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.
Bloody hell dude, 1m coins? And here's me only just got back up to 100k!!
I didn't qualify again, second week in a row where I've needed 1 win from my last 2 games and failed to win either. Ah well, such is life I guess. Still enjoying the game for the most part, so it's fine. Been doing some of the friendly objectives and that
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.
Bloody hell dude, 1m coins? And here's me only just got back up to 100k!!
I didn't qualify again, second week in a row where I've needed 1 win from my last 2 games and failed to win either. Ah well, such is life I guess. Still enjoying the game for the most part, so it's fine. Been doing some of the friendly objectives and that
I've been lucky this year my friend. Kanté, Kimpembe, Sterling, Lukaku and TOTW 1 Vinicius, all add up to around 900k, the other 200k is peanuts from smaller sales and rewards. Before this 3 players bought, I hadn't bought almost anyone, maybe 50-60k spent at most.
Ah that's fair enough chaodck , I've packed Kante but he's untradeable. Haven't packed anybody worth more than about 15k so far. Dybala at about 25k was my most expensive purchase and his price has already crashed through the floor, it's insane.
I'm really tempted to put together a team that I can fit Hero Al-Jaber in to, just for the fun of it. Him and OTW Talisca up top could be pretty fun.
Ah that's fair enough chaodck , I've packed Kante but he's untradeable. Haven't packed anybody worth more than about 15k so far. Dybala at about 25k was my most expensive purchase and his price has already crashed through the floor, it's insane.
I'm really tempted to put together a team that I can fit Hero Al-Jaber in to, just for the fun of it. Him and OTW Talisca up top could be pretty fun.
I'm using Talisca quite a lot, off the bench. Most of the time as a CM to replace either Pogba or KdB whomever is most tired. And he's been brilliant and super fun.
Well I played like shit in the Playoffs. I got gifted two games, and managed to win fairly two more, ending with 21 points, missed it by one win.
This weekend I managed to play on my first proper FUT Champions, having qualified by winning 5 games in the Playoffs. My team is (even) a bit better now, as I pulled 3 fantastic players from the +78 rare SBC from a week ago or so. Pulled Kane, Bruno Fernandes and Hakimi, who replaced Lukaku, Pogba and Ricardo Pereira in the team. I also pulled Rulebreakers Coates from a rewards pack and he replaced Ruben Dias. Still an 87 team, and with Coates and Hakimi, chemistry has fallen to around 94.
Well in my first proper Champions foray, I did way better than I expected. Ended up at Rank IV, just one win away from Rank III (and that amazing TOTW pack). I was "gifted" 4 wins though and from the rest, I think I won 3 out of 16 or so. Despite making it harder to qualify (due to the playoffs format), I liked the new format, 20 games is decent, and as losses all count for 1 point, whenever I was heavy down, I just quit the game and conceded, which led to less frustration, less red cards and a better mental health state. Also, not waiting until Thursdays for the rewards is great. From the red picks I pulled two decent but uninspiring players in 84 Correa and 86 Carrasco.
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I've pretty much given up ever playing in champs. Qualification is too sweaty and stressful. People going 1-0 up and passing around the defence for 70 minutes and stuff like that. No thanks.
this is the squad I'm using just now. It's really fun
I've pretty much given up ever playing in champs. Qualification is too sweaty and stressful. People going 1-0 up and passing around the defence for 70 minutes and stuff like that. No thanks.
this is the squad I'm using just now. It's really fun
That's a good team mate, french links are very OP, specially your back 3 mate. I did the Klose SBC and he cost me around 30k. He's a beast improvement over Kane. I also pulled Hummels from the latest promo (he sells for around 15k), when I saw the CB flash I thought I'd lucked out with Militao, but it was just a classic FUT troll move.
How did you do on Rivals in the end? I managed to get onto Division 3 in the last day, on a last minute goal. Then won another couple games and ended up Div 3 Rank II. Now I'm in Div 5 Rank II, it's been a rocky start for me haha, need for the player to advance to higher divisions so matchmaking gets easier.
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Yeah, I finished Rivals in division 2, rank 2. Couldn't do any better.
I've struggled since the restart too, back in division 4 which is probably around my natural level, if not a bit on the high side, so we'll see what happens from there I guess.
Just to take the conversation off FIFA right now. I just bought Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, dalenichol mate will you be buying the game? Just so you know which one I bought in case you want to trade. I didn't play Diamond or Pearl back then and the critics say it's one of the best (if not the best) entry of the series. So I went through and bought it today on release day. I was hesitant at first as I'll surely buy Arceus in January. So that means I only have 2 months to complete the game haha.
