EA SPORTS FC 25: Features Update (Title Update #9)

The Features Update (Title Update #9) will release for EA SPORTS FC 25 in the coming days, and it’s going to address a handful of issues while enabling us to release a number of new updates in the near future, including:

• Increase of active Evolution slots to 2.
• New OVR Search Filter in Football Ultimate Team.
• Progress around players getting wins when Football Ultimate Team matches end early.
• Slightly updated Starter Packs for new Football Ultimate Team clubs.

EA Sports saw your positive reactions to the previous Gameplay Refresh Update and want to make sure EA Sports are maintaining a consistent gameplay experience, so EA Sports are not making any changes to the balance of the game in this update. EA Sports are addressing a stability issue during throw ins, and updating our Simulation Mode slider presets to better pair offline play with some of the tuning changes from the past update. EA Sports are continuing to review your feedback around gameplay and will make further updates based on it in the future.

Active Evolution Increase And Updated Starter Packs

EA Sports has heard your feedback about wanting to do more Evolutions, and EA Sports has soon be increasing how many active Evolutions you can have at any given time to 2.

Additionally, EA Sports are going to be slightly updating Starter Packs for brand new Football Ultimate Team clubs following a near-future Server Release. Of course, new Clubs will still need to build towards their dream squad like before, but the updated Packs are more reflective of the current point in the season.

New OVR Search Filter In Football Ultimate Team

EA Sports continue to update Football Ultimate Team search filters whenever EA Sports can based on your feedback, and with TU #9 EA Sports are adding the ability to search by OVR ranges in your Club, SBCs, Rush, and Evolutions.

Here’s how the new filter looks in action:

Updated Match Outcomes In Football Ultimate Team

EA Sports has heard the community’s frustration about not receiving a win when an opponent leaves a tied Football Ultimate Team match.

This is a complex space, and EA Sports want to ensure fair competitive play. When EA Sports change how players get wins, draws, or losses, exploits may occur, impacting fair play, so EA Sports must be careful about how EA Sports make these changes.

With that said, EA Sports want to try to make progress here, so in an upcoming Server Release, EA Sports will update how some online match outcomes are determined.

Here is the change:

• Introduced new match outcome logic that can result in you receiving a match win when opponents quit during a tied scoreline.
  • This change applies to solo Ultimate Team Division Rivals and Champions play, as well as Ultimate Team Division Rivals co-op play.

There are a couple of key elements to call out about this change.

First, this will only apply when a player uses the Quit option from the in-game Pause Menu when one of the following conditions are met:

• 45 or more minutes have passed.
• The quitting player concedes a penalty kick.
• The quitting player has received a red card.

Second, there is a limit to how many times a player will be able to receive a win in this scenario. The change includes a cooldown period, and you’ll be informed in-game with a pop-up message when that limit has been reached. When released, this will be set to 5 in a 24 hour period, which resets at 00:00 GMT daily.

Our aim, as always, is to provide a safe and fun environment free from cheating. Therefore, what is listed here, including the daily limits, may change based on our analysis and/or observations that these changes are negatively impacting the player experience.

While our goal is to eventually be able to address all ways of leaving a tied match, such as a disconnect, EA Sports need to first monitor how this change is being used by players and how it’s impacting the Ultimate Team experience.

EA Sports understand that this change will not resolve all the cases where the community has expressed frustration. However, EA Sports want to be able to make progress here, and our learnings from this initial change will help inform any further potential changes.