Draft 25 event
How can I participate in this event in hut?
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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerWe have received many requests in the past to be able to earn items for the next game. With most people moving on to it anyway, I don't see how we're manipulating anyone. Incentivizing, sure, manipulating, no.
Yeah I would agree with you on the terminology, if the rewards were advertised coming with the version of 26. But these rewards have already been achieved. And to get them. You have to purchase NHL 26. More a ploy to buy than a gift with buying.
- EA_Aljo
Those rewards were advertised as coming with NHL 26.
Not trying to being objective to you Aljo. Its really an immaterial thing. But if they were advertised coming with NHL 26. Why the objective in 25?
- EA_Aljo
We've done this before and normally it's well received. People want to be rewarded in the next game for playing the previous game.
I wouldn't say it's a ploy. The objectives are very easy. You only need to open a pack, acquire one or more players from the Draft event and play a few games. It's not like EA wants you to feel like you need to buy 26 because you grinded so much to get the rewards. And the rewards for 26 are a few small packs, so it's also not like EA is giving us huge rewards for 26 so that we would buy it. I also think the rewards are advertised correctly, and I'm not sure why you don't think so. As EA_Aljo said, this kind of content has been requested many times, and EA is incentivizing us to buy 26, but I wouldn't call it a ploy. But I also noticed that you called it a "slight ploy", so it doesn't sound like a big complaint, which I think is a good thing in this case.
Name one year in this franchises history, where an incentive was given in the year previous, only to be obtained the following year. Marketing idea. Incentive. Call it what you may. Why didn't they just add this perk with the purchase of the game, as compared to obtaining it from the year previous. And if it is. Then the objective was a waste of time and effort. The franchise has in years past, rewarded players packs from playing a year previous. Those were not earned in the same way as the aforementioned objective. This is why I stated my query!
- EA_Aljo
Why was it a waste of time? In previous years you got loyalty rewards for playing. This is basically the same thing. You're playing the game and getting rewarded in the next game.
What exactly is your issue here? There's no conspiracy. We're thanking veteran players that continue with us into the next game. You complain when you don't like the rewards. Now there's a reward for very little effort and you claim we're being manipulative. If you think the objective is a waste of time, there's no need to complete it. Besides, didn't you post a goodbye message recently? This wouldn't affect you if you quit playing.