Ultimate Draft Is FIFA Without The Microtransactions
I’ve been playing a fair amount of Ultimate Draft in FIFA lately. Maybe it’s because I’m not too bothered about the recent promos, or I’m still locked in a state of paralysis over what to do with Cafu. (Please don’t be mad about me packing Cafu by the way, my luck quickly evened out when my Mid/Prime Icon player pick gave me both versions of Jari Litmanen, who doesn’t get near my Liverpool past and present team. I opted for Hernan Crespo instead, fodder is fodder.)
What I’m saying is, nothing is drawing me to the main game modes. I get my eight wins in Division Rivals, I very occasionally compete in Weekend League, and dive into Squad Battles for Icon Swaps. But in my limited gaming time every week, Draft is rarely on the cards. Having played it more than ever before over the past few weeks, I believe it could be the best aspect of Ultimate Team - and it’s definitely the least predatory.
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My latest team was completely and utterly broken. I don’t love Draft because I have a squad with Ronaldo (Brazilian), Maradona, Zidane, and Gullit alongside Team of the Year Ruben Dias, a special Mo Salah card, and the FUT Birthday Roberto Firmino, but it helps. This team would cost me 12 million coins to build, not including the bench (Salah and De Bruyne on there add an extra mil by themselves). I dread to think how much real money I’d have to shell out on FIFA Points to get this team. If I sold every single player in my club I could probably make a quarter of that value. Sure, I’d have mid R9, but he’d be playing alongside Jay Spearing and Caoimhín Kelleher.
It’s incredibly fun to play with a squad of stacked players, but the time limit on them - Draft is a
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