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Peties Army · 05-29-2021, 11:02 AM

FYI for those who didn’t complete TA1 some of the ways you can earn points have gone up. For example for online play with division players the points have gone from 10 to 20

mnvikingstwins · 05-29-2021, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Cubsbball25

Just pulled Cole out of a 10 pack reward from conquest.

Can’t decide if I want to hold it or take the stubs and turn it into a handful of diamonds.

I've got him at IV only couple hundred from super and he was a 98 with inside edge yesterday

mnvikingstwins · 05-30-2021, 05:04 AM

Up to 10/14 on Rivera. Hoping for a prospect pack with next inning to drop their prices and more flashbacks.

4 milestones (170k)
1 prime (35k) - bought Plesac but haven't locked him as #3/4
4 awards (130k)
1 signature (13 more RS wins)
17 prospects (135k)

mnvikingstwins · 05-30-2021, 05:04 AM

Double post

TanksCards · 05-30-2021, 08:35 AM

The update Friday was insane. I grabbed Quinn priester, crochet, hank, and gehrig

Bout to spend some time today grinding the conquest maps. They look worth it for ta 2

Peties Army · 05-30-2021, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by TanksCards

The update Friday was insane. I grabbed Quinn priester, crochet, hank, and gehrig

Bout to spend some time today grinding the conquest maps. They look worth it for ta 2

I think the layouts are much easier then normal. Knocked out the central in less then 2 hours.

mnvikingstwins · 05-30-2021, 10:01 AM

There's a ton of baller packs between the strongholds and ta2 paths. I wrote down on paper all the player missions and crossed them off as I finished

mnvikingstwins · 05-30-2021, 10:39 AM

Hoping for a lefty reliever and OF with good splits vs RH for next bosses. Using Bichette, Torre, and Huff from the new cards but Torre has 3 DP after Buxton singles in 5 games and Bichette I'd platoon batting him vs LH if there's a new card to use

mnvikingstwins · 05-30-2021, 12:06 PM

New pack tomorrow with some cheap awards and prime cards is perfect for Rivera

fm8418 · 05-30-2021, 10:18 PM

Pulled my 4th Bryce Harper, he’s haunting me

Peties Army · 05-30-2021, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by fm8418

Pulled my 4th Bryce Harper, he’s haunting me

Me And verlander

mnvikingstwins · 05-31-2021, 03:55 AM

Finished all the TA2 divisions, did 1 showdown for the last few pts instead of more plate appearances otherwise just conquest and missions

mnvikingstwins · 05-31-2021, 12:36 PM

New 95 Dibble and Baines sig coming in the pack tomorrow. Bullpen will be set for a while with Smith Gossage Dibble Rivera

Longhorn · 05-31-2021, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by mnvikingstwins

Finished all the TA2 divisions, did 1 showdown for the last few pts instead of more plate appearances otherwise just conquest and missions

Nice. I'm nowhere near done but put quite a piece of time into TA2. Not an awful grind and really a lot more payout per hr than you got in TA1 (after you picked up your top 42 targets).

94 Ernie Banks lasted less than 2 weeks in my starting lineup. Replaced by Groshans and Mauricio. Needed a non-righty for some balance and Mauricio pretty nice ratings and swing seems pretty good so far. Not great speed but def faster than Ernie. Groshans' swing seems to be great thus far. Nice and quick but not too quick.

Speaking of swings, I've got 96 Dante starting in RF at the moment. His swing kind of reminds me of Stanton's so far but I'm at least hitting with him offline. He may not last long if I can't reach up-and-in online, like is the case with a lot of closed-stance guys. Also, his D is quite bad. At least he's got 70 speed but 58 reaction in right is tough...

My SP rotation is now too stacked to deal with

96 Glavin
97 Lee
94 Grochet
94 Cabrera
94 Josiah Gray

With 93 Burns, 93 deGrom, 93 McClanahan, and 92 Balazovic on the bench. Will likely be replacing the FS guy I do worst with with deGrom. With parallels+IE, he's too good most days to not be in the rotation.

