Update Discussion

[Danny Taylor]

I know EA thought they had fixed the FIWC points problem, but they haven't, is this being re-patched?

[Ant1975]

Hi PWride i guess those three things i mentioned in this post wont get addressed then?

From earlier:

1. I have had to tweak the custom tactics of most of the teams just to get them to shoot from outside the box. Because the stats were all very similar on most sides they tend to play the same and walk the ball around the box, passing and passing. After hours of slogging away creating custom tactics in the 28 slots ive managed to sort a lot of the teams out. but the bottom line is i should not have to do that.

The teams should play like they did for 09. Can you fix this please?

2. Heading/chesting. This is still a big problem even playing weeks later. Several times my player has tried to chest the ball in the box rather than head it, frustratingly it happened 3/4 times on the weekend. Similarly i hate it when a player controls a ball on his chest from either a rocket clearance or shot or crossfield ball. Not many players can do it.

This needs fixing please.

and finally

3. Fix the a.i so it doesnt when it gets in the final third at 0-0 0r when they are winning they wont attack. Their player can get to the byline but wont cross. Yesterday the a.i got to the byline in the last minute at 0-0 and played a pass into the box to their striker. he could have scored but isntead turned around and passed the ball back out to the wing.

I know its in there as a keep ball/run down time feature but at 0-0 it doesnt wash and when the cpu is winning by a few it doesnt make sense either.

These really need fixing along with the MM modes so that the single player experience can have some longevity.

Thanks.

[EA_PWride]

Thanks for the comments, I will look to answer some of these in the morning (where I can) and will then pass the rest over to the dev team to get their comments. So far I have authed comments based on topics that have been raised by multiple people and will look to auth some more once these have been answered.

[EA_PWride]

Morning,

As posted last night I will attempt to answer some of the questions that have been approved and then pass the rest to the dev team for their comments and thoughts.

Firstly;

Once the updates are approved and they go live, presumably Live Season will then be available to purchase?

LiveSeason should be available again for purchase (and squad updates for those that have already purchased) a few days after the new update goes live.

Is the "Game session no longer available" error fixed with the update or is it still an issue with the servers?

How long is it going to take to resolve this?

This is still being looked at by the online team (not the game dev team) and I will try to get some new information this week. I believe it is a server side thing and due to still being looked at as far as I know isn't included in the update.

Phil does the patch include logic for AI keepers in clubs to be of a reasonable stature........for example not 5"3.........

From the information provided I don't believe any gameplay features have been updated but I will look to clarify this.

The rest of the questions I will now look to send back to the dev team as they are quite specific whilst some would be better answered by the FLT team.

Thanks

[EA_PWride]

Hi everyone,

I have now received some responses to the first set of questions I sent across based on those posted here, you can find these below. I will also shortly be authorising some more posts and sending those questions across to the dev team in the same way.

1. Will all brazilian clubs be licensed in this update?


DR; No – we don’t own the rights to these, but yearly we look to increase the number we have. It’s not always possible though.

2. So are there any updates for people with a virtual pro as this below had happened to me -

I start up the game and my VP is in the arena like normal, I then go to the VP bit on the menu to see what accomplishments I can do next and It goes straight to create a VP.

I go back onto the arena and rooneys there! Checked my MM and my VP is still in the game with the star above his head but when I press start the accomplishments bit is not there and I'm in a club and now it goes to create a VP again even though my VP is clearly on the game.

DR - This is the first time we’ve heard reports of this – and I’m sorry to hear it. Unfortunately we won’t be able to fix this issue for the time being, and we’ll look to see if there is a work around for you.

MT - Sounds like maybe auto-save is not on.

3. Are the leaderboards going to be reset then for america and concidering all the DNF's and loses if you quit after 5 mins are now put in place ?

