FIFA 23: EA responds to issues with lengthy players

FIFA 23’s new AcceleRATE feature is not working correctly on some player items and chemistry style combinations, and EA has announced an investigation into the issue. 

FIFA 23’s AcceleRATE system redefines player speed, while players into three boost types based on size, power, and agility. While controlled players offer balanced acceleration, explosive acceleration features small players with higher agility and lower strength who start explosively and then gradually slow down, lengthy players, while slow, can sprint past defenders at full stride after a certain distance and suit taller players with high power and low agility.

The FIFA 23 community has discovered that lengthy players like Erling Haaland and Karim Benzema are among the strongest players in the game. However, the game-changing discovery has a catch. The mechanics just don’t work for some players who should theoretically be able to convert to lengthy with Architect.

FIFA 23 looks into AcceleRATE values ​​issue

Some players are naturally lengthy, but there is also a way to change a player’s AcceleRATE property to lengthy using an Architect Chemistry Style. In the first update of FIFA 23, EA stated that a difference of 14 between Strength and Agility is required to change a player’s trait to lengthy. However, some versions of the patch notes state that a player’s strength must be at least 15 points higher than their mobility. EA has said it will investigate the discrepancy.

Here are the criteria for lengthy:

• Strength: greater than or equal to 65
• (Strength – Agility): Greater than or equal to 14
• Acceleration: Greater than or equal to 55
• Height: Greater than or equal to 175 cm

Here are the criteria for explosiveness:

• Agility: Greater than or equal to 65
• (Agility – Strength): Greater than or equal to 15
• Acceleration: Greater than or equal to 74
• Height: Greater than or equal to 5’11”

EA has clarified that for some players the (Strength – Agility) number needs to be larger and cannot equal 14 for Lengthy and vice versa for Explosive. However, the developers have not specified which players cannot have the same (Agility – Strength) number.

The science behind FIFA’s AcceleRATE system is still a bit murky, but we’ll update you as we get a better understanding of how it works. Also, it remains to be seen if there will be a nerf for Lengthy players at some point, as they’re pretty much dominating the meta at the moment. Many FIFA players have already complained that Lengthy players, who are supposed to be slow, easily catch up with players like Mbappe or some icon.

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