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Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

What a god drat monster,



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wKrSndCNtA&t=23s

Looking forward to his upgraded card :getin:

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Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

hopterque posted:

IF Modeste is basically extinct on ps4 (and xbox maybe as well?) because his price range only goes up to 50k :blessed:

He's getting an upgrade tomorrow too.
Haha this loving rules.

Also I'm loving the diving price of IF-Piszczek. I should be able to afford him by the Monday.

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

drat SIF-Sokratis dropped hard. I could have sold him for 140k yesterday. He's going for 100k now. Ah well.

When do the upgrades hit the S/IF card that you already have?

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Tzen posted:

When do the upgrades hit the S/IF card that you already have?
Oh I'm dumb. I just logged into the web app and see that the upgrades have been applied. loving A

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

drat that's a sweet deal.

I decided to sell off Alaba (thank you for your 92 games of service) & Lahm. Bought IF-Hector and IF-Piszczek,



We'll see how this plays out...

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

hopterque posted:

Hector is leagues better than Alaba imo.

Alaba is an incredible player but he barely plays defense and I want and need my defenders to defend.
Yeah that was the biggest thing I noticed about him. He'd be stuck in midfield or wayyyy past the wing and would basically leave me 3 at the back to defend.

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Oh man that TIF-Keita card is my dream. I hope his price drops to sub 70k.

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

hopterque posted:

Hey, guess who's still really loving good:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwWqgtJqwVM


I went down 0-2 early because I wasn't paying attention, and the went on to give the poor guy a whupping and he quit after I scored Modeste's 3rd goal for a 5-2 lead.
That loving head-touch & goal :fap:

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

hopterque posted:

Huh well I decided to randomly open a 7500 coin pack after totw came out because why not and packed Aguero.


So that's pretty cool.
drat nice. My pack luck has been lacking in this FIFA.

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Seltzer posted:



This squad was a lot of fun and a nice change of pace from playing 433s. You create more chances and give up more chances inevitably but I think the 352 is a good option if you're defensively sound. I would not try this formation without defensive wingers though. Luckily the Bundesliga now has the most complete defensive wingers in the game. The pace combo up top is cheesy but really effective Gnabry is an awesome second striker and will be even more legit if he gets 4* skills.

e- Just opened packs from the SBCs out right now and got two walkouts, Ozil and ST Sanchez. Get innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. Today is easily my best pack day in fifa. Actually let me wind that back. 2nd best day after the time I opened 3 packs in the entirety of fifa 16 and one had TOTS Aguero.
This squad is sexy. I've been meaning to try out that IF-Gnabry on my b-squad, but IF-Osako keeps banging them in and is a blast to play with, so I haven't bothered yet.

and God drat, more awesome pack luck, good on ya

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Sold some players, made some moves, my current a-squad,



I haven't played with the TIF-Keita yet, as I just bought him, but looking forward to it.

I finally relegated Sanches to the b-squad because Latza with Shadow is a loving monster in the midfield.

Also I sold SIF-Forsberg just after he made his 100th assist :gbsmith:

So far Stindl has been a worthy replacement, as he's had 6 assists in 3 games.

Tzen fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Mar 14, 2017

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

And some player stats:

IF-Modeste: 243 goals, 239 games.

and IF-Osako:

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Ibra getting sniffs of FIFA 18

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Oh poo poo I just noticed Goretzka got a MOTM card. Looks like I'll be getting this to replace my IF-Latza. Although I do love Latza's 98 shot power / 95 long shots...

The rest of the recent MOTMs:

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

hopterque posted:

Good News fellow Modeste fans, he scored two goals, SIF incoming.
it's happening today :pcgaming:

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

It's gonna be hard to sell my IF-Modeste when his SIF comes out. Just scored #250 with him last night,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnWIGK9JNLs&t=27s
He went on to hat-trick that game as well :love:

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Ohhh shitttt 89 shooting baseline

:love:

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Yeah all the hype on this TOTW is centered on Messi/Cuadrado/Lukaku. Modeste is being overlooked and should hopefully be 40-50k-ish. Also holy poo poo that Junuzovic card.

