I think one thing that would improve the value is ditch the side plates and put more wrestlers cards in packs something like a pack gets you 1 random faction cosmetic (ditch the rarities from these) 3 random bronze wrestlers 3 random silver wrestlers 2 random gold wrestlers 1 wrestler that has the chance to be gold or higher and deluxe packs you could guarantee this would always be higher than gold or 1 random faction cosmetic (ditch the rarities from these) 3 random bronze wrestlers 2 random silver wrestlers 2 random gold wrestlers 1 wrestler that has the chance to be emerald, sapphire or ruby (with guaranteed ruby in deluxe packs) 1 random wrestler of amethyst or higher (with improved odds in deluxe packs) would make it feel more like a traditional TCG and more like im getting value for money/points You could also add in that for a steepish but reasonable cost the option to convert a card to a persona card or expand on the evolution cards that once you full evolve it the card becomes a persona card
I have had Surfshark for almost 2 years now. It's great. Great video as always. One question , when will they release the arena for Wrestlemania 40 ? I do have the 40 years of wrestlemania pack and everything else available. Also I never have played my faction. I just don't like the mode. I also have NBA 2k as well. But don't do my team. Same issues.
I wonder, Mr. L.A. Knight in 10 years, have you ever played _WWE SuperCard_ ? It is like 99% card collecting and battling, and while there is some stuff in there that can make it feel P2W, I’ve never felt the need to spend 1¢ in it since playing from day 1, nearly a full decade ago, on August 14, 2014.
here's an idea that (IMO) would be super-hilarious if you decide to do it= y'know how you've done those skits playing both the booker and the guy in charge of storylines within WWE Central in Connecticut? how about something similar but at either Visual Concepts HQ or 2K Games Studios, with a consumer-sensible programmer and a "shareholders-pleasing" main director discussing these subjects, with the director making excuses like: "well, the players can always grind it out guaranteeing that they'll always be playing our game... or they can hook up their credit card and voila; they get what they want, our shareholders' pockets grow and everybody's happy! win-win, am I right"... something like that! how about it Matt; good enough for a skit?
😭😭😭 Stop Playing That 💩 Mode Nobody Asked For. Who TF Trades Wrestling Cards Or Even Has Them IRL? This A Money Grab & Yall Fall Into These Traps Easy AF
My faction is going to be the slow death of the series. Each year it gets worse and worse just like MUT. When it's time to make gameplay improvements, they'll ignore them and put more development time and energy into my faction. I've been down this road before. If fans want to keep the overall quality of the wwe 2k games high DO NOT SPEND A DIME IN MYFACTION!
Yeah I agree. I personally love playing franchise modes for sports. Also I miss the days of being able to pick a superstar and play a regular season mode like the older games.
I thought the persona cards were going to be purchasable from the card market. I don’t play my faction but I pop in to check the market for persona cards every now and then and I’ve never seen one available
It pretty much is, but 2k's Marketing and PR department, as well as some fanboys, like to make you think it fun and worth it. I wouldn't touch it either!
I refuse to play this mode out of principle.....2k is a business, I get it, they want money....but this is the type of stuff I hate in my games.....il just get them from STATUS
@@TheRookiecop1I honestly believe this is the case. They didn't expect the upheaval they received similar to when WWE tried to slip the Rock into Cody's spot.
Was hoping you'd comment on this topic. Had the exact same issues; wanting the persona cards but not being able to find info ANYWHERE, or realizing tons of money has to be spent for certain rewards. It's a bummer. Glad a community voice spoke up. Enjoying the content!!
The worst part to me is that they made these persona cards seem like they would be obtainable, even if you had to grind a little and they made it seem like they would be more frequent. 2-4% is crazy and it’s even crazier that they’ve had under 10 total personas..
Thank you for covering this! It blows my mind that people spend this kind of money on virtual cards when in less than a year this game will become almost irrelevant when 2k25 comes out. And then they’ll do it all again. Microtransactions suck!
I just wish there was a way to get the stuff without playing myfaction. Make it DLC, make it a pre order bonus, do SOMETHING else. I don't mind unlocking things with vc or showcase. But this is too much, the mode sucks and these aren't available forever once the servers are gone. Meanwhile, i can any other game and have the full roster 10-20 years after they came out. Content should not be locked behind online exclusives!
Maybe I'm weird but I don't care about the figures... I'll never use them. As for unlocking stuff, I paid for the Mania edition. Why do I need to spend even more money to unlock new models? New Models I may not even get by spending that money. 2% is nonsense. Persona Cards should imo be in towers. The towers we can do whenever we feel like it. Some of us have time restrictions in our lives. We can play when we can play. Our game time is precious and we want to enjoy that time. They drew me in with Wyatt and Punk. Another year , I ended up buying a WWE game and another year of frustration. (3 years of create mode kicking me to my dashboard glitch). Feeling over it, honestly.
Back in 2005/2006 one used to play SvR 2006 and there were no freakin' DLC, no options to buy VC with your real money, just a base game with fun gameplay, lots of unlockables in the game and lots of great modes. This game sold well and was loved and played by tons of people. How did this whole thing got this bad?
Same reason Lego went from Blind Bags to the Boxes... Money for people buying more packs to get what they want. I also hate that they show off that you're missing unlockables from MyFaction, so feels like I have an incomplete experience when I bought the "best" (i.e. Most Expensive) version of the game.
