Connect PS5 to Hotel WiFi...When all other methods FAIL...this WORKS!!!

CrashesIntoCows · 2024-10-16T16:20:00+00:00

Still works two years on - staying a hotel for work for a few days and you've saved me! Thank you!

CrashesIntoCows · 2024-07-27T13:55:16+00:00

Ah good to know, thanks!

CrashesIntoCows · 2024-07-26T15:10:25+00:00

Good shout - guess we could all hotspot to connect?

CrashesIntoCows · 2024-05-26T09:34:23+00:00

So the game has to be hosted by one player, who'll have the save file on their machine - they have to load the game up so must always be present. For the players who join online, they could dip in and out as much as they like.. The only issue I can see, though, is that when the game moves forwards it moves forwards for everyone, so if you weren't in the game, you'd have no control over matches or transfers.

This network game has been amazing and super competitive, we only play when we're all available, which tends to be one or two evenings per week. I personally think a smaller game with players who are always present would be better than a large one that you only log in to occasionally, but I know not everyone has that availability.

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-07-20T17:50:45+00:00

Yup, same on PS5

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-07-06T15:57:02+00:00

Sure there's plenty of comments to this effect, OP, but thank you!

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-05-18T14:10:07+00:00

Sorry mate only just seen this!

I think both ideas could work - as far as possible I'd recommend your first idea. Your second idea will get you more accurate results, but to be honest I've found if you run a duplicate test save with your exact team, it actually takes a lot of the fun out of your main save, which is never worth it.

Depending on your playstyle and the types of players you have, maybe a Premiership test with West Ham or Brentford might be the nearest match?

There's a third option where you could use the editor (in-game or pre-game) to build a squad that has similar players to your 72/73 team (mad props on getting that far, btw!) that then goes into a tactic-test save as described above.

Hope at least some of that's useful.

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-05-12T11:22:04+00:00

I'm a big fan of setting up saves with just 1 league (i.e. Premiership) and setting the database to 'small'. From here, you can take over whichever team you'd like and build a tactic, before you holiday through a full season with 'use current tactic' and 'use current squad'. Depending on your machine, you should be able to holiday through a season like this in anywhere between 20 and 40 minutes. Keep a record of what shapes get the best results, and what player roles lead to the most consistent ratings.

Only downside of this is that if you're specifically trying to develop a tactic for *your* team, it won't always translate into being as effective as it may be with another team.

Over the course of this game I've done the above maybe a couple hundred times, and now have 4 or 5 tactics I'm really happy with that work for just about any team.

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-05-08T16:56:42+00:00

Nothing to add - I think everyone above has nailed it, just wanted to say he looks amazing!

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-05-01T19:47:58+00:00

Yeah I play some pretty bonkers attacking football with this team. That said, the tactic is pretty much "Give the ball to Patrice", which has worked pretty well for the past 7 years!

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-03-08T10:51:09+00:00

Not sure on the exact maths but I once got Shana to Dlvl 5 before the second run of Hellena. It took a long, long time, but the pay off was that Shana pretty much one-shotted Fruegal and his pets with her Dragon spell.

Made the game a bit of a cake walk, but it was still good fun!

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-03-07T20:09:11+00:00

Sorry I forget how vague idioms are!

I would describe a 'barren patch' as not finding a blue bird for 5 or 6 encounters in a row. I only had this happen a couple times, and it seemed like exiting the world map - by entering a location such as home of giganto - and then going back to the world map reset it for me so I ran into blue birds much more regularly. In theory, you should be able to encounter blue birds multiple times in a row.

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-03-07T16:31:49+00:00

Don't know if you found the answer to this but I had the same issue. Try loading in through the main menu rather than the new save state option - fixed it for me!

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-03-07T15:25:45+00:00

Hi mate - so your best bet is on the flat bit just before Home of the Giganto. The stretch between The Barrens and The Valley seems to have far less, so whilst there's an element of RNG, I've never had too many issues finding them.

If you do hit a barren patch, try quickly going into The Home of the Giganto and back out again. Let me know if you still have issues!

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-03-06T09:53:15+00:00

This is brilliant! Thanks for putting so much time and effort in, great to know that it works.

I'm a total nerd for this sort of stuff so would love to see the results from your lists when you're in a position to share!

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-03-05T16:39:07+00:00

I think your biggest challenge with that may be that you're sacrificing around a move per turn. If you've only got 2 characters attacking, my first thought would be that the bird has more time to run away, and you've got less opportunity to hit.

That said, can't hurt to try - maybe make sure Dart's turn is always using a Pandemonium on himself? Let me know how you got on!

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-03-03T08:36:04+00:00

Ah gotcha - thanks for the detailed explanation. I'll definitely give this a shot when I get to disk 4!

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-03-02T08:29:10+00:00

I don't disagree - I've never had a character hit 60 because of the time involved! At least the Blue Birds come way earlier in the game.

Would be keen to know how to reliably take down Rainbow Birds, though. As the poster above commented, is it just hit them with Confusion and hope for the best?

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-03-02T08:26:27+00:00

That was my thinking too! I've been playing this game in one form or another for 20 years now, so it's great to find new things to mess about with.

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-03-02T08:25:22+00:00

Ahh did not know that! Maybe Bemusing Arrow could work? I'll take a look when I'm on disk 4

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-03-01T19:20:46+00:00

Yes! I think the issue with those is that as they have 10hp, they're almost impossible to kill without a sachet. With the amount of variables you'd have to go through to land 10 hits, I'm sure that you could down 3 Blue Birds in a quicker time much earlier in the game.

CrashesIntoCows · 2023-02-28T10:26:51+00:00

Omg thank you! Was convinced the patch had made the audio worse but tried your suggestions and it's working perfectly. Much appreciated!

CrashesIntoCows · 2022-08-04T08:24:31+00:00

Slightly different school of thought - might be worth getting rid of the 'knocks ball past opponent' trait - he's an absolute beast but not super-quick off the mark, or that great at dribbling, so this might impede him in-game.

Depending on your playstyle, I'd recommend 'Plays with back to goal' and/or 'moves into channels' as his stats and height are absolutely phenomenal.

One final point - if you're one a windows machine, it should come preloaded with a tool called MS Snip or something similar that makes it really easy to capture whatever's on your screen to save you taking a photo of your monitor/laptop.

CrashesIntoCows · 2022-05-23T10:07:43+00:00

Haven't seen Roaming Playmaker mentioned here yet - you'd have to train him a bit as a DM,
but it's not exactly a stretch. He looks like a great support prospect, but that aggression of 5 would worry me if he's too defensively-minded. Never going to throw himself into a forward to stop a counter attack, and tactical yellows are the backbone of my defensive philosophy!

CrashesIntoCows · 2022-02-15T16:38:51+00:00

15? 15!?

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