Self-relegators who quit while the game is tied rob others of potential weekly score gained from games made all the more important because of the cap.

Players are confessing to self-relegation in order to stay out of the top divisions of FIFA Ultimate Teams competitive multiplayer ranking mode, Division Rivals.

The issue has to do with the rewards on offer and the new 30 game cap for Division Rivals weekly score contribution.

In Division Rivals, your rank within your division determines your weekly rewards.

While your division (there are 10) is determined by your skill rating, which ebbs and flows as you win, draw and lose matches, your rank within each division is determined by your weekly score, which is obtained by playing matches (you get more weekly score for winning than drawing and losing).

At the end of the week (Thursday mornings), your division and rank are used to determine which set of rewards you get - FUT Coins, FUT Packs (either tradeable or untradeable), or FUT Champions Points to help you qualify for Weekend League.

The higher your division and rank within it, the better your rewards.

Players have found theres no point sticking around the top divisions because the rewards are potentially better in the divisions below them.

This issue is exacerbated by the new 30 game weekly cap for weekly score contribution.

In theory this is a great feature, as I wrote in my FIFA 21 review, as it levels the playing field for those who dont have as much time to play as others.

However, some FIFA players actually want the grind to return, as it would mean they would have a better chance of achieving the top ranks in the top divisions.

As it stands, these top ranks in the top divisions are incredibly tough to achieve.

The problem comes when you start limiting how much I can grind my rank, low rank Division 1 player Dincht04 explained in a post on the FIFA subreddit.

I will never get D1 rank one with the current system, because I dont win enough games in D1.

Where is my incentive to stay in Division 1 for next week Dincht04 asks.

Im sure some of you wont agree and will see this as a higher ranked player bitching, but why should I sit through 30 games against some of the best players on the game, only to get less rewards than I could just by smashing people who arent as good as me As Dincht04 notes, self-relegation is an old issue for FIFA.

It was pretty rampant in FIFA 20, although for different reasons.

Still, its concerning were already seeing players relegating themselves in FIFA 21.

I stayed in Div 1 for most of FIFA 20 for the ultimate packs, redditor JMclovin303 said.

New system sucks.

Already some FIFA 21 players are feeling the effect of others self-relegating during their games online.

Quitting in Division Rivals triggers a penalty - the quitter will eventually suffer a hit to the number of FUT Coins they obtain after each match.

If someone quits on you while the game is tied, you get a token 300 points towards your weekly score.

But you get more for winning (500), and an extra 90 per goal to a maximum of five.

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