FIFA 20 Ultimate Team (Part 2)

Osmosis Jones · 12-08-2020 6:10pm

2x89+ rereleased again, that's the fifth time either this or the 86+ PP SBC has been the content for the day. 2 weeks in to this promo and we still haven't seen any showdown cards or transfer cards, both of which were mentioned on the promo page.

Hogey007 · 12-08-2020 6:19pm

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

2x89+ rereleased again, that's the fifth time either this or the 86+ PP SBC has been the content for the day. 2 weeks in to this promo and we still haven't seen any showdown cards or transfer cards, both of which were mentioned on the promo page.

Not even bothering to do it this time, sick of putting my high rated red picks into this crap value sbc’s because “there’s nothing else to do with them”

Every 2 of them red picks cost me about 8 hours of weekend league and then you trade them for garbage.

Osmosis Jones · 12-08-2020 6:23pm

Hogey007 wrote: »

Not even bothering to do it this time, sick of putting my high rated red picks into this crap value sbc’s because “there’s nothing else to do with them”

Every 2 of them red picks cost me about 8 hours of weekend league and then you trade them for garbage.

I straight up can't do it, no fodder left and they're not releasing any player SBCs or objectives for me to get any.

Absolutely ridiculous that a pack with 2 89+ cards costs over 300k when a month ago we were getting SBCs for FIVE 88+ cards for 200k.

Hogey007 · 12-08-2020 6:37pm

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

I straight up can't do it, no fodder left and they're not releasing any player SBCs or objectives for me to get any.

Absolutely ridiculous that a pack with 2 89+ cards costs over 300k when a month ago we were getting SBCs for FIVE 88+ cards for 200k.

Yeah it’s crazy, and at the time of the 5 x 88+ there was so many specials in packs you were almost guaranteed decent enough cards whereas now the amount of people packing busquets, de gea or koulibaly from these is insane.

An sbc like this should be 84 rated and just give everyone a little “reward” or worse case break even.

The icon sbc expires in 5 days, I’d hazard a guess that they’re doing all these to make sure nobody had high rated cards left and then drop a moment’s only sbc.

chips1234 · 12-08-2020 6:45pm

im guessing neither of you have seen the complete bull **** 81 rated squad for any totw/moments sbc then

Calvin · 12-08-2020 7:12pm

Hogey007 wrote: »

Yeah it’s crazy, and at the time of the 5 x 88+ there was so many specials in packs you were almost guaranteed decent enough cards whereas now the amount of people packing busquets, de gea or koulibaly from these is insane.

An sbc like this should be 84 rated and just give everyone a little “reward” or worse case break even.

The icon sbc expires in 5 days, I’d hazard a guess that they’re doing all these to make sure nobody had high rated cards left and then drop a moment’s only sbc.

Burning everyone’s fodder before the Prem POTY and YPOTY SBCs id say.

Hogey007 · 13-08-2020 11:56am

83 rodrigo from rewards today, over the moon! What chem style would people recommend? And would morata or Diego costa be a better partner for him?

chips1234 · 13-08-2020 3:52pm

Hogey007 wrote: »

83 rodrigo from rewards today, over the moon! What chem style would people recommend? And would morata or Diego costa be a better partner for him?

95 tevez and some 91 rated saudi striker red picks for me, out of all the other packs i opened 85 james and 84 coman, oh and a shadow chem were the highlights

totally worth it

Hogey007 · 13-08-2020 5:10pm

The man who has tweeted roughly as much about fifa in the last 2 months as he did in the previous 8 months of fifa 20 has now turned off replies to his tweets.
Such an engaging company!

https://twitter.com/fut_economist/status/1293938546714136582?s=21

chips1234 · 13-08-2020 5:29pm

Hogey007 wrote: »

The man who has tweeted roughly as much about fifa in the last 2 months as he did in the previous 8 months of fifa 20 has now turned off replies to his tweets.
Such an engaging company!

https://twitter.com/fut_economist/status/1293938546714136582?s=21

the only benefit from that looks to be the 3 days early access

got totssf griezman from 89+ pack happy enough although i was gonna get his FUT birthday and then decided on shapeshifter ribery as looks like exact same card and 100kish cheaper, so tots griezman rm now and ribery up front for wl.

