Hello from the QA Team

[shootie]

Wow look at all these questions un-awnsered, so much for you being active Rutter

[Valioso3]

Originally Posted by shootie

Wow look at all these questions un-awnsered, so much for you being active Rutter

They never said they would answer every question individually or at all.

[cashew1984]

Originally Posted by cashew1984

Will EA be rectifying this bug via an update anytime soon?

Where have the league specific scoreboards gone?

'Free Agent' in manager mode error help??

Bug after 1.02

A prompt reply shall be appreciated

I would appreciate it if someone from EA could atleast acknowledge theyre aware of this glitch and are trying to resolve it.

[EA_AndrewMarks]

Originally Posted by cashew1984

Will EA be rectifying this bug via an update anytime soon?

Where have the league specific scoreboards gone?

'Free Agent' in manager mode error help??

Bug after 1.02

A prompt reply shall be appreciated

We're aware about these and have some people looking into them.

[EA_AndrewMarks]

Originally Posted by SCOOREY_AUS

Overview
The team management settings do not persist, even when saved.

Steps to reproduce
1) make sure auto-save is on.
2) from the main menu, go to manage teams->team management
3) edit a formation for a team
4) press the b button and save it in a custom slot
5) go back to the dashboard and restart the game
6) go into team management and choose your new formation

Expected results
the new formation is still there


Actual results
the new formation is not there

Platform information
Xbox 360, Ultimate team installed, connected to Xbox Live.

Additional reproducibility information
I already had 21 formations saved.

ps. can I have a job?

Is this happening to you all the time? You aren't able to save a single custom formation?

Are other people seeing this?

[EA_AndrewMarks]

Originally Posted by shootie

They obviously dont care as they have failed to reply to my post,

maybe a question they might awnser (doubt it)

Are you guys planning to take the kick-off glitch and back-post corner glitch out of 09 and hopfully from 2010 aswell?

cheers,

We are definitely looking at a fix for the kick-off goal for FIFA 10.

Can you elaborate on the back-post corner glitch?

[EA_AndrewMarks]

Originally Posted by Xaor

This was originally intended as it's own thread, but as this seems like a seriously appropriate place... here it is. There are many more parts to come.

[So, now EA have finished fiddling around with their Ultimate Team mode, it's time for some sound advice. In this thread I will address a number of factors which I believe need to be implemented/changed in the move from FIFA 09, to FIFA 2010.

These are the things which I'm going to talk about:

1. Central flaws to the gameplay engine - Ball accumulation, charging, restricted movement, tactics/formations compatabilities
2. Central flaws to the online play - Team ranking, assists
3. Central flaws to 'Be A Pro'

1: The Central Flaws in FIFA 09's gameplay:

Though in many ways FIFA 09 has improved so much... it is still a game which is fraught with flaws. It's sad, but, however many steps forward EA have made, they are still overwhelmed by the fact the matches still revolve around random, messy, and totally unrealistic play.

FIFA 09 is a game which, on occasion excites me, and amazes me. Occasionally football feels so... right. The perfect passing maneuver leads forth to a wonderful shot... and you really do yell sometimes at the beauty of the play... and that's something which is fantastic.

However, a lot more of the time, I'm mumbling bitterly about the absurdity of some of the football which is going on. There are many, many reasons for this. Many many reasons which have been posted on for a very long time and very frequently. So, a lot of what I'm going to say has been said before - but hopefully what I do say will add something, or change the way it tends to be looked at.

Now, I'm going to split these flaws into a few little areas:

Above anything in FIFA 09, what I believe matters most is not your shooting, or your passing, or your vision - but your ability to accumulate, and recycle the ball once you lose it. The ability to keep making tackles in attack and midfield, slowly wearing down the opponents ability to continue to make tackles.

So often in this game, you make a tackle, and quickly lose possession again because the immediate control you have over your player is depressingly low. You tackle, and then have to wait through extreme vulnerability where you can be tackled very easily indeed... all the while having little to no control over where the ball goes... A lot of this is down to the fact that in this game you have such restricted movement. 8 degrees of movement when moving slowly... 16 when moving quickly...

Thing is... when you have the ball, the opponent has 360 degree movement! Not only that, but they have the ultra-honing buttons A, and B which have the advantage of reacting at the speed of instantness... whereas the person who has just got the ball is having to deal with slow responsiveness, 8 degree motion, and possibly two nutcases charging at them?

