🔎TOTY26: Major Issues and Required Improvements. (Part 1: Draft system)

Hello EA FC Mobile Team, Evil Larry is here,

The Team of the Year (TOTY) event is, unfortunately, a very disappointing experience, and I would like to explain why.

⚠️This letter focuses only on the Draft System in both TOTY26 Draft and Kick-Off Draft.

1) Almost all draft player cards are untradable.

Solution: Make all draft players tradable, or introduce a mixed system with a high chance of obtaining a tradable player.

2) Spending 3,000 gems for one draft is too expensive considering that most 108+ players have weak traits, stats, work rates, and occasionally poor weak foot.

Solution: One draft should cost 1,500–2,250 gems max, with improved stats (e.g., passing for ST), position-appropriate workrates (high attack for forwards and CAM, CM, LM, RM and also RB and LB, high defense for defenders and CDMs), more traits (5+), and better weak foot stars.

3) While 10 drafts for a guaranteed untradable Pool B card is acceptable, Pool A is terrible—spending 300,000 gems or 20,000 FC points for 100 drafts to get a 116–117 OVR card is unreasonable. Additionally, Pool A and B have very few 115+ cards, lack positional diversity, and offer fewer high-ranking players compared to other events.

Solution: Include even more tradable players as suggested earlier, increase the total number of cards, reduce the number of drafts needed for a Pool A card, raise the number of high OVR cards (115+), and ensure better diversity of positions.

4) I think the refresh system for Pool A and Pool B drafts is poorly designed, especially when players obtain non-guaranteed Pool A or B cards.

Solution: No draft refresh until a guaranteed card is obtained.

5) The probability of obtaining a high OVR card is extremely low (e.g., 0.33% for a Pool A card in TOTY26 Draft and 0.25% in Welcome Draft). Additionally, the number of guaranteed coins in the draft is very low.

Solution: Slightly increase the probability of obtaining high OVR cards and provide a medium to high number of guaranteed coins.

6) Long-time players cannot receive Kick-Off free rewards or free drafts. Why is this the case?

Solution: Old users must always be allowed to claim the new Kick-Off rewards for free.

7) There are no high OVR goalkeepers available in the draft.

Solution: Include high OVR goalkeepers in the draft.

8) There are very few sources to obtain drafts in the game (Not enough ways to get drafts).

Solution: Increase the number of draft sources, and make drafts easier to obtain (rewards, gifts, and daily rewards...).

“Draft System – Evil Larry Rating: 5/10 (Poor performance, needs major improvements, not good for F2P users). 

What do you think? Is anything missing? Give your rating for the new Draft System!

This feedback focuses on the Draft System only. Part 2 with more insights is coming soon—stay tuned!

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