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LostnNeverFound
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5 hours ago

What is EA's understanding of TIME?

Has EA completely lost all understanding of time? It used to be that in order to keep up with the game you had to spend real money, now you have to completely forget the idea of having any resemblance of a personal life or free time outside of FC.

Let me explain. Let's assume that an "average player" is playing the game that wins 1 in every 2 games. and let's say that this average player want's to finish up the objectives that are available in the next 15 days. Those objectives are (And some can be combined with each other.)

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Fantasy League
Fantasy Cup
Season 5 Gauntlet
Champions x2

Now, I am going leave out Div Rivals, Rush, and any player obj like Scamacca and Silver super stars even if those can add a substantial amount of games. What I have is enough, trust me.

But now back to that Average player that wins 1 in every 2 games. Lets assume that within those wins he completes any extra obj like headed goals, cross assists, chip shots etc. (Even if that's not always the case.)

He would still have to play 192 games, yeah, One Hundred Ninety Two games. The average game time is about 15 minutes, so that comes to 48 hours of solid gametime. And like I said, I left out several other games that need to be played. More over, this also leaves out the time it takes to build those different teams, any SBC's build done, any Evo's done that fit those specific squads and time spent on researching those.

In the next 15 days those 48 hours mean that every day, +3 hours need to be played on average. The Average player is not one of your basement dwellers or content creators that can sit in front of a screen every day, all day and he certainly isn't a "pro" that gets paid to do so. The Average player has responsibilities, he has a job, he attends school etc. Finding 3 hours on any given day to play FC is a task, doing so 15 days in a row is an impossibility.

Now, you could say "well you don't have to finish everything" and yes, that is true BUT I paid for the game I want to be able to get the same options and players as anyone else. I shouldn't have to compromise or settle for anything less. I am not asking to be given these things for nothing, only that I don't have to dedicate my life to getting them. Right now I am not choosing to NOT do these things, I am being forced to not do them. This is like subscribing to a streaming service for a year in advance only to find out that despite them having thousand of movies and shows you only get 3 hours a day to use the service and when those 3 hours are available will be decided by the streaming service on a daily basis and every week only a small portion of the shows and movies will be available.

And finally, just forget about any other game mode outside of Ultimate team, there isn't time. 

So back to my original question. Does EA have any understanding of the concept of time. Do they have any consideration for their player base. Do they only care about the content creators that push their game out? They certainly allow them to get away with breaking the rules regarding coin selling/farming (A different discussion) while punishing others. Feels like it, the only people that would be upset about EA scaling back the amount of objectives and promos would be those "content" creators.

I am getting to a point of no return. Feeling like this "game" has become a chore, the fun is gone from the gameplay. The gameplay should be most fun part about this game but now I enjoy myself more on FutGG or Futbin looking possible EVO's ideas. I find myself more often than not turning the game on, hovering over the play tab, before switching to the SBC tab, doing the daily SBC's and then turning the Console off again. I Don't Want To Play Games Anymore, and that even has nothing to do with the faulty gameplay....

And that's the real problem.

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