Lots of very optimistic assumptions that the cash is going towards future game improvements, why no comms if that’s the case?
Unfortunately the benefit of the doubt fountain dried up long ago for me with BA and this game.
@nickers thoughts on this?
I’ve pumped money into PT and would so very gladly pay up more for a gameplay update or a new game altogether.
IMO, they botched the release and had to commit many more hours ($$) than they initially budgeted for dealing with the fallout of that, which is why all the focus is now on making what they can via PT instead of spending any more money/resources on improving the game itself.
I’d absolutely love to believe that the PT cash is going towards future gameplay improvements, or even a new game altogether, but I don’t think I’ve seen anything at all from BA to indicate that’s the case?
Roster updates will be great but I’m not expecting anything more than that - again, I’d love nothing more than to be proven wrong!
I think that sounds great for those that get around PT.
If you’re not into PT, you’re unfortunately really only left with management mode which is still riddled with bugs.
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So frusted again…
Why release a week 6 objective that you cant complete. Has already been 3 days.
Also released a new Base objective “career path” wont complete either.
Also Season 4 level rewards has stopped and I cannot complete the Nic Nat objective.
Reported 2 days again. No response or resolution.
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I still can’t log into pro team on steam, there goes my streaks 
@JNT_BA I know you’re on holidays but does anyone else read this to fix it ?
What I noticed (and thankfully I took a screenshot so I have proof), is that there are 2 expiries but one is more important than the other.
** Please consider that these screenshots were taken on the 12th of December, 2024 @ 11:27am CDST**
And you can see in this one, that the Player Archetypes objectives in the BASE category, has an expiry of 55 days and 22 hours.
But then when you enter the Player Archetypes objective, you are then greeted with the particular position objectives, and they have UNLIMITED as the expiry.
The thing is though, is even though the position ones say UNLIMITED, as the Player Archetype one has an actual expiry on it, one would assume they would disappear after that date, and therefore focus on knocking those out before they expire.
And according to my maths, the expiry date would’ve been 6th of February, 2025 - which adds up to when those objectives “got wiped” off your list.
Hope that clears things up for you 
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Interesting - thanks for the research.
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@JNT_BA can you tell us anything about an update for the new season? since it’s approaching
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So just checking before I go and log support tickets, we are in agreement that a number of Objectives are not tracking at the moment, is that correct?
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Yeah I have some not tracking, and already have a support ticket with the team.
If you have issues, log a ticket and give the specifics of the Objective(s) that you see are not tracking, and I think, maybe your username as well.
Hopefully then they can track these down.
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I need @JNT_BA to get back in the office and re claim my streak I was locked out of pro team for 3 days with errors on startup 
Finally back in today but the damage has been done back to day 1 …
Currently all of weekly and half of season are not tracking.
This is not just a bug where you can choose to put up with it or not, it’s dealing with the frustration of not knowing which objectives to grind for. Some are very specific and require sacrificing normal gameplay to get there.
Given how long we’ve been asked to tolerate this issue, if BA are still tackling these on a case by case basis with the footy season about to start and players returning to the game that’s a genuine worry.
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No new updates to the Management Mode, but there have been some improvements to the gameplay (like the new Manual kicking option), as well as Pro Team updates too.
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For those out there that have done it a few times, is there any real benefit (other than the Sapphire reward packs, etc) for continuing to play once hitting Level 40?
This is my first season grinding all the way to Level 40 and from what I can tell there are no additional perks afterwards.
Do your XP points bank up in the backend and then apply to the next season when it rolls over, or are they thrown to the ether?
As usual a new week of objectives and a new week of errors.
Took 4 days for my ticket to be answered last week and their response was “sometimes objectives do take time to update” and they completed a few manually.
But this is 4 weeks in a row since i have been tracking it and i bet its been longer.
They need to address this before all the casual players come back at the start of the season.
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Assuming BA want us playing PT as much as possible, level 40+ is currently a design gap bc
all XP falls off a cliff while you are still using up contracts. You’re incentivized not to play.
Having said that, there are a few small benefits if you choose to go on:-
- easy to keep your streak going
- regular timed rewards in CB and PC
- opportunity to bank unclaimed objectives to jump start a new season (accepting the risk your hard work may vaporize in a refresh)
- this season introduces a baby step towards value with a reward for Fire Obsidian Lance Franklin kicking ~137 goals (don’t quote me on the exact number)
The obvious improvement BA could make would be awarding a mix of consumables each time you level up past 40. You have contracts to worry about, it seems a pretty reasonable step that will allow players to stick around. I’m sure a version of this is in the backlog somewhere.
If they started doing different skins / cosmetics for the season’s players then we’d be cooking with gas. If a player once wore different coloured boots or shaved their head bald or grew a moustache, pretty sure some players would grind for it.
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Oooo I like that…
Like, cosmetic-only rewards for post-level 40. It could be done now with Team Builder packs… so maybe something like ‘instead of this reward being for XP, we see you’re past level 40, so you instead get Team Builder pack’.
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I’d even like to see some post 40 rewards like, Individual player stat boost cards. Turn say a Sam Lalor 80 into a 90 for 10+ games.
Would push more people to get on the grind to get a chance to upgrade some lower graded players the like.
Something different to think about
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EVERYONE we need to create a website for AFL 23, a page for normal player overalls and can look at personal player stats and overalls going up and down during the year
And a pro team area where you can draft your own team and create lineups as well as seeing cards that are available to get in the game so we know if a particular Person is in the game
Who is with me?
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I am fully supportive of you doing that 
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