
The newest pitch notes for EA Sports activities FC 26 have been revealed by the sport’s writer, bringing modifications to key areas together with AI Defending and Profession Mode. With regard to defending, the response occasions of AI defenders has been lowered when marking the ball service, serving to your assaults really feel extra free-flowing. In the meantime, Profession Mode has been expanded with reference to Participant Standing information, with separate Contract and Normal fields added that characteristic information on a participant’s willingness to barter and their potential. You’ll be able to learn the total EA Sports activities FC 26 replace 1.4.0 patch notes under. You’ll be able to learn our full evaluate on the sport right here.
AI Defending
We’re making a change that can cut back the response occasions of AI defenders when marking the ball service, rising the prospect of them leaving extra open house whereas transitioning between actions. This variation can assist your assaults really feel extra free-flowing. We are going to proceed to watch your suggestions on AI Defending and look to make extra changes if wanted.
Right here’s a have a look at how the AI Defending change will look:
Gameplay
We’re making modifications to enhance responsiveness and deal with frustration throughout a number of areas of play.
CPU AI conduct in Squad Battles has been adjusted. We heard your suggestions that the current tuning made the sequences really feel overly passive and there have been lengthy durations of low-pressure possession from the CPU AI. The CPU will now take a extra proactive and attacking strategy to create a smoother Squad Battles expertise. The CPU AI is not going to concentrate on sustaining possession as a lot as earlier than.Up to date Acceleration Sorts peak values. This variation refines the minimal and most peak thresholds used to find out run sorts for gamers. You’ll be able to anticipate extra gamers to have the Prolonged run kind with this variation. As a part of this, the minimal Prolonged peak requirement for males’s gamers can be 185 cm, and 165 for girls’s gamers. Different Prolonged necessities is not going to be altering and can stay at:Power minimal 65(Power – Agility) >= 4Acceleration minimal 40Defenders positioned on the purpose line can now make computerized clearances in applicable conditions to enhance defensive reliability. That is just for last-ditch conditions the place a defender is already in place to dam a sure purpose, at a velocity that the consumer may not be capable to react to.Shoulder challenges between gamers with a big Power Attribute distinction will extra typically end result within the participant with the decrease Power Attribute stumbling. Additionally, gamers with larger Power and Aggression Attributes can typically be higher at shielding the ball.We now have additional lowered the accuracy of Acrobatic photographs, comparable to bicycle kicks, taken proper after a flick.
You may also try extra gameplay updates within the full Patch Notes.
Soccer Final Group
We’ve addressed a number of points in addition to made enhancements to the navigation inside Final Group.
We’re including a New Launch hub, a brand new vacation spot in Final Group which can act as your go-to place to be taught concerning the newest campaigns. You’ll be able to entry this by way of a brand new menu tab or by way of the Information tile to see highlighted content material and navigate to the most recent SBCs, Goals and extra. This menu tab is meant to go reside in a server launch just a few weeks after Title Replace 1.4.0.Addressed the next points:Typically a trophy could be displayed within the nook of a pitch.Typically after previewing an Evolution consumable merchandise in an Merchandise Choose and returning to the choice display, the highlighted merchandise would default to the final merchandise beforehand chosen.Addressed circumstances of a selected UI movement that resulted within the radial menu showing unintentionally.
Profession Mode
We’ve made modifications to Profession Mode together with the next:
Expanded Participant Standing Data by offering separate Contract and Normal fields, containing information on a participant’s willingness to barter and their potential.Sure Archetype choices at the moment are ineligible based mostly on the chosen Origin Story in Participant Profession.Changed Beginning Talent Stage with Beginning AP in Participant Profession, displaying the quantity of AP the participant is eligible for based mostly on their chosen Origin Story.Adjusted Supervisor Profession Job Safety logic for conditions when managers attain an Insecure job safety standing.Contract durations have been prolonged as much as 3 years for ICONs and Heroes.
You’ll be able to try the total Profession Mode modifications and all the problems addressed within the full Patch Notes.
Golf equipment
We’ve addressed the next points in Golf equipment:
Addressed circumstances the place incorrect Acceleration Sorts might have been set by the consumer.In some circumstances, the Group Administration display didn’t show appropriate Acceleration Sorts, this was a visible difficulty solely.
PC
We’ve addressed the next points on the PC model of FC 26:
Refresh fee might’ve unintentionally modified to 60Hz at occasions.Addressed some particular circumstances of framerate points occurring within the second half of matches.
[Source – EA Sports FC 26 Pitch Notes]


