At this point, I think the developers and/or decision-makers associated with anything to do with the gameplay of this, I say this as an understatement God awful game, are completely incompetent. It clearly shows. This whole charade of saying that EA has been listening to the community is a load of crap.
After this latest patch, the gameplay itself is in a worst state. Why is it every time they patch something? The overall gameplay experience is worse… like they go to fix a certain issue or issues and then it affects everything else. In this days past they say they fix passing, however that’s clearly not the case. The ball still goes to someone you never intended the ball to go to, even though you have correct pass, the right amount of power input in the right direction yet the game still cannot compute the right intended receiver. Especially in the last third. This has been an ongoing issue in this game for years, and it leads to unforced errors in terms of turnover in possession. If I make a bad pass and I turn it over I’m OK with that when the game intervenes itself and decides for me that it’s going to happen. That’s where it gets frustrating. Doesn’t matter if you have passing on a semi assisted, assisted or, manual this is an issue that has been clearly playing this game for again years…. How is it that other games like UFL or PES have passing mechanics that are overall better, EA can’t even get basic passing mechanics in the game to do what they are supposed to??