Gotta call BS.
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So, every year I buy the game and my wife gets me a 50$ PSN card to kind of jump start my team. Beyond that, I don't spend anything else. I manage to complete the LS collection with some years taking me longer than others. Last season took the longest even with pulling Ohtani on release due to the increased difficulty in flipping and so many LS cards becoming so called "gatekeepers."
I have seen videos posted at around the 2 week mark of people completing the LS collection with "No money spent," and I just don't believe it. Even today, with some prices having dropped from the release rush, the 14 most expensive cards are still running nearly 2.4 million stubs. Unless they have just gotten obscenely lucky with their pulls, I don't believe most of those claiming "NMS" are being truthful.
This is pointless, I know, just felt like ranting a bit.
So I have played this game a bunch. Probably over 25 mini season runs alone and finished the big conquest maps along with all TA's completed. My best pulls were Witt, Soto and Seager. I have bought Raleigh, JRam and Skubal. I will likely have Judge bought here in a few days. I have sold pretty much everything I can along the way meaning I don't have Pasqantino, Garcia, Griffin or the new threads collection. I am still probably a good 1.5 million away from completing collections. You simply can't get collections done without pulling Judge or Ohtani until like June it seems like to me unless you pull a Witt like 10 times. Packs on mini seasons have been super dry for a long time.
Especially with the streamers, don't believe their NMS bs. All of them pull Ohtani and/or Judge or spend your money. Streamers and cheat devices have ruined online gaming. Without really good pulls or spending money, you are simply not getting collections done until likely June. Like I said, I have played a ton and sold about everything I could.
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I have been no money spent since I started playing in 2023. I relied on flipping during the day when I could at work and playing the game during the evening. I agree that something needed to be done about the bots and the inflation. Unfortunately I have been restricted making it difficult for me to even get collections on this inflated market. I agree. Let's go back to the way collections were in 23 were they were easier.
My issue with the LS collection from 22 and 23 is that those cards were basically irrelevant because of how prevalent high OVR cards were available right from the start. Even the high OVR LS cards were useless by comparison to what was available for free.
The collection comment was more about the secondary collections. That Chipper in 2023 was basically the equivalent of last years Rolen/Williams/etc. Except those 2023 collections were grindable whereas 2025 and very likely 2026 require use of stubs. The 2023 secondary collection model felt far more rewarding when you earned the cards.
Live Series will always be stub heavy because its SDS's big money maker
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@Tuke7-1_PSN Believe whatever you want, but it can absolutely be done. I’ve been doing it for years. I finished the collection on Friday which is probably the real reason I’ve been banned on the app. It’s all about making stubs and acquiring players as efficiently as possible.
For making stubs, all I’ve done is the silver to gold exchange. I basically put every stub into buy orders for silvers from the app. 20 orders for every single silver. Exchange them (on console) and sell the golds for profit. Repeat. That’s it. I don’t mean to make this sound easy. While the process is easy and no risk, it’s a lot of work to do it enough times to get it done this quickly. I’ve been doing it obsessively since launch.
Most people rush into completing the cheaper collections first which is a mistake. Buying commons and bronze cards for hundreds of stubs is dumb. I sell every card above quicksell value unless I pull a 90+ diamond. My goal is to buy every common for 5 and every bronze for 25. I rush to buy the most expensive cards first and worry about collections when I’m getting close to having every diamond. High diamonds go up over time while low/mid diamonds go down. I bought Ohtani for 530k. Now he’s at 650. I saved 100k+ by getting him first. Same for Judge. Bought 330 and now he’s 400. My only high diamond pull was Soto. I kept him. My best pulls besides that were Crochet twice who I sold. I sold every low/mid diamond unless they were near quicksell to get the high diamonds as soon as possible. The savings comes by selling the low diamonds too. I sold some low guys for 20-40 and bought them back cheaper. I sold everything that isn’t the live series.
Full disclosure, I bought $2.99 worth of stubs 7500 because it was a good deal for early stubs and the digital deluxe edition.
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I’m shohei away from being done. 95k stubs. Spent 0 dollars will have him by this weekend. O flipping just selling what I don’t need. Sorry if you don’t believe it but it’s 100% obtainable.
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You simply can't get collections done without pulling Judge or Ohtani until like June it seems like to me unless you pull a Witt like 10 times. Packs on mini seasons have been super dry for a long time.
This seems fine to me. Its not supposed to be something done by April. But don't underestimate dedicated no lifers either. You have played over 25 mini seasons. I bet there are people with over 200. 175*10 packs * 800 EV = 1.4m. Plus all the non bundle packs and ballins. Easily makes up the difference to your 1.5m gap
And there is no such things as packs being dry or juiced.
