It’s not the cards that decide the games but which way the handicap goes. I’ve beaten totally p2w squads on my f2p account. There is an algorithm that runs in this game when it comes to who scores first etc and it will literally nerf your team into the ground based on what’s happening in the game. The server and connection issues just compound situation
Man I really believe in it,some games I can't win for shit,the goalkeeper defends everything,or going to the poles,they guy shoot one time and my goalkeeper put the ball inside.
True, even if it's 3-0 in 70 min sometimes you just can't pass the ball no matter what, players leave huge gaps, don't want to intercept the ball, runs are just awful, you attack with 3 players and also connection I do double touch after two seconds lol. If the game wants you to lose, you will lose
Yeah handicap makes you win or lose like 60% of the times, the truth is that you are not that bad as you think you are, is the handicap, and you are not that good as you think you are, is the handicap.
Depends what you want from the game. I’m using ‘F2P’ players at the moment but no Mbappes or superstars & I am sitting in the 2nd division ranked 18k, win some, lose some. My team right now has Moise Kean & Zapata up top
I also have a F2P alt account and it is getting more difficult week by week to compete against the Players that are 107 rated with my 97 average players. The 107 player just have to cut in and my F2P players don't react, Cursor won‘t switch, Ball will bounce back to players like Gullit. It wasn‘t this difficult in eFo 24. But it is going the same route as EAFC. In older Fifa games you could dominate nearly everyone with a silver team if you were good. Now the P2W aspect is so obvious. Don‘t get me started on the special skills they added to the game Like Blitz Curler or Bullet Header the F2P players don‘t have. May as well put the controller down when you face someone abusing the skills. It also doens't help that the POTW Players you could draw got weaker. It would be great if Konami introduced match filters again were you can set the average team star level or the pass assist level of the opponent you want to match-up with. The most fun I had playing PES 2018 was using a 4-Star or 3-Star team with unknown players. Now you are forced to play Gullit or Patrick Vieira every match to be able to compete. Don't want to see their faces anymore. In real life Ronaldo or Messi would die of exhaustion if they had to play against a team of Vieira, Gullit, Rijkaard every match.
Yep, even players like Mbappe, Neymar, Messi (free versions) somehow have less agility and reaction time than defenders like Van Buyten for example, it's mad, go in for a 50/50 tackle, the ball gets loose, and Santos Neymar reacts slower than someone like Van Buyten.
@@IsSaltyI have to disagree about Van Buuyten. I’ve got him and he’s not great. Very slow for a destroyer. Santos Neymar is probably the best free card they’ve released in this game. He automatically starts for me if he’s on form. Don’t know why we sh*tting on that card as he’s probably better than even the MSN one.
15 days ago I created a reserve account and I reached the 3rd division without any problems.( on main account i have full epic team and i am average player every season in division 1) Then of course strange things start to happen. Suddenly it matches me only with strong opponents with full epic teams. If I manage to take the lead in 60 minutes, my team simply dies and I receive 2-3 goals in a few minutes. The form of the defense is completely disrupted, suddenly the line on the long ball counter tactic is raised to the center, leaving huge holes in the defense, players hide behind opposing players, good passes become science fiction. Maybe it's not completely PTW, and sometimes you can overcome those difficulties, but Konami clearly let you know that you're inferior to full epic teams, especially if a player behind a full epic is also good . Yesterday he matchet me in an event with 5 opponents, all division 1 minimum 3100 to 3200 team strength, and I played practically with the default Manchester city team. Let's talk about mission impossible... Just to show me that I won't get far without an epic team...
Yep, when EF24 came out, my Xbox one sadly wouldnt run the game, and It's the only Xbox game I played (pc gamer at heart) so I wasn't going to upgrade an xbox just for Efootball, so I started fresh on PC. I have a decent F2p squad, but it's just boring now, because every single opponent from Div 3 to Div 1 is full epic 3.15-3.2k, Vieira, Rijkaard, Maldini, Cannavaro, Thuram, Davids, Van Basten, Romario etc. I can pretty much predict half of my opponents squad before it's even matched us. Now that we consistently have 104+ players in every match it's just really boring to play against unless you have a clear skill advantage, if the player you're up against is similarly matched to you, their Epic players pretty much play the game for them, whilst you have to hard sweat to survive. I regularly finish games where I've lost 2-1, where my keeper hasn't saved a single shot, and my opponents Cech/Schmeichel has made 6-7 wonder saves. The game is stale.
Tbh I'm not an online player so I'm not too fussed about competing against meta squads etc. I prefer to play against AI on MyLeague but there's nothing really to play for. One of the big enjoyments I have with this game is getting Legend cards from the occasional free spins/mini game. I'd love it if you could earn a free Legends card from finishing 1st on MyLeague on Legend difficulty or something to just give the whole mode more of a purpose.
@Elcarim_7 not if you could only get 1 legend per big update by completing the objective. Wouldnt need to be meta either. Just something to reward players who don't like online modes. Obviously gaining legends every time you win the league would be stupid.
