EA has implemented a cap on the number of games that will contribute to the Weekly Score accumulation in FIFA 21’s Division Rivals.
In FIFA 21, after completing your first 30 games of Rivals – Ultimate Team’s popular online competitive multiplayer mode – the matches will stop adding to your Weekly Score.
If you play Rivals more than 30 times per week you can continue to make progress against Objectives, earn higher Skill Ratings, and climb to new Divisions, but post-30 matches won’t make it harder for players with tighter play schedules to compete in the weekly leaderboard.
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“This change is being made after seeing positive results in Squad Battles as a way to ensure that those who play in the Division Rivals weekly competition have a more predictable experience week to week,” EA said.
Currently, your Division Rivals weekly rewards are determined by your position on the weekly leaderboard – aka your rank. And, currently, you can continue to add points to your Weekly Score by playing as many games as you want.
The problem with this system is it means those who pump loads of hours into Division Rivals each week earn more Weekly Score than those who play less. Division Rivals rewards are more of a test of how much time you put into the mode, rather than your results.
This significant change comes alongside the addition of a new rank in the leaderboards used to balance the efforts required to reach some of the middle rank rewards. So, Division Rivals will now feature six ranks instead of five to split players a bit more, making their results and weekly matches a slightly higher factor in where they finish in the competition.