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Originally Posted by diamondgirl
I've played ootp forever, I will play 26, but this PT game is just not fun anymore.
I have come under unfortunate circumstances and cannot afford to spend thousands of dollars to upgrade my cards the same as seemingly everyone else in every tournament I play.
I realized what was happening in the iron/bronze/silver ranks early on. But now people have jacked up diamond teams.
whats the point in trying to play against them if you don't have combinators?
To be honest, I tried last week to build an iron team. I spent the 200,000 points i had AND BOUGHT $100 USD to top up.
Using combinators i already had, I managed to get 4 cards to level 1, 2 cards to level 2, and ONE card to LEVEL THREE. I lost the roll on 70%+ 3 times.
I think the game has swung so far beyond what EA sports does to you to win that its just not fun like it used to be.
Really really hoping this was a one-shot deal, realizing that it doesn't help with enjoyment of the game as a really amazing card collection gets mashed by thousand dollar teams.
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The elites will tell you three things:
1. Be happy in the lower levels
2. Be happy to lose to their credit card teams on a daily basis
3. Play live tournaments if you don't like combinators
They will stop short of telling you to quit if you don't like it, because they need jobbers to beat on.
I didn't accept that, so I walked away despite having been in the top 20 in diamond tournament standings the past 2-3 months (most of those spent without winning a single tournament until the day I actually quit). For what it's worth, I had a few combis but I tried to pad the squad out with the best non-combi players I could get my hands on. Resulted in alot of pity pack finishes/silver choice packs with the occasional gold/low diamond choice. All in all, 2+ months of being nothing more than a PTCS points compiler with nothing to show for it. That took me to the end of my rope pretty quickly.
375k just isn't enough to build a top flight tournament team even if you get absurdly lucky. That probably only gets you 1, *maybe* 2 of the meta combis. Then you have to consider fodder to give them. The math doesn't math at that price
Being just another loser isn't my idea of fun, especially when I know that if you give me an even-ish playing field I can probably win at least one major tournament, maybe two.