How is ultimate team going?

[cammy84]

I was just wondering how ultimate team was going for everyone?
What did you name your team?
How have you decided to build your team?
Do you play online or against CPU
Do you bother playing it?

[cammy84]

Re: How is ultimate team going?

I will tell you about mine (even if you aren't interested lol)

I went with Heywood Devils (Hometown) since my 1st team was rubbish I decided to supersim (mistake!!!) only got 34 coins and had loads of injuries.
Didn't have a LG and so was searching through the auction and managed to find a cheap (but rubbish) one and won the bid.

Still only played one game but looking to get online soon and try them out

[JayhawkerStL]

Re: How is ultimate team going?

I think the interface and the basic structure of how the game works are fantastic. After three games, I came away with a desire to really delve into building a team. And honestly, it scratches that same itch that APFB had with creating a team of players, and adds an element of long term strategy in an interesting way. I really love the entire concept.

But I'm afraid that there are some built-in imbalances that makes the grind of improving a team too slow. This is to create a situation of forcing us to pay money to keep our teams. I'm doubtful it works, because too many of us will opt out of this mode, leaving a pretty barren landscape of cheesers.

By having zero choice in who you are matched up with, and dropping means forfeiting points, but it still counts as a game played on your cards. So while I trudge along, building my 63 OVR team to a 80 OVR team piece by piece, I will have to do so in landscape that rewards folks for not only paying money to build up their team, but points for running up the score.

This could all be made tolerable if they would allow friends to play each other with their ultimate teams. But there is no option to so. I suspect that a fear of gamers manipulating the system to build-up points which in turn could play havoc with the economic system of the auction houses. Plus, I'm pretty sure that groups of friends would be less likely to feel pressured to build-up their teams by sending EA money.

So I doubt EA is going to ever allow friends to play. So even though the entire concept works so well, and the strategy something that was interesting and fun to do, the way in which EA is monetizing this game destroys that by rewarding a style of play that a ton of us aren't interested in. Had this been a $5-$10 download, they would probably get my money. But I'm not sending them money based on how well they can tweak their system to force me to pay for new cards to maintain my team.

For now, I am going to keep playing. If I feel like their is too much grind to building a competitive team, I'll just move on to something else. I'm hoping to be surprised, and find the potential of this mode to not be spoiled.

[thudias]

Re: How is ultimate team going?

I think the interface and the basic structure of how the game works are fantastic. After three games, I came away with a desire to really delve into building a team. And honestly, it scratches that same itch that APFB had with creating a team of players, and adds an element of long term strategy in an interesting way. I really love the entire concept.

But I'm afraid that there are some built-in imbalances that makes the grind of improving a team too slow. This is to create a situation of forcing us to pay money to keep our teams. I'm doubtful it works, because too many of us will opt out of this mode, leaving a pretty barren landscape of cheesers.

By having zero choice in who you are matched up with, and dropping means forfeiting points, but it still counts as a game played on your cards. So while I trudge along, building my 63 OVR team to a 80 OVR team piece by piece, I will have to do so in landscape that rewards folks for not only paying money to build up their team, but points for running up the score.

This could all be made tolerable if they would allow friends to play each other with their ultimate teams. But there is no option to so. I suspect that a fear of gamers manipulating the system to build-up points which in turn could play havoc with the economic system of the auction houses. Plus, I'm pretty sure that groups of friends would be less likely to feel pressured to build-up their teams by sending EA money.

So I doubt EA is going to ever allow friends to play. So even though the entire concept works so well, and the strategy something that was interesting and fun to do, the way in which EA is monetizing this game destroys that by rewarding a style of play that a ton of us aren't interested in. Had this been a $5-$10 download, they would probably get my money. But I'm not sending them money based on how well they can tweak their system to force me to pay for new cards to maintain my team.

For now, I am going to keep playing. If I feel like their is too much grind to building a competitive team, I'll just move on to something else. I'm hoping to be surprised, and find the potential of this mode to not be spoiled.

What is the end goal? Is it just to build a subjective ultimate team? I don't understand what would drive someone to want to build an ultimate team...Do you go through a season or a franchise?

[laserrock]

Re: How is ultimate team going?

It looks too good to be true, and its just that.

Despite them saying that you don't need to put cash into the game you will get to the point where you are stucked if you don't spend real money. Its usually after first 10 games. Players all have contracts and contracts go from around 5-10 games, so you need to invest into contract extantion cards to keep players around. In 10 games you can expect to get max of 5000 points. For that money you won't be able to even afford to extend contracts of all your starting players. You can't buy enough booster packs to get enough contract cards and contract cards on sale are all super expensive, so you'll be stuck without any way to even fill starting lineup and then you'll notice you can't create new team to start over.

