If I create custom tactics for each team does it fix the AI?

[dcar87]

Quote: Originally Posted by Krebstar

If it's anything like last year (which I'm assuming it is)—you need to edit the default tactic for each team. If you set up a new team sheet and set it to favorite, the AI will ignore it once in career mode. However, they will utilize their default one if you edited it and started the mode with custom rosters as opposed to downloading the latest updates. The issue with this last year is that custom tactics did little to change how the AI actually played.

You're right, last year the team's AI wasn't really affected by changes in the tactics, but not this year. Custom tactics ARE working in Fifa 17. Long ball tactic is long ball tactic, possession is possession for example. You should try the game. Man City by default had like fifty something in buildup and were very direct, so I changed it to 30 and all of a sudden they slowed their buildup. That was not possible last year. Fifa 17 is on the same level as Fifa 14 tactically speaking.

[dcar87]

Quote: Originally Posted by snyder5man

Last year it was all default. I haven't checked into new team sheets for this year. Tactics are void for CPU.........everyone plays the same

Incorrect. Tactics work for the cpu now.

[snyder5man]

Quote: Originally Posted by dcar87

Incorrect. Tactics work for the cpu now.

awesome news! how did you get them to work?

[Saintslfc13]

This is great news, hopefully a current spread sheet will be out soon. 14 was a blast cuz of CTTs.

[lordvader110]

Quote: Originally Posted by dcar87

Incorrect. Tactics work for the cpu now.

I need to check this.

[lordvader110]

I just tested , The second teamsheet is never used. Next I tried editing the default team sheet and saving over it. Then used currently customized for the roster. I changed the first team of the season Liverpool to 5-4-1 and a custom with pressure at 1. ( something easy to see quickly.)


It stayed....... So It does work if you edit the default team sheets and use currently customized when starting your career mode enjoy.

[dcar87]

Quote: Originally Posted by snyder5man

awesome news! how did you get them to work?

Just tried them in exhibition matches, and by the way Liverpool's tactic is the best if you want long balls in this game man. I counted like more than 20 long balls in a 15 minute match, and their forwards don't even have "run behind" in their instructions. I was jumping with my players like all the time. Impressive work by EA. Surprisingly though, I gave another team 100 in speed and 100 for long balls and saw very few of them.

[burth179]

Quote: Originally Posted by dcar87

Man City by default had like fifty something in buildup and were very direct, so I changed it to 30 and all of a sudden they slowed their buildup.

Really makes you wonder who the hell at EA is creating the default tactics. What Pep Guardiola team has ever had a "direct" build up? I mean I know little about tactics other than what I read because I never played myself, but I mean this is like common knowledge.

At least they have custom tactics though and you can change it if you don't like it (and it sounds like it actually works)