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Post by dalenichol on Sept 23, 2021 22:03:49 GMT
So I tried it on xbox chaodck and I hate it. It's the same shit as last year "fall back defence, pace abuse and OP AI interceptions". That was rage inducing. However with that said, I installed the demo on PC and got both Sane and Hazard in my packs, so there's also that...
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Post by chaodck on Sept 23, 2021 22:50:08 GMT
Great to have you then mate. Let's talk over the weekend to coordinate and check out those challenges then. I'll send you my whatsapp over PM and we can continue there haha.
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Post by dalenichol on Sept 24, 2021 8:18:59 GMT
Great to have you then mate. Let's talk over the weekend to coordinate and check out those challenges then. I'll send you my whatsapp over PM and we can continue there haha. I've only got the demo and no idea when I'll be on over the weekend, but let me know and I'll see what I can do! I'm gonna try playing a game or two this morning on PC to see if I feel the gameplay any better. If not, there's a very good chance I'll just wait and go PES this year.
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Post by dalenichol on Sept 24, 2021 19:49:12 GMT
Great to have you then mate. Let's talk over the weekend to coordinate and check out those challenges then. I'll send you my whatsapp over PM and we can continue there haha. I've only got the demo and no idea when I'll be on over the weekend, but let me know and I'll see what I can do! I'm gonna try playing a game or two this morning on PC to see if I feel the gameplay any better. If not, there's a very good chance I'll just wait and go PES this year. Quoting myself because I'm cool. I played it on PC. It's the same game as last year and I kinda hate it. It just feels like the exact same as before, so I'm gonna give the Series X another go at the weekend when I'm not as tired and see how I get on again. I didn't mind it as much but hated the camera angle, so that might help
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Post by chaodck on Sept 27, 2021 13:31:01 GMT
So, game launches today (in fact launches on Thursday, but pre-orders go live today) and I've managed to get a fantastic team for "Day 1". Got super lucky on a few good packs. Lukaku was my first walkout, pulled from an objectives pack. Then I did the Hybrid Nations SBC's, spending around 7-8k I'd say to complete it (guides on FUTbin are quite amazing, and some dirt cheap) and from those 5 packs I pulled Navas and Fabinho from a Rare Mega Pack and Sterling was the icing on the cake, from a Rare Players Pack. So, from that squad, tradeable players and their current value are: Sterling (74k), Wijnaldum (23k), Mahrez (15k), Havertz (15k), Fabinho (13k), Ricardo Pereira (8k) and the cheeky Keylor Navas (12k). Lukaku and Ziyech are untradeable. Since today comes a big influx of players into the game, I'll be watching the market to see if anyone rises big. I assume Havertz and Mahrez might go up to around 20k, Navas also might go around that level and I'll sell if they get to somewhere near that. Sterling might go if he reaches 100k as well. Wijnaldum won't move much and Fabinho will probably sink. I've played only Rivals and FUT Draft, in the first I'm sitting one game away of Division 8, but it's been super frustrating at times, as all players started from Division 10, which meant I've played far better players than that level. In Draft, I've had a couple fantastic teams (the first one with Sterling and Lukaku strangely haha and the second one with Messi and KdB) and won 2 games and 1 game respectively. Draft seems like a nice mode of taking advantage of FIFA points, as with only 1 win you get more thant what the 300 points net you on the store. My overall record is a shameful 13-3-19.
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Post by dalenichol on Sept 27, 2021 18:23:28 GMT
God damn you and your pack luck. On the PC version I did get Hazard and Sane, but on the Xbox version the best Ive had is Danny Ings.
I'm really not enjoying it though, I wont lie. I've uninstalled the PC version and I probably wont play until after release. I can't justify the price for something that I haven't enjoyed much at all yet, but maybe once it's been out for at least a few days, if not more, and all the better players have fucked off up the divisions, it might make it somewhat more enjoyable.
