With the Road-To-The-Knockouts-Event (RTTK), the first real promo has officially arrived in EA FC 24. The upgrades of the special cards seem quite overwhelming at first glance; too overwhelming, according to the opinion of a famous German YouTuber.
What are the strongest cards of the RTTK promo? With Haaland, Osimhen, Bruno Fernandes, Saka, and Díaz, there are five players in the first team that cost 600k coins or more. The RTTK card of Haaland costs around 2.5 million coins with the improved skills (from three to four stars).
The high prices reveal that the players have received strong upgrades and can achieve even higher ratings as dynamic cards. One of Germany’s biggest FIFA streamers, GamerBrother, sees a significant problem despite all the excitement over the new promo cards.
Watch the video for about a minute to get an initial impression of his criticism.
“EA is digging its own grave”: Expectations too high
What problem does the YouTuber see? In the video clip, you can see GamerBrother comparing the RTTK cards of Openda and Saka. He first notes that Openda’s promo card would normally be a strong special card for the FIFA release.
However, he then switches to Saka’s event card, which has not only received a strong upgrade on its stats but also improved skills and higher precision with the weak foot.
Such powerful upgrades right at the release are likely to lead to overly high expectations from players for the upcoming events. In this context, the FIFA streamer notes that EA has dug its own grave here.
A user in his live stream confirms this, stating he can understand the community’s displeasure, especially if EA releases special cards in the upcoming events that cannot compete with the overwhelming upgrades of the RTTK promo.
The community’s and streamer’s concerns are based on the issues with the power curve in FIFA 23. What the power curve exactly is and what problematic parallels the streamer and his community see to last year can be read below.
The entire RTTK team has been presented to you in a separate article.
Is EA doing it again? The problems with the power curve
What is the power curve? You can think of the power curve as an indicator that provides information about the ratings at a certain point in EA FC 24.
A successful power curve gradually rises throughout the year, meaning the ratings only slowly increase from event to event, so the strongest cards with the best ratings only appear at the end of the game.
Each year, the Team-of-the-Year promo is the exception, as real players with the best performances throughout the year are honored and consequently receive the most powerful upgrades.
Speaking of upgrades: Feel free to check out our recommendations for the new evolution feature. These cards can also receive some strong improvements.
What parallels exist to FIFA 23? Already last year, EA had problems stabilizing the power curve, leading to a flood of very strong players in November with the World Cup in Qatar and the corresponding promos. Many gamers played these high-end cards until Team-of-the-Season and beyond, simply because they were the best cards in the game.
Do you want a short example?
Who doesn’t remember the World-Cup-Hero card of Yaya Toure, who in-game was among the best players for a long time because he could do everything.
The same threat looms for EA FC 24, at least according to GamerBrother and parts of his community. A rapidly rising power curve doesn’t only have to bring disadvantages.
If you are interested in the entire discussion and all the details, you can find the link to the complete video here.
We are interested in your opinion. Do you view the overwhelming upgrades as critically as well? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
