Posts made by TexasTauper_PSN

1240 Show packs
40 BIAH
30 various Headliner
21 Chase packs
8 out of control
I don't need anything so not real motivated to open them

@The-Harvest_XBL said in Extreme showdown:

@TexasTauper_PSN said in Extreme showdown:

This was hard for sure but it's possible. If you can, draft switch hitters and righties. I swung with circle and hit plenty of HR's

Is that the contact button? I'm on X-Box and only recently discovered that there was a contact swing

Yes just contact swing. Against RJ I hit a 2 run dinger with a bronze player to win the game using contact swing.

This was hard for sure but it's possible. If you can, draft switch hitters and righties. I swung with circle and hit plenty of HR's

Great job! Trout and Mantle in the outfield is a super duo.

This is the first year I've started with BR and will be doing it for now on. You don't even really need to win to advance through it and sometimes you'll run into someone that just lets you tee off to advance faster.

@jonblaze2424_PSN said in Anyone else probably not getting Mantle?:

@TexasTauper_PSN said in Anyone else probably not getting Mantle?:

@the_dragon1912 said in Anyone else probably not getting Mantle?:

@TexasTauper_PSN said in Anyone else probably not getting Mantle?:

@Dolenz_PSN said in Anyone else probably not getting Mantle?:

@TexasTauper_PSN said in Anyone else probably not getting Mantle?:

  For people that have been playing for months and don't have a single collection done, what are you doing with all the stubs you've gotten for free just playing the game?

I have used some to buy cards that I wanted that were either in packs or online rewards. I probably paid a premium for them by buying them quickly. I bought a couple of the All Star and HR packs but no others.

I have played since release. I play offline only. I have done all of the main programs but only up until the last boss pack. I did about half of the Other Programs.

Mostly I have been pretty frugal with my stubs. I have 1.4 million right now. As a Cardinals fan I will be doing the Finest Collection to get Goldschmidt. At current prices that alone will use about a 3rd of my stubs.

What will I do with the rest (roughly 1 million)? I honestly don't know but I know it is not enough to chase Mantle with.

Ok follow up question, have you completed programs? How many players do you need? Genuinely interested. It seems like at this point in the year if you've completed all the programs even only playing offline you should be really close

Not necessarily. Offline programs Only get you so fat when pretty much the entirety of the allstar, breakout, rookie, veteran, and 2nd half collection are BR or event rewards. If one stops at the boss pack and doesn't sell any cards they would only be about halfway close on Future Stars, FOTF, and Jackie. The only collections you are likely to have from entirely offline play with no flipping or buying cards specifically for collections are POTM , most of topps now, and postseason.

The only real way to be close without specifically preparing for it is to have completed every event and BR program. Combine those 2 with flipping and you have people like me who have every single card(and I've flipped a whole lot less than last year, events is a massive stub maker)

Fair enough. I guess I play enough online to have collected just about every player. I haven't flipped any cards since completing the LS collection 3 weeks into the game. I'm doing a little experiment to see how many stubs you can get from 1,000 packs. I have 663 right now from programs and mini-seasons. Should have 1,000 by the end of next week and 1 million stubs. So if I can sell everything I pull I might be able to hit 5 million stubs and look at getting every player I'm missing.

If you are NMS, don’t flip and strictly play online…then you play ALOT of online to have finished Mantle right away. Some people just don’t grind like that man, seems like you log dozens of hours a week

I don't strictly play online and I flip a lot of cards to finish the LS collection every year. This is basically the only game I play and I don't watch much TV. I started playing BR which helped tremendously to finish collections and I play the events. This year has been super easy to collect. I now have every diamond player in the game. And yes I play probably a dozen hours a week for sure.

@CDNmoneymaker93_MLBTS said in New BR program is easiest it's ever been:

The new program has 4 repeatable mission

Pxp with Rookie, Vet, AS and Breakout series players

750 pxp is required for 4 points.

This should make the program go quickly as you don't need to focus on one player just the series.

My first draft I got 3 Rookies, 2 BO and 3 Vets

Pitchers will help that number go real quick

Yeah pitching is how to quickly get pxp. I started 1 game with a rookie and got 400 pxp.

Silver and Bronze cards are the easiest to flip if you're willing to put in the time. I've sold all the dups I gotten from the 1500 packs I've opened this month and have made 3 million in stubs.

I did the same when he first dropped and wished I’d been doing this all along

I honestly think the freeze off problem is why (unless you're trying to make WS) wins don't matter this year in RS. Just get your innings and move on. I quit a freeze off last night even though I was winning and at home. Opponent refused to quit so I did so I could just get to the next game. I'm not going to make WS so I'm not concerned about my record. It only irritates me in BR or events where wins do matter. Next year they should make events more like BR so you can still get the rewards without really needing to win. Just complete missions to get points so freeze offs don't hurt so bad.

Well I guess I'm grinding 250 innings for Randy

@the_dragon1912 said in Anyone else probably not getting Mantle?:

@TexasTauper_PSN said in Anyone else probably not getting Mantle?:

@Dolenz_PSN said in Anyone else probably not getting Mantle?:

@TexasTauper_PSN said in Anyone else probably not getting Mantle?:

  For people that have been playing for months and don't have a single collection done, what are you doing with all the stubs you've gotten for free just playing the game?