The TA2 FS pitchers are kind of frustrating. So many with just basic pitch rep (4SFB, SL, CH, CV). I mean, you can def do well with just those basic 4, but it would be a lot more fun if they gave more variety. At least Croschet has outlier and Cabrera has a sinker...

Anyways, current lineup below. Feedback welcome

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TGutta · 06-01-2021, 12:49 PM

Not as much time to play this year as I did last year, but I've been slowly grinding things out. Have 2 of the divisions at 100% for TA1, and with most of the missions being doubled now that TA2 is out I should be able to finish up the rest pretty quickly. Haven't had as strong of pack luck this year and with being NMS I'm still on the collection grind. Hadn't pulled any of the top selling guys until Sunday when I pulled Betts, so I went ahead and bought Bellinger to complete the NL West. Currently sitting around 50K stubs and still need the other big guys (Trout, Cole, deGrom, Acuna).

mnvikingstwins · 06-01-2021, 02:03 PM

Finished Rivera

Longhorn · 06-01-2021, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mnvikingstwins

Finished Rivera

That's awesome. You are probably in the first 500 to get him... I hate the Yanks as a baseball fan but he's one of my all time favs and loved using his card last year. Think his card this year looks better as far as per 9s if my memory serves

Would like to get him soon myself but looks like he will be months away for me at best. I have built up a 470k stub reserve but planning on spending that to get closer to the AL at some point soon

cdub6238 · 06-01-2021, 03:18 PM

I know most play ranked seasons, but if looking to grind team affinty Conquest is the way to go imo

I know i know its boring and games against CPU, but you load up a team and run through the US map twice, you are basically done. Plus if you have prospect collection done, they are all selling in the 7.5-8.5k range. Pick up upwards of 45k stubs plus 10 base packs.

Grabbed a kitchen sink pack got rare and took Dibble and ran lol

Eckstein197 · 06-01-2021, 09:48 PM

Been away for a little this past weekend but really dove into the Friday update yesterday and today.

Insane update, TA stage 2 has been a HR so far. I love that they did a mix of card styles. Not every team has a quality FS for stage 2, and some teams don’t have a quality legend to put there because it’s needed for a later on plan.

Currently for about 10 more games in totality to finish all 3 conquest maps for TA stage 2. Along with missions, a small exchange and collections, I’ll be at 63 points for every division for stage 2. So 1 pack for each division of the main stage 2 guys. Current plan is to grab

Foxx (AL East)
Balazovic (AL Central)
Oswalt (AL West)
Cliff Lee (NL East) or Jackson Rutledge
Prior (NL Central)
Bichette (NL West)

Really revamping the rotation mainly the first go through. I have Burnes and then a handful of 42 series guys and just wanna improve upon them

Also kitchen sink pack today is insane, that Dibble is always a monster. I didn’t buy a pack but I did pick up the prime O’Day for the main team bullpen and Carew for the Twins theme team

Peties Army · 06-01-2021, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Eckstein197

Been away for a little this past weekend but really dove into the Friday update yesterday and today.

Insane update, TA stage 2 has been a HR so far. I love that they did a mix of card styles. Not every team has a quality FS for stage 2, and some teams don’t have a quality legend to put there because it’s needed for a later on plan.

Currently for about 10 more games in totality to finish all 3 conquest maps for TA stage 2. Along with missions, a small exchange and collections, I’ll be at 63 points for every division for stage 2. So 1 pack for each division of the main stage 2 guys. Current plan is to grab

Foxx (AL East)
Balazovic (AL Central)
Oswalt (AL West)
Cliff Lee (NL East) or Jackson Rutledge
Prior (NL Central)
Bichette (NL West)

Really revamping the rotation mainly the first go through. I have Burnes and then a handful of 42 series guys and just wanna improve upon them

Also kitchen sink pack today is insane, that Dibble is always a monster. I didn’t buy a pack but I did pick up the prime O’Day for the main team bullpen and Carew for the Twins theme team

I’m saving my last few games in conquest until this weekend. Figure it’s a good start to the inning 3. Pretty easy few K of XP

jrg1128 · 06-02-2021, 09:49 AM

Update for my status in the game:

Completed TA2 over the long weekend. Didn’t want to mess with showdown so I did the exchanges and collection, along with all three conquests and used the players for the missions. Then I played 1 game on rookie against the Rockies to get the final few player missions I needed done.

