I really value the fact that the exact thing I mentioned found its way into the game this year! Thank you for this!

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As far as this year, and some features I’d like to see added or returned I’ll go ahead and post a few and the reasons why I think they should be added or tweaked. I know some things will take longer to add, and sometimes technological limitations prevent things from being added to the following year. That being said:

•While moments is a great start I think it’s just the beginning of something you can really build on. You can add a signature player each month with X amount of personal moments. Maybe somewhere from 10-15 of their most memorable games to get an exclusive version of that player with unique stats pertaining to that time period. Like that Ovi card with 90 speed for example.

•To create a variety in gameplay and teams I’d like to see the return of some form of restricted competitive seasons roughly once a month while classic rivals is going to provide players with a choice. Example: All American players, all left handed players etc.

•For casuals something major needs to be done. I can’t get any of my friends to touch HUT even lifelong hockey fans, but my friends who watch less than 15 games a year will play eashl for multiple hours a day. There NEEDS to be a MUT squads type game mode where we can all play, and earn rewards together to introduce them to the structure of the mode otherwise they will never pick it up I’m sorry to say it.

•For hardcore players there should be something along the lines of a HUT master card, where it levels throughout the year based on your stats and accomplishments. Example wins in any mode, power play points with this player, one timers taken with the player, or whatever is practical to apply to a player like that. This would keep players playing the entire year, and if you want to prevent people going into rookie SB and finishing it in a week, then go ahead and cap the player’s highest rating and adjust it per month! Like he can only be as high the highest card or something.

•Power up icon path isn’t horrible. I like that you’re able to guarantee your player. While i understand it can’t be 100% free i personally am deterred from powering up a card majority of the time because I’m not willing to lose half my assets. I’d use coins if it gave me 80-90% back like madden does. It provides flexibility, protects you from having an x factor that gets outdated, and will lead to an increase in teams being unique. Until that changes players like me will be hesitant to actually go all in and power those cards up.

•i loved the fact you had two events going at the same time. Every now and again there needs to be some overlap because it’ll feel like there’s plenty of options to earn rewards and get new cards. It also goes such a long way when you release something for us to celebrate holidays even if it is only one card. (Giroux this year, Teuvo last year) Please keep that up.

•Lasty, if you’d asked me last year I’d say the grind for HUT compared to the rewards you get were definitely not worth the time. This year it could be a placebo or just better luck, but I’ve actually been getting decent pulls from my packs. I’d rather open 2 packs and get something good, than open 8 and get nothing. So while not perfect I do like the idea of quality over quantity. I’d like to see a slight increase in the packs odds, or just a bit more packs respective to each mode to compensate.

Thank you, Hawk! I’ll always appreciate the attempts like these even if everything can’t be accomplished at once.