, was 2-0 from Friday night, won another 4 and was playing my 7th game. 4-1 up at half time, shocked the guy hadn't quit as I was extremely comfortable with him offering very little. The usual goal to make it 4-2 straight after half time occurred then he scored 3 goals in 10 game minutes and held on to the win. I then went and lost further two. I've had enough and going back to COD I have no patience with the game this year.

This happens often, it's painful and infuriating. You have to really battle to hold on to the lead sometimes and invariably they'll get a 90th minute equaliser etc.

It's not really fun but I enjoy it sometimes.

Jimbeam3678 · 7 Jan 2018 at 22:04

Andybtsn said:
I played some WL games today, was 2-0 from Friday night, won another 4 and was playing my 7th game. 4-1 up at half time, shocked the guy hadn't quit as I was extremely comfortable with him offering very little. The usual goal to make it 4-2 straight after half time occurred then he scored 3 goals in 10 game minutes and held on to the win. I then went and lost further two. I've had enough and going back to COD I have no patience with the game this year.

This might explain a lot https://www.reddit.com/r/FIFA/comments/7lh3jp/rfifa_we_need_to_talk/

Posted 2 weeks ago and its a long read but worth it, I wouldn't disagree with any of it to be honest. Your last sentence summed it up for me Andy, I have very little patience left for this game either. Play seasons now as the WL gameplay is truly shocking to the point where its not worth it.

When their world champion (Gorilla) stops playing the WL because the gameplay is that bad its time to worry!

Pigeon_Killer · 7 Jan 2018 at 22:06

Robbo said:
It's not really fun but I enjoy it sometimes.

EA are incredibly lucky this is a football game because it'seems to be peoples love of football that's keeping them coming back rather than the actual gameplay. I know that's the case with me even though I'm crap.

Sadly, as long as people keep buying Fifa points EA have absolutely no incentive and seemingly no desire to make it better

Andybtsn · 7 Jan 2018 at 22:06

Jimbeam3678 said:
This might explain a lot https://www.reddit.com/r/FIFA/comments/7lh3jp/rfifa_we_need_to_talk/

Posted 2 weeks ago and its a long read but worth it, I wouldn't disagree with any of it to be honest. Your last sentence summed it up for me Andy, I have very little patience left for this game either. Play seasons now as the WL gameplay is truly shocking to the point where its not worth it.

When their world champion (Gorilla) stops playing the WL because the gameplay is that bad its time to worry!

Has he stopped playing?

Jimbeam3678 · 7 Jan 2018 at 22:15

Andybtsn said:
Has he stopped playing?

Stopped the WL except when the qualifiers are on, still plays pros on P2P connection. Can't be good PR for EA, also Hashtag lot fly their members to London so they are nearer a server or something as opposed to other parts of Europe.

For a competitive game mode worth in excess of 1M USD its shambolic! But I guess most people will be back next year....... :rolleyes: