Buying players vs packs
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@LCLCL7 said in Buying players vs packs:
Follow up for you - when buying players from the market, is it better to go after the big studs that are $80-100K+ or to chip away with $20K players?
Go team by team and, if possible, division by division.
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Players - especially if you're going for Mantle - all of the 85-89 guys are cheap - so unless you're pulling a 50 buncle and pull on of the top players - you're gonna have an overall L- so many free packs in the game
lone exception is headliners pack - but you know you're gambling there
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Packs are only useful if your trying to complete collections other than that stick to individual card sales.
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Always buy the player. Also, buy a player and see how YOU play with them, if you play well with him then keep, if not sell it back on the market. Rinse and repeat until you find the squad you play best with.
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I brought a few bundles because I wanted to complete the collection. I don’t believe I pulled any high value diamonds throughout that whole grind to complete it. But I pulled Gerrit Cole twice in a recent 2 week period, one from a Showdown reward and one from an Affinity pack.
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@LCLCL7 said in Buying players vs packs:
My goal at the moment is not to do all the collections, but continue to just get the best team for RS. So I don’t necessarily need to save up for a Trout. I also already have Arenado collected.
Go after impact cards that will help your team first. Not just for RS, but events too. They are a great way to earn players and packs to bolster your team or stubs. Also look at collection rewards, you have arenado and completing the Rockies collection gets you a pretty good ottivino card for the bullpen, same with Oakland with Doolittle
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@jangobobba said in Buying players vs packs:
Players - especially if you're going for Mantle - all of the 85-89 guys are cheap - so unless you're pulling a 50 buncle and pull on of the top players - you're gonna have an overall L- so many free packs in the game
lone exception is headliners pack - but you know you're gambling there
I’ve only invested in 2 headliner packs and bought 5 each for Hamels and Miggy. Definitely hated myself after lol. Thinking what I could do with that extra $70K in stubs right now haha
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@LCLCL7 said in Buying players vs packs:
@jangobobba said in Buying players vs packs:
Players - especially if you're going for Mantle - all of the 85-89 guys are cheap - so unless you're pulling a 50 buncle and pull on of the top players - you're gonna have an overall L- so many free packs in the game
lone exception is headliners pack - but you know you're gambling there
I’ve only invested in 2 headliner packs and bought 5 each for Hamels and Miggy. Definitely hated myself after lol. Thinking what I could do with that extra $70K in stubs right now haha
For headliners, I have bought 3 and pulled 2 diamonds, Linder and SS Hamels. Pretty good luck there. Otherwise, bad pack luck. 100% buy the players. I only buy packs when I am feeling lucky. (It never works).
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I've had good pack luck this year, but always go for the player. I don't know your team situation, but you could buy Miggy, who is a beast at the plate and this is coming from an awful hitter. Plus his glove at 3B isn't bad. You should have enough left for Lofton, though I assume the next event will be a LS event, so you could maybe use the stubs to build a team to get Lofton that way.
Sorry for the rambling!
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Chip away at cheaper teams first. Expensive guys will always be expensive regardless. Just keep in mind when a stub sale hits everyone’s price goes up drastically. So might as well work on getting the cheaper guys while they’re cheap. Then slowly save up for the big dogs
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also every higher silver and golds go up when the new TA show up. Prices tend to drop around when the new innings come out.
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If your goal is to improve your team or complete specific collections its better to go with specific players...you're guaranteed to get the upgrade/card you need.
If you're like your team and dont care about upgrade/specific players and are looking for risk/reward profits and the rush of gambling....then packs.
Everytime I consider the itch to rip a 10 pack or something I tend to reflect on recent memory of opening accumulated packs and only getting maybe a few golds or at best silvers. Not worth the risk imo if you have a specific goal in mind.
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