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I'll be buying it eventually, I'm just not entirely sure when. I don't use my Switch enough to justify a £50 game even if it is Pokemon. I really enjoyed the originals, so I'm sure these will be great and I'll definitely get it at some point down the line. I am looking forward to Arceus though, as you mentioned, so I'll definitely be getting that
I'll be buying it eventually, I'm just not entirely sure when. I don't use my Switch enough to justify a £50 game even if it is Pokemon. I really enjoyed the originals, so I'm sure these will be great and I'll definitely get it at some point down the line. I am looking forward to Arceus though, as you mentioned, so I'll definitely be getting that
Great to know, I'll sound off on my opinion during the weekend then mate. I'll probably super hype it though, hahaha. I don't use my switch that much as well, I brought it with me to my USA trip that lasted a month and I used it barely, the first few days when I didn't have a power adapter for my PC maybe more but after that, used it very little. But Pokémon is Pokémon, I'll play the game a ton, without a doubt.
I also bought the GTA remaster this week, after they finally released them on PC. I'm playing San Andreas right now, and enjoying it a lot actually, despite the remaster not being as great graphically as it could be.
Well I was chatting with dalenichol on IM earlier today and we ended up talking about FIFA and I told him I'd do a squad update. I've got a fantastic team for the stage, seeing as it's only the start of Season 3. I've been super lucky with pulls and saving coins from weekly rewards as well.
Both fullbacks are POTM players, Pique was a Showdown SBC with 80 pace who didn't get the upgrade, Butragueño has never been a CM, but his agility makes him amazing from the back and Klose is just amazing at the main forward.
Bench has some interesting players, Hakimi is my super sub, normally replacing either Pique or van Dijk (the one with yellow card haha), and moving TAA to the CB role, Nesta played a lot early, but Pique is better. SMS is fantastic and normally plays, while Bruno and Sterling usually are the third man entering the game.Wijnaldum and Haller are dynamic cards.
I've got around 750k coins to spend, and from the starting squad, van Dijk, KdB, Petit, Salah and Son are tradeable, in case seomeone knows on where to upgrade.
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Well I uploaded this, then went to do some winter wildcard swaps and pulled an ultimate pack. And got maybe the best pack I've ever pulled.
Unfortunately untradeable, but Koulibaly is amazing, currently valued at around 250k coins and an upgrade over Pique, while Mario Gomez is an upgrade over Haller on the bench. Two informs for future SBC's and a few other rare golds as well.
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I love your team. I just wish I had the slightest urge to play the game, but I just really, really didn't enjoy it. And that's very frustrating, because I always want a sports game to play!
That's some really solid pack luck too, got to be happy with that!
I love your team. I just wish I had the slightest urge to play the game, but I just really, really didn't enjoy it. And that's very frustrating, because I always want a sports game to play!
That's some really solid pack luck too, got to be happy with that!
Well, I ended up upgrading it for the FUT Champs weekend. Did the Mid Zola SBC (it cost me around 5k coins as I had all the fodder lying there) and he replaced Klose who was converted to CAM and is now on the bench replacing Bruno. Zola is a beast. I was afraid of having a small-ish forward as a lone striker, but his dribbling is just amazeballs. I think he's scored 17 goals in 17 games, most of them being FUT Champs games.
I ended up in Tier VI which is the bare minimum for me with 9 wins in 20 games. I reached the 9 wins in 15 games, but had bad matchmaking and luck in the last 5 games, with 2 more wins I would've made it into tier V which has considerably better rewards. I didn't pull much from my rewards, red picks were awful, the TOTW pack gave me 87 Laporte, who is so slow he's unusable, but an 87 TOTW is surely useful for future SBC's. The normal packs gave me a few fodder refills, like Pogba and Parejo. Nothing great, but definetely usable things considering SBC's. I'm up to around 820k coins also.
I've also gotten back to playing Factorio, has anyone here played it? It's a fantastic game, with super complex endgame mechanics. I've never understood how to do trains and circuits correctly haha, but the main goal of this playthrough is to learn that (alongside the incredible katherineofsky and her youtube playthroughs that area fantastically educational). For now, I managed to do a full automated Iron and Copper smelting setup, using an internet design (but without a blueprint, all made by me), and also automate fence production and red and green science production. Next step is automating Steel production.
