Ballon d'Or Player Picks & Objectives Explained!

[@cosinesquared4125]

Nice little event. You complete some SBCs, play some games with two special cards, only need 3 wins for the event (instead of 8 or 10 which is nonsense), etc. You can wrap it all up in 10-12 games. Decent rewards to be fair. Nothing crazy. Just a fun twist for the weekend. 10/10

[@HessenUK]

It's got "play 12"

[@cosinesquared4125]

@@HessenUK It's 12 matches total. Not 12 matches for the event.

[@HessenUK]

Oh you mean the LFF - "Event" for me is the whole things not just that section. You still need to play more than 12 matches total for the promo objectives because you've got to win 3 LFF and do at least 12 in SB/Champs/Rivals as well

[@samtilly7165]

​@HessenUK OK so 15, that's still good

[@bigbrrrrrrrrr]

then u forgot the 15 games and 12 wins and 12 squad battles and rush LOL

[@HessenUK]

Champs is going to be a nightmare this weekend isn't it

[@frederichorth1360]

It is a nightmare, current defenders outside the top 2 in each position can’t handle mbappe, Hansen etc.

[@danstevens4651]

This event is poor. Gate keeping the objectives over 4 days to keep log in numbers up. Poor pack rewards, much rather have player rewards of some kind. Friendly mode not available till tomorrow. Was hoping for something a little different. Better rewards. Market is dead so what does it matter if the reward is an 88x3. Son went from 200k 2 days ago to 130k this morning. Just another poor attempt at keeping players engaged

[@jimmyclark348]

I think the only thing I’d like to make this better was a way to get one of these players in a long grindable objective. Obviously the time restraint makes it tough which would make it rewarding

[@alialtan129]

Last year that group reward would’ve been a 84x20 or smth instead of a 84x5. Why do they hate giving us fodder so much this year 😭

[@gourjamz4300]

Because they want you in the store! Every year it will move closer to fully untradable!

[@JBUNITED19]

It’s November bro chill

[@jordantaylor6956]

I packed Kanes gold card near enough at the start and I have a Catalyst on him and I can confirm he is the best striker I have used so far

[@WaseemKhan-sp4yl]

@@jordantaylor6956 you in div 10 by any chance

[@DJMKN93]

First champs of the game this weekend & its gonna be absolute hell 😂

[@Shooooooop]

Opened div 3 rewards yesterday, one walkout in 2 84+ player picks + the rest of the packs, come on today and everyone is playing with an end game loan mbappe, bonmati. Yeah i'm deffo staying away from the game this weekend. Good luck to whoever is insane enough to play champs.

[@ACM_Miro]

Completely skippable event imo. Rewards are very mediocre, although easy to get. The whole event just feels pointless.

[@brenanwiswell5879]

@@ACM_Miro I think the best events are the ones that don’t necessarily feel mandatory to do so I don’t hate it

[@DoubleT420]

It's a good idea in theory, just rewards aren't the best. I'm hoping that more get added over the weekend and this is just the first one. Not holding out much hope though.

[@fe567]

Harry Kane is the best one! Trust me!!!!! Fastest player in game with catalyst.

[@Hc4697]

Huhhh

[@leek6537]

Yep, won't be bothering this weekend

[@olliehodge789]

All it’s done is ruin the game for 4 days, everyone has 2 players that are unplayable when against them and all games just end like 9:8. Even when winning it’s just awful to play

[@CapteinRiggs]

I agree with you 100%.

[@Cianms2k10]

100%, as if the special cards werent juiced enough already

[@zSamuellz]

Agree 100%. Especially for those like me who didn’t get Mbappe pick. It’s just unfair

[@bincident6428]

My 1st rivals game ended 5-4, with Mbappe scoring all 9!

[@JayButters29]

Went with Rodri and Rodman both fit right into my Prem/USA team I’m ready to get torched by mbappe all weekend

[@samjakubowski5298]

My IF gabriel is abouta start looking bad

[@samtilly7165]

Kane and Bonmati for me

[@loganmapes2307]

Who the f is putting chem styles on a loan. Especially when those cards are already so good they don’t need boosted. Lmao

[@marktaylor6202]

Enjoy Weekend League guys 😅😅

[@SUPERROSS1000]

Rewards are shocking

[@LeeGumbley7]

Mbappe low on balance and composure in November 😂😂😂 oh Nep

[@matty1994uk]

This is going to be a shite weekend I have played 3 rivals and everyone’s just power shotting 🤷‍♂️

[@GoldenCurtains]

Those objectives rewards are horrendous 😂😂. Haven’t you learned ur gonna get 4 84s?

