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Sorare Pro Game Week 86

Discussion in 'Sorare Discussions' started by SimonW, Jun 5, 2025.

  1. SimonW

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    Only MLS and u23 in regular comps and not a great selection of Specials. The Rewards on Select Your Target for example are pretty poor unless you choose the top target.

    This game weeks specials are
    • Select Your Target (Classic) - Select a target of either 320, 370 or 420 to win either 2000 XP, 5000 XP or 100 essence. 250 Cap. Any Card from Any Season. 1 Lineups Allowed
    • All Star (Classic) - Any Card from Any Season. 2 Lineups Allowed
    • Arena 10 (Classic) - Cap 260. 10 Essence per lineup to enter. .Upto 7 Lineups Allowed
    • Arena 5 (Classic) - .Cap 260. 5 Essence per lineup to enter Upto 7 Lineups Allowed
    In regular tournaments we have
    • MLS (In-Season/Classic)
    • u23 (Classic)

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  2. Robert Molenaar

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    I've a few MLS players playing internationals for quite rogue teams, so for the select your target I'm going for this (obviously going for the top target) -

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  3. SimonW

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    I got a box from the last game week with 1 essence.

    I cashed in 100 essence though and crafted

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    Which is a very nice craft. Annoyingly without SorareData I can't double check the tier with ease but as its going for £22 I have to think its higher than a t3
     
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    Actually just checked this weeks rewards for the MLS and he is 23rd in MLS Star Tier so an excellent craft (and he is 1 behind Joško Gvardiol in the U23 Star reward pool)
     
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  5. Robert Molenaar

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    Apparently he is a very, very good right back destined for great things.

    You're making me want to cash in my essence now!
     
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    A fairly quite Game Week this time

    This game weeks specials are
    • Select Your Target (Classic) - Select a target of either 320, 370 or 420 to win either 2000 XP, 5000 XP or 100 essence. 250 Cap. Any Card from Any Season. 1 Lineups Allowed
    • All Star (Classic) - Any Card from Any Season. 2 Lineups Allowed
    • Arena 10 (Classic) - Cap 260. 10 Essence per lineup to enter. .Upto 7 Lineups Allowed
    • Arena 5 (Classic) - .Cap 260. 5 Essence per lineup to enter Upto 7 Lineups Allowed
    In regular tournaments we have
    • u23 (Classic)

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  7. Robert Molenaar

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    Seems as though the gameplay update accidentally came out and was quickly removed last night. Will wait for the official release, but seems total revamp on classic, everything filtered into All Star with comps like premier league, la liga, contender, challenger etc all going. Not sure what to make of it but doesn't seem like a great move.
     
  8. SimonW

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    I'm trying to get hold of a copy to read it as some people saved it before it was taken down but the last year has been a case of them making the changes without having anyone who knows anything about game design involved that has resulted in the pretty obvious issues that I outlined in social media discussions (but was told I was wrong by the paid influencers) which has actually resulted in lower income for them as it front loads sales and killed the secondary market. They have then spent the year trying to treat the symptom by having these specials so they could sell cards when the demand fell. And then as they still have no-one with game design involved all they have done is treat the symptoms again but its going to make the game worse and will almost certainly make their cashflow issues even worse.

    If Nicholas had any clue he would instantly be hiring an experienced Game Director at Exec level and let that person get rid of all the Full-Stack developers who are currently doing the job of game devs but who lack the experience to do it well and bring in an experienced team of game devs. A good well structured game wouldn't need specials to sell new cards and would also have a vibrant secondary market that aids liquidity and which Sorare double dips on, they have already incurred the cost of issuing cards but they get cut of all secondary sales
     
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    Basically this update does nothing for anyone. Personally, I'm pissed off I've had a strategy to buy and XP up Rosenborg stack ready for when in season contender divisions come back in August/September, now they aren't coming back at all.

    Is Sorare dying? Are people confident in the company to purchase new cards next season? I'm not sure.......
     
