Don't Be Sweaty: 5 Tips How You Can Enjoy FUT

Are you starting late with EA FC 24 and only encountering tryhards and Ultimate Teams that completely tear you apart? We've got a few tips for you on how to make FC 24 fun anyway.

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FUT can still be fun! | © EA

Did you get EA FC 24 as a gift later or just never had the time to play? To keep your controllers intact, save your nerves, and avoid angrily shutting down your console, we'll show you how you can still have a ton of fun with your Ultimate Team even without spending real money.

5 Tips On How To Enjoy FUT

We all know the feeling: the third consecutive loss because some bug robbed you of victory again. Instead of joy and fun, you turn off your console frustrated – after tearing your controller apart because it just flew against the wall.

We'll tell you how to have fun in Ultimate Team for the rest of the FIFA year.

1. Set Yourself A Season Goal

Play by your rules. Decide before the Weekend League how many wins you want to achieve. Start small and convince yourself if you get more. Build dream squads with players from your favorite club. Or take help from EA. Reach goals from the Season Pass and earn your rewards.

Be creative and come up with something that keeps you engaged longer. This makes FUT much more fun than just mindlessly grinding for rewards.

2. Don't Buy FIFA Points

"But I'm already so late, and only with real money can I catch up with the others."

Cry quietly. Of course, you're too late for the sick Day 1 trading. But you don't have to invest a fortune in FIFA to have fun in Ultimate Team, we promise. We'll tell you how to get plenty of coins without FIFA Points. And the frustration is definitely lower when you don't regularly sink with a $500 team. Trust us.

3. Mix Meta And Favorites

Sure, the meta players are always hugely important because they just play incredibly well. However, these players often come with a high price tag. At this stage of the game, there are already many alternatives that are both cheaper and fit into the meta just as well as a player who costs over 1 million coins.

Our tip: don't hesitate to use meta players, especially if you happen to get them by chance. However, you don't need to sell the farm to get a Kylian Mbappe.Instead, get players you like, that you have a connection with, and that you still believe in even if you suffer several defeats in a row.

4. Take Breaks

Sounds obvious, but can be a game-changer. It's just not working? You're missing everything up front and getting lame goals against you at the back?

Don't force it, even pros have their off days. Sometimes it goes well, and sometimes it doesn't. And even if you win 3 games in a row in the WL: A break at the right time leads to more concentration at the "restart".

5. Play For The Fun Of It

It's clear: If you're losing all the time and just can't see any progress, FIFA isn't fun. But reconsider your expectations. You're not an esports athlete. You're not a paid professional. You play FIFA in your free time and FUT to chase after your dream team.

If it doesn't work out, then dust yourself off and try to do better in EA FC 25. Sweating it out occasionally can be fun – but in the long run, it just costs you nerves. Never let yourself get down and stay relaxed. No one saw your embarrassing and stupid own goal that cost you the victory in the 90th minute.

Those were our 5 tips on how to have fun in FUT – even without being the king in the Weekend League every weekend.

Lukas Scherbaum

The head of the EA Sports FC 24 category has played every FIFA since FIFA 04. In FC 24 you can find him mainly in Ultimate Team, but he is also a big fan of Career Mode, Clubs and VOLTA. Before joining EarlyGame, he worked for the German sports website Sport1 and as a gaming journalist for Kicker eSport....

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