It may be a bit of a stretch to add another dynamic item type, but it would hypothetically solve the problem of inserting over-powered cards into the market at such an early stage of the game. The fairness of players being inserted into packs is the randomness that someone with few coins can pack them.Īnother option would be to create a new type of item similar to Ones to Watch items where the cards start off at a normal rating and increase through the year via real life performances, accomplishments, or special items nods. Again though, you run into the problem of the game being so early in its cycle and users not having the coin base to compete for the high-end players. Perhaps releasing these by position would be more realistic. These could even live in conjunction with an EA decided TOTY with the more traditional OP boosts to be released in January as per usual.Įven sans TOTY type ratings though, doing them all at once would probably still be overkill. More Player of the Month or TOTS type boosts could be in order - and at a steep cost, undoubtedly. If this were the case, they may not necessarily even have to be the high end-game type items they've been in the past, too. One solution could be to turn it into a special month-long (or longer) event where Squad Building Challenges are released periodically with the 11 FIFA "World XI" players as the prizes. So, what are EA's options here? World XI SBCs But you're well familiar with the hashtag at this point: #ExpectTheUnexpected. If anything, that adds credence to the explanation that it was just a "personal guess" through an inappropriate avenue.Īlso, for what it's worth, we'd heard whispers several weeks back indicating we shouldn't expect TOTY in October around the time of FIFA's "The Best" Awards. While more credible than the contractors who man EA's support channels, not every individual with access to branded social media accounts like these would even be in position to get or receive privileged, embargoed (e.g. It's important to take perceived "leaks" like these with massive grains of salt. Exact release dates can be found in posts on the official EA site." The page was quick to backtrack though, with the person that had posted them saying the aforementioned were merely "personal guesses" rather than anything official: The final release will be on October 27th. Simon Bratko: So we can pull the first TOTY players from packs on Oct 23rd? Did I get that right? And is that 100% confirmed?ĮA SPORTS FIFA Ultimate Team (deutsch): Hi Oliver, that is the pre release. Oliver Ruh: Did it always drop so early? Doesn’t it drop in December or January?ĮA SPORTS FIFA Ultimate Team (deutsch): Hi Simon, that is right, TOTY will come on Oct 23rd! Have fun with FIFA 18! Kind regards, Niko Simon Bratko: Does TOTY actually come out in the next few days or later? Allegedly on October 23rd? Do you have any further info? A lot of theories but nobody seems to know That translates to the following ( H/T Futhead's krewnaj):
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Would EA want to introduce a high profile release such as Team of the Year so early in this game's cycle? What would that even do to the FUT market? What would be the alternatives if they decided not to do a usual TOTY release?Īdding to the drama was a purported "leak" on the German FIFA Ultimate Team Facebook page: The awards ceremony takes place next week, October 23. This obviously creates quite the conundrum for EA. Instead of holding their awards gala called "The Best FIFA Football Awards" in January, they've moved the event up all the way to October, just two months into the European seasons.
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However, FIFA is now throwing a major wrench into our normal way of FUT life. The first majorly upgraded player items have dropped around the beginning of the New Year coinciding with the announcement of the FIFPro World XI. In years past, the FIFA Ultimate Team calendar has had several major milestones throughout the year and one of the biggest was the release of EA's Team of the Year.