Anyone else LIKE that they're trying to chill with speed in 26

Am I alone? We generally hit 99 with chems way too fast. This year, where they seem to be bucking some trends, trying some new stuff, and being more player forward with content, they're being more conseravtive with speed to start. What is the deal. Its all relative. Who cares if the new 85/86s are 'only' 84/85 speed with boosts. Do people not see they're driving the toxic trends that they then complain about?

The slower most players are, the more viable slower cards are. Plus it actually makes the 'fastest DB' coverage option actually meaningful, as long as you can nab 1 solid speedster CB to keep up with their Worthy or top speedsters, and the rest are more reasonable, it keeps things interesting! The longer it takes for 90s and then 99s, the longer we can enjoy a varied meta. I get people want the big releases to be meaningful. But lets have some patience. Game isn't even officially out!

I was happy at first until i saw  there was like 20x 70-79 ovrs with 84-86 speed. Kinda killed their whole "lower speed elite" thing.

Eagles215 said:

I was happy at first until i saw  there was like 20x 70-79 ovrs with 84-86 speed. Kinda killed their whole "lower speed elite" thing.

Definitely fair critique. But doesn't this match up with the real game a bit more too a bit? Especially after the combine and draft? We have a few freak athlete guys coming in as Rookie players as the new generation? Whereas most of the 'elite' players are older vets, playoff vets, many of who have 'lost' a step but are still top tier athletes that make it up with knowledge/skill?

I'm not arguing that once we start getting 'Legends' or program Hero cards and such, cards that are supposed to represent the greatest players in the game at their peaks, that they shouldn't have some stacked stats. But its kinda nice to not have 87 speed elites with also all 80+ other skill stats to start. The tradeoff is nice. You want the 86 speed WR? Well, he might have 70CIT or DRR to compensate. 

By no means saying that EA's implementation is perfect. For as much money as the game makes, if they wanna do this, theres no excuse for them to not constantly tweak and balance numbers. But to me, it is refreshing, and the bset part of the years are always the first few months before everyone has 95+ speed and abilities everywhere.

Dont think it will last long imo. Its nice to have it now but EA is more worried about selling packs than keeping the game enjoyable. The current state of the game is great and a lot of people are very pleased with how its going but give it a few months and once abilities and speed start accumulating things will start looking different. A lot of people  are already complaining about low speed now and I dont get it....got a whole year to go.