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Azzez_88 started following ECL ’26: Winter - Ability & Build Bans Update
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Just ban elite sponge also then ffs, simple as that...
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Why are you flipping the argument the wrong way? Why should everyone who actually put time and effort into the game and their season be punished just because you did not? I have not seen anyone complain that another player has Elite Quick Pick just because they do not have it themselves. If you really wanted it, you had the same chance to unlock it as everyone else. If players did not care about getting it during the whole regular season, why should it suddenly become unfair now only because the “lazy” player now wants to be “smart”? If you want it now, you can buy it. If you wanted it before, you could get it for free.
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Must have missed it. 10€ per ability is even more insane. Sure, everyone had time to unlock the abilities but that means they have had to not play password games and play the game enough to do so. Why would people need to be punished for not doing so? In what world does it competitively make sense you have to spend money to become better in the game? I think it would be better to ban them all at this point as well (which is the case for next season if I’m reading the post correctly).
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Everyone had over two months to unlock these X-factors in the game. So let us not pretend that you had to buy all the X-factors. But as someone else wrote: Just ban everything that is Elite if something really has to be banned a few hours before some teams start their playoffs. Everyone had over two months to unlock these X-factors in the game. So let us not pretend that you had to buy all the X-factors. But as someone else wrote: Just ban everything that is Elite if something really has to be banned a few hours before some teams start their playoffs. Forgot to Quote Antti
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They are in chel store 10€/ability
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Just ban everything... But now!!! 🍿🍿🍿🍿time!
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ECL ’26: Winter - Ability & Build Bans Update
Mathiasgamer_07 commented on MartindalexC's record in ECL
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It was ~40€ last I checked. Of course you’re not forced to buy anything or even add attribute points to your player but if superior abilities are locked behind a paywall the game becomes pay to win.
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kympin+kukaan ei pakota ostaan👍
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Big fail from gamer to ban something mid season and 90 mins before we start playoffs 👎
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I’m confused about the community response. Having to pay 40€ for abilities is insane.
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pakjiz started following ECL ’26: Winter - Ability & Build Bans Update
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100%. By this same logic there are Elite perks from season 1 (like Stick Em Up for example) that are/were also ”locked behind a paywall” if you didn’t grind the Battle Pass for them.
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This time at least they did not write that they "listened to the community" and turn it into a lie. Now they just did what they wanted without asking anyone. You have to give them that. This was the most honest post in years!
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That's an awful decision
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not banning sponge xddddd is this a joke
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If you have to make this change in the middle of the season why wont you ban all elite abilities then to make it fair? There is absolutely no point just banning certain abilities. Elite stick em up is also a pay to win perk? Elite backhand is very broken. Elite sponge the same. You can make a glitch goal with elite backhand shooting from the boards. Goalie goes to some weird animation.. So while your at it. Ban all the elite perks from skaters and goalies!
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So we nerfing me 😭😱😕
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Wtf? 👎👎👎 new bans midseason is ridiculous
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"Second Wing"
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vart är sponge ban då?
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Mid-season bans 😎
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Just bought ability yesterday for playoffs and u ban it now👍👍👍👍
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ECL ’26: Winter - Ability & Build Bans Update
Borjendahlen commented on MartindalexC's record in ECL
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No ban on Sponge? Aight 🤣
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Hi Gamers, It has come to our attention that Abilities available in the last WOC season Battle Pass are no longer unlockable via player progression and are instead locked behind a paywall. After investigation, we found that the progression via the Battle Pass was incredibly slow, and this, coupled with the amount of games played through private password games, meant that very few players would have unlocked the Abilities. As such, to reduce the possibility of our tournaments becoming in any way “pay-to-win”, these Abilities (as seen below) will be banned for any upcoming games this season. While we do not want to bring in changes midseason, we felt that this situation warranted a response from the League Administration, and we have passed on our decision to EA as a form of community feedback. Elite Quick Release Elite Second Wing Elite Quick Pick Elite Showstopper Elite One Tee Elite Ankle Breaker Elite Recharge Note: these bans are not a reflection of the strength of the Abilities and should not be taken as such Due to the urgency of the matter with the Playoffs starting, the rulebook does not yet reflect these new changes, but will be updated with the new Ability bans by the end of the day. Additionally, due to these bans, previously announced bans, and the way EA has handled the X-Factor system, we are penciling in a full ban on the Abilities for the next season this year.