F2p player still can win against p2w players, but you have to be very good, like "very", not enough if you only can play. if you win with many goals, trust me that players just can't play but having money. P2w account + regular skill player is enough to gives you a hard game
@@muukva there’s no point in quitting, or everyone has a god squad even in div 2. I’d say 2-3 out of 5 teams I face have genuine god squads, quite even. I do t care about reaching div 1 or being the best. Just try to beat what’s in front of you & if you don’t, so what, life goes on
@@Tana564 I just feel like when I play against them that their AI is literally doing the defensive work for them. You can't play through balls between two defenders, Interceptions are horny, I don't like the auto shielding, you can't keep the ball if you want to compete you need to play sweaty one touch passing instead of holding the ball. Yesterday I played one game of fifa 17 career mode and all my pain healed when I was able to make through passes between the opponent's line of defense
If you are f2p you can easily reach division 3 and by practicing meta tactics even divison 2 . But i wouldn't push higher than that . Im happy at division 2 every season getting the badge . Rest of the time i play events and coop to have fun . And of course i have other games on console to spend time on when there is nothing to do on efootball. If you are f2p like me you dont have to push rank too hard like these streamers do. Becuse right now the gap between f2p and p2w in div1 is too much and personally my skill cant fill that gap .
yh no matter how hard i try to focus and outplay em , I just end up with goodlooking post game stats but having conceded 2 blitz curls and 2+ monumental Van Basten Screamers while his 105 schmeical stopped every shot at point blank range
Im free to play on mobile and while I didn’t have any problems reaching division 1 phase by phase in the beginning of efootball 25 this phase I’m struggling to get past phase 2 woth an won percentage of only 50%, the problem is that in the past few weeks more and more players converted to p2w and got god squads filled with the Dutch trio and man and Thuram+vieira. While I used to compete against other f2p squads in division 1/2 right now I feel like I’m the only one still f2p and the advantage of p2w grows week by week. Normally I would win against p2w squads as long as I was the better player and only loose if we were on the same level. But at the moment I keep on loosing against players that play far worse than me because Thuram auto defends everything and Messi curls it in from everywhere. It’s painful
Regarding the free to play players getting worse now, I do a free to an extend but players like tchouamenie or Adams are able to keep up with beckenbauers and wilsheres. If I hadn’t pulled double booster nesta out of 2 spins Adam’s would be my best cb, I prefer him over beckenbauer, plus iniesta wasn’t to bad either
there is a way to compete with a f2p squad but it will take much longer to reach div1 and you will loose much more.. i think they can carry on with the current efootball league but give much more rewards (rare decent cards, much more gps) it has no point to stress about it.. And they could add more efootball leagues with different filters for example in one league you only can use standart cards, in the other only potw, in another you only can play possesssion, in another 1-3 star players etc. this would give the game a fresh air and it could be much more fun.. Currently my limit is around 3 games every 2-3 Days.. to keep the fun up
Few days ago, I switched my PS5 for Xbox series just for some good games that are available through game pass, and I was very surprised with how Efootball has a completely different feel on Xbox. Game feels and play 100 times better than on PS5.
when you play against full epics your players just stunned on the ground and don't react to anything, massive input delay, meanwhile the opponent squad is fully steroid pumped charge at you non-stop full game, intercept all your passes, it's so insane
@@WWG1WGA.Q17 Exactly, a guy can ballon balls entire match to Haaland and ball always breaks perfectly for him. Kickoff goals, corner flick on goals, player freezing, shoulder barges from behind. There are so many broken mechanics in this game that you can beat good div 1 guys who actually try play properly and lose to noobs who just exploit all the broken mechanics in the game
Still using the old vieira, gilberto silva, carlos etc and playing today they definitely feel not as op as before, so can only imagine what it's like for someone without any legends at all. It's really demotivating.
Guys... When two equal players meet, squad (f2p or donate) does not decide the outcome of the match. AI is not predictable now. In one game you make 30 shots on goal, in another the AI doesn’t let you make even one with any squads.
Barry forgot the pack with epic players and highlight players from the launch of efootball 25. The highlight cards there were strong af and the epics too. From dixon, guti, ruud, van buyten, seaman etc And then the national one with cafu carlos stoichkov.
Yeah but he's talking mainly about new F2p players who didn't get that chance. Even players like me who played from Ef22, but had to switch platforms in 2024, I have like 8 months of solid playing and at EF25 release I had like 10 free spins on the new pack and got nobody. You have 3 choices when you play EF. - You either have to nolife the game as a F2p and you will have a competitive squad in maybe 1 year? - You pay to spin and have a competitive squad in 3 weeks - You don't pay, you don't nolife the game, and you face full meta sweats every single match and have to full sweat to win.
@@leemundo8774 I've played a year on my f2p account, are you just purposely ignoring the video? the absolute best f2p players are rated 99-101, most of those players don't exist anymore to newer players, and the power curve has now hit 108 with messi, and multiple players are easily 104/105.
As someone that has both a f2p and whale account as some people would put it i tend to compete on my f2p and I've beaten alot of godly squads over there. I will say tho the free cards and potws are getting worse compared to previous years and seeing these 3200 rated squads regularly can put alot of f2p off from the game.
It's doable, but it takes time to properly build your team. You need to be really economical with your coins. I would avoid player of the week cards unless it's something unique or they have a complete set of player skills. Your best bet is with the league player packs that come every few months or so and some of the 5 star nominating contracts. You also get the odd good player in the match pass that's worth saving your coins for. Some daily penalty game cards have been great. Keeping your eye out for some special offer packs that you can save your coins for. Like the France and England euro packs where you got a top tier griezmann and Bellingham. I have a free to play account that got a massive boost in good quality cards with the e25 update. The legends pack made a big difference so it may take a good year before you have a real decent team team
You forgot about the amount of coins people can get for free from all the events. You can get at least 1000 coins monthly. So f2p person can purchase packs of Messi , Neymar , Torres after a while. They are all end game cards. And don’t forget Konami gave away so many epic boosters at the end of last season by exchanging the contract. But anyway, it’s 2024 so don’t play for free.
If you create f2p account now and try divisions in 1-2 months, you must be an extremely good player to reach div 2 or 1. The game knowledge must be high with abusing mechanics and playing meta... So, the game is hugely p2w
With full f2p (2862 overall rating team) - with unusual tactics and average skill - I still easily go to 1div. So it's possible. Top100 - probably not.