Osmosis Jones · 13-08-2020 5:49pm

Does anyone care about OTW cards anymore?

They used to be cool because you were basically guaranteed to have the best version of that player for most of the year, but now there's every chance that player gets a card 5 ratings higher than your OTW in a Flashback SBC or just as part of some random promo team. Look at the OTw cards from this year, none of them were any use all year apart from Ben Yedder and almost every single one of them has a better card avaiable.

Lord TSC · 13-08-2020 6:28pm

My memory too is it took a while to actually get them, meaning you couldn’t really build your initial team round them.

By the time I got my OTw Joeliton, I’d already gotten better strikers than him.

Osmosis Jones · 13-08-2020 6:31pm

Lord TSC wrote: »

My memory too is it took a while to actually get them, meaning you couldn’t really build your initial team round them.

By the time I got my OTw Joeliton, I’d already gotten better strikers than him.

That's the case with all bonuses you can earn before release it seems, even the feckin Anchor card you can get for 21 during this promo doesn't actually get given to you until the second week of FIFA 21 :pac:

Hogey007 · 13-08-2020 7:38pm

Poty announced at 11am tomorrow and sbc tomorrow too

https://www.reddit.com/r/FIFA/comments/i94f0z/epl_pots_winner_will_announced_tomorrow/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Mr Moon · 13-08-2020 7:45pm

Hogey007 wrote: »

Poty announced at 11am tomorrow and sbc tomorrow too

https://www.reddit.com/r/FIFA/comments/i94f0z/epl_pots_winner_will_announced_tomorrow/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

So if DeBruyne wins, are we getting a ridiculously expensive SBC for his poty 99 card?? Will he get a 99 card?

chips1234 · 13-08-2020 8:03pm

Mr Moon wrote: »

So if DeBruyne wins, are we getting a ridiculously expensive SBC for his poty 99 card?? Will he get a 99 card?

requirements:

one testicle

first child

3 pints of blood

90 rated squad

sign over your soul

Adamcp898 · 13-08-2020 8:13pm

Finally did the 3 any TOTS packs.....

Duplicate Obinhem
89 Olympiakos goalkeeper
Kovacic

Not even an SBC to use them in.

Hogey007 · 13-08-2020 8:16pm

Mr Moon wrote: »

So if DeBruyne wins, are we getting a ridiculously expensive SBC for his poty 99 card?? Will he get a 99 card?

Depends which sbc guy we get, the generous one who wants to keep people playing fifa or the guy doing most of the sbc’s lately

Calvin · 14-08-2020 3:04am

92+ TOTSSF, moments icon SBC and 5x 89+ pack... as predictable as ever :pac: hope the 85-92 upgrades come back too.

https://twitter.com/futwatch/status/1294091644594200576?s=21

Lord TSC · 14-08-2020 9:34am

If they don’t add in loads of specials again, I can’t be bothered by any of them...

Osmosis Jones · 14-08-2020 10:08am

Where are we supposed to get the fodder for these SBCs, there have been almost no decent value SBC players and no Objectives lately, 86 cards are 35k on the market ffs.

Lord TSC · 14-08-2020 11:05am

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Where are we supposed to get the fodder for these SBCs, there have been almost no decent value SBC players and no Objectives lately, 86 cards are 35k on the market ffs.

Lacking fodder? Why not spend €100 on packs? Might get something special then.

:rolleyes:

Whats really bad is coming out of Summer Heat, as much as power creep had exploded, I was feeling quite good about the game. Was ready to pre-order, and was thinking that since I actually have some disposable income (compared to usual), I'd probably buy a good few starter packs too. The game was fun, the icon SBCs were ultra easy to grind through.

And this promo hit and it's killed my interest stone dead. And I'd say I'm pretty hardcore in terms of time investment. But I've not played in weeks now, since the promo began. It's been awful compared to the standards they've set, especially with Summer Heat, and just leaves me terrified for the next game.