The number of goals I see - especially when playing a game where people actually have the guts to not use every assist under the sun - which are produced from some random deflection from a string of half-successful tackles easily rivals the number of goals which are scored with any inch of legitimacy.

EA must free up the movement for FIFA 2010. Give us at least 32 degrees of movement, and consider adding in speed modulation. As in, the more depressed the trigger, the faster you go. The same idea for the left trigger and with slower movement. Give us the ability to move in any direction, at any speed, and then perhaps will have an even battle with the ludicrous ability to just pressure the hell out of someone.

This ability to auto-pressure has always been a flawed idea. The fact that the auto-controlled player can react faster than the responsiveness in FIFA 09 (especially online) allows is a massive unbalancing issue. The A and B buttons (sorry if you're a PS3 user) are the assists of defending.

Now, it would be unfair to say that the A and B buttons are perfect - certainly there is a time and a place for the use of the left triggers and a bit of control and more defensive defending, but, the A and B buttons are highly useful when the ball is further up the field - especially when you've just lost possession. So, so often do I see a player lose possession, somehow regain control, and instantly retackle. Especially the quick players, who aren't exactly overly under useful in this game.

It would be pointless to the extreme to go over the fact that the defenders in this game are stupid as hell leading to a large proportion of games, that, through balls are overly useful, that the formations and tactics seem to allow some things quite well... but not the ability to defend like a football team?]

Wow, thanks for the great feedback. Clearly a lot of effort put into this post. Many of the issues you raise aren't necessarily 'bugs' but are more just preference issues. We definitely want to look into the types of things that make the game more enjoyable for everyone though.

Can I suggest you make the same post in this thread here:
A space to chat about Gameplay issues and ideas

One of our gameplay producers will likely see it over there

[Amit_007]

Originally Posted by EA_AndrewMarks

We are definitely looking at a fix for the kick-off goal for FIFA 10.

Can you elaborate on the back-post corner glitch?

Teams do it all the time in fifa clubs.

Basically one player stands at the back post and the corner taker aims for that player but the goalkeeper doesn't seem able to deal with it and just stands there as the ball goes flying over his head resulting in an easy goal for the attacking team most of the time.

[EA_AndrewMarks]

Originally Posted by Amit_007

Teams do it all the time in fifa clubs.

Basically one player stands at the back post and the corner taker aims for that player but the goalkeeper doesn't seem able to deal with it and just stands there as the ball goes flying over his head resulting in an easy goal for the attacking team most of the time.

Does anyone know if there is a video uploaded to Football world of this out there?

[Amit_007]

Originally Posted by EA_AndrewMarks

Does anyone know if there is a video uploaded to Football world of this out there?

As most people use it in fifa clubs mode i doubt it as you cant save replays online ( a feature which would be nice in fifa 10 )

It is the one most annoying things about fifa clubs though including the half way line shot, glad it is being looked into.

[EA_AndrewMarks]

Originally Posted by Amit_007

As most people use it in fifa clubs mode i doubt it as you cant save replays online ( a feature which would be nice in fifa 10 )

It is the one most annoying things about fifa clubs though including the half way line shot, glad it is being looked into.

Someone might have reproduced it offline with co-op play though . Shouldn't be any difference between that and Clubs.

[cooler08]

Andrew, there is an AI glitch. You can jog up and down the narrow width of the pitch consistantly without the AI players attempting to tackle.

To reproduce this, play a match on any difficulty level and jog up and down the narrow width of the pitch in a straight line and the nearest AI player just shuffles from the side to side without attempting to tackle you.

[coccinero]

[quote=coccinero;7369554]Quote:

Originally Posted by coccinero

I played 8-10 ranked games last night. But half of them were rematch against the same opponent. Now I found out that only 4 games where registered?
This has happen to me before and this is not a problem for me because I don’t care about ranking. But WHY doesn’t all my games online get registered?

It’s a shame L

Thanks for this, I'll have someone look into it.

---> Please David help me with this problem.

Recording to my game stats http://www.eafootballworld.com/en_GB/stats/index/id/9007797
I only played two games last night. That’s an error!

I played 7-8 games and used rematch. As I wrote earlier my games don't get registered?!!
Why is that?
Please check why this problem keeps following me. And last night I got kicked out, I lost my connection?, this happened two times and I haven’t got ANY problems with my connection in the past 5 years.