I have a collective strength of 3240 and I'm in division , rank 2000. I played a top 100 with a collective strength of 3045 and won me 1:0. Yes if you ask me I'll say it is very possible to play with Free cards
With F2P squad you can win yes but you need lot of effort and when you reach div 1 and opponenet become more hard with P2W squad it will be difficult that free van dijk or costacurta can stop van basten with phenomenal finishing or Gullit . I feel it now, the Gap between F2P and P2W is big and more big than the past. But we still enjoy that we have free team and u can reach div 1 but dont dream to be on high ranking.
Is possible to reach div 2 without getting crazy. To reach div 1, u need to play near the end of the season, so more people are in div 2 and top players are already in div 1.
They should look at the only thing ea does well thats creating a reward system that makes people want to play because as a f2p player i dont see any point to try to get division1 every season because theres really not much to improve in my team without spending money. Efootball as such a better gameplay but i think a lot of people prefer FC because of the grind aspect of the game
The straw for me was the insulting MSN update week: - SIX tries to get a legend out of 3 in a pool of 150 players - inflating the MSN pack with the Busquets and Alba cards they had just given away KONAMI is obviously pushing back on their f2p philosophy for the game
i miss how in efootball 2022 the standard cards would go up to 99/100 rated, like they were overpowered they need to start bringing the presence of standard cards and using GP because can be having 15 million and cant do anyhing with it
I got f2p team/account, got into division 1 every season, and i can really compete using 2 playstyle quick counter for my first few season and outwide playstyle for this season. I can stop 102+ attacker 80% of the time and i can get past the p2w defender 80% of the time too. On efootball mobile tho
I believe free to play players should have better entry point into paid players. For example, releasing old paid players into the eFootball points store. I don't see them allowing free to play players to spin with GP because that will be too easy to get players.
I think for the better, they have to settle on the double booster. No more adding stronger mechanics. And maybe work on double potw booster so the f2p player can enjoy double booster too. Sure p2w will alwaya get better squad but at least the f2p can compete more easily with potw or highlights player. But its konami we talking about so...yeah
Me having pay to win beast squad . I find easier to play against pay to win opponents than F2P. The game helps F2P . My epic player annoyingly be inactive against f2p players bec the game mechanism seems to balance out . Playing against F2p suddenly my epic players forget to play. Is anyone experiencing same ?
You can still reach div one with a free team, so I would say yeah. But i do think they need to change the matchmaking up, make it so free teams play vs free teams, paid teams play vs paid teams so on and so forth.
Cards mean nothing if you have no skill and game sense. Last time we played coop 2vs2 met 2 guys with full epic 102-105 players but they where so incedible bad i assume they where like div 8 boys or so. They concede 5 goals and then both quit XD And as good player you can get to div 1 with even standard players.
The answer to your question is YES. It's possible. I've been using my F2P squad for the past 3 years and I've made it to Div 1 & in most phases Div 2/3 and been having fun with those cards whether I lose or win. I still have fun
The only reason I don't use free ney at all is because of sole reason of him having chop turn skill. I just hate the skill because even if you try to double touch most of the time he does chop turn.Btw I am mobile player so in mobile it's hard to do double touch efficiently if player has chop turn.
iam f2p player, start 2 month ago. highest reach on div3, after reset stop on div4 now. and enjoy to play events while collecting good card my dream team rate 3040 😂
Question is it okay to use matchup? I've been beating my frens but they always say I'm a bot because I use matchup...even when I'm winning so the question is do pro players use matchup or just X !?
Its actually easiest for F2P now, more than ever! You need good physicality Stats and Speed and you can compete. If you Run n Gunn. If you Tiki Taka high passing and balance. GP cards like e.g Van Dijk, Saliba also so good
The problem with eFootball is that it's totally luck-based. People will always aim for new, high-rated or meta players instead of using (or even testing only) what they already packed. Konami already messed up with their strategy since 2022.
I saved 5,2000 coins over the course of months and got Prime barca Neymar on 900 spin and Prime Blitz Curler Messi from 2015 MSN pack after spening a few thousand coins ,and i also got Blitz Curling Chiesa on 2nd 100 spin and i also got koulibaly on 1st 900 spin and i also got Rosicky on first free try from man united pack containg epics so you just have to skip POTW and save coins and spin on Epic or Big Time Epics and try to get lucky with packs by tricking the pack opening AI
Before I’ve started the video yes it is possible I play against a friend who is also F2P but gets crazy pack luck and is in Div 2 and I’m decent as F2P
I have come to accept that their is players that I’m more skilled then an better than but they have 3200 squads an are playing meta an I can dominate possession more shots but they still win on the meta bullshit so I def agree you can make div 1 with f2p no problem but to break into that like top 3000 I would need a full 3200 to make like the top 500 I truly believe that I have also beaten top 50 top 100 players so it def can be done but your playing with your arms tied behind your back …still love this game tho !!! Barry you the goat 👏🏽🙏🏽👍🏽
If you are FUMA and F2P, then its completely a different games. If the connection is great, then one can match play to play with anybepic squad. If there is lag, then you are doomed. Players start to move like a truck. I think poor connection and lag are the biggest problems with the current efootball🤟🤟🤟🤟
As a free player I think it doesn't worth to waste your time for rankpush in division . why? just look at the rewards. XP training which you can claim from releasing players. skill training which that is randomly if you use it . and EF ponits for buying Shit players in the shop. so just play the PVP matches where you claim coins and collect it and use it for Best players you need in your Squad.
Tchouameni is a great card, he's definitely the best free release right now, but he's still behind the power curve of 107 rated players like messi. In 6 months time there will be probably 5+ 107 rated cards that all of the Div 1-2 players have, and suddenly Tchouameni is lacking. It's been the same for years. In 3 years this dumb game will have players rated 120+
@@Lokolokongo Unfortunately it looks like Konami's new cash grab is to re-release every epic player with a slightly higher rating and double booster. So I expect it's going into a ridiculous direction.