I tried to be optimistic about myfaction this year...that was my first mistake. The greed of this mode has gotten worse DESPITE adding persona cards. Theyre forcing people to spend more money to unlock what are just alternate attires of characters already in the game. Other than the Sheamus they give you, there isn't that much different as it is.
For hulk hogan at least what on earth kept them from just making it a really hard boss match where you play whoever you want against hogan. Then unlocking figure hogan would feel so much more rewarding
Negative that makes them more rare and exclusive like if that was the case they just give them out to everybody come on man you guys are grown men use your heads You're willing to just go buy it but you're not willing to grind for it what about the people that grind and don't have the money do you ever look at it that way
@@CooCooCallum The Sami Zayn as a 2% drop rate shared with Kevin Owens, you could get your 2% amethyst and get KO instead, like smacktalks did, it's not a case of git gud, it's a case of its BS
@CooCooCallum I have no problem grinding for the card. I have saved almost all my MFP from the beginning of the year i have 300k. Ended up pulling Sami and KO out of a 10 box got lucky. At least make the Sami requirement In the card market for 150K MFP or something
@CooCooCallum If a live event requires a card you should be able to grind MFP and purchase that said card. I shouldn't have to grind MFP and just be only able to pull him in packs with a 2% chance
This is exactly why I never played my faction. Tried it for the first time, this year. It's a hard no for me dog. LOL! My play time is limited. I'm not wasting it on my faction. 2K should be ashamed. It's bad enough I've gone to buying WWE2K every other year, but now, I'm thinking I might buy it every two years. Good video Assemble.
You really don't care about achievements don't you because im my case i play it for the platinum not because it good and also online sucks ass the servers are bad and also the community who plays the ranked mode are swats
@@claudiukulcsar456 Right. I could care less. Important to me is 1.gameplay (offline), 2. roster set in game or community creations. 3. showcase and maybe story mode. 4. DLC is a distant 4.
@@kthomas419I care about achievements and I refuse to chase achievements in 😢this game mode because achievements should not be a part of this game mode. This should be fully optional. They are doing everything they can to force people to play this mode already. Predatory behavior there. And now we have people like Claudio here trying to further excuse that with achievements? Disgusting Is claudio one of the devs? 😂.
I see that Ryan George Pitch Meeting shirt! I was already a fan of yours, but now I'm a superfan! Ryan George is absolutely amazing! Thank you for showing him some love! You guys are my favorite Canadians!
@Assemble You mentioned the gambling problems, well look how they're doing the plan here.. They're having those Persona cards in Live Events! You either get them now or else, we don't know when and if they're coming back again. Of course some players would want to play anything in front of them. And the other issue I mentioned and I don't know if this is on PC only, but since the new update happened, it's nearly impossible to beat those new challenges with them increasing the CPU difficulty on top of the requirements.
good luck grinding 765,978 my faction points or vc to get it. The drop rates are extremely low, on top of you have to farm for roman reigns in order to farm for the rock
I opened MyFaction for probably the first time yesterday with the sole purpose of trying to get the Roman alt attire, only to quickly find out I can't even get it if I wanted to because I need some other card that I can't unlock without also paying for packs. Safe to say I won't be opening MyFaction again
Persona cards are cool in concept but kinda bad in execution. Most of them are too difficult or expensive to unlock, you can't edit the attire of the models at all (so I couldn't put the retro Sheamus for example in his WWE 2K15 gear), and the Sheamus one still as far as I know doesn't have the wrist tape in his entrance
The min they started putting all the jobbers in the packs from GM mode and Career Mode I knew it was over. I don't think 2k realise that if they make it easier to get cards in packs people are gonna buy more, because there's more of a chance. It should be illegal what they are doing. It's disgusting. People need to boycott this mode for there to be a change.
Making you use lowest tier cards against the highest tier is fkd up. With the broken mechanics and balance, you never win. 2K is showing they hate players
This! Let's talk about the fucking birthday bash events. After that difficulty I should get the card I fought. Period. Not a pack with a bronze and silver or at best maybe a ruby... Or 500 mfp... Or 10 shields... Like wtf?
The Punches and Promos program is the biggest slap in the face 2k has given us yet. A 2% chance to pull the card needed to get Roman is absurd, especially considering every pack before this had a way higher chance at getting a ruby and this pack has like a 4% for a ruby. I’m not even going to consider getting these persona cards with those absurd odds
There is another issue no one is talking about. What about the new players people who just got the game. If they miss the live event for the persona cards they just miss out completely
I almost fell to spend for the Hogan persona (considering it have 84 instead of 74 and it's ruby instead of smerald) ok it was an exclusive in the US and this make him more "rare" but then you realize is not worth. It's fun to have superstar in their Elite figure version, i hope they will make more but not in this way. A DLC with the persona/Elite will be totally worth but i don't think they gonna make it. Appreciate your video as always; keep it up!
I mentioned this in the last video. A BIG point I wanted to get across, and you should bring up. In the new promos pack, there is only FOUR real diferent color wrestlers in the pack. The rest besides Superstar series, is MyGM jobbers with Sapphire, Emerald and Ruby cards. WTF?
I went on yesterday, saw the Roman persona was in the live event and I needed the Sami card, found the Sami card but had no idea how to unlock it, you should be able to click the cards and it tells you how you get it, whether that's by opening packs, on the card market, live events, etc
Admittedly not a MyFaction person but it sounds like you want it tightened up and less grindy like MLB The Show, you want more reward drops as incentive to keep playing and an option to outright buy the characters/cards. I get they probably started on that Rock ASAP but it would be nice if they patched in newer music and intro/outro movements when possible the offered a more detailed Mania Rock the special music and outfits.