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Higher than expected on PS4 but yeah I could see a 60k mark on him.

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Bought Modeste for 85k. No regrets

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

First game with SIF-Modeste and he scores a hat trick :getin: Here was his second goal,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt-Y0hyyQkc&t=24s

His next game he scored a brace. His third game he scored a brace and was on a hat trick when the EA servers shitted themselves. I finally re-connected and it seems that his last 2 goals didn't register in his stats, ah well.

Overall, SIF-Modeste is a loving monster beast and I love him.

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

I also swapped IF-Latza for IF-Junuzovic and he's worked quite well alongside 3IF-Keita for a solid CM duo.

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

I'm using Hunter on my SIF-Modeste cause all I do is score with him.

Some highlights,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaPUsRSE5DM&t=28s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODSBZAnk9gs&t=35s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REzLwnYwx8k&t=33s

also a rare assist from SIF-Modeste,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tB6xxz6txo&t=38s

and a rare Sokratis goal. I swear I never score with my CBs,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrBWFGee_Wc&t=24s

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Seltzer posted:

I used him initally because of the novelty and the 5* wf but he's legit good enough to be the main striker in a gold weekend league team.
Haha this was me as well. I had IF-Osako for my b-squad just for the hell of it. annnnnd 50+ goals later :stare:
Although I'm thinking about changing it up and trying out Burgstaller for my b-squad

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Good lord the TOTW is insane,

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Seltzer posted:

Yea and I'm getting rinsed for not selling motm pulisic and if Piszcek earlier. Looking at a 40k total loss if I sell now but I think things might rebound. I'm gonna pick up Podolski, Dempsey. Pulisic, and possibly Verrati out of this totw.
Yeah I hesitated on IF-Piszcek as well, and now it's too late. Hoping on the rebound as well.

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Tzen posted:

Yeah I hesitated on IF-Piszcek as well, and now it's too late. Hoping on the rebound as well.
lol gently caress me, price has dropped 50k and any chance of a redemption is gone. The 2IF is now going for 60k. Welp that ship sailed, I'll stick with the 1IF.

In other news, price drops everywhere holy moly. Gonna be buying IF-Schurrle and some others soon I think.

Those FUT Birthday cards are bringing back some memories.

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Picked up 3IF-Forsberg for 20k (loving lol this crash owns) and replaced 2IF-Calhanoglu on LW. Better pace/passing/everything except a slight dip on freekicks. So far it's working out well :c00l:

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Seltzer posted:

ffs the score I saw was lumped in with a bunch of other league games, I should've looked closer. I still don't think I'll lose any coins if I wait a week or even less. I picked up Błaszczykowski for 20k. He's a sleeper card for sure. The new cards made me feel nostalgic so I built a 41212 wide classic fifa 13 sweat squad with him.



I've not lost yet but my defending has needed to be on point with the one CDM to hold things down. It's a whole lot of fun though. I'm definitely putting Esswein next to Werner eventually because Werner already became the new Esswein so it's only right to put the original in there as well. The only let down is no 4* skills anywhere.

apropos of nothing I bought MOTM Kante awhile back when he was cheap and that card is out of this world. He plays like Legend/TOTY level in game.
That is a sexy squad

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Dollas posted:

made my guy 6"7 to be an unstoppable aerial threat and then the first time i hit the b button this happens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tooq93ubXJk
Hahah that bicycle kick owned hard. Reminded me of a Crouch goal.