@@thatboyhan3872 Yep, I had GP Zakaria in my team until Tchouameni came out lol, Barrios and Zakaria were insane. Both still good but they have fallen off in the last 6 months or so with the mental power curve now reaching 105/106/107. GP Kante is still really strong as a box to box CM, he's still in my 11 atm.
If your a F2p player or beggining to play.. Just block them p2p players problem solved.. You cant win againste the mechanic design for certain players to be OP like legends By blocking.. you wont connect with them and They will eventually just get connected with each other
havent watch the video but de answer is no, but it also depends if you play like a maniac the hole day. Eventually i think they are going to fix it cause remember, f2p have a rol, and that rol is to make the p2w players look good, make them think they are good at the game so they spend more money.
If your complaining about 105-110 players your simply just not good at the game. I'm dominating with players with two digits cause I actually use my players to there strength and I win 85% of my games.
Free cards have been shit in this new version 😂, these blitz curlers scoring from angles even physics would disagree with it. I eat goals for fun everygame 😎.
Im f2p also but got world cup messi double booster ronaldinho canavarro double booster lb maldini double booster gulit free double booter beckham tony adams and drogba and rosicky and toti not the double booster
The separation between pay and free is getting larger. Harder to compete. Match making isnt balanced. More and more i feel frustrated playing this game win or lose.
OF COURSE IT IS!!!My team both in mobile and ps are full epic team. I mean we surelly often times got epics just after 1 spin. Even my friwnds got messi after 1 spin, eto after 1 spin, vini and i got al nassr ronaldo, camtona, saviola, forlan and more. This is konami not ea sports
@@thatboyhan3872 like i said its not just me i have 6 friends playing efootball and they atleast once get an epic from 100 coin spin only. Other than that you can get epics from events, or the yearly update. You just have to try to spin 100 coin for every epic and NEVER coin for potw and such
They hired and invested who knows how much money in Messi, Neymar and Suarez to make an advertisement... for a product that will only be available to purchase for one week. No. Game is not FP2. And the blame lies solely and exclusively with us, the players. We are the ones who keep buying packs and encourage Konami to continue releasing more and more broken players.
to think theres people who can tell you whitout even blink that this game is not p2w is insane. Thanks Konami for the 98 max rating gifted player, now i can beat 108 messi.
@@leemundo8774 everyone can make it to div 2 with a f2p, i get there every season, but when you are up to 1700-1750 you just cant, the 3200 squad are gonna run you over, and the matchmaking dont help either, putting you againts a div1 top 100. Playing againts someone with a god squad that play 24/7, you just dont expect to win at all. And on top of all of that, there´s handicap and scrip helping new players so they dont get frustrated and unistall the game, and helping p2w players so they keep spending money. So yes, it is p2w
It’s not the cards that decide the games but which way the handicap goes. I’ve beaten totally p2w squads on my f2p account. There is an algorithm that runs in this game when it comes to who scores first etc and it will literally nerf your team into the ground based on what’s happening in the game. The server and connection issues just compound situation
Man I really believe in it,some games I can't win for shit,the goalkeeper defends everything,or going to the poles,they guy shoot one time and my goalkeeper put the ball inside.
True, even if it's 3-0 in 70 min sometimes you just can't pass the ball no matter what, players leave huge gaps, don't want to intercept the ball, runs are just awful, you attack with 3 players and also connection I do double touch after two seconds lol. If the game wants you to lose, you will lose
Yeah handicap makes you win or lose like 60% of the times, the truth is that you are not that bad as you think you are, is the handicap, and you are not that good as you think you are, is the handicap.
You know that’s just form?
@@LeBronGotPosterisedByYabusele Not when it’s happening to entire team, even ones with blue arrow ;)
Depends what you want from the game.
I’m using ‘F2P’ players at the moment but no Mbappes or superstars & I am sitting in the 2nd division ranked 18k, win some, lose some.
My team right now has Moise Kean & Zapata up top
I also have a F2P alt account and it is getting more difficult week by week to compete against the Players that are 107 rated with my 97 average players. The 107 player just have to cut in and my F2P players don't react, Cursor won‘t switch, Ball will bounce back to players like Gullit. It wasn‘t this difficult in eFo 24. But it is going the same route as EAFC. In older Fifa games you could dominate nearly everyone with a silver team if you were good. Now the P2W aspect is so obvious. Don‘t get me started on the special skills they added to the game Like Blitz Curler or Bullet Header the F2P players don‘t have. May as well put the controller down when you face someone abusing the skills. It also doens't help that the POTW Players you could draw got weaker. It would be great if Konami introduced match filters again were you can set the average team star level or the pass assist level of the opponent you want to match-up with. The most fun I had playing PES 2018 was using a 4-Star or 3-Star team with unknown players. Now you are forced to play Gullit or Patrick Vieira every match to be able to compete. Don't want to see their faces anymore. In real life Ronaldo or Messi would die of exhaustion if they had to play against a team of Vieira, Gullit, Rijkaard every match.
Yep, even players like Mbappe, Neymar, Messi (free versions) somehow have less agility and reaction time than defenders like Van Buyten for example, it's mad, go in for a 50/50 tackle, the ball gets loose, and Santos Neymar reacts slower than someone like Van Buyten.
@ exactly like you described. Going for 50/50‘s is so dangerous. Ball will always bounce to them somehow.
I agree It's a lot harder to compete against double booster god squads now
@@IsSaltyI have to disagree about Van Buuyten. I’ve got him and he’s not great. Very slow for a destroyer. Santos Neymar is probably the best free card they’ve released in this game. He automatically starts for me if he’s on form. Don’t know why we sh*tting on that card as he’s probably better than even the MSN one.
