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Hey everyone, just wanted to let you all know OS now has an official Discord that you can join right now. We’ve kicked around Discords for individual games in the past, but it felt like the right time to make it more of an official thing.

Steve and I have wanted to get this going for a bit because we obviously still hear from y’all who are unhappy with some stuff on the forums, plus when there are forum outages we still want to have a place for everyone to hang. My overarching goal for the longer term is to have both Discord and the forums ultimately work together. There are some logistical issues with the vBulletin forums that don’t allow things to sync right with Discord so there will be a little maneuvering as we try to get mods and forum members any proper roles/tags they need on the Discord, but we can work through that stuff easily enough as people join.

Our general goal is to give people more options to interact with OS community members, whether that’s Discord, the forums, this newsletter, or improved apps. If people want to stick more to the forums, that’s cool. If people want to stick more to the Discord, that’s also cool. In my perfect world, we do a lot of BSing and day-to-day chatting on the Discord about games and sports, and then more of the “in-depth” discussions or hefty things like long slider breakdowns or analysis of gameplay end up on the forums so that can act as a sort of “best of” area for anything OS community related. That said, you all will ultimately shape how the ecosystem shakes out, I just want to give you spaces you like so you can have a good time with other folks in the community.

The same general rules will apply on the Discord as they do on the forums, and we’ve brought most of the forum categories to the Discord as well so there should not be too much confusion as you navigate around.

With the Operation Sports and Discord announcement now out there, it’s also worth mentioning our OS premium newsletter, which quietly launched a couple of weeks ago. Built off the Not Just Another Roster Update newsletter, it offers a mix of retrospectives, guides, interviews and deeper dives into the sports gaming world—covering both current and classic titles.

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09-17-2015, 12:32 PM

Re: FIFA 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

Great job here with the impressions.

So now that the winter gear bug is fixed, can anyone check out the equipment edit options if EA added stuff?
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09-17-2015, 12:33 PM

Re: FIFA 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

Originally posted by orion523

It's exactly the same as the demo, exactly. Playing on full manual WC, 15 minute halves with slight slider adjustments has made this the best FIFA yet. I'll catch up with Matt shortly, give him my thoughts and then hopefully we can get a slider set up in short order, definitely by release day. Bottom line is anyone can come on here and type up whatever they want depending on their agenda for the day, play it for yourself, judge it for yourself, don't let a little fear mongering steer you away from what is for me a really good game.

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09-17-2015, 12:33 PM

Re: FIFA 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

Originally posted by PPerfect_CJ

Are the Manchester United kits from Tuesday in the game? I've gotta say, those were friggin' SWEET.

Booooo, the numbers were too bright! But hey, more power to you if you liked them.

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09-17-2015, 12:34 PM

Re: FIFA 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

Originally posted by mfp

In the demo, when you'd tap the shoot button for a quick snap shot from short to medium range (I don't think it happened long range, but not sure), instead of a shot with the laces you'd get the finesse shot animation - basically you'd be getting an R1 shot without holding down R1.

I've read some people speculating that it only happens with weak foot shooting and it's a new feature to better replicate preferred foot, but regardless it's the main reason people are saying shooting felt a little off in the demo code.

So I'm curious if it's the same in the final code.

I tested this last night. It is due to the players shot power and shooting foot. Diego Costa was powering them in on his main foot. Weak foot, not so much. Then I switched to someone who had 65 shot power, and all his shots were finesse like. So it does seem intentional.
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09-17-2015, 12:40 PM

Re: FIFA 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

Originally posted by PPerfect_CJ

Are the Manchester United kits from Tuesday in the game? I've gotta say, those were friggin' SWEET.

They are in the game and they look great.

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09-17-2015, 12:42 PM

Re: FIFA 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

Originally posted by orion523

Mainly the changes have to do with playing a longer game, so it needs to be a little less, clean, more turnovers, more mistakes, less clear cut chances. But you're right, this is far far from 15 which was never right really.

As the 450+ pages of the Fifa 15 slider topic can show... :wink:

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09-17-2015, 12:50 PM

Re: FIFA 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

Originally posted by ChaseB

I mean pace still matters for sure, it's just a little easier to contain with the new defensive weapons. Plus it's more like pace into space matters more than on-ball pace (which I think makes sense and is the right choice).

Yep. It's nice to know they're gonna have trouble trying to dribble through a defence with doumbia though.
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09-17-2015, 01:04 PM

Re: FIFA 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

Originally posted by TX117

Yep. It's nice to know they're gonna have trouble trying to dribble through a defence with doumbia though.

Right. I don't have beef if you bomb a ball to Doumbia down the wing as he should run it down, but dribbling through everyone with just pace isn't the same thing and shouldn't happen so often. We shall see once people get comfortable how it's all feeling.

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09-17-2015, 01:06 PM

Re: FIFA 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

Originally posted by ZO

I tested this last night. It is due to the players shot power and shooting foot. Diego Costa was powering them in on his main foot. Weak foot, not so much. Then I switched to someone who had 65 shot power, and all his shots were finesse like. So it does seem intentional.

This is dumb though. I would have a 30 shot power if I was in the game. Yet, even I can drive through a ball with my laces while keeping it low and putting it in the corner.

If I was to power through it with my left I will most likely scuff the shot, but my body doesn't inhibit me from at least trying. The same thing should happen in the game

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09-17-2015, 01:16 PM

Re: FIFA 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

Originally posted by ChaseB

Plus it's more like pace into space matters more than on-ball pace (which I think makes sense and is the right choice).

Love this.

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09-17-2015, 01:21 PM

Re: FIFA 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

Originally posted by kaletore11

Love this.

And just to clarify further. Bursts in tighter areas still exist, it's just hard to tell if that's more acceleration or dribbling-based -- or a combo of both for now. So if pace-y guys with poor dribbling can still do this it's not great but not enough testing in the wild yet to see the fluctuations,.

Pace in space can be running down balls, or it can mean just pushing the ball out ahead of yourself. Both those things are very much alive (and should be).

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09-17-2015, 01:31 PM

Re: FIFA 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

Originally posted by talucchesi

This is dumb though. I would have a 30 shot power if I was in the game. Yet, even I can drive through a ball with my laces while keeping it low and putting it in the corner.

If I was to power through it with my left I will most likely scuff the shot, but my body doesn't inhibit me from at least trying. The same thing should happen in the game

Well it ends up being more realistic. It kinda represents those players that can actually shoot a way faster shot then you, but in a tense match they don´t seem to cope with the pressure and usually miss what might seem easy for us. This way it makes us think with whom we´re shooting and in what situation, because in the demo even players like Costa made those kind of lame shots.

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#103

09-17-2015, 01:34 PM

Re: FIFA 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

Originally posted by ChaseB

Booooo, the numbers were too bright! But hey, more power to you if you liked them.

Really? I thought they looked great on the black. 3rd kits are always hit and miss.

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09-17-2015, 01:37 PM

Re: FIFA 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

Originally posted by MaximumChaos84

They are in the game and they look great.

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#105

09-17-2015, 01:49 PM

Re: FIFA 16 Trial Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Play For 10 Hours

Originally posted by Don Jon

We have one-half saying the game is the same as the demo, and the other half saying this is a glorified fifa 15. LOL, I guess us ps4 folks will have to wait till Tuesday.

Once the game is fully installed I now get gameplay just like the demo. Players have weight. Playing prior to full-installation makes the game feel like a glorified Fifa 15.
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