CL - This question is for FIWC... No more leaderboard resets if we can help it. Everything is fair actually – the PS3 disconnect issue affects all users and the 5-minute rule has been working since day one. Additionally, users in North America are not at a disadvantage for having started later, as they are NOT competing against other users from Europe or the rest of the world, when it comes to qualifying for the FIWC 10 finals. CONCACAF has indeed its own leaderboard, separate from Europe, with the top players qualifying. Confederation-based leaderboards will be available on www.FIFA.com/FIWC (http://www.fifa.com/FIWC) soon.

4. Are the updates listed the *only* things that will be fixed in the patch?

There seems to be a number of issues missing, such as the Assistant Manager moving your team around without permission and players refusing to sign contracts.

DR - The list is the issues we’ve addressed in the update – and from the teams side they were the things we felt would have the biggest impact. Whilst all of us would love to continue improving the mode constantly it’s not practical for a number of reasons – some of them beyond the FIFA Dev Teams control. Our apologies that we won’t get to everything.

5. Thanks for letting us know about starting a new MM. This would've been a real pain if I had carried on mine; glad I didn't now! Bring on the patch!

P.S. I hope it doesn't affect the stadiums assignments. Can you confirm if it changes them all please?

MT - Yes it does

6. Once the patch goes live will the DNF% for users be reset? Mine is currently at around 10% having been disconnected through no fault of my own on various occasions - some people on my friends list have DNF ratings of 100%!

Would be good to all start from a level playing field.

As number 3

7. Phil does the patch include logic for AI keepers in clubs to be of a reasonable stature........for example not 5"3.........

MT - We’ve increased AI in Clubs to World Class, which will improve the GK’s ability, but like all the generic players their height is still random


8. Thanks for addressing these issues EA. Should make MM a lot more playable. Just to confirm though, the patch will not be fixing the bizarre weather conditions and time of day in MM matches?

DR - No it will not. We’re limited on the size of the update – so focuses specifically on areas that effected playability, rather than authenticity.

Also, can you describe you you fixed the PSN disconnect issues?

DR - This issue may effect a number of titles – but will be prevalent where a lot of people on a large friends list are playing FIFA at the same time. The game, via PSN, talks to other friends saying youre playing FIFA. If everyone else is playing FIFA too it overloaded the game. We’ve decreased the frequency that the game tells other players that you’re playing FIFA.

9. Hello,

Will the new update include gameplay improvements or any technical issues? I was thinking about the goalkeeps issue (he can easily be lobbed, he is too far in front most of the time). Thanks!

DR - No, the new update addressed NON gameplay feedback. We used the demo to identify gameplay feedback. We believe the goalkeeper is still significantly better than 09. He’ll be even better again in 11.

10. Thanks heaps for fixing these bugs. But there are still some others to iron out.

If you do make a third patch (hopefully you will), could you please fix the weather in MM? It's annoying and unrealistic that it rains 90% of the time in England! PLEASE let us choose what weather we want to play in!

See Number 9.

11. What of the accomplishments obtained with MM for virtual pro and trophies? Will those be wiped clean or will they remain? Is it possible to restart ones stats so that they reflect our progress without the DC problems with psn?
cheers for any info

DR - Accomplishments etc. should not be wiped. Cheers

12. Is the "Game session no longer available" error fixed with the update or is it still an issue with the servers?

How long is it going to take to resolve this?

DR - We believe the issue is not linked to the game atm, but are continuing to investigate. From our extensive testing (LOTs of testers, LOTS of programmers) the only way we can get this to replicate is to get someone to quit out of the lobby. Essentially someone has chosen to walk away from the game against you. We’re still continuing to look, but our extensive tests we’ve thus far found no server or game side issue. We believe it’s simply impatience on the part of the person you’ve been matched with.

13. Is the Bernabaue and other dlc now fixed so it no longer informs you that it is out of date no matter how many time you download it ??
And also will all my edited stadium names be lost after the update has been installed ??
Thanks.

CL - Our versioning numbers on the store servers were not consistent. This didn’t cause any functionality issue, but we understand that it might have been annoying to see ‘your downloaded content is out of date’ constantly in the ticker :S

This should be fixed now (it may take some time for the update to appear on the store).

