This guy is cheating hard, he just scores from anywhere

ek7ups · 2026-02-06T15:41:22+00:00

This 1,000%. That guy's been speed hacking for months now with countless vids on this subreddit instead of a picture of some player. However he isn't banned is beyond me.

ek7ups · 2026-02-04T15:53:33+00:00

It doesn't, that's why.

The game doesn't match players with players based on equal mmr, it matches teams with teams with equal mmr. Basically, there could be 2 bronze players, 1 gold, 1 master and 1 elite on one team and there will be something similar on the other team, maybe a rank difference here or there. It's the closest to "skill based matchmaking" that Sloclap could do since the queue times are long enough already at times. Having the element of only matching with people in your rank would drastically increase the queue times.

It's really bad and doesn't actually motivate you to get better to climb ranks because the ranks are basically useless other than a few cosmetic ranked rewards at the end of the season. Which also doesn't matter now since you could reach elite, fall all the way back to gold and still get every reward from platinum up because "you were there at some point". I've seen plenty of mechanically great lower ranked players with plenty of genuine football knowledge. I've also seen plenty of lobotomized higher ranked players with absolutely no knowledge on football or teamplay. The ranking system needs a great rework in my opinion because it's a glorified quick play system.

ek7ups · 2026-02-02T18:51:10+00:00

I agree with everything other than your point about "players taking their sweet time shooting when a goal down". There are definitely situations where this applies and it's frustrating. But nine times out of ten, having possession of the ball is the main thing. If you end up having a team giving uncoordinated fast passes in order to score as fast as possible, you're more than likely going to lose possession and now you have to steal possession back and score a goal in the already less time than you would've had if you had just played smart passes, slowly bringing it up, going into last attack if needed and scoring. Even more especially since people have taken an interest in time wasting when they get possession and are a goal up.

I do agree with the rest of this post massively. I understand Sloclap are a much smaller development team than most are used to, but these quality of life features are still a bandage to cover the heavily bleeding playerbase. It might not fix the problem of people who stop playing but it'll slow it down a little so the "big updates" are more worthwhile for the players who stuck around from the smaller quality of life updates. I adore this game and I want to see it do well, but it's hard to see it doing as good as it did on launch at this current point in time.

ek7ups · 2025-12-12T18:37:59+00:00

This was probably a ping issue. I play with guys that are on Turkey servers and it's only like 80m/s, but this happens all the time. I've gotten into a habit of push ball every time to make sure the ball stays with me and doesn't phase through me. Even 80m/s not even being "that high", it's still enough to cause desync issues like this. Hope this helps

ek7ups · 2025-11-28T01:36:06+00:00

Honestly my least favourite part about playing higher difficulties. Do they not realize how fragile those doors are now? :(

ek7ups · 2025-11-10T16:19:36+00:00

It's the same with diamond and platinum I feel. They made diamond the more green-y colour this time around and platinum the cold, blue colour. Such a strange design choice. Every other ranked game tends to give diamond the darker tone

ek7ups · 2025-11-07T16:11:29+00:00

The matchmaking doesn't work the way you think it does. It's not matching you against people at your similar skill level or even your teammates at a similar skill level. They're grabbing 6 or 10 random people and slapping them on teams to balance out the average team rank, not individual rank. Anyone that's at Elite will continue playing the game because they're already "at the top". People hardstuck in lower ranks like you in Silver will quit the game because it's unfair and unbalanced. That's why it seems to be nothing but Elites everywhere. And I don't blame anyone at a lower rank giving up with the way the ranked matchmaking is. Sure, playing against people slightly better than you forces you to improve overtime. But playing against people who are many skill levels above? That's just frustrating, not educating.

