Great video and very good advice! I feel like I'm worst at the game this year, previously a Div 2 player and now a cusp Div 3-4 one. I will decide to just have fun and not take a the game seriously
1000% AGREE! and might I add.. If you can be a little bit patient, you can pay roughly 1\2 of market retail for a card that you want in the store IF you hold off buying for roughly a week or so
Some good points here, Burt. I never bothered with team of the year in the past, because I have a Leafs theme team, and EA in past years have had an event Matthews card that I was fine with. I do try to finish team builders only on the odd chance there will be a good card for my team, but that's it, there's only so much grinding I'm willing to do before the game is less fun and more of a chore.
Burt I think you are so right. This event will be more expensive then ever due to the lack of card fodder. Then of course the upgrades. Nice to hear that you are skipping it
as someone who has Orr, Mario, Gretzky, Lidstrom and Sundin im extremely frustrated with how slow progression has been. I just wish they would give them a plus one boost every month and just have that start in November so now they would be 88s. if you are paying a million plus coins for EACH card xfactor and holo you deserve to have cards that slot high in ur lineup all year long.
I've been disappointed in the legend progression as well. I invested my cards in getting Orr and Lidstrom, and even though they're two all-time great defensemen....no upgrades? If there's a player that's already on my team in that TOTY mix, maybe I'll upgrade that player to that card. But, honestly, I just wanna play with the players I like, and I'm not gonna worry about TOTY. Only annoying thing is the glitch goalers in divs 2 and 1 are gonna buy these cards, and the lag will make games against them virtually unplayable
This is a weejio that’s going to resonate with me a bit bc I’m taking a big step back from what I normally do for TOTY. In NHL 23(my first Team of the Year I got to experience) I made McDavid, Matthews, MacKinnon, and Makar. Last year, I made MacKinnon, McDavid, and Tkachuk. This year I’m going to make just MacKinnon. MAYBE- MAYBE I’ll make Makar but it’s not very likely as he’ll be my #2 RHD for the whole year as I have Parayko. I do love Team of the Year in general bc it’s a fun exciting time for the game, but I really don’t like the event at the same time bc of the whole “prepare for Team of the Year” garbage it’s not fun and u don’t get to have fun playing the game while u do that. Another reason I don’t like it is bc those cards are locked in your lineup and that’s also no fun. I want to build a lot of cards and be able to move them everywhere around my team(you know customize my team and what not) Team of the Year cards being locked into your lineup doesn’t give u that option. Anyways, that’s my little rant. Have a good one everyone! (:
@@burtkrown8842yea man. Neither am I and it’s like u said “they may get upgraded to 99 in April. Maybe they don’t. Maybe in June… who knows.” I absolutely love everything you had to say in this weejio and I agree with every single little thing. I love honesty and openness with this stuff man. Easily my favorite NHL 25 weejio so far, and truth be told, I see it being a top 3 nhl 25 weejio for me when the whole year is done. Really great job buddy! Really all well said and put together very nicely! Fantastic job!
Toty has been announced that it is happening much later this year compared to past seasons, so that already tells us something diff is coming with toty this year.
While everything you said is true. The way I think about it is if I can get as many toty / tots/ fantasy cards as possible it locks them in my lineup assuming they get upgrades. Which in hand saves me more time and resources the longer the year goes on. I’m also thinking that tots and possibly tots will have free AP on the cards which would be fantastic. You have to remember every company’s goal is to rip every dollar and time of ur day so ur money and energy is spent on their product. Getting these 3 types of event cards reduces time played and keeps you competitive the whole year.
The womans toty cards were mishandled as well i had them all last year and waited Matthew Tkachuk didnt get his 99 till some time in August and the woman cards didnt get 99s till the last 2 weeks of the game i was pissed overall especially with the time spent and resources used miro didnt get 99 Sarah fuller didnt get an upgrade for 4 or 5 months and either did the goalie TOTW is 6 cards now so less chance of a gimmick upgrade i have criticized in the past burts right here its definitely a buyer beware type event now
A couple tokens lol final tiers will be ten maybe 15 plus tokens a tier. No thanks i will gladly take free upgrades on toty and tots. However well said about the building of cards. Best way to play hut mode.
ill probably make one toty card and so will all of u guys. say what u want when players see that triple syn with plus 3 to all syn's u will want or need that on your teams its super op.
Guess what folks. The lowest set will be 7 81 and ups for 1. Middle will be 5 83 and ups for 2. And the top tier will be 3 85 and ups for 3. EA planned this from the start. That dump of 80s for totw cards was fools gold. They super skummy like that. Also, Burt. Lets be real, you will still build at least one.
