FIFA 21 Ultimate Team

Calvin · 26-10-2020 7:06pm

Turns out it’s not the icon swaps but FGS swaps. 10 total tokens available and you get them for tuning in for an hour to their global series streams. Redeem them for pack rewards - one of which is an untradeable 100k pack for 5 tokens and it’s repeatable.

Osmosis Jones · 26-10-2020 7:09pm

So it's like FUT Swaps but instead of playing the game you have to watch other people play the game

Osmosis Jones · 26-10-2020 7:14pm

Btw assuming you can only get 1 token per stream it'll be January before you can claim the 100k pack

chips1234 · 26-10-2020 7:27pm

hehe these friendlies are loads of fun with no rules

i need to play champs ffs

Calvin · 26-10-2020 8:41pm

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Btw assuming you can only get 1 token per stream it'll be January before you can claim the 100k pack

Yeah, one per stream is **** alright. Was hopeful we’d have a 100k pack for TOTY.

BrentMused · 26-10-2020 8:56pm

Decided to sell De Bruyne and go back to Firmino for that central CAM in a 4-2-3-1.

KDB is good no doubt and his corners were absolute money, but in general gameplay he just feels very slow and clunky. It’s probably down to me not being able to utilise him properly, but Firmino glides around the pitch for me compared to KDB.

With the coins left over I’ve been able to use them to finally upgrade Ake to Van Dijk, so Firmino + Van Djik > De Bruyne + Ake without a doubt.

I won’t get a chance to play until tomorrow evening but from what I’ve read/heard about Van Dijk he should hopefully massively improve my defence as I’m on a very poor run lately.

Osmosis Jones · 26-10-2020 10:33pm

15 games played, 6 red Rashfords :rolleyes:

GavK · 26-10-2020 10:36pm

Finished 19-11 for the second weekend in a row. Lost the last 3 for gold 1.

Lord TSC · 26-10-2020 10:50pm

14-15 so Improvement on last week.

Fati is so magical.

chips1234 · 26-10-2020 10:53pm

13-0 leaving it fcking late again ffs, gameplay feels alot better today though bar a couple of mishaps finishing games in 2 hours.

dmigsy · 26-10-2020 11:16pm

Finished with 15 wins. This weekend I specialised in throwing away early 2-0 leads and losing games where I dominated possession and chances. I think I conceded from a corner in at least half my games. At least half the goals I conceded were to Rashford. Buying him next.

Bunny Colvin · 26-10-2020 11:26pm

Lord TSC wrote: »

14-15 so Improvement on last week.

Fati is so magical.

Just got him. Looking forward to giving him a run tomorrow.

Calvin · 26-10-2020 11:41pm

dmigsy wrote: »

Finished with 15 wins. This weekend I specialised in throwing away early 2-0 leads and losing games where I dominated possession and chances. I think I conceded from a corner in at least half my games. At least half the goals I conceded were to Rashford. Buying him next.

His gold card is supposedly mad. Half debating him or Auba.

chips1234 · 26-10-2020 11:44pm

Calvin Leong wrote: »

His gold card is supposedly mad. Half debating him or Auba.

the answer is rashford and its not even close imo

Osmosis Jones · 26-10-2020 11:54pm

13-3, was about to be 14 but my opponent turned of their router as I had a penalty at 1-1 in the 82nd minute so naturally the game just ceases to exist.

Osmosis Jones · 27-10-2020 12:04am

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

13-3, was about to be 14 but my opponent turned of their router as I had a penalty at 1-1 in the 82nd minute so naturally the game just ceases to exist.

Following opponent scores 6 minutes in and makes 3 pauses in a row :rolleyes:

Calvin · 27-10-2020 12:04am

chips1234 wrote: »

the answer is rashford and its not even close imo

Fair enough. They’re both around the same price, but have used Auba on loan and he was crazy good. I do love 5* skillers tho.

Parawind · 27-10-2020 1:15am

Calvin Leong wrote: »

Fair enough. They’re both around the same price, but have used Auba on loan and he was crazy good. I do love 5* skillers tho.

I'll give 2nd vote for Rashford.

While I haven't used him myself he is the only player who I absolutely hate to see when I see my opponents squad.

I have Auba and he is great if someone doesn't sit deep but with most players trying to crowd you out and leaving very little space behind (at least in WL games), you don't really get the benefit. Rashford just manages to walk through tackles while Auba has always seemed easier to defend against.

Plus Auba really limits your chem options.

Osmosis Jones · 27-10-2020 2:01am

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

15 games played, 6 red Rashfords :rolleyes:

7th one now

Osmosis Jones · 27-10-2020 3:45am

Finished 20-7 with 9 red Rashfords

Mr Moon · 27-10-2020 4:05am

18-12
Changed the team up as I was struggling with Haaland he just felt slow and cumbersome didn’t make an impact at all.

