re: FIFA 16 Official Thread

In my days of playing Notts County, I had to change up formations when I couldn't score. I ended up settling on 4-3-3, because that one worked for me.

I have a love/hate relationship with 3 man back lines. 3-4-1-2 and 3-4-2-1 gave me great results in divisions 6-4 on FUT, but I couldn't keep up in division 2 and 3. I'd lose games like 5-3 or 6-4. Anybody playing compact formations got throttled, but if they played with pacey wingers then 60% of the game was played on my third of the pitch. When I had Ronaldo and Bale at 3-4-2-1 the formation was lethal, I still gave up a pile of second half goals though when the opponent figured out to just attack it by blasting down the wing

I'm up to div 3 in H2H. not sure how. I was hovering around the median line in D4 yesterday and decided to play a few games with FC Dallas because they have 10 in form players(atop the west), and banged out a 4-1,3-0,4-0 before I even realized what I was doing

Form in my Mallorca career has dipped.

I was 22-1-0. Now 24-3-0.

My passing is so sporadic on FUT. I've got great passers in the midfield, but I only get the weight right half the time. 1/4 of the time I pass it to the wrong guy, the guy that's marked and in the vicinity of the open guy I'm trying to get the ball to. Nothing really frustrates me more about this game than a pass going to someone I didn't intend it to go to

Side step an imminent slide tackle, bomb forward, hope he pulls a center back up to meet my midfielder and create a channel for my striker. That's basically my offensive strategy in division 3. It's either that, score from a set piece, or counter attack. Tiki taka doesn't work for shite in the high divisions.

I have gotten really good at aiming free kicks though. 25 and in I'm a threat to score

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My passing is so sporadic on FUT. I've got great passers in the midfield, but I only get the weight right half the time.

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FIFA fricked up their passing a couple years ago when it became more based on the power of the pass

sometimes the computer thinks you mean to pass it to somebody else and it goes between the 2

sometimes the game just fricks you

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fwiw, and im guessing not much, but ive been a division 1 player for years and I have never used a skill move. not kidding.

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i don't think i ever use them either

obviously we're not talking first touch

the players who rely on skill moves can get an early goal (sometimes 2) against me, but typically once they reveal that, it's over for them

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sometimes the computer thinks you mean to pass it to somebody else and it goes between the 2 sometimes the game just fricks you

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I hate this. Through balls do it too and it sucks.

I always abandon the match if the latency isn't in the green

Eta: I forget you're playing seasons and don't have a choice