What makes it worse is if the games servers shut down in the future, if you don’t have these cards, they’re basically locked away forever once the servers are gone.
One thing you hit on that alot of creators are not is how ridiculously priced the individual cards on the market are! 60,000 for the WrestleMania cody, but they also want people to pull for cards but however you only get at max 400 MFP per match, this year completely killed my faction for me didnt really play the last few years (only for trophies) when they announced persona i was willing ti give it a chance again, an with how theyve handled it im back where i started on Myfaction and honestly dont care about personas if they gonna cost up to $400 to pull
Great coverage, this year is my first year playing my faction and Gm mode and I am enjoying them. You make a lot of valid points, me personally I just play and grind because I had no intention ever to spend extra money on a WWE game unless it’s for a DLC. Now that I heard this Na Na, I won’t even consider buying anything related to my faction.
True, this year i thought MyFaction will bring in updated attires, models with the introduction of Persona cards but so far ive only seen Sheamus, 1000days Reigns and the new Rock. Very underwhelming.
You can tell just how greedy 2k is by the prices of their content. It is absolutely rediculous, a pack is 5 bucks each for a deluxe one and the drop rate is absolutely horrible. They have ppl that work at the company that make millions of dollars per year, and they need more greedy a holes
It's a shame because the game is actually pretty solid, but everything surrounding my faction and the ban of CC creators like Status was just unnecessary
i just accepted that I'm not going to get any of the persona cards outside of the cena, cody, and Sheamus because I have never been into Myfaction and really don't want to do a punch of crap just to not be able to get the new persona cards easily
2k did the exact opposite of what I thought they were going to do with my faction I said last year ,that they could just give us the attires after doing number of matches.
Yup . It’s baffling really, because people like myself who completely ignored my faction previous years were actually willing to give it a shot this year. I can say I will not even touch this mode now. Absolute, greedy joke.
Wwe players are finally seeing what nba players go through, 2k as a company is greedy and scummy, who owns 2k? Take-two interactive, they do not care about the people playing these games
5:26 I bought this toy and then a couple weeks later they have it on there to where you don’t have to buy a toy I was pissed and it has a better fucking rating
At this point, I refuse to spend real money on my fashion cards because I refused to spend real money and open up the same crappy packs, because then I'm going to be in a bad mood. At this point just by playing the mode a little bit every day or every other day, in events, I can save up enough currency to open a pack every 2 weeks. Now that it's getting to a point where I'm just honestly not good enough at the game to win as many events, and naturally acquire the necessary cards, I'm completely losing interest in the mode.
You know what’s crazy I know it’s not official but whats the status can put these on community creations for free nd without the grinding aspect of it why waste your money on a new tattoo rock or any other cards
That's yall problem.. spending extra money on the game on stuff that should already b there like it always been.. y am I paying real money for video game characters.. it should only b In game currency
My thing so far is that they're putting in some persona cards that are just..not needed, IMO. Like a 4th Roman with a new hairstyle? Honestly, who cares lol. If you need that, DL it from CC. This new Rock? It's completely silly. Trick Williams gets a persona card when he's only been there like 2 years? Yet, no masked Kane? Big Poppa Pump? Goddess version of Bliss? Even something really cool and out there like a 1992 Summerslam version of Ultimate Warrior. There's so many other things they could be doing, but instead they're like "Here's a 3rd Rock for you"...or "here's a 4th Roman for you"..just don't need it.
The idea of the Persona cards is actually a good idea. But the way 2K is going about it is a joke! The silly thing is ....these cards would keep the game fresh and keep people coming back and actually extend the games life. I'd love a Retro Kane in the Persona cards or to be able to unlock the "Demon" Finn Balor that's there. The cards/pack prices are ridiculous and that puts me off trying. Also in the live events I hate having to do the same match 4-5 times to get the proper reward. It's just not fun. The grind just isn't fun and is actually alienating the fan base further.
Great video Matt, I am a MyFaction fan (since day-oneish), and what concerns me is the duplicate value for punches and promos, as everything gets a duplicate value of 750MFP. However from previous packs Rubys were in excess of 10,000MFP, so this really helped with the grind. There is also an Umaga Amethyst card as well which I need an Emerald Undertaker to complete, but it does look like it will hit the card market this weekend, so I may have grinded enough by then to purchase the last remaining requirement for the Umaga card. I used to be a Universe fan but I hate the Rivalry actions, especially when it comes to PLEs. We should have actions for start a new rivalry (i.e. steal championship) rather than just increase ranking up the tables.
I play MyFaction just to collect the free Live Event/Weekly Towers cards. I refuse to spend a penny on it. Which mode should I replace MyFaction with? The grind is becoming tedious. I was thinking of giving Universe - "Superstar Mode" a try.
Completely agree! The fact that this guy stood on business and addressed a huge problem in the game and wasn't a paid off 2k tool puppet has gained an all new respect for this creator. He is one of us.
