I’m happy to get any free card. Most BND packs give you an option to get a lower non-BND so I don’t see the issue. I’ve got like 9 free cards playing on my 87 overall team.
In general, I’ve used the fantasy and token BNDs for offensive linemen and DTs since they tend to have the longest shelf life. My whole OL, DL and LB crew are BND and play great. Sure, I could upgrade them but they get the job done when combined with OP skilled positions.
doncoyleone said:I’m happy to get any free card. Most BND packs give you an option to get a lower non-BND so I don’t see the issue. I’ve got like 9 free cards playing on my 87 overall team.
In general, I’ve used the fantasy and token BNDs for offensive linemen and DTs since they tend to have the longest shelf life. My whole OL, DL and LB crew are BND and play great. Sure, I could upgrade them but they get the job done when combined with OP skilled positions.
Now that I think of it, only have a QB, 1 WR, RB, TE and 2 CBs that aren’t BND. #bndmade
We get bnd cards now because people like to farm 5 different accounts and ruin the market by exploiting the rewards. The mut community is why we get bnd’s. Don’t be too upset
the fact that i can’t even get a fantasy hero bnd is insane. majority of my bnd pulls are usually cards for a position i don’t need or dupes
Odog123 said:Some of the biggest reasons why EA makes most of our game modes “free” rewards/items/cards are third party coin sellers and farm accounts.
I’m not going to talk about coin selling because I never touch those conversations.
There was a time almost all players had farm accounts for the “free” rewards/items/cards. As well as some of the pay to play offers. There were level rewards good enough people use to start farm accounts and just sit and throw 90 yard TDs in a solo to level up the account and “transfer” the rewards to their main account. There are probably people who still do.
I am in no way advocating, condoning or suggesting anyone do this. You will most likely end up banned.
Those additional small purchases across numerous accounts use to help drive the economy. Without them things have changed a bit. Some have been replaced by other offer types. While some of the easiest coin methods we had years ago are no longer viable, mostly. New ways to make coins have opened up as a result though.
Money spent by users is measured in several ways by gaming companies. Average transaction value, Average revenue per user and customer lifetime value as a few examples. Reducing the return on investment we get from “free” rewards/items/cards over the years is deliberate and in no way exclusive to Madden, our game mode or EA.
Years ago Madden had a much higher user accusation cost. As our game has grown, as EA has grown they have continued to improve upon this. As a result they need less and less to entice users to not only spend but to get them to play.
Which brings up time metrics. The other currency. Some examples are total playtime, session length, retention rate, daily/weekly/monthly active users and concurrent users. Time metrics are particularly prone to manipulation by companies, like EA.
They offered us an 87 Derwin for watching the MCS. They didn’t do that for us. They wanted the data to say X people watched, Y more people watched, Z people watched this long. So they made the data say that.
Gaming companies are constantly competing for users time. We are paying EA in time/life to get those “Free” rewards/items/cards.
No offer in this world is actually “free.” Perhaps that’s a bit cynical of me. So I’ll say almost nothing is free.
Also, the economy is much easier to manage as a result of BND/NAT cards. That Derwin being BND/NAT allowed them to achieve their goal with little impact on the game mode.
They have engineered an environment where people are not only willing to buy BND/NAT items from the store for real money but also have some people convinced it’s a good deal. Great for EA in multiple ways.
As a final point there have been players in the community pushing for these BND/NAT cards for years, at least that is what EA seems to think people are asking for. It provides a way to get rewards/items/cards for “playing football.” Some of the community leaning that way, I feel, has some better ideas not only about how these items can be acquired/earned but also how to create a better environment for competitive play, casual play and the market.
I really appreciate this reply. As a newer player it’s nice getting perspective from someone who has observed the long term changes in the game/market.
I knew EA wanted our money but I failed to see how much time they’re taking away from the NMS player. I hate to say it but I’d much rather advise others to just spend money if they really care to have a top end competitive team. The most valuable thing we have in this life is time.
Remember when we had power ups n sprinter
At least let me QS a BND card so I don't have a binder full of crap like last year.
My biggest issue with them is some of them you can't quicksell and for people with OCD like me that like to keep a clean binder get annoyed at shit like that
Steelcurtain4life said:My biggest issue with them is some of them you can't quicksell and for people with OCD like me that like to keep a clean binder get annoyed at shit like that
The only ones I haven't been able to QS are The Season of Boom Jabrill Peppers and Najee Harris. But both of them have been upgraded and I figured removing the upgrades would take up even more binder space so I just let them sit.