Rate Build a Collection Series

[daves]

I am not sure how if I like it or hate the constant building of collections?

I might get some decent cards, but I just locked a Pete Rose card worth more than the rest of my team for a Cueto that is worth half of the Rose card. But selling any of these cards can cost me better cards in the future?

How would you rate it and what are your thoughts?

[jd200600]

I voted OK. I really like the concept but too many collections seem to never have cards available to complete. And when are available, well, they cost way too much.

[daves]

Originally Posted by jd200600

I voted OK. I really like the concept but too many collections seem to never have cards available to complete. And when are available, well, they cost way too much.

I guess we should have been card hoarders from the beginning?

[Cowboys3356]

I love it, easily the best thing they have done yet!!! You have to make a choice, you can either sell now and make more PP or you can hold and go for the top cards at the end. Too many people think they are entitled to have it all, they are not.

[Madmarcus]

Originally Posted by daves

I guess we should have been card hoarders from the beginning?

As a card hoarder I like it. Of course I'm f2p and never expected to have all of the cards anyway.

[Cowboys3356]

I am f2p as well and I know in time we CAN have all of the cards, just have to play it smart and be patient. I think most of the people complaining are just not willing to put in the work.

[Drivehud.com]

I don't mind it, minus this last one. The Franchise hero's #1 is just dumb. But there needs to be more cards in packs. It looks like this year they are doubling down on missions and just making you hoard cards (which I do any ways) so that you can only get the really good cards in missions.

I think there needs to be more really good perfects in packs, not just in missions. Just my two.

[Leo_The_Lip]

For a first go, this is a decent idea.

The main issue for me, as a FtP player, is that most of the Diamond cards don't improve my team at all and are essentially unplayable. 96 Mussina has been my only exception.

This same problem occurs in the team missions where there are only three or four cards that will improve my team. And having another Detroit SS who isn't as good as the one we all got for completing the LIVE missions, followed by yet another not as good Tiger SS as the Franchise Hero is borderline cynical.

IMO, the overall scaling of the missions needs to be further tuned so the LIVE card rewards can be eclipsed by the team rewards with the FH cards being nice improvements. The Builders should be viewed as an alternative to the FH cards, not the LIVE missions, as seems to be the current design thinking.

The current thinking that the LIVE missions would give people teams capable of playing at higher levels has proven flawed. It has simply given us all similar teams that can't be readily improved. There needs to be better thinking about the mission tiers and how they fit into each other.

[IanIachimoe]

Originally Posted by Cowboys3356

I love it, easily the best thing they have done yet!!! You have to make a choice, you can either sell now and make more PP or you can hold and go for the top cards at the end. Too many people think they are entitled to have it all, they are not.

Agree

[professor ape]

Originally Posted by Cowboys3356

I am f2p as well and I know in time we CAN have all of the cards, just have to play it smart and be patient. I think most of the people complaining are just not willing to put in the work.

Agreed. This is forcing me to make decisions about my approach and priorities as a F2P player. I’m focusing on my tournament team to win packs and get points. It’s been a fair bit of work but I was able to complete all of the Live and Team missions very quickly and have finished eight of the BaL missions. My team has been solid enough to stay in Diamond for four straight weeks. This week isn’t going well because I got unlucky and am in a division with four monster teams. It is going to be close but I’m hoping to hang on. Now it is about making choices and deciding what my priorities are going forward. It wouldn’t be any fun if I was able to complete everything with little effort or patience.

[Magus978]

To show it can be done on a F2P, I did the Pete Rose mission on my F2P Brooklyn Dynasty, member of BFF. I packed a lot of the lower-tier cards, and was funded to complete the diamond mission by a 99 Andrelton Simmons pull, as well as selling the SE's of teams I had no desire to complete anytime soon (or ever).

You can do it with a little luck and the right timing. I've also completed Heilmann, Biggio, and Peavy. (Heilmann and Peavy were bought outright, but Biggio was done through collections)

On one of my other F2P teams, I did the Yankees. Guidry was done up to diamond, and then bought the perfect, again funded by a lucky pull and cash-in.