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Post by chaodck on Sept 27, 2021 19:22:12 GMT
God damn you and your pack luck. On the PC version I did get Hazard and Sane, but on the Xbox version the best Ive had is Danny Ings. I'm really not enjoying it though, I wont lie. I've uninstalled the PC version and I probably wont play until after release. I can't justify the price for something that I haven't enjoyed much at all yet, but maybe once it's been out for at least a few days, if not more, and all the better players have fucked off up the divisions, it might make it somewhat more enjoyable. Totally there with you mate, playing Rivals has been a struggle, on Draft it was a bit better though. But yeah, my hands tendonitis has gone to shit due to me squeezing the fucken controller (which luckily hasn't been broken yet). I'll keep on playing though, as it's "free" and I still am enjoying at least a few of the games. Oh, and this happened. I was losing 2-3 and it was around the 70 minute mark. It's a miracle the controller (and/or the computer screen) didn't get destroyed. imgur.com/a/rHDb9g0
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Post by chaodck on Sept 29, 2021 14:27:39 GMT
God damn you and your pack luck. On the PC version I did get Hazard and Sane, but on the Xbox version the best Ive had is Danny Ings. I'm really not enjoying it though, I wont lie. I've uninstalled the PC version and I probably wont play until after release. I can't justify the price for something that I haven't enjoyed much at all yet, but maybe once it's been out for at least a few days, if not more, and all the better players have fucked off up the divisions, it might make it somewhat more enjoyable. Kept having good pack luck, mate. Upgraded the team a bit, as I pulled Alisson and Kimpebe (both sellable and expensive, I might sell them though, and net me around 100k for both) and pulled another Lukaku, which I sold for around 60k. All from the Hybrid League and Hybrid League/Nations SBC (of course with the loyalty glitch to do things quicker). I also upgraded from Chillwell to Digne to pair better with Kimpembe and decided to swap out Ziyech for Wijnaldum (again, to pair better with Kimpembe). Game's still a bitch though, I'm all the way up to Division 8 in Rivals, currently in tier 2. With a bit of luck I might push for Division 7 which would be amazing. Last year I ended around division 5 in that format, so I think my game should be somewhere around that level once pros and better players move onto top tiers, hopefully.
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Post by dalenichol on Oct 1, 2021 21:22:44 GMT
So I lasted until 10pm. Bought it on Xbox after all. Packed a walkout but it was bloody Gerard Moreno, so I guess he'll be SBC fodder down the line. Played my first game since full release and hammered the guy 5-1, so I like the game again Think I'll see if I can do some of the cheaper/easier SBC's tonight just to get some packs open.
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Post by chaodck on Oct 1, 2021 23:33:42 GMT
So I lasted until 10pm. Bought it on Xbox after all. Packed a walkout but it was bloody Gerard Moreno, so I guess he'll be SBC fodder down the line. Played my first game since full release and hammered the guy 5-1, so I like the game again Think I'll see if I can do some of the cheaper/easier SBC's tonight just to get some packs open. Great to hear you buying haha. Shame to see you not on PC. Dude, do the leagues/nations and hybrid sbc's I pulled a ton of walkouts from there. They are mostly cheap, except a few ones, and the loyalty glitch works perfectly to do the 10 matches quick for chemistry (any Live FUT Friendly counts as an official game now, so players accumulate stats there, you can get in, allow a quick goal, then quit the game without penalty to your record or coin earnings, and boom 1 game done).
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Post by chaodck on Oct 1, 2021 23:41:16 GMT
Also, sorry for double posting but my team is looking fire right now. Fabinho is a "weak link" and sometimes I'm thinking about subbing ir Wijnaldum or Ziyech there, but overall I'm super happy with it. I also got around 240k coins ready to spend either on the first good SBC (I did the OTW Andre Gomes already), or on the market for an icon maybe.
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Post by dalenichol on Oct 2, 2021 9:48:24 GMT
The fact that you've managed to put that team together so quick is absolutely depressing and equally infuriating, you're luck I love you! I've got this and it's working for me just now. (excuse the contract symbols) I've got a few higher rated players (Moreno, Tielemans, Henderson) but they'll go into SBC's later down the line. I was tempted by the OTW Andre SBC because I would upgrade my team, but I don't want to rush into an sbc like that just yet, as i'll probably move away from Bundesliga at some point. Definitely enjoying the game a bit more now that the casual players are playing, because I'm actually winning again! I'm gonna do the Hybrid Nations etc sbc's today hopefully, just need to get the housework done first EDIT: Packed OTW Dumfries. By no means the best, but with an upgrade he'll be a really solid right back.
