Pack odds

[harryl]

Quote: Originally Posted by pro_cow_tipper

It may be a minute before they drop good promo packs other than the TBT (assuming they're returning). The first promo packs last year were the ROTY and 6MOY packs which weren't even as good as the current cards at that time.

Yes and no. There were no Amethysts in ROTY and 6MOTY, so those entire collections were lower than the Current (and Dynamic) Amethysts that were out from day one. But there were only four of those and they were insanely priced, so those two collections were pretty compelling still.

That said, totally agree with your point: that the first one or two special packs will, in the grand scheme of the game, be underwhelming.

What's going to be interesting is seeing how the AH economy plays out this year. Last year was crazy, with the cheap MT. Especially on PC. I think I have something like 15 million MT worth of cards (in PC's absurdly inflated terms) in my collection. Didn't spend any real money but a lot of my "startup capital" was earned off of insanely, stupidly profitable flipping that was fueled by ability to buy super cheap MT with real $.

I wonder how it'll be, this year, with the price ceiling on cards. (Which probably can be circumvented on PC, at least, anyway. But, even then, should make it harder to do the transactions necessary to sell cheap cards for tons of MT to the MT sellers.)

And also...how one has to lock collections and not sell one's collection if one wants collection completion rewards. That's a lot of supply getting taken off the table.

[inhumanWMD]

seems so much better this year. Opened about 25 packs. So far I have drawn 2 lebron, 1 curry, a melo and a harden.

[Cwb917]

Quote: Originally Posted by Yukk

I think pack odds are much better than 2k16. I did spend a lot of VC since im trying to unlock collector players but so far: I spent 300k vc and got Spahire Curry which is the best PG in the game. I got like 8 Emerald PGs (wall, chris paul, etc)...long story short from 300k vc i pulled 1 saphire Curry and like 15-20 emeralds, and a bunch of yellows and silvers. Very happy.

I was able to get cards rated 80-94 regularly from packs last year. This year ive opened 10 packs and my highest rated card is an 80.


Im not impressed by a gold thats now rated 10 pts lower than the same player would've been as a Gold last year.

[justlaze]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cwb917

I was able to get cards rated 80-94 regularly from packs last year. This year ive opened 10 packs and my highest rated card is an 80. Im not impressed by a gold thats now rated 10 pts lower than the same player would've been as a Gold last year.

It's because the game proceeds through different stages and at the current state LeBron and Curry are the highest rated cards to pull with a 85 OVR.

Next packs will probably introduce the ruby tier up to 89 OVR. After that probably comes Amethyst Tier and so on.

This way they can create a fair meta by not throwing in super strong cards at day 1.

On the other hand grinders and collectors get rewarded early and can distinguish from a regular pack opener.

If 10 Packs is all the effort you're throwing in your in the wrong place.

[Phoenix87]

TBT packs are out, they have historic players from Heat and Hawks.

[ClevelandFan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Phoenix87

TBT packs are out, they have historic players from Heat and Hawks.

Any word on the odds for these?