For everyone's info: gegenpress and acc/pace attributes are still meta.
Of cource I couldn’t run a fully detailed test like the experts here, and more reliable results will surely come from others on the forum who conduct deeper analyses later on. However, in my own experiment with Wolves, I used a high-tempo, high-pressing tactic with a starting eleven built around players who had high pace and acc (while most of their other attributes were average or below). The result: I finished the first half of the season in 2nd place.
Sports Interactive is the biggest joke in the gaming history.
Even after whatever match engine changes they've made, the same 4231 Knap Gegenpress tactic still dominates. It's also the same both in and out of possession.
In other words - nothing about the meta has changed. And I'm guessing that nothing will change, either.
I'm playing a 3 DC formation out of possession, but in possession the central DC is set as a striker and for some reason the AI just doesn't pick him up. When he starts to advance I can see that opposition strikers will track him, but once he gets far enough forward for them to stop it's like the midfield and defence just ignore him.
He's got 8 goals in 5 games because time and time again he gets the ball on the edge of the area with no defenders anywhere near him. Expand Does it still work? Can't get it to work myself.
For everyone's info: gegenpress and acc/pace attributes are still meta.
Of cource I couldn’t run a fully detailed test like the experts here, and more reliable results will surely come from others on the forum who conduct deeper analyses later on. However, in my own experiment with Wolves, I used a high-tempo, high-pressing tactic with a starting eleven built around players who had high pace and acc (while most of their other attributes were average or below).
The result: I finished the first half of the season in 2nd place.
Sports Interactive is the biggest joke in the gaming history.
Even after whatever match engine changes they've made, the same 4231 Knap Gegenpress tactic still dominates. It's also the same both in and out of possession.
In other words - nothing about the meta has changed. And I'm guessing that nothing will change, either.
mackforever said: I think I've already found a bit of a tactical bug.
I'm playing a 3 DC formation out of possession, but in possession the central DC is set as a striker and for some reason the AI just doesn't pick him up. When he starts to advance I can see that opposition strikers will track him, but once he gets far enough forward for them to stop it's like the midfield and defence just ignore him.
He's got 8 goals in 5 games because time and time again he gets the ball on the edge of the area with no defenders anywhere near him.
Does it still work? Can't get it to work myself.