FIFA 21 Ultimate Team

Parawind

Calvin Leong wrote: »

Attackers only icon pack? Could be interesting. First we’ve ever seen of it. Also, came up against a guy with moments Dinho off the bench... never been jealous of a team before, but was jealous of Dinho. He wasn’t very good, rage quit 4-1 down but Dinho’s ponytail prancing round the pitch is enough to make any man happy.

https://twitter.com/futwatch/status/1385333114579394563?s=21

Don't fall for it, it might seem like you have a better chance of something you want but the odds of a usable player are going to work out the same as that prime pack.

121 Mid/Prime/Moments attackers and only about 30 of them would be considered a win, so even if the pack weight was equal for all players (which we know it is not), that would be a 1 in 4 shot. Then factor in the weighting and its probably a 1 in 400 shot at best.

Calvin

Parawind wrote: »

Don't fall for it, it might seem like you have a better chance of something you want but the odds of a usable player are going to work out the same as that prime pack.

121 Mid/Prime/Moments attackers and only about 30 of them would be considered a win, so even if the pack weight was equal for all players (which we know it is not), that would be a 1 in 4 shot. Then factor in the weighting and its probably a 1 in 400 shot at best.

Oh yeah, more than likely will be Vieiri, Inzaghi, Van Nistelrooy etc etc popping up everywhere.

Also see this: could be interesting for TOTS prices this year.

https://twitter.com/futwatch/status/1385409497074569219?s=21

RedRochey

Is that not what usually happens during TOTS?

jayo26

Choudhury is like buying Guilit from wish. Com. I dont understand why so many have him in their team.

Calvin

RedRochey wrote: »

Is that not what usually happens during TOTS?

I read it as for the remainder of the game the picks are changed.... second thoughts tho, not sure EA will be that nice.

Mr Moon

I've spent about 70k on buying players to complete the Prem league SBC for when it comes back, it may include a TOTS player instead of a pack as a reward at the end.

BrentMused

2-3 in my placement games.

I've actually played six but one didn't count as he pulled the plug when I got it back to 4-4 after being 1-4 down :pac::rolleyes:

Honestly why people quit games in WL I will never know. Whatever about late on a Sunday if you're in a big hurry, but you don't get the benefit of a lower ELO, nor do you get any Rivals ranking points if you rage quit. Just pop the rubber band on and go do something else for 15 minutes if you're getting battered and it will make your overall WL an easier experience.

Still suffering from that speed up lag which I posted about last night which has been happening since the last PS5 update which will easily cost me 3 games over the course of the weekend so I'll aim for Silver 1 as opposed to my usual Gold 3. From viewing Reddit it seems the new PS5 update has really hampered connection so looks like I'll just have to put up with it until Sony release a patch.

Cyrus

Hi all, i need a LW/LM icon at under 270k

Who would you go with (to probably play CM or potentially up front)

92 Rivaldo
90 Stoichkov
92 Pires
97 Henry
90 Overmars
89/91 Nedved

Ive used nedved before and liked him but wondering if any of the others have merit?

BrentMused

Cyrus wrote: »

Hi all, i need a LW/LM icon at under 270k

Who would you go with (to probably play CM or potentially up front)

92 Rivaldo
90 Stoichkov
92 Pires
97 Henry
90 Overmars
89/91 Nedved

Ive used nedved before and liked him but wondering if any of the others have merit?

If you're going to play him up front, Stoichkov. If you're going to play him in CM, Nedved.

I definitely wouldn't touch Rivaldo (2 star weak foot) or Henry (balance destroys the card).

AdamD

Think its Nedved all day out of that lot.

Cyrus

thanks folks that what i was thinking Nedved for CM and Hristo for striker (altho i dont like the WF)

If it was to play LW or Up front is overmars any good? he is the paciest and i could get his 90 card which has 95 pace and a 5* WF

Bunny Colvin

I have an 83, 86 and an 87 squad left to finish Drogba. I reckon he'll be a nice change from the usual forwards, at least I'll be able to throw some lofted crosses in from time to time.

