For those complaining about Ohtani LS price
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You do realize that we witnessing history right? Something that our grand kids and generations to come will fawn over that we were alive during the ohtani era. He's a hitter that has gone 50/50 before and this year he's pitched 24 IP has an era of .38 WHIP of .75 and averages over a strikeout a inning. It's expensive it sucks and it's a grind to get him but he's doing things that have never been done before in the history of the sport & there has never been a card close to what you can use him for in MLBTS before
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Still doesn’t justify the price. Especially since he is not even a 99. It’s the main gatekeeper plain and simple. Bottom line is that it’s a virtual card that has no actual value and will be worthless in a matter of months.
Ohtani in real life is one of a kind. In this game he is nothing special comparatively and not at all worth the price. It’s a stub grab that SDS is cashing in on given his real life popularity.
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The problem isn’t Ohtani being special. It’s that he literally costs $500. Think about that - $500 for a player that loses all value 1 year later. SDS controls the prices of everything. If they wanted to he would be 100k by the end of the week. But that’s not gonna happen because MONEY MONEY MONEY!!!
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The more you play the more packs you earn. Sell everything until you save enough. Then get him. That’s what I did with him & judge.
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Sure that works but it shouldn’t be that way. That’s the point, you shouldn’t have to cannibalize your entire team just to get one card that isn’t even all that special.
Part of the problem is people willing to do this or buy him outright drives his price sky high. Considering he has no real value, if people refused to pay that many stubs his price would come way down.
Like the previous poster said, it’s all about money and people to oblivious to care that it’s ridiculous. No single card, especially live series, is worth that many stubs, regardless of what it unlocks. Especially at this stage of the game where stubs are scarce.
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At least someone gets it.
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@The412Smoke_XBL and mind u this card is unuseable on anything higher then allstar his control sucks and his pci is to small so he’s not useable as a pitcher or a hitter. Taking away his cutter rly hurts him as a pitcher.
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@Onix_Savage22_PSN well he’s mostly stopped using it irl so unless they expand arsenals this year idk if it’s coming back
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@On_a_Power_Trip_PSN yeah no Ik it’s realistic and I doubt Ohtani is just sitting there going man my mlb card sucks now cause I don’t throw my cutter.
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For those of you equating stubs to actual money are the problem. Playing the game and flipping a few cards is enough to get any card in a relatively short amount of time.
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@theBlindRhino_PSN as someone who flipped a lot so far have fun. Margins are absolutely terrible right now.
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The problem isn’t Ohtani being special. It’s that he literally costs $500. Think about that - $500 for a player that loses all value 1 year later. SDS controls the prices of everything. If they wanted to he would be 100k by the end of the week. But that’s not gonna happen because MONEY MONEY MONEY!!!
That's incorrect. He could cost time (in flipping) or skill (earning him via BR/Ranked/WC).
Those complaining about the cost are just too lazy to earn him the other ways.
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@Onix_Savage22_PSN That may be true but it is still possible. I have only pulled two diamonds that are significantly above quick sell and yet I am the Mets away from completing National and the Royals and Yankees from American. Perhaps you aren't flipping the right items.
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@theBlindRhino_PSN I only know bronze live series cards if u know something better and don’t wanna publicly share please dm me im new to flipping this year and only know and only have done bronze live series. Cause I am sitting on 50k and would love to get mookie and trout before tmr besides wbc Randy and babe there the only cards I don’t have.
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Proving my point that Ohtani is simply a money grab at this point.
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@Onix_Savage22_PSN Currently I am buying commons for teams that don't have diamonds. So Rockies, White Sox, Giants, and Nationals. I buy at 5 and sell at 25. So I am making 22 measly stubs per flip but it adds up. I start with 2000 stubs (400 buys) and that becomes 8800 stubs. I do this on my phone app. If I am at home playing I may flip diamond equipment in between games. Point is it adds up fast and there is no need to spend real money.
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@theBlindRhino_PSN intresting I’ll give this a shot does diamond equipment move quickly? I’ve heard people talk of this method but always get 1 upped before my order goes thru. Yeah no I’m nms and don’t intend on spending money on this game I like the fact it still can be nms unlike 2k or madden.
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Flipping equipment is slow. It’s full of undercutters. You have to be patient and NEVER leave a buy order for a large amount of stubs unattended. You can get burned bad that way. If I pull a decent equipment item and the market is up I usually sell now if that item is new. The guaranteed stubs are worth more than the chance that item tanks and you lose out trying to sell. This advice is from experience and as such you or someone else might have a different take.
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@LHUBison58_XBL what’s a good margin to look for on diamond equipment 5k? On the higher ones 3k on the lower ones.
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@Onix_Savage22_PSN You seem to be looking for instant gratification so my advice is to way a few months. Diamonds move slowly. If I am doing diamonds I want to have about 200k - 400k to start out with. I bid on everything about 5000 minimum. I then play the game (I don't care about other peoples bidding habits) after the game I look to see what I bought and list to sell where I am going to make a reasonable profit (some where in the middle of the bids) I then put in another buy order for that item. After a couple hours of playing and following this process I will cancel all my buy bids and rebid. Once I list an item to sell I forget about it because eventually (unless I am listing for absurd amounts) they will go through.
