@nay1017 point taken. I didn't think about how some sets cannot be completed and where the AH could be leveraged to complete those sets. I completely understand your frustration now and thank you for reminding me of that important detail.
You must not be a long time player of the game to say you don't need the auction house to improve... If you want to play as a casual player then no, you do not need the auction house... However for me this is my third year.. My first years team was 95 end of season. last year 105, this year I was already at 100 and that was simply because of a lucky card I received and then sold in the auction house for a lot coins... That allowed me to spend time buying up players needed to train... 80,000 training points between a 99-100 player is a lottttt of gold players man... I am also trying to stay competitive as I run a league in the top 500.... This is becoming impossible as leagues we play have guys with 105 overalls already, 102's in the weekend tournament, and h2h... I am already behind the competition and I have no chance to level up, except for the daily packs that come at 6am..... Once again, its a lottttt of gold players for me to gain just 1 level.... In the 3 weeks I have been locked from the auction I have only managed to level 2 players up from 99-100 with gold players from packs... It sucks... I spent time to get good and now am being punished.. You clearly would rather play casually, where I took more pride and effort in playing this game in particular... I do not play anything else
The sad part is this is EA's website.. They have people posting on here asking them questions. I have sent out emails with no answers.. MOderators here clearly see the posts and know this.. Just in every aspect they are dodging people.. How sad.. Most forums with a moderator who probably works for the company would have the respect to stop ignoring its player base and at the very least provide an answer... You are acting like some small potato corporation when in fact are supposed to be a leader in gaming and... I would have thought support.
@hc206 - i'm a long time player and have simply been able to achieve similar (in some cases better) results as you. I was a 106 last year and have already reached 97 overall this year without the use of the AH. To say that I must not be a long time player just because I don't need the AH is just a silly response. In my last few responses I agreed that the AH has it's place, but doesn't prevent you from playing the game, which is a true statement and a fact. In my most recent statement, I agreed with @nay1017 that I could see the value in the AH to complete sets that had live events and store packs no longer available.
All of your "goals" or "results" are valid for what you are trying to do. I have not and am not knocking those goals. Congratulations on getting to 100 overall with your team this year and for being so lucky to pull a card worth so much. I applaud you!
No matter how you look at it, there are obviously players that have cheated the system by farming coins in a non approved method by EA. It's not for me to judge who those players are or aren't. For the players that have done this, I completely agree with the actions EA has taken and in my opinion, I would not give the AH back to those players. For the players that were found guilty by association, it's unfortunate and I can understand their frustration. I, like many of you, hope that EA is able to identify and resolve those scenarios.
In regards to your last comment. You are entitled to your own opinion and therefore so am I. If you have being playing this game for 3 seasons and are dependent on the AH to achieve the overall rating you are, then you clearly don't know how to grind and play this game. You and I have a different definition and level of pride and effort. I have more pride in the fact that I can accomplish what you can, and without having to scout the AH to buy my players. You obviously pride yourself in the fact that you can purchase your team, which isn't wrong. We're just on completely different levels!
I do not need to listen you sticking up for a company that used no viable method to determine who boted, bought coins, cheated or whatever it is they claim people were doing!! They could hav easily fixed any of these problems with a beta, or some pre season testing but no!! They just screw up, then punish innocent players for having done nothing wrong!!!!
EA should maybe explain to people what they did... Also not spam the auction house with cheap items 1 week prior to the ban wave and using that as a way to catch people??? SO TWISTED ON SO MANY LEVELS!!!
I am 30 years old.. Played online poker for 15 years now... Made tens of thousands of dollars online... I know for 100% fact that those sites and casino brands offer software which detects bots.... Its as simple as timing, how often peoples actions are timed virtually the same.. How likely they fold to a 60 - 40% flop... There are MANY WAYS to distinguish who is a cheater... BUT THIS IDIOTIC world leading company just went on a random wave and took anybody they thought and kicked them out of a game theyve played for years!!!!!!! In 3 years I never pulled anything close to Randy Moss, Now the season that I have this bunch of crooks thinks they can lock me out for their own unknown reasonsafter having sold him...
EA keep supprting you Youtube streamers wit hundreds of dollars worth of pack openings a day.. Keep tricking the people into thinking this game provides a fair opportunity when it no loinger does... My top 500 rank league is already falling behind now that people are unable to contend with the better leagues we are starting to face... All these for some reason lucky people who got to keep their auction houses have had nothing but an advantage over me and the rest of the honest player base!!!
I have never seen support on such a poor level as what EA offers.. I have literally tried every method and waiting now for an answer from anyone.,.. EVEN their forum mods dont even have the backbone to answer in their own writing... copy and paste company.