[@KlausG89]

Unfortunately didn’t got mbappe or vini,got haaland and Hansen,needed a winger and a striker,mbappe would’ve been great but unfortunately didn’t happen.

[@Pariah626]

Went with Rodri over vini and monsier offside lol and chose bonmati so gonna have fun this weekend

[@lp.shakur]

also picked Mbappe and Aitana, good striker and good midfield player I thought to myself, could've gone for Hansen also but went with Bonmati instead

[@ThGaOn]

@@lp.shakur same and mbappe perfectly fits my team, a no brainer for me

[@_ElliottS]

People picking faults with this tilts me, good promo fun, free, simple to complete. Love it

[@alonsomarin7]

I think it's not really about this promo. This doesn't change the fact that the gameplay is terrible. No amount of promos makes up for that, which is the most important aspect of a game.

[@_ElliottS]

@ don’t mind it but I do get why people don’t like it

[@Milo.r97]

I took Saliba as I already have rush Mbappe and need someone to deal with all the attackers this weekend

[@mpaf7090]

Dead game....in November.... farewell eafc

[@ohboysv]

Because they have given loans for a certain amount of time? Chill

[@mpaf7090]

@ohboysv yes bro its November and its Friday and all the noobs like u i imagine play with 95 cards... the game is not fun anymore

[@johnbullable]

Don't play it then 😄😄😄

[@sinisabrajic8964]

If the gave away balondor cars with small bost you would sa boost is small. If they didnt put balondor we would say why there is no balondor contest. We are the problem mate. Why canty you enjoy TOTY level cards for a weak, do you like toty cards in draft? Everybody play draft to feel them in game. And its not like i will have advantage over you, you have those cards same as me, just stop hating on everything. Game is ass but this is not one of the reasons, stop it.​@@mpaf7090

[@Alex.Hustad]

@@mpaf7090 you get the cards as well you donut it's not gonna change anything

[@shauneeyy]

I took Saliba and Hansen, that’s my thoughts, I have a trailblazer Vini loan so need for the +3 upgrade on a second lane, similar thinking I’d need a defender of the same calibre as the attackers to help cope 😅

[@hea22984]

why does this dude love Maestro so much

[@gourjamz4300]

My 3 year wait for packing any version of mbappe continues

[@brettriverboat9920]

Enjoy Weekend League

[@craigsmith7372]

Don't even bother playing weekend league anymore. I'm half done with this game already

[@sandertollefsen7802]

Only half?😂

[@craigsmith7372]

@sandertollefsen7802 maybe 80% hahahahaha

[@MartijnRicardo99]

How cool would it be if they just at them in the draft for the weekend/4 days. Gives us the opportunity to play with more then just the 2!

[@MatthewDavis-yc4zo]

Love this event - have to say I wouldn't want it regularly though, otherwise what's the point of getting good cards if you got this every weekend? But giving people ridiculous cards, themed on a real life event which everyone gets at the same time and then you get decent but fairly balanced rewards back for playing with them? That's cool EA, the gameplay is shit this year but that is a real nice event. I took Bellingham & Bonmati. I'm doing my Birmingham evo team, I'm definitely not playing champs this weekend (I don't have the time) but I'll do a bunch of squad battles and rivals, and the SBCs when I'm not home. But I've reworked my shape to get bonmati in at CAM, then Jude as CM and I evo'd Jobe's trailblazer card so I've got the bellingham brothers in there. Still blues themed except for Bonmati. Great stuff.

[@jamiesampson6616]

The games been out a little over a month and we got 99 players on the horizon

[@TetsuyaH]

they should've restricted these loans to a friendly mode like the evo area objective. maybe limit them to just rivals max but they shouldn't be allowed in weekend league. these cards will just make the best teams even better while screwing over RTG players.

