I’m convinced that this tier thing they changed to starting in 25 is entirely BS with little to no reason behind the rankings. I look at people’s PPG for top 100 and they are all 20 pts higher than mine which usually says something like 12 which is beyond me. I actually was ranked top 100 at different times in Madden 23 & 24 when they actually gave you a number within top 10,000 if I remember right (mentioning to make the point that my stats shouldn’t look like I started playing yesterday). First “season” of this 26 Madden I even posted here suspicious of this because comparing the top 100 and my record and stats clearly showed I should 100% be in it comfortably. Had 30-40 more wins and less losses than at least 20 ppl or so. Higher winning percentage than even more people than that, & with the high volume of games played needed. Response? Anyone can guess the answer to that. It’s EA so obviously not.
The whole point is the MUTing of all the other modes to squeeze the last cent out of people with the team passes and microtransactions. Even those don’t even work half the time either. Just to get the stuck progression I have to buy a level (or 10) half the time just get it unstuck so I can even attempt to place top 100.
They just looked at CoD Warzone ranked tier design copied it (in how it looks; not function because only EA could mess this up) down to the specific colors/titles. Seriously go look if you’re not familiar. They took away one of the 3 positive things in total Online H2H offers ppl who only play it. I could count on a rank with total record that provided some legitimacy when I played and I could pick a jersey before the game started and be confident it would be that selection when game would begin. Both are now gone and it’s pathetic.
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