@Skarmaen_PSN said in Was it always just a misconception that rewards were good:
I just assume that "stubs are so easy to get" is code for "I spend hours flipping cards in the market". Stub rewards are paltry this year. Actually pack rewards are way down as well, excepting the USA conquest map which had more hidden rewards than previous years.
As far as content goes, my opinion is that the TA2 reward cards are almost all collection fodder and a sizeable step down from the TA1 Charisma cards. It is not at all motivating to grind through another slog for cards that won't replace those I've had for a month or more. Off the top of my head Muncy, Napoli, Eddie Murray, deGrom are fine cards but that's about it. Berti and Ahmed seem like trolling more than anything. (Side note - for a series based on nicknames, how do you pick CJ Cron (Big Fella...not even his nickname) over Chuck Nazty? Think things through ahead of time and maybe save Blackmon for the nickname series eh?).
I saw someone on reddit call this year's game Grind 97/Buy 99 and I can't really argue. All these 99s behind a paywall are obnoxious and very clearly show that SDS wants more microtransactions. Very EA-like.
I spend an hour max throughout the day flipping and never at my console. I have almost 4M stubs (paltry compared to many ppl), LS done, Set #1, done and almost Core #1 done. My pack luck had been [censored] as the only cards above 15K I've pulled were Judge x2 (sold one), mantle, and Topps Hadar (sold).
This ain't a brag post. Just making the point that it's totally possible without spending hours and hours.