Lack of Diamonds in Show packs
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@JDHalfrack_PSN same here. Does the pack luck suck worse than other years? It feels that way. But you’re right I’m happy with who I pull. I’m 4 cards away from being done. I’m sure you can guess which 4. I don’t buy stub and I don’t buy packs. I do buy some things like the anniversary bundle or the Jackie Robinson bundle. Bottom line if you know how to work it bad pull streaks aren’t the end all.
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@dbub_PSN said in Lack of Diamonds in Show packs:
Just from grinding (NMS forever) I pulled from packs:
Judge
Trout x2
Mookie x2
Bryce x2
Kyle Tucker x2
TatisAnd that's just the high diamonds.
This is why I'm only a Shohei away from completing Live Series.
Well done. Aaaaaaand I hate you
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@dbub_PSN said in Lack of Diamonds in Show packs:
Just from grinding (NMS forever) I pulled from packs:
Judge
Trout x2
Mookie x2
Bryce x2
Kyle Tucker x2
TatisAnd that's just the high diamonds.
This is why I'm only a Shohei away from completing Live Series.
Insane luck, hopefully you’ll pull Ohtani as well and be done with LS collection.
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@TripleH-4481_PSN Hate to break it to you but this is just simply not how probability works. And SDS has so many better things to do with their time than manipulate pack odds. It is simply luck and sometimes you get lucky.
Its the same shiny hunting pokemon, sometimes the probability gods are on your favor and you just pop off with shiny after shiny and sometimes you go on a dry spell. That doesn't mean the devs are manipulating it for engagement. -
@Sarge1387_PSN said in Lack of Diamonds in Show packs:
@dbub_PSN said in Lack of Diamonds in Show packs:
Just from grinding (NMS forever) I pulled from packs:
Judge
Trout x2
Mookie x2
Bryce x2
Kyle Tucker x2
TatisAnd that's just the high diamonds.
This is why I'm only a Shohei away from completing Live Series.
Well done. Aaaaaaand I hate you
Haha. I've opened an insane amount of packs. I bet other people would get these high diamonds if they opened as many packs as I do.
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Got a Chase 5 pack in my Show packs just now, so a chance at Randy Johnson… got the gnome Altuve instead.. FeelsBadMan
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@iBonafideScrub__PSN I've only pulled Sonny Gray, Joe Mauer, Christian Walker, and George Kirby as Diamonds from packs this year. Kirby and Gray from Live Series, Christian Walker from the "New Threads Series," and Mauer from "The Twentieth Anniversary Pack." Every other Diamond I've had to earn this year, and I have had good luck with packs this year, compared to previous years.
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@DEF266_PSN said in Lack of Diamonds in Show packs:
@dap1234567890_PSN said in Lack of Diamonds in Show packs:
@DEF266_PSN If you look at the packs odds, it does say the odds are for diamond players and not equipment or anything else.
I hear what your saying. I get one of those non player diamonds I never pull any players. I get that the odds 1 in 50 and i usually build up to 50. But jeeZ. Glad i stopped giving them my money.
That's not how odds work. It's not 1 in 50 packs. It's a 1 in 50 chance.
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I’ll say it again. Do I think SDS has manipulated pack luck? Yes. Go look at the market most non diamonds go for barely anything above quick sell. Which means they’ve flooded the market with non diamonds making it harder for players to earn stubs. They want you to buy stubs, and hey I get it no company is in it to break even. But pretending that it’s not going on is what’s annoying. Again last weekend I was on a hot streak. However, before that it was almost 400 packs no diamonds and I’m up to almost 200 packs now without a diamond
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My best pulls so far have been Judge, JoRam and Bobby Witt, 2 Skenes as well
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@LIONED-33_XBL said in Lack of Diamonds in Show packs:
I’ll say it again. Do I think SDS has manipulated pack luck? Yes. Go look at the market most non diamonds go for barely anything above quick sell. Which means they’ve flooded the market with non diamonds making it harder for players to earn stubs. They want you to buy stubs, and hey I get it no company is in it to break even. But pretending that it’s not going on is what’s annoying. Again last weekend I was on a hot streak. However, before that it was almost 400 packs no diamonds and I’m up to almost 200 packs now without a diamond
Pretending that it is going on is what's annoying. This happens every year. Anyone with bad luck tries to pretend it's because of some conspiracy rather than just understanding that sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you don't.
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Change that to rarely you get lucky and most times you are unlucky and I agree. The diamond odds are extremely misleading because the live series diamonds over 85 are far less than 2%. That percentage applies to all diamonds with the 85s coming far more frequently. That keeps the gatekeepers sky high and the gamblers continue buying packs thinking eventually they will hit one of them. So my biggest issue is that the given odds are not as advertised.
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@LIONED-33_XBL said in Lack of Diamonds in Show packs:
But pretending that it’s not going on is what’s annoying.
Totally agree. It's obviously happening. The evidence is not any 1 of our individual pack history. It's what you mentioned about how there are very few lower level cards much above quicksell. Just a few weeks ago there were a bunch of bronzes and silvers way above quicksell.
For the SDS fanboys, I KNOW there are worse companies for micro transactions. The rest of us just want someone to admit this is the worst it's ever been FOR THE SHOW. I'm still NMS but this is the first year I've been tempted, which is what they want.
If someone wants all/most of the best cards this year, they either need to spend $$ or have a massive amount of time for grinding (like I have).
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Or spam diamond quest on goat difficulty an obscene amount of times. That isn’t an option for most players that aren’t way above average at the game.
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@TripleH-4481_PSN There are more low level diamonds then there are high level diamonds so it makes sense that those show up more frequently.
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Packs have always been streaky, but remember we are only a month into the game. My best pull has been Marte (still looking for the big ones like Trout, Ohtani, Witt and Judge). With that said I am NMS so far and have enjoyed the grind. Just keep playing and you will run on a diamond streak I am sure of it. One frustration that I have had this year is pulling program diamonds out of regular packs at a seemly higher rate than LS. I don't remember that being a thing last year or previous years.
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I understand there are more low level diamonds. All I was saying is that the odds of getting the gatekeepers are basically slim to none. Sure they exist, but at way way worse than the 2% stated odds. I would guess the low level diamonds are 2% and those upper tier diamonds are more like 0.2% based on stub values and pull rate having played DD for 6 years and opened thousands of packs.
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I'm in the middle of a real dry spell too.
Pulled a few low (85) diamonds the first two weeks, but then I got Skenes which helped my pack luck depression. Since then though, I've ripped probably 150-200 packs and the only diamond that came from those was Headliner Tanner Houck who I think was going for 3k.
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@TripleH-4481_PSN said in Lack of Diamonds in Show packs:
I understand there are more low level diamonds. All I was saying is that the odds of getting the gatekeepers are basically slim to none. Sure they exist, but at way way worse than the 2% stated odds. I would guess the low level diamonds are 2% and those upper tier diamonds are more like 0.2% based on stub values and pull rate having played DD for 6 years and opened thousands of packs.
Where are the odds of a high level diamond stated as 2%? I have never seen that.
