Sorry to dig this up. I had already said my thanks and goodbyes and was really enjoying my first season with the latest set.
I won my first season by two points. I had also signed in January five 80+ rated players whose contracts were expiring. And my existing players had increased in stats. All in all a very good base for an even greater season. Do you know what happened?
The game became unplayable.
At first, I thought it was because I chose the Las Americas pre season tournament. I thought to myself, these teams are probably in form as they are in the middle of their season or something. That's cool. (Bear in mind they were all 3.5 star teams, the tournament was 3.5 stars too)
Then I played against AC Milan in the final of that tournament (I reached the final after shedding blood, it was excruciating). I was beaten 5-1... I thought Milan is a good team, it's a final, I wasn't at my best, my players are new, that's cool...
Then my season started. In the first 4 games I had scored 4 goals in total. All from penalties. I didn't win 4 penalties. I won 7! The computer blocked PERFECTLY hit penalties (3 bars of power aimed at top corners).
ALL the opponents can mark while running at FULL speed now.
ALL the slow pace CBs can now reach my wingers even when I flick the ball in front of me (I have scored and crossed HUNDREDS of times using the pace of my wingers during the first season).
Winning headers? Forget about it.
Quick passes? Forget about it.
Your defenders not losing their marks? Forget about it.
I know that after some practice, I will adapt to this. While it was very difficult, I managed to win the league in the first season with a 3.5 star team, which was odd so I welcome a more realistic challenge. But I am not joking, the game is so hard now it is unplayable. The difficulty threashold had so much room.
And more importantly, the sliders are completely off now.
Lines are never kept by my team.
CPU pace is ridiculous.
I had to set CPU marking at 48 to be able to breath every now and then.
Pass speed? Forget it. At 40, the can pass to anyone they want with any velocity that suits them.
Adaptive difficulty sucks. I wish they'd make the best teams play at the highest level of difficulty, with some adjustments based on form and player rating, and drop each team based on difference. Basically, not this crap. Because even if I hate the way it plays now, I know if I start losing it will drop the difficulty again and I will start winning 5-0 or something.
Good luck guys, I have given up. I bought the witcher 3 and will forget fifa for a while
Cheers