For those who play or have played previous versions of FIFA Ultimate Team, there’s always that positive feeling that everything will start again. You’ll finally have the chance to start over from scratch, equally with others, knowing that you won’t make the same mistakes again. Everything now has to be perfect for you to be able to reach higher glory, sooner and long-lasting. Read on if you are prepared to rocket ahead of the pack or if you’re going to have another false start. For those who are playing FUT for the first time, by reading this guide you are preparing yourself for the problems you may face. After all, Ultimate Team players are not so different to one another. Some are better traders; some control the players better on the field, but everyone has to be good club managers.

 

Every club who has wishes of being successful has to create a base of sustainability. You have to do things at the right time. The beginning of FIFA 16 Ultimate Team is the single most important moment of the game. Before starting the season you have to prepare yourself. You have to plan it. For the last few years, Career mode was never at par with other game modes from FIFA. EA has fallen short when it comes to giving the mode its deserved replay value, by giving nothing more than boring features. Rightfully so, changes are well deserved. If you are interested in this feature, please do not forget to check our career mode guide. In contrast, regions 9 and 10 (rest of Asia and Australia) have the lowest chances of finding platinum players.

 

However, they don’t have a 0% chance, so even these regions can find incredible players - you’re just much less likely to find a top player there than in Argentina or Brazil. “We really bypassed a lot of the midfield last year,” says Channon before insisting that, this year, the area has one of the game’s most recognizable changes. The new interception logic system ensures that AI players are much more aggressive in making interceptions. Instead of ignoring the passes that zip past, they’ll stick a leg out and try to make contact. This new ability to pull off bending, driven shots has a downside too - as I discovered to my cost. Several times, I approached the ball at the wrong angle, thereby slicing it away from the goal mouth - which is substantially less impressive. But, hey, it’s probably also authentic.

 

FIFA Ultimate Team - known better by season regulars as FUT, EA's financially draining homage to the Panini sticker album - is back with FIFA 16. And this year's card-collecting, team-building online mode is sporting some killer new features. With Draft you don't have to worry about stat boosts, contracts and player ratings - everyone's pretty good already - you need only concern yourself with team chemistry. Which means looking for players of the same nationality, who play in the same league and ideally for the same club. It's a good way to learn the basics before building your proper team.

 

This is a rather evil way to make money and I only recommend it to those of you with no morals. Buy an old version of a player (like the '88 Falco) and use him in games until his contracts are all gone. He should have a red contract covering up his actual rating. Then apply a gold card that increases all stats by 15 and sell him. People will see the contract picture covering his rating, they won't realize that he's actually the lower version, and they might be quick to buy it if the price is affordable. You're basically tricking them into thinking it's the '89-rated Falcao when it's really the '88, and as the price difference is 20k between these. You could get rich fast. There are other players it works with, so play around and find what works best for you. Remember; if you don't think about it, you won't feel bad about it.

 

You have to know what people want. Nobody wants some random CDM from Gabon. Nobody even knows where that is! Pay attention to what nationality or league the player is from. This is extremely important when selling players.