Fifa 22 Ultimate Team discussion thread

awec · 05-12-2021 9:14pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118273701#Comment_118273701

I haven’t got him yet no. :(

Mr Moon · 05-12-2021 11:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118274151#Comment_118274151

There’s plenty on the market now and the price come down now.

dmigsy · 06-12-2021 12:15am

Rank 2 in WL again. Nothing of note in rewards. Did the Sule SBC as I have the OTW Upamecano untradable and had a load of untradable fodder. The only other player SBCs I've done this year are Bernardo Silva and Banza. Both get plenty of minutes. I did loads of SBCs last year that I ended up not playing much so being very selective this year. Sule seems fantastic in the few games with him this evening. Team now:

Rock Lesnar · 06-12-2021 8:06am

Might start back playing on wednesday, Konate getting his upgrade, and his 41 goals for me will likely improve to 😄

Lord TSC · 06-12-2021 12:57pm

Lads who use Mbappe.

is he worth it? I know he’s amazing. I guess my big reluctance stems from paying 1m coins for a rare gold player. I hate spending that big on special cards, let alone plain rare golds, lol. It’s so much coinage.

but I’ve got 400k in coins, and 90IFs so could probably stretch to afford Mbappe and Neymar if I sold everything up.

awec · 06-12-2021 1:00pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118275164#Comment_118275164

Yea I’m still about 100k short

Blazer · 06-12-2021 1:57pm

Lol instant rage quit after it. Feel sorry for the dude.

https://twitter.com/a1rblazer/status/1467840250995253257?s=21

dmigsy · 06-12-2021 2:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118276883#Comment_118276883

Do it. I sold everything to get Mbappe, Neymar and Messi. Nudged me over the line into Elite having been bopping around Div 1 for ages.

Lord TSC · 06-12-2021 2:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118277367#Comment_118277367

I've said on here I was struggling big time in Div 2, rank 2, just not able to win games. Since I've brought in Ronaldo, I easily got up to Div 2, rank 1, and have come close to Div 1 a few times (just falling short). And I've easily qualified for WL twice.

So what you say there is part of why I'm tempted to go in on them. I'd be hoping those three, with Ronaldo too, would kick me up a few levels (which I guess then means better rewards, more coins, etc). Neymar and Messi seem grand to justify with their prices. It's Mbappe at 1m that's a killer for me, being as stingy as I am with coins, lol.

But I guess...they're obviously the end game guys. What else am I saving up for.

dmigsy · 06-12-2021 2:54pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118277435#Comment_118277435

Between them they score so many stupid goals that other strikers just don't. Had Neymar for ages and hes great but Mbappe is better again. I have Messi deeper for long shots and amazing through balls.

Blazer · 06-12-2021 5:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118276883#Comment_118276883

I was lucky to get him from a gold upgrade sbc :D he's incredible. Just ridiculously op and glitchy as hell.

Lord TSC · 06-12-2021 7:24pm

Aha, that 85+ upgrade is the perfect time to sell up IFs 😂 Taking it as a sign.

Mr Moon · 06-12-2021 7:27pm

Wait, did they just release a 75+ player pick that is non repeatable?? This company 😂😂

Lord TSC · 06-12-2021 7:39pm

Oh, I thought the 85+ was a player pick too. Lol. Lucked out and pulled Chiesa but no way I’d have done it if I had realised it wasn’t a pick.

Johner · 06-12-2021 8:41pm

Koke for me lol.

Rock Lesnar · 06-12-2021 10:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118279337#Comment_118279337

Yeah i did it thinking it was repeatable and the 85+ to thinking it was a pick, cant even blame EA for that, dumba$$ i am

Johner · 07-12-2021 12:02am

The 75+ is repeatable now, did about 5 and got nothing so far anyway.

doc holliday · 07-12-2021 1:05am

Did the Sule sbc but couldn't get him on full chem with the 4231 I've been using since the start. So tried this 352 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ehfZ6_1wlqE&feature=youtu.be and am now on a 6 game win streak in elite.

First time using a 3 defender formation and I have to say its a lot of fun.

doc holliday · 07-12-2021 11:03am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118281443#Comment_118281443

This is how i've fit Sule in - all untradeable except Eusebio and Kohler. As someone who doesn't spend any money on the game i've never had a team as strong this early in the game. Kohler is the obvious next upgrade - i'll see what defender options come up in icon swaps later this week.

Cyrus · 07-12-2021 11:17am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118282691#Comment_118282691

that is some outfit for no spend!

awec · 07-12-2021 12:03pm

The lag indicator in this is broken. Number of times it tells me the ping is 18 and the game is a laggy mess is ridiculous.

doc holliday · 07-12-2021 12:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118282780#Comment_118282780

Yeah ive had all the luck this year that i haven't had in the last few 😃

Hero SBCs - Ginola, Keane, Cordoba

Base Icon SBC - Vieira

Premier League SBC rare players pack - Ronaldinho

Silver Beasts Objective rare mega pack - RTTK Sane

And then the player SBCs of Kante, Cech and Sule.