See answer 5 for the stadium name changes

14. I know EA thought they had fixed the FIWC points problem, but they haven't, is this being re-patched?

CL - This should all be working fine.

In case you think a match wasn’t reported properly, we need online ID of both players, result, pts won/lost, time played, time zone. This will help us locate the report in our massive server logs.

15. Hi PWride i guess those three things i mentioned in this post wont get addressed then?

From earlier:

I have had to tweak the custom tactics of most of the teams just to get them to shoot from outside the box. Because the stats were all very similar on most sides they tend to play the same and walk the ball around the box, passing and passing. After hours of slogging away creating custom tactics in the 28 slots ive managed to sort a lot of the teams out. but the bottom line is i should not have to do that.

The teams should play like they did for 09. Can you fix this please?

DR - We’ll be releasing a ‘roster’ update including new team tactics for the teams in the next few weeks.

Heading/chesting. This is still a big problem even playing weeks later. Several times my player has tried to chest the ball in the box rather than head it, frustratingly it happened 3/4 times on the weekend. Similarly i hate it when a player controls a ball on his chest from either a rocket clearance or shot or crossfield ball. Not many players can do it.

This needs fixing please.

DR - We’ll not be fixing ‘gameplay’ issues in any update atm.

and finally

Fix the a.i so it doesnt when it gets in the final third at 0-0 0r when they are winning they wont attack. Their player can get to the byline but wont cross. Yesterday the a.i got to the byline in the last minute at 0-0 and played a pass into the box to their striker. he could have scored but isntead turned around and passed the ball back out to the wing.

I know its in there as a keep ball/run down time feature but at 0-0 it doesnt wash and when the cpu is winning by a few it doesnt make sense either.

These really need fixing along with the MM modes so that the single player experience can have some longevity.


DR - We’ll not be fixing ‘gameplay’ issues in any update atm. Obviously the update includes improvements to what we believed were the most important frustrations in MM.



Thanks to everyone that has submitted questions and as mentioned, I will look to approve some more shortly and send those across to the dev team for their comments.

[EA_PWride]

Hi everyone,

I have had some more answers from the dev team based on more questions that were posed in this thread (although I didn't approve them as I think it would have messed up the order of posts and made things confusing).

1. What do users without PSN in their local territories do about accessing LiveSeason i.e. Saudi Arabia

CL - You need the PSN store to get the full Live Seasons offering.

2. This message is directed towards an admin. Just wondering if the ranking table for the FIWC will be split into the different soccer Federation Regions as it was before so we can see who we are actually competing against instead of scrolling up and down the top 100 list. Thanks for your consideration.

CL - The leaderboard by Confederation will be hosted on www.FIFA.com/FIWC, soon. The in-game leaderboard will keep the top 100.

3. Are assists and goals in cup games recorded now ?

MK - Assists in cup games are not recorded – all stats shown in the Top 20’s are league only.

4. The question was with regard to the transfer budget being updated at the end of the season, with regard to trophies won and club standing. Will this be part of the budget fix in the new patch?

MK - Bonus transfer budget is only awarded when you get “Promoted” or you “Win the ECC”. The amount depends on your starting budget and the difficulty level, the higher the difficulty level the smaller the payout.

I don't really feel like having to play through another season only to find out I have 50 pounds to start the new season with. Thanks for any updates .

MK - The budget refresh depends on your starting budget, difficulty level and board objective completion. There is also a maximum your Transfer Budget can grow every year to avoid clubs getting too rich too fast, so the growth is slowed down even if you massively over perform as a smaller club.

If there is a specific scenario that doesn’t work, please provide more detail, i.e. Team used, Starting Budget, Difficulty level played with, Board objective completion, Budget at the end of the season and Budget at the start of the new season.

