AI defending ruined the game

[south silo]

I think the manual defending is better than previous years but now people are only controlling their cdm and holding r1 to let the AI defend for them. When is this issue getting addressed? Tired of playing against the AI all the time and not having an actual human being mark me. Also this community is a bunch of sweaty rats that would rather let the AI do the work for them than actually play the game they bought. Dissapointed in the community as much as in the developers. Games absolutely gone. Miss the fifa 15 days.

[maiden tusk]

R1 should be banned

[vivid helm]

Bro consider attacking without ai once where you control 6 players at once.

You just want defending to be nerfed and attacking to be overpowered to aid you in your way of play

First attack without ai and control all players at once and then ask for defense without AI

[idle solstice]

You clearly don't want to defend by yourself, you just want the AI to do the job for you. ATM you cannot do anything in attack because you got 9 players on the box and nobody touches their defenders, they just run with their ST's and CDM's to the box and let the R1 button defend for them

[magic ember]

It doesnt work like that

I have seen this argument and im getting tired of it\

attackers make runs, defenders maintain the line both are AI and thats all it should be

There is zero attack ai besides that btw

just like ur defenders maintain defensive lines or make decisions to cut lanes on their own with no input, exact same way attackers make runs

that is balance

now I have to manually use L1,R1 to make runs and ask for passing options

that has a limitation, my player runs blindly offside if i dont use it in time

When you guys R1 press, sometimes its just pure oppressive with high pace players and relentless+(geyoro for eg)

Besdies, u then have the option to switch to who u were R1 pressing with and keep pressing with the initial player u were controlling

its infinite

If all my player run offside when i spam L1, I cannot attack.

This is not balance, this is OP AI

U just cannot play without AI handholding and will always cry

As for jockey speed, I agree it should be better as people shouldnt be allowed to become fidget spinners.

But that cant be improved when the AI is this strong on def

Last thing player locks: Yes it is op in a way but that essentially is the same as yall staying on ur dms and letting the AI play. I would say remove both player locks and r1 pressing and nerf drop back. Make it a pure skill game where AI only performs basic tasks like making attcak runs and maintaining def lines or trying to mark players. To actually tackle, it should be user decision

[languid ocean]

That's because defending is broken so the players adjusted with formation and cdm's. People are tired of fidget spinner FC

[cobalt kindle]

To answer your question, my game is so delayed, and slop, barely playable, that I will happily sit on my CDM all game because I literally cant move and if I control the defender it reacts 2-3 seconds after my input so theres literally no point. So once they actually make the game playable I would consider using more than my CDM on defense

[sharp arch]

Manual defending is not rewarding at all, and considering the state of the game, AI defending is crucial atm (not that it makes me happy).

If AI defending is to be tuned down, attacking has to be tuned down as well: every settings (passes, crosses etc) should be on SEMI, speed of passes decreased, bad touches increased, agility decreased...
This way you will have a balance between simulation and arcade. Now, the rhythm feels nothing like football, it's like a ping pong game with no midfield battle, and the only way to defend "correctly" is to not select defenders unfortunately