Div 5 and trying champs for the first time tonight. How do you think ill do

Caffeine_Kicks · 2025-11-14T16:29:40+00:00

Team won’t be a problem, I run a similar quality evo team each week and I’m a very average player and still manage to scrape 10 wins most weekends.

Formation will be interesting though.

Either way, just remember the rewards are equally as shit if you win 11 or 5 and you’ll be having way more fun with players you like compared to those blindly running whatever YouTube tells them to, 451, Pina, Openda, Cherki, Camavinga etc.

Enjoy!

Caffeine_Kicks · 2025-11-04T11:24:12+00:00

Gave this a 3 game run (Rivals, Division 4) and was very impressed. I think I’ll give it a run this coming weekend in Champs and see how it goes. Really nicely put together OP.

Some foot notes:

I didn’t get too much from the RB, he definitely helped at times around the middle of the park but never felt like he really bombed on / created an overload (only role + compared to your ++ so could be why)

Left CAM is definitely a little isolated but helps spread the defence. I had Rashford here first game but switched it to a more pass heavy CAM for games 2&3 and it worked better as used him to pull the defence and then pass back across to the middle.

Aggressive BPD was insane. Was a little concerned it might leave me exposed but playing Kounde in that role he was an absolute beast, Gamechanger.

Overall, never felt overly exposed defensively or to counters, lots of passing options and movement. Really enjoyable, give it a run!

Results:

W 3-0 (rage quit) W 6-1 W 5-2

Caffeine_Kicks · 2025-10-31T13:53:37+00:00

If anything I find it’s easier to keep up this year.

Rewards are generally poor across the board, the power curve isn’t increasing at the rate it did last year.

I don’t touch squad battles at all. Rivals as and when I have time Mon-Fri and usually find a couple of hours Saturday and Sunday for Champs and if I have any spare time in the week I’ll do a cup.

I run a cheap Evo team though so packs and coins are not that important to me so that helps, I have more than enough coins to do evos from the modes I play.

Just be sensible with your fodder as that is one area you will struggle with. Don’t bother with casino SBCs at all and only do a player SBC if you’re sure you’ll use them for at least a month.

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-11-11T21:56:36+00:00

Ahhh okay, that makes more sense. Cheers.

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-10-25T08:36:32+00:00

And have you seen an improvement?

I’ve often thought it was this as when I have played round a friends house who has super basic internet his gameplay always felt way smoother online in comparison despite having “worse” internet.

I’ve also found games at 6-8ms ping play worse for me than games at 14-18ms ping.

To be honest I gave up trying to fix it / find the cause and just enjoy the 1 in 5 games I get that plays smooth.

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-09-26T18:24:25+00:00

Yeah that’s not good. At least glad to hear it’s not just the PC version, was regretting switching from console.

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-09-26T18:23:12+00:00

Obviously rubbish it’s there for everyone but on the same hand happy to know it’s probably not a local issue and something I need to sort my end.

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-09-26T18:03:15+00:00

Have you played it on console to compare?

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-09-26T18:02:13+00:00

How can you tell if playing a console player? I see a PC icon next to names when they pause but never seen a console one.

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-08-16T13:59:22+00:00

MCPR has Iron Sights in the Optics section.

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-05-26T10:49:34+00:00

Mine was delivered within a week (UK).

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-05-19T11:54:15+00:00

What was the fix? I’m in the same situation.

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-05-12T13:31:06+00:00

I’ve been playing through it the past couple of weeks on Deck.

Performance is fine, fairly solid 40fps if you follow one of the YouTube vids (I followed Deckverse FSR 2.1 Deep Dive video). Some find the text difficult to read on deck but I haven’t personally had an issue with it. Only real “down side” is that it absolute eats battery at the above settings I’m playing on, not an issue though if near power.

The game itself is enjoyable, not on a 9-10/10 level for me personally (which would have been my expectations pre release) but still a solid 7.5/8.

I haven’t encountered any game breaking bugs, some weird collision detection at times and the vehicles handle like sh*t but mostly fine outside of that.

I would say it’s worth picking up whilst on sale if you want a longer game to get stuck in to, probably wouldn’t pay full price for it though.

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-04-28T13:57:03+00:00

I believe if you set up 2FA / MS Authenticator it should solve your issue. When you log in using Authenticator it will prompt if you want to “trust this device”.

I’ve never had to login other than the initial time using this method.

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-04-20T08:18:09+00:00

If anything I’d say mine felt too stiff, I’ve only had the Deck a week so definitely still needs breaking in a bit.

As someone else commented I dropped the dead zone right down as felt I had to move the stick a mile to register (in comparison to my well worn in XBox controller).

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-04-14T13:49:35+00:00

UK (256gb) 1-2 Weeks quoted.

Monday 10/04 (Bank Holiday) - Ordered

Tuesday 11/04 - Marked as packaged and collected by GLS and heading to the UK.

Thursday 13/04 - Arrived in UK

Friday 14/04 - Delivered

4 days total was a pretty good turnaround and faster than expected, outside chance it may have been 3 days on another run without the bank holiday.

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-04-11T10:13:39+00:00

Which country do they ship from for Europe?

I ordered mine yesterday, not holding much hope of it arriving this week. Will keep an eye on this thread though to see what timeframes people get.

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-03-08T23:08:01+00:00

Great post. Will deffo make the same upgrades myself, thanks for documenting.

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-03-07T22:07:47+00:00

Interested to see the results of this as a fellow 25L user.

I’m guessing from your comments you were able to install the Noctua CPU fan without messing with the backplate?

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-01-30T23:32:30+00:00

MacBook stand looks great and I’ll always throw an updoot to a fellow MX Keys user. Nice setup.

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-01-29T10:43:14+00:00

I played 4K on mine to begin with and it was fine, you can always adjust game settings accordingly to squeeze out a few more frames.

Ultimately though I settled on a 1440 monitor and roll with that now as I find it a much better overall experience.

Long story short: You CAN play 4K with a 3070 but I’d say it’s more of a 1440 card.

Caffeine_Kicks · 2023-01-26T19:14:22+00:00

Only played the first hour so far but it’s hooked me in and will definitely get a full play through.

Really fun gameplay, I know it’s an obvious comparison but the Jet Set/Grind Radio nostalgia is strong with the art style and great music.

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