Opposite for me, I have F2p acc, and I cook those with big acc
15 days ago I created a reserve account and I reached the 3rd division without any problems.( on main account i have full epic team and i am average player every season in division 1)
Then of course strange things start to happen. Suddenly it matches me only with strong opponents with full epic teams. If I manage to take the lead in 60 minutes, my team simply dies and I receive 2-3 goals in a few minutes. The form of the defense is completely disrupted, suddenly the line on the long ball counter tactic is raised to the center, leaving huge holes in the defense, players hide behind opposing players, good passes become science fiction. Maybe it's not completely PTW, and sometimes you can overcome those difficulties, but Konami clearly let you know that you're inferior to full epic teams, especially if a player behind a full epic is also good . Yesterday he matchet me in an event with 5 opponents, all division 1 minimum 3100 to 3200 team strength, and I played practically with the default Manchester city team. Let's talk about mission impossible...
Just to show me that I won't get far without an epic team...
Yep, when EF24 came out, my Xbox one sadly wouldnt run the game, and It's the only Xbox game I played (pc gamer at heart) so I wasn't going to upgrade an xbox just for Efootball, so I started fresh on PC. I have a decent F2p squad, but it's just boring now, because every single opponent from Div 3 to Div 1 is full epic 3.15-3.2k, Vieira, Rijkaard, Maldini, Cannavaro, Thuram, Davids, Van Basten, Romario etc.
I can pretty much predict half of my opponents squad before it's even matched us.
Now that we consistently have 104+ players in every match it's just really boring to play against unless you have a clear skill advantage, if the player you're up against is similarly matched to you, their Epic players pretty much play the game for them, whilst you have to hard sweat to survive.
I regularly finish games where I've lost 2-1, where my keeper hasn't saved a single shot, and my opponents Cech/Schmeichel has made 6-7 wonder saves.
The game is stale.
@@IsSalty Totally agree!
Same😅, but I think its happens on all platforms.
Tbh I'm not an online player so I'm not too fussed about competing against meta squads etc. I prefer to play against AI on MyLeague but there's nothing really to play for. One of the big enjoyments I have with this game is getting Legend cards from the occasional free spins/mini game. I'd love it if you could earn a free Legends card from finishing 1st on MyLeague on Legend difficulty or something to just give the whole mode more of a purpose.
Then everyone would have full legend teams
@Elcarim_7 not if you could only get 1 legend per big update by completing the objective. Wouldnt need to be meta either. Just something to reward players who don't like online modes.
Obviously gaining legends every time you win the league would be stupid.
@@jonnys8sumthin okay
F2p player still can win against p2w players, but you have to be very good, like "very", not enough if you only can play.
if you win with many goals, trust me that players just can't play but having money. P2w account + regular skill player is enough to gives you a hard game
With the crazy 105-108 cards recently, I'm considering quiting the game cause my 97-101 players can't compete anymore... My maximum is division 2
U can beat anyone. Don't be scared. Treat them like small guy u will perform good
@@muukva there’s no point in quitting, or everyone has a god squad even in div 2.
I’d say 2-3 out of 5 teams I face have genuine god squads, quite even.
I do t care about reaching div 1 or being the best.
Just try to beat what’s in front of you & if you don’t, so what, life goes on
@@Tana564 I just feel like when I play against them that their AI is literally doing the defensive work for them. You can't play through balls between two defenders, Interceptions are horny, I don't like the auto shielding, you can't keep the ball if you want to compete you need to play sweaty one touch passing instead of holding the ball. Yesterday I played one game of fifa 17 career mode and all my pain healed when I was able to make through passes between the opponent's line of defense
I also forgot to talk about the ball always bouncing back to exactly where the opponent wants it 😂 makes me want to cut my throat
skill issue
If you're up against Vieira, Thuram, gullit forget about it
the only good free cards they gave away this year is Tony Adams
@@tom0900060 Jorghino?
@@tom0900060 for real beckham is mid
Bro forgot The most P2W card known as Blitz curler Son or Hoenes and the New Messi 😂
If you are f2p you can easily reach division 3 and by practicing meta tactics even divison 2 . But i wouldn't push higher than that . Im happy at division 2 every season getting the badge . Rest of the time i play events and coop to have fun . And of course i have other games on console to spend time on when there is nothing to do on efootball. If you are f2p like me you dont have to push rank too hard like these streamers do. Becuse right now the gap between f2p and p2w in div1 is too much and personally my skill cant fill that gap .
yh no matter how hard i try to focus and outplay em , I just end up with goodlooking post game stats but having conceded 2 blitz curls and 2+ monumental Van Basten Screamers while his 105 schmeical stopped every shot at point blank range
The recent club packs are also completely rubbish. Passed club and international packs had much stronger players.
Yep and they seem to release one each month.
Im free to play on mobile and while I didn’t have any problems reaching division 1 phase by phase in the beginning of efootball 25 this phase I’m struggling to get past phase 2 woth an won percentage of only 50%, the problem is that in the past few weeks more and more players converted to p2w and got god squads filled with the Dutch trio and man and Thuram+vieira. While I used to compete against other f2p squads in division 1/2 right now I feel like I’m the only one still f2p and the advantage of p2w grows week by week. Normally I would win against p2w squads as long as I was the better player and only loose if we were on the same level. But at the moment I keep on loosing against players that play far worse than me because Thuram auto defends everything and Messi curls it in from everywhere. It’s painful
Regarding the free to play players getting worse now, I do a free to an extend but players like tchouamenie or Adams are able to keep up with beckenbauers and wilsheres. If I hadn’t pulled double booster nesta out of 2 spins Adam’s would be my best cb, I prefer him over beckenbauer, plus iniesta wasn’t to bad either
there is a way to compete with a f2p squad but it will take much longer to reach div1 and you will loose much more..
i think they can carry on with the current efootball league but give much more rewards (rare decent cards, much more gps) it has no point to stress about it..
