Passing - Manual or Semi

[5280Italian]

In my quest to improve my crappy skills at FIFA I decided to get rid of assisted passing. It was a bit too easy so I think I settled on Semi. Anyone have any thoughts or recommendations when debating between full manual and semi?

Keep in mind that my skills are not that good and I lose games on professional with semi passing.

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

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Been playing FIFA since '07 and could never get used to manual. Try semi first.

[Turbojugend]

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There's a definite learning curve to full manual, but once you get over the hump it becomes pure bliss. Passing and shooting is way more organic, it feels like the way the game was meant to be played.

[5280Italian]

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Thanks to both of you for the reply. Semi is pretty painful so I will stick with that for now. Maybe I will be ready for full manual by FIFA 18.

[Anton10]

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Thanks to both of you for the reply. Semi is pretty painful so I will stick with that for now. Maybe I will be ready for full manual by FIFA 18.

From my experience it is painful and could last a while but you WILL get better and better if you keep at it. It will be worth it. Good luck!

[Chrisb1986]

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I just switched to manual and its much better, So much more challenging.

does everyone have pass assistance, Through ball assistance, Lob pass assistance, Cross assistance and shot assistance on on manuall or did you just mean pass assistance??

[KTBFFH]

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I just switched to manual and its much better, So much more challenging.

does everyone have pass assistance, Through ball assistance, Lob pass assistance, Cross assistance and shot assistance on on manuall or did you just mean pass assistance??

Go with full manual settings if you want the most rewarding experience. If you want to play full on Barca tika taka, set passing to assisted.

[SilverChaosVII]

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I think Semi was AWFUL this year. I usually play Semi until the game gets too easy and then switch to manual.

I have no idea why, but it just felt painfully bad this game. I had things locking on to wrong players, really bad passes, etc.

I switched over to manual and didn't have any of those problems (so it wasn't my aim). I'm actually finding manual easier...

[5280Italian]

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I think Semi was AWFUL this year. I usually play Semi until the game gets too easy and then switch to manual.

I have no idea why, but it just felt painfully bad this game. I had things locking on to wrong players, really bad passes, etc.

I switched over to manual and didn't have any of those problems (so it wasn't my aim). I'm actually finding manual easier...

Interesting that you say that as I have has some boggling missed passes on semi. I keep thinking it's my aim so maybe I will try manual. I was hoping it was based on the players stats.

[KG]

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I went all-manual because I got tired of the CPU making the best decision for my passes.

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

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The passing is horrendous this year. I don't know what happened but 50% of the time it doesn't go to the player I aim to.

[gopher_guy]

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I love manual passing.

Allows you to place the ball exactly where you want it (and it's harder, which increases bad passes, which makes it seem more realistic). But the biggest thing is being able to place it wherever you want. It's really pretty liberating to be able to find some open space and put a pass there for a teammate to run on to. You're sometimes even able to create space by passing to a specific side of a player, giving him the opportunity to break to open space right when he gets the ball.

And then you never have any "Wow! I meant to pass it to THAT guy!!" moments. Nobody to blame but yourself!

[stevostl]

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I play a combination of semi and assisted because I mainly play online in fifa clubs, seasons or seasons co cop

I will only use manual controls if I play offline against the CPU which is not as much as my game time playing online

[Turbojugend]

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You're sometimes even able to create space by passing to a specific side of a player, giving him the opportunity to break to open space right when he gets the ball.

This cannot be overstated. With assisted passing you're automatically targeting a certain player (hopefully), but with manual you can actually place the ball on, say, the right side of his right foot so that he is better positioned to make his run after receiving the pass. It's awesome.

[5280Italian]

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I think I will test semi vs manual later and see. Something seems "off" with semi.