I’m getting frustrated and the fun of playing FIFA seems to be lost.
Please answer and help me.

Best Regards
Tomas (PSN: coccinero)

[cashew1984]

Originally Posted by EA_AndrewMarks

We're aware about these and have some people looking into them.

Will you be giving us another patch to rectify problems specifically caused by 1.02?

[gcooley]

Originally Posted by EA_AndrewMarks

Can you elaborate on the back-post corner glitch?

Do you guys not play online ranked matches or clubs games?

[BertthePickle]

Yeah, as Glen said, it happens all the time in those modes.

If a player knows how to do it right you can be screwed and give a goal away cheaply with no ability to defend it - as the first time you see it is when he's done it!

If he fails his first attempt and you put your under control player on the back post to try to stop it the second time, your opponent will often drop the ball over the pen spot and, as player switching is so poor, you don't have time to react to cover the attacker there either. Giving him a relatively free header.

[Nlynx]

U can stop these goals if u press triangle. The gk will always catch the ball, if you have top gk at least. With lower teams is a matter of luck...or unluck

[coccinero]

I'm not here to moan and complain but what the hell is going on with my game?

Rutter wroter that he would look into my problem. But no no no NO respons at all.

My frustration about this game that I loved before the update has grown to be bigger than I ever could believe.
My ranked rematches dont get registered and my extremly solid connection seems to flip out only playing FIFA09.

C'mon EA! Answer my question!!!

EDIT:

I have been a loyal customer to you since the early 90s but now when I really need an answer to a question, what happens? You do not reply.

What would you do if you were in the same situation?

[gclarke07]

Originally Posted by Nlynx

U can stop these goals if u press triangle. The gk will always catch the ball, if you have top gk at least. With lower teams is a matter of luck...or unluck

Or you can try marking the man at the back post with your tallest defender.


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[shootie]

Originally Posted by EA_AndrewMarks

We are definitely looking at a fix for the kick-off goal for FIFA 10.

Can you elaborate on the back-post corner glitch?

cheers for the reply m8,

It works in 1vs1 too they just put it to the back post while the keeper stands there and the attacker has a easy tap-in. Try it yourself, when you get a corner just 3/4 power just a bit inside in the line and see how you player gets a easy header

[EA_AndrewMarks]

Originally Posted by coccinero

I'm not here to moan and complain but what the hell is going on with my game?

Rutter wroter that he would look into my problem. But no no no NO respons at all.

My frustration about this game that I loved before the update has grown to be bigger than I ever could believe.
My ranked rematches dont get registered and my extremly solid connection seems to flip out only playing FIFA09.

C'mon EA! Answer my question!!!

EDIT:

I have been a loyal customer to you since the early 90s but now when I really need an answer to a question, what happens? You do not reply.

What would you do if you were in the same situation?

It was me that said I'd look into it, not David.

Just to clarify, the ONLY issue you are having with ranked matches is when you use the rematch option right? Is this new since the Patch?

[Duballtheway]

please dont forget the online rankings just thought id remind you again needs sorting BIG time

[coccinero]

Originally Posted by EA_AndrewMarks

It was me that said I'd look into it, not David.

Just to clarify, the ONLY issue you are having with ranked matches is when you use the rematch option right? Is this new since the Patch?

No. It is an old problem that I did not know before, but I noticed it for over a month ago. Yes, only rematches.

If I am going to explain it in simple terms. The games that create problems are rematches. I often play 3-4 matches against the same opponents, but when I check my stats several days later, the only first match recorded.

[UkHardcore23]

Back post glitch? What are you guys on? All you need to do is press Y or triangle for you keeper to go to the back post, it's a risk you take though if the cross does not go there....

IT IS NOT A GLITCH, back post corners happen in real life

[BertthePickle]

It's not that they happen IRL - it's the AI keeper's reaction to them in FIFA - i.e. stand and watch them go over their heads or, at best, through their arms, to the attacker who get's an almost guaranteed goal.

The problem is compounded because player switching is too unresponsive, particularly after the last UT patch, so it makes it pretty impossible to get control of a player on the back post if you're controlling one over the pen spot.

So I'd call it a glitch as it's something that the AI seems consistently unable to deal with. If the keeper reacted more like, say, the Prem lvl keeper he's supposed to be those headers wouldn't be anywhere near as successful. However, he doesn't so they are.