And they could add more efootball leagues with different filters for example in one league you only can use standart cards, in the other only potw, in another you only can play possesssion, in another 1-3 star players etc.
this would give the game a fresh air and it could be much more fun.. Currently my limit is around 3 games every 2-3 Days.. to keep the fun up
Another crazy point the free wc messi from 2 years ago was crazy
The problem is the shit servers and lag it's got nothing to do with how the network is. The game servers are shit
Few days ago, I switched my PS5 for Xbox series just for some good games that are available through game pass, and I was very surprised with how Efootball has a completely different feel on Xbox. Game feels and play 100 times better than on PS5.
I am f2p still reached division 1 several times.... But now days its very hard to win again pay2 Play player...
when you play against full epics your players just stunned on the ground and don't react to anything, massive input delay, meanwhile the opponent squad is fully steroid pumped charge at you non-stop full game, intercept all your passes, it's so insane
@tom0900060 u r right brother 😅 I feel like why I am playing this game 🥲
@@tom0900060 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣truueee
Whatever you're F2P or P2W player, you still suffering you can win over the top players and keep losing to the normal players in a row
@@WWG1WGA.Q17 Exactly, a guy can ballon balls entire match to Haaland and ball always breaks perfectly for him. Kickoff goals, corner flick on goals, player freezing, shoulder barges from behind. There are so many broken mechanics in this game that you can beat good div 1 guys who actually try play properly and lose to noobs who just exploit all the broken mechanics in the game
Still using the old vieira, gilberto silva, carlos etc and playing today they definitely feel not as op as before, so can only imagine what it's like for someone without any legends at all. It's really demotivating.
I’m just glad I spin for the Netherlands epics gullit rijkaard and van basten
Guys... When two equal players meet, squad (f2p or donate) does not decide the outcome of the match. AI is not predictable now. In one game you make 30 shots on goal, in another the AI doesn’t let you make even one with any squads.
Some of these guys don’t know how to play the game you can still buy epic players and still lose I see alots of f2p win games
if you are a really good player with a f2p team and you face a really good player with p2w team, you gonna lose, but it also dependes on the script.
Barry forgot the pack with epic players and highlight players from the launch of efootball 25.
The highlight cards there were strong af and the epics too. From dixon, guti, ruud, van buyten, seaman etc And then the national one with cafu carlos stoichkov.
Yeah but he's talking mainly about new F2p players who didn't get that chance. Even players like me who played from Ef22, but had to switch platforms in 2024, I have like 8 months of solid playing and at EF25 release I had like 10 free spins on the new pack and got nobody. You have 3 choices when you play EF.
- You either have to nolife the game as a F2p and you will have a competitive squad in maybe 1 year?
- You pay to spin and have a competitive squad in 3 weeks
- You don't pay, you don't nolife the game, and you face full meta sweats every single match and have to full sweat to win.
@@leemundo8774 I've played a year on my f2p account, are you just purposely ignoring the video? the absolute best f2p players are rated 99-101, most of those players don't exist anymore to newer players, and the power curve has now hit 108 with messi, and multiple players are easily 104/105.
As someone that has both a f2p and whale account as some people would put it i tend to compete on my f2p and I've beaten alot of godly squads over there. I will say tho the free cards and potws are getting worse compared to previous years and seeing these 3200 rated squads regularly can put alot of f2p off from the game.
One of the best players I’ve ever played against was F2P and he was rank 200. This was only like a couple months ago
I'M Full F2P player. I collect coins slowly. I reached 2000 rating today. Trying to finish higher. Team overall 3162.
It's doable, but it takes time to properly build your team. You need to be really economical with your coins. I would avoid player of the week cards unless it's something unique or they have a complete set of player skills. Your best bet is with the league player packs that come every few months or so and some of the 5 star nominating contracts. You also get the odd good player in the match pass that's worth saving your coins for. Some daily penalty game cards have been great. Keeping your eye out for some special offer packs that you can save your coins for. Like the France and England euro packs where you got a top tier griezmann and Bellingham. I have a free to play account that got a massive boost in good quality cards with the e25 update. The legends pack made a big difference so it may take a good year before you have a real decent team team
You forgot about the amount of coins people can get for free from all the events. You can get at least 1000 coins monthly. So f2p person can purchase packs of Messi , Neymar , Torres after a while. They are all end game cards.
And don’t forget Konami gave away so many epic boosters at the end of last season by exchanging the contract.
But anyway, it’s 2024 so don’t play for free.
If you create f2p account now and try divisions in 1-2 months, you must be an extremely good player to reach div 2 or 1. The game knowledge must be high with abusing mechanics and playing meta... So, the game is hugely p2w
With full f2p (2862 overall rating team) - with unusual tactics and average skill - I still easily go to 1div. So it's possible. Top100 - probably not.
I feel like you actually get more experience grinding in f2p to get good players then just buying the best players.
I have a collective strength of 3240 and I'm in division , rank 2000. I played a top 100 with a collective strength of 3045 and won me 1:0. Yes if you ask me I'll say it is very possible to play with Free cards
Love you bro !! Amazing video😊
How do you go from young good versions of Maradonna and Neymar to about to retire Beckham and Ribery🙄
you guys got Beckenbauer & Costacurta for free? I should have started earlier as a F2P. Bar Tchouameni free players these days are not as good
With F2P squad you can win yes but you need lot of effort and when you reach div 1 and opponenet become more hard with P2W squad it will be difficult that free van dijk or costacurta can stop van basten with phenomenal finishing or Gullit . I feel it now, the Gap between F2P and P2W is big and more big than the past. But we still enjoy that we have free team and u can reach div 1 but dont dream to be on high ranking.
Is possible to reach div 2 without getting crazy. To reach div 1, u need to play near the end of the season, so more people are in div 2 and top players are already in div 1.
I stop and div 2. It’s gets too sweaty after that.