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Factorio is a game I've seen but never played, it's far too in-depth and technical for me. I'd get far too stressed about it I've bought a bunch of Lego games today as they were super cheap on CDKeys (£16 for 5 games: Jurassic World, Harry Potter 1-4 & 5-7, Indiana Jones, Star Wars Force awakens + season pass, Marvel Superheroes 2 Deluxe) to go with the few I already owned. I forgot just how much silly fun they are.
jawzy could never get into Rocket League for some reason. I really enjoy NHL games but they're getting quite difficult these days and they don't release on PC, for whatever reason, so I usually don't play them until they appear on gamepass towards the end of the games cycle
Factorio is a game I've seen but never played, it's far too in-depth and technical for me. I'd get far too stressed about it I've bought a bunch of Lego games today as they were super cheap on CDKeys (£16 for 5 games: Jurassic World, Harry Potter 1-4 & 5-7, Indiana Jones, Star Wars Force awakens + season pass, Marvel Superheroes 2 Deluxe) to go with the few I already owned. I forgot just how much silly fun they are.
jawzy could never get into Rocket League for some reason. I really enjoy NHL games but they're getting quite difficult these days and they don't release on PC, for whatever reason, so I usually don't play them until they appear on gamepass towards the end of the games cycle
It's surely complex mate, but I've learnt a lot while watching that youtuber I mentioned (I know I know, chaodck's back promoting youtubers...) and she's super insightful and her playthroughs are increibly educational, she has a series called "Entry Level to Megabase" (3 series actually, with the last one being on the 1.0 update) and they're amazing to watch and learn things from. Maybe you get around at trying the game after watching her explain things.
On another topic and something I've been meaning to ask for a long time but haven't dared to. What's everyone's opinions on risqué visual novel games with adult content? There's a niche there (it's been for a long time), but as of lately there's been a lot of fantastic storytelling and writing behind a few games, mainly by a guy named Dr. Pinkcake. He has 2 games currently on Steam, Acting Lessons (which had me truly curled up to a ball after finishing it) and Being a Dik whose season 2 will come out next week. Both are amazing stories, greatly written, with depth and meaning. And well great graphics as well.
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Factorio is a game I've seen but never played, it's far too in-depth and technical for me. I'd get far too stressed about it I've bought a bunch of Lego games today as they were super cheap on CDKeys (£16 for 5 games: Jurassic World, Harry Potter 1-4 & 5-7, Indiana Jones, Star Wars Force awakens + season pass, Marvel Superheroes 2 Deluxe) to go with the few I already owned. I forgot just how much silly fun they are.
jawzy could never get into Rocket League for some reason. I really enjoy NHL games but they're getting quite difficult these days and they don't release on PC, for whatever reason, so I usually don't play them until they appear on gamepass towards the end of the games cycle
Feel free to retry rocket league, maybe i could provide some short lessons.
it isone of those games where when first learning it can feel bit like playground football
for my hrs played my rank is fairly low, often get called a smurf because my positional and mechanics can sometimes be alright, but lot of the time im just way to inconsistant!
Might see if any of the freeware sites have one of the old nhl games to feed that itch! lol
So, I did a few more upgrades on my team. Decided on doing a Mid-Icon SBC that ended up costing me around 100k coins (the real cost was around 400k coins, but I had a lot of decent fodder on the club) and I got a bit lucky in getting 89 Hugo Sánchez, who despite looking terrific stat wise, still hasn't lived up to the expectations in his start at the team. With "Hugol" up top I moved Zola back into midfield.
I'm taking this team into FUT Champs this weekend, hoping to improve from last weekend's efforts that netted us Rank VI. Also, from this week on I'm not opening any more packs, as the TOTY grind starts.
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Started FUT Champs with this baby and am currently 2-1. I'm aiming for 9 wins as a decent result (7 wins isn't bad also...), and hopefully 11 wins. Last week I got to 11 and the packs are much better. 7 icons in the squad. Nesta the only packed one, early in season 1. Klose, Zola and Cech are from player specific SBC's, while Butragueño, Lahm and Hugo Sanchez are from random Icon SBC's (been super lucky as the three of them are pretty good). After the TOTY promo, if I don't pack anything crazy (and sellable) I'll probably replace Son with Mid Henry (600k) to full chem Lewa (and take off that horrible Silver Manager). If I pull something crazy I want to go for Mid Zidane (2M).