I think i'll be doing the icon player picks in icon swaps as at this rate i'll be expecting R9 to walk out

Mr Moon · 07-12-2021 12:19pm

I got promoted to the Elite division last night!! I didn't mean to, thought I had two games to go but was on the streak. I'll welcome the few extra red picks but that's if I can get my 7 wins each week!!

awec · 07-12-2021 12:23pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118283187#Comment_118283187

I’m teetering on the edge of div1 still. I feel like 50% of the games I lose are due to a better player beating me and the other 50% due to lag. It’s so frustrating.

AdamD · 07-12-2021 12:40pm

Anyone else find matchmaking painful? I don't fancy waiting 5 minutes to play any game mode that isn't weekend league. Rivals / Friendlies just take an age on PS5. Is putting me off Rivals completely. Plus when you get promoted to Elite it puts you at 1800 skill rating which is above average for Elite so inevitably you get beaten for a while before finding a reasonable level..

Better off staying in Div 2 and getting 7 wins easily tbh

doc holliday · 07-12-2021 2:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118283187#Comment_118283187

Gas isn't it, you almost don't want to get promoted. Like Adam says above though - you settle at a rating in elite where you are comfortable. I have settled around 1750 - 1780 and can get a few wins together handy enough now.

Mr Moon · 07-12-2021 3:24pm

I don't see myself as an elite player, starting at 1800 SR, lost my first game 3-2 to a much better player, I feel like all I'm doing is defending and trying to catch a goal on the counter attack, playing the way everyone hates. It's not my style of play but if you're losing every single game getting pummeled you have to do something.

Mr Moon · 07-12-2021 3:25pm

Also everyone has Vinicius Jr. in their team. Has he won the POTM yet or is that just rumours?

awec · 07-12-2021 3:40pm

I have him, finally.

Lord TSC · 07-12-2021 4:46pm

Right, 1m coins gathered so going to grab Mbappe tonight. The 85+ SBC was amazing in terms of letting me sell at a higher price than I could have before.

Have 50 IFs left. I've decided not to utterly drain my reserves, but might drain enough of them to grab Messi as well. Then start rebuilding the funds up a bit, with Neymar as the next goal.

Johner · 07-12-2021 5:13pm

Got Oblak, Ruben Dias and Nkunku TOTGS from about 10 more 75+ player picks so delighted with that.

doc holliday · 07-12-2021 5:43pm

Seems that a new icon is about to be dropped - Di Stefano. Apparently has been added to the database in the last couple of days and was rumoured with RVP, Rooney and the other new ones earlier in the summer.

Prime Icons Coming & LEAKED New Icon - YouTube

Avon8 · 07-12-2021 7:23pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118281443#Comment_118281443

I've been running 3-5-2 for ages aswel and watched that exact video and have his tactics set up as a second option for me. In general I've found it ok but with the long ball + forward runs, and rm and lm on get in behind, found everyone was straying offside way too much. I'm slow on build up anyway and hate not having the vast majority of possession so went back to balanced + possession which seems to work well and went on balanced runs on the wingers. Depends who you have though of course, my two best players are Messi and Fekir who aren't speedsters so makes more sense to play more slowly, if I had mbappe that would likely change.

I actually find it hard to move from the 3-5-2 now in drafts etc I'm so used to it, just gives you so many more attacking options

doc holliday · 07-12-2021 8:13pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118286118#Comment_118286118

Yeah, I've only used it for 7 games so far and won 6 of those so I haven't needed to tweak it just yet . I copied it like for like from the video and while there is definitely more offsides, there are also a lot more one on ones. I'm conceding for fun but I'm scoring for fun too. The games that I despise on fifa are those low shot count games where you are bored to tears by the end of it and with this 352 there are definitely less of those 😁.

My average possession in game is about 45% so me and you have very different play styles. I just don't have the patience. I've sold my totw theo hernandez now so I've fully committed to having no full backs. Next weekend league should be fun!

martyos121 · 07-12-2021 8:15pm

My 3-5-2 is balanced and direct passing with the wingers on get in behind and come back on defence, I find there’s a decent balance to it and since I upgraded to quicker centre backs, I find it pretty solid defensively as I’ve always been pretty decent at defending one-on-one, the trick is to just jockey and almost never tackle, let them run the ball into you.

