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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Seems to me that the dual influences of tournaments and collections are being felt in the Auction House. Having both available from the start of PT21 has made improving your team much more challenging. And the process feels a lot slower.
A popular AH strategy appears to be overpricing any non terrible card that ends with an 8 or 9 because those appeal to the tournament crowd. So you see 78s priced at 3 or 4K. So I guess a good counter strategy would be looking for value in those cards that end in 0, 1, and 2.
As for collection mania... any card used in a collection seems to have its price inflated by 2 to 3x, regardless as to the value of the collection reward. I find it amusing when I look at a collection that needs 5 silvers - each offered at 1000 - that awards an 80 that’s worth 3 or 4K. If you look at the AH sales prices you will see few people fall for that, yet it keeps on happening.
I get that the sellers are hoping there are eager collectors who aren’t price conscious, but it’s pretty silly to see it happening for most collections. From my analysis there are just a handful of collections that are economically worth completing (especially if you’re starting more or less from scratch). For many it makes a lot more sense to just buy the reward!
It also seems to me that many low diamonds are priced really high - maybe I am forgetting what the auction house was like last year, but I see many low 90s priced at 15k plus. Maybe I need to hope for a sale on diamond packs so we can get a good supply of those cards!
I have time for all these musings because my teams are busy getting pounded and not generating PP for me to use!
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yeah, I haven't even bothered with collections.... I figure some of those (like the 'lives') will slowly fill in as I rip the occasional pack (very very slowly, but what's the rush...)
as far as the AH, trying to be supremely patient and nab the good deals when I can catch em... (every once in awhile, been able to grab a decent gold for near quick-sell prices).... mainly focused on the offense so far (my old timey bunch is actually ranked 2nd in home runs
), hoping that they will generate more points for me.... we'll see how it goes