FIFA 13 Questions & Answers

[jmemerson22]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwdowns

Cool. Thanks for the reply. You're right, and after a couple times of not fulfilling the goals, it seems like the Upcoming Targets have readjusted to something a bit more reasonable. Amazing how playing with better players and in a formation I understand a bit more, position-wise, is helping with my match rating. On lower level teams I was always struggling to make above 6.3, but now I'm constantly pushing 7. Of course, I'm also getting better.

Good to hear man. It's good to find a team that fits your style. Tried playing some in Italy, but couldn't get it going with AC. BPL-Sides seemed to work better with me and I played better.

[mwdowns]

Funny. After a single time of reasonable Upcoming Targets (and hitting those), I'm back to the unreasonable ones. Guess I'll just ping-pong back and forth.

[BigMacAttack22]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwdowns

Funny. After a single time of reasonable Upcoming Targets (and hitting those), I'm back to the unreasonable ones. Guess I'll just ping-pong back and forth.

I have the same problem sometimes. I think part of the reason is to challenge you to keep up with your season goals (like I got injured and had absurd targets for a couple weeks when I returned), or if you have a really good run of form to try to make you maintain it. It's fine, but I hate the negative that comes with not meeting those ridiculous targets.

[mwdowns]

What are the negatives, exactly? It's also nice that within the ridiculous pass and tackle percentages and high player rating, there is the "keep 1 clean sheet" goal which is one I can always do. Another question for you guys: I was transferred over to Sporting CP. They're a pretty high level team, but I've been holding my own, scoring a few goals, getting assists, doing well on player rating (crazy Upcoming Targets notwithstanding), and I think I've been a good addition to the team. In the most recent transfer window since my move here I was told by the manager that they're going to put me on loan! What's up with that? I'm doing great. I like this team. I'm helping out, and now they want to send me to some po-dunk team in Poland or where ever. I've been rejecting these loan offers left and right, and then I've also been getting transfer offers as well (one of PSG, one of the best teams in the game). I kinda want to stay with Sporting since their formation and play-style suit my game. But does the fact that they put me up for loan and I keep rejecting the offers mean that the team might want to trade me away? Seems odd since they spent so much to get me there not even a half-season ago.

[mwdowns]

Another question: do teams and players have hot and cold streaks in this game, like in the NHL series? Things started off red-hot for my team and for me as well, but it seems like in this last group of games passes that I was making a few games ago are now going astray and the players on my team are making crappy passes and taking bad shots. I haven't changed the way I've played recently but what I'm doing isn't producing the same results. Is there a chemistry mechanic that I'm unaware of, or does the computer handicap you if you start doing well?

[jmemerson22]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwdowns

What are the negatives, exactly? It's also nice that within the ridiculous pass and tackle percentages and high player rating, there is the "keep 1 clean sheet" goal which is one I can always do. Another question for you guys: I was transferred over to Sporting CP. They're a pretty high level team, but I've been holding my own, scoring a few goals, getting assists, doing well on player rating (crazy Upcoming Targets notwithstanding), and I think I've been a good addition to the team. In the most recent transfer window since my move here I was told by the manager that they're going to put me on loan! What's up with that? I'm doing great. I like this team. I'm helping out, and now they want to send me to some po-dunk team in Poland or where ever. I've been rejecting these loan offers left and right, and then I've also been getting transfer offers as well (one of PSG, one of the best teams in the game). I kinda want to stay with Sporting since their formation and play-style suit my game. But does the fact that they put me up for loan and I keep rejecting the offers mean that the team might want to trade me away? Seems odd since they spent so much to get me there not even a half-season ago.

Putting you out on loan isn't to get rid of you. It's to send you somewhere where you might get more first team opportunities and a chance to build your skills up better and then return to your old team to help out.

[jmemerson22]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwdowns

Another question: do teams and players have hot and cold streaks in this game, like in the NHL series? Things started off red-hot for my team and for me as well, but it seems like in this last group of games passes that I was making a few games ago are now going astray and the players on my team are making crappy passes and taking bad shots. I haven't changed the way I've played recently but what I'm doing isn't producing the same results. Is there a chemistry mechanic that I'm unaware of, or does the computer handicap you if you start doing well?

Yes, there is player form both for you and your teammates. If someone has a bad couple games, their form might drop, even affecting their overall skills and definitely certain skills. There's a way to check it out, but I can't remember exact area to find it. Might be under team mgmt, player ratings or something.

[mwdowns]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmemerson22

Putting you out on loan isn't to get rid of you. It's to send you somewhere where you might get more first team opportunities and a chance to build your skills up better and then return to your old team to help out.

Yeah, I get that. I just felt jilted since up to that point I'd been playing well with the team, getting goals, getting assists, getting a great player rating. Didn't really know why they wanted to move me to another team when I'd been starting and doing well there. Oh well. It's moot now since during the next transfer window I took a transfer to Olympique Lyon.

I know about the player form, but isn't that tied to your player rating? I don't really understand that "Squad ranking" page, because even though my player form is "good" and around a green 6.6, I was ranked lower than a bunch of yellow 5.9ish players. Didn't really understand why.

Also, there is a huge difference in play when, for whatever reason it is, your ranking is low. For the second half of my time with Sporting I was struggling to make passes and was getting docked for being "out of position" (even though there were now yellow arrows around me, and at the end of the game the "out of position" part of my player performance was 0) even though I continued to do the same things I'd done in the beginning of the season. I mean, the exact same pass I'd make to my center forward, which in the first half would almost always complete, was now being intercepted or going off at weird angles. I felt slower too, my running seemed slow and so did my sprinting.

But once I transferred to OL, my passing is back to form and I feel I'm moving at my normal speeds. So strange.