Update: EA has provided a annual apropos the bug to GamesBeat. "Thanks to the FUT association for adopting acquaintance of a abeyant exercise and allure aberration in some FUT items," it reads.

"After audition this, our teams were in over the weekend and abide to thoroughly investigate the information. We will accumulate you abreast with updates from the investigation. Our allegation to a fun, fair, and defended acquaintance in

FIFA is ongoing, and as a association your acknowledgment helps us accomplish that goal. A appropriate acknowledgment for your connected efforts above all channels.”

Original story:

Intrepid FIFA players accept accepted the actuality of a bug (or hidden mechanic) that may accept bedeviled the alternation aback FIFA Ultimate Aggregation was alien in FIFA 09.

First, some context. FIFA Ultimate Aggregation is a approach in which you aggregate cards of assorted football players and accumulate your dream team. Boosters can be bought for absolute cash, and specific players traded for abounding of in-game currency.

Players synergise with others to addition their performance, adumbrated by their 'Chemistry' stat, bidding some to absorb big money analytic for the a lot of accordant line-up.

Accordingly, EA does acutely able-bodied out of Ultimate Team. Above its assorted sports franchises, the approach brings in about $650 actor a year.

However, a activity has consistently existed that the best players on cardboard do not action the best achievement on the pitch. The awareness is so common it has become accepted as 'handicapping'.

Excellent players feel apathetic and apathetic to react, and admitting it could be the artefact of a bug or advised balancing, EA has never commented to affirm its existence.

Now the admirers accept accepted it with advice from the 'Dribbling' stat. Aloft a adeptness threshold, players can accomplish an avant-garde dribble.

YouTuber RighteousOnix took a 'day-one' (basic version) amateur whose Dribbling was beneath the beginning and acclimated Allure to accession it. Appropriately the amateur was able to accomplish the avant-garde move. All able-bodied and good.

He afresh took a appropriate copy of that player. By default, he was aswell beneath the Dribbling threshold. But even with bigger Chemistry, his Dribbling never rose accomplished the akin all-important to cull off the move.

Either due to a bug or hidden mechanic, the attenuate alternative performed worse than the basal variety. Players accept been advance hundreds of pounds on cards that accomplish worse than they should on paper.

Intentional or not, EA needs to analyze the interactions basement Ultimate Aggregation to Buy FIFA 18 Coins acquiesce its barter to accomplish abreast decisions. These purchases are far from 'micro' transactions.