HUT Catch 22
Went on the PS5 today to try out the 10-hour timed trial through EA Play. What kind of crap is this that you have to win games with a trash team before they let you spend your earned coins to actual...
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I'm just frustrated because I'm trying to get a good gauge of the game within my 10 hour trial, and being two hours in already with a scrub team I have not been able to access the auction house with my earned coins to improve my team yet. It's like how many hours do I have to waste before I can actually get a good feel for what the game feels like for normal players. I had to fight with that issue last year for NHL 24 also.
It feels like it's getting harder and harder to "just play now" with each new release. I used to get packs at the start of each year based on how much I played the previous year's game, but I don't remember getting those for at least a few years now even though I have been playing it every year. That used to be great to get me started with at least a competent gold team, but now it's way too grindy.
EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerUnfortunately, I don't know how long it takes. You'll have to keep playing. I earned quite a few players just from Wildcard alone. Have you played through that yet?
Not the Wildcard I haven't so much. Seems really short, and I'm not really sure what the difference is in playing it other than it's a shorter length game. I did figure out that I could play offline to earn access to the auction house though, but I still don't like having to "earn" my way into it. It would be better if EA gave you more than a 10-hour trial also, or at least make it similar to a "day one with game pass" kind of thing. That seems to be the subscription model of the future anyways.
