@lkbroach I thought I was moving along well, got to Level 10 and started Arena to see what rewards I needed from there to keep going. Last three matchups were against squads 700+ overall higher than my 2,200. They had guys in 90s everywhere. Ball wasn’t even snapped to a shotgunned QB before they were there to meet him for a sack.
My Nick Chubb Uncommon Level 15 with 92 Speed still gets chased down in the open field by fat guys wearing numbers in the 90s. Tapping a receiver and the ball is still flying to the other side of the screen to a receiver that was nowhere near my tap or a first down.
Seems like the mid to end of Genesis Stage 3 is my roadblock. Gotta have three level 15 guys and then AFC Helmets to do things. Haven’t been able to unlock those yet so I’m not sure how I get over that without real $.
Just my impressions two weeks into MM22 but this game is fast becoming a charmless grind. H2H matchups where you are 200 OVR below are tough slogs and never mind playing a match where you’re outranked 350+ points— just say sayonara tournament ticket. Worse, the same balance issues seem to also apply to League tournament play. So forget about winning your league tournament if you haven’t spent the $$$ to be the Top OVR dog in your league. Sure, there don’t seem to be as many impossible upsets as there were in the previous edition of MM. But now it seems the odds of pulling an upset over a higher ranked team are just too low once you get a gap of 200 OVR to make it worth the bother.
Also, haven’t had as much in the way of lucky breaks when it comes to random cards or player draws. Building a team seems much more of a predictable linear grind (or spend) in MM22 with fewer lucky pulls, no lucky auction wins, and fewer opportunity events (so far).
And then there’s Seasons. Where you can literally waste time playing the fixed lineup of current NFL teams instead of your built up Ultimate Team or any sort of fantasy team. Whatever you do in Seasons doesn’t seem to make much of an impact either on any other part of the game, so what’s the point of Seasons?
I’m looking forward to gameplay improvements but as of this now the word that comes to mind is boring.
