I dont know why we try to politly make him understand what the deal for us. He dosent want to understand what we are saying. This forum is exclty how EA treat its player who want to play the part of their game that dosent require us the more than we already pay. They dosent even care period.
Yes. We understand the Hughes exception. But not having a roster update at least PLANNED for sometime around release for players that are ALREADY IN THE GAME to be assigned to their proper teams is unacceptable. Giving an answer like “we don’t know when there will be a roster update” meant there was none planned in the first place. And don’t give me the BS about “we didn’t have enough time”, because I can go through the roster right now and assign all rookies and FA to their proper teams MYSELF in less than a couple of hours. The problem with this work around is they are considered undrafted rookies and when you load up franchise it messes with the potential ratings.
Despite your claim that “franchise is working and completely playable right now” is so tongue and cheek and condescending. Those of us who play franchise require our mode to reflect some form of realism. Having Lafrenierre drafted #1 overall in 2021 is not the answer. Also when you make the the adjustments yourself several of the top prospects such as Quinton Byfield’s potential drops to Top 6 for some strange reason. Again, also not an option for those of us who crave realism.
I think the point your missing is we are upset that you claim to not have had enough time to fix the BASE roster due to time constraints, when you had time to make sure that Alex Lafreniere had his rangers card added to ultimate team? Why is it a priority to make sure you can try and milk customers for more money, but giving them something that has become a basic feature of your $60 purchase is not?
Mostly agree, good post.
What I am seeing is that they've done an update in early Oct for early accessors and planning to do another one... But due to the current NHL situation, there are still signings happening right this second. Therefore, I get the hesitancy because as soon as they release an update more complaints will come in.
That being said, NHL 21's official release date is tomorrow and most of the star players have signed and trades are simmering down. If I'm EA, I want to quickly get out a brand new roster update in the next day in time for the official release date to maintain trust with their 'users'. I would be extremely disappointed if we get anything less... Personally, I think a lot of this thread is fair but maybe a bit premature. This EA guy obviously doesn't know anything so lets wait a day and see if their team comes through on release date. I would bet that they have something in the works if they want to maintain any customer trust.
Also, I'm doubting any leeway with the KHL and USHL U18 players as the deal between the NHLPA and EA only activates upon first game per contract. That may be already mentioned though.
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