5. In Fifa 09, when I played online, the font of the Gamertag (360) was of a reasonable size.

But in Fifa 10, on my 23 inch LCD, the font of the Gamertags are double in size, so big that it covers half of the arrow icon indicating the selected player.

Could there some option to revert it to its normal size?

CL - There is no option to change font size in a console game.

6. I want to play with a friend online, on the same team, vs the computer. is that possible in any way shape or form? it seems like a huge oversight that it is not possible to do this while online. i of course can play with a friend if he is on the same console as me, but why has it never been created that you cannot play this way online.

Again, I don't want to play 1v1. I want 2vAI while online or even 4vAI. I've tried to bring this up multiple times, I don't see any reason why this option should not be available.

CL - This is not a mode we are currently supporting. Something to think about for the future FIFA’s, definitely.

7. Hey, It's nice to see work's being done on the misfortuned bugs. But I've noticed a few more details within MM that should be looked at.

The AI opponent doesn't place his players right. He tends to put his LB to LCB position and vice versa. And it's not only in defense at times.

During transfer periods the team tends to scramble up every time you either sell or buy a new player. As if there was a crappy assistant at work.

DR - Thanks for the feedback. Basically what’s in the update is what we’re fixing at this time. At the moment, due to technical limitations – not will on our part – we’re unable to fix anything beyond what’s in the update.

Injuries. When playing yourself there tends to be an injury once in a while, but they'll always be for just 1 week, no matter how badly the injury. Then while simming you'll get an injury and the player might be out for 10 weeks, which is more realistic.

Thanks.

DR - We’ve tested this – and you do sometimes get different lengths of injuries – but long term injuries are LESS frequent. Your’re probably simming more games than playing, hence that result.

8. Hello PWride,

On MM you can tranfer players from all leagues. But players who plays in the rest of the world like Olympiakos, issn't possible to find..

Is this maybe possible to fix?

MK - Not 100% sure what the question is, but I assume it’s asking why you can’t search for players that are on ROW clubs.

Players that play on ROW teams can’t be searched for as they are not part of a full league. Therefore live in a “grey area” within Manager Mode. That being said the ROW clubs transfer list some of their players once in a while (I bought Palermo from Boca once), plus you could theoretically place the player you want on your club by using “Club Transfers” before entering Manager Mode.

9. PWride - Could you please ask the dev team if there is a random adjustment of player's speed/strength values when playing online? Many have observed that the ability to hold off players or run at certain speeds is inconsistent.

GP - There are no random adjustments of speed or strength although they will be affected by your fatigue level. Your ability to hold off players will be determined by your strength, weight compared to the other player (with strength being affected by fatigue) and also the players momentum as he hits you (i.e. a smaller play can push a larger player off the ball if he hits him with enough momentum)


10. Will the ratings be fixed for Be a Pro and Pro Club Championship matches (it's alright on Be a Pro: Seasons)?
For example, the performance bar is hovering around 7 but the match rating in the pause menu gives you a 9.

MT - Looking to improve rating system for 11

11. In a future patch can EA fix MLS to make it more closely match the real league for example"

the number of games played is:

Real World: 30 Games
FIFA 10: 42 Games

Playoffs:
Real World: playoffs after the regular season where the top 8 teams compete
FIFA 10: No playoffs

Conference
Real World: MLS has 2 conferences (East and West) of 7 and 8 teams
FIFA 10: No conferences (Single table)

MK - The MLS structure in FIFA 10 is not 100% true to real life in Manager Mode and Tournament Mode. We won’t be able to fix this in a patch as the fix is unfortunately not that simple. But with that being said we’re definitely looking into fixing this for upcoming FIFA titles as we want to make sure MLS gets the authentic league structure as soon as possible.

12. I wanna asked for what doing... if cannot have XBL gold membership, i mean what is the solution in this case?
What EA do it for users that cannot have gold account to download updates?

CL - The update is available for users with Silver accounts, no need to have a Gold one.

