Season 8 has yet to arrive in EA FC 25, and the entire set of seasonal rewards has been leaked. The most striking thing to notice is the fact that we are officially getting five playstyle+.
I had a hunch that EA Sports could be taking it to the next level, as cards with two, three, and four playstyle+ had been pushed out before. In FC 24, we had to wait until the endgame, aka FUTTIES, to get those cards. The very best TOTS items this year have four playstyle+, and we have had additional evos. It hasn’t taken long for the developers to jump to cards with five playstyle+.
EA FC 25 getting five playstyle+ was a matter of time
Whether you love playstyles or not doesn’t matter, as the developers seem to be fans of the concept. I believe there are both pros and cons, but EA has been pushing the entire idea pretty strongly since last year. We got cards with four playstyle+ last year during FUTTIES. This year, we are getting cards with five playstyle+.
The final reward, available at level 35, is a choice between a 97-rated Shapshifters Kaka and a 91+ x3 Rare Gold Players Pack. The choice, for most, should be pretty simple: the Brazilian icon. Interestingly, the card has five playstyle+. If the leaks are accurate, here are the five playstyle+: Low Driven, First Touch, Rapid, Incisive, and Finesse. Suffice it to say, the stats of the card, combined with the playstyle+, make it an incredible item on the game’s meta.
I always felt that we would be getting five playstyle+ eventually, but this might not have been the year. I have been proven wrong, and it will certainly shift the meta. Playstyle+ plays a huge role in determining how effective a particular card is. In certain cases, a card with weaker face stats could outperform another purely on the basis of playstyle+.
The leaks also confirm that items with four playsytle+ will become the norm during season 8. Some of those items will be available on the Season Pass itself, while others will be released as part of future promos. TOTS might be wrapping up pretty soon, but exciting times await us. Come the time for FUTTIES, we could have a completely different meta that we have never experienced in the past.
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