Matt, I find the prices for the cards individually and packs WAY more expensive compared to last years i am not happy that they have not put any as yet persona cards on the individual cards to buy at all it is a scam i get that 2k wants to make money but to out price nearly everybody everywhere with ridiculous prices both points wise and purchase wise is a joke to the fans all 2k wants is money they should as well as any other companies property be given some sort of a fine for promoting gambling and giving the impression that it is ok to gamble even at a young age they should have on the back of the box and or in the game screens saying we do not promote the idea of gambling or some sort of warning
Some other bad aspects about this pack series, Punches & Promos, that I wish would get brought up in the spotlight: - The duplicate card refund is bugged for this pack. For example, getting a duplicate Ruby card in a series 1 pack returns 10k to 15k mfp (currency to buy packs), allowing you to almost buy another pack (they go around 14k to 19k mfp). ALL cards from this series grant ONLY 750 mfp, even the Amethyst rarity ones that would normally refund 20k to 25k mfp. - The deluxe pack has the 3% chance to roll the amethyst card, however the basic pack (discounted pack with lower chance) shows the chance as "
Great video. In the beginning I put in some time but the way it’s moved now I just don’t have it in me. If I could just buy the persona cards, I’d do that.
I just started playing My Faction for the trophies. My biggest issue with these type of modes to what you’re saying, even if I spend money, it doesn’t really increase the odds. Sure, I get more packs so technically it does but the packs still each have a 2% chance of pulling a specific card
I grind it out i think 2K Should give us match type packs arenas packs weapons pack and yes more Legends and persona cards that it I'll be happy patch in the draft in universe mode if 2K can do that then they will get my 💰
100% agree with you. Also the prices of the card market are way too high. I agree with the new pack cards not being in there. But take the sapphire Cody WM40 card still being 65k mfp or $20VC is crazy. I was excited for the card market as a way to get a specific card I didn't have the luck to pull. Let me diversify my superstars or get my favorites like Mankind or Jake the snake. With the prices being so high it's not worth spending that much for a card that isn't very useful.
This is the exact same for NBA 2K MyTeam. You’re unable to play with the players you want unless: you gamble a lot of money opening packs for a slim chance you’ll get the card you actually wanted
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You know what's even worse? There are countries where you can't use VC at all. But you can still buy VC. Wtf!!?? That should be illegal!!
I think one thing that would improve the value is ditch the side plates and put more wrestlers cards in packs something like a pack gets you
1 random faction cosmetic (ditch the rarities from these)
3 random bronze wrestlers
3 random silver wrestlers
2 random gold wrestlers
1 wrestler that has the chance to be gold or higher and deluxe packs you could guarantee this would always be higher than gold
or
1 random faction cosmetic (ditch the rarities from these)
3 random bronze wrestlers
2 random silver wrestlers
2 random gold wrestlers
1 wrestler that has the chance to be emerald, sapphire or ruby (with guaranteed ruby in deluxe packs)
1 random wrestler of amethyst or higher (with improved odds in deluxe packs)
would make it feel more like a traditional TCG and more like im getting value for money/points
You could also add in that for a steepish but reasonable cost the option to convert a card to a persona card or expand on the evolution cards that once you full evolve it the card becomes a persona card
I have had Surfshark for almost 2 years now. It's great. Great video as always. One question , when will they release the arena for Wrestlemania 40 ? I do have the 40 years of wrestlemania pack and everything else available. Also I never have played my faction. I just don't like the mode. I also have NBA 2k as well. But don't do my team. Same issues.
I wonder, Mr. L.A. Knight in 10 years, have you ever played _WWE SuperCard_ ? It is like 99% card collecting and battling, and while there is some stuff in there that can make it feel P2W, I’ve never felt the need to spend 1¢ in it since playing from day 1, nearly a full decade ago, on August 14, 2014.
here's an idea that (IMO) would be super-hilarious if you decide to do it= y'know how you've done those skits playing both the booker and the guy in charge of storylines within WWE Central in Connecticut? how about something similar but at either Visual Concepts HQ or 2K Games Studios, with a consumer-sensible programmer and a "shareholders-pleasing" main director discussing these subjects, with the director making excuses like: "well, the players can always grind it out guaranteeing that they'll always be playing our game... or they can hook up their credit card and voila; they get what they want, our shareholders' pockets grow and everybody's happy! win-win, am I right"... something like that! how about it Matt; good enough for a skit?
Please don’t ever stop criticizing MyFaction. Truly, it doesn’t end and doesn’t get better based on how 2K handles this game mode
😭😭😭 Stop Playing That 💩 Mode Nobody Asked For. Who TF Trades Wrestling Cards Or Even Has Them IRL? This A Money Grab & Yall Fall Into These Traps Easy AF
@@PMKru ^ that’s the truth 😂, I never touch this shit
I play my faction to waste my time but I do actually collect irl cards though
Do you think 2K would listen if you suggested an easier way to earn MyFaction Persona cards in the WWE 2K Community feedback?
What makes it worse is every gripe matt has is actually implemented in Nba2k24 myteam
Thank God for Status, this is predatory and should be illegal.
$400 Final Boss version of The Rock is CRAZY. 2K has definitely lost their minds LMAO
Yeah that why I most definitely not playing MyFaction on WWE2K24 that much. I mean I do play it but not like I used to that much
Exactly. You get WAY more in a single DLC pack for way cheaper.
That’s half my rent no thanks community creations is good enough 🤦🏾♂️💯
Correct people of the 2k people are dumb asf for even considering let alone doing it
Who the heck would pay $400 for a card?
If the new My faction Rock Card Doesn't come with the Final Boss Music or Titantron there's no point of spending money trying to unlock it.