[@cristian-andreibegu1742]

Haaland and Bonmati were my best picks

[@johnjones8026]

its ok i guess, i mean i dont know if ill be active across the weekend so will see what we get. Probs gonna go rodri and haaland just for chem

[@krisdunn7108]

I picked mbappe and bonmati. Bonmati is awesome in game!

[@abdilahi105]

i took mbappe as if i dont i will regret it. majority of people will take him and will get ripped apart by him. so due to that reason i took mbappe but wouldve loved to take Kane. but thats the problem with this game you gave mbappe as an option and most people will take him. in champs all youll see is vini or mbappe

[@morpheus_313]

If you want to play champs which I don't intend to do this weekend taking Mbappe is sadly the most obvious option but after a few games in rivals I honestly think Hansen will be the bigger problem to deal with she is a joke and I have not seen a card getting this many rebounds, you can basically run in a straight line and be through on goal with her.

[@abdilahi105]

@@morpheus_313 yeah i wont be doing champs this weekend as when i was playing rivals i came across the same issue. EA have created a sweat fest with this as nobody will be taking the other cards. I would love to play with kane but i will regret not taking the sweaty players.

[@dancollett1770]

This may be controversial. But i actually hope this replaces TOTY. Because of how good the cards are in TOTY and how everyone saves hundreds of good packs. The game dies every year because everyone has their ‘ultimate team’. Replacing it with tbis for those players that were the best last year is a good way of adding longevity to this game

[@CapteinRiggs]

You need to use the ballon cards to get those objectives done?

[@arliepearson5511]

i know i’m part of the minority but i don’t like this. i’ve played and worked hard every week in div 1 and getting 14 wins in champs to get my team up to that standard which doesn’t matter for this week bc they’ve handed out mbappe and these meta cards and ofc i didn’t get mbappe

[@Jaxxx365]

That’s quite a good card 😅 card is near all high end 90 stats. It’s a mental card

[@iScopeOG]

I remember back then they used to give us free cards. Now they just spam us with loans. Let’s boycott FC to see how much money they lose in a day

[@iceicebaby5224]

Because they know if they put them in packs, they are going to unpackable

[@marcumarius1]

In this gameplay players can have 999 agility...they still move like truck...the unresponsive inputs are crazy...so many...like never before...even with this I am not having any joy to play...

[@idkagdname7787]

They should put these cards in draft till the loans run out

[@aniso228]

I kinda wanna take lautaro martinez because how broken finesse shot + is lol

[@FenwayCheapSeats]

This seems like a massive W from EA. I can't wait to see how the community will ruin it.

[@teapotube1448]

Are u taking Saliba for the Arsenal Evo account ?

[@danrogers5642]

Games dead and gone. Give it up until EA respect the community

[@2723cadd]

Giving us these cards for 4 days is just garbage.

[@jamesbishop429]

Play 11 games and no lie I've come up against mbappe every game so far in champs. Guy is unplayable 😂

[@oussamahafez9117]

Yeah I’m not playing WL this week 😂

[@elpapito1929]

gimme that lamine yamal all and hansen all day baby

[@gtbb265]

I’m actually afraid of that harry kane card😂😂😂

[@ex3842]

If like anybody think this is good or fun or anything positive they're just crazy, allowijng ppl to use these cards in champs is mad crazy, my granda which is 82 and dont even know what football properly is about, she would score like 5 wins in champs if i adviced her how to sprint and shoot, this game is so disgusting, killing the gap between noobs and decent/good players each year was sad, but this is making me vomit

[@franciscomarcelino1251]

I would have picked Dias if he had appeared to me. I play only with Portuguese / Liga Portugal players

[@malcolm1170]

Lovfe this from EA something fun I got Mbappe and Hansen as my picks.

[@PEVE182]

Tells everyone to take Rodri then takes mbappe 😂

[@MichaelD21_21]

No one has 3 mil for gold mbappe so this is a win for me even though it’s a loan

[@killerproadidasthekillersq5230]

i didnt get any of these picks and had the game every since

[@oldschoolgamernl1616]

Yet another reason to not play WL lol😂😂😂

[@Pim-pb9uh]

Where can you get the loan player pick

[@sanchoja9]

Can someone tell me where does Nep live stream?

