Ultimate Team Thread

[PP]

I dropped 10$ on some card packs just to play this mode for a bit to see what its about. Obviously you don't earn pucks at a high enough rate and I think after a few weeks people will see that and to field a decent team they will have to pay. So far I have gotten 2 NHLers on my squad... but I played some1 with shea weber and parisse. wtf.

 

[Krebs]

I dropped 10$ on some card packs just to play this mode for a bit to see what its about. Obviously you don't earn pucks at a high enough rate and I think after a few weeks people will see that and to field a decent team they will have to pay. So far I have gotten 2 NHLers on my squad... but I played some1 with shea weber and parisse. wtf.

:facepalm:

 

[Ravin]

Seriously, fuck buying shit. I played last night after everyone went offline. For some reason none of the OTP shit was working. My top player was McCabe at 83. I had another NHLer but he was like a 78. My top goal scorer was my first line centre who was 60 overall. He got a hat trick. I won 4-0 against the guy I was playing. Only noticeable player on his team was Lalime. I got like 565 pucks for winning. I tried to buy a player, but it was going to cost me like 8000 pucks.

Honestly, that is how you play this game. You need to win a bunch of pucks, then buy cards using that. A bid for I believe Sedin was 8000. Not a bad mode, I can see myself playing it every once in awhile. The only thing is, no point in spending upgrades on guys who will be gone in 9 games.

 

[PP]

Seriously, fuck buying shit. I played last night after everyone went offline. For some reason none of the OTP shit was working. My top player was McCabe at 83. I had another NHLer but he was like a 78. My top goal scorer was my first line centre who was 60 overall. He got a hat trick. I won 4-0 against the guy I was playing. Only noticeable player on his team was Lalime. I got like 565 pucks for winning. I tried to buy a player, but it was going to cost me like 8000 pucks.

Honestly, that is how you play this game. You need to win a bunch of pucks, then buy cards using that. A bid for I believe Sedin was 8000. Not a bad mode, I can see myself playing it every once in awhile. The only thing is, no point in spending upgrades on guys who will be gone in 9 games.

Meh you dont really get good players in the packs. I do however have a shit load of 20+ game contact cards. Spending 10$ wasn't a huge deal to throw together a 3 star team.

 

[Ravin]

My 1 star team would kick your 3 star teams ass.



Since I'm a 5 star player :lesmug:

 

[PP]

My 1 star team would kick your 3 star teams ass.



Since I'm a 5 star player :lesmug:

sadly your mistaken. go practice eahsl i heard u guys need it.

 

[Ravin]

Go spend more money on cards. I know you need it.

 

[PP]

So i was playing one of those online cups for the ultimate team. I am in round 3 and was up 6-0 when the kid quit in the 3rd period and it doesnt look like I get advanced in the cup or anything like that yet it has used a game off players contracts... smh

 

[wingsfan77]

I tried this mode in Madden and didn't understand the appeal, I'll just play Franchise.

 

[Ravin]

I just beat a team in a tourny who should have owned me hard. They had Boumeester, Brule, Carke, Parise, Sutton, Thorton, and his goalie was rask. I won 3-2 with my team, where my best player is an 83. lol

 

[Ravin]

Played the 2nd round where the guy had Steve Mason as his goalie and Backstrom, Foligno, Horton, Hornqvist, La[ierre, Schultz, Eric Staal, and Marc Staal on his team. He only won 4-2.

 

[dave]

I'm not spending a dime on any of this extra EA shit, regardless of game.

 

[Ravin]

Just thought I would type this up after playing the night of HUT. This is some things that I think might help others, as I am doing fairly well right now. May not work for everyone but it is working for me.

Build Defence
I got this by mistake because I found myself needed defencemen since all of mine were out of contract. So I went and bought some cheap dmen in the trading box. I had 2500 pucks won, and I basically set my limit to 2000, went and found an auction close to closing and bought Saure and Sarich for about 1700 total. I then got lucky and got Pothier in 600 card pack, so that rounds out my NHL defence. So my defence right now is rated 82-83,
82-78, 71-72. This helped so much because it gave me a solid back end with good defence awareness, unlike these 60-70 guys who suck and can't stop. Cross crease doesn't happen against me much.