RedRochey · 27-10-2020 10:07am

After winning my first two games Friday before the servers went, I'd say I only won one game out of about 12 last night, don't know what was wrong with me, I was coming up against players that I thought I was clearly better then but just kept making such stupid mistakes and couldn't score a goal to save my life

Packed IF Werner in the middle of it but just couldn't get going with him

Think I'll watch some youtube videos later and play loads of rivals until I find my rhythm

Blazer · 27-10-2020 10:10am

I'm finding it all a bit deja vu now.
Kante played a stormer for his first few games and then he just disappeared altogether.
I ended up putting Sissoko in his place and bringing in baby Zola who's like a dynamo up front. He makes Ben Yedder look lethargic.
Saved my ass too in WL and brought home my last few wins to make it 14 and I stopped there.

Rock Lesnar · 27-10-2020 10:36am

Blazer wrote: »

I'm finding it all a bit deja vu now.
Kante played a stormer for his first few games and then he just disappeared altogether.

I had same problem with Benzema, 45 goals and 35 assists in 34 games, now hes plodding around like hes stuck in the mud

Thats some update this morning fixing this and that, that will fix absolutely nothing

Frisbee · 27-10-2020 10:44am

God bless whoever put Dani Parejo in what I'm assuming is one of the Inaki Williams SBC solutions. All 40 of his cards I bought for 4.5k and less where selling 2-3 a cycle for 9.9k since Saturday.

Finally put a bit of money in the team as well. Picked up Ziyech, Mahrez & Rodrigo for about a combined 35k which I'm pretty happy with given Ziyech was 50k alone 10 days ago.

Blazer · 27-10-2020 11:02am

A very good video in that he discusses chemistry and how people lock in on it and play inferior players etc at 10 chem than a far better player at 6/7.
I'm always doing that...kills me seeing players on 7 chem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5CN3XcriAI

Calvin · 27-10-2020 11:41am

Relegated to div 5 and I swear the calibre of players + squads is 10x better than what I’ve come up against in div 4.

Only played 3 games this morning, one win, one draw and one loss. One draw I conceded in the 92nd min cos my player decided to do that god awful lunge that I’ve no control over and he was through on goal, but every one of those squads was a 500k+ squad.. mad. Wouldn’t have that many this early in previous FIFAs.

RedRochey · 27-10-2020 11:46am

Frisbee wrote: »

God bless whoever put Dani Parejo in what I'm assuming is one of the Inaki Williams SBC solutions. All 40 of his cards I bought for 4.5k and less where selling 2-3 a cycle for 9.9k since Saturday.

Finally put a bit of money in the team as well. Picked up Ziyech, Mahrez & Rodrigo for about a combined 35k which I'm pretty happy with given Ziyech was 50k alone 10 days ago.

He's in the TOTW so could be lack of supply as well

Out of interest, why did you buy 40 of his cards? I finally have enough coins that I now want to start trading with but don't know where to start

Frisbee · 27-10-2020 12:47pm

RedRochey wrote: »

He's in the TOTW so could be lack of supply as well

Out of interest, why did you buy 40 of his cards? I finally have enough coins that I now want to start trading with but don't know where to start

Because he was an 85 rated card with good league & nations link going for sub 5k, he's not a meta player because of his pace so very few people actually use him in game. I knew he would reach 10k eventually, just needed the right SBC.

BrentMused · 27-10-2020 12:49pm

Calvin Leong wrote: »

Relegated to div 5 and I swear the calibre of players + squads is 10x better than what I’ve come up against in div 4.

Only played 3 games this morning, one win, one draw and one loss. One draw I conceded in the 92nd min cos my player decided to do that god awful lunge that I’ve no control over and he was through on goal, but every one of those squads was a 500k+ squad.. mad. Wouldn’t have that many this early in previous FIFAs.

I think I saw a lot of the heavy hitters are dropping down to division 4 and 5 as they can hit rank 1 without breaking sweat on a Thursday prior to playing Weekend League.

The rewards for rank 1 in division 4 are better than rank 2 in division 1 which is madness.

Calvin · 27-10-2020 1:57pm

BrentMused wrote: »

I think I saw a lot of the heavy hitters are dropping down to division 4 and 5 as they can hit rank 1 without breaking sweat on a Thursday prior to playing Weekend League.

The rewards for rank 1 in division 4 are better than rank 2 in division 1 which is madness.

Might explain why I was being dominated in division 4 :pac: loving EA’s healthy ecosystem that they’ve built.

I heard some people are just playing to gold 3 in champs too and saving the remaining games to grind out in rivals for rank 1.

Osmosis Jones · 27-10-2020 2:01pm

Big patch out today.....no mention of the grey badges

Rock Lesnar · 27-10-2020 2:38pm

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Big patch out today.....no mention of the grey badges

They fix nothing, the ai defenders blocking shots standing on 1 leg is still happening, Tomori and Ake are still incredible, and i just played a match where James Rodriquez out sprinted my Inaki Williams to stop him scoring, lol

Osmosis Jones · 27-10-2020 3:44pm

So for some reason Quick Sell Recovery is specifically broken for October 25th.....the day I quick sold my duplicate Son

wonski · 27-10-2020 3:47pm

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

So for some reason Quick Sell Recovery is specifically broken for October 25th.....the day I quick sold my duplicate Son

It actually is, all other days show players or no players found.

25th throws up an error...