Current lineup:

Puason - 2B
Finley - LF
Chipper - 3RD
Trout - CF
Papi - 1ST
Mauricio - 3RD
Posada - C
Billy Hamilton - RF (just made the switch from Buxton)

Current rotation:
Leiter (finished BR program and had a 12-1 run which netted Trout

)
Cliff Lee
Tom Glavine
Greg Maddux
Corbin Burnes

Sitting at 33-2 this year in Ranked with an 845 rating currently.

Also switched to pinpoint over the weekend and man I didn’t know what I was missing.

Finished the Mo collection so just threw him in the bullpen but haven’t used him yet.

I did buy Pedro and used him 1 game. He’s awesome and I only sold him because he should continue to come down in price and I plan to buy him back. His 99 is going to be absolutely disgusting.

Leiter, Lee, and Maddux all made their 1st starts for me as well last night. All were dominant.

I’m also really enjoying Puason. Not much pop but he’s great out of the lead off spot and has a sweet swing.

Can’t wait for the 3rd Inning program on Friday. Wouldn’t mind a new catcher to replace Posada as he’s definitely the least productive bat on my team.

What are y’all’s predictions for the 3rd inning bosses?

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dizzyduff13 · 06-02-2021, 11:14 AM

I opened two of the kitchen sink packs, both were rare packs. Picked Dibble and Verlander.

I’m grinding out team affinity 2 and almost done with 1.

Can’t believe I never did diamond dynasty before.

mnvikingstwins · 06-02-2021, 06:15 PM

Opponent wasn't any good but threw 21 K CG with Cabrera, HR with one out left only run

Eckstein197 · 06-02-2021, 07:37 PM

Finished all the conquests, had a nice big pack rip

45 show packs, 66 TA packs, 15 BIAH and a couple headliners

Pulled 3 diamonds, Matt Olson and 2 Hendriks. So not great on the diamond front

Was able to get some exchanges done, and now I’m sitting around 80-88 points for all 6 TA stage 2 divisions. Knocking out some player challenges will get me a few more of the big diamonds.

Not going to be able to get Rivera anytime soon. Signature guys too tough right now (unless I can pull trout) and then the extra 42 series guys I need from those packs aren’t cheap enough yet. Hoping we see one of those packs in the third inning conquest here soon

cdub6238 · 06-03-2021, 09:30 AM

Ended the night pretty good.

Finished NL East aff 1 and 2, busted 15 base packs 38 team aff packs 9 BIAH packs 5 s12 Headliners and 2n kitchen sink.

Pulled lot of golds, diamond equipment, 3 meh diamonds- Harper, Burnes, Realmuto, but also pulled a sellable Degrom and rare again in kitchen sink.

Took Dunn for collection purposes, sold Degrom to pick up last 2 42 and get Jackie and sitting at 60k stubs.

Gonna continue to grind out in Conquest, open all packs and hopefully fill in most rest of teams for Live collections.

05-29-2021, 11:02 AM	#601
Peties Army Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: St. Louis Posts: 19,460 buddywilshire2003	FYI for those who didn’t complete TA1 some of the ways you can earn points have gone up. For example for online play with division players the points have gone from 10 to 20 __________________ Comment of the day “How many bees are killed by mowing?”- Boo

05-30-2021, 05:04 AM	#604
mnvikingstwins Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 42,193 ski_4 ski_4	Double post Last edited by mnvikingstwins; 05-30-2021 at 05:07 AM.

