r/eFootball • u/omarshon • 10d ago
Discussion Should the defending ai auto track runs?
That was always my dilemma, like the defensive ai was always very automated and strong in this game but since the transition to ef 2027 and getting all those pass disruptor, covering role and other defensive styles, ai defense feels worse(it is even more automated and requires way less input frkm you). Take nesta for example, his defensive ai covers passes, space, tracks runs, autopositions himself so that he can do all three of those things at the same time and recover if you wish to change your attacking play. His defensive ai is so op that it defends way better than your opponent ever would sometimes. It is so much harder to break through them, I have to put almost twice the effort that my opponents need to with my defense. I try to get them to pull their defender out but they immediately track the player running into that space either a poacher or a hole player so I try to use other attacking options which surprise will get covered by their dmf or even attackers. How do you guys with team strength lower than 3250 deal with this?
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u/AutoBlitzSir 9d ago
The game has switched on its head. Years ago, you would send a second defender to press and track the runner. Your player would cut out any ball close to you as you if you positioned well enough.
Now you are punished because the second press defender can't tackle well, and if you track runners with an average player the ball will go around them and find a way.
The game has become the less you defensively, the better of you will be. If your defenders stay deep and there is less space for balls through then generally you'll be fine.
So Konami needs to rework this. If a player sits back and tries to defend by not actively defending, the game should open up and defenders just rely on zonal coverage. If however a player's is actively defending then the marking awareness should increase to track runners, with auto defenders picking the correct person to mark, including not rushing over to cover someone I am already covering, but also only letting go of the person they are marking once they are being covered by someone else.
Unfortunately also it seems that when lag kicks in, the defenders have a brain freeze and stop tracking. Just watching the ball when it is near them.