#Fidgeting Spinning Ballerinas – This Can’t Be the Skill Gap

1 messages · Page 1 of 1 (latest)

lunar juniper
#

I genuinely don’t understand how this level of fidget spinning is considered a skill gap. Every game right now is just players dancing left-stick circles in the box while defenders slide past or freeze up. It’s not about timing, spacing, or decision-making anymore — it’s just who can spin the fastest without losing the ball.

If that’s what EA defines as a “skill gap,” then defending is completely doomed. You can read the play perfectly, position yourself right, and still watch the ball glue itself to the attacker’s feet while your defender can’t react fast enough to tackle. It’s exhausting and it ruins the flow of matches.

Dribbling responsiveness and turn animations are tuned so high that even average players can abuse this and look unstoppable. Meanwhile, “bruiser” tackles still have no reach or impact, and jockey speeds just can’t keep up with these 360° spins. The balance is totally off.

There’s no satisfaction in defending anymore when all you’re doing is hoping the opponent messes up their own dribble. If this is supposed to be the “new skill gap,” then it’s the wrong direction entirely. The game needs reactive defending that rewards timing — not fidget spinning that rewards spam.

Please get this in front of the gameplay balance team. The current dribbling meta isn’t football, and it’s not skill. It’s animation abuse, plain and simple.

lime condor
lunar juniper
woven palm
# lunar juniper I genuinely don’t understand how this level of fidget spinning is considered a s...

They are too incompetent to do something about it, they had a month to fix it, yet they patch other stuff n constantly bring out new packs to make money…. Typical EA, It’s time this games life cycle ends and new competition in the market comes out because they are just laughing straight to the bank with horrible gameplay mechanics, because there aren’t any other football/Soccer games that can compete..

150€ for this game is the biggest robbery ever, don’t get me started with the Season pass Full with unnecessary Career mode rewards… like WTF are we doing here, robbery at its finest, getting career rewards on Ultimate Team 🫠

sweet jasper
#

Imo they should nerf double man pressing, make jockey faster and punish low blocks, agility is fine, it's a game not a simulation, we just need better ways to counter it
Oh and ofc better tackling

#

The game attacking wise it's fine as it is, actually I would make AI runs better, they're better than last year but still dumb sometimes

#

The gameplay is fast and responsive for passing, agility and whatnot, that's how it should be, just, we need better ways to stop attackers

#

I personally wouldn't make the game slower, it's not supposed to be a simulation
If anything, put authentic mode in FUT, let people choose

marsh kelp
sweet jasper
#

To exclude the players who want a more realistic experience is nuts.
An actually big part of the community is in favor of a more simulative gameplay online, we must push for them to add the authentic mode online too

#

I'm also against scrapping one gameplay for another, let people choose

static crystal
#

Istg

marsh kelp
sweet jasper
#

Tbh you can't make EVERYONE happy, never, no game can, no media, nothing
But still, you can make the majority more pleased with the product

mighty jetty
#

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.