Cyrus

Ok went with Nedved

New set up with CR7 and 442 10 chem all round, this is the ingame positioning

Frisbee

Bunny Colvin wrote: »

I have an 83, 86 and an 87 squad left to finish Drogba. I reckon he'll be a nice change from the usual forwards, at least I'll be able to throw some lofted crosses in from time to time.

Yeah it will be handy considering 90% of people are playing full backs at CB now. I've started subbing that Moments Giroud card on late in games if I need a goal and banging crosses in. It actually makes scoring from a cross viable.

Mr Moon

BrentMused wrote: »

Still suffering from that speed up lag which I posted about last night which has been happening since the last PS5 update which will easily cost me 3 games over the course of the weekend so I'll aim for Silver 1 as opposed to my usual Gold 3. From viewing Reddit it seems the new PS5 update has really hampered connection so looks like I'll just have to put up with it until Sony release a patch.

Are you playing on the PS5 or PS4 version? I'm using the PS4 version and haven't found any issues with it since the update.

Blazer

Christ servers are muck.

Lamposts

https://twitter.com/FUTInvestLeaks/status/1385565703521067008

BrentMused

Mr Moon wrote: »

Are you playing on the PS5 or PS4 version? I'm using the PS4 version and haven't found any issues with it since the update.

PS5 version for me. I might switch back to the PS4 version and see if that makes a difference.

Thanks

jayo26

BrentMused wrote: »

PS5 version for me. I might switch back to the PS4 version and see if that makes a difference.

Thanks

Ps5 was fine for me all morning.

BrentMused

jayo26 wrote: »

Ps5 was fine for me all morning.

Wired or unwired mate?

Connection has been perfect for me all year but since the update it's full of that speed up lag on FIFA.

Mr Moon

4 games in and I've been reminded why I hate this community!!

Full of toxic sweaty players. 1-3 so far, my opponents not interested in playing just sitting back and counter attacking.

jayo26

BrentMused wrote: »

Wired or unwired mate?

Connection has been perfect for me all year but since the update it's full of that speed up lag on FIFA.

Wired mate.

Parawind

Mr Moon wrote: »

4 games in and I've been reminded why I hate this community!!

Full of toxic sweaty players. 1-3 so far, my opponents not interested in playing just sitting back and counter attacking.

Yeah I kind of expect that for all WL games going forward, people will do whatever it takes to get those TOTS picks.

Mr Moon

Mr Moon wrote: »

4 games in and I've been reminded why I hate this community!!

Full of toxic sweaty players. 1-3 so far, my opponents not interested in playing just sitting back and counter attacking.

Tbh the issue is mainly the AI than the opponent.

I had a lad message me recently saying I was playing 1 depth and I wasn't.
The game favours the team who is attacking an unorganised defence.

It can often be a case that the opponent isnt trying to counter, just you're dominating the territory so in effect every attack they have will be a counter.

They need to find a way to make midfield a factor.
Sadly it's just too easy after one aimless pass out of defence to have a few attackers attacking a defence on retreat.

I had a friendly yesterday that was 9-5 AET, those games are too prevalent and the aim should be to make a football game that punishes people who are pinned back and aim 40 yard passes forward.
If it was so effective to not have the ball then Ireland would have been great the last 10 years, when in fact the reality is by being pushed back, you find it too hard to get up the pitch.

Blazer

Mbappe and Neymar feel like Titus Bramble out there.
€20 the servers go down around 6.
Must put a bid on some players just in case

Lord TSC

I need that AWB.

x PyRo

Saved rewards from yesterday & the 84+ player pick. Just after getting Wan Bisaka, Zielinski, Goldson and Tim Krul. :pac:

Nothing tradable of course.

Boulders8

x PyRo wrote: »

Saved rewards from yesterday & the 84+ player pick. Just after getting Wan Bisaka, Zielinski, Goldson and Tim Krul. :pac:

Nothing tradable of course.

