Phew, I don´t know...
There is such a change between Love and Hate on that game.
There are times where I really enjoy playing it and then I have days where I´d love to throw my damn PC outta the window.
Like yesterday.
Played a few online games, had one against somebody with a better rating (200 above me) which was very exciting, game was quite balanced and in the extended time he scores 1:0 by a stupid lucky goal as the ball got to his players feet.
Okay, that´s football, not really an issue of the game itself.
I know, online can be very frustrating as you often play against unfair players, which is nothing new.
But the damn thing is the scripting/balancing.
Had a game against somebody who just started MLO with all the standard players.
Me, with my level 5 team (Hummels, Pique, Lahm, Ashley Cole, Sergio Bousqets, Marchisio, Reus, Müller etc.) where almost all of them had good motivation and arrows, couldn´t stand a chance against him.
His striker Minandinho just ran through my defense and it felt like it was Ibrahimovic with a mask on!
My build up play was so uneffective and I hardly ever made it to his box.
He didn´t play bad but also not very good, it was mostly like that, that my defenders didn´t get to his strikers hard enough.
Feeling the same way on offline matches also.
What quite bugs me about 1.13 is, that the referee whistles way too often. Even I didn´t press X or square it happened 3 times that my defenders caused a foul in the box which led to a penalty against me.
The other thing is, that my striker stops too often when receiving a ball.
Hard to describe but he doesn´t run WITH the ball to take it while running (as it used to be pre patch), he stops, turns around, takes it with his chest or whatever and gives away space as the defenders already caught him.
Doesn´t happen always, but quite often.
The good thing about this patch is, that they toned doen the passing a bit. Passing was too strong on 1.12.
Anyway, this is another indication that they simply don´t test their game.
Just turning faders back an forth with every single patch.
I´m not sure.
Maybe I should take a break and work on my damn music.
That´s what I often think after a few hours of playing this game with the feeling of wasted time.