100% this.
@@Itzwill2k1id rather do CC to unlock everything instead of grinding a stupid my Faction
It doesn't have his theme. From what I've heard.
It’s just the tattoo n attire 😂
The rock 24 with updated tattoo has been on CC for a long while.
I remember playing WWF No Mercy and had to unlock superstars by beating them in matches.
Even in svr 11's universe mode I think
Or buying them by grinding career and survival
Back in the good ole days before DLC and mtx
Those were the days
Dont mind earning points to unlock stuff
My faction is going to be the slow death of the series. Each year it gets worse and worse just like MUT. When it's time to make gameplay improvements, they'll ignore them and put more development time and energy into my faction. I've been down this road before. If fans want to keep the overall quality of the wwe 2k games high DO NOT SPEND A DIME IN MYFACTION!
The fact that there is no entrance for the current version of the Rock aswell.
i was watching smacktalks vid and they went down a dangerous route and i fear its gonna get worse in 25 26
Seen this coming, these card collecting game modes ruined sports games
Yeah I agree. I personally love playing franchise modes for sports. Also I miss the days of being able to pick a superstar and play a regular season mode like the older games.
@@thekingofkingsrp facts
Community: Don't lock Alt Attires behind MyFaction!
2K: Ok, we won't.
Community: *_This is not what we ment!_*
We want the costumes to be unlockable the normal way, not by playing this free 2 play piece of crap that's just microtransactions
Yup. They make it a total money grab to draw people in and try to scam them of their money
$400 to unlock means it’s impossible to unlock free. Especially the timed event for Roman Reigns
I thought the persona cards were going to be purchasable from the card market. I don’t play my faction but I pop in to check the market for persona cards every now and then and I’ve never seen one available
Bought the 40 years of wrestlemania edition all that shot should be included fuck 2k and the horse they ride in on.
Never even touched my faction I feel like it’s a scam
It pretty much is, but 2k's Marketing and PR department, as well as some fanboys, like to make you think it fun and worth it. I wouldn't touch it either!
This. Its their bs version of NBA 2k's myTeam.
It’s pointless. They eventually turn off the servers for the mode and u lose everything
I refuse to play this mode out of principle.....2k is a business, I get it, they want money....but this is the type of stuff I hate in my games.....il just get them from STATUS
Theory: The real reason why the banned status was because they he does CAS better than 2K can create accurate versions of the official ones.
@@TheRookiecop1I honestly believe this is the case. They didn't expect the upheaval they received similar to when WWE tried to slip the Rock into Cody's spot.
2K's MyScam.
Was hoping you'd comment on this topic. Had the exact same issues; wanting the persona cards but not being able to find info ANYWHERE, or realizing tons of money has to be spent for certain rewards. It's a bummer. Glad a community voice spoke up. Enjoying the content!!
I’m content with just playing Universe Mode. As a long time Madden player I knew already what MyFaction was the moment I saw it. No Thanks
The worst part to me is that they made these persona cards seem like they would be obtainable, even if you had to grind a little and they made it seem like they would be more frequent. 2-4% is crazy and it’s even crazier that they’ve had under 10 total personas..
Mental. Absolute deception
It's destroyed my faith in the game/franchise/company entirely..This whole mode cancelled my pre-order for their next game.
Absolutely 100% dead on. We have to stop spemding money on this mode as a community
Thank you for covering this! It blows my mind that people spend this kind of money on virtual cards when in less than a year this game will become almost irrelevant when 2k25 comes out. And then they’ll do it all again. Microtransactions suck!
I just wish there was a way to get the stuff without playing myfaction. Make it DLC, make it a pre order bonus, do SOMETHING else. I don't mind unlocking things with vc or showcase. But this is too much, the mode sucks and these aren't available forever once the servers are gone.
Meanwhile, i can any other game and have the full roster 10-20 years after they came out. Content should not be locked behind online exclusives!
Maybe I'm weird but I don't care about the figures... I'll never use them.
As for unlocking stuff, I paid for the Mania edition. Why do I need to spend even more money to unlock new models? New Models I may not even get by spending that money.
2% is nonsense.
Persona Cards should imo be in towers. The towers we can do whenever we feel like it.
Some of us have time restrictions in our lives. We can play when we can play.
Our game time is precious and we want to enjoy that time.
They drew me in with Wyatt and Punk. Another year , I ended up buying a WWE game and another year of frustration. (3 years of create mode kicking me to my dashboard glitch).
Feeling over it, honestly.
Back in 2005/2006 one used to play SvR 2006 and there were no freakin' DLC, no options to buy VC with your real money, just a base game with fun gameplay, lots of unlockables in the game and lots of great modes. This game sold well and was loved and played by tons of people.
How did this whole thing got this bad?
Fortnite started this trend
Greed. All of it is greed.
Same reason Lego went from Blind Bags to the Boxes... Money for people buying more packs to get what they want. I also hate that they show off that you're missing unlockables from MyFaction, so feels like I have an incomplete experience when I bought the "best" (i.e. Most Expensive) version of the game.
This!
I pre-ordered the 40 years edition and only got enough virtual currency for a mid tier silver?! What the full fuck?
I tried to be optimistic about myfaction this year...that was my first mistake. The greed of this mode has gotten worse DESPITE adding persona cards. Theyre forcing people to spend more money to unlock what are just alternate attires of characters already in the game. Other than the Sheamus they give you, there isn't that much different as it is.
