EA is a public company and won't fix the game, here's why:

[wise dew]

Look, we have to be realistic. EA is a publicly-traded company, so expecting them to “fix” the game in the way the community wants is wishful thinking. Improving gameplay does not guarantee higher quarterly profits. What does boost revenue is engagement: frustration loops, RNG, inconsistency, and mechanics that keep people logging back in hoping the next match or next pack feels better.

The game at launch was actually fun. Manual defending worked, skill mattered, and gameplay felt fresh. Yes, it needed small tweaks, but instead we got a heavy-handed patch that dragged it right back into the same stale meta. Why? Because most of the player base are casuals, and when defending required actual skill, they struggled, lost more, quit more, and EA’s retention numbers dipped. For a public company, dips in engagement and revenue matter more than gameplay quality.

Investors don’t care whether FC feels like football. They care that the revenue curve stays green. So even though the launch version was better for the competitive community, it was “worse” for EA’s business metrics. The current state of the game is not an accident or incompetence. It is intentional. This is the version that maximises engagement and spending across the broadest audience, not the version that rewards skill or feels the most fair.

So when people say “EA isn’t listening,” the truth is harsher: they hear everything, they just aren’t incentivised to act on it. As long as casual players keep logging on and spending, the game will stay exactly like this. The Discord feedback, the outrage, the suggestions – it all feels productive, but in EA’s model it doesn’t move the needle.

For these reasons, I honestly will step away from the game for good, there is a great divide between casuals and players who play frequently, and for revenues, casuals are more important, so the loyal player base get punished. Wish the loyal player base was as important as the stock price, but let's be real its not.

[lapis shadow]

They got bought and gone private so ur whole essay here has no ground to stand on

@wise dew

[wise dew]

The fact the buyout is planned actually reinforces my point, of course they would want to inflate earnings now

[lapis shadow]

What is this whole conspiracy here dude

[wise dew]

Not a conspiracy, there are facts grounded in my statements, we see them change the meta dramatically time and again, they're publically traded, which means earnings are prioritised

[lapis shadow]

But they aren't publicly traded haven't they gone private

[wise dew]

You can literally search up there stock, its being traded right now and you can see the stock price moving...

[lapis shadow]

Alright mclovin whatever you say maybe your essay has some ground

[wise dew]

ahaha, its actually most important now for revenue to be high, they need to prove to investors they have stable/ growing cash flow. Now is the time for EA to make the game 'a profit machine' and to be honest it really shows with the drastic patches they made, most likely due to the large fall in casual players playing the game because obviously they aren't going to be good at manual defending

[torn barn]

Ea please nerf the fidget spinning left stick dribbles and insane r1 dribble.

To those who want attacking to be more and more broken op... Instead of constantly asking for help through broken attacking mechanics why don't just learn to attack better? Do you want all other defenders to get out of your way so that you can just abuse every mechanic and score?

[lapis shadow]

Shut up u idiot

[wise dew]

attacking is neither broken nor op, when you don't have to touch defenders and they can defend, the skill gap for defence is inherently capped. The AI should not defend for you, that's not buffing attacking, but the AI defense makes it so easy to defend. At least with attack, there really is no way to cap the possibilities and creativity. When the AI defends a certain way, and people run around with their cdm, and don't switch the players, space does not open, which is why AI defending needs to be nerfed. There should be both a skill gap in attack, and defense. Have you not played games where you have the ball for most of the half in the oppositions half and there's no way to score because everyone's behind the ball, then they score a counter attack because you left space in behind for a through ball, which literally encourages haramball. 'Abuse every mechanic' that's creativity mate, making the defense robotic and do it for you leaves far less attacking combinations, and results in players defending like robots, which is boring. It is quite literally almost impossible to score a goal against someone who has 7 players back and is chasing your player with the ball with his cam, the game should not be like that, how is one at a disadvantage for attacking in the oppositions half the whole game, its honestly a joke.

[tiny sable]

Real, I've stepped away for now, will only play clubs