They are removing the fun factor, and this is how

here are some key changes the last few years that really emphasise the push to money being spent and the removal of fun from the game mode:
 

addition of NAT cards then turning them to BND so they can’t be used in sets

addition of BND players to packs bought with MONEY

removal of power ups which was good for NMS to build a player up to the level below their top card

also could put NATs in power ups which was good

addition of LTD cards ruining NMS theme team builds

reduction of stat boosts for theme teams that benefitted NMS

inclusion of full teams for money in the store

platinum cards for money in the store - literally selling coins

massive reduction of packs as rewards for objectives replacing with specific players creating low team build variety

Have I forgotten anything? Overall, they are doing everything they can to remove fun from the mode.

any other thoughts?

They are screaming at you not to play their game.  Why aren’t you listening?

how they treated LTDs last year was sickening.  its no reason we should have 1m+ players before the end game.

googanaba said:

They are screaming at you not to play their game.  Why aren’t you listening?

I haven’t played in a week

SiberianKiss said:

here are some key changes the last few years that really emphasise the push to money being spent and the removal of fun from the game mode:
 

addition of NAT cards then turning them to BND so they can’t be used in sets

addition of BND players to packs bought with MONEY

removal of power ups which was good for NMS to build a player up to the level below their top card

also could put NATs in power ups which was good

addition of LTD cards ruining NMS theme team builds

reduction of stat boosts for theme teams that benefitted NMS

inclusion of full teams for money in the store

platinum cards for money in the store - literally selling coins

massive reduction of packs as rewards for objectives replacing with specific players creating low team build variety

Have I forgotten anything? Overall, they are doing everything they can to remove fun from the mode.

any other thoughts?

Auction House floor and ceiling to control the market

Just the fact that they aren't releasing the Rookies and UA cards to some people and not others, is a telling sign they are a corrupt company and I wish some EA employee would be a whistleblower and expose their illegal practices in order to attempt customers to buy more packs to upgrade their teams.  Shame on them.

Charmingjmor said:

Auction House floor and ceiling to control the market

Good point!

Removal of the trade block

cferga32 said:

Removal of the trade block

This was huuuuuge!

To expand on chemistries.  Moving to a 20/20 system rather than a 50/50 system allows them to outright ignore team player distribution.  As it will be up to the player to find a good team to pair with their chosen theme team.  EA only has to worry about 20ish players per team.  No more “my team is missing a LG”.  Just do 20/20 49ers too and you’ll have options.

Ngl BND is the worst thing ever bring back Nats

SiberianKiss said:

here are some key changes the last few years that really emphasise the push to money being spent and the removal of fun from the game mode:
 

addition of NAT cards then turning them to BND so they can’t be used in sets

addition of BND players to packs bought with MONEY

removal of power ups which was good for NMS to build a player up to the level below their top card

also could put NATs in power ups which was good

addition of LTD cards ruining NMS theme team builds

reduction of stat boosts for theme teams that benefitted NMS

inclusion of full teams for money in the store

platinum cards for money in the store - literally selling coins

massive reduction of packs as rewards for objectives replacing with specific players creating low team build variety

Have I forgotten anything? Overall, they are doing everything they can to remove fun from the mode.

any other thoughts?

It's even worse than that because now the Platinum cards are mostly full backs and kickers. Why? Because there's less high overall kickers and fullbacks than there are other positions reducing the chances you pull a high OVR platinum card. So even the Platinum packs now aren't paying out like they were and that's by design. They want the max amount of revenue while giving the least amount of content for your money. The geniuses at EA don't understand that if you push the budget & NMS guys out, the whales can no longer get those easy wins that they pay for because all you have left are whales. The community unfortunately has allowed this to happen. People are quick to take what they're given and not pushback on anything.

cferga32 said:

Removal of the trade block

Yeah that too!

symbolikscar said:

Ngl BND is the worst thing ever bring back Nats

Agreed. I saw store offers for two 82 BND players, but you can’t put them in the set for the hero. Like what is the actual point of that? What a waste of money.