FIFA 15: Post your favorite "Instructions"

[Gnemi]

Okay, OS Nerds, I thought it would be useful to start a thread with thoughts, ideas, and implementations of one of FIFA 15's most significant additions: Instructions.

I have not yet experimented much but I'd love to learn what others are doing. Please use this thread to post your favorite recipes or even just anecdotes and observations.

Feel free to combine your ideas with other collateral information and ideas, e.g. formation and tactics.

[fearwhatnow]

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All I see for defensive players instructions is the default setting, support attack and play as striker... Am I missing some other menu? Is that all?

[Turbojugend]

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I would like to know how to "Park The Bus" with Chelsea.

Because I want the most realistic EPL experience possible.

[BL8001]

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I would like to know how to "Park The Bus" with Chelsea.

Because I want the most realistic EPL experience possible.

D Pad all the way to the right I think. Or it's all the way left. You will see immediately. It changes the offensive and defensive mindset. The farthest one whichever direction it is, is park the bus

[Gnemi]

Re: FIFA 15: Post your favorite "Instructions"

D Pad all the way to the right I think. Or it's all the way left. You will see immediately. It changes the offensive and defensive mindset. The farthest one whichever direction it is, is park the bus

Pretty sure he was just making a crack about Mourinho.

Also, to that point, I'd like there to be a S*hit the Bed mode so I can start my career with Liverpool.

[Paradingwolves]

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All I see for defensive players instructions is the default setting, support attack and play as striker... Am I missing some other menu? Is that all?

Are you talking about CBs? All I see is balanced, stay back during attack and join the attack. Pretty limited for CBs and full backs who only have balanced never overlap and always overlap.

I don't have a favourite instructions set, it depends on the match. Although I always give Di Maria freedom to roam and he pops up everywhere, just like in real life. I will tell one of my strikers, Falcao or RVP to pull out wide when the game feels too narrow, this often draws a defender out of position for a central run from a midfielder or leaves the wide striker open.

Telling speeding wingers to get in behind is also opening up some holes in defense for me.

[fearwhatnow]

Re: FIFA 15: Post your favorite "Instructions"

Are you talking about CBs? All I see is balanced, stay back during attack and join the attack. Pretty limited for CBs and full backs who only have balanced never overlap and always overlap.

I don't have a favourite instructions set, it depends on the match. Although I always give Di Maria freedom to roam and he pops up everywhere, just like in real life. I will tell one of my strikers, Falcao or RVP to pull out wide when the game feels too narrow, this often draws a defender out of position for a central run from a midfielder or leaves the wide striker open.

Telling speeding wingers to get in behind is also opening up some holes in defense for me.

Yes this. Pretty much limited for CB's. It would be great if there were support instructions.

[Hutton]

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Using Spurs I like to play Eriksen as a CAM but with the "Free role". He was popping up all over the place, left right & center.

Setting a skillful wide MF player (i.e. not a true "winger") like Lamela to "come back to the ball" is a nice instruction.

The options for strikers is woefully limited (press back line & target man/run behind/wide, that's the entirety of it).

I set Capoue to STAY BACK and Dembele to GO FORWARD. Not sure how much either of those impact the game yet.

[Qb]

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I set Capoue to STAY BACK and Dembele to GO FORWARD. Not sure how much either of those impact the game yet.

I had no luck with the stay back instruction for CDMs, they still push up and get caught out or bypassed completely. Most of that was in the demo, but in the intro match I tried to get Gerrard to sit and he was popping up around the box.

[Paradingwolves]

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I had no luck with the stay back instruction for CDMs, they still push up and get caught out or bypassed completely. Most of that was in the demo, but in the intro match I tried to get Gerrard to sit and he was popping up around the box.

Same, I pass the ball to the top of the box thinking it's Rooney and it turns out to be Blind and I'm like wtf are you doing here you clown! I thought maybe it was just that Blind is stupid in the game. For some reason that's the only instruction I've noticed doesn't work.

I think sometimes when I trigger a run it might think it's him I want to go on the run?

[Hutton]

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I had no luck with the stay back instruction for CDMs, they still push up and get caught out or bypassed completely. Most of that was in the demo, but in the intro match I tried to get Gerrard to sit and he was popping up around the box.

Yep, exactly what I see too. Capoue, who's utterly useless in the final third, was popping up all over the place even with the STAY BACK instruction.

I just want him to sit & shield the back 4, win the ball, and quickly move the ball on. He should do nothing more than breakup play and get on with it.

[Hutton]

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Same, I pass the ball to the top of the box thinking it's Rooney and it turns out to be Blind and I'm like wtf are you doing here you clown! I thought maybe it was just that Blind is stupid in the game. For some reason that's the only instruction I've noticed doesn't work.

I think sometimes when I trigger a run it might think it's him I want to go on the run?

Speaking of Blind, was he not an out & out LWB for LVG in the world cup? He looked exactly like what I'd want in a forceful wing back, but for some reason in FIFA he's kind of a mediocre CDM.

Maybe he plays a different role in club career, but he was far and away the most lethal LB/LWB in the world cup IMO, and should have no business being deployed as a central MF.

[vonej17]

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Speaking of Blind, was he not an out & out LWB for LVG in the world cup? He looked exactly like what I'd want in a forceful wing back, but for some reason in FIFA he's kind of a mediocre CDM.

Maybe he plays a different role in club career, but he was far and away the most lethal LB/LWB in the world cup IMO, and should have no business being deployed as a central MF.

Think his original position is a CDM. Won player of the year for Ajax in that role. Was pretty good in his first couple games for United. Plays similar to Carrick, with lesser range of passing, but more mobile and dictates tempo well. Could do with a bit more strength and pace though IMO.

[Yeats]

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A great addition to the series, and these tactics do affect CPU game play. Every FIFA previous to this one had a huge issue with CPU CB positioning (CB RCB LCB). When attacking, both CPU CBs would park themselves at midfield and never join in on the attack, even when work rates and positional edits were set to high/attack. Setting them to "join the attack" in the new instructions editor allows them to take turns moving into the User half of the pitch when the CPU is attacking, making for a much more realistic game from a CPU positional perspective. Setting RB LB to "always overlap" pulls them deep into the User half as well, although that issue was never as pronounced as the CB problem.

[Qb]

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Yeah, most of the other instructions seem to work as intended. It's really only the stay back instruction that's ineffective.