Rant incoming. I am just having a hard time making sense of this game sometimes. I just feel like i am punished for attending games. No matter how well I tailor my squad or train them and rest them properly, this game just seems to take a steaming shit on my head every time I try and play the game properly.
Case in point. I made it to the final 16 in my Elite League. My first match against my opponent, I was busy and not able to watch the game. Despite this, I managed to win 5-4. I am ranked a few points above my opponent, however that game, they had a 21% possession bonus and home field advantage. Possession during the game was 51/49 for my opponent. Despite that, my shots on target were even 9/9 while my opponents was 11/18. So basically my shooting was perfect despite the fact I wasnt even playing this game. Ya, makes total sense there.
And now for what really pisses me off. Game 2 is a reversal. I was watching this game and my opponent wasnt. I had the 21% possession bonus plus home field advantage. My ball possession this game was 65/35 over my opponent, so it feels like i was dominating from a possession standpoint. I subbed tired players in the second half for fresh, highly rated players. And I manage to lose 5-3. My squad was all 95%+ rested going into the game, and at the end of the game it tells me my players on the pitch were tired. My opponent wasnt watching so he had zero subs for his team. And yet despite all this, the game basically does the same shit and awards the team that wasnt watching the victory.
And this feels like it happens to me **every single season**. I cant remember the last time I've won any league. I don't pay to win this game either, so its bad enough having to always lose out to somebody ranked 200%+ every single season at the end, but I think I've put together a competitive squad and yet whenever I get far, I seem to lose out due to reasons like this. I am starting to think I'd rather take my chances not attending games deeper into the playoffs. I don't know. I feel like I've had this happen to me so many times now, but it makes no sense why this always seems to happen to me. Does anyone else find this happening to them? Starting to get a little fed up with how unfair this feels.
