The Elephant in the room [Manifesting]

[gritty oxide]

Where to begin this from, well I won't call myself an amazing player because I don't want to pro to begin with and I finish 10-11 wins, 13W MAX but at this rate I don't even wanna play anymore, I don't even care about winning or getting 15-0 as long as the game keeps going this way.
I just want the early access gameplay where skill meant something and losing wasn't a big of a deal because I knew that I was beaten by a better player, that won't happen.

Constructive Criticism is not working with you guys either, I'm gonna say my thoughts as much as I can say them and idc if I got timed out or banned because that what you will do do avoid accountability.

Honestly why bother, I'm too autistic to keep up with these stupid changes that benefits NO ONE but Timmies, and I'm too mentally ill to continue playing, this game started to take a toll on my mental health again but this time I know why and you're doing it on purpose EA and yes I will call you both Manipulative and Ableist.

This game will never be a true eSports or have a true skill gap and many people here explained why better than I ever will but will give my two cents.
And no idgaf how many "pros" get 15-0 or how they "still adapt" because many of these "pros" are either forced to play in a "Ratty" way because it's their job nor they are the fraudulent rats to begin with.

At this rate this game might die way before TOTY or even by Black Friday most people who care might quit, and probably I'm too autistic and too old to keep up with this garbage.

This game will never be a skill gap because YOU REMOVED every element that was a skill gap, THE SAME elements that made the beginning of FC 26 the best in almost a decade but that didn't last and I will tell you why.
Because gameplay that required actual skill and actual football knowledge made idiotic Timmies upset who happened to be the majority of this "community", they dgaf 4 an actual game, skill or football...
They just want to win with little to no effort.

[frail pewter]

🙌

[gritty oxide]

And you listened to them, the result is we got this garbage gameplay that only pleases Timmies, the community that is full of idiotic children/men-children.
This community is everything wrong with and everything a gaming community should not be, you keep enabling these portion of trash players because THEY ARE THE MAJORITY OF YOUR COMMUNITY... No other explanation.

We went from the potentially best FC we ever had to this AI slop fest to please the timmies and this game will never be good or have a true and consistent skill gap as long as the elephant in the room exists, that elephant being "AI DEFENDING"....

Thanks to that now everyone let their entire team on AI to defend for them and play the same stupid way because YOU ENABLED them to play in that way, because you want to keep the large majority of your community over prioritizing skill.
This game is not gonna be a true esport or "Competitive" as long as AI defence and AI assistance exist and heavily influenced in this game to babysit the majority of the community instead of giving them a reason to improve LIKE EVERY OTHER COMPETITIVE GAME IN THIS UNIVERSE

There are many aspects of criticism for this game but this game will not be playable until you address defensive AI to begin with and fix the manual defending that AI defending broke, then you can go from there.
The game at the moment needs more than #1431594667828580484 , you need to reset all the way back to the first version (aka early access) and start working on the game from there because there where the core gameplay was before it became whatever we are having rn.

[tepid solar]

completely agree with you. defending now doesn't mean anything. anyone and their mother can defend like a pro. i have no control over my defenders, especially with the double tab through balls. to get goals now you have to spin hundered times and double tab passes then shot from a dead space
any other way the defenders just catch up to you
forgot to mention they completely nerfed tackles. you now need 5 perfect timed tackles to get the balls and the list goes on

[gritty oxide]

Yeah defending gotten so bad that you don't even touch your CDMs anymore not just your CBs and one use of your CBs could make you concede because:
1- Fidget spinning is still a thing
2- Defenders are too slow manually
3- Manual defending is not just "unrewarding" as you said, it punishes you for not choosing to use AI (that includes rebounds from tackles) and not having control over you defenders is no other than DDA/Script.

Also good luck with tackling if you did because manual defending is way too slow and manual tackling if happened will still make you concede when you should NOT (aka DDA)