Just got done losing three straight Ultimate Challenge finals with a OVR 116 team (and, yes, I hate myself for wasting 500 gems to give it a third try). It’s 100% rigged and I’ve absolutely had it with EA at this point.
I’m glad you used the word “casino” because that’s exactly the strategy they’re employing. This isn’t about playing football and it certainly isn’t the old “if it’s in the game, it’s in the game” ethos. This is a football-themed slot machine (for winning player cards) and nothing more.
The community comes in here and earnestly delivers feedback day after day and we get zero reply. For example, it’s been more than two weeks now that folks have complained about how rigged the Ultimate Challenge final is (and how poor the pay out is) and EA says nothing. And that’s small potatoes compared to the myriad problems with the update they’ve yet to acknowledge (let alone fix).
If someone has the wherewithal to organize a legit boycott I’d be all in. Until then, I simply refuse to spend any money and I’ll continue to call out EA’s nonsense,