EA Sports UFC 3 beta sparks claims of pay-to-win

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EA Sports UFC 3 has a beta available, and some fans are calling it out for including pay-to-win mechanics. The response has floated around the internet for the past few days via angry blogs on various sites - but what's really going on?
On the face of it, things sound bad. There are articles out there with headlines like "EA UFC 3's Ultimate Team is Built on Pay-to-Win Loot" and EA SPORTS UFC 3 - The Single Most Egregious Implementation of Microtransactions to Date". Ouch.
First things first, it's important to note that the pay-to-win mechanics accusation is limited to the game's online Ultimate Team mode, where you create a squad of five fighters and open random packs of cards to upgrade them further. Cards give you better moves, or improve your punching power. Buy more packs and you may get one of the rarer tier of cards which offer a significant advantage over a card's base level.
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