Lobs into space (non-OTB)

[cwhein]

Does anyone else have a problem with lobs into space being too strong even with just a tap of the lob button? Frequently I would like to lob a ball into the corner for a wing to run onto but the power of the lob is too strong and usually flies out of bounds. If I aim directly at the wing and apply the same pressure to the button the lob is completed successfully but the player stops to chest it down instead of continuing forward into space.

It's impossible to bust the defense near the box and this bug doesn't make it any easier.

I think they need to loosen up the defense in the back, the defenders react to the ball like they're using "the Force" to see where it's headed. I can score off of crosses, free kicks, corner kicks and crackers from the edge of the box but rarely off of any penetration into the box off of a run or thru ball. My most satisfying scores are off of rebounds and deflections in the box because they're so rare.

If they would balance this loosening of the defensive AI by eliminating (or substantially reducing) the chance of scoring from the "moneyspot" outside the top of the box I think gameplay would balance out.

 

[XP-Chael]

Everytime I'm playing long balls and long through's, I'm wishing they'd have incorporated some sort of manual or even auto (a la how they auto'd the spin shots) backspin lobs and passes, so it'll pass the defenders with high velocity and then with the backspin slow down so it doesn't just race out of bounds.

Make it something only good passers can do or something!

Maybe for 2005!? EA?

 

[viduka09]

nah leave the defenders how they are. Have you tried using the modifier? Works wonders for me when i play long through balls

 

[Cgmvp]

Ive tried to lob the ball forward and then it seems that its to strong its the same thing with the through ball button, the buttons are 2 senstive

 

[pzh85]

use c+a for lobbing ball into space

 

[cwhein]

Originally posted by viduka09
nah leave the defenders how they are. Have you tried using the modifier? Works wonders for me when i play long through balls

What do you mean "modifier"? Which button would that correspond to on a gamepad?

The 4 trigger buttons on the gamepad are #5 Player Runs, #6 Sprint, #7 OTB & #8 Walk/Jostle - do you mean press the #8 button simultaneously with the lob button?

I know that if you press #8 while also pressing #3 you can get your shots to travel along the ground. I never thought to check what it would do on a lob or pass.

 

[Lennon]

I also found the lob a little weird.Sometimes the lob is too low so it goes too fast and the ball hits the ground when you don't want