SIF Modeste continues to steal my heart and scored 4 for me :love:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT0s9QT2k8o&t=2s

the best of the bunch,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oe7FmpOKfo&t=22s

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

hopterque posted:

I've been trying out the 87 rated red Immobile I got and man I just cannot get him to do anything for me. He looks like an insanely good card on paper but I'm at 1 goal 1 assist in 5 games which is uh, subpar.
I had one of his IF's early on and I had the same results. Amazing stats/card but dumpster results in-game.

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Seltzer posted:

I put all my IFs into a futbin list and apparently I'm sitting on ~2.6 million. If I sold off all the other cards in my club I don't use and consolidate into two squads I could have even more coins. Anyone else debating doing a big sell off before TOTS? For instance my MOTM Kante is awesome but he'll halve in price during TOTS. I have no problem moving cards like him on but I'm a bit of a hoarder with my other cards. IF Osako- awesome card don't know when I might want to use that, IF Bendetto- great card the first IF I bought, Smotm Aboubakar- really fun to use. etc. etc. I think I'm just going to clean house on thursday or friday when prices are higher.

Tots cards are always my favorites and I want to have a ton of coins on hand when they come out. Also I guarantee they'll do SBCs for special cards during each leagues tots so I'll also want coins in case a card I really like ends up there.
I considered a big sell before TOTS, but I'm having too much fun with my squads and would miss my players. Plus I'd end up building a very similar squad so.. :shrug:

I know there will be some TOTS cards that I'll want, but it'll just end up being some +1/+2 upgrades on cards I already have. So yeah. If I was going in a completely different direction (as I did last FIFA), I'd be selling by Friday. But I'm not so yeah.

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Stefan Prodan posted:

Through the magic of 4/20 PS4 parmos reached the promised land after a 7 year struggle with a perfect season


Kickass, congrats

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Seltzer posted:

I made the Russian league squad I posted earlier and it is destroying. Promes is amazing and an absolute steal for 30k.

You know a player is good when they score a no-look 180 degree mid-air spinning nutsack volley goal in their first game.
Hahaha this gif is beautiful

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Stefan Prodan posted:

This ref lost his fuckin mind:

(you will think I edited this video in some way but I did not)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwiqVqjcLcg
Good lord what :psyboom: the refs this FIFA have been pretty poo poo

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

I built an Argentina b-squad focused around IF-Scocco



He is dope as gently caress and scored a brace his first game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oVWCqWXUho&t=26s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9mvDgMup7c&t=32s

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Seltzer posted:

Player prices are crashing out hard. I'm personally betting on a lot of it being unnatural because of the SBC and everyone trying to sell off early for tots at the same time despite tots being four weeks out. Personally I'm holding onto my top tier cards in the hopes that they rebound. I think they will but obviously I'm not an expert. Worth noting however is that a lottt of cards are going for way way too low at the moment so it's a great time to buy cards you don't think will get another IF or a TOTS imo.
Yeah I ditched SIF-Brooks and bought the new Howedes card at 25k, this shits insane.

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

oooof what a goal

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Yeah Alaba is whatever, IF-Hector all the way.

hopterque posted:

So I've pared down both teams to like sub 50k coins using sbcs and untradeables mostly, which is working out pretty ok.

Running a Ligue 1 team with Kante and Martial and then a Serie A team with the usual suspects.

SBC Cavani is tearing things up for me early, with like 6 goals and two assists in 3 games.

Immobile still sucks though I'm pretty sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEVbfjPWUNk

e: Secured elite 2 monthly with my last game, 27 wins this week. Can't wait for my 15 81-83 rated untradeable players.
That first goal was smooth as gently caress. Nice

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Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

For some reason, my on-the-cheap Argentina squad has doubled in price on the market. I decided to sell it off while it was hot. I had bought IF-Scocco for 12k, and just sold him off for 25k :getin:

Seeing that IF-Max Kruse brings back memories from a few FIFA's ago. I was just able to pick him up for 13k and will build around him. Also somehow I got that card with a Hunter chemistry already applied to it. People are insane to sell a card at base market value when it has a 4-5k chemistry card attached to it.

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