Anybody else struggling with motivation to play already?

I’m literally playing people running glitches every game all game this isn’t fun I agree

Tpbv9 said:

I’m literally playing people running glitches every game all game this isn’t fun I agree

Worst thing about the game is the community

SiberianKiss said:

Worst thing about the game is the community

the whales enabling EA’s predatory behavior, the exploiters clawing their way to the top, or the forum members telling you u can stop playing and still be ok?

I think they put too much faith in the cards themselves and not the game.  2K is coming out so drop Vick as a distraction.  But there is ZERO new content to play with the Vick card.

For me it’s not lack of interest in the game it’s lack of content.  If I had more stuff to do I’d probably be playing every night.

Today they dropped THREE solos for legends.  They dropped 3 solos for TOTW.  Game time is a major start of season promo and you can knock out every objective available in under 2 hours.  The game is boring.

I bought 2K for the first time in years a couple of days ago and after I play my 10-15 minutes of Madden every day to knock out the dailies/solos I exclusively play 2K.

Season 2 is so thin it’s ridiculous.  You know it’s bad when they didn’t even have the time to put the level reward offers in the store.  What happened to the gauntlet solos?  6 on 6 football?  The forge?

Sorry 3rd post in a row here.  But they also don’t incentivize play anymore.  Back in the day you had coach Madden, MUT master, Journey, hell even the last few years team affinity sets to get a 99, or madden season reward players (Casper, deion, etc) turning into a 99 set.

If you decide not to play an entire minute of season 2 it doesn’t set you back at all.  Or at least not far back enough that $50 on packs won’t fix it.

I grinded season 1 just to get an XP token that gave me a single level that will matter absolutely nothing in the long haul because XP is gated so I’ll hit top level same day as everyone else.

They've essentially taken out all long term progression content because they’ve failed so many times to follow through on the promises originally made.

Chugga said:

Sorry 3rd post in a row here.  But they also don’t incentivize play anymore.  Back in the day you had coach Madden, MUT master, Journey, hell even the last few years team affinity sets to get a 99, or madden season reward players (Casper, deion, etc) turning into a 99 set.

If you decide not to play an entire minute of season 2 it doesn’t set you back at all.  Or at least not far back enough that $50 on packs won’t fix it.

I grinded season 1 just to get an XP token that gave me a single level that will matter absolutely nothing in the long haul because XP is gated so I’ll hit top level same day as everyone else.

They've essentially taken out all long term progression content because they’ve failed so many times to follow through on the promises originally made.

I agree. It really is no fun.

ill be onto EAFC soon, at least the content and ultimate team mode are fun. Such a shame we don’t have a better football game to play

Chugga said:

Sorry 3rd post in a row here.  But they also don’t incentivize play anymore.  Back in the day you had coach Madden, MUT master, Journey, hell even the last few years team affinity sets to get a 99, or madden season reward players (Casper, deion, etc) turning into a 99 set.

If you decide not to play an entire minute of season 2 it doesn’t set you back at all.  Or at least not far back enough that $50 on packs won’t fix it.

I grinded season 1 just to get an XP token that gave me a single level that will matter absolutely nothing in the long haul because XP is gated so I’ll hit top level same day as everyone else.

They've essentially taken out all long term progression content because they’ve failed so many times to follow through on the promises originally made.

That hit home that.

I stayed on 24 and I’m loving all the free time. No more mind numbing solos or waiting for new cards to drop. I’m on old gen so it’s not like 25 would be an upgrade for me. i find matches within 30 seconds still and I’m on a 26 game winning streak. I’m loving all the free time and all of the money I’m saving. Idk man MUT is the same thing every year anyways. Same cards. Same solos.Same Promos. Same EA

Absolutely, as a solo/offiline player the game feels completely washed. I've been playing since Madden 15 and this is by far the least engaged I've ever felt

Solo Battles/Solo Seasons rewards are god awful. There's no transparency on what you even get, there's no comp pass to level up and get anything from. It's just time sink grinding for garbage coin rewards

Packs are at an all time scam level. These things are the biggest pure piles of cash grab garbage. It used to be FUN ripping the packs because you actually got cards, now its like 80k coins for 2 cards. Most of the packs are complete ripoffs. 

The UI is still clunky and full of too much junk. The catalog feature is the biggest waste of time and programming I've ever seen. The sets are designed to use cards different from the auction house filters so it takes even MORE work to try and complete or search.

I don't understand who at EA thought using 8pt font on all the menu/loading screens was smart. There is like 60% negative space all through this game.

All the rewards for solos are complete shit now, BND cards that can't even be used in sets. "Fantasy" packs that give you a guaranteed lowest possible option 99% of the time. The greed is real, and the overall Ultimate Team experience is becoming nothing more than a cash sink feed the gambling addicts game mode, instead of an actual enjoyable/progressive game.