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Post by chaodck on Oct 2, 2021 14:13:38 GMT
The fact that you've managed to put that team together so quick is absolutely depressing and equally infuriating, you're luck I love you! I've got this and it's working for me just now. (excuse the contract symbols) I've got a few higher rated players (Moreno, Tielemans, Henderson) but they'll go into SBC's later down the line. I was tempted by the OTW Andre SBC because I would upgrade my team, but I don't want to rush into an sbc like that just yet, as i'll probably move away from Bundesliga at some point. Definitely enjoying the game a bit more now that the casual players are playing, because I'm actually winning again! I'm gonna do the Hybrid Nations etc sbc's today hopefully, just need to get the housework done first EDIT: Packed OTW Dumfries. By no means the best, but with an upgrade he'll be a really solid right back. That's a good start mate, some decent players, Malen and Witsel are brilliant. Andre Silva is decent and will be getting the 5-win upgrade soon getting him to 86 quickly. In my OTW pack I got Steven Berghuis, which wasn't great, but the 5-win upgrade will get him to 84 and at that he'll be a great card. But there were better choices. The game will be slowly enjoyable I think. Nepenthez made a video explaining that a game without relegation in Rivals means that the players that constantly beat you will eventually move up divisions and thus you'll start facing teams at your level and below you. Then you move up, and "start over" facing tough teams at first, but eventually facing worse players as they start to move up in the same cycle. Last night I managed to get up to Division 7 (it took me a lot of games to win 2 in a row, but I did it), with a last-minute 6-5 win with 4 goals from Lukaku. So yeah, it's just a matter of putting in the effort, sticking through the tougher times and get those wins when you play against bad players, and hoping you can get two good matchups in a row haha. If you want I can link you the vid, he explains the reward system for Rivals and Champions, perfectly (and he's great overall methinks).
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Post by dalenichol on Oct 2, 2021 21:45:37 GMT
I've changed it up slightly, replaced Diaby with Thorgan Hazard (he's all around better, minus the pace), my LB with 84 Guerreiro and just replaced Malen with OTW Andre Silva. Witsel was used in that SBC, so he's been replaced by Brandt for now. I want to get Zakaria in there, but I'll probably wait and get his NIF when it's back in packs. I've got about 17k to play with, so I might upgrade this side a little, but I'm also considering going with a La Liga team of some description as I've recently packed Carvajal, Moreno and untradeable Kounde, so that's definitely an avenue worth looking at to. Don't worry about the video link, I'd rather not give Nepenthez any of my time or contribute even a penny to his finances, because he's a giant scumbag, but that's just me
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Post by dalenichol on Oct 3, 2021 15:21:12 GMT
Two squads put together now. Packed untradeable Kounde and Carvajal, alongside tradeable Ramos, figured it'd be rude not to do something with them.
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Post by chaodck on Oct 3, 2021 18:45:47 GMT
Good pair of squads mate. I've been playing a lot this weekend, mainly Rivals, but after reaching Div 7 I've found it a bit frustrating so far. So I decided to shift my attention to Friendlies to try and snatch Camavinga and after that I'll see to Rivals and/or Squad Battles to try and get Kluivert. Both will get a few upgrades I'm thinking, and once they do they'll be quality. I also did the Anderson Talisca SBC, despite it being a bit too expensive for my taste, I had all the pieces needed for it on the club. I reckon he'll also get a few upgrades.
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Post by dalenichol on Oct 3, 2021 19:35:27 GMT
Yeah, I've not played as much as I'd have liked but I've managed to get a good few games in. I find friendlies a lot less stressful, so I do tend to play more of those and I'm gonna see about doing both Camavinga and Kluivert too, but I'm in no rush. I'm in division 7 now too and struggling a little with it, keep drawing games but that's better than losing at least.
I did look at the Talisca sbc, because even that standard card is good and there's no way he doesn't get upgrades playing in Saudi. He's already got 3 goals and an assist in 5 games. It's almost guaranteed. It's more than I'd want to spend on a player that doesn't slot into a team just now though. I'll maybe regret it later, but I wasted a lot last year on doing all the special sbc players that popped up, and other than Freeze Aouar didn't really use many of them.
