I have been playing Fifa since the very first one came out - I also played for the USA National Soccer team when I was 14-16 and bring my talents on the field to the game. It has been incredible to experience the game evolving and improving over time to gradually be able to capture what I can do on the field.
With this said, the advent of allowing players to easily toggle Auto Defending and let the computer do almost everything to apply pressure while the controlled player sits back and waits is in my opinon the worst thing to ever happen to this game I love. I do not play online Seasons (D1) to play offense against a computer all game, so I choose to then just keep the ball all 90 mins now because it is a complete waste of time. If I wanted to do that, I would play career mode. So then I end up wasting my own time and my opponents when they choose to depend on computer to defend against me.
I have beaten world #1's (checked rankings after games) multiple times and I know I am one of the best players in the world. Please take my feedback seriously - a loyal customer who has bought every single game since it was invented.
It is making me not want to play online EAFC again, which kills me but its at the point now where 95% of my opponents in online seasons choose to toggle on Auto defending against me and is ruining the experience.
EAFC team - please evaluate this, it is a serious issue shared amongst my family and friends who feel similar to me.
Thanks,
Scott