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Saraninator's avatar
Saraninator
Rising Scout
3 months ago

This game mode feels so empty and boring this year.

There are just no cards being given out. The market is completely dead and there are hardly any of the top players ever pulled that go up for sale. When they do the price increase on top players vs last year is completely out of whack.

Building players like Mcdavid and Lemieux is nearly impossible because there is simply no way to get cards. Even spending money gets you almost nothing. $120 CAD for 20 cards and a single 83+. This doesn't make any sense at all in any way.

The addition of BND cards is senseless and just angers everyone who plays this game. Get rid of this please. Sincerely every single person who plays this game mode.

Building more than one team and filling out sets and having lots of cards is what made this game mode fun. Every year I would have a Canucks theme team that I loved using. Now there are just no extra resources to get to do this with. Not doable by grinding and not doable by spending thousands and thousands of dollars. 

Where are any rewards this year? Seriously. Where are they? Do you think this XP path gives any incentive to play? It doesn't. At all. Bonus Packs???? Nothing but bronze players and the odd silver and if you are extremely lucky one gold. All the packs along the way give you nothing. The coins are worthless because the inflation has drove the price of cards up 2-5x the price of last year. 

Give us weekly SB and Rivals rewards back. The XP path as it is gives out almost nothing as rewards. Just keep the XP path as a bonus to the normal weekly rewards we are used to that give us some incentive to actually play the game.

  • I don't know what is worse gameplay or rewards. I went 6-1 in champs spamming D2D one tees like everyone else. No one can defend in the game so no one tries. It's just block one timers then grab the rebound and do the same. Then on top of it for what? Garbage rewards? I've decided to not play anymore till there is a patch to gameplay and defense is back. It's not like I'm missing anything with those pathetic rewards.

  • gillick99's avatar
    gillick99
    Seasoned Newcomer

    In past years, the weekly rewards are what made the grind seem, somewhat, worthwhile.  Now playing feels like a chore with minimal rewards.  The result?  I'm simply playing NHL less and playing other games more.  How long will it take before the pencil-pushers at EA notice the analytics of decreasing player engagement?