Completing Collections vs Buying Legends

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So I was looking through the market and I see that some legends are cheaper to buy then it would be to complete the collection for that player. For example, Fred McGriff can be had right now for around 12k, but completing the collection costs around 20k. Is it worth the 5% bonus you get when you complete a collection? Or is it smarter to only complete the collections for the expensive legends?

[sh27]

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I would just buy McGriff outright if I were you, unless you have use for Longo and Archer on your team. Some collections that are actually worth it are the marlins and angels.

[Orange Krush]

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Right now I'm working on a few collections. I'm doing them for 3 reasons: to get the legend, to get the 5% boost, and to feed my DD player the unused lower rated cards. For me it's much more beneficial to just do the collections at this point.

[nmplayer]

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Yea for me the only collections I'm not trying for (I think I have five done now) are ones in which I wouldn't be putting the legend in my lineup at all. As the above poster says it really is worth it most of the time to complete rather than buy the legend. The percentage bonus really adds up for instance with the collections I have now after every dd game I get 3 cards about 80 percent of the time and at least two always. I've also gotten two golds back to back recentley but that may just be luck... also in all of the collections I finished I ended up using at least one player (plus the legend) in my lineup, even if I wasn't planning on it. And yes, great for feeding! My created player is a 99 overall in every position except pitcher (he's a 84 at pitcher), 88 contact l/r 82 power l/r 99 speed/stealing etc. A beast.

[MrOldboy]

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If you don't care about the extra rewards and collections, just try and buy them.

Some collections are worth doing so that you can use the players in them. For instance Boston is a good one since many people might want Pedroia, Uehara, Ramirez or Ortiz on their team anyways.

The thing is it isn't easy to buy them as not that many people sell them. That's why there are larger gaps in the buy/sell price for legends. So if you get enough stubs to put in orders go for it. Even if you complete the collection you can sell the legend for a profit anyways, that is if someone sells them to you.

[Beat LA]

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I just started doing DD about a week ago. The only collection I was thinking of definitely completing, was the Giants, since the Thrill was my favorite player, and the fact that the only gold needed to finish was Hunter Pence, which I got in the free packs from the 10th anniversary edition.

I also got a Mike Schmidt legend card in those packs, and was content to just keep him as my 3B. Tonight though, I was browsing the marketplace, and noticed that someone had a buy order out on him for 110,000. I jumped on it immediately. The best Phillies card I had before selling was Carlos Ruiz. Right after selling Schmidt, though, I just went ahead and bought the rest of the Philly set to unlock Schmidt and the 5% bonus.
Between the 5% tax on selling Schmidt, and the 28 cards I bought at the lowest listed price, I came out ahead by 36,824 stubs.

I have no idea why someone would want to pay 110,000 for a Mike Schmidt, when one could complete the set for under 70,000. I guess they figure/hope they can resell the card for much higher in the future.

[Madden's Jowels]

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I just started doing DD about a week ago. The only collection I was thinking of definitely completing, was the Giants, since the Thrill was my favorite player, and the fact that the only gold needed to finish was Hunter Pence, which I got in the free packs from the 10th anniversary edition.

I also got a Mike Schmidt legend card in those packs, and was content to just keep him as my 3B. Tonight though, I was browsing the marketplace, and noticed that someone had a buy order out on him for 110,000. I jumped on it immediately. The best Phillies card I had before selling was Carlos Ruiz. Right after selling Schmidt, though, I just went ahead and bought the rest of the Philly set to unlock Schmidt and the 5% bonus.
Between the 5% tax on selling Schmidt, and the 28 cards I bought at the lowest listed price, I came out ahead by 36,824 stubs.

I have no idea why someone would want to pay 110,000 for a Mike Schmidt, when one could complete the set for under 70,000. I guess they figure/hope they can resell the card for much higher in the future.

For a long time Schmidt was going for 150k plus, his market seems to be down right now (whose isn't?) but I bet that guy was figuring it would bounce back.

