re: FIFA 18 Thread: UEFA license might be coming to 19

I was using Vidal at cam and Tolisso at CDM. I’ve had a stroke of pack luck lately though and switched to a premiere league team to accommodate my TOTY Kane and De Bruyne cards

Btw, which one of y’all did I play the other day? You were better than me but hit every shot directly at the keeper and I salvaged a 2-1 win

So playing MM last night I legit had an incorrect offside against me called, which stopped my player from getting a hatrick.

The replay with the black zone and the white line showed my player in it but the defenders foot two feet out of the zone keeping him onside. I was fuming.

Baka offers nothing on offense but he is the prototype destroyer. I put the catalyst chem style on him to boost his pace and passing ability. He does a good job of switching defense to attack. He isn’t Pirlo but he passes well enough. My problem is my wife players don’t get involved unless I’m on the counter. I rely on 1-2 passing with my strikers or beating a guy on the dribble to create a chance. I’m not the best dribbler or skiller so having studs at striker is a necessity for me. Kane doesn’t need a good look to bury one. It’s the dumbest card I’ve played with in any edition of FIFA. Every time he hits it the ball is going 100 mph. He’s got 89 goals in 92 games for me, all in divisions 2-4 (missed D1 by a point last weekend and promptly lost about 10 in a row after my relegation, as is standard)

It’s the same in FUT seasons. Typical stretch for me:

Win Division 3 title. Don’t win a game in division 2. Relegated to division 3. Don’t win a game in division 3. Relegated to division 4. Win title. Repeat previous steps.

It’s so transparent I don’t know why I still let it bother me. I should really learn to just turn the game off after 3 losses. Outshot a guy 16-3 the other day and lost 3-1. He saved two 1 v 1’s from 6 yards against the best finisher on the game. The real tell is when one team dominates possession on deflected balls. When every loose ball falls to the other guy (often working better than the best pass) then you know you’re fricked.

There’s no secret to it. It’s pure luck, best thing you can do is wait on promo packs. Pack rewards from winning draft matches are typically better than standard packs as well. From there it’s just playing the market. Selling players when their value is at its highest- investing in players that you think will go up in value.

For example; Good chance that Aguero wins POTM in premiere league and will have a squad build challenge. Now is a good time to invest in Man City players and Argentines as their value will go up because they’ll be needed for that SBC. I’ve got a OTW batshuayi but don’t plan on selling unless he gets to around an 88 (85 currently). That will net me an extra 150-200k coins just by being patient.

I have had incredible luck this year though. I’ve packed a few in form cards, a Kluivert Icon, and a Pogba when he was selling for like 500k. Fernandinho handles the same way in game and costs like 4K.

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best thing you can do is wait on promo packs

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I probably ripped 10-15 Ultimate Packs this year and my best pull was Lloris and Iniesta

i haven't played in forever, but I raised my coins by doing strictly squad battles every week and just saving up for players I wanted. I only ever bought Ultimate Packs, aside from that I did the Marquee Matchups every week for packs and tried to predict who would get picked to try and flip for big coins. Nothing better than turning a 200 coin bronze player from some assfrick team into one someone quick buys for 6-7K.

There’s really only a handful of players on the game that don’t have a cheap equivalent when it comes down to it. A 3k Martial card handles the same in game as a 550k in form Sanchez card. Even that TOTY De Bruyne card I have doesn’t “feel” like a fantastic card, and he missed a fricking squared up sitter for me last night. Some players just handle differently. In past FIFAS you could just tell the difference from Ronaldo and everyone else. His movement was just so much smoother. That TOTY Kane card has that feel, where a Firmino or Lukaku or Aguero card just don’t compare. Giovinco is another guy that just handles differently.

Eh, it’s not all that matters. Combine it with decent agility, decent strength, and a 4 Star weak foot and now we’re talking. That’s why Messi always sells for like a million less than Ronaldo, he’s easy to push off the ball.

Tanks operate as well as pace whores, sometimes better. You might catch up to them from behind but they’ll just shove the defender off and knock him off balance. Plus defender pace is OP as frick. Can’t tell you how many times my Aubameyang or Mane has gotten hawked by a 72 pace CB.

Nobody uses Silva because he is slow, weak, and can’t shoot. Eriksen is a better option. De Bruyne is one of the most expensive cards on the game, tons of people save up for him.

no i mean like i dont care to do it. im traditionally an online seasons player (non ultimate team) but i like buying packs, so i play ultimate team and draft mode within ultimate team. occasionally, i get annoyed when i play against aubameyang, but he's the only player that really pisses me off.

Didn’t really mean that toward you, I’d say you’re the execption to the rule since the vast majority of FUT players use a narrow formation and the PL offers a lot of good wide players. All personal preference but I’d recommend selling LFC Coutinho because it’s out of packs (thus rare with an inflated value) unless you really like his passing/dribbling.