My advice is not to get into it unless you are willing to spend some real money on it. And by real money I mean some 20$ a month to keep your team running.

[suthrnthug]

Re: How is ultimate team going?

My team is the Itchy Beavers. I lost my first two games to the CPU (Browns & Lions) and have won my last three. Your starter pack should be renamed sh!t pack. They start you off with players that are no higher than 68 overall. It's fun though.

[baseballsim]

Re: How is ultimate team going?

My advice is not to get into it unless you are willing to spend some real money on it. And by real money I mean some 20$ a month to keep your team running.

You don't even need to spend a dime to get into it. If you enjoy playing Madden football every day you can collect coins just by playing. I'm able to at least complete 2-3 games a night.

[CreatineKasey]

Re: How is ultimate team going?

I'm going to give it a shot still despite a ton of things that anger me.

So, if you back out of the game lobby you lost a game played on your cards? If not, you could just wait until you find a suitable opponent. I've just played whoever I've ran into so far so I can't tell.

[laserrock]

Re: How is ultimate team going?

You don't even need to spend a dime to get into it. If you enjoy playing Madden football every day you can collect coins just by playing. I'm able to at least complete 2-3 games a night.

I thought so at start also, now I'm stuck with a team worse than my starter pack, 3-4 players off their default position and five QBs with overall less than 70.

You must know that every free game that you play lowers contract of all your players. If you want to increase contacts you need contract cards, I wish you good luck in trying to find enough of them.

[Yukon46]

Re: How is ultimate team going?

My latest game was quite the disappoinment, prolly not gonna play another until I know the server is stable.

Played whole game....won 24-0, but with like 20 seconds left in game, a pop-up says disconnected from EA servers, no coins will be awarded...but contracts will be used (or something like that).........

So in other words, I didnt get a win on my W-L record, I didnt get any coins, but all my players lost 1 contract point....

I cant even understand how someone could program something like that if the server dumps.....thats insane !

[dfos81]

Re: How is ultimate team going?

Now I haven't downloaded the Ultimate Team.
I'm not trying to be negative, but the more I read about this, the more it seems more like the Ultimate Cash flop.
We already have to pay money to talk players out of retirement, to help them recover from injury, etc, etc.
I would rather pay 5.99 for Ea to release a 3rd patch that fixes the high ypc, high sacks, and all the other sim stat issues.
EA seems to be testing the waters to see what all EA game buyers will throw their money at.
Just my opinion, I could be off base.

[TerpsJunkie]

Re: How is ultimate team going?

My latest game was quite the disappoinment, prolly not gonna play another until I know the server is stable.

Played whole game....won 24-0, but with like 20 seconds left in game, a pop-up says disconnected from EA servers, no coins will be awarded...but contracts will be used (or something like that).........

So in other words, I didnt get a win on my W-L record, I didnt get any coins, but all my players lost 1 contract point....

I cant even understand how someone could program something like that if the server dumps.....thats insane !

I just got a server disconnect during the pregame and now all of my starters lost a game from their contract. I also just tried to purchase FS Craig Dahl on the cheap to fill a roster gap, but he hasn't shown up in my collection yet. I'm left with 35 coins right now waiting for some of my other cards to sell before I can make another move.

[Yukon46]

Re: How is ultimate team going?

Now I haven't downloaded the Ultimate Team.
I'm not trying to be negative, but the more I read about this, the more it seems more like the Ultimate Cash flop.
We already have to pay money to talk players out of retirement, to help them recover from injury, etc, etc.
I would rather pay 5.99 for Ea to release a 3rd patch that fixes the high ypc, high sacks, and all the other sim stat issues.
EA seems to be testing the waters to see what all EA game buyers will throw their money at.
Just my opinion, I could be off base.

I too, would pay (though I no way think we should have to) for them to fix sim stats....before i would ever spend money on these types of things.

But since I cant play my franchises without getting disgusted with sim stats.....I do goof around in this Ultimate thing, and you DO NOT have to spend money to play it...it costs nothing.

[CreatineKasey]

Re: How is ultimate team going?

I'm playing a kid with DET's home jerseys. He has INDY's home jerseys. I can't see anything lol! I dont' even watch too close b/c it makes my eyes hurt

His team's OVR: 92

Mine: 63~!

[CreatineKasey]

Re: How is ultimate team going?

I made him quit

David beats Goliath in the blind bowl!

By the way, I got a lot of coins back by selling cards I wasn't going to use on the auction. They literally sold within 2 minutes.