@Neo_Rain146 try next weekend and you will see its more doable
@@Ale_Redondo no need to sweat so much for nothing as a reward. fck that epic shite
They should look at the only thing ea does well thats creating a reward system that makes people want to play because as a f2p player i dont see any point to try to get division1 every season because theres really not much to improve in my team without spending money. Efootball as such a better gameplay but i think a lot of people prefer FC because of the grind aspect of the game
I have played f2p for 3 years and I’m still going to play but it’s getting extremely hard with the MSN now.
i started a mobile account RTG in ef 25 and it's very tough, the free players are indeed trash this year compared to what you used to get
The straw for me was the insulting MSN update week:
- SIX tries to get a legend out of 3 in a pool of 150 players
- inflating the MSN pack with the Busquets and Alba cards they had just given away
KONAMI is obviously pushing back on their f2p philosophy for the game
i miss how in efootball 2022 the standard cards would go up to 99/100 rated, like they were overpowered they need to start bringing the presence of standard cards and using GP because can be having 15 million and cant do anyhing with it
Algorithms of Hideki Hayakawa Movess every Account to a point. To get a variance, 8 of ten f2p Accounts got determined target.
Not possible but still will keep moving forward
I got f2p team/account, got into division 1 every season, and i can really compete using 2 playstyle quick counter for my first few season and outwide playstyle for this season. I can stop 102+ attacker 80% of the time and i can get past the p2w defender 80% of the time too. On efootball mobile tho
I believe free to play players should have better entry point into paid players. For example, releasing old paid players into the eFootball points store. I don't see them allowing free to play players to spin with GP because that will be too easy to get players.
You are completly right! That is taktic from Konami
Dead game. No game modes. Boring
I think for the better, they have to settle on the double booster. No more adding stronger mechanics. And maybe work on double potw booster so the f2p player can enjoy double booster too. Sure p2w will alwaya get better squad but at least the f2p can compete more easily with potw or highlights player. But its konami we talking about so...yeah
Me having pay to win beast squad . I find easier to play against pay to win opponents than F2P. The game helps F2P . My epic player annoyingly be inactive against f2p players bec the game mechanism seems to balance out . Playing against F2p suddenly my epic players forget to play. Is anyone experiencing same ?
@@leemundo8774exactly
You can still reach div one with a free team, so I would say yeah. But i do think they need to change the matchmaking up, make it so free teams play vs free teams, paid teams play vs paid teams so on and so forth.
Yes epic players like haram messi 😭
@ahmetgeril 🤣🤣🤣
Cards mean nothing if you have no skill and game sense. Last time we played coop 2vs2 met 2 guys with full epic 102-105 players but they where so incedible bad i assume they where like div 8 boys or so. They concede 5 goals and then both quit XD
And as good player you can get to div 1 with even standard players.
The answer to your question is YES. It's possible. I've been using my F2P squad for the past 3 years and I've made it to Div 1 & in most phases Div 2/3 and been having fun with those cards whether I lose or win. I still have fun
i play with standart player, i was division 1 ... 2861 points team
@@dimin8039 🧢
my f2p has ze roberto van nistelrooij saviola baggio neymar ribery and other good cards and its very recent. is it difficult yes, but not impossible
The only reason I don't use free ney at all is because of sole reason of him having chop turn skill. I just hate the skill because even if you try to double touch most of the time he does chop turn.Btw I am mobile player so in mobile it's hard to do double touch efficiently if player has chop turn.
iam f2p player, start 2 month ago. highest reach on div3, after reset stop on div4 now. and enjoy to play events while collecting good card my dream team rate 3040 😂
Question is it okay to use matchup? I've been beating my frens but they always say I'm a bot because I use matchup...even when I'm winning so the question is do pro players use matchup or just X !?
I had a whole standard card team in division 1 and beat one dude with a stacked a team.. he wondered how i beat him.
I have f2p I am top 76 from 21
Its actually easiest for F2P now, more than ever! You need good physicality Stats and Speed and you can compete. If you Run n Gunn. If you Tiki Taka high passing and balance.
GP cards like e.g Van Dijk, Saliba also so good
Pro team or not only thing that matters is your skill level
If you have 2 players of equal skill, which the majority of players are pretty much the same sort of skill bracket, p2w plays a massive role.
Cap
@adesinaoluwayemi9694 no cap you will play some F2P players that can beat any paid to win teams
@@1strikefootballindominator 😂
Ofc it is. U get boosted as a f2p to limit the team ratings on the field
The problem with eFootball is that it's totally luck-based. People will always aim for new, high-rated or meta players instead of using (or even testing only) what they already packed.
Konami already messed up with their strategy since 2022.
Messed up yet they making money hand over fist. Put yourself in their shoes, they laughing at us
David Beckham is my best card with costacurta
Barry- I noticed you have got rid of all your GP players now!
It is F2P up until div 3 and then it gets scripted a lot and people's teams are too hard especially with subs etc.
I have f2p account, still possible to get div 1, but struggle in attacking because all double booster now have 105+ rating
yh it feels hopeless when BeckenBauer and Rijkaard tackle and intercept every attack and the keeper pulls off unbelievable saves
I saved 5,2000 coins over the course of months and got Prime barca Neymar on 900 spin and Prime Blitz Curler Messi from 2015 MSN pack after spening a few thousand coins ,and i also got Blitz Curling Chiesa on 2nd 100 spin and i also got koulibaly on 1st 900 spin and i also got Rosicky on first free try from man united pack containg epics so you just have to skip POTW and save coins and spin on Epic or Big Time Epics and try to get lucky with packs by tricking the pack opening AI
Should have a nominating contract divisions. Level playing field
Before I’ve started the video yes it is possible I play against a friend who is also F2P but gets crazy pack luck and is in Div 2 and I’m decent as F2P
I have come to accept that their is players that I’m more skilled then an better than but they have 3200 squads an are playing meta an I can dominate possession more shots but they still win on the meta bullshit so I def agree you can make div 1 with f2p no problem but to break into that like top 3000 I would need a full 3200 to make like the top 500 I truly believe that I have also beaten top 50 top 100 players so it def can be done but your playing with your arms tied behind your back …still love this game tho !!! Barry you the goat 👏🏽🙏🏽👍🏽
If you are FUMA and F2P, then its completely a different games. If the connection is great, then one can match play to play with anybepic squad. If there is lag, then you are doomed. Players start to move like a truck. I think poor connection and lag are the biggest problems with the current efootball🤟🤟🤟🤟
Loving the beard btw barry
I have 1000 coins saved. I have f2p account. Should I go for 1 900 spin or save my coins?