13. Can you let the developers know that if indeed another patch were to be made, the match atmosphere could really use some work. They do not seem like they are loud enough for some reason. Sometimes when a goal is scored you barely hear a murmer from the crowd. May I suggest some DLC for the crowds, maybe some chant packs for different teams?

DR - Cheers for the feedback. We have taken note. Be aware however, that scoring a goal away from home has purposely been made quiet.

14. Good thread. It's so much calmer in here! Do you know if there is any chance that the dev team might tone down the amount of goals the ai scores from free kicks. This is the only major gameplay flaw for me. This was an issue in fifa 08 and they fixed it with a patch so i'm hopeful that something can be done here.

DR - Thanks for the feedback. Basically what’s in the update is what we’re fixing at this time. At the moment, due to technical limitations – not will on our part – we’re unable to fix anything beyond what’s in the update.

15. Will there be a “my country lobby” now in the patch. We need it really badly here in south africa because its too frustrating to play internationals with lag. Can you please update me with it as the are about a hundred other south africans which are keeping their hopes up to get the my country lobby back and i will be passing the news to them. Any news on the ETA?

CL - No additional lobbies were added since we launched.

16. Will the patch update the inaccurate kits? I would appreciate you potentially finding this out for me and the majority of the forum.

DG - Unfortunately it is not possible to update kits at the same time as database updates are done.

[dazza1975]

Hi

Is there/will there be a patch 3 that will change the gameplay??

I.e address the 5ft keepers and the way they rush off their line all the time. In your earlier post you mentioned the keepers are better in 10 than 09. I strongly disagree. The keepers are awful. Last night our midget keeper got lobbed but the ball was coming straight to his hands. Instead of catching it he spun round in mid air and punched the ball in the net for an own goal. I as strongly dispute that the AI has been upped to world class. Ever since the update (xbox 360) the keepers seem worse!.

Any info would be appreciated as this is one area that is killing an otherwise great game.

[AdzHolmes]

Philip,

Was wondering if the Dev team could or would give further information or explanation on what "technical limitations" are hindering them. The arfore mentioned "limitations" have been given in answers several times.

"Technical Limitations" is a bit of a wishy-washy answer and not much better than "because we said so". Customers would certainly appreciate specific reasons why their procieved bugs and issues can not or will not be addressed.

Cheers.

[zinaPolska]

Hello PWride,
thanks for all answers.
I wonder will EA people fix main problem in MM witch is getting extra points after season ends for played 4 FRIENDLY matches before season started.
Those points are show in Manager's History in MM menu and after played whole season games computer aggregate points for season and friendly this 4 games. It's totally unrealistic. Please fix it bacause MM now is unplayable bacause of this cheat.

Best regards from Poland ;-)

[bigbiffa]

can we please, please, please get the "game session no longer available fixed"
i have asked hundreds of people about this issue(and took a poll) and we have nearly 80-20% saying its affecting their enjoyment....we just dont believe its down to impatience!

[shining_stars]

Originally Posted by EA_PWride

15. Will there be a “my country lobby” now in the patch. We need it really badly here in south africa because its too frustrating to play internationals with lag. Can you please update me with it as the are about a hundred other south africans which are keeping their hopes up to get the my country lobby back and i will be passing the news to them. Any news on the ETA?

CL - No additional lobbies were added since we launched.

thanks a lot for the reply. can we keep our hopes up for the my country lobby to be brought back in the future?

[MunkyHeed]

One other question... is a 5-a-side mode being considered for FIFA 11? (as in the no throw-ins/goal kicks/corners etc version of the game.... not the 5v5 online mode)

[Shroom420]

Every manager mode i start freezes on simulation of games either the day before the first cup game in september or after the game. I am a UK xbox 360 user and i have the patch.
I bought this game for manager mode mainly as it is what i enjoy and now i am stuck with a very expensive shinny drinks coaster. Before the patch i went through a full season but started again when the patch was released and can't even get through september. I don't understand why a patch would be released which breaks part of the game.
Do you have any advice or timeframe an fixing your game.