[BucNazt]

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I have yet to complete a collection and I do have my eye on a couple legends, but from what I have heard, once you claim your legend it locks out all the cards in that collection from being put up for sale on the marketplace.

My questions are, if what I heard is true, can I still sell the doubles from that collection? Will I be able to feed the locked players in that collection to my created player?

[baseballsim]

Re: Completing Collections vs Buying Legends

I have yet to complete a collection and I do have my eye on a couple legends, but from what I have heard, once you claim your legend it locks out all the cards in that collection from being put up for sale on the marketplace.

My questions are, if what I heard is true, can I still sell the doubles from that collection? Will I be able to feed the locked players in that collection to my created player?

Yes you can sell duplicates and you can also feed locked guys to your created player. This is what I do right after I claim my collection reward.

[BucNazt]

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Yes you can sell duplicates and you can also feed locked guys to your created player. This is what I do right after I claim my collection reward.

Awesome news! Thanks, man. I was worried that those players from completed collections would get completely locked out.

[jergiants]

Re: Completing Collections vs Buying Legends

I just started doing DD about a week ago. The only collection I was thinking of definitely completing, was the Giants, since the Thrill was my favorite player, and the fact that the only gold needed to finish was Hunter Pence, which I got in the free packs from the 10th anniversary edition.

I also got a Mike Schmidt legend card in those packs, and was content to just keep him as my 3B. Tonight though, I was browsing the marketplace, and noticed that someone had a buy order out on him for 110,000. I jumped on it immediately. The best Phillies card I had before selling was Carlos Ruiz. Right after selling Schmidt, though, I just went ahead and bought the rest of the Philly set to unlock Schmidt and the 5% bonus.
Between the 5% tax on selling Schmidt, and the 28 cards I bought at the lowest listed price, I came out ahead by 36,824 stubs.

I have no idea why someone would want to pay 110,000 for a Mike Schmidt, when one could complete the set for under 70,000. I guess they figure/hope they can resell the card for much higher in the future.

I'm going for the Giants collection too. It will be my first team collection. Will the Thrill was one of my favorites as a kid too. I sold my Homer Bailey card so I could buy Hunter Pence. I just need to get Hudson and Cain and I'll be done.

[Beat LA]

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I'm going for the Giants collection too. It will be my first team collection. Will the Thrill was one of my favorites as a kid too. I sold my Homer Bailey card so I could buy Hunter Pence. I just need to get Hudson and Cain and I'll be done.

I just put low buy requests, although higher than what was already listed, for all the Giants cards I didn't have and was surprised how quickly they were accepted. I got Hudson for 200 the other day, and luckily got Cain and Romo when they were going for a lot lower than they are now.

I've used Will in a couple of games so far, and he is raking it, along with real good defense. I don't want to create a totally stacked team, so I might just stick with Schmidt and Clark at the corners for my alotted legends.

[dta151]

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Awesome news! Thanks, man. I was worried that those players from completed collections would get completely locked out.

Once you complete the collection you can not sell the players. They are locked. The only thing you can do with them is use them or feed them you your created player. I found out the hard way after using all my stubs to do the Twins collection and also the Legend you get you can not sell either. So be sure you want to keep whoever you get. I use the twins closer Perkins but that is it. Dozier stunk for me I tried him and Mauer is a Backup for me everyone else was useless and I fed them to my created Piazza.

[Madden's Jowels]

Re: Completing Collections vs Buying Legends

Once you complete the collection you can not sell the players. They are locked. The only thing you can do with them is use them or feed them you your created player. I found out the hard way after using all my stubs to do the Twins collection and also the Legend you get you can not sell either. So be sure you want to keep whoever you get. I use the twins closer Perkins but that is it. Dozier stunk for me I tried him and Mauer is a Backup for me everyone else was useless and I fed them to my created Piazza.

He's talking about the duplicates. You can sell any duplicates even after you lock the collection.

[rcorms]

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i like going for collections, the bonuses really add up after a while