I have used some to buy cards that I wanted that were either in packs or online rewards. I probably paid a premium for them by buying them quickly. I bought a couple of the All Star and HR packs but no others.

I have played since release. I play offline only. I have done all of the main programs but only up until the last boss pack. I did about half of the Other Programs.

Mostly I have been pretty frugal with my stubs. I have 1.4 million right now. As a Cardinals fan I will be doing the Finest Collection to get Goldschmidt. At current prices that alone will use about a 3rd of my stubs.

What will I do with the rest (roughly 1 million)? I honestly don't know but I know it is not enough to chase Mantle with.

Ok follow up question, have you completed programs? How many players do you need? Genuinely interested. It seems like at this point in the year if you've completed all the programs even only playing offline you should be really close

Not necessarily. Offline programs Only get you so fat when pretty much the entirety of the allstar, breakout, rookie, veteran, and 2nd half collection are BR or event rewards. If one stops at the boss pack and doesn't sell any cards they would only be about halfway close on Future Stars, FOTF, and Jackie. The only collections you are likely to have from entirely offline play with no flipping or buying cards specifically for collections are POTM , most of topps now, and postseason.

The only real way to be close without specifically preparing for it is to have completed every event and BR program. Combine those 2 with flipping and you have people like me who have every single card(and I've flipped a whole lot less than last year, events is a massive stub maker)

Fair enough. I guess I play enough online to have collected just about every player. I haven't flipped any cards since completing the LS collection 3 weeks into the game. I'm doing a little experiment to see how many stubs you can get from 1,000 packs. I have 663 right now from programs and mini-seasons. Should have 1,000 by the end of next week and 1 million stubs. So if I can sell everything I pull I might be able to hit 5 million stubs and look at getting every player I'm missing.

@Dolenz_PSN said in Anyone else probably not getting Mantle?:

@TexasTauper_PSN said in Anyone else probably not getting Mantle?:

  For people that have been playing for months and don't have a single collection done, what are you doing with all the stubs you've gotten for free just playing the game?

I have used some to buy cards that I wanted that were either in packs or online rewards. I probably paid a premium for them by buying them quickly. I bought a couple of the All Star and HR packs but no others.

I have played since release. I play offline only. I have done all of the main programs but only up until the last boss pack. I did about half of the Other Programs.

Mostly I have been pretty frugal with my stubs. I have 1.4 million right now. As a Cardinals fan I will be doing the Finest Collection to get Goldschmidt. At current prices that alone will use about a 3rd of my stubs.

What will I do with the rest (roughly 1 million)? I honestly don't know but I know it is not enough to chase Mantle with.

Ok follow up question, have you completed programs? How many players do you need? Genuinely interested. It seems like at this point in the year if you've completed all the programs even only playing offline you should be really close

Got destroyed the only time I used him online. Wasn't impressed. I'll try him again eventually.

I forget the name of the fake player that was supposed to be Bonds several years ago but he was the best ever besides Beltran and Pepe.

For people that have been playing for months and don't have a single collection done, what are you doing with all the stubs you've gotten for free just playing the game? Buying packs hoping to land Trout? I'm a no money spent player and I usually don't play a lot online but had Mantle as soon as he dropped. I haven't opened a pack in like 3 weeks and I'm sitting on 663 packs I've gotten for free. I play ranked just to get to 250 innings and I did BR to get Trout which was easier than I thought it would be BTW and mostly I play mini-seasons to get a bunch of packs and XP. I recommend you buy players instead of packs and play online regardless of whether or not you'll win. This years format rewards playing, not winning.

Usually the last program has past player rewards in it

I feel like this has been the case with a lot of the maps this year. On the last one I lost a simulated game 19 against 4 and 13 against 3.

@BIGPAPIx34x_PSN said in Two questions about Battle Royale:

@TexasTauper_PSN said in Two questions about Battle Royale:

I completed the 100 points to get Trout and it took about 8 hours of playing. I drafted 3 silver SP's and 2 or 3 RP/CP's and sometimes 1 gold RP. I used my diamond and gold picks for position players. Once you get used to it and do several drafts you figure out who works for you. The most important thing is getting PXP for the players in the program. Wins get you 1 point which adds up but I think I won like 11 games total and the rest came from different missions. It's a bonus that the packs you get give you players to help with collections if you haven't already completed them. Hope this helps with your progress.

What were your runs?

Best run I had was 6 wins but most of the time I won 1 or 2 games per entry. I went back and looked and actually won 21 games in total but some were people that quit as soon as the game started.

@BIGPAPIx34x_PSN said in Called it:

@BJDUBBYAH_PSN said in Called it:

@BIGPAPIx34x_PSN said in Called it:

@donttuchmethaar_XBL said in Called it:

@BIGPAPIx34x_PSN said in Called it:

Takashi Ohtani is an SP with NO secondary position eligibility.

Have fun paying millions of stubs for ANOTHER pitcher.

You say called it and everyone else calls an epic fail.

Secondary has LF, CF and RF.

Where does it list secondary positions? I don't see it when I bring up the card.

It’s showing secondary positions on the companion app. And why would I need to spend millions of stubs when I already have all of the cards for the collection?

How do you pull up his card on the companion app?

Inventory, Angles, click on card and bottom left corner is a red dot to flip it over.