Couldn't agree more I've never since 2004 not wanted or been interested in the game to grind for cards chase cards etc gameplay speed is brilliant gameplay itself awfully scripted content very poor quality of content none existent what joke the EA team is this year
They are going to change the way TOTY works this year and u will end up making at least one when they come out, I guarantee it! I’ve seen ur fomo Bert!!!
Some really great points here Burt. As someone who is fully FTP I have made all male TOTY and 2 women TOTY for the past two years, it gets super boring using the same 7 players in your lineup until the end of the game and 99 HUT. I suspect EA will structure TOTY the same as the Fantasy event and allow us to make 1 maybe 2 with chores. You're 100% right there is no "discount" on TOTY you're just paying for everything upfront. I'm not going to be saving as much fodder as I used to as the upgrades have not been there so I'll maybe make 1 or 2. I always say the play this time of year is 1) Always make your favourite players first and foremost 2) Grind for XF Macdavid 3) Make the Holos (free AP is HUGE). Sprinkle in the key MSP's (EA usually gives you the ability to make at least one with chores), and try make 2 TB's.
There is a massive upfront cost you are paying. He's saying with how slow and unreliable upgrades have been it may not be worth it this year. For the past two years I've made all TOTY male skaters and 2 TOTY women cards so it's not like I didn't make TOTY cards. His point is extremely valid it is in no way not a "no brainer"
@ i make as many as i possibly can each and every year since day one. Literally tens of thousands year after year. Not being a try hard, just fortunate enough to be able to do so. Huge up front cost yup but still cheaper in the long run
@ everyone has choice as to how they play. This is the first year i have spent minimal amounts (fantasy event). Next cash will be toty then on tots. Only if there are cards i want to make and are not able to be made with all the stockpiles from objectives What people forget is that a portion of all sales ends up in the developers pockets. Only after X amount is given to shareholders/execs. This game has come a long way over the years and it’s been amazing playing/seeing all the changes
What are you talking about he's being logical on the progression path and how that the toty cards are being controlled by how often they will be upgraded any one like my self that made them last year knows
@ so because it’s been a certain way in the first month or two we’re gonna assume it stays the same all year and no one gets upgraded? Are you new, or dumb? Lol
@Lungz1344 apparently you are new or just ignorant and haven't payed any attention to the progression this far 🙄 compared to last year or have any idea how long last year's toty cards took to progress i had them all and it took basically the last 4 weeks of the game to be usable especially the woman cards some didnt even get 99s
@ bruh I’ve prolly been playing nhl since before you were born, you literally have no clue wtf you’re talking about… 99s were usable all summer long lol please don’t talk if you’re unsure of the actual facts.
I don’t even have to watch this, Burt you are not skipping team of the year😂
I am brother it will be way to expensive for the reason I gave in the video and I don’t see it changing
Agreed, he ain’t skipping! 😂
@ you can afford it I think. Plus the very first thing you said was you were “probably” skipping it. Just busting your balls. 😂 Keep up the grind
Until they have 1/2 of the collectibles free to build one. BK I’m saving to blow it all as per usual.
Burt will break and drop like 500 on the game once he sees a maple leaf he will.cave lol 😂
Great video and very good advice! I feel like I'm worst at the game this year, previously a Div 2 player and now a cusp Div 3-4 one. I will decide to just have fun and not take a the game seriously
1000% AGREE! and might I add.. If you can be a little bit patient, you can pay roughly 1\2 of market retail for a card that you want in the store IF you hold off buying for roughly a week or so
Some good points here, Burt. I never bothered with team of the year in the past, because I have a Leafs theme team, and EA in past years have had an event Matthews card that I was fine with. I do try to finish team builders only on the odd chance there will be a good card for my team, but that's it, there's only so much grinding I'm willing to do before the game is less fun and more of a chore.
I'm so confused. Did you do this video before or after going outside?
Are you implying that I have gone outside? How dare you
@burtkrown8842 what if I'm saying the outside came to you.
You're not wrong. I felt disappointed in how slow the progression went last year after I invested in TOY last year
Burt I think you are so right. This event will be more expensive then ever due to the lack of card fodder. Then of course the upgrades. Nice to hear that you are skipping it
as someone who has Orr, Mario, Gretzky, Lidstrom and Sundin im extremely frustrated with how slow progression has been. I just wish they would give them a plus one boost every month and just have that start in November so now they would be 88s. if you are paying a million plus coins for EACH card xfactor and holo you deserve to have cards that slot high in ur lineup all year long.