EDIT: Ended up playing half of Champs and won 7 out of the 10 games I played. I had a few lucky breaks though. I was losing 1-2 and the guy suddenly stopped playing, I scored 4 goals and he came back 5-2. He tried to play but eventually quit. Also I was losing a game 1-4 and the opponent lost connection which meant I don't get the loss and got to replay the game. And then a few good comebacks in game, where after conceding early managed to get back to it. Lewa has scored 23 goals in 18 games, 10 of those on Champs and the other 8 games on Rivals Division 2, so high, high competitive games. I need 4 wins from the next 10 games to get Rank V which is good. Rank IV isn't that much better and needs 7 more wins so I think it's not worth it.
I tend to only play a few games nowadays. Football Manager 2011, Pokémon Go and Left 4 Dead 2. Although the latter I haven't played for a few weeks.
I bought FM22 but since finding a San Marino database for FM11 I haven't touch it haha. I also got a 3DS of a friend so I could play the old Pokémon games, got all the badges on Crystal and stopped playing, typical.
I tend to only play a few games nowadays. Football Manager 2011, Pokémon Go and Left 4 Dead 2. Although the latter I haven't played for a few weeks.
I bought FM22 but since finding a San Marino database for FM11 I haven't touch it haha. I also got a 3DS of a friend so I could play the old Pokémon games, got all the badges on Crystal and stopped playing, typical.
Wow, a bunch of oldies here. I'm currently playing mainly FIFA 22 (FUT only), FM 22, Cities Skylines (finally got the airports DLC to work with my mods), Skyrim (heavily modded), plus a couple of indie games I'm enjoying a lot. Roots of Pacha is a former kickstarter project (I bought it like 2 years ago haha), and now has just entered the Beta phase, it's a "Harvest Moon" game farm-RPG esque, set in the Stone Age and focused on community building. It's fairly limited still, but amazing. I'm also playing "The Captain" an adventure point-and-click game much in the Lucasgames fashion.
Installed but not getting much love are: Mass Effect Legendary Edition (currently amid ME:1), Jedi Fallen Order (stumped in a puzzle on the third planet, will look a guide or something haha), CK3 (never really got engaged to it as I did to CK2), Factorio (interest diminished a bit after playing it massively a month ago, will get back to it soon), Hitman 2, MGSV:TPP (already finished it, re-doing missions to get "S" rank), Not for Broadcast (enjoy it, but find it somewhat of a chore at times), Space Haven (fantastic indie Spacefaring game, will get back to it) and GTA: SA Definitive Edition (got to the gang part of the game and meh).
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I'm playing a fairly heavily modded Fallout New Vegas, melee only playthrough and i've started Fallout 4 on xbox again. I've been playing FM off and on (not got a save atm but will try something tonight) and Vampire Survivors a bit too.
Not touched fifa in months but I'm gonna see about playing eFootball 2022 now that it's semi launched. I quite fancy trying Elden Ring but I've not enjoyed any Souls/Soulslike games so don't want to waste £40+ just yet
I'm playing a fairly heavily modded Fallout New Vegas, melee only playthrough and i've started Fallout 4 on xbox again. I've been playing FM off and on (not got a save atm but will try something tonight) and Vampire Survivors a bit too.
Not touched fifa in months but I'm gonna see about playing eFootball 2022 now that it's semi launched. I quite fancy trying Elden Ring but I've not enjoyed any Souls/Soulslike games so don't want to waste £40+ just yet
Not a single comment on my PIM Pele pull mate? Hahahahahaha =D
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I'm playing a fairly heavily modded Fallout New Vegas, melee only playthrough and i've started Fallout 4 on xbox again. I've been playing FM off and on (not got a save atm but will try something tonight) and Vampire Survivors a bit too.
Not touched fifa in months but I'm gonna see about playing eFootball 2022 now that it's semi launched. I quite fancy trying Elden Ring but I've not enjoyed any Souls/Soulslike games so don't want to waste £40+ just yet
Not a single comment on my PIM Pele pull mate? Hahahahahaha =D
Haha sorry, I genuinely didn't even notice that post. Fuck sake, my pack luck was so bad all year too
If I had a PS5 I would love to play Elden Ring. The Souls games are some of, if not, my favourite video game series. It's quite ironic because Dark Souls is one of my favourite games ever, but I actually bought it by pure chance. Was looking for a game that had 3 player co-op so me and two friends could play, we all bought it and they sold it after an hour because of how hard it was, I almost done the same but my parents started moaning so I kept it and ended up getting good and the rest is history. I completed the game on the Nintendo Switch at just level 1 haha.