celest stirrup
Dear EA SPORTS FC Team,
First of all, thank you for the promise that you will listen to community feedback. That gives hope.
I would like to raise three major concerns that many players (especially non–paying players) are facing right now in EA FC 26:
1. Untradable rewards
Almost 95 % of the rewards (Champions, Division Rivals, Squad Battles, SBCs) are untradable packs. This means we often cannot sell the players we get, which severely limits the ability of players who don’t spend money to earn coins and improve their team. It becomes almost impossible to build a decent squad unless you get extremely lucky pulling players.
2. Walkouts in tradable packs are mostly “worthless” cards
Even when a walkout occurs in a tradable pack, ~90 % of the time it is a female player (who often doesn’t fit into teams or has low coin value). This makes the walkout mechanic feel hollow and unfair, especially since it’s so rare to even get tradable packs.
3. Severe server lag / high ping / stuttering in Foot Champions
In Foot Champions, I experienced multiple matches where, as soon as I had possession or was about to attack, I would get a 500 ms to 1000 ms ping spike or freeze for 1–2 seconds, then lose the ball. In defense, I’d have freezes, and suddenly the opponent is alone and scores. Out of 7 matches I lost, in 5 of them this happened. So realistically, only 2 losses were due to superior opponent skill — the rest were due to network issues.
Also, you mentioned you patched the “kick-off bug” / corner bug, but I’m still getting games lost because of those. The patch doesn’t seem to have fixed them.
These three issues make the game feel unbalanced, unfair, and very frustrating, especially for players who don’t spend money. I truly hope your team will address these problems soon in updates or patches.
Thank you for your time, and I look forward to seeing improvements.