It not like this sort FC 24

Even before Team of the Season, which is the most fun time to grind upgrade packs and play matches with cracked squads, FC 24 Coins every FUT 22 promo outclassed that week Team of the Week. Sure, if you were lucky enough to hit Mbappe he would be the star of your team, but if you didnrsquo;t have that lottery-sized slice of luck or millions of coins just lying around, none of the rest of the team would get a look in. But why is it that promos are so much better than Teams of the Week? 

For starters, EA gets to choose which players are in each promo. There are always a couple of fan favourites, as well as useful players to add to your squads. The developers know that pacey wingers will be in demand, so they add a couple into the squad. A pacey CDM? Perfect, let pop Sandro Tonali in. Nobody using Marcelo this year? Wersquo;ll give his card the digital equivalent of anabolic steroids and make it one of the best wingers in the game. No, no he still a left back, but with those stats he just works better as a striker. 

On the other hand, Team of the Week is beholden to the players who performed well this week. It great if Neymar clutches a winner for Brazil, but if the standout performance this week was from Junya Ito things start to look a little ropey. If yoursquo;ve got a Japanese squad, Ito 99 pace will help me skin all those Marcelos and Nuno Mendesrsquo; up top. But for the rest of you? The whole team is pointless.

Team of the Week cards are necessary to complete some Squad Building Challenges, which seems their only use now. It an arbitrary requirement that, more often than not, requires you to head to the transfer market and spend 10k on a random player just so you can complete the puzzle. The only exciting Team of the Week players in FIFA 22? The high rated ones. They wonrsquo;t make your squads, but theyrsquo;re great fodder for SBCs. 

How can EA change things for FC 24? Bigger upgrades could impact the level curve as the FIFA cycle goes on, devaluing Team of the Year cards due to Team of the Weeks that are too good. Less frequent promos? I canrsquo;t see it happening. EA wants to keep its players playing, and only the FOMO of constant new chase cards will get people back every week. The form-based selection of Team of the Week players means that EA canrsquo;t guarantee a chase card every week, so leans on promos to do that instead. We can all tell it not working. 

Things are changing in FC 24. It the last EA football sim with the FIFA name, and rumours suggest it changing up the chemistry system. Irsquo;d like to see it do away with position modifiers too, but could Team of the Week cards be on the chopping block also? It seems unlikely, but they need a serious buff if theyrsquo;re going to stay. 

FC 24’s Chemistry Rework Should Bin Off Position Changes

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While FIFA limits you to regular formations that managers in real-life matches use (your 4-5-1s and 3-5-2s etc.), position changes mean that some players can end up in the most unexpected places. Van Dijk canrsquo;t be played up front without losing serious chemistry (which affects in-game stats), but Fabinho could. Similarly, a notorious poacher like Gary Lineker can start the match as a 6 by applying a few consumable cards. That a man who only saw his own half at kick offs and spent the other 89 minutes of his matches in the opposition penalty box. But in FIFA, it often preferable to switch things around.

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It not like this sort of thing doesnrsquo;t work in real life. Alisson Becker scored in the final seconds of Liverpool match against West Brom in the 20/21 season, a goal which saved the team poor year and guaranteed them Champions League football this past year. At that moment, if only for a second, Liverpool played a 1-2-8 formation with nobody left between the sticks. It was a risk, but it paid off. Real Madrid are not West Brom, however, and staunchly defended their one goal lead, largely thanks to an inspired performance from goalkeeper Thibaut EA FC Coins for sale Courtois, who didnrsquo;t need to leave his post to earn the Man of the Match.