I have attached a photo of a team that people have to go up against in hut, and there are many others with stupid teams like this. This pay to win model you have introduced is disgusting, bring back earnable, LEGITIMATE rewards like ultimate choice packs and ultimate packs. This is not cool and you guys are alienating a massive chunk of the playerbase & persuading them into not buying next years game. The decision making this year has been so blatantly greedy, the worst its ever been in the history of NHL games, how much money do you need to squeeze out of people before f2p players can earn good rewards again and feel justified spending a little money on packs here and there?

Not even a "thanks for the feedback" . This is actually ridiculous!

That's probably the most extreme case of spending I've ever seen. I'd be curious to see what some of the absolute best F2P lineups would look like side by side with this. Which group of players are being catered to now EA_Aljo ? The majority of the player base or the 1 percenters? I'm certain having seperate groups for paying players and F2P players would never happen as those paying players would not be spending like that if they can't just steam roll over a player in most scenarios but it's really feeling like the game is catering to the spenders now. If only 1% of the player base is able to do this ultimately the non spenders will leave and the spenders will move on to a different game to spend their money as they can't find a matchup.

This is actually such a gross reply to the player base in regards to monetization from a community manager. We realize theres microtransactions in HUT. There's been micro transactions in HUT for years. Telling players if they dont like the current money grabbing systems and strategy, then we should go to versus is just straight up disrespectful to the loyal player base who has supported this mode for years. There's been monetization, and thats fine, but there's been a clear decrease in earnable rewards, and a sever importance on buyable content. It's become just crazy levels of greed in forcing players to feel like they 'need' to spend money to keep up. There will always be money spent teams but I've never had a singele issue icing a good team until NHL 25-26 (and 26 is far worse). You and the content team or whoever makes these decisions need to have a hard look in the mirror of the direction of this game, because you'll likely lose a large portion of your player base going forward if this continues.

Monetization is fine - if it’s done properly. EA hasn’t done this. There was literally no way for the average player to get multiple 96 TOTY cards (which will tip the balance). Add in the fact that the LTD packs only had a 40% chance at dropping one, and even F2P players who took the chance to drop coins on the pack were likely to miss out, and it becomes even worse. Find a better way to monetize, or start dusting off your resume, because it’ll be the death knell of HUT if things continue like this.

The amount of content being put into the game you need old rewards again, you developers are making hut cards nobody will get to use. Why should i want to spend money on packs when you took away my rewards? I used to buy packs all the time in 24 and 23 and I bet way more did too. Your guys own greed is costing you money.

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LimJayhee

Rising Traveler

1 month ago

This pay to win model in hut is not fair.

I have attached a photo of a team that people have to go up against in hut, and there are many others with stupid teams like this. This pay to win model you have introduced is disgusting, bring back earnable, LEGITIMATE rewards like ultimate choice packs and ultimate packs. This is not cool and you guys are alienating a massive chunk of the playerbase & persuading them into not buying next years game. The decision making this year has been so blatantly greedy, the worst its ever been in the history of NHL games, how much money do you need to squeeze out of people before f2p players can earn good rewards again and feel justified spending a little money on packs here and there?

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14 Replies

bvandev
New Novice
1 month ago
This is actually such a gross reply to the player base in regards to monetization from a community manager. We realize theres microtransactions in HUT. There's been micro transactions in HUT for years. Telling players if they dont like the current money grabbing systems and strategy, then we should go to versus is just straight up disrespectful to the loyal player base who has supported this mode for years. There's been monetization, and thats fine, but there's been a clear decrease in earnable rewards, and a sever importance on buyable content. It's become just crazy levels of greed in forcing players to feel like they 'need' to spend money to keep up. There will always be money spent teams but I've never had a singele issue icing a good team until NHL 25-26 (and 26 is far worse). You and the content team or whoever makes these decisions need to have a hard look in the mirror of the direction of this game, because you'll likely lose a large portion of your player base going forward if this continues.
CdnBison
Seasoned Traveler
1 month ago
Monetization is fine - if it’s done properly. EA hasn’t done this. There was literally no way for the average player to get multiple 96 TOTY cards (which will tip the balance). Add in the fact that the LTD packs only had a 40% chance at dropping one, and even F2P players who took the chance to drop coins on the pack were likely to miss out, and it becomes even worse.

Find a better way to monetize, or start dusting off your resume, because it’ll be the death knell of HUT if things continue like this.
Rockstaar80
Rising Veteran
1 month ago
With the cost of those packs they should have guaranteed to a 91 minimum.
Mesportsfan101
Rising Hotshot
1 month ago
You can't be shocked at this point, EA know what they are doing.