FIFA 18

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Though the most grindy trophy in the game, this will be easier to earn playing the Single Player Season as opposed to the Online Season. When you first start Ultimate Team you will be taken through some introductions of the Starter Objectives, the first being to create your squad (unless you've already done this via the Web App before the game released). The second objective will be to play your first match in Single Player Seasons, you can either press to back out of doing these starter objectives or continue with them. If you continue you will be prompted to select a difficulty setting, this difficulty will be the base difficulty which you'll start your Single Player Seasons at. As soon as you confirm your selected difficulty the fixtures for Division 10 will be processed and you will be unable to adjust the difficulty via Game Settings any lower than that of the difficulty level of the team you are playing, which can be seen via the Fixture List. Therefore unless you are confident of winning at the highest difficulty levels in the game at the higher divisions, choose the lowest possible difficulty at the start. If you selected too high a difficulty to start your season, wiping the season by failing to get promoted will trigger a season refresh (you can forfeit games to speed this up) which will result in being able to select from any difficulty again to restart your Single Player Season.

Once you have reached sufficient points and have been promoted from Division 10, you will have new season selections available to choose from in order to begin Division 9. Each one will state their entry requirements (if any) and also the promotion/title points required. Choose the lowest possible season selection, taking into account both the star rating and the points needed for promotion (refer to the star ratings below). The lowest/easiest selection choice will always require +3 points more to earn promotion than the other choices. You are able to pick each new season selection and view the 10 fixtures within it before confirming your choice, therefore being able to see which teams are involved and at what difficulty level they'll be at (the lowest team difficulty being that of the star shown on the selection). The general pattern for each division is that you'll have the majority of the teams at the base difficulty indicated by the star, then a couple of teams thrown in which are of the next higher difficulty to make up your 10 fixtures.

Winning the title is only required once for Going up in style, after earning that trophy it doesn’t matter if you fall short in the following seasons, reaching the promotion line is all that counts. Note that as soon you are in at least Division 9, there will also be a relegation line added to the season. If you finish the season with less points than the red line indicates, you will be relegated back down to the previous division. Below are the difficulty levels in relation to the star ratings, though for some season selections the difficulty of the teams may be slightly higher than what the star indicates. Therefore viewing the teams involved before confirming your selection is recommended.

Stars - Difficulty Ratings

Half Star - Beginner
1 Star - Amateur
1.5 Stars - Semi-Pro & Professional
2 Stars - World Class
2.5 Stars - Legendary
3.5 Stars - Ultimate

As you rise through higher divisions, the season selections made available will also become more difficult with a higher average star level (difficulty) and entry requirement. This raise in difficulty is where this trophy will become more skill dependent as opposed to just grindy, as opposition teams will become better and thus more difficult to win against. The difficulty spike along with the gradual increase in points required for promotion to higher divisions are what makes this trophy the most difficult on the game, therefore it’s likely this will be the last trophy you earn.

Once you reach Division 2, if you have been selecting the easiest season choices up until now then the easiest one at this stage will require in excess of 20+ points to get promoted into Division 1. The teams within this selection will likely consist of World Class or Legendary difficulties, depending on your previous division selections. This points requirement for promotion means you'll need to win the majority of your matches. To make losses avoidable however, quitting the application if you are losing a match will prevent registering the match as a loss, therefore allowing you to replay the fixture until you can win. Your players will still however be deducted 1 game from their contract, despite no match result registering.

Buying superior loan players to add to your team from the EASFC catalogue is highly recommended and a good alternative to help bolster your team if you cannot afford world class players. The available players in the catalogue will generally refresh on a regular basis. When your loan players have run out of contracted games, remember to quick sell them (press on the player to bring up actions) to get them out of your club as otherwise that player may not reappear in your EASFC catalogue again until you've done so.