[SixYardBox]

Dear EA

Firstly, allow me to congratulate you for the great game that FIFA10 is. I was a long time PES player before FIFA09 and with FIFA10, not only has the gameplay matched PES, it has surpassed it.

However, I have to express my disappointment at the absence of a little feature in FIFA10 which has caused a huge ripple effect for players across the globe. The absence of matching players from your region, like in FIFA09, is to blame.

I have spent hundreds of hours on FIFA09's Online Team Play and have played some truly wonderful games with players from my region. The main reason why this was possible was because of the quality of the connection. I am from Asia and it is impossible to be matched with European players and enjoy a game due to the lag in response.

In FIFA10's Online Team Play, selecting Quick Match would pit you against players from around the globe automatically. While it is appealing to play against global opponents, it is also extremely frustrating to find that most games are unplayable.

Now, even creating a match room is inconvenient. To do this, I'd have to select Custom Match and change one of its values and wait for it to time out before the option becomes available. Even after creating my own match room, I'd be paired up with faraway players who would now be experiencing the lag. They'll usually quit soon after, which is totally understandable.

A phenomenon has started because of this. I have observed that the Japanese players have started to form their own rooms in Online Lobbies. This effectively forces many non-Japanese players like myself into the wilderness, leaving us with not many to play with.

I am pleading with you to bring back the basic features from FIFA09's Online Team Play. Save us from the wilderness and allow us to enjoy the great game that you have created.

[WillTCoolio]

Will players who play online be able to upload their goals that they have scored on ranked head to head matches?

[xxfalaserionjxx]

when will we see the brazilian commentary to download?

[daherlihy]

Hi PWride,

Just to let you and the guys know that the patch has NOT fixed the PS3 head-to-head match disconnection, I'm actually being disconnected from more matches now than I was pre-patch.

Dave

[stadionfeger]

Will the statistics window for your fifa profile return in future updates? i liked it at 08/09...

[KenshinAzuara]

Ok here is how these happen i was playing FIFA 10 Clubs with my friends...

Then when we pass the halftime my calification change from 9.3 to 1.0.....
is that normal? is it bug? or glitch then i score 3 or 2 times and get it up to 7.0 i think these happen to everyone because i played 10 minutes ago Be A Pro Ranked and the other 2 mates at the my team happen the same from 8.9 to 1.2

And Fix the Xbox 360 server i always have lag in every game i play....

[Ramenb0wl_]

Will the 'chesting' bug be resolved?
Volleys are almost non-existent in FIFA 10 and there's a defensive 'bug' (I would call it a bug) where often my defenders will chest the ball rather than immediately attempt to clear it. Several times this has resulted in a striker simply running *through* my defender whilst obtaining the ball with a seamless tackle by taking it off my chest, allowing them to run on through to a 1 on 1.
Seems to particularly happen against players like Drogba with high str.

Cheers!

[MztikalAce]

Hi, is it possible if you could fix the rare occurence of wearing a white kit in snow in online ranked match, its very hard to see

[Sc0rp1o]

Thx for answering all those questions.

Before I start a new Manager Mode, I'd like to know if the third update with tactics adjustments will take effect in an allready excisting manager mode save game. Or do we need to wait for the third patch to begin this mode?

Cheers

[EA_PWride]

Here are the answers from the latest set of questions I sent across to the dev team at the end of last week.

1. Hi, is there/will there be a patch 3 that will change the gameplay??

I.e address the 5ft keepers and the way they rush off their line all the time. In your earlier post you mentioned the keepers are better in 10 than 09. I strongly disagree. The keepers are awful. Last night our midget keeper got lobbed but the ball was coming straight to his hands. Instead of catching it he spun round in mid air and punched the ball in the net for an own goal. I as strongly dispute that the AI has been upped to world class. Ever since the update (xbox 360) the keepers seem worse!.

Any info would be appreciated as this is one area that is killing an otherwise great game.

