Massive FIFA 12 UT Update Incoming!

[Ry3]

EA have just today announced a whole host of changes due for FIFA 12 Ultimate Team. It will become available on Xbox 360 globally and on PlayStation 3 in North America on 13th March, and on PlayStation 3 in Europe and the rest of the world on 14th March.

Here is what EA's Community Manager for FIFA, Romily Broad had to say;

"We will be introducing a range of great new features for both areas of the game, as well as fixing some bugs and addressing two very important issues affecting the FUT community: Protecting FUT accounts against phishers and scammers, and the end-of-game disconnects affecting some FUT users on PlayStation 3 and PC.

We are immensely proud of the huge, passionate community that has built up around FIFA Ultimate Team and we're committed to providing it with the value and support it deserves. The upgrades we are announcing today are just one part of a continual and expanding commitment to the service we provide our community, and right at the heart of a great community is the security of its members."

Get more advice on protecting yourself HERE.

Here is the very long list of updates you will experience from next week!

Trading

• To better keep you protected, you can now only send trade offers to friends.
• A new trade notifications system will be deployed.
• A new design will be released for the Trade Feed.
• We have increased the maximum bid price from 10 million coins to 15 million.

Tournaments

• New Prize types have been added with additional Packs and Items.
• The prizing on offer for each tournament will now be displayed before you select one to enter.
• A new tournament reward structure has been introduced, varying the prizing depending on the number of times a tournament has been entered.
• We have introduced new tournament types, with entry criteria that allows for teams of mixed leagues, mixed nationalities or mixed clubs.
• A new tournament type will only allow users a limited number of attempts over time.
  [li]Your team's eligibility for tournament entry is now visible on the Squad screen, and requirements that aren't being met will be highlighted.
• We have introduced a new difficulty level - Ultimate Difficulty. The toughest difficulty level in the game, it combines Legendary AI with a chemistry rating of 100.

Squad Building

• You'll now find a new Squad Wizard to help build and/or fill out your squad quickly.
• Introduced the ability to copy a squad to create variations more easily.
• The chemistry links between players will now be more obvious, with a bad connection coloured red, mediocre coloured orange, and good remaining green.
• Team of the Week
• You can see the full Team of the Week and navigate and interact with it.
• You can now bring up Team of the Week player bios.
• You'll have access to new navigation to change between current and previous Teams of the Week.

Bug Fixes

• We have fixed the end-of-game disconnection error affecting some PS3 and PC users.
• A recently discovered bug that allowed an Ultimate Team player to gain control of another player's team has been fixed.
• Coins will no longer be awarded if a user Alt-tabs away at the beginning of FUT games on PC.
• Addressed a disconnection bug if a user tried to add more than 100 cards to their Watch List.
• Fixed a problem where the user receives a Debug Text error message in the Watch List when attempting to bid on an item that has already expired.

EA SPORTS Football Club

• Users now have the option to choose the Skill Level they want to play the EAS FC Challenge on. Each Skill Level will offer different XP rewards. You'll still only be able to complete the EAS FC Challenge once, though.
• EAS FC Challenges can now utilise Be A Pro to have player-specific objectives, rather than having to play as the entire team.
• EAS FC Challenges can now start from a Yellow Card scripted sequence, so you can be thrown into a crucial part of the match from the get-go.
• The [X] Button has replaced the [BACK] button to open up the EA SPORTS Football Club hub on Xbox 360, while the [SQUARE] button has replaced the [SELECT] button to open up the EAS FC hub on PlayStation 3.
• EA SPORTS Football Club is now a selectable option in the Main Menu bar. Selecting it will open up the EAS FC hub.
• A new visual effect will now appear over the top of the EAS FC widget when you level up.

Bug Fixes

• Completing an EAS FC Challenge was not awarding XP for some people. This has been fixed.

FIFA Ultimate Team Web App

• Full Screen Mode
• Enjoy FUT Web in full screen, including enhanced high-resolution graphics and all the new visual improvements. Note: Typing will not work in full-screen mode in Flash, so a keypad has been added for auction features.
• Console Security Question
• The FUT Web App's existing security question now works in conjunction with FUT on your console. You can no longer create your question on FUT Web, it must be created from your console. Your old security question will continue to function until you change it from FUT Console.
• When logging into FUT Web on a new computer or browser, or after 30 days, you will be asked to verify your answer.
• You now have the option of locking your account from the security question screen on FUT Web if you feel it has been compromised. If you do choose to do this, you must login into FUT on your console to recover your account.
• Auction Info Tooltip
• All active auctions now have a tooltip that displays all relevant auction information - simply hover over the item.

