EA FC 24 Spring Update Patch Notes Highlights Nerfs to Several Playstyles

EA Sports has announced the EA FC 24 Spring Update (Title Update 11) patch notes on the official Trello. This is by far the biggest set of updates that has been released since the game’s global launch on September 29, 2023. It appears that Playstyles will be receiving some major changes in the coming days.

All EA FC 24 Spring Update Playstyle Changes

As mentioned earlier, some Playstyles will be undergoing slight changes once Title Update 11 goes live. However, EA Sports has also decided to make drastic changes in the case of certain other Playstyles.

Slightly adjusted the PlayStyles below:

• Tiki Taka | Lowered accuracy and pass quality of first-time passes.
• Pinged Pass | Decreased accuracy of Driven Passes.
• Pinged Pass+ | Increased accuracy of Driven Passes.
• Jockey | Reduced maximum possible Sprint Jockey speed.
• Press Proven | Reduced shield effectiveness with the ball.
• Press Proven+ | Increased shield effectiveness, and increased Strength Attribute effectiveness while shielding.
• Long Ball Pass and Long Ball Pass+ | Decreased accuracy of crosses.
• Power Header | Increased ball speed from lower powered headers.
• Dead Ball | Reduced set piece preview line length.

‌Significantly adjusted the PlayStyles below:

• Power Header+ | Reduced ball speed for medium to high powered headers.
• Relentless and Relentless+ | Reduced amount of half time and extra time stamina recovery.
• Aerial+ | Reduced the amount of added running jump height, this includes jogging jump height as well.
• Power Shot and Power Shot+ | Reduced ball speed from Power Shots.

‌Made the following changes:

• Replaced the previous unique ball roll standing animation for Trickster and Trickster+ PlayStyles with a new animation.
• The previous unique ball roll animation can still be performed but with a different input. To learn more, check out our Pitch Notes article by scanning the QR code on the right.
• Adjusted Legendary difficulty CPU AI behavior.
• Legendary AI teams known for tik taka play are less likely to focus on that style of play when near the opponent’s penalty area.
• CPU AI players are more likely to perform shot types based on their respective PlayStyles, when applicable.
• Players with lower Composure Attributes are more likely to make mistakes when pressed.
• Added 1 new clearance animation and 4 new shooting animations based on real-world volumetric data.

All EA FC 24 Spring Update Ultimate Team Changes

Made the following change:

• The Legendary difficulty no longer uses Competitor Mode in Squad Battles and single player Ultimate Team Draft.

‌Addressed the following issues:

• Stadium lights could have darkened during matches in some situations.
• When viewing a Squad in Squad Battles, the Player Items did not always display correctly.
• Evolving an Icon Player Item unintentionally removed the Icon Profile tab from the Player Bio screen.
• Some Objectives displayed placeholder images.
• In some cases, the Player Injury Pause Menu did not function as intended.
• Some PlayStyles UI indicators did not always display in their intended locations.
• When viewing a Squad in Squad Battles, the Player Items did not always display correctly.
• Evolving an Icon Player Item removed the Icon Profile tab from their Player Bio screen.
• A stability issue could have occurred when viewing the Player Bio on Loan Items.
• Level 12 Seasonal rewards did not display correctly.
• A stability issue could have sometimes occurred at the end of match Pause Menu.

All EA FC 24 Spring Update Audio and Visual Changes

Made the following changes:

• Updated some messages, button callouts, celebrations, balls, gloves, celebrations, boots, kits, badges, banners, flags, scarves, and tifos.
• Added 86 star heads and updated 9, they will become visible in-game following a Server Release.

‌Addressed the following issues:

• Addressed some stability issues that could have occurred.
• Addressed instances of incorrect and placeholder text, as well as button conflicts.

So far, EA Sports hasn’t announced when the EA FC 24 Spring Update will go live across all the platforms. Suffice it to say, this is the biggest set of changes made to Playstyles since they were introduced earlier last year.