Yeah, I'd agree with that.

I don't believe it is possible to keep on promoting each season without doing any farming what so ever - be it tokens and packs.

I do start each season with more tokens than I started the previous season - and have done well in turning over my entire team at times for between 30-50 tokens - but even then, on an average of 35 tokens a season I would be over budget.

If you want to actually compete and win leagues and cups then there is no way you can do that, especially at higher levels, on 35 tokens a season. You would either have to tank a season or two to save the tokens up and then go all out for the win, or buy packs.

Money does seem to be the only thing they care about. The game engine and logic is absolutely horrific and as such I don't think its worth spending any real amounts of money on it. Farming took time and was a bit of skill, but the reward was worth it. Removing that action makes the amount of tokens being used in the game go down - so those buying them need to use less too to be competitive, so in a way I agree, they have shot themselves in the foot a little bit.

I'm just glad I saved mine. Now as each season goes on and the tokens cost more and are harder to get my pile becomes more worthwhile and useful. They are worth more, both financially (not like you can sell them) and within the game. In the long term it may be a great advantage for me but at the moment I'd like to be able to add more on it. When it does dry up completely (which I do think it will eventually) it will be interesting to see how others compete long term without spending.

I will never part with money. Hopefully I wont ever have to thanks to my super prudent approach in the past 18 months or so.