Bidding Changes

• When you are outbid on an auction, the new amount will be highlighted in red beside the current bid. This is to warn you of a potential drastic change in bid prices where some people have been tricked in to losing many coins.
• The Bid button will be delayed for 2 seconds if you have been outbid. This ensures everyone has fair time to review the latest bid.
• Holding down the increment and decrement button will raise/lower the price, making it quicker when clicking.
• Squad Management
• Copy any Squad directly from the squad selector.
• Your Active Squad is now highlighted on the squad selector
• Dynamic Icons for Auction Search Filters
• Each search filter now has a unique icon.
• Flags, leagues and team crests are now displayed for Players.
• Player positions now co-ordinate with their respective colour, as well as the formation icons.
• Active Messaging
• Replaced the play/pause controls with icons for each message.
• Dynamic messaging now appears in the Store.
• Usability and Art Improvements

You will notice a wide range of improvements to the design and usability of FUT Web, including better design elements, updated search filter options and a new filter for manager nationality. There are too many individual changes to list here, but you should certainly notice the difference.

Source: EA Forums.

[Davo614]

Superb

[bman09for08]

This is great @Rye thanks for sharing

[Jas]

Lets hope we have info on a 'Massive FIFA 12 Clubs Update' soon..

Some interesting updates there tho..

When you are outbid on an auction, the new amount will be highlighted in red beside the current bid. This is to warn you of a potential drastic change in bid prices where some people have been tricked in to losing many coins.

About time they stopped these price bumpers.

[Wiwar 7]

About time they updated it with some new stuff. I just hope they haven't shown all their cards, and have something left as a surprise for FIFA13 (see what I did there! )

[ZeRo]

Good to see they are still supporting it

[Sabre0001]

Good to see some of these fixes coming in. Especially glad that they're tackling the area of price bumpers with the delayed bid.

[The Other Leo]

I'm happy & grateful for the improvements. There are some things that I would like to see in the future, though.
I'd like to see my purchase/sell history> See who/what I've bought/sold and for how much. Maybe over a 30 day period.
I'd also like to be able to filter searches more with formation, position and managers cards. I can't tell you how much time I spend looking for a 4-5-1 Canadian manager card to buy.

Don't get me wrong...I am happy for the improvements.

[DieorBye]

Bug Fixes

We have fixed the end-of-game disconnection error affecting some PS3 and PC users.


Ty GOD, it only took you 6 months?

[elamigodetumama]

New Prize types have been added with additional Packs and Items.
That sounds awesome

[The Other Leo]

so the web app should be down for the next 5 days?

[Jas]

Where did you hear that? web app was working for me earlier..

[The Other Leo]

I thought I read it on that link that was posted. I would check it from my phone however it might ta.ke me forever

[The Other Leo]

Additionally, the update to the game will coincide with an upgrade for the FUT Web App. This work will require that the Web App is taken offline during the deployment of the update. We expect that the Web App will be offline from 12th March at around 7am GMT until approximately the same time on 16th March.

[Jas]

Oh yeah. I am going blind.

Might be able to pick up some bargains in those few days then. with a lot less people on to bid.

[The Other Leo]

that is a long time for the app to be down in my opinion. I guess it is all for the cause.

[DieorBye]

How come no one in FIFAGAMER responded to the "Disconnected after game in FIFA 12 Ultimate" fix? I will be playing like a nerd on Thursday, I will play like I've never played it before! Finally I will be able to play Ultimate Team and I'll rape any team who will play against me! )

[The Other Leo]

so far the web app has worked fine for me all day. At least on my phone it has.

[Magz]

Works fine for me at the minute

[StaceyW078]

I think its great they're updating ultimate team, seems a bit strange to do it in the middle of FIFA 12 rather than wait for FIFA 13 but hey.

I don't make trade offers that often so that change doesn't affect me at all, however I do think it is a bit stupid because apparently they are doing it to stop people selling coins but surely people will just buy players at a certain price to send the coins over? I dont know!

As for everything else it all looks good! Really good idea to add new tournaments, and prizes. Not too sure about the squad filler thing but will definatly help newer (and in some cases even advanced!) players. Seeing the full team of the weak will be awesome as it always annoys me you can;t see the bench on the console, also the updates to the trade feed making outbiddings etc more noticable will be a welcome addition!

Still a few things that could be improved! Lately I've been having a glitch where the first time I get onto ultimate team, if I swap a player from the starting 11 for a substitute in the squads screen the game crashes and returns to the main menu. I can get back on it so its not a major problem, but obviously irritating! Sometimes it doesn't show when I have been outbidded so I find myself having to exit and renenter the watch list alot of times.

But this will do for now :-)

[The Other Leo]

Additionally, the update to the game will coincide with an upgrade for the FUT Web App. This work will require that the Web App is taken offline during the deployment of the update. We expect that the Web App will be offline from 12th March at around 7am GMT until approximately the same time on 16th March.

Interesting. Maybe they're not "deploying the update" today....it's still up working.

[Rafa_SLB_]

For god sake it was time to do this, the question is way so many time to do it, well better do it late than don't do it i guess, i hope they do this to clubs too, i would really be happy with that

[Jake]

Web App down now for me until the 16th. That was the only thing I was on for UT. I was just doing the bronze pack method. Oh well, I guess I'll use the console.

[Jas]

Just downloaded the 6MB update on the 360.

Security question.


No more dark green lines.



Scary red lines.



Trade feed is new?

[Jake]

I like the red lines and orange lines but not so keen on the orange positions/formations.