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Originally Posted by dkgo
The correct strategy is not the fun strategy.
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I spent a lot of time trying different lineup strategies (some of which I could've tested in Tourneys if they'd existed) and found a number of interesting wrinkles that helped me maximize value. Unfortunately this narrowed the number of cards I was looking for and while I was able to get great bang out of my buck, at some point being efficient just meant i got to the meat-grinder quicker.
So I pursued a strategy I found challenging and did very well with it taking advantage of baseball strategies like shifts, platoons, FB/GO, etc.
But finding good values doesn't do you very much good beyond allowing you to move up threw the ranks relatively quickly without using a lot of PP, which is actually a huge detriment. So I'm very with you that the "fun" game strategy doesn't help you, but actually hindered me in pt20. I really didn't bother with collections because I didn't want to spend most of my time on the AH. I preferred looking at stats and strategies. Sadly, I would've been better off indulging the accountant in me.
I share Orcin's hope that a lot smoother functioning marketplace and better UI would remove a portion of the tedium, but I fear a game still overly tilted toward being a market-making game closer to Real Estate Tycoon than Madden.