In EA FC 24 the season has just started, but a pack in FUT is already causing criticism: the Season Opening Elite Set.
What is this pack? The pack can currently be found in the shop and is limited to one per player. It costs a whopping 285,000 coins or 3,000 FC Points. FC Points are the in-game currency that can be purchased with real money.
What’s in the pack? The pack contains:
- 45 rare gold players with 80+ overall
- A loan base hero choice: one of two loan heroes with 87+ overall for 10 matches
- A loan icon choice: one of two loan icons with 88+ overall for 10 matches
Note: All contents of the pack are untradeable. Whatever you pull, you cannot offer it on the transfer market. You must either use these cards in your team or use them for SBCs.
What does the pack cost? 100 FC Points cost 0.99 Euros, a bundle with 2,800 FC Points is priced at 24.99 Euros, the next higher bundle would be 5,900 Points for 49.99 Euros. Accordingly, the value of the 3,000 Points for the pack is about 30 Euros.
The 285,000 coins are also an option, but to reach this amount, you must invest a lot of time. While such sums can be reached through rewards and trading, it takes time. Furthermore, for this amount of coins, you can buy some of the best players in EA FC 24 directly on the transfer market without having to rely on luck.
Players criticize new pack in Ultimate Team
This is the criticism: The high price and the contents of the pack are causing criticism among some players in the community. In the Subreddit for EA Sports FC, players are expressing their displeasure.
Some players emphasize that it is concerning to spend 30 Euros on a pack when the game already costs 70 Euros. Furthermore, the contents are also untradeable, meaning you have to rely heavily on pulling good cards. And given that it simply comes down to luck, it is a high risk.
Of course, it is also possible to pull top cards from packs, but this requires a lot of luck. Especially on YouTube or other social media, you often see that players pull strong cards – but usually, these players open significantly more packs than just one.
In the worst case, you only get weaker cards in the lower 80 range or duplicates that you cannot use. The site FIFAUTeam calculates that you can expect an average content value of 120,000 coins – although you cannot sell the cards:
Additionally, some players criticize that there are already such heavy promo packs in the store so early. This was not the case before:
- “500k packs in the store until Halloween? 1 million packs until TOTY? What comes first, the first icon pack of the year or the 500k?” speculates user Whitehaven (via reddit).
- “This is too much too early,” says another user (via reddit).
- “This is just damn ridiculous. It’s the third day since full release and we have an 80+ x45 pack,” says user zephyrr (via reddit).
- “That’s 30 pounds, it shouldn’t be normalized that people spend so much money for a game that is already expensive. In 2 weeks, you will have no interest anymore in the players you pulled, unless it’s an absolutely insane pull,” says user towfoon (via reddit).
- “Not to mention that this game has a lifespan of less than a year. Realistically, you should be getting some of the best players for the rest of the season with spending over 30-40 dollars,” says user nyse125 (via reddit).
Moreover, this is already the second heavy pack found in Ultimate Team. Even during Early Access, the “Elite Starter Pack” was released, which was in a similar range of 275,000 coins or 3,000 FC Points. Even then, players criticized (via reddit) that the power curve was being driven up very early.
What do you think of the pack in the shop? Do you see such packs critically, or do you think they are acceptable? Let us know in the comments.
Even without spending money and the shop, you can improve your team in Ultimate Team. One way to do this is through numerous objectives that you can quickly complete when playing the squad battles mode. We show you where you can currently get quick rewards through squad battles.
