FIFA 18 is coming soon. It will again feature the “Ultimate Team” mode: FUT 18. These are the changes we wish for – Wishlist.
Update August 1: The changes in FUT 18 are now known.
FIFA 18 will be released in autumn 2017. Official information about this football simulation is currently scarce. Only Andrew Wilson, CEO of EA, provided a glimpse of FIFA 18 and the future “Ultimate Team” mode: The game is set to build on the foundation laid by FIFA 17, continue the story mode “The Journey,” and bring innovative changes – especially in FUT.
Last year, the first information about FUT 17 was unveiled during Gamescom in August. If EA Sports follows the same timeline for FIFA 18, it will still be a while before we find out what’s in store for fans in FUT 18. Plenty of time to list wishes, speculations, and hopes.
What we wish for FIFA 18 Ultimate Team – FUT 18
We have scoured the depths of the internet and found countless suggestions in FIFA forums on how to enhance Ultimate Team. All the ideas would far exceed our “Top 10” list, which is why we are now listing ten wishes that have been frequently mentioned in the community and that we would also like to see implemented in FUT 18.
FIFA 18 FUT Champions – Give us more time
One of the biggest innovations of FUT 17 was the mode FUT Champions. Here, players can qualify for the Weekend League during the week. On the weekend, the goal is to win against many opponents to climb the ranks. The higher the rank, the better the rewards. In other words: The better you play and the more wins you achieve, the better the prizes.
However, since the launch of FIFA 17, there have been complaints: Why does this only take place on weekends? Many players have more time during the week than on weekends.
To succeed in FUT Champions, one must 1. have time on the weekend and 2. have a lot of time on the weekend. Because within a few days, 40 matches need to be played to rise high in the rankings. That takes time.
In short: FUT Champions dictates the weekly schedule for many FUT fans. Therefore, players are demanding for FUT 18: We want to decide for ourselves when to play the matches. A system with weekly and monthly leaderboards that is always active could be an option. This would allow fans to play whenever they have the time.
Playing matches should be more rewarding
The best football players in FUT cost well over a million coins on the transfer market. “Earning” this is impossible considering that there are only about 500 coins for a completed match. Therefore, one can only get to the top players if they either have extreme luck when opening packs or are among the best FIFA players in the world and consistently win the best prizes in FUT Champions.
Thousands of matches would be necessary to earn a Cristiano Ronaldo. For many, this is unthinkable. Even if a player card costs “only” a few hundred thousand coins, one would need to invest several days of playtime to afford it. Many fans therefore take the easier route, make microtransactions, buy packs, and hope for good players. They definitely make some thousands of coins this way.
Therefore, the wish: Allow for more coins as a reward after a match. So that playing is more worthwhile.
Legends for everyone in FUT 18
Since FIFA 14, legend cards have been exclusive to Xbox players due to a marketing deal between Microsoft and EA. The legends in FUT are cards from former world-class footballers that EA Sports brings back to the virtual pitch.
According to a leak, there will be a deal between Sony and EA for FIFA 18. Possibly, the legends will then be exclusive to PS4. However, many players wish: Why do the legends have to be exclusive? Why is a group of players completely excluded? A time exclusivity of one month, for example, would be completely sufficient.
EA, unlock Pelé, Beckenbauer, and Co. for all FUT fans.
Custom jerseys and crests
Individualization is becoming increasingly important in online games. Players want their own symbols, their own unique logos. Why not also in FUT 18?
The “Pro Clubs” mode shows that an editor for crests and jerseys could be possible (even though this could be much more extensive). The “real” crests and jerseys could certainly remain in FUT 18, as many like to play in the colors of their favorite team. But a feature allowing for the creation of custom crests and jerseys would be welcomed by many fans.
More options for positions
In FUT, you have some leeway to adjust player positions. For example, a central midfielder can be changed to a defensive midfielder, but not to a defender.
In FUT 18, these restrictions should be lifted, as players in real football also sometimes play in positions that do not correspond to their “actual” positions. A prominent example was Philipp Lahm, who often played in midfield under Guardiola instead of as a right-back. Reflecting this in FUT is currently not possible.
Of course, it should not be possible to place a striker as a goalkeeper, but more freedom in position choice would certainly be welcome.
Buy and sell consumables in bundles
Now a wish that concerns the “quality of life” of FUT fans: No matter if fitness cards, contracts, or other consumables – you always need them in bulk, but you can only buy them individually.
Therefore, we wish for a feature that allows contracts to be sold and purchased, for example, in packs of three or five. This would save time.
Diverse online tournaments
With the introduction of FUT Champions, the variety of “online tournaments” has disappeared. These have been replaced by daily knockout tournaments for the Weekend League. Although these have different requirements from day to day, many players now miss diverse online tournaments in FUT. These could have exclusive rewards and special requirements or be more extensive than “maximum 4 games per tournament”.
In single-player mode, there are still various, sometimes time-limited tournaments.
Free draft entries
The draft mode is a fun mode both offline and online. First, you have to build a team: For each position, you get a random selection of players, where you have to make compromises between high overall ratings and good team chemistry. Then you play a tournament with the draft team. The further you get, the better the rewards.
In draft mode, you can play with player cards that are not accessible to many in FUT. So you often have a Messi, Ronaldo, or Neymar to choose from.
However, there’s a catch: Entry to draft is not free. Either you draw a draft token from a pack (which is very rare), or you pay 15,000 coins (which is quite a lot). Since many FUT players prefer to invest their coins elsewhere, they hardly play in draft mode.
Therefore, a welcome change for FUT 18 would be that there are free draft tokens at certain intervals or a reduction in entry costs. Otherwise, this mode gets far too little attention.
Team contracts
We have already proposed the feature of being able to buy and sell consumables in bundles. Another idea to save time on the tedious manager tasks is team contracts. These are contract cards that extend the contracts of all 11 players in the active squad.
Such team objects already exist, such as team fitness cards. Here, it is not necessary to assign a card to each player individually; instead, all players can be covered with just a few clicks. This could surely be applied to contracts as well.
New modes – For example, an indoor mode?
For years, FIFA fans have been demanding a return of the indoor mode. This was a hit in FIFA 98. With FIFA 18 celebrating the 20th anniversary of indoor football in FIFA – this would be a great opportunity to bring this mode back.
This could be an option for Ultimate Team. Every year, EA Sports delivers new modes and new content to keep FUT attractive. With an indoor mode in FUT, FIFA 18 would certainly be a must-buy for many.
Now it’s your turn: What changes do you wish for in FUT 18? Or do you say: “I don’t care about new features, as long as the servers run stably”?
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