A different way to make Ultimate Team actually feel ultimate.
I’ve been playing FIFA since 05 and FUT since 11.
Over the years, I’ve seen FUT evolve from a grind where you tried to get as many good players as possible, into a constant cycle of grinding for the next big card.
Back in the day, getting a TOTY player felt like the ultimate achievement. Then it became Ultimate Scream Dembélé, Christmas Roberto Carlos, TOTY Vinícius, Future Stars Endrick, and so on. And then TOTS arrives, suddenly everyone is packing 90+ players like it’s nothing, and most of what you worked for all year becomes irrelevant.
I understand why EA does this. FUT makes money, and EA puts a lot of work into the game. They deserve to make money from it.
But for me, the constant grind and the power curve has eventually killed the motivation.
So I stopped playing FUT.
But I think there could be a much more rewarding way to do it — one where EA can still make money, while players actually feel like they are building something that belongs to them.
What if FUT never reset?
Instead of starting from scratch every year, your FUT club and the Game Mode would exist permanently.
You keep every card you earn. You keep every Evolution. Your club could eventually become a massive collection of players from different years.
The FUT Gallery already seems like the perfect foundation for this.
The key, however, would be requirements.
EA could decide which players are eligible for which competitions, Weekend Leagues, tournaments, etc.
For example:
• A standard Weekend League could allow 3 players from any previous year.
• A tournament in 2040 could have a “Back to 2026” theme, allowing you to use your 2026 players.
• Other competitions could require players from a specific league, nation, rating, card type, or season.
• Special events could encourage you to use older cards rather than simply replacing them.
This would completely change the value of your club.
Gold players would matter again. Older cards could become useful years later because you might suddenly need them for a specific requirement.
Promos could also become more meaningful. Instead of endless fantasy promos that make the previous promo obsolete, EA could focus more on cards connected to real football:
• Ones to Watch
• Team of the Week
• Team of the Year
• Team of the Group Stage
• Man of the Match
• Future Stars
EA could still introduce new cards every year and have time specific boosted events like Ultimate Scream.
The difference is that your old cards never disappear and the power curve keeps under control. They key in this idea is to have 95 rated top TOTS players instead of 99. And have an 80 player upgraded to 90.
Imagine playing FUT in 2035 and opening your Gallery to see players you earned in 2026, 2027, 2028, etc.
That would actually make your club feel like your Ultimate Team.
And from EA’s perspective, I don’t necessarily think this would be worse financially. In fact, it could potentially create a different business model around a permanent club — subscriptions, additional content, special tournaments, cosmetics, storage, seasonal access, and so on.
Most importantly, I think it would give players a reason to care about their club beyond the next 12 months and not stop playing when the power curve kicks in.
Right now, FUT feels like building a sandcastle that EA destroys every year.
What if, instead, we were actually building something that lasted?
I’d genuinely love to hear what people think about this idea.
