There was some sort of update/patch out yesterday. I didnt have time to update my game but anyone know what it was all about and what changes were made? They normally dont have an update for the BETA so I was suprised as there are 3 days left for the game to be released.
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They patched the game with the release candidate (16.1) for the official game release on Friday. There are quite a few match engine changes including a fix for the short corner exploit, essentially if you have a player offering a short option for corners he will get marked now. Can't quite decide if I like the changes to the match engine or not. I only played a few matches with the new match engine but to me it seems that players do a lot more weird shit now, like run out of bounds with the ball or defenders just passing the ball out without being under any pressure. Counter attacks also seem to be pretty deadly. But as far as I can tell smaller teams play a lot more realistically now, meaning they just sit back and try to hit you on the counter instead of pressing and attacking you for 90 minutes like they often seemed to do before the patch. On the other hand I felt that closing down worked a lot better even without crazy closing down and hard tackling settings.
I'm still in the process of tinkering in pretty much every game, especially now after the patch. Within two seasons I changed from a flexible, control, 4-2-3-1 to a fluid, attacking 4-4-2 and now a structured, standard or counter 4-3-3. The 4-3-3 with an Anchorman seems to be the only way I can find atm that stops my CBs getting dragged around all over the pitch.
I think this year you wont have a tactic like previous versions which will be fluent and enable you to win trebles and quadruples. With the AI being much more intelligent on this version you will have to tinker around all the time to find suitable combinations and instructions which work
The new tv-deal in PL is insane! Watford just bought Ibe for £47m in the 2nd summer window 
Aaaand Scotland just won the EUROs, after beating Russia in the final
I'm wanting to get a Guardiola 3-3-3-1 or something going in this version but I've had a couple of pre season games and you just get slaughtered on the counter
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Usually happens with 9 men.
Opposition teams are very good now at playing counter attacking football it seems. Before insane pressing and a high d-line was the way to go but now it seems that will get you killed on the counter pretty fast.
This game is f*cking retarded this year.
It's a bit infuriating alright. The 16.1 match engine update actually made things much worse I feel. It's good that now you can play successful with more defensive strategies and pressing isn't as overpowered as it used to but I feel they are overdoing it with the one team dominating while the other team scores with their only shot on target stuff. I actually had my first rage quit yesterday after quite a long time after my United side produced 4 1-1s in a row. All games where pretty much the same, I dominate possession, create 3-4 CCCs, have more overall shots and shots on target but can't find more than one goal due to Martial, Depay, Rooney and Januzaj all missing chance about half a meter away from goal in one game. Opponents usually score from a corner or some feck up from my defence. I can live with the occasional game going this way but 4 in a row was just too much.
Dont post that on the SI forums. It's not the game it's your tactics
Yeah well it has become some kind of a running gag by now I think. Tbf though it often is the tactics of people as well. I have seen the most insane stuff on these forums sometimes when it comes to tactics.
Funnily though I have also seen the most insane stuff in terms of tactics that actually works.
Zero1Gaming Positive "Remains the same game as before and that's a good thing"
SI posting that, really?
Basically saying "yeah we've done feck all, but look, everyone likes what we've already done, so who cares?"
SI posting that, really?
Basically saying "yeah we've done feck all, but look, everyone likes what we've already done, so who cares?"
Just had my first big win a 6-1 win over Leverkusen, really unexpected my keeper also saved a penalty!
So it turns out getting a game a day early isn't that great because the fecking editor isn't out yet and I cant play without having edited a few things.
So, before FM16 people were complaining that the AI is retarded and can't adapt, now people complain that the AI adapts to well and all the shit tactics no longer work?
Imo, this game is the best in years, I already have ~150h logged in, I had to uninstall this fecker because I couldn't do any work since it came out.
Imo, this game is the best in years, I already have ~150h logged in, I had to uninstall this fecker because I couldn't do any work since it came out.
Just bought Malcom for about £12m, and he's simply amazing despite only being rated as a 1 star (5 star potential though )
)They've got no competition whatsoever, that's the problem. Financial success is guaranteed each year, regardless of what they put out. From a player's perspective it'd be preferable if they skipped a year or 2 to come up with a profoundly improved product but there's no benefit for the developer and publisher in that scenario. Just a loss of 1 or 2 years worth of sales. Until a genuine competitor pops up it'll stay like this. And since no one is going to invest in such a niche genre that's already completely conquered by one party, it's fecked. I doubt it'll ever get better.
I can't find the editor is it normal ?
You mean on Steam I presume? You've got to use the dropdown menu on Library and choose Tools. You'll find it there.
You can use it tomorrow, when the game is officially released, I think.
I forgot to say what I hate about this game. The number of times you hist the woodwork is laughable, every game I hit it 2-3 times at least, I had one game when I hit it 8 times. Does this happen to anyone else, or it's just me?
Will it be out at 00.00 exactly or how does this Work? I just bought it, can't wait to get a game going!
i think it should be at midnight. I need my code sent to me then as well.
Decided I am going to manage the most local team possible on the game for me which is Lincoln in the conference. Predicted to finish 18th.
Never done non league management properly before. Any got any tips?
Never done non league management properly before. Any got any tips?
Decided I am going to manage the most local team possible on the game for me which is Lincoln in the conference. Predicted to finish 18th.
Never done non league management properly before. Any got any tips?
Where is the option to disable player attribute masking? I can't find it anywhere.
Go to the game overview screen and then under where it has the start date and country there is a bar with yellow text on it for "Additional Options". That's actually a drop down menu that's closed by default. Just click it to open it up and it's in there. Took me an age to find it too.
Just bought Malcom for about £12m, and he's simply amazing despite only being rated as a 1 star (5 star potential though
Lincoln is really good too, hes actually rated higher than Malcolm in my save - I have the pair as striker and no.10
Installing it now. Will have q few days of messing around before i settle into a game. Anybody know a good site for downloading badges and that sort of thing? Or should the ones from last years game work on this one?
Downloading nowIt's out now, at least for me!
fecking CDkeys haven't emailed despite purchasing it about 3 hours ago.
Can't believe I resisted getting the BETA. I'm now even tempted to hold off even further and wait till it drops to under £20 (can't imagine it being long).
They e-mailed me mine straight away, it's downloading now. send them an e-mail.fecking CDkeys haven't emailed despite purchasing it about 3 hours ago.
First game set up, first thing i've noticed is.....I need a new laptop
In 2003 I played LMA Manager on the PS2, in 2015 FM16 is using the same match engine, it's fecking awful. The game is good though, I can't buy a win at the moment but it's still enjoyable.