I’m running the Liverpool dream team now, with Mid Torres and Rulebreaker Suarez up front and Salah on the right wing, Torres is averaging well over a goal a game and Suarez the same for assists. It’s such a fun team. I only ever attack with the strikers, wingers and CAM, Kante and Petit are there to protect the defence and give the ball to the attackers, nothing else.

Avon8 · 07-12-2021 8:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118286361#Comment_118286361

The one thing on the centre halves is I find the right and left one are on the ball quite a bit, especially on overlap setting and get quite paced exposed, morseo than the player at center, so found full backs better in those spots as a bit better on the ball and more pacey. Have bought Mendy there for this week who's made a decent difference. Pique sbc was a godsend for my center spot.

Granted a look at your team from the page before you should be all good with those 3

Cyrus · 07-12-2021 8:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118286372#Comment_118286372

What's the full team ?

awec · 07-12-2021 9:33pm

The Serie A POTM is a total joke of a card. Completely unusable.

in other news, if results stay as they are there’s an upgrade coming for RTTK Tonali I think.

martyos121 · 07-12-2021 10:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118286511#Comment_118286511

Llorente is mainly in there to get Suarez on 10 chem, but he’s popping up with a lot more goals than I expected, always seems to get on the end of low crosses. De Bruyne was a mainstay for me but I can’t fit him in anymore so he’s a good impact sub to have, no way I’d be dropping Kante or Petit for him.

awec · 07-12-2021 11:47pm

Just played against 2 players for the first time ever. Gotta say it’s a complete joke that this is even allowed.

2 players controlling both CDMs. Waste of my time.

awec · 07-12-2021 11:53pm

I am trying the 3-5-2, so far it’s ok. Finding it hard to get someone suitable to be the wide players with H/H work rate and also good stamina in Serie A.

The second striker I’m also undecided on. I have red Correa I’ve been trying but he doesn’t really suit my style and he doesn’t have great stamina for dropping back.

doc holliday · 08-12-2021 10:54am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118287746#Comment_118287746

I have played against 2 players quite a bit - like 1 in every 3 or 4 games. It invariably ends up quite easy or impossible, no middle ground. Rage quits are more common since all it takes is one of them to quit and the game is forfeit, but as you said if they are good playing as a team together you have no hope.

awec · 08-12-2021 11:08am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118288896#Comment_118288896

These 2 lads had it perfected, it was impossible to breach their defence cause one would push with one CDM and a second man push and the other CDM would then be perfectly positioned to cover the defence.

I only lost 2-1 but my goal was a total fluke, hit a shot and it deflected past the keeper.

BrentMused · 08-12-2021 11:12am

Definitely starting to notice my team starting to slip behind the power curve now, and it will only get worse during December with Freeze and all the SBC's that come with that.

I have all of my coins tied up in 87 rated fodder, so can't do anything for a couple of weeks until those rise, but when they do I think I'm going to upgrade to the below in-game.

Basically, I'd be bringing in Cordoba, SS Skriniar (who is getting rave reviews), IF Theo and Chiesa (who is right footed so ideal for that LF spot cutting inside as I like to do).

All going well that would still leave me with around 800k to play with, so I'd probably get back to trading to try and make enough to get an icon in for Dybala to essentially play CAM, and/or maybe an icon RB to replace Cuadrado. Cuadrado does have a good shot at TOTW this week which would be great!

Hopefully we'll get something useful in Swaps or as an SBC over the coming weeks.

I think this should then get me through another 4-6 weeks anyway.

awec · 08-12-2021 11:39am

Nice team that @BrentMused . I have noticed recently that Dybala is starting to really struggle in a CAM type position, I find he's easily crowded out and shoved aside by the strong CBs and CDMs. I was starting to think of a replacement but none came to mind yet.

Cuadrado TOTW would be great.

Frisbee · 08-12-2021 2:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118287746#Comment_118287746

You can change your matchmaking settings so you will only be paired against single players and no co-op. Or at least you could last year.

As doc holliday said I find when you play lads doing co-op you either batter them or get hammered. If they aren't co-ordinated all you have to do is pass it around a bit and eventually both of them will try go for the same ball and leave a mismatch. But if you come up against a good pair yeah it's basically impossible.

Mr Moon · 08-12-2021 2:22pm

Having that setting on doesn’t always guarantee you don’t get matched to play 2 people. I’ve never really struggled against playing two but always back out when I notice it before it starts.

awec · 08-12-2021 2:35pm

I'll be keeping a closer eye in future. There's no way to tell before the match actually starts is there? Like on the kit screen?

Mr Moon · 08-12-2021 3:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118290146#Comment_118290146

On the kit selection screen you can see it says guests and lights up changing the 0 to a 1 if there’s a 2nd player. I’ve gone looking for an image online for this but can’t find one.

Cyrus · 08-12-2021 3:56pm

folks is there anyway to see what formation an opponent is using in game?

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