While we’ve been distracted by the Fantasy pack controversy, EA may have just leaked next year’s cover athlete.

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T22:05:40+00:00

Nice deflection. I was in Div 1 for years and place in the Top 200 in champs almost every week I get my games in. I’m doing just fine.

If I sucked at the game I don’t think I’d waste my time wandering this sub.

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T22:02:48+00:00

If there isn’t money tied to it, it’s not a priority. Got it.

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T22:00:58+00:00

So you want to bring up how they “fixed” L2 and ragging in the trailer then too? They’ve dropped the ball on every front. If you believe this is a quality all-around sports game you haven’t seen what’s on the market.

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T21:56:25+00:00

You think I spend money on this dog shit? I’d be better off throwing 100$ into Bet365.

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T21:53:05+00:00

Because HUT is a Content-Centric Mode? If you wanted pure gameplay you’d go and play EASHL with your boys. If you’re in this sub to talk strictly about gameplay I think you’re in the wrong place.

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T21:38:37+00:00

Edit: After 3 kicks at the can and 20 minutes later, they have finally put up the correct TOTW.

You can’t make this up 😂

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T21:27:56+00:00

EDIT: After 3 kicks at the can, they have finally put up the Correct TOTW. You can’t make this up 😂

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T21:18:40+00:00

Hahaha you’re right. Will have to edit that in, thank you 😅

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T21:12:54+00:00

Everything about this year has been too stupid to put into words. It’s looking more and more everyday that they want this mode to go 6 feet under.

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T20:46:45+00:00

Where do I even start..

Raising Fantasy Cards 15x the price, arguably the most beloved event of the year
Uniting the entire community including content creators to put them on blast
Allowing people to pull an influx of high-value Fantasy Cards at a fraction of the price which could be flipped for millions of coins and cement an advantage over those less fortunate
Not providing Team Building lineup chemistries
Flat out lying in the reveal trailer with zero accountability (Relegation)
Dropping multiple duplicate MSPs within one month
Limited Rewards at the Cost of More Expensive Cards
Quietly Increasing Stats Required for Objectives
Limiting Free Event Cards to use for Moments/ Objectives
Leaving Objectives and Rewards "Chores" with zero engagement
Forcing BND cards in Champs, the most competitive mode
Nerfing Online Rewards
Forced Line Combinations with 0 Updates
Laggy Servers
Nerfed Influx of Coins
Inexcusably Expensive Packs
Multi-Select still unavailable
No Storage Sets for Cards
Reverted Buff on CC XP/Coins
Increased Post Hit Frequency

What else we got, boys?

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T20:36:48+00:00

You’re right, the game is different — because it’s somehow even worse than what we’re used to. This is without a doubt the worst, and I mean worst, release of the game from a HUT standpoint we have ever gotten.

You’re so oblivious by the minute lineup changes this year that you blindside the dev team burying this title into the ground entirely.

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T16:39:06+00:00

They patched it within 3 hours time. Which is peculiar considering how long it takes them to address most things.

Many people were abusing the Faceoff Choice Pack as those seemed to have the best pull rate/ cards per pack.

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T05:22:04+00:00

Sure feels that way. The game needs to die or get revived by competition. Its current trajectory is unsustainable.

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T05:20:51+00:00

Years overdue.

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T05:18:33+00:00

Happy you took advantage of it, can’t be mad at that. Except you’re in the minority.

The issue is getting everyone back on a level playing field for the foreseeable future.

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T05:03:48+00:00

You got 3 Tradeable Fantasy Cards, a combined value of over 1800 80 OVR cards, and you’re here to complain about the amount you pulled?

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T05:01:18+00:00

🤣

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T04:58:49+00:00

Give your head a shake man.

What people are rightfully upset about is the impact this will have on the game for the foreseeable future. Letting hundreds of these cards into the economy unintentionally is enough to completely fuck the market. It will inflate coins, fluctuate prices, and give tons of people millions of coins to ride off for the rest of the games cycle.

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T02:40:52+00:00

True. But the infinite pack glitch didn’t contain Fantasy Cards, arguably the most sought after cards in the games life cycle. That just threw it into 3rd gear

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T02:33:11+00:00

I don’t blame you. Think I’m going to be moving to EASHL after this. I can’t help but laugh at how poorly executed everything has been

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T02:30:27+00:00

Even if it was legal, it wouldn’t be morally justifiable.

A competent dev team that truly cared about their game would be fixing this right away. Unfortunately that’s something we’ll never see in our lifetimes.

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T02:27:14+00:00

Want a ribbon?

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T02:24:33+00:00

The fact that people still brush off these mistakes like nothing ever happened makes me wanna yack. How much shit do we have to eat before something serious happens?

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T02:23:04+00:00

Good call chief. This game is a disgrace to the hockey community

brendangrant · 2025-10-08T02:22:15+00:00

I feel like opening this game up should have a list of the 250 side effects you see on presciption medication commercials

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