Why did they kill Theme Teams?

Of all the dumb things MUT has done this year… quietly killing theme teams is one of the worst. A lot of teams still aren’t able to hit 50/50 and even if you are hitting it on the best theme teams your overall is probably roughly 87/88.

I used to always love running 50/50 Bengals theme sprinkle in a few of the top guys elsewhere and be competitive online but I can’t even hit 50/50 still not in November and am only able to compete with 40/50 at best.

it takes a lot of fun out of the reveals of programs and TOTW when unless you’re getting 5 new guys from your team you‘re just looking at who the free BND can replace

That's funny because I have seen a huge shift towards theme teams the past few years by EA. 

People can build their team the way they want but I've always been of the mindset that it's MUT , so you can mix and match whoever you want..and if you want to play as a particular team you can play franchise/ regs as well

You make it sound like 87/88 overall teams are unplayable… most goon squads are sitting at 89. You can be competitive with an 87 or 88 overall online.

plus, even in the past theme teams have trailed behind early in the year and begin to get a boost after Christmas

Promo TTs like Campus Heroes or Most Feared have been very popular at the expense of genuine TTs.

TTs give great boosts...as such...they should be hard to max out.

D0KTRG said:

Promo TTs like Campus Heroes or Most Feared have been very popular at the expense of genuine TTs.

the boosts from a promo TT is not much different (if at all) from the boosts from a regular TT lol. hence why you see a lot of people running 25/25

In your bengals case you totally can. You just have to have 2 more RP backups with the chem. It IS doable but you have to finagle it a bit. 

With no Capt FB it does hurt a lot of teams. It should just be turned to a HB/TE flex.

You really just have to run 25 theme and then meta players starting all the main spots tbh

When did they kill theme teams?

chewbakaats said:

You really just have to run 25 theme and then meta players starting all the main spots tbh

This is what I do. 25 Broncos/25 Monstars.. Only like 4-5 Broncos are starting.

They haven’t killed TT.  It’s still very early in the year for MUT.

They want you to use promo theme teams that get expended almost as soon as they are completed. Keeps players on the money spending wheel. 

I’m 50/50 Eagles since the jump and I probably only add a new card every 1-2 weeks.

Right now... a 50/50 Most Feared TT is the way to go if your intent is fielding the best team possible.  Mine is damn near 91 OVR with the boosts.  Otherwise 25 MF / 25 TT is still decent for some teams (Raiders, Seahawks,  Chiefs, etc.).

Eventually 50/50 TT's will be elite... but until the Super Bowl, EA wants people to buy all their program cards.

Theme teams generally save people money which is the opposite of what EA wants people to do. And it's still early I guess.