[@rhetorically]

Can complete the gold vs gold by facing the trailblazers team in squad battles

[@zSamuellz]

Anyone else notice the good gold cards have become sacks of cement? Convenient hey EA just as these loans get released. I’m sure nothing to do with creating a disparity in card ability so mummy’s credit card runs up a bill.

[@tomcripps6750]

2:04 no you absolute bellen* they don’t need chem styles… its november! your clueless!

[@kaliumlloyd260]

I picked haaland out of the pick. He seems way too heavy to dribble with

[@mattallthat]

Why can you not claim them in the companion app ?

[@Noname27111]

Literally the worst champs ive played

[@Gius3pp3K]

I didn’t even get Bonmati in my picks lol. Fook EA

[@momo6888]

Women in ultimate team ruined the game

[@DutchFlowr]

@@momo6888 I agree

[@drqyburn]

How?

[@leeearp4918]

96 attacking position for Mbappe??? hahahaha

[@simongoodwin4360]

Chris Wood POTM clear

[@hb95x50]

What’s even the point? You legit can’t even play them game it’s an abomination of a “finished product”😂

[@AlexClark-n7z]

No what up guys? My day is ruined

[@paulscales9921]

I got vini and rodman, didnt get mbappe as an option

[@Brandon_resells]

I went with Rodri and bonmati didn’t get mbappe or vini come up could’ve pick saliba though

[@Gius3pp3K]

Beast midfield

[@jordantaylor6956]

I picked Mbappe and Bonmati

[@tayenanmaistry4081]

Game is dead already. Too early to be releasing such high rated cards imo.

[@Stockyboy123]

How do you get them

[@mariomuniz7622]

i picked saliba over mbappe and halland

[@Gius3pp3K]

I took Ruben Dias 😂😂😂

[@chickenjack98]

Mbappe and Hansen, not behd

[@JohanMorales209]

I got yamal and bonmati

[@LawlessRaafay]

For how many months have we got them for ?

[@chrisallen19821982]

months 🤣

[@nasiryahaya4184]

4 days sir. Not months

[@JaredxBloodlust]

Months? What are you on about? You want people to smash controllers and their tvs and stuff for months? One weekend league is enough hahaha

[@gourjamz4300]

😂😂😂

[@LawlessRaafay]

@JaredxBloodlust have u heard a word sarcasm ?

[@princebophadees]

26 minute video, I think a 26 second YT short would have been enough, really simple event

[@Garryabblett791]

I got kicked from the store after making my picks, now i don’t have my picks in my club, anyone else have this problem and know how to fix?

[@hcherni]

All the ballon dor cards kinda suck for me

[@chrisallen19821982]

You need to take a trip to specsavers my dude!

[@ohboysv]

Did you JUST come from FC 24?

[@coreyspence192]

Mbappe & bonmati for me too, looking forward to trying them but I need better players to keep as my teams not great with only getting the game last week

[@zSamuellz]

For the 1,000 time. Why are loans allowed in champs. Its ridiculous.

[@whywhaay6638]

I picked Ruben Dias 😂

[@Rainwizard.13]

Just a desperate grab to keep players on the game. Next year with COD and GTA 6 nobody will be playing this crap

[@RoyalBlueCasual]

As someone who has both spent and fully grinded this game , I think this is a terrible promo. It’s November and every single person is running around with 95 rated cards for the weekend? What’s the point in grinding for the best possible team all week to get into weekend league against these players? I don’t disagree with the promo , but make it Monday - Thursday , not over weekend league. It’s sweaty and competitive enough without people using OP cards at this stage of the game… for casual/average players this weekend will be great , but once these expire and they are back to their usual team they will be back to hating this game.

[@bushman640]

Game is still horrible stop.speaking as if a loan card will make it any different

[@jonahgraham3676]

First real comment

[@yakirdvir2176]

Does anybody get the same set of players in the picks?

[@Gius3pp3K]

Sadly not

[@mrgunner9403]

Too much, too soon…. Simple

[@chrisallen19821982]

they are gone in 4 days it's not a big deal

[@m3staken983]

@@chrisallen19821982no it is a big deal because it’s weekend league and i was looking forward to playing. i think i’ll pass now though.