Ultimate Team’s Silver Stars Promo Is A Welcome Break From The Grind
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Most FIFA players have a Silver squad. There are enough regular objectives (Silver Stars, Silver Beasts, etc.) that having a half decent Silver side can net you a bunch of good packs and an alright player or two to boost said Silver squad. All you need are a few dudes with reasonable pace stats and a Team of the Week guy up top. It’s not a lot of investment for a good haul of surprise mechanics.
Gone are the days of a Brazilian Silver team, that simply doesn’t cut the mustard any more. I’ve opted for a mostly Nigerian side in FIFA 22, backed up by a Ligue 1 and Scottish Premiership combination – it’s a real dream team. Watford’s duo of Emmanuel Dennis and Oghenekaro Etebo are the star names, the guys who put bums on seats in a stadium that’s used to seeing Kenny Dalglish and Neymar in regular programming. Shrewsbury Town’s Ryan Bowman comes off the bench to score a vital hat trick or two, of course.
I see my Silver team as Goals FC’s youth setup. I don’t know how I pack out the FUT Stadium for these U21s matches, but the fans lap it up. Maybe it’s because these guys don’t get many opportunities to take to the pitch? Anyway, what I’m saying is that a Silver team is a regular part of any Ultimate Team, but they’re far from the stars of the show.
It’s a little confusing, in that case, that FIFA has decided to dedicate a whole week-long promo to Silver cards. We’ve had Flashback De Bruyne and Pogba SBCs celebrating their breakthrough seasons with overpowered sub-75 cards, there are objectives for the likes of Joelinton, and much more besides. I, like most players, just don’t care.
I’m not going to submit an 83-rated squad for a shit version of Paul Pogba, even if it would revolutionise my silver squad. Etebo, don’t worry, your place isn’t in jeopardy I assure you. These cards feel even more expensive when you take into account that they’ll be exclusively used against the AI in Squad Battles or in fan-implemented golden goal rulesets in the Silver Lounge friendly. Despite all this, however, I’m happy it’s here.
You see, Ultimate Team is built on FOMO. Every week there’s a new card that could fit my team – last week I maxed out my Division Rivals rewards and cashed in my 83*25 Icon Swaps pack for a slim chance at getting RTTF Mane (pulled Jarrod fucking Bowen as my only promo thanks EA). Before that there was Team of the Year. Before that, Winter Wildcards with a nifty-looking Fabinho card who would have slotted right into my Liverpool past-and-present side. I’ve skipped a few but you get the picture. There’s always new stuff to hunt, new cards to add to your team.
But this week, there’s nothing. I was tempted by Elanga, but couldn’t be arsed reworking my left-hand side to fit him in. It’s only my Silver squad. In a week where most of my time has been dedicated to a certain old ring, it’s been a relief to break the cycle and not grind out FIFA every night for paltry returns. Sure, I could’ve been finishing off my Icon Swaps, but taking a break has been, well, nice. I’ll almost definitely be pulled back in with the next promo, but it’s nice to dedicate my gaming time to something else for a change. Elden Ring may not be any less rage-inducing than FIFA, but at least the messages from other players don’t contain four slurs per sentence.
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