scarcity of cards in card shop

[FrankieT]

Originally Posted by bailey

I post buy orders and people fill them even if they are wildly below last 10.

Note: you have to buy cards before everybody else wants them, though.

That's exactly right and it works both ways.
That's how the perceived scarcity happens. Mission comes out--then watch the "must have" cards that are the critical path for multi-missions and you buy them up cheap 10 at a time and hold at higher sell prices...if multiple accounts then you do this multiple times. Then there are multiple people doing this, because it is relatively easy to see the critical paths on the missions. But certainly worth posting a low buy order. I fill those just for convenience.

OOTP does a great job keeping missions fresh consistently, and there is no way to eliminate such critical paths. That's the whole idea--otherwise why bother with a mission if everyone automatically gets it without much effort. That's enforced parity and at that point why play.

Scarcity creates value. The players create the scarcity, not OOTP.

[LeeD]

Originally Posted by FrankieT

Scarcity creates value. The players create the scarcity, not OOTP.

True. Also false. Players create scarcity by hoarding cards. OOTP creates scarcity by creating new cards for new missions. Good example is the 103 Utley. Yesterday, you could have purchased it for a little over 100K. Today, it's going for three times that because it's a cornerstone to a three-mission set. Once the small handful of existing Utleys are locked or sold, you'll have a hard time finding it. When you do, it will probably be listed for 500K or more.

[usa_hank]

Big money grab. Time for a sale and to release a bunch of missions that create scarcity even in some iron.

With the going rate of cards not only in the newest mission drop, but even still from the last mission drop from 2-3 weeks ago...it isn't worth buying the cards to complete the missions yet.

And the whales get fatter.

[Fabtron7]

It’s almost like they’re trying to run a business or something.

[usa_hank]

Originally Posted by bailey

I post buy orders and people fill them even if they are wildly below last 10.

Note: you have to buy cards before everybody else wants them, though.

I feel like I'm doing something wrong. I never have a big pot of PP sitting around for prospecting. I'm always putting the best team on the field that I can buy. At most I'll have 150K PP if I'm saving up, but on average I'm closer to 40k-50k at any given time.

[bailey]

Originally Posted by usa_hank

I feel like I'm doing something wrong. I never have a big pot of PP sitting around for prospecting. I'm always putting the best team on the field that I can buy. At most I'll have 150K PP if I'm saving up, but on average I'm closer to 40k-50k at any given time.

If you are trying to keep up with the meta from day 1 on a Tampa Bay budget then that is a mistake that leads to a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth. I used to determine the success of my team by the number of weeks spent in perfect league, but now if I can get there just once it's a successful year.

[usa_hank]

Originally Posted by bailey

If you are trying to keep up with the meta from day 1 on a Tampa Bay budget then that is a mistake that leads to a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth. I used to determine the success of my team by the number of weeks spent in perfect league, but now if I can get there just once it's a successful year.

It's hard to even compete in low diamond the last 8 weeks. I've been relegated even with a good team (all the way to LG), so I keep thinking I have to tweak something to get back. Drives me crazy.

I've actually given up going to streams at this point and getting the free drops, even stopped with tourneys. Selling off the cards sitting in my system. I've gotten tired of fighting the fight, so I figure I'm on my last couple of weeks in PT for this year before I call it.