DLC profit ain't enough for 2k.
For hulk hogan at least what on earth kept them from just making it a really hard boss match where you play whoever you want against hogan. Then unlocking figure hogan would feel so much more rewarding
Matt if a live event requires a certain card that card should be in the market to buy .
Negative that makes them more rare and exclusive like if that was the case they just give them out to everybody come on man you guys are grown men use your heads You're willing to just go buy it but you're not willing to grind for it what about the people that grind and don't have the money do you ever look at it that way
@@CooCooCallum The Sami Zayn as a 2% drop rate shared with Kevin Owens, you could get your 2% amethyst and get KO instead, like smacktalks did, it's not a case of git gud, it's a case of its BS
@CooCooCallum I have no problem grinding for the card. I have saved almost all my MFP from the beginning of the year i have 300k. Ended up pulling Sami and KO out of a 10 box got lucky. At least make the Sami requirement In the card market for 150K MFP or something
@CooCooCallum If a live event requires a card you should be able to grind MFP and purchase that said card. I shouldn't have to grind MFP and just be only able to pull him in packs with a 2% chance
@CooCooCallum if you don't have any money then you should probably be doing something besides play a video game honestly.
This is exactly why I never played my faction. Tried it for the first time, this year. It's a hard no for me dog. LOL! My play time is limited. I'm not wasting it on my faction. 2K should be ashamed. It's bad enough I've gone to buying WWE2K every other year, but now, I'm thinking I might buy it every two years. Good video Assemble.
You really don't care about achievements don't you because im my case i play it for the platinum not because it good and also online sucks ass the servers are bad and also the community who plays the ranked mode are swats
@@claudiukulcsar456 Right. I could care less. Important to me is 1.gameplay (offline), 2. roster set in game or community creations. 3. showcase and maybe story mode. 4. DLC is a distant 4.
@@kthomas419I care about achievements and I refuse to chase achievements in 😢this game mode because achievements should not be a part of this game mode.
This should be fully optional. They are doing everything they can to force people to play this mode already.
Predatory behavior there. And now we have people like Claudio here trying to further excuse that with achievements?
Disgusting
Is claudio one of the devs? 😂.
Sad thing is I'll never unlock every character in the game as the persona cards are pretty much stuck behind a pay wall.
I see that Ryan George Pitch Meeting shirt! I was already a fan of yours, but now I'm a superfan! Ryan George is absolutely amazing! Thank you for showing him some love! You guys are my favorite Canadians!
@Assemble You mentioned the gambling problems, well look how they're doing the plan here.. They're having those Persona cards in Live Events! You either get them now or else, we don't know when and if they're coming back again. Of course some players would want to play anything in front of them. And the other issue I mentioned and I don't know if this is on PC only, but since the new update happened, it's nearly impossible to beat those new challenges with them increasing the CPU difficulty on top of the requirements.
Whatsthestatus created a better "Final Boss" Rock than 2K did. Period.
They will find a reason to ban him again he's cutting into the greedy bastards pockets!!
I play my faction no money spent. Its cool cause its giving me a reason to log in and play a lil each day but the packs and rewards suck.
Same here to
good luck grinding 765,978 my faction points or vc to get it. The drop rates are extremely low, on top of you have to farm for roman reigns in order to farm for the rock
@@portagasdace21117 im not. I log in and do my dailies, maybe play for 30 min
Just edit the rock put a tank top and pants on him and call it a day y'all done lost ya minds with them cards 😂
Fr Fr frrrr
ust get rock in community creations who in their right mind is gonna grind for a reg rock that is in the game
@@zeroiceice008someone on Reddit paid 400$ for this Rock😭
Matt is a fan of Pitch Meeting! Respect my dude.
Right? I saw the shirt and lost my shit. I love both of these guys!
TIGHT!
They never getting my money for this mode.
I opened MyFaction for probably the first time yesterday with the sole purpose of trying to get the Roman alt attire, only to quickly find out I can't even get it if I wanted to because I need some other card that I can't unlock without also paying for packs.
Safe to say I won't be opening MyFaction again
Persona cards are cool in concept but kinda bad in execution. Most of them are too difficult or expensive to unlock, you can't edit the attire of the models at all (so I couldn't put the retro Sheamus for example in his WWE 2K15 gear), and the Sheamus one still as far as I know doesn't have the wrist tape in his entrance
The min they started putting all the jobbers in the packs from GM mode and Career Mode I knew it was over. I don't think 2k realise that if they make it easier to get cards in packs people are gonna buy more, because there's more of a chance. It should be illegal what they are doing. It's disgusting. People need to boycott this mode for there to be a change.
These gambling mechanics should be illegal.
There was an attempt at legislation against loot boxes in gaming but it didn't get anywhere
Making you use lowest tier cards against the highest tier is fkd up. With the broken mechanics and balance, you never win.
2K is showing they hate players
This! Let's talk about the fucking birthday bash events.
After that difficulty I should get the card I fought. Period. Not a pack with a bronze and silver or at best maybe a ruby... Or 500 mfp... Or 10 shields... Like wtf?
"ITS VERY QUIET IN MATTS HOUSE"
Probably cause he's speaking to himself in the 3rd person 😂😂😂
probably!