  10. SimonW

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    In-Season is coming back, its classic they are killing
     
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    No mention of specific league/group competitions like contender though, it only mentions in season for the big leagues. Also no mention of prize pots, which they have done in the past.

    Feel for that Pranksy fella, his unique collection has probably lost 75% of the value.
     
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    Still working through it and I need to think about some parts but

    The Good
    • Hot Streaks - Hot streaks are a good edition to MLS so adding it to all the in-season is good. Especially as it removes the requirement for all 5 in-season which proves a problem with the MLS as keepers are expensive
    • Classic becoming So7 - This isn't a bad move. There are so many cards in Classic that with So5 you don't get much variety. This should increase variety

    The OK
    • Bonuses - Giving lineups extra bonus for being under 260 and also for not stacking could be a good edition and promote more varied lineups.
    • Scoring Matrix Tweaks - We need to see what they decide on but certainly removing the negative decisive for keepers who 3 conceded goals will be good, Keepers getting a positive decisive is much harder than outfield players so when conceding 3 means they are less likely to get a positive decisive and when they also lose points for each goal they concede which was increased its like a triple punishment
    • Sealing Card - I know they have been doing this in MLB but I don't have enough MLB cards to test it but letting us seal unless cards and get bonuses gives some utility to these cards.
    • Improved Missions and Mission Rewards - I like the missions but they are a bit basic and the rewards aren't the most appealing. Hopefully this improves
    • Multi GW comps - I liked the Multi-GW comps we had before. It has a different type of skill and depending on how its implemented it could be good


    The Bad
    • Classic Competition Removals - Removing Challenger and Classic is a bad move. Same with removing MLS Classic after the current season. Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga removal isn't great but as Champion Classic is staying then its less bad
    • U23 Cash removal - U23 cards were hit hard by the in-season split. Buying players for the future used to be a good tactic that showed some skill to predict who will come good. For example I have Dante Sealy I bought early who is now a starter for both club and country. Or the Keeper Robin Roefs who I bought cheaply and he is now a starter
    • 4th Entry - With the loss of some of the other comps an extra lineup will be useful but the fact that we have to unlock it and don't just get it is bad unless it turns out that unlocking is a negligible thing.
    • Crafting - I hate the new crafting. It's going to see us overloaded with useless t5 cards and they are surely going to have to make it more expensive than the 20 for a T5 now
    • Arena - I've stopped even entering Arena. Maybe if the top 5 positions all gave essence it would be better but right now its awful and just throws essence away
     
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    Yeah the Unique changes are bad. However its hard to feel sorry for someone who was is making over $10k in cash EVERY GAME WEEK
     
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    Ok forgot the deadlines were different so this is very late. We do have some flexible deadlines on some comps though

    This game weeks specials are
    • Global Cup (In-Season/Classic) - Only cards playing in Club World Cup. In-Season needs 4 In-season cards. 3 Lineups Allowed
    • All-Star (Classic) - Any Card from Any Season. 2 Lineups Allowed
    • Global Cup Arena (Classic) - Club World Cup cards only. Cap of 260. Requires 1 Summer Edition Card. Compete against 20 others. Top 5 win Rewards including Cash. NO ENTRY FEE 15 Lineups Allowed
    • Global Cup Colosseum (Classic) - Club World Cup cards only. Cap of 260. Requires 1 Summer Edition Card. Compete against 100 others. Top 5 win Rewards including Cash. NO ENTRY FEE. 15 Lineups Allowed
    In regular tournaments we have
    • MLS (In-Season/Classic)
    • Contender(In-Season/Classic)
    • u23 (Classic)

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  15. Robert Molenaar

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    I mean he puts in enough every year to earn it back!

    Speaking of which, an article has come out about the financial state of sorare -

    https://www.linforme.com/tech-telecom/article/revelations-sur-les-comptes-tres-inquietants-de-sorare-l-ex-star-de-la-french-tech_2943.html

    Behind a paywall so I haven't had chance to read it but I think I'll be doing some more research before parting with my money going into the new season.

    edit - Above article has been dismissed by Nicolas as false and figures shown in the article are false.
     
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