@@MJ00712_ better to save atleast 4000 just sharing my experience
They have started spamming the blitz on epic cards They really are after the money smh
AI is to strong , I have no problems without possession , the difference is when I have the ball. Deschamps is a cheat code
yes but i have to adapt to every trend
As a free player I think it doesn't worth to waste your time for rankpush in division . why? just look at the rewards. XP training which you can claim from releasing players. skill training which that is randomly if you use it . and EF ponits for buying Shit players in the shop. so just play the PVP matches where you claim coins and collect it and use it for Best players you need in your Squad.
Advice to free to play players save ur coins on worth while players I only have free players and nobody in my team is below 100 just be smart
Should have saved up and go for Tchouameni as f2p
Tchouameni is a great card, he's definitely the best free release right now, but he's still behind the power curve of 107 rated players like messi. In 6 months time there will be probably 5+ 107 rated cards that all of the Div 1-2 players have, and suddenly Tchouameni is lacking. It's been the same for years. In 3 years this dumb game will have players rated 120+
@@IsSalty I hope it does not get to that level of ridiculousness and we get a reset before then.
@@Lokolokongo Unfortunately it looks like Konami's new cash grab is to re-release every epic player with a slightly higher rating and double booster. So I expect it's going into a ridiculous direction.
@@IsSalty bro i remember the days when GP barrios was a fking chad istg bro was basically him
@@thatboyhan3872 Yep, I had GP Zakaria in my team until Tchouameni came out lol, Barrios and Zakaria were insane. Both still good but they have fallen off in the last 6 months or so with the mental power curve now reaching 105/106/107. GP Kante is still really strong as a box to box CM, he's still in my 11 atm.
If your a F2p player or beggining to play..
Just block them p2p players problem solved..
You cant win againste the mechanic design for certain players to be OP like legends
By blocking..
you wont connect with them and They will eventually just get connected with each other
F2P and P2P both are not possible if there are server lags and scripting.
Interesting video but I'll stay better out of the discussion.
havent watch the video but de answer is no, but it also depends if you play like a maniac the hole day.
Eventually i think they are going to fix it cause remember, f2p have a rol, and that rol is to make the p2w players look good, make them think they are good at the game so they spend more money.
If your complaining about 105-110 players your simply just not good at the game. I'm dominating with players with two digits cause I actually use my players to there strength and I win 85% of my games.
I am f2p and i get msn after 1 year of savings 😢still hard impossible to win vs good players
That's because you had to get dutch trio, not MSN
Free cards have been shit in this new version 😂, these blitz curlers scoring from angles even physics would disagree with it. I eat goals for fun everygame 😎.
Is F2P still POSSIBLE in eFootball 2025 ? - simple answer NO!
Im f2p also but got world cup messi double booster ronaldinho canavarro double booster lb maldini double booster gulit free double booter beckham tony adams and drogba and rosicky and toti not the double booster
Yeah bro in your dreams
Against double booster gullit and 'turn one shot bang goal' van basten? Forget about it
The separation between pay and free is getting larger. Harder to compete. Match making isnt balanced. More and more i feel frustrated playing this game win or lose.
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OF COURSE IT IS!!!My team both in mobile and ps are full epic team. I mean we surelly often times got epics just after 1 spin. Even my friwnds got messi after 1 spin, eto after 1 spin, vini and i got al nassr ronaldo, camtona, saviola, forlan and more. This is konami not ea sports
Not everyone has the same luck as u my guy
@@thatboyhan3872 like i said its not just me i have 6 friends playing efootball and they atleast once get an epic from 100 coin spin only. Other than that you can get epics from events, or the yearly update. You just have to try to spin 100 coin for every epic and NEVER coin for potw and such
They hired and invested who knows how much money in Messi, Neymar and Suarez to make an advertisement... for a product that will only be available to purchase for one week.
No. Game is not FP2. And the blame lies solely and exclusively with us, the players. We are the ones who keep buying packs and encourage Konami to continue releasing more and more broken players.
to think theres people who can tell you whitout even blink that this game is not p2w is insane. Thanks Konami for the 98 max rating gifted player, now i can beat 108 messi.
@@leemundo8774 everyone can make it to div 2 with a f2p, i get there every season, but when you are up to 1700-1750 you just cant, the 3200 squad are gonna run you over, and the matchmaking dont help either, putting you againts a div1 top 100. Playing againts someone with a god squad that play 24/7, you just dont expect to win at all. And on top of all of that, there´s handicap and scrip helping new players so they dont get frustrated and unistall the game, and helping p2w players so they keep spending money. So yes, it is p2w
@@leemundo8774 But I bet you have players like Neymar, Baresi and Costacurta, which most of us don't have.
@ yeah but all three of those are free 🤷♂️
I'm F2P player, went 10 win streak and then lost to blitz curler Salah scoring from far with the single shot he had the entire match
No, it is not possible.
From this week I've really come to realize no it's p2w and if you can't beat them might as well join them somewhat other wise I'll just stop playing
as a f2p player, yes its KINDA possible
As a new F2P player this year, stuck at div 3 against those god squads. Almost impossible for new F2P players.