But it's all good. I'm enjoying playing it after buying it and I can spend my evenings on the web app trying out trading techniques. Getting home at 1am from now on though will be interesting to see if I play better or worse players than usual.
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Post by dalenichol on Oct 9, 2021 15:31:13 GMT
chaodck well, maybe my pack luck isn't as bad this time
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Post by chaodck on Oct 10, 2021 1:05:11 GMT
chaodck well, maybe my pack luck isn't as bad this time Wow, that's fantastic there mate!!!! I came to the US this week to visit my sister for a month and thus I haven't played much lately due to not having an adapter for my PC yet haha. I'll get one tomorrow and finish my first FUT Champs Playoffs (already eliminated, but have two games left).
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Post by dalenichol on Oct 10, 2021 11:10:32 GMT
chaodck well, maybe my pack luck isn't as bad this time Wow, that's fantastic there mate!!!! I came to the US this week to visit my sister for a month and thus I haven't played much lately due to not having an adapter for my PC yet haha. I'll get one tomorrow and finish my first FUT Champs Playoffs (already eliminated, but have two games left). Oh nice one, have a great time in the US! I was meant to be going somewhere this year, but it's looking less and less likely, unfortunately. I should've qualified but threw away leads to the same BPL pace abuse nonsense in my last two games, so I've turned it off in a huff Gonna play Champ Man and do some trading, get those coins up!
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Post by dalenichol on Oct 14, 2021 0:25:34 GMT
That's the team heading into the weekend chaodck . didn't qualify last weekend so hoping to get futchamps this weekend. Packed untradeable Kante today though, so gonna have to build a team around him at some point I guess.
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Post by chaodck on Oct 14, 2021 17:52:46 GMT
That's the team heading into the weekend chaodck . didn't qualify last weekend so hoping to get futchamps this weekend. Packed untradeable Kante today though, so gonna have to build a team around him at some point I guess. Great team mate!! I'm up to Div 6 in Rivals, haven't played that much since I arrived to the USA, but steadily improving. I didn't get out of the Playoffs in my first FUT Champs foray, I think I won 2 games and lost 7 and not played the last one. I'm up to around 600 points right now, so still a bit away from playing again in Champs, probably next weekend. My team hasn't changed much. I did all the good OTW SBC's, including Wijnaldum which was a bit expensive, but mostly did with my own leftover cards (cost me around 40k coins I think). The best pulls I've had in the past few weeks are untradeable Robertson, Di María and Pogba. Kimpebe is up to around 60k coins, so I might sell him and get a better rated, yet slower and thus cheaper CB, maybe Dias or Laporte, which will allow me to try and fit in Wijnaldum instead of Fabinho in the middle or maybe Di María instead of Mahrez without hitting chemistry too hard.
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Post by dalenichol on Oct 15, 2021 0:23:50 GMT
Oh chaodck a Premiership team?! And I thought you had good taste!! Haha, I kid. I'm just grumpy about the same old BPL meta. I need to try a new tactic, that 433 you're using looks tempting. I enjoy the 352 but it's countered on the break quite a lot and susceptible to crosses, which is the current meta so it's a struggle at times. I failed in my attempt to qualify this weekend, managing 22 of the required 24 points. There's apparently a no-loss glitch on xbox that I forgot to try, so if they don't patch it out, I might try it next week and see if it works. Fuck it
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Post by chaodck on Oct 15, 2021 4:22:32 GMT
Oh chaodck a Premiership team?! And I thought you had good taste!! Haha, I kid. I'm just grumpy about the same old BPL meta. I need to try a new tactic, that 433 you're using looks tempting. I enjoy the 352 but it's countered on the break quite a lot and susceptible to crosses, which is the current meta so it's a struggle at times. I failed in my attempt to qualify this weekend, managing 22 of the required 24 points. There's apparently a no-loss glitch on xbox that I forgot to try, so if they don't patch it out, I might try it next week and see if it works. Fuck it Hahahahaha I just can't seem to avoid it, the BPL team though, as it's what I've pulled. The only two non first owner players in the team are Pereira and Mahrez. I'm tempted to try and go full first owned, and spend all my coins on packs and SBC's, but that's no more than a crazy thought so far. EDIT: As a sidenote, I had a brilliant session last night, and am now in the middle rest point in Div 6 rank I, so just a couple of straight wins from Div 5.
