So I played a bit of draft champions last night when NHL 17 was released, and I noticed something a little strange. Now it could be a bug or something (although I don't think it is), but regardless of what team theme you pick, you can match up with anyone.
For example, I picked the rookie theme and had the likes of Eichel/Gaudreau/Mackinnon/Larkin as my top players. When I did the online matchmaking, I was meeting up with teams that were clearly using the All-Star theme and had Ovi/Crosby/Malkin/Stamkos/Legends/etc.
When they first gave us a glance at this mode, it gave off the impression that you would matchup with people who selected the same team theme. Now that this doesn't appear to be the case, there's absolutely no incentive to play as a lower tier team, because at the end of the day, every theme rewards the same.
It would be nice to see some sort of tiered reward system implemented, where you get rewarded a little higher for using weaker team themes. The mode is still a blast but I just feel like without any tiered rewards, we won't see any of the lower themes being used all that much online.
I'm curious to see what other people think about this.
For example, I picked the rookie theme and had the likes of Eichel/Gaudreau/Mackinnon/Larkin as my top players. When I did the online matchmaking, I was meeting up with teams that were clearly using the All-Star theme and had Ovi/Crosby/Malkin/Stamkos/Legends/etc.
When they first gave us a glance at this mode, it gave off the impression that you would matchup with people who selected the same team theme. Now that this doesn't appear to be the case, there's absolutely no incentive to play as a lower tier team, because at the end of the day, every theme rewards the same.
It would be nice to see some sort of tiered reward system implemented, where you get rewarded a little higher for using weaker team themes. The mode is still a blast but I just feel like without any tiered rewards, we won't see any of the lower themes being used all that much online.
I'm curious to see what other people think about this.
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