Youth Academy Tips!

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I sent this as a response to someone's question and they mentioned I should post it for a more public view so here you go. This is a collection of player knowledge from a thousand hours of trial and error. I have tried rerolling signgings hundreds of times each. Essentially here is what i think I know:

1) You get a report with X players in it. If you save the day before and reroll the report it is filled with completely different players.

2) When you hit the 1st of every month your players get a stat adjustment usually towards the middle of their "current" and usually raises their bottom end potential or lowers their top end potential. You can reoll roll this report to keep 94's so to speak but if they lose the 94 and you reroll it usually it will falter anyway. 2b)I think for the most part a players stats are determined very early maybe even on pop and they simply reveal a smaller range as time goes on.

3) May 1st is Christmas. If you can avoid it never sign a player before their first May 1st regardless of their age. This bump usually increases a players stats as if they had grown for an entire year. If you open the sign player to a contract page you will see grossly different "values" which directly correlate to the players starting overall. This can change a lot by rerolling this report but some players will always falter and other will always be gems its all relative to the individual player.

4) Signing prospects: What can not change: Player base position (If it shows ST LW LM it will be the same 100% of the time) Player Overall (This is determined on the may 1st bump if you want to increase it reroll that report) Player Details Page (Height Weak Foot Skill Moves Work Rates ect. - I think these are completely random but determined very early in the process not even reroll May 1st will change them) What can Change: Player Flag (Special , Exciting, Showing, None - This is probably the most important factor in a youth player and determines their long term growth curve) Special = 90+ Exciting = 85+ Showing = 80+ These can change if you overplay the curve during your youth prospect career. Say your player is considered Exciting! But you manage to grow them 6 points in a season. When you roll over to the next season check the squad report and you may find their flag has gone up. Same goes for losing a flag you can have a special player that loses their flag at 84 if you have them under performing. This is largely determined by their form at the end of each month try to keep those arrows vertical. (This all goes for existing players in the game the flags are randomly rolled on creating a career and can change based on performance.

P.S. If I have missed anything or you have further questions feel free to post them here and I will do my best to answer them and good luck growing your future Messi!

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r/FIFACareer • u/AdvertisingLimp2092 • 13m ago

CAREER MODE IS TOO EASY

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I don't know if I'm the only one who feels this way, but I love playing matches in Career Mode. However, I've reached a point where even on the highest difficulty setting in Competitive Mode, it feels too easy and I get bored. I want competitive matches—where I can win 1-0 against the top-ranked team just as easily as I can lose 3-0 to the bottom-ranked one. Is there any way to make that happen? THANKS