Wow.EA really put a guaranteed Legend X in the big bundle

SportsPerson94 said:

Agreed. This entire game is a problem honestly lol. I was enjoying it but now it's just getting out of control. Just goes to show you they could have have done this guaranteed shit a long time ago but held it in their back pocket.

I spend here and there. I'll buy the $5 platinum packs, maybe a $25 pack if it's a good deal and you're guaranteed something but i don't spend thousands lol

They could have put out guaranteed bundles as a one time per week offer or something and the whales could spend on the packs with garbage offers they've been buying the whole time, which they would be doing anyway. Say they want Strahan, get a guaranteed 90 but it ends up being Shields so they go for the other packs next. Whereas a casual spender is just happy to get either one, but is far less likely to keep going if they buy a pack that get nothing the majority of the time. Which induces a similar response to pain and turns off the average person eventually. Because when I played poker, who were the first ones to stop showing up at the tables? The same ones who donated to me and the other regulars.

antitwisted said:

They could have put out guaranteed bundles as a one time per week offer or something and the whales could spend on the packs with garbage offers they've been buying the whole time, which they would be doing anyway. Say they want Strahan, get a guaranteed 90 but it ends up being Shields so they go for the other packs next. Whereas a casual spender is just happy to get either one, but is far less likely to keep going if they buy a pack that get nothing the majority of the time. Which induces a similar response to pain and turns off the average person eventually. Because when I played poker, who were the first ones to stop showing up at the tables? The same ones who donated to me and the other regulars.

It's just fucking incredible. They know how popular Peterson is so they said fuck it, let's make him the LTD AND give people the option of picking him. Lmao

SportsPerson94 said:

It's just fucking incredible. They know how popular Peterson is so they said fuck it, let's make him the LTD AND give people the option of picking him. Lmao

I'm a seahawks fan and tbh I don't find him very likeable at all even though it was admittedly pretty cool when he scored a TD in our jersey. I even had him in fantasy in 2012, the first year I played, and had fond memories of that. But there is no defending his actions towards his son and I dunno..I get that he grew up in a tough environment but so did I and it's still pretty hard for me to understand how someone could be so terrible to their OWN child. That's just me though. Everyone's got their view of things.

antitwisted said:

I'm a seahawks fan and tbh I don't find him very likeable at all even though it was admittedly pretty cool when he scored a TD in our jersey. I even had him in fantasy in 2012, the first year I played, and had fond memories of that. But there is no defending his actions towards his son and I dunno..I get that he grew up in a tough environment but so did I and it's still pretty hard for me to understand how someone could be so terrible to their OWN child. That's just me though. Everyone's got their view of things.

Peterson is a weird one for sure but EA is only worried about money. I'm not a fan of his and i never really was. Biggest game of his life and he fumbled what, 3 times? can't do that

The micro transaction model will eventually have to change from random maybe you get something to selling something that guarantees you value because eventually they'll be regulated and have no choice. Ideally in this particular situation it should drive prices on guaranteed cards down and there's no reason AP should cost a million coins given the market saturation.

AP would easily be 1.5+ if not in the guaranteed packs.

ColonelHSanders said:

AP would easily be 1.5+ if not in the guaranteed packs.

and bo jackson is still better........ what a day, lol

blamppp said:

and bo jackson is still better........ what a day, lol

Imagine paying 1.5 mil for a worse card lmao

antitwisted said:

I'm a seahawks fan and tbh I don't find him very likeable at all even though it was admittedly pretty cool when he scored a TD in our jersey. I even had him in fantasy in 2012, the first year I played, and had fond memories of that. But there is no defending his actions towards his son and I dunno..I get that he grew up in a tough environment but so did I and it's still pretty hard for me to understand how someone could be so terrible to their OWN child. That's just me though. Everyone's got their view of things.

Holy heavens. Some people never had their grandmother tell them to go pick a switch.... Way overblown

antitwisted said:

Yeah it's funny how EA is so greedy that they might even cost themselves money in some ways, because if there were guaranteed returns I could see a lot more people buying packs. Instead they market towards whales/gambling addicts repeating the cycle, which is generally not a majority of players (I used to play poker "professionally" so I have some related experience here with this) albeit it's not black or white, since some people are essentially dolphins or minnows (terms for occasional, more moderate gambling participants who aren't generally considered pathological). Funny example of how far some people go is when you're on a stream and observe someone in the chat saying "NMS is a mental illness" like wow, imagine whaling out so hard that you view people who DON'T spend money on packs as the ones who have a problem.

Holy shit do people really say that? Lol

WendyPefferkorn said:

Holy heavens. Some people never had their grandmother tell them to go pick a switch.... Way overblown

I feel like ONE good ass whoopin' is usually enough to set a kid straight. It was enough for me lol.

I can absolutely see EA keeping this trend for weekly legends. 
 

I’m indifferent on guaranteed LTD. If you’re going to spend money at least you know what you’re getting. And will supply more cards into AH market for more causal players.

I am surprised legends cards are getting auto x factors like AKA players. AKA and legends are now pretty similar.

LeftHandUp said:

Holy shit do people really say that? Lol

That particular quote, if that's what you mean, was a one off. But I've seen a few among the whale crowds say "I ain't broke so I spend!" etc, and a lot of people will say that NMS=broke, or people don't spend on the game, therefore they are broke etc.

its how it should be IMO, if you spend money you should get to pick instead of spending and still having chance to get bent over... decided not to get him since not much better than Henry...