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Originally Posted by Fyrestorm3
Madden Ultimate Team uses a system where the timer gets reset to ~20 seconds every time a new bid comes in, and that system does work fine. The difference is that Madden doesn't utilize the Max Bid function. They're more like a standard auction, where each bid increases the bid amount by a set number.
In my opinion, you only ever want to use either the Timer Reset system OR the Max Bid system. There's no point to having both. With a Timer Reset system, you counter the snipers by always allowing other users a chance to respond. With a Max Bid system, snipers are countered by the fact that no one knows how much has been bid already. If you're the highest bidder and someone tries to snipe you, whoever is willing to pay more will get the card, plain and simple. And if the sniper wins it for 1001PP and you're upset because you'd have been willing to pay 2000 for the card... why didn't you put 2000 as your max bid in the first place?
Both are valid auction systems, but personally, I think the Max Bid system works much better, simply because it's faster. If I'm willing to pay a couple thousand for a card, I can just enter that as my bid and see if I win, rather than having to sit around upping my bid by 100 at a time until I outlast the other person.
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Madden doesn't use that system? That's strange considering that both NHL and FIFA use (or at least used to use) both the timer reset and the buy now price, IIRC. However, perhaps things have changed since NHL 15.