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I’m shohei away from being done. 95k stubs. Spent 0 dollars will have him by this weekend. O flipping just selling what I don’t need. Sorry if you don’t believe it but it’s 100% obtainable.
Not buying this. Feels like a bs flex.
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You simply can't get collections done without pulling Judge or Ohtani until like June it seems like to me unless you pull a Witt like 10 times. Packs on mini seasons have been super dry for a long time.
This seems fine to me. Its not supposed to be something done by April. But don't underestimate dedicated no lifers either. You have played over 25 mini seasons. I bet there are people with over 200. 175*10 packs * 800 EV = 1.4m. Plus all the non bundle packs and ballins. Easily makes up the difference to your 1.5m gap
And there is no such things as packs being dry or juiced.
Who is pulling $800 EV on every pack? Sure isn't me.
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You simply can't get collections done without pulling Judge or Ohtani until like June it seems like to me unless you pull a Witt like 10 times. Packs on mini seasons have been super dry for a long time.
This seems fine to me. Its not supposed to be something done by April. But don't underestimate dedicated no lifers either. You have played over 25 mini seasons. I bet there are people with over 200. 175*10 packs * 800 EV = 1.4m. Plus all the non bundle packs and ballins. Easily makes up the difference to your 1.5m gap
And there is no such things as packs being dry or juiced.
Who is pulling $800 EV on every pack? Sure isn't me.
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@Onix_Savage22_PSN why are you still lying??? Bro. Some of you are liars. Or you literally spend 12 hours a day grinding mini seasons. How is that fun?
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@Ditka06-_MLBTS man I have no reason to lie about this are we 6. I’ve played a bit of mini seasons not a lot made sure I was knocking out ta while playing it. Got a lot of ballin packs plus the 10 show packs after every season got lucky there is not a word to lie in what I said. I’m a adult I don’t have to come on the internet and lie to people for closure only money I’ve spent is the one time offer on ps and deluxe edition of u count that.
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@Onix_Savage22_PSN ok dude then you are either really lucky or you play this game 12 hours a day. Every single day. It takes me until end of June every year and thats with playing a [censored] ton. Maybe early June if im lucky
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@Ditka06-_MLBTS I know my pack luck has been pretty unbelievable but I really don’t know what else to tell you. You can call bs tell me I’m lying to whatever u want I just know I’m being truthful and in denial clearly. Cause I rly besides the 2 things I’ve stated have not spent another penny on this game.
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@Ditka06-_MLBTS yes usally me as well. I don’t play 12 hours a day maybe a couple early year is easier for me as I work construction and we have to wait for snow to melt before work picks up again. So I have been playing more to start this year but like 3 hours max a day probably. Like I’ve said I’ve just been rly lucky this year. Last year I think Beltran was obtained in July for me. And year before I think it was August. I’m just having a rly lucky year
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@Ditka06-_MLBTS I’m rly not coming in here to lie to people lol. I promise I’m being truthful I know it’s hard to trust people online but I have no reason to come in here and lie about absolute bs I’ve been lucky I don’t have deep pockets
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@Onix_Savage22_PSN ok ok. I believe you. Im sure if I pulled judge and ohtani id be pretty close also. Fine. Thats crazy then!
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@Ditka06-_MLBTS yeah exactly shohei is like a quarter of the stubs for the collection alone I’ve pulled two kept first one on day one. And with the stubs from the second one I did all al east and dodgers. Then pulled skenes saved first one with second one I Finished nl central and started nl east. Then pulled lindor kept and pulled Marte which I already had. Sold bought Soto finished nl east not just have 3 teams left in al central and al west minus the athletics left.
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@Onix_Savage22_PSN you pulled ohtani twice! Ok wow. Yeah insane. Go play the lotto.
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Yeah I pulled him twice it’s ridiculous lol
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@revjlt1_XBL I also spend time at work flipping and am nms. Completed all collections and had every player card by end of the year the last 2 years. Played 800 hours plus each year and rarely have pulled Ohtani or Judge. I do enjoyed flipping but now I am nervous about trying to flip. I hope they don't outlaw it because of a few cheaters.
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@Onix_Savage22_PSN why are you still lying??? Bro. Some of you are liars. Or you literally spend 12 hours a day grinding mini seasons. How is that fun?
Yea, a lot of bs these nms people throw out there. If you aren't spending money, time (and I mean a ridiculous amount as I have a lot), flipping cards in a virtual market (yea no thanks) or getting extremely lucky on pulls there is no chance to complete this by June at the earliest. When I have done basically everything and sold basically every sellable card I could and I still haven't finished one league you can't sell me on the nms collections done bs.
I really don't care how people got it done. If they want to fork over $2500 it is their money. Just don't try to flex some bs.
