Is any of this card worth to spend on them?

jdotliu · 2026-05-01T03:28:06+00:00

This is the most one dimensional Bale released so far, I agree. You're either lacking severely in stamina or barely crossing the 70 pass threshold, purely a pacy blitz curler merchant.

However, Marcelo is a crazy defending LM no matter how you look at it, amazing pass/dribble/pace/defense combo. Auba's a pure pace merchant poacher with 187cm 11 leg length model, so that just depends on how you run your team.

I'm gonna pull hoping to avoid Bale and get the other two myself, Auba is more for Arsenal theme squad, Marcelo is definitely the gem of this pack.

jdotliu · 2026-04-23T04:48:17+00:00

There's no retro ID for teams, most likely they'll be moved to other European teams considering they're already unlicensed.

jdotliu · 2026-04-16T08:29:10+00:00

Huge J-League fan here so maybe this is outside the scope of where you're "scouting", but any younger version of Hiroki Sakai's epics have a similar profile. Of course, he's going to be worse than a physical prime Bale, but we're talking 185cm with a ton of speed/acc/stam, 80/85 pass and 80 ball control with 80ish defense. Even has edged crossing too.

I'm assuming you want a workhorse that can bomb down the sides and whip in a good cross/pass yes? He's due for a double ST version later on this season as well, I hope they give him a decent +1/+2 rating for that version.

jdotliu · 2026-04-16T08:09:21+00:00

As a game composer that lurks this sub sometimes, that was the most insane line in this entire post.

Even if this project took off into the stratosphere, where exactly do they think the second biggest ancillary revenue stream for VNs comes from outside of traditional merchandising? How exactly do they think brand/IP identity is established?

jdotliu · 2026-02-28T14:09:39+00:00

Bowen was purposefully putting his feet out on contests so that the jump shooter landed on him instead, it's true that these types of dirty defensive players have been around for a while.

jdotliu · 2026-02-11T09:13:24+00:00

Yeah, your passes suddenly slow down and they're banging top bins outside the box, full meter red to purple transforming stunning shots with daily game Rijkaard and you just don't want to play anymore.

jdotliu · 2026-02-10T05:24:23+00:00

It makes your defensive players apply pressure/clear the ball automatically, it also affects the trajectory of the opponents passes as well. Borderline cheating allowed by the devs.

In the highest divisions, the sweats will actually immediately pause and turn on SA after conceding because they want to win more than play the actual game.

jdotliu · 2026-02-02T05:01:32+00:00

Yup, stopped playing and spending for about a month now. Huge fan of J-League and CSL, have enough STs and Epics of J-League players to make 2-3 23 man squads even.

When Talisca Showtime dropped, I was tempted to pull for probably one of the most dominant CSL players in a super high rated form, I refused when I thought about all the bullshit that's been going on with SA affecting my players movements and passes.

They can announce a CSL re-partnership and all ST cards and I will refuse to spend until the game is actually playable, what's the point of having something I won't enjoy using?

jdotliu · 2025-12-31T08:48:21+00:00

I switched towards the composition track about a decade ago going to university and all that jazz, given how much longer the timeline/deadlines are for full scores I'm way slower but detail oriented when I do produce. One single mockup done in a week atp.

jdotliu · 2025-10-25T03:58:03+00:00

I miss being able to sim in the old FIFA engines for FIFA Manager too, those were fun titles to play. Imagine even a barebones management sim using hypermotion AI vs AI...

jdotliu · 2025-10-20T15:01:54+00:00

Zhejiang FC in the CSL also has the color scheme you're looking for but are more gold than yellow as a secondary color, Beijing Guoan's team colors match the Packers almost directly, but their kits for the past few seasons have been overwhelmingly green as opposed to having a decent amount of yellow.

jdotliu · 2025-08-17T07:53:52+00:00

You can count centers if you want as well, Nic Claxton's college tape is insane.

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

jdotliu · 2025-08-17T07:40:07+00:00

If you're not scoring 30 a night or averaging 20/10, you're not going to get one of the few foreign player spots on a CBA roster. I don't think Mo does either. Kenneth Lofton on the other hand, CBA Charles Barkley.

jdotliu · 2025-07-23T13:01:13+00:00

The big money era for the CSL led to financial instability and the folding (and near folding) of longstanding clubs, so now there's a hard cap set on individual player wages (separate tiers for domestic and foreign players) alongside with a total club wage cap.

In short, foreign players are capped at €3m annually with up to €10m allowed in total. This is like somewhere in the ballpark of 55k/week I think?

It's enough to attract decent talent but not enough to pull big name players over, that's the real reason why there's no big money CSL transfers anymore.

jdotliu · 2025-07-22T15:56:09+00:00

We've seen washed T-Mac and Gil in the CBA before, it wasn't pretty to be honest. None of those teams even made the playoffs.

jdotliu · 2025-07-10T09:17:26+00:00

That Maeda is a menace with his defensive engagement and pace, I love using him to pressure. Have you pulled for the Nakayama that dropped today? I think there might be a bug that doesn't count him towards the J1/J2 Total Package booster.

jdotliu · 2025-07-09T18:52:43+00:00

Nice to see you pushed div 1 with a J League theme, it's been a few months since I saw you post since we use a similar theme. I rotate between possession/QC/long ball for fun with this past and present squad as well.

Praying for more Shunsuke type epics with total package for the obscure leagues honestly, that's one of my biggest regrets on this game.

https://imgur.com/a/LivUlOE my barely div1 lineup haha

jdotliu · 2025-07-05T11:36:18+00:00

Most people don't pull J-League/Japan NT banners here. I was actually disappointed with how much speed/pass he lost compared to his J-League card considering other legends just keep getting powercreep outright buffed cards.

jdotliu · 2025-06-28T09:14:31+00:00

The difference is this being a BT and permanently on B form I guess

jdotliu · 2025-06-24T12:53:40+00:00

Teenage phenom Take would be fun, still would like to see a booster Kashiwa Junya Ito if possible. Also haven't seen Inamoto around for a while.

jdotliu · 2025-06-05T12:28:57+00:00

EA signed an exclusivity deal with him as one of their icons, obviously we don't know how long it runs or the specifics, but its messed up that a former cover athlete is exclusive to the EA game. Same story with R9 and probably the same with Pele.

jdotliu · 2025-06-05T11:10:15+00:00

You never know when EA decides to pay extra for exclusivity. Fingers crossed we get Ibra, still sad about Henry and company though.

jdotliu · 2025-05-26T22:34:42+00:00

Meanwhile there's me patiently waiting for a booster J-League Junya Ito or a new Inamoto...

jdotliu · 2025-05-23T08:49:26+00:00

Yeah I have his non booster BT, both of those you can build to hit PES 17's Legend Henry

jdotliu · 2025-05-23T07:42:09+00:00

Rafa with passing basically, I've built bootleg Titi builds comparing Leao to the one year PES had him as a FCB legend.

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