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Post by dalenichol on Oct 15, 2021 23:25:10 GMT
Good stuff chaodck I'm still trying to get my sleep pattern and day cycle adjusted now I've changed to backshift, so I've not played as much. I'm sitting in Division 5, rank 1, think I need three wins to get promoted, but two of them need to be consecutive, which i'm finding tricky. If I get time to play this weekend, I'm gonna do that silver objective player, Olsen, as he fits into my Serie A team and would be fantastic off the bench. Need to do some easy objectives too, my next pack is one of the 3 League based Prime Players packs.
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Post by chaodck on Oct 16, 2021 6:55:37 GMT
Well, today I lost all the 8-10 games I played. It was a fucking disaster. Div 6 Rank I might be my nemesis for a few days I think until the good players go up and I face guys at my level. I should reach the Champs playoffs this week, as I'm already up to 1000 points. The de Ligt SBC is pretty good, costs around 90-100k coins and the card is quality, albeit a bit hard to link up for me at least. I might give it a go.
EDIT: Add this morning to another woeful session, 7-8 losses, 1 draw, no wins and quit 2-3 more. I think this level is a bit too much for me and not playing for a few days might be good. Unfortunately I don't have much more games to play at the moment (I'm starting a new Cities Skylines map, but the starts are always slow for me, and the new Space Haven update seems fun, but has a bit steep learning curve at least for me. I might go relax with Pokémon Snap on my switch for a while)
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Post by dalenichol on Oct 16, 2021 19:51:07 GMT
Ah that's a shame dude. I've mostly been messing about with friendlies and objective stuff. I don't have the coins for the bigger SBC's currently, back down to about 45k for now. I was doing that 'heroic' objective until I realised the player pick is just a 7 game loan player, so fuck that. At least it got me to Silver 1 rank for squad battles, so I'll get some rewards.
I downloaded The Riftbreaker on Xbox PC Gamepass which is quite good, and I've decided to go back to ESO, so that'll take up a good chunk of my time too.
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Post by chaodck on Oct 20, 2021 16:25:13 GMT
Ah that's a shame dude. I've mostly been messing about with friendlies and objective stuff. I don't have the coins for the bigger SBC's currently, back down to about 45k for now. I was doing that 'heroic' objective until I realised the player pick is just a 7 game loan player, so fuck that. At least it got me to Silver 1 rank for squad battles, so I'll get some rewards. I downloaded The Riftbreaker on Xbox PC Gamepass which is quite good, and I've decided to go back to ESO, so that'll take up a good chunk of my time too. As promised, got back to it yesterday and I managed to complete a couple objectives, and get the promotion to 5th Div Rank III. Now I'm a win away from the first stop point and 3 total wins (2 consecutive) away from promotion to Rank II. I didn't do any special SBC in the end, I've got around 400k coins, will use them once I see a player I can really fit into the team or save them to buy Salah when he drops a bit (if...).
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Post by chaodck on Oct 21, 2021 21:14:15 GMT
Maaaateeeeee. Just opened up my Rivals rewards. Div 5 Rank II, Option 3: Tradeable Rare Electrum Players Pack, Untradeable Rare Players Pack, 6k coins and 200 Champs Points.
Pulled Kante from the tradeable pack and Icon Nesta from the Untradeable. Sold Kante immediately for around 650k coins, put Nesta in the team and sold Kimpembe for around 75k more coins. So now I sit on 1M coins. I'm thinking on how to invest them. Probably I'll get a defensive minded CM to replace Fabinho, I'm thinking Gattuso, and a CM to replace Havertz/Wijnaldum which will probably be KdB and an RW to replace Mahrez/Di María, thinking of Salah/Sane/Okocha/Inform Gabigol. If there's still a bit of money I'll think of getting OTW Lukaku to replace his base gold. I'll post a squad update once I'm done.
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Post by chaodck on Oct 22, 2021 2:39:06 GMT
So, 1M coin shopping spree, bought my top 3 choices. Heading into FUT Champs Qualies with this team right now. Hopefully I manage to qualify for the weekend.
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