I've been disappointed in the legend progression as well. I invested my cards in getting Orr and Lidstrom, and even though they're two all-time great defensemen....no upgrades?
If there's a player that's already on my team in that TOTY mix, maybe I'll upgrade that player to that card. But, honestly, I just wanna play with the players I like, and I'm not gonna worry about TOTY.
Only annoying thing is the glitch goalers in divs 2 and 1 are gonna buy these cards, and the lag will make games against them virtually unplayable
Ya I have Orr and Sundin I will make mcdavids X factor but won’t pay the price to get his toty
This is a weejio that’s going to resonate with me a bit bc I’m taking a big step back from what I normally do for TOTY. In NHL 23(my first Team of the Year I got to experience) I made McDavid, Matthews, MacKinnon, and Makar. Last year, I made MacKinnon, McDavid, and Tkachuk. This year I’m going to make just MacKinnon. MAYBE- MAYBE I’ll make Makar but it’s not very likely as he’ll be my #2 RHD for the whole year as I have Parayko. I do love Team of the Year in general bc it’s a fun exciting time for the game, but I really don’t like the event at the same time bc of the whole “prepare for Team of the Year” garbage it’s not fun and u don’t get to have fun playing the game while u do that. Another reason I don’t like it is bc those cards are locked in your lineup and that’s also no fun. I want to build a lot of cards and be able to move them everywhere around my team(you know customize my team and what not) Team of the Year cards being locked into your lineup doesn’t give u that option. Anyways, that’s my little rant. Have a good one everyone! (:
Vengeance brother it’s the roster lock like you said not a huge fan of it
@@burtkrown8842yea man. Neither am I and it’s like u said “they may get upgraded to 99 in April. Maybe they don’t. Maybe in June… who knows.” I absolutely love everything you had to say in this weejio and I agree with every single little thing. I love honesty and openness with this stuff man. Easily my favorite NHL 25 weejio so far, and truth be told, I see it being a top 3 nhl 25 weejio for me when the whole year is done. Really great job buddy! Really all well said and put together very nicely! Fantastic job!
I’ll get a couple Tory cards most likely but I won’t break the bank, everything you said is true and makes sense
Awesome theory. I didn't think about it that way.
Toty has been announced that it is happening much later this year compared to past seasons, so that already tells us something diff is coming with toty this year.
While everything you said is true. The way I think about it is if I can get as many toty / tots/ fantasy cards as possible it locks them in my lineup assuming they get upgrades. Which in hand saves me more time and resources the longer the year goes on. I’m also thinking that tots and possibly tots will have free AP on the cards which would be fantastic. You have to remember every company’s goal is to rip every dollar and time of ur day so ur money and energy is spent on their product. Getting these 3 types of event cards reduces time played and keeps you competitive the whole year.
The womans toty cards were mishandled as well i had them all last year and waited Matthew Tkachuk didnt get his 99 till some time in August and the woman cards didnt get 99s till the last 2 weeks of the game i was pissed overall especially with the time spent and resources used miro didnt get 99 Sarah fuller didnt get an upgrade for 4 or 5 months and either did the goalie TOTW is 6 cards now so less chance of a gimmick upgrade i have criticized in the past burts right here its definitely a buyer beware type event now
I got Megan Keller in my BND pack and she plays awesome as a 92 🎉
A couple tokens lol final tiers will be ten maybe 15 plus tokens a tier. No thanks i will gladly take free upgrades on toty and tots. However well said about the building of cards. Best way to play hut mode.
ill probably make one toty card and so will all of u guys. say what u want when players see that triple syn with plus 3 to all syn's u will want or need that on your teams its super op.
I honestly think McDavid is a good one To do he’ll get upgrades the fastest including second mackinon and kucherov. The rest will progress slower
Guess what folks. The lowest set will be 7 81 and ups for 1. Middle will be 5 83 and ups for 2. And the top tier will be 3 85 and ups for 3. EA planned this from the start. That dump of 80s for totw cards was fools gold. They super skummy like that. Also, Burt. Lets be real, you will still build at least one.
You can’t skip something when you don’t even know how it’s going to work
Sundin on 3rd line smh shame on u krown 😂😂
Great take
Good job my friend :)
Thank you Oreo 🎉🎉🍻🍻
Couldn't agree more I've never since 2004 not wanted or been interested in the game to grind for cards chase cards etc gameplay speed is brilliant gameplay itself awfully scripted content very poor quality of content none existent what joke the EA team is this year
Take it off for Kiprusoff!