Did you get AWB from the 84+ pick??? I have that saved too - will probably get Base Ndidi

jayo26

Cant wait to get Honeyman and Jay in my red picks next week

x PyRo

Boulders8 wrote: »

Did you get AWB from the 84+ pick??? I have that saved too - will probably get Base Ndidi

Nah Zielinski from that. There was some other 85 TOTS in it as well! AWB from an Ultimate pack for R1D1.

Lord TSC

Ha, opening my packs saved from WL.

Tots Hughes, Krul twice from nine packs.

Will save them for SBCs, but glad I kept the packs.

AdamD

These TOTS are very cheap already, even the good ones.

Boulders8

Took TOTs Honeyman from the 84+ Player pick. Other options were base 84, 85 and an 86. Had to take the Honey monster though just because he’s a TOTs lol

Lord TSC

AdamD wrote: »

These TOTS are very cheap already, even the good ones.

By and large, promo cards have been all year. I think they throw so, so many untradeable packs at people nowadays, it causes so many to be packed that prices and demand stay low.

Calvin

Jeez, anyone see that Portuguese TOTS CB from Bolton? 6’5 CB, 99 agility, 88 balance, 95 reactions, 84 pace (94 if shadow). Absolute mad card... could be tempting to drop Klaiber for him.

Blazer

Picked up an unused prime Puksas as my 6 year olds son adores his card.
Think it’s because I explained he was dead and then he had me go through a load of players who were also dead Even got him a Puksas top.
He was heartbroken when I sold him so I bought him back. 3 games in I’m using catalyst this time on him to bump up kicks (none got since I bought him lol ) and he’s 2 goals off Eusebio and Mbappe’s combined total of 11 from 10 games in only 3 matches.
And he’s only 1.2million.
If you’ve got a spare mil get one of his cards for a striker role. He’s bloody amazing.
Not even prime Eusebio matches imo for scoring ability.

Blazer

Calvin Leong wrote: »

Jeez, anyone see that Portuguese TOTS CB from Bolton? 6’5 CB, 99 agility, 88 balance, 95 reactions, 84 pace (94 if shadow). Absolute mad card... could be tempting to drop Klaiber for him.

Jesus Christ Bolton are in league 4?? Damn.

Lamposts

Baby Samuel Eto'o is this WL's striker experiment. Hang tight guys and the review will be up Sunday.

BrentMused

Got a lend of a different ethernet cable from a family member and my speed up lag woes have ended, yay! The only negative is I have no excuse for losing games now

Went 8-8 in WL today with 3 wins on the spin after I got the cable sorted. I'll be stuck for time this weekend so might try to squeeze in 3 more wins for Silver 1 and leave it at that.

For a change of pace said I'd try the Correa TOTS objectives and absolutely flew through them, I got them done in just over an hour. Golden goal seemed to be the order of the day which really helped.

Keeping my packs for PL TOTS next week. I have a nice lump of high value packs ready to go and will accumulate more during the week too including the Jumbo Rare Players and Ultimate Packs for the 300 FUT Friendly wins.

Looking at the prices of tonight's TOTS and can't believe how cheap most of them are already! I know 90% of them aren't the most desirable, but hopefully the PL TOTS will follow a similar price pattern!

Calvin

Blazer wrote: »

Jesus Christ Bolton are in league 4?? Damn.

Didn’t spot that either... a far-cry from Ivan Campo and Kevin Davies running their midfield in the prem.

Cyrus

For anyone interested in finding 92 figo very very good, better to use than krepin diatta imo much smoother and makes better runs .

Playing on the right in a 442

Boulders8

Prime Twitch pack is available to claim now - 4 rare gold players and a player pick of 82+. Might be worth saving for when the big league TOTs start.

Last couple of times the packs have come instantly into my account rather than having to wait weeks on end

Lord TSC

Calvin Leong wrote: »

Jeez, anyone see that Portuguese TOTS CB from Bolton? 6’5 CB, 99 agility, 88 balance, 95 reactions, 84 pace (94 if shadow). Absolute mad card... could be tempting to drop Klaiber for him.