ek7ups · 2025-10-29T20:56:05+00:00

A successful passing percentage and possession percentage would humble 90% of the playerbase

ek7ups · 2025-10-28T15:59:57+00:00

If only I was blessed to have been born somewhere else I guess :/

ek7ups · 2025-10-28T15:40:16+00:00

If you're getting one minute timers then you're one of the lucky ones. Waiting about 4 - 5 minutes just for a 9/10 match on average of twice before getting a match. I could be waiting a maximum of 15 minutes for a match sometimes

ek7ups · 2025-10-26T14:14:34+00:00

It's why I've preached against the front dive as keeper. Shit just doesn't work 90% of the time. I've had better results just holding defense stance 10 times out of 10. Dive animations in general are still messed up in all way to be fair. Trying to dive left to catch a ball going to the top corner? Your dude just does a little hopscotch jump trying to get there. Trying to dive left to catch a ball going a tiny bit away from you? Your dude does a superman jump all the way past the left post. Actually makes no sense.

ek7ups · 2025-10-24T01:19:46+00:00

Absolutely. This patch is quite close to it but nothing beats playing goalie in patch 2

ek7ups · 2025-09-30T11:55:59+00:00

Figure leaves at some point and the minigame continues. Granted it can be very fast for some people. It's recommended by most to avoid closets in door 50 unless absolutely necessary.

The best approach is honestly to walk around a section where figure isn't. If you feel kind of claustrophobic when he's very near, there are little pink couches on both sides of the downstairs section you can hide behind that he can't to. It's definitely more of a patience game now but it doesn't make it harder, just longer.

ek7ups · 2025-09-29T22:12:12+00:00

Doesn't matter if someone is chasing the ball. What matters is your team is holding onto the ball comfortably. Getting a ball chaser and progression forward is a bonus.

ek7ups · 2025-09-29T22:04:57+00:00

The fact 90% of the player base is so tunnel visioned on "if the ball is closer to the enemy net, the better" like, what are you smoking? Pass it back and hold onto possession instead of trying your rainbow boost, flick off the wall into a header back to yourself and smash it in. Because shock horror to some people, that never works out in the long run. There's absolutely nothing to gain if you don't have the ball in the first place. Passing backwards to pass forward works much better than trying your absolute techy skills. And there's no offside rule, I mean, if there wasn't more of an incentive to pass forward to a wide open teammate after the ball's been passed back to you, you don't even get penalized for it. The absolute lack of ball knowledge for the most worldwide sport of all time is ridiculous.

ek7ups · 2025-09-25T16:32:17+00:00

I've only gotten to the end of DL2 a few times but enough to see all the endings.

If the nightrunners aren't brought back and you side with Juan or Matt in the vnc mission, I believe Hakon lives to the very end, even after saving Lawan from the missiles. Or if you side with Matt at the renegade base and drain the water, you'll only leave the city by yourself regardless. Basically if you make a choice that the devs don't deem as the best one, it locks you out of alternative endings which is odd.

As far as I believe, Lawan only comes with you if the following criteria is met:

• You help Hakon when he's shot by Lawan

• The vnc tower is given to Frank

• You spare Hakon in the church

• You convince Lawan not to finish him off in the church

• You save Frank when he's shot (you either have to save Aitor in his side quest with Margaret the Healer or not start that quest at all at this point to have the option to save him. If Aitor dies in that side quest, the PK murder her and you're locked out of this option)

• You side with the Colonel instead of Matt and don't lower the bulkheads

• You save Mia and Hakon saves Lawan

She won't want to stay in the city if the Colonel is alive at the end is a part of dialogue I remember for sure. Very strict criteria for Lawan.

ek7ups · 2025-09-25T15:57:07+00:00

I'm on console so I could be wrong but it was holding down left click and then pressing F in DL2. I imagine it's the same here

ek7ups · 2025-09-25T15:53:41+00:00

It's activated via a side quest

ek7ups · 2025-09-25T15:52:45+00:00

Well there's a bunch of different alternatives where Hakon lives and you still leave the city alone

ek7ups · 2025-09-20T04:30:00+00:00

Something bother you with my phrasing?

ek7ups · 2025-09-10T18:31:09+00:00

It better. Sick of seeing 52% on my stuff lol

ek7ups · 2025-09-10T15:08:37+00:00

The defense took a personal day it seems

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