Such a bad take the mcdavid upgrade path from xfsctor to
99 was way more than the Toty/tots mcdavid last year
For me, this year i’ll do only 1 or 2… i use to do all of them.. but this yeat., not worthed..
I l do my favorite player…. mcKinnon
Exactly the same here bro.
They are going to change the way TOTY works this year and u will end up making at least one when they come out, I guarantee it! I’ve seen ur fomo Bert!!!
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Hi
EA are So out of touch with there audience/players
Some really great points here Burt. As someone who is fully FTP I have made all male TOTY and 2 women TOTY for the past two years, it gets super boring using the same 7 players in your lineup until the end of the game and 99 HUT. I suspect EA will structure TOTY the same as the Fantasy event and allow us to make 1 maybe 2 with chores. You're 100% right there is no "discount" on TOTY you're just paying for everything upfront. I'm not going to be saving as much fodder as I used to as the upgrades have not been there so I'll maybe make 1 or 2. I always say the play this time of year is 1) Always make your favourite players first and foremost 2) Grind for XF Macdavid 3) Make the Holos (free AP is HUGE). Sprinkle in the key MSP's (EA usually gives you the ability to make at least one with chores), and try make 2 TB's.
Orrrr, here me out, just not playing HUT at all. I stopped playing weeks ago. Hockey Ultimate 1Timer was getting old, fast.
I was barely halfway to McDavid Xfactor after 2 months of playing non-stop. No thanks. This game mode stinks. Maybe next year...
you do realize they have nerfed the 1Timer ability from the point now right?
@hoopskillerproductions2921 nope
@hoopskillerproductions2921 too late, however
Nylander also he should at least be 87.
Nobody skips team of the year…..nobody😂
Toty equals FREE upgrades tots equals FREE upgrades. This is a no brainer and not having to put tokens to upgrade
There is a massive upfront cost you are paying. He's saying with how slow and unreliable upgrades have been it may not be worth it this year. For the past two years I've made all TOTY male skaters and 2 TOTY women cards so it's not like I didn't make TOTY cards. His point is extremely valid it is in no way not a "no brainer"
@ i make as many as i possibly can each and every year since day one. Literally tens of thousands year after year. Not being a try hard, just fortunate enough to be able to do so. Huge up front cost yup but still cheaper in the long run
@@hobbystuff499 you spend money on this game?? Dude I’m so sorry to hear that. Paying for this shitty product is a choice.
@ everyone has choice as to how they play. This is the first year i have spent minimal amounts (fantasy event). Next cash will be toty then on tots. Only if there are cards i want to make and are not able to be made with all the stockpiles from objectives
What people forget is that a portion of all sales ends up in the developers pockets. Only after X amount is given to shareholders/execs. This game has come a long way over the years and it’s been amazing playing/seeing all the changes
@ and the nhl and nhlpa gets a chunk as well from total sales…..
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Caaaaaappppp!!!!!!!!
Bro ain’t skipping TOTY🤣🤣
Exactly
#BOYCOTT26 . Im having more fun playing my GameCube and NHL Hitz 2003......2003 THINK ABOUT THAT
Dead game sadly
Not really… u must not like hockey lol
@@Lungz1344 what are u talking about this game isn’t good anymore without paying money u can’t built our get anything in this game
Skill Issuesss
@@hoopskillerproductions2921 I literally don’t even own it 😂😂😂😂
@@Lungz1344 I love hockey. Watch it all the time. Just skipped the game this year cause it looks HORRIBLE
For someone who rips offline mode the way you do, it’s wild how negative and whiney you get lol
What are you talking about he's being logical on the progression path and how that the toty cards are being controlled by how often they will be upgraded any one like my self that made them last year knows
@ so because it’s been a certain way in the first month or two we’re gonna assume it stays the same all year and no one gets upgraded? Are you new, or dumb? Lol
@Lungz1344 apparently you are new or just ignorant and haven't payed any attention to the progression this far 🙄 compared to last year or have any idea how long last year's toty cards took to progress i had them all and it took basically the last 4 weeks of the game to be usable especially the woman cards some didnt even get 99s
@ bruh I’ve prolly been playing nhl since before you were born, you literally have no clue wtf you’re talking about… 99s were usable all summer long lol please don’t talk if you’re unsure of the actual facts.
@ the first 99 fantasy card was in January ffs… you’re a mess kid