Currently there are no plans for any additional updates as mentioned with the release of Update2.

2. Philip,

Was wondering if the Dev team could or would give further information or explanation on what "technical limitations" are hindering them. The arfore mentioned "limitations" have been given in answers several times.

"Technical Limitations" is a bit of a wishy-washy answer and not much better than "because we said so". Customers would certainly appreciate specific reasons why their procieved bugs and issues can not or will not be addressed.

Cheers.

DR - The limitations are set by Microsoft and refer to the size limits on updates. At this point we’re unable to include any further improvements to the game because the 360 doesn’t support it. We’re hopeful that Microsoft address this limitation in the future.

3. Hello PWride,thanks for all answers. I wonder will EA people fix main problem in MM witch is getting extra points after season ends for played 4 FRIENDLY matches before season started.

Those points are show in Manager's History in MM menu and after played whole season games computer aggregate points for season and friendly this 4 games. It's totally unrealistic. Please fix it bacause MM now is unplayable bacause of this cheat.

Best regards from Poland ;-)

MK - These points only show in the Manager History as it tracks all your games as a Manager per season. Since this has no affect on the league table hence the playability of MM is not affected by this as at all.

4. Can we please, please, please get the "game session no longer available fixed"

I have asked hundreds of people about this issue(and took a poll) and we have nearly 80-20% saying its affecting their enjoyment....we just dont believe its down to impatience!

DR - We’ve been looking at this a huge amount since we started to hear rumblings about it. Even game team members who have been playing at home have had this happen – so we know it’s there. We collect logs from all the games played to basically check the ‘players’ status’ during online matches. What we’ve found in all cases is that one player has backed out of the lobby whilst the other player is joining. Whilst we can’t determine why one player has backed out – they have. I’ve used the term impatience – because I have had this happen to me on a poor connection when it took a very long time for the squad download to occur. It might not be impatience – but at the moment it’s the only way the team can get this to happen. Our Live Team has been working with some community members to log behaviours in more detail but has yet to be able to have this issue occur ‘by accident’ or from a bug. But we are still looking because we know it’s painful from personal experience.

5. One other question... is a 5-a-side mode being considered for FIFA 11? (as in the no throw-ins/goal kicks/corners etc version of the game.... not the 5v5 online mode)

DR - 5-a-side as in indoor footy has been discussed at great length for a long time here. But at the moment we don’t have firm plans to include it in the future.

6. Every manager mode i start freezes on simulation of games either the day before the first cup game in september or after the game. I am a UK xbox 360 user and i have the patch.

I bought this game for manager mode mainly as it is what i enjoy and now i am stuck with a very expensive shinny drinks coaster. Before the patch i went through a full season but started again when the patch was released and can't even get through september. I don't understand why a patch would be released which breaks part of the game.

Do you have any advice or timeframe an fixing your game.

DR - Cheers for flagging this up. Could you provide us with the team you are using and the steps to get there. We’ve not seen this issue in the studio.

MK - As you said, more details are required, what team / cup / season and so on is the player in? When does his game crash, as he clicks on “Next Match”, when the match is done – did he lose / win / tie and so on.

7. Dear EA

Firstly, allow me to congratulate you for the great game that FIFA10 is. I was a long time PES player before FIFA09 and with FIFA10, not only has the gameplay matched PES, it has surpassed it.

However, I have to express my disappointment at the absence of a little feature in FIFA10 which has caused a huge ripple effect for players across the globe. The absence of matching players from your region, like in FIFA09, is to blame.

I have spent hundreds of hours on FIFA09's Online Team Play and have played some truly wonderful games with players from my region. The main reason why this was possible was because of the quality of the connection. I am from Asia and it is impossible to be matched with European players and enjoy a game due to the lag in response.

In FIFA10's Online Team Play, selecting Quick Match would pit you against players from around the globe automatically. While it is appealing to play against global opponents, it is also extremely frustrating to find that most games are unplayable.

