Fifa for Noobz

It has come to my attention that some of those who read my very popular blog may not actually know about Fifa and the world of ultimate team. So this post will help all of those people!

BASICS

The first thing you need to know about ultimate team is that every professional soccer player in the world has a card in ultimate team. And each of these cards has ratings. Ratings are given mainly for speed, shooting, passing, dribbling, defense, and physical, but there are tons of other stats that make up those main stats. Every player also has a main overall determined on how good his other stats are. 

Within ultimate team you can purchase players you earn through playing the game, and build a team with the players you own. There are a number of playing formats which will earn you coins, including tournaments, seasons, or just a single game.

HOW DO YOU EARN COINS?
Coins are earned after every game depending on performance, but there are a few different ways to play games.

Seasons
Seasons is a game mode within ultimate team. You have 10 games to determine whether you will be relegated to the lower division, stay in the same division, or be promoted to the next higher division. There are 10 total divisions. Everyone starts in division 10 and can work there way up to division 1. Winning a game will earn you 3 points, a tie - 1 point, and a loss - no points. Every division has a set amount of points needed to achieve each of the outcomes listed above. After each season you will receive a coin reward based on your performance, winning the title will get you promoted as well as receive the highest coin reward.

Tournaments
Another way to earn coins is by playing tournaments. You can enter a tournament and play, winning four games in a row will earn you the trophy of the tournament as well as a reward(usually coins but sometimes a pack<- more on packs later). 

Single Game
Single game is very standard and doesn't offer you much. If you play this you will only receive the coins you earn for playing the game, which you get for every other mode. So there's no good benefits for playing a single game.

PACKS
Packs can be bought in the ultimate team store. There are a number of different packs of different price depending on what is inside. In a premium gold pack(most popular pack) you will get 3-5 players and a number of random items such as contracts and jerseys. The packs typically never pay back for the price you pay to open the pack.

TEAM/CHEMISTRY
When building a team you need to keep in mind the chemistry of players. Players will play their best on the max chemistry of 9. To earn chemistry players need to be linked to other players from the same league, team, or country. Green links show strong chemistry, orange links show weak links, and red links show no chemistry. As you can see in the picture the links are all green and orange because the team is made fully of players from the same league.

DIFFERENT CARDS
Also something to keep track of are special cards. EA releases upgraded cards for different players that play well in real life. These cards are called informs. Their stats are slightly higher and therefor they are more expensive.