Right place, right time. That's what it's all about.

That said, I still rated it a 5/10. I like the concept of powering up your BaL player along the way, but I do agree with the consensus that it can be hard to do it as a F2P, especially if your resource avenues are so limited because of one thing or another. If you wanna do it though, the way will eventually be paved for you somehow.

[Drivehud.com]

Originally Posted by Cowboys3356

I am f2p as well and I know in time we CAN have all of the cards, just have to play it smart and be patient. I think most of the people complaining are just not willing to put in the work.

lol... yeah, I'm sure that's what it is. What work? What in the world are you talking about? You play tournaments, acquire packs, sell duplicate cards, make smart AH moves. There's not much more you can do.

And there's no way in hell as a f2p you can have all the cards in this model. No chance. And you need some really good luck to pull the big missions off.

[professor ape]

Originally Posted by Drivehud.com

lol... yeah, I'm sure that's what it is. What work? What in the world are you talking about? You play tournaments, acquire packs, sell duplicate cards, make smart AH moves. There's not much more you can do.

Speaking for myself, the work has been to maximize my tournament team. It’s small differences at this point but having the right team makes a big difference in consistently generating a solid number of packs. With those packs being the life’s blood of F2P teams, I have found it to be worth the time to keep evaluating the performance of players.

[daves]

But as FTP players, don't you lose points by having too many cards locked? Some of these build a legends are more than an entire team?

[Kushiel]

I like it. I gave it only an 8 because I am disappointed in this last round,

[ineedplayerpics]

Originally Posted by Drivehud.com

lol... yeah, I'm sure that's what it is. What work? What in the world are you talking about? You play tournaments, acquire packs, sell duplicate cards, make smart AH moves. There's not much more you can do.

And there's no way in hell as a f2p you can have all the cards in this model. No chance. And you need some really good luck to pull the big missions off.

I am F2P and have a starting Lineup of LF Tim Raines, 2B Jackie Robinson, CF Oscar Charleston, 1B Jeff bagwell, RF Harry Heilman, 3B Adrian Beltre, C Josh Gibson, DH Lou Brock, SS Alan Trammel

Rotation: CY Young, Smokey Joe, Wainwright, Satchel Paige, Juan Marichal

All these cards are perfect, so yes as F2P you can build a stacked with good strategy

[professor ape]

Originally Posted by daves

But as FTP players, don't you lose points by having too many cards locked? Some of these build a legends are more than an entire team?

Thus the choices that have to be made. Remember that you earn a lot of packs through the missions as well. Not enough to even things out but that is a significant factor in the equation. It’s also more fun to work your way through the missions rather than just trying to buy a reward card that someone else obtained.

[Drivehud.com]

Originally Posted by professor ape

Speaking for myself, the work has been to maximize my tournament team. It’s small differences at this point but having the right team makes a big difference in consistently generating a solid number of packs. With those packs being the life’s blood of F2P teams, I have found it to be worth the time to keep evaluating the performance of players.

I'd assume that if your tournament team isn't pulling packs, most people would analyze their team and adjust their roster. Otherwise, you're just wasting your time.

[Drivehud.com]

Originally Posted by ineedplayerpics

I am F2P and have a starting Lineup of LF Tim Raines, 2B Jackie Robinson, CF Oscar Charleston, 1B Jeff bagwell, RF Harry Heilman, 3B Adrian Beltre, C Josh Gibson, DH Lou Brock, SS Alan Trammel

Rotation: CY Young, Smokey Joe, Wainwright, Satchel Paige, Juan Marichal

All these cards are perfect, so yes as F2P you can build a stacked with good strategy

Sure.. if you have no life and pull some big historics you can sell, anything is possible.There's no way you can do it w/o getting lucky though. Going to call BS on that.

[ineedplayerpics]

Originally Posted by Drivehud.com

Sure.. if you have no life and pull some big historics you can sell, anything is possible.There's no way you can do it w/o getting lucky though. Going to call BS on that.

My team is so good you think I spend money, I take that as a compliment