I'm so sick of seeing all the whiny threads by token buyers crying because they can't buy a perfect season.
Guess what? I've never bought a token. Every season under the new format, I've been playing against teams 2 levels higher than me. That's sure a lot more encouraging than playing against teams 8, 10 or 12 levels higher under the old format.
As of this moment, because of my training strategy last season, I have the highest quality team in cup. i just knocked off the The lowest quality team is 5 quality points behind me, most teams are within 1.5 quality points of my team. That's a maximum advantage of 12%. The way the engine seems now, that's less of an advantage than homefield watching the match.
Of course, I'm at a disadvantage, because those teams can quickly outpace me simply by buying 5* players off the market. But at this point (level 6 vs level 8) that gives them a maximum 20% advantage over me. If they use stupid all-out attacking, hard tackling tactics, I'll still eat them up.
I have a real legitimate chance to compete and win in Cup now. But only if I'm at the top of my game with my tactics and formations. It's the most challenging aspect of Top Eleven - it's difficult, but only a sudden heavy token buyer can make it unfair.
Thanks for the change, Nordeus. I love the new cup format. When i finally win one, it will be all that much sweeter!