Hitters Rule
The other huge thing for me is, all my defence can hit and hit hard. This helps because, well just think of it. Whose going to win in a hitting fight. An 83 NHLer or an 67 OHLer? I have found I am out hitting people 3-4 times more then they hit me. This is great with defence as they can hardly get anything going.

Find Your Diamonds in the Rough/Can the Scrubs
When you get your team, find the people you know you can play with. I have a bunch of NHLers on my team, but my top scorer is a 60 rated kid from Windsor named Johnson. Kid has 8G 3A in 10games. He is someone to keep as I can produce with him. Remember this is all about who YOU can play with, not who they think. Which leads me into the next two points. The rest of your team is filler until you get people you want in those positions. Once their contract is done, remove them, cut them, trade them, whatever. Do not offer them a contract. I have given one player a contract and that was my goalie who is 75 and playing like a stud. Everyone else just gets replaced. Why? Well because a 65 is a 65. A 74 is a 74. You'll have a few guys that go nuts, but most are just filler. If you need more, buy a 600 card pack to fill the voids.

Upgrading is a waste
Seriously, it is. I have not spent a dime on upgrading or even put anything into any players. Why waste it on scrubs. Save them for when you get good NHLers who could use a nice boost. Not on a 73 rated OHLer who will be cut anyway. In the same token, also let other people do the upgrades. Just buy better players from the trade room.

Chemistry means nothing
This is just stupid. Who cares if my guys don't jive together. I'M THE ONE PLAYING THE GAME. If this was a sim, then ok. But it isn't. I am doing everything, so what do I care right now if one of my people doesn't work well. I make them work well, and that is that.

All of this is without spending a dime. I have beat teams with loaded rosters with my shit apples. Once I start getting more people, I'll be killing these kids. I also right now have a 4th line of an NHL/AHLer so that is the start of my line up. Next I am going to start looking into getting some first line forwards, and a new goalie.

Secret to winning trades. Always go after the ones on page one first. Why? Because they are ending the fastest. I snuck in and took Sarich with 10 seconds left and spent 50 more points to get him.

 

[Ravin]

So I thought it cost you microsoft points to get the big packs along with the pucks. So I have spent probably about 2000 pucks on players and 600 packs, so that set me back a little. I'm trying to get the 5000 pack, but I may just hold out for the 7000 one.

 

[Krebs]

thats why your retarded

2500 x 3 = 7500 and 3 rares (1 per pack), 3 small chances for rares
7500 x 1 = 7500 and 4 rares (4 per pack), 1 chance for another rare

lets use our brain now...

 

[Ravin]

I didn't actually look at the game when I posted what they were. I thought 2500 was 1 rare, 5000 was 3 with possible for 4, and 7500 was 4 with possible 5. I was going for the 5000 one and get three rares.

 

[Krebs]

no i was calling creampuff a retard, i understood ur post

 

[Irish]

Ive been playing this mode like crazy.

I ran thru a bunch of single player tourneys to get pucks, and now I am running thru the online competition.

3-1 and the one I lost I out shot the guy by 16. It was bologna.

If anyone is looking for some NHLers, I want to get rid of:

85/87 RW Daniel Briere and 84/87 LW Ryan Malone

Briere has 51 career games left and Malone has 59.

I want pucks.

 

[Senators26]

Ive been playing this mode like crazy.

I ran thru a bunch of single player tourneys to get pucks, and now I am running thru the online competition.

3-1 and the one I lost I out shot the guy by 16. It was bologna.

If anyone is looking for some NHLers, I want to get rid of:

85/87 RW Daniel Briere and 84/87 LW Ryan Malone

Briere has 51 career games left and Malone has 59.

I want pucks.

 

[Irish]

Deal