The Punches and Promos program is the biggest slap in the face 2k has given us yet. A 2% chance to pull the card needed to get Roman is absurd, especially considering every pack before this had a way higher chance at getting a ruby and this pack has like a 4% for a ruby. I’m not even going to consider getting these persona cards with those absurd odds
Matt I think this persona Rock is the Wrestlemania kickoff Rock when he slapped Cody. He didn't have final boss entrance then
Don’t make excuses for 2K being lazy
@davehotsauce1080 It is Lazy indeed. but that's what it is I was just doing research on it
There is another issue no one is talking about. What about the new players people who just got the game. If they miss the live event for the persona cards they just miss out completely
I almost fell to spend for the Hogan persona (considering it have 84 instead of 74 and it's ruby instead of smerald) ok it was an exclusive in the US and this make him more "rare" but then you realize is not worth. It's fun to have superstar in their Elite figure version, i hope they will make more but not in this way. A DLC with the persona/Elite will be totally worth but i don't think they gonna make it. Appreciate your video as always; keep it up!
I mentioned this in the last video. A BIG point I wanted to get across, and you should bring up. In the new promos pack, there is only FOUR real diferent color wrestlers in the pack. The rest besides Superstar series, is MyGM jobbers with Sapphire, Emerald and Ruby cards. WTF?
I went on yesterday, saw the Roman persona was in the live event and I needed the Sami card, found the Sami card but had no idea how to unlock it, you should be able to click the cards and it tells you how you get it, whether that's by opening packs, on the card market, live events, etc
I agree with the whole gambling opinion.... 2K is hurting themselves in the end
Admittedly not a MyFaction person but it sounds like you want it tightened up and less grindy like MLB The Show, you want more reward drops as incentive to keep playing and an option to outright buy the characters/cards.
I get they probably started on that Rock ASAP but it would be nice if they patched in newer music and intro/outro movements when possible the offered a more detailed Mania Rock the special music and outfits.
The odds needa be better, it’s actually ridiculous
What makes it worse is if the games servers shut down in the future, if you don’t have these cards, they’re basically locked away forever once the servers are gone.
The main problem is 2k is using the wwe SuperCard payment system even though some of us bought the game at 100+ already
I want the shield stuff but I don't feel like wasting all that time. I am not even sure what you need for it.
One thing you hit on that alot of creators are not is how ridiculously priced the individual cards on the market are! 60,000 for the WrestleMania cody, but they also want people to pull for cards but however you only get at max 400 MFP per match, this year completely killed my faction for me didnt really play the last few years (only for trophies) when they announced persona i was willing ti give it a chance again, an with how theyve handled it im back where i started on Myfaction and honestly dont care about personas if they gonna cost up to $400 to pull
Great coverage, this year is my first year playing my faction and Gm mode and I am enjoying them. You make a lot of valid points, me personally I just play and grind because I had no intention ever to spend extra money on a WWE game unless it’s for a DLC. Now that I heard this Na Na, I won’t even consider buying anything related to my faction.
My faction is a huge let down,damn near impossible to get some of the cards
True, this year i thought MyFaction will bring in updated attires, models with the introduction of Persona cards but so far ive only seen Sheamus, 1000days Reigns and the new Rock. Very underwhelming.
It would be great if they let you buy the cards you want directly.
Guess 2k didn't see what happen when EA pulled this with Battlefront....
You can tell just how greedy 2k is by the prices of their content. It is absolutely rediculous, a pack is 5 bucks each for a deluxe one and the drop rate is absolutely horrible. They have ppl that work at the company that make millions of dollars per year, and they need more greedy a holes
It's a shame because the game is actually pretty solid, but everything surrounding my faction and the ban of CC creators like Status was just unnecessary
i just accepted that I'm not going to get any of the persona cards outside of the cena, cody, and Sheamus because I have never been into Myfaction and really don't want to do a punch of crap just to not be able to get the new persona cards easily
@Assemble If they made it easier access able and less tedious less grind heavy I feel like the mode would get played more
i wish if you get the top edition of the wwe game you'll get all the my faction personas
Thank you for expressing what the community feels 😢
Thanks for watching, always gonna support the community especially stuff like this for players
2k did the exact opposite of what I thought they were going to do with my faction I said last year ,that they could just give us the attires after doing number of matches.
Yup . It’s baffling really, because people like myself who completely ignored my faction previous years were actually willing to give it a shot this year. I can say I will not even touch this mode now. Absolute, greedy joke.
Wwe players are finally seeing what nba players go through, 2k as a company is greedy and scummy, who owns 2k? Take-two interactive, they do not care about the people playing these games
I have seth rollins 2014 just downloaded him from community creations and he has the shield theme
That “Super Easy. Barely an inconvenience “ shirt is fire lmao
One of my faves
5:26 I bought this toy and then a couple weeks later they have it on there to where you don’t have to buy a toy I was pissed and it has a better fucking rating
I hate the My Faction part of this game.
My factions is such a joke. What happened to the dlc characters being progression cards in my faction?
We go through the same issues in NBA2k24 With micro transactions. This is where they make their money from us 😢
Preorder bonus rock was $1 in wwe 12
miss those days
At this point, I refuse to spend real money on my fashion cards because I refused to spend real money and open up the same crappy packs, because then I'm going to be in a bad mood. At this point just by playing the mode a little bit every day or every other day, in events, I can save up enough currency to open a pack every 2 weeks.
Now that it's getting to a point where I'm just honestly not good enough at the game to win as many events, and naturally acquire the necessary cards, I'm completely losing interest in the mode.