That's bad.

chips1234 · 27-10-2020 5:39pm

bottled everything after 16 wins again, while also left wondering wtf was wrong with my connection, went and got a new ethernet cable and everything is alot better so im fully expecting to bottle it again this weekend

if anyone on xbox wants friendlies who's around 2k SR this week let me know please

Blazer · 27-10-2020 8:25pm

Upto Div 4 and said I’d follow the video I posted earlier and disregard chem.
Had to slum it for Sanches and his IF card is extinct and don’t have enough for Overmars.
My first div 4 game and I’m up against a similar team and he’s 2 up within minutes.
I’m thinking crap but settle and win 4-2 easily after that,
Neymar is incredible as ST.
Can’t wait to get his tots card for a 4th year running

Rock Lesnar · 27-10-2020 8:40pm

Im not sure whats happened my team but theyv'e become invincible this evening, Benzema is now out of the mud and gliding over the pitch scoring and assisting, if it wasmt for some dodgy offsides i'd have won more, had to settle for some draws

Just realised Fernando Torres is an icon in this, have to somehow get him for my liverpool and la liga team

Calvin · 27-10-2020 8:55pm

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Big patch out today.....no mention of the grey badges

It’s such a small thing but it annoys me so much. So many nice kits ruined by that big horrible grey looking thing.

BrentMused · 27-10-2020 10:33pm

OMG, I just packed Neymar from that FGS SBC - untradeable rare electrum players pack!!! :eek:

I’ll try to get a picture up for proof but I’m sitting here still in shock at the moment. I can’t believe it.

My girlfriend ran in thinking something had happened to me with my screaming when he walked out! :pac:

Editing to add link of proof - hopefully this works:

https://i.ibb.co/ZH5svj5/5-C641697-E3-E3-428-A-9479-09-AE00-F23-BC4.jpg

RedRochey · 27-10-2020 11:14pm

Lads what is happening

:D

From marquee matchups, maybe everyone should open some packs tonight

https://imgur.com/a/juJhS2i

seamie78 · 27-10-2020 11:23pm

I got dzecho

Osmosis Jones · 27-10-2020 11:24pm

MLS ends in a couple weeks, having a look at the potential retirements in the league to see if we might get an EoE card from someone, this wouldn't be half bad:

Calvin · 27-10-2020 11:57pm

BrentMused wrote: »

OMG, I just packed Neymar from that FGS SBC - untradeable rare electrum players pack!!! :eek:

I’ll try to get a picture up for proof but I’m sitting here still in shock at the moment. I can’t believe it.

My girlfriend ran in thinking something had happened to me with my screaming when he walked out! :pac:

Editing to add link of proof - hopefully this works:

https://i.ibb.co/ZH5svj5/5-C641697-E3-E3-428-A-9479-09-AE00-F23-BC4.jpg

RedRochey wrote: »

Lads what is happening :D

From marquee matchups, maybe everyone should open some packs tonight

https://imgur.com/a/juJhS2i

I think two EA employees have hijacked our thread to push us to packs :pac:

Gonna open my UCL MM later and get the inevitable 80 Pisczek for the 30th time.

Calvin · 28-10-2020 12:44am

No Piszczek but the highest rated was an 81 Pepe :pac:

Osmosis Jones · 28-10-2020 1:12am

Anyone else just get a bunch of packs that each had a single cosmetic item in them? Jerseys, stadium themes, etc? Got 5 of them there, I really hope this isn't EA's idea of compensation for something

Liamalone · 28-10-2020 5:58am

Still hating from afar x

Blazer · 28-10-2020 7:52am

Liamalone wrote: »

Still hating from afar x

You might as well join in Liam.
From past experience if you’re watching the thread it’s only a matter of time anyway. Always happens to me.

Hogey007 · 28-10-2020 9:57am

Blazer wrote: »

You might as well join in Liam.
From past experience if you’re watching the thread it’s only a matter of time anyway. Always happens to me.

The more I watch this thread the less I want to play :P
They seem to have done the impossible and made a game worse than fifa 20 (all this garbage with rivals caps and like I’ve said, the real sh!t show begins next month with icon swaps when you’ll have several people quitting at kick off to self relegate and using up 1 of your games)
Plus you’ll have top players down in div 4,5,6 as they’ve no incentive to stay in top division with the current wl system so rivals would be a nightmare for mediocre players like me.

My early access on web app has expired now anyway, I had been doing the sbc’s and packed absolutely nothing.

seamie78 · 28-10-2020 10:26am

Hogey007 wrote: »

The more I watch this thread the less I want to play :P
They seem to have done the impossible and made a game worse than fifa 20 (all this garbage with rivals caps and like I’ve said, the real sh!t show begins next month with icon swaps when you’ll have several people quitting at kick off to self relegate and using up 1 of your games)
Plus you’ll have top players down in div 4,5,6 as they’ve no incentive to stay in top division with the current wl system so rivals would be a nightmare for mediocre players like me.

My early access on web app has expired now anyway, I had been doing the sbc’s and packed absolutely nothing.

please join in, your trading tips last year were unreal and a huge assistance to some of us

FIFA 21 Ultimate Team

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