So, Sets & Seasons are back.
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No Sets is a good thing.
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We'll see how it all plays out.
First of all no matter what they do somebody was going to complain. Leave things the same and one group of players complain of cut and past programs. Change things up and another group complains that it is not the same.
Wildcards - We get up to four. Now, there should be no need for one during the first season. So I would guess that we get a free on starting with Season 2 and then an extra wildcard slot will be a reward on each seasons program until we end up with 4 total in season 4.
Power Creep - This one concerns me but we will see how it plays out. Each season is 12 weeks. If 99's don't appear until the last 4 weeks of a season (chapter 3 of Team Affinity) then we will only be able to use those cards for a few weeks instead of a few months. I don't want to earn a 99 Stan Musial in week 10 of a 12 week season and only use him 2 weeks.
They will need to be careful. For example, if season 1 goes until mid June and the May POTM cards get released then there would be little point in doing them if there is only a week left in the Season. They would need to hold back those cards for the next season I would think.
I have to say that as a more casual, offline DD player I am leaning towards this not being an engaging change for me. I guess we will see.
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@Dolenz You are wrong on the WildCards. You will start with one at beginning of each new season, starting in S2. You will earn up to 4 on the xp reward path
As for the power-creep 99. You will not use the season-earned-99s for 12 weeks, that is for sure. That is where the WC comes into play.
As for the POTM. I guess they handled that via the 12 weeks.
S1: Mid March - Mid June
S2: Mid June - Mid September (so All-Star will be the main content)
S3: Mid September - Mid December (look out for Finest)
If that is the case, all the POTM are well within the seasons and be power-creep-content. I expect the May-POTM (e.g.) to be more powerful than the April-POTM -
Offline content shouldn't be held to the same 12 week seasonal restriction. Makes no sense for their to be a time limit on offline content. There is zero advantage to completing offline only content and earning rewards at a slower pace.
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