u/ClassLittle6666

Brief reasoning

Terrible Tier: Infinite Stamina ruins tactics, positional IQ, and forces 1-dimensional counter attacking play followed by 10 men on the edge of the box in 2 seconds. Amps are FOMO frenzy and aggressive pay-to-win. Archetypes are just a way of maximising grinding to encourage the purchase of AXP boosts and microtransactions.

Bad Tier: Playstyles limit how you can play because of inevitable METAs that are formed, in addition to making balancing impossible. AXP mods are soft pay-to-win. Playoffs are incredibly easy, most decent teams expect to win every game.

Downgrades: The Grounds is not a bad idea, but a snappy and quick menu is clearly better, especially when you just want to play matches instead of running for 1 minute through the slums. Deleting actual cups and replacing them with micky mouse cups was just bizarre, no reason to actively remove a feature.

Meh: Subs are a great idea with bad execution. Rush is ok, most people don't care about it but it's not a bad thing to have.

Upgrades: Editing the bots is a nice addition. 3 clubs per pro is a great idea for obvious reasons.

What's the worst take?

Was it the refereeing standard? Was it Asal cheating? Was it the low fanbase and paywall? Why was it cut?

This is the biggest complaint I have seen both internally and online. Every team plays with box-to-box forwards, wingers and midfielders. It's awful...

This has made formations irrelevant, as everyone gets 11 behind the ball all game without any negative consequence. Every match feels the same. Positioning is not rewarded as it should be.

The worst part? This is an easy fix. This is one patch. This is not asking for a redesign.

Please use #EndInfiniteStamina on EA FC Discord, YouTube, and EA FC Website Feedback.

Comment additional ways we can fix this.

https://forums.ea.com/blog/ea-sports-fc-game-info-hub-en/ea-sports-fc%E2%84%A2-27--the-grounds--clubs-deep-dive/13613906

https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8401603/Player-Feedback-Portal-EA-SPORTS-FC-26?code=QUOwALFVXd4mxlUN0ONE687JfFVTSsJ06x2ewBwP

Many people won't buy the game if infinite stamina remains present again.

This is what I sent AI initially. After much dislike, I decide to post original version without AI.

This the worst pitch notes ever.

Nothing in the ground interests me at all.

No gameplay changes E.g. no fixing of infinite stamina.

More pay-to-win besides attribute boosts.

Continuing the garbage playoffs system.

WTF?

Asal has about 7 years left of his career, if he plays clean squash for that time would it save his legacy? Or is he irredeemable for his first 7 years on the PSA Squash Tour?

Many players had controversial starts to their careers but won people over as they got older, Omar Mosaad, Mo El Shorbagy, Greg Gaultier, etc. Can Asal do that?

Assume both players are healthy (no fatigue between matches).

Assume that the refereeing is perfect and strikes a balance between both eras.

Assume both players are healthy (no fatigue between matches).

Assume that the refereeing is perfect and strikes a balance between both eras.

Everyone uses the lowest grip when retrieving and the high grip in the back corners sometimes, but what's your default grip?

Lowest grip: Little finger at the bottom of the grip & base of palm hangs off the edge
E.g. Greg Gaultier, Gregoire Marche, Young Mostafa Asal

Low grip: Little finger ~1 inch from bottom of the grip & base of palm at base of butt cap
E.g. Yousef Ibrahim, Nouran Gohar, Hania El Hammamy, Amina Orfi, Karim Gawad

Mid grip: Little finger ~1.5 inches from bottom the grip & base of palm contacts the middle of the butt cap piece
E.g. Diego Elias, Olivia Weaver, Marwan El Shorbagy, Mohamad Zakaria, Fayrouz Aboelkheir

High grip: Little finger >2 inches from bottom the grip & base of palm sits above the butt cap piece.
E.g. Paul Coll, Gina Kennedy, Nicole David, Jahangir Khan, Victor Crouin

Assume both players are healthy and that the refereeing is perfect and strikes a balance between both eras.

Accepted a match with someone and I agreed to split the court booking with him, only to find out at Reception that they want to charge me a £5.00 guest fee! Clubs that do this should be excluded because paying £11 for 40 minutes of squash where I have to travel to get there is not going to make me use this feature again!