BrentMused · 14-08-2020 11:45am

Speaking of spending money on packs, and sorry if this thread is not the place to discuss it, but I've pre-ordered FIFA 21 and was just wondering what the best way to get a bit of a hard start for the new season would be as I want to start putting a strategy in place.

I read the initial FIFA 20 FUT thread with interest over the last few days and there was some great stuff and tips included especially from yourself, Lord TSC.

Based on that I'm thinking I'll drop €100 on FIFA points for packs on day one of early access (I'll get EA Access for the extra 10 hours).

Is the best thing to do then just open them and sell whatever I get (unless it's something big) before the general release date when prices should start to drop due to more and more people opening packs and listing players for sale?

Also finding a few players who you can purchase and flip for a few hundred coins profit over and over again? I know Lord TSC you mentioned in the initial FIFA 20 thread that Giroud and Pope worked very well for you early doors as an example.

All I want to do from my early access is maximize a head start. I've no interest in playing any matches with it.

Thanks guys.

Lord TSC · 14-08-2020 1:16pm

Yeah, I think you've got most of how I usually handle it. I'll probably read back over that part of this years thread myself, and see if I made any other notes or thoughts I'm forgetting about.

Usually load up about €50 for packs, sell pretty much everything. I think I usually don't even worry about building much beyond a very basic team. Its all about getting trading going on the app for me.

Mixing between 10 of a player, and a few individuals as well. I know some like Hogey are incredible at playing the market (in terms of being able to predict when cards will spike hard, and turns big profits as a result), but I tend to be happier with the more steady, less risky income. Grab 10 of a card, list them at double price and let one tick a cycle. I'll happily give examples of who I'm using when the game launches. Generally, you're looking for easy to link PL strikers. Giroud was great as a cheap, French, PL striker from a bigger team. Pope worked because every team needed a keeper, and he was one of the cheaper rare English PL ones.

But the specific player will be hard to nail down until you see what ratings, prices, etc are. Smalling was amazing 2 years ago, but awful this year cause he wasn't rare. Maguire took his place a bit this year; English, big club, but low rated and low priced (due to his speed). But every time there was an SBC, he'd spike up from 1k to 2k.

Basically, a rare PL player from one or the top 4 teams, easy nationality to link, to is preferably round 81-82 rated, and somewhere round 1500 coins. United had a few examples this year (Maguire, Shaw, Bailly, Lindelof). Liverpool too (Oxlade-Chamberlin, Milner).

Hogey007 · 14-08-2020 3:07pm

That 94 blanco is 50k to do from scratch, cheapest 94 on market is 110k.

Would bring down price of any 87/88 rated team a bit.

Hogey007 · 14-08-2020 6:11pm

There’s an icon for completing one set of weekly objectives, looks handy enough.

Osmosis Jones · 14-08-2020 6:13pm

Cool they're giving out an Icon but I can't see myself playing 18 games to get it :pac:

Hogey007 · 14-08-2020 6:17pm

Loads of specials in packs too

https://twitter.com/fut_economist/status/1294321118392619008?s=21

Hogey007 · 14-08-2020 6:20pm

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Cool they're giving out an Icon but I can't see myself playing 18 games to get it :pac:

You can just play rivals instead of squad battles so not sure why that’s even there as when you get the 8rivals wins you’ll have it done (unless you win 8 in a row)

So it’s basically just 8 rival wins for an icon if I read it right? Not on console anymore so could be wrong

chips1234 · 14-08-2020 6:33pm

Hogey007 wrote: »

You can just play rivals instead of squad battles so not sure why that’s even there as when you get the 8rivals wins you’ll have it done (unless you win 8 in a row)

So it’s basically just 8 rival wins for an icon if I read it right? Not on console anymore so could be wrong

yeah and 20 rivals goals

got 92 kruse from the 90+ sbc

Boulders8 · 14-08-2020 6:34pm

Hogey007 wrote: »

You can just play rivals instead of squad battles so not sure why that’s even there as when you get the 8rivals wins you’ll have it done (unless you win 8 in a row)

So it’s basically just 8 rival wins for an icon if I read it right? Not on console anymore so could be wrong

First part is 10 squad battle matches on Pro difficulty (or rivals) and second part is 8 rivals wins so 10 matches minimum on Rivals if wanting to avoid Squad Battles

