Abilities

Are we expecting to get 0 ap abilities later this year I know they’ve been making changes with the abilities this year

We just know they want to reduce them. 

Lewis gets LA for 0 so its possible we get some for Christmas but they wont be as much as they were last year.

musgraveisdaddy said:

Are we expecting to get 0 ap abilities later this year I know they’ve been making changes with the abilities this year

Last year was 0AP Pick Artist, which i guess was their "solution" to the ongoing issues with players being able to catch the ball, especially defenders.  They've attempted multiple fixes and re-fixes this year, but only feels slightly improved.  Just last night i finally switched over to Vick, so this will be the first time in a while i'm running without Gift Wrapped.

I think the other approach EA is taking this year will be to combine certain abilities.  For example, Vick is getting QB Playmaker, which is basically just HRM + Playmaker.  While it's not yet (free) 0AP, i'm quite certain we'll be seeing more and more of both scenarios.  If you check out all the new abilities, they're similar, in the sense that very few seem actually novel/new, more so just a couple prior abilities sandwiched together.

All the problems of this game aside, i'm a big fan of the attempts at gameplay balance this year -- we should be required to make certain trade-offs on our squads.  It's a nice change of pace to see that there is not a clear "best" team/roster in the MCS tournament play.  I think during the last televised MCS stuff there were a handful of different QBs, whatever play style you prefer, you can tailor things to your personal preferences.  Big win, so much potential here, but EA continues to fumble even the basics, so i don't dare get my hopes up too terribly much.