Portuguese, you say? Awesome. Might give him a whirl.

My weekend league experience can be summed up thusly.

My opponent plays solitaire by himself for five minutes, before hoofing it to Renato Sanchez, who runs head first into my defenders (not even using skill). The ball magically bounces through all of my team and my keeper fluffs about, allowing an easy tap in. Repeat times thirty.

Lord TSC

Lord TSC wrote: »

Portuguese, you say? Awesome. Might give him a whirl.

My weekend league experience can be summed up thusly.

My opponent plays solitaire by himself for five minutes, before hoofing it to Renato Sanchez, who runs head first into my defenders (not even using skill). The ball magically bounces through all of my team and my keeper fluffs about, allowing an easy tap in. Repeat times thirty.

I played a guy last night who had that celtic striker and he just keeps hoofing lofted through balls for his guy to climb over van dijk (who was trying to head clear) and take the ball down

Lamposts

Lamposts wrote: »

Baby Samuel Eto'o is this WL's striker experiment. Hang tight guys and the review will be up Sunday.

Hi folks. I sold him after 5 games because he was utter pish.

Blazer

Lamposts wrote: »

Hi folks. I sold him after 5 games because he was utter pish.

Strange. Most people loved his card.
It takes a bit of getting used to alright I heard

BrentMused

Managed to sneak in enough games to hit gold 3.

Finished 14-11 overall and to be honest felt that was one of the easier WL's overall.

Maybe it was due to the increase in player base so more chance of playing casuals, but even at ELO of +4 I wasn't getting battered which I usually do.

After taking a while to get used to running Prime Cantona at CAM and Prime Dalglish at ST, I think it has started to click. Basically any sort of open angle with Dalglish results in a goal 99 times out of 100 so I just do whatever it takes to get him in space away from an autoblock and if that's covered then Cantona takes over - pick your poison! :pac:

Had a couple of messages accusing me of buying wins because I had Kenny (icon SBC), Cantona (icon SBC), Blanc (icon SBC) and Moments Cannavaro (saved up and purchased with coins from trading) alongside a pretty regular team in which anyone could have got the other 7 players, made up of regular golds and other SBC's available to everyone.

Star of the weekend was Dalglish for sure but special mention to Moments Cannavaro who has transformed my defense. The ability to catch up to strikers who have yards head starts, all while it feels like you're controlling TOTY Messi, he's that agile! :eek:

Lord TSC

What do you guys reckon the floor is on that AWB card? He’s at 590k right now, and I’d imagine he drops more after the guaranteed packs drop, and rewards.

I had been expecting the whole fullback meta to make him more valuable, tbh. I’d put a chunk more than his current price aside, so I’m hoping he drops towards 400k?

dmigsy

About 15 games played with the new team across Rivals and WL. Going well so far. Atal is the best RW i've used - he seems to wriggle past / outmuscle defenders that you don't expect him to get through. Great finishing too. I'm using Sanches and base (CB) Mattheus, as CDMs, both on balanced in a 4222. They're both scoring goals and good defensively. Mattheus is a little barrel and has that ability to bulldoze through players to win balls he should get nowhere near. Have a hunter on Sanches and he's scoring at a similar rate to Neymar and Rooney who I have upfront. His 5* WF means loads of left foot finesse goals from outside the box. Very handy against drop-back / packed defences.

Boulders8

How has people’s pack luck been since TOTs started yesterday? I’m 19 packs in and the only TOTs card I’ve gotten is Honeyman from the 84+ player pick. Had a couple of 86’s and 85’s but nothing much else with the only “special card” being a 78 rated domestic MOTM which didn’t even merit a walkout!

Have 4 Ultimate Packs and 2 Jumbo Rare Players Packs but saving them for the 5 big leagues and Ultimate TOTs.

Hoping for a player pick SBC tonight though as my transfer list is now pretty full after my pack opening yesterday