Now, even creating a match room is inconvenient. To do this, I'd have to select Custom Match and change one of its values and wait for it to time out before the option becomes available. Even after creating my own match room, I'd be paired up with faraway players who would now be experiencing the lag. They'll usually quit soon after, which is totally understandable.

A phenomenon has started because of this. I have observed that the Japanese players have started to form their own rooms in Online Lobbies. This effectively forces many non-Japanese players like myself into the wilderness, leaving us with not many to play with.

I am pleading with you to bring back the basic features from FIFA09's Online Team Play. Save us from the wilderness and allow us to enjoy the great game that you have created.

CL - Creating rooms in Online Lobbies is actually the best way to guarantee matches against opponents from the same region. I would do that.

8. Will players who play online be able to upload their goals that they have scored on ranked head to head matches?

DR - We don’t currently support the upload of online replays – but we’re planning to support this in FIFA 11.

9. When will we see the brazilian commentary to download?

CL – No Brazilian commentary this year unfortunately.

10. Hi PWride,

Just to let you and the guys know that the patch has NOT fixed the PS3 head-to-head match disconnection, I'm actually being disconnected from more matches now than I was pre-patch.

Dave

Thanks for letting us know, the online team are continuing to look into this.

11. Ok here is how these happen i was playing FIFA 10 Clubs with my friends...

Then when we pass the halftime my calification change from 9.3 to 1.0..... is that normal? is it bug? or glitch then i score 3 or 2 times and get it up to 7.0 i think these happen to everyone because i played 10 minutes ago Be A Pro Ranked and the other 2 mates at the my team happen the same from 8.9 to 1.2

CL - We have never seen this issue ourselves, however have heard about it. We are actually playing Club games every night, to try and see issues in the real environment. If you see it happen again, please tell us the club name, the gamertags, and when the match was played.

12. Will the 'chesting' bug be resolved?

Volleys are almost non-existent in FIFA 10 and there's a defensive 'bug' (I would call it a bug) where often my defenders will chest the ball rather than immediately attempt to clear it. Several times this has resulted in a striker simply running *through* my defender whilst obtaining the ball with a seamless tackle by taking it off my chest, allowing them to run on through to a 1 on 1.

Seems to particularly happen against players like Drogba with high str.

Cheers!

As mentioned previously there are currently no plans for any gameplay updates.

13. Hi, is it possible if you could fix the rare occurence of wearing a white kit in snow in online ranked match, its very hard to see

DR - Unfortunately we don’t set the kits you’re wearing – theres not kit clash logic in the game. Sorry.

14. Thx for answering all those questions.

Before I start a new Manager Mode, I'd like to know if the third update with tactics adjustments will take effect in an allready excisting manager mode save game. Or do we need to wait for the third patch to begin this mode?

Cheers

MK - If you want the latest rosters to be used in MM you will have to restart after the squad update – existing MM saves will not be updated as probably a large amount of changes to default Player Database have happened since the user started the MM.

For example, a player that has moved from team x to y in reality might have moved to team z in the 1st MM transfer period, we can’t simply remove this player from the club he transferred to in MM as this would break the system (i.e. # of players on team, transfer budget available and so on).


Thanks to everyone for posing these questions.

[jagking2000]

Hey Phil, could you PLEASE ask EA something? I would really like to see an American Commentary pack released, as Martin Tyler and Andy Gray always talk about EPL players/clubs at the start of matches with passion and info about the club, etc. If American commentary was added, then the same would happen for the MLS, it would be grand! And make the game experience SO much better for me. So PLEASE ask them if this is a possibility, or if it has even been thought of at all, thank you.

[TNSGT]

Hi, I asked a question before, but I don't know if you just missed it or ignored it. I still feel it's a valid question to ask, as it has an affect on how well a team actually is.

Here goes: will out of contract players that have not been included in the game, be included in the game if they were to sign for a club mid-season? Obviously via a squad update or something