FIX THIS LEFTSTICK STUPID DRIBBLING!!!!!!! It’s toooo OVERPOWERED!!!! Every year same issue

[golden cobalt]

Could be a tad slower on smaller players

[boreal sage]

The defending has been nerfed to the ground. Please make defending equally powerful compared to attackers.

Game has just become an unrealistic goal fest for skill and pace abusers as defending has been severely nerfed

[golden cobalt]

The dribbling in circles is too fast on players similar to Pina and Messi for example. That could be toned down and heavily impact player stamina and balance forcing a loss of possession if the ball is not moved on fast enough.

Defensive inputs just need to register more frequently and result in little to no bounce backs.

Everything else seems to be a skill issue now.

[sturdy dirge]

This company and game… I swear down, they will be the death of me, everyone knows they influence the matches, no way a bronze team should be winning Champions 15-0… you can feel the gameplay fight against you, DONT GET ME STARTED WITH THE TACKLES AND DEFENCE AND LEFT STICK NONESENSE…Eventually this game needs to end its life cycle, cause it’s daylight robbery.. FEMALES BE BULLYING MEN ON THIS GAME… a literal high school team beat a Female professional team by loads of goals yet my Virgils and so on can’t win a physical battle against Pina??? Yeah it’s cooked

[devout fjord]

Messi has no stamina tbh

[devout fjord]

You can't really think they rigged the game specifically for that guy to win
Lol
He was just good and deserve praise, pro for a reason, you could say first WL had no matchmaking and he was lucky, surely, but still you would be destroyed w a bronze team

[charred kiln]

They really need to do something about the effectiveness of this "fidget spinning". I don't mind losing to a better player than me, but if the full 90 minutes is of either me or him spinning around left and right and barely making passes, that is not enjoyable gameplay.

[golden cobalt]

Even if the responsiveness and speed of jockey is improved I doubt it will help much.

Attackers need to have significant portions of their stamina drained and their touches get heavier and heavier until the ball is settled or possession is lost.

The arcade like movements are fine but they should be used intelligently

[quaint echo]

Maybe a little inertia taking into account would help. I’m sure messi himself couldn’t run full pelt and then to a standstill and fidget spin perfectly like you can in fc26 right now

[devout fjord]

Yea he wouldn't but it's a game not a simulation
Making everything clunkier wouldn't exactly be a good thing, look at FC25

[golden cobalt]

That argument just doesn't work. FC25 was a different game.The AI was overpowered on defense and useless on attack.

There are multiple ways to score in FC26 that do not require fidget spinning in order to create a chance.

I honestly think defending is in a good spot other than the fact that dropping back is meta.

Reducing this nonsense of having to move like a fool in order to create one through ball would probably make things more fun overall and force people to move their players up instead of trying to sit back and counter attack the whole time.

You're probably going to pick COD over battlefield too.

[devout fjord]

I honestly don't think nerfing agility is the way, it's nice to be able to move, finally
Even for those who skill alot like me

If they nerf agility and leave low blocks like this I don't see it working
I think they should buff jockey instead

[golden cobalt]

They could make it so those movements overtime will heavily impact stamina and cause attackers to lose possession of the ball. I never suggested a nerf to agility.

Low blocks are simply a result of players refusing to learn how to defend without making things compact and reducing space as much as possible.

If fidget spinning is gone the the game will feel fresh and actually force creativity all while making defending easier.

[devout fjord]

Tbh I can stop men but not women 😭😭😭

[golden cobalt]

It's because of the body types.

But if not a complete nerf then maybe an adjustment to agility on specific body types.

[devout fjord]

Yea Pina has to be stopped

[golden cobalt]

By any means necessary.

[thin knot]

Dribbling is now OP because EA increased AI assisted defending again. First week of the game you would barely see that type of actions because attacking movements were so good and players were being punished for not player switching. Now you can again rely on AI to defend for you and select only your cdm again. That's why you see the "fidget spinners". EA needs to improve their attacking AI, remove AI defending assistance, improve jockey so you dont have to do that type of s**t. Otherwise it will be a year for PTB and counter attack merchants

[devout fjord]

Yea sadly cdms defending only is OP again

[boreal sage]

💯% agreed

The defending has been nerfed to the ground. Please make defending equally powerful compared to attackers.

Game has just become an unrealistic goal fest for skill and pace abusers as defending has been severely nerfed

[quaint echo]

Yup. 8-8 results every game just devalue any sense of achievement in actually scoring.

With every game you play in rivals facing fidget spinners whirling round in little circles every attack. Every. Attack.