I know some of you are sick of slider talk but if we can tweak the gameplay to a point where we can minimise issues and improve the experience, then I'm up for it. As
@Emroth said the other day, FIFA is always going to need these tweaks. Especially this year I think it's worth spending the time!
Anyway, if anyone wants to test the sliders below, let me know if it's helping you with those counter attacks where the CBs and defenders just jockey along and let their attacking runner get right by them. I've changed
sprint speed to 75/75 (from 10/10) and so far, I haven't seen it once. I haven't really looked for anything outside of this yet, so early days. If it works then possibly some other sliders might need tweaking to balance things out. Still testing...
Edit: I'm trying now also with
49/49 acceleration and that seems to help balance out any crazy speed issues and creates some nice momentum with players.
I was liking 10/10 sprint speed before, but was noticing that there wasn't any real difference between jog and sprint. This combination so far seems to make the gameplay more dynamic, with some more physical battles and a touch more ball separation which creates some nice organic moments. I'm also finding that you have to be more careful when deciding to sprint as you can get beaten very easily if not careful. On lower sprint speeds you can stay on the sprint button with less risk.
Edit 2: I'm liking this more and more. The game feels much more fluid and again, not seeing any craziness with speed or animations. I still haven't seen the CB jockey issue either, defenders seem to be really sprinting back. I think the line settings, especially width make the higher sprint speed a little more doable in general, as the distances don't allow you to just sprint right through.
These are what I'm currently testing with -
World Class, Slow, Manual.
Sprint Speed:
75/75
Acceleration:
49/49
Shot Error: 65/65
Pass Error: 52/52
Shot Speed: 49/49
Pass Speed: 29/29
Injury Frequency: 75/75
Injury Severity: 25/25
GK Ability: 50/50
Marking: 60/60
Run Frequency: 50/50
Line Height: 100/100
Line Length: 50/50
Line Width: 15/15
FB Positioning: 50/50
First Touch Error: 95/95
Power bar (for manual): 75