Hogey007 · 14-08-2020 6:44pm

Boulders8 wrote: »

First part is 10 squad battle matches on Pro difficulty (or rivals) and second part is 8 rivals wins so 10 matches minimum on Rivals if wanting to avoid Squad Battles

Yeah so unless your exceptional you’re going to play 10 rivals games to get 8 wins and you’ll more than likely have got 20 goals in the process

chips1234 · 14-08-2020 6:48pm

Hogey007 wrote: »

Yeah so unless your exceptional you’re going to play 10 rivals games to get 8 wins and you’ll more than likely have got 20 goals in the process

or like me and have people rage quitting 15 mins into the game and messaging me asking me why am i playing like a wet ? wtf is a wet ?

will end up having to go into about 40 games if it keeps happening

Mr Moon · 14-08-2020 7:02pm

Only back from hols, did I miss much?
G2 red picks:

88 Eze
95 MATS
91 Guilherme
91 Laba

88 Andre
92 Hamdallah
85 Cash
86 Tang Miao

chips1234 · 14-08-2020 7:24pm

6 games now not 1 has reached half time, 7 goals 4 wins 2 games where i was 0-0 and 1-0 down when they quit

Lord TSC · 14-08-2020 7:33pm

Hogey007 wrote: »

Loads of specials in packs too

https://twitter.com/fut_economist/status/1294321118392619008?s=21

Osmosis Jones · 14-08-2020 8:03pm

I hope even one person from here gets a good Icon from that pack, because the odds are not in your favour.

chips1234 · 14-08-2020 8:13pm

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

I hope even one person from here gets a good Icon from that pack, because the odds are not in your favour.

my expectations are base inzaghi so anything above that is cool with me, and i'll launch it into the other icon sbc

cintec · 14-08-2020 8:34pm

looks like anyone with Ansu Fati won't get anymore upgrades 4-1 to bayern

Boulders8 · 14-08-2020 8:51pm

cintec wrote: »

looks like anyone with Ansu Fati won't get anymore upgrades 4-1 to bayern

I have Coman so all is not lost but in the great scheme of things would have been more useful to see Fati get the upgrade as I already have summer heat Coman, Perisic and Diaby

chips1234 · 14-08-2020 9:11pm

got future stars mason mount and fut birthday lozano from the halftime challenge lol

Adamcp898 · 14-08-2020 10:05pm

Giovinco in the 90+ pack. Predictably meh

Liamalone · 14-08-2020 11:16pm

Adamcp898 wrote: »

Giovinco in the 90+ pack. Predictably meh

Opara CB 92 this end..... No use for him

Mr Moon · 14-08-2020 11:22pm

Adamcp898 wrote: »

Giovinco in the 90+ pack. Predictably meh

Great card!! Not worth much but great in game.

cintec · 14-08-2020 11:29pm

Completed the objective and got Prime Icon HAGI

Hogey007 · 14-08-2020 11:55pm

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

I hope even one person from here gets a good Icon from that pack, because the odds are not in your favour.

Haha all I’ve been doing in the last week is building specific squads, Milan, Bayern, real etc, if I can get a baresi I’ll take it for my Milan team

Lord TSC · 15-08-2020 11:19am

Running through the Italian league this morning, and have gotten TOTSSF Dembele and FS Felix. So happy they've popped the special cards back in :P

Adamcp898 · 15-08-2020 1:43pm

87 Carlos Alberto from my Icon pack. LMAO not even good enough to be considered SBC fodder.

This game really is a PoS.

chips1234 · 15-08-2020 3:36pm

Adamcp898 wrote: »

87 Carlos Alberto from my Icon pack. LMAO not even good enough to be considered SBC fodder.

This game really is a PoS.

completed it last night and got base zola

then launched him into the icon sbc along with joao felix fati totssf kovacic and got prime hagi just turned off the xbox no weekend league was fuming haha

Adamcp898 · 15-08-2020 4:41pm

Would it have killed them to remove base icons from those packs with about 6 weeks left in the game

FIFA 20 Ultimate Team (Part 2)

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