FIFA 23 Ultimate Team Thread

Hope it's okay to create this new thread for everything FIFA 23 Ultimate Team?

We're now just 27 days away from pre-order access and you may have heard that there was a leak yesterday which allowed some Xbox users who had pre-ordered, to be able to gain access to the full game before it was patched a couple of hours later!

As a result there is plenty of information, images and videos circulating online of gameplay, ratings etc.

What are your plans for Ultimate Team 23 then?

Any early thoughts on your strategy, potential starter teams etc?

Fire away guys! 😀

Loved my Serie A team in FIFA 22, and it looks a great starter option again this year, but looking at the ratings I think you could end up maxing it out early with nowhere to really go from there.

On paper I'm thinking of going La Liga this year, 1) for something different but 2) I think there's a lot more progression options to aim for over the weeks.

That said, I won't commit to anything until I see what I pack. With my 12,000 FIFA Points and 4,600 to come from the Ultimate Edition, that's 110 of the 7.5k packs. Chances are I'll pack something of note (I've had years where I have and years where I haven't), but even if not, at worst it'll give me 250k-ish to kick things off and a stocked club to easily do all the starter SBC's which offer decent rewards.

On another note, Messi and Ronaldo look finished as usable cards. Messi with L/L workrates and Ronaldo with agility and balance in the 60's and 70's. Crazy!

Web App has been confirmed for next week, Wednesday 21st September.

Yeah, basically you can do all of the SBC's, trade, open packs, build your team etc.

I don't like using it though. I much prefer doing everything on the console.

Web App out tomorrow then, and it will be Web App only until the Ultimate Edition releases on the 27th.

You'd never previously been able to purchase FIFA Points on the Web App but my guess is you will be this year and the whole reason EA will have done that as well as having no early access gameplay is to encourage the purchase of FIFA Points for a week as there'll no way of playing any gameplay until the 27th.

I always load up €100 worth of FIFA Points on day one and have gone into the reasons and the advantage it gives a few times on here, but I always enjoyed opening the packs on console. The disappointment just doesn't feel the same on Web App! 😅

That said, it doesn't make sense to wait until console release on the 27th as people who purchase and use their FIFA Points on the Web App will be miles ahead at that point, so presuming you can I'll just buy and use them tomorrow evening.

Keep everything META, try to get the starter SBC's done and sell everything else, using the coins accumulated to start trading.

This year will be tricky to gauge as we have the combined PS and Xbox transfer market, so way more supply.

It'd be interesting to hear what everyone's plan is for starting tomorrow. 🙂