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Originally Posted by HRBaker
Just out of interest, lets post some examples. Here is one of my 3 teams; Live cards only - F2P;
Team currently in Bronze League
OVL Total = 2405 (1 Perfect, 17 Diamond, 8 Gold) Avg OVL = 92.5
In 18th season; 1375 wins - 1466 losses
Current season; 38-48 (due to be relegated back to Iron)
Current PPs = 6709
Level Appearances;
...1 Rookie
...1 Stone
...2 Iron
...13 Bronze
...1 Silver
Potential = 0
The team barely earns enough to replace a player every 3-4 weeks with the current prices in the AH. The most likely thing to do the rest of the year is dump the PP into buying packs in the hope to strike something that can refinance the team.
My other two team are pretty much in the same boat.
I'm sure there are hundreds/thousands of similar stories out there where the AH prices have gotten so high there's little to do at this point.
And I'm also sure there will be someone out there to try and claim I'm just not very good at what I do, which is partially true since I don't spend 24 hours a day playing this game... but the bottom line is Perfect Team is only fun for a few months as a F2P team, and then it becomes second fiddle to the many other games I have.
So... why do I keep posting my misery? Because I think the Devs need to keep the AH affordable - not make it into a Stock market that only the rich can afford. In PT20 a 2405 OVL team would not only be doing better, there would still be room for improvement.
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here's my main team: Waffletown Syrups (limited to players 1945 and earlier, with the one exception of Yogi Berra-1954)... goal right now is to go as 19th century as possible and see what they can do as a group (though the super old time cards tend to be super pricey as well).... current average year for 26 man roster=1903
OVL total = 2387 (2 perfects / 17 diamonds / 7 gold)... avg-91.8
in 17th season: 1404-1280 (.523)
current season in Silver league: 51-40 (2nd in division / holds top W.C. spot)
current PP = 31811
Level appearances:
-Rookie: 3 (1 playoff appearance)
-Stone: 1 (1 playoff appearance)
-Iron: 1 (won Iron World Series)
-Bronze: 2 (1 playoff appearance; 110 wins best so far for the club)
-Silver: 9 (4 playoff appearances)
-Gold: 1 (106 losses, worst team in the league, relegated back to Silver)
potential.... ? I guess that begs the question, what do I expect to get out of the game.... while my similarly themed club in v20 made it to Perfect tier and won a title there, that was a different setup... If I can manage to get this group to the Diamond tier this version, that would be a huge win in my book, but not a deal breaker on enjoying the journey.
I think the one thing that makes this version less interesting to me is the homogeneous nature of all the teams thanks to the Live-mission SE rewards (hey look! I'm facing Maddux/Johnson/Carlton, followed by Johnson/Carlton/Blyleven, followed by Carlton/Maddux/Johnson; etc... and their batters Ichiro/Bagwell/Cano/Tulo/etc)... but other than that, I'm still logging in daily and enjoying the game.