You know what’s crazy I know it’s not official but whats the status can put these on community creations for free nd without the grinding aspect of it why waste your money on a new tattoo rock or any other cards
That's yall problem.. spending extra money on the game on stuff that should already b there like it always been.. y am I paying real money for video game characters.. it should only b In game currency
My thing so far is that they're putting in some persona cards that are just..not needed, IMO. Like a 4th Roman with a new hairstyle? Honestly, who cares lol. If you need that, DL it from CC. This new Rock? It's completely silly. Trick Williams gets a persona card when he's only been there like 2 years? Yet, no masked Kane? Big Poppa Pump? Goddess version of Bliss? Even something really cool and out there like a 1992 Summerslam version of Ultimate Warrior. There's so many other things they could be doing, but instead they're like "Here's a 3rd Rock for you"...or "here's a 4th Roman for you"..just don't need it.
The idea of the Persona cards is actually a good idea. But the way 2K is going about it is a joke! The silly thing is ....these cards would keep the game fresh and keep people coming back and actually extend the games life. I'd love a Retro Kane in the Persona cards or to be able to unlock the "Demon" Finn Balor that's there. The cards/pack prices are ridiculous and that puts me off trying. Also in the live events I hate having to do the same match 4-5 times to get the proper reward. It's just not fun. The grind just isn't fun and is actually alienating the fan base further.
Great video Matt, I am a MyFaction fan (since day-oneish), and what concerns me is the duplicate value for punches and promos, as everything gets a duplicate value of 750MFP. However from previous packs Rubys were in excess of 10,000MFP, so this really helped with the grind. There is also an Umaga Amethyst card as well which I need an Emerald Undertaker to complete, but it does look like it will hit the card market this weekend, so I may have grinded enough by then to purchase the last remaining requirement for the Umaga card. I used to be a Universe fan but I hate the Rivalry actions, especially when it comes to PLEs. We should have actions for start a new rivalry (i.e. steal championship) rather than just increase ranking up the tables.
It’s way more in aud I’m bothering with that
I play MyFaction just to collect the free Live Event/Weekly Towers cards.
I refuse to spend a penny on it. Which mode should I replace MyFaction with? The grind is becoming tedious. I was thinking of giving Universe - "Superstar Mode" a try.
Limited reversals need to be brought back. Online matches r nonstop spamming reversals. I hate online matches!
why lock these behind My Faction is beyond me they need to stop this
Completely agree! The fact that this guy stood on business and addressed a huge problem in the game and wasn't a paid off 2k tool puppet has gained an all new respect for this creator. He is one of us.
To be fair, the reason they say ‘free vc’ is to show you how much you are saving by going up a tier. Its their versin of ‘x% off’
Great vid 👍
Matt, I find the prices for the cards individually and packs WAY more expensive compared to last years i am not happy that they have not put any as yet persona cards on the individual cards to buy at all it is a scam i get that 2k wants to make money but to out price nearly everybody everywhere with ridiculous prices both points wise and purchase wise is a joke to the fans all 2k wants is money they should as well as any other companies property be given some sort of a fine for promoting gambling and giving the impression that it is ok to gamble even at a young age they should have on the back of the box and or in the game screens saying we do not promote the idea of gambling or some sort of warning
Some other bad aspects about this pack series, Punches & Promos, that I wish would get brought up in the spotlight:
- The duplicate card refund is bugged for this pack. For example, getting a duplicate Ruby card in a series 1 pack returns 10k to 15k mfp (currency to buy packs), allowing you to almost buy another pack (they go around 14k to 19k mfp). ALL cards from this series grant ONLY 750 mfp, even the Amethyst rarity ones that would normally refund 20k to 25k mfp.
- The deluxe pack has the 3% chance to roll the amethyst card, however the basic pack (discounted pack with lower chance) shows the chance as "
Roman & Rock persona cards SHOULD be attires not another version in another slot
Agree
True but...moneyyy
The current state of WWE 2K24 online mode is WORSE!
Great video. In the beginning I put in some time but the way it’s moved now I just don’t have it in me. If I could just buy the persona cards, I’d do that.
Persona cards are cool and all but it they don't have new music and stuff, they should just be an attire instead of a new character
Glad you are speaking on this. It gets to the point where you end up spending more money on VC than you did on the actual game.
I just started playing My Faction for the trophies. My biggest issue with these type of modes to what you’re saying, even if I spend money, it doesn’t really increase the odds. Sure, I get more packs so technically it does but the packs still each have a 2% chance of pulling a specific card
Those Sapphire vs Diamond cards of the current Live Events are almost impossible, and very very frustrating.
I grind it out i think 2K Should give us match type packs arenas packs weapons pack and yes more Legends and persona cards that it I'll be happy patch in the draft in universe mode if 2K can do that then they will get my 💰
100% agree with you. Also the prices of the card market are way too high. I agree with the new pack cards not being in there. But take the sapphire Cody WM40 card still being 65k mfp or $20VC is crazy. I was excited for the card market as a way to get a specific card I didn't have the luck to pull. Let me diversify my superstars or get my favorites like Mankind or Jake the snake. With the prices being so high it's not worth spending that much for a card that isn't very useful.
My Guy WhatsTheStatus Been Gave Us Both Models
This is the exact same for NBA 2K MyTeam. You’re unable to play with the players you want unless: you gamble a lot of money opening packs for a slim chance you’ll get the card you actually wanted