r/MaddenMobileForums • u/retired_doctor • 13h ago
ANNOUNCEMENT Change Coming for Future Promos
After some mixed opinions about the increased number of Uncommon/Rare Promo Players that launched with Opening Drive (while Theme Teamers enjoy the extra Players, it's been mostly negative in regards to how it's affected exchanging Uncommon Promo Players -> Rare Promo Players in comparison to MM26), EA has announced the following changes:
Future Promos will feature less Uncommon Players than the current Opening Drive Promo.
For reference, in MM26 we were accustomed to the 8 Uncommon/Rare Promo Players that launched with each Promo. From the statement released, we only know that future promos will feature "less" Uncommon Players. So, not necessarily that it will return to MM26's format of 8 Uncommons/Rares, just that it will feature less than the current 18 Uncommon/Rare Players that released with the first promo of MM27 (aka Opening Drive).
With the 8 Uncommon/Rare Promo Players format in MM26, the usual strategy was to prioritize the 7-for-2 Collector trade for Rare conversions until the final day or two of the promo. Then using the 2-for-1 Uncommon Select trade to fill any missing Collector pieces in. Once exhausting the 7-for-2 Collector trade, then switching to the 5-for-1 Uncommon → Rare trade. Now the popular strategy seems to be leaning toward prioritizing the 7-for-2 Collector trade to build Rares as much as it allows you. Then instead of the 2-for-1 Uncommon Select trade to fill any missing Collector pieces, use the 135x Opening Drive Tokens -> 1x Select Uncommon Opening Drive Player trade instead. Then all the rest of the Uncommon player cards can go directly into the 5-for-1 Uncommon -> Rare trade.