05-30-2021, 08:35 AM	#605
TanksCards Member Join Date: May 2019 Location: Dover, DE Posts: 3,317 tsc2.0	The update Friday was insane. I grabbed Quinn priester, crochet, hank, and gehrig Bout to spend some time today grinding the conquest maps. They look worth it for ta 2 __________________ Collecting True RCs of notable players, Andrew McCutchen, and current Pirates

06-01-2021, 12:49 PM	#615
TGutta Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,714 tgutta08	Not as much time to play this year as I did last year, but I've been slowly grinding things out. Have 2 of the divisions at 100% for TA1, and with most of the missions being doubled now that TA2 is out I should be able to finish up the rest pretty quickly. Haven't had as strong of pack luck this year and with being NMS I'm still on the collection grind. Hadn't pulled any of the top selling guys until Sunday when I pulled Betts, so I went ahead and bought Bellinger to complete the NL West. Currently sitting around 50K stubs and still need the other big guys (Trout, Cole, deGrom, Acuna). __________________ Collecting ALL Denard Span! Total Cards: 549/840 65.36% Non 1/1's: 481/586 82.08% https://sportscardalbum.com/u/TGutta

06-01-2021, 09:48 PM	#619
Eckstein197 Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 14,792 pmwrestler220 Eckstein184	Been away for a little this past weekend but really dove into the Friday update yesterday and today. Insane update, TA stage 2 has been a HR so far. I love that they did a mix of card styles. Not every team has a quality FS for stage 2, and some teams don’t have a quality legend to put there because it’s needed for a later on plan. Currently for about 10 more games in totality to finish all 3 conquest maps for TA stage 2. Along with missions, a small exchange and collections, I’ll be at 63 points for every division for stage 2. So 1 pack for each division of the main stage 2 guys. Current plan is to grab Foxx (AL East) Balazovic (AL Central) Oswalt (AL West) Cliff Lee (NL East) or Jackson Rutledge Prior (NL Central) Bichette (NL West) Really revamping the rotation mainly the first go through. I have Burnes and then a handful of 42 series guys and just wanna improve upon them Also kitchen sink pack today is insane, that Dibble is always a monster. I didn’t buy a pack but I did pick up the prime O’Day for the main team bullpen and Carew for the Twins theme team __________________ Favorite teams: TB Bucs, MIN Twins, DET Red Wings PC's: Kyle Snyder, Alstott, Tristan Wirfs, Hasek, Moritz Seider, OL/K/P/FB Contenders Autos, Red Wings Young Guns, Vintage Pokémon, NCAA Bowl Patches

05-30-2021, 05:04 AM	#603
mnvikingstwins Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 42,193 ski_4 ski_4	Up to 10/14 on Rivera. Hoping for a prospect pack with next inning to drop their prices and more flashbacks. 4 milestones (170k) 1 prime (35k) - bought Plesac but haven't locked him as #3/4 4 awards (130k) 1 signature (13 more RS wins) 17 prospects (135k)

05-30-2021, 10:01 AM	#607
mnvikingstwins Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 42,193 ski_4 ski_4	There's a ton of baller packs between the strongholds and ta2 paths. I wrote down on paper all the player missions and crossed them off as I finished

05-30-2021, 10:39 AM	#608
mnvikingstwins Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 42,193 ski_4 ski_4	Hoping for a lefty reliever and OF with good splits vs RH for next bosses. Using Bichette, Torre, and Huff from the new cards but Torre has 3 DP after Buxton singles in 5 games and Bichette I'd platoon batting him vs LH if there's a new card to use

05-30-2021, 12:06 PM	#609
mnvikingstwins Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 42,193 ski_4 ski_4	New pack tomorrow with some cheap awards and prime cards is perfect for Rivera

05-30-2021, 10:18 PM	#610
fm8418 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: ohio Posts: 6,275 fm8418 fm8418	Pulled my 4th Bryce Harper, he’s haunting me

05-31-2021, 03:55 AM	#612
mnvikingstwins Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 42,193 ski_4 ski_4	Finished all the TA2 divisions, did 1 showdown for the last few pts instead of more plate appearances otherwise just conquest and missions

05-31-2021, 12:36 PM	#613
mnvikingstwins Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 42,193 ski_4 ski_4	New 95 Dibble and Baines sig coming in the pack tomorrow. Bullpen will be set for a while with Smith Gossage Dibble Rivera

06-01-2021, 02:03 PM	#616
mnvikingstwins Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 42,193 ski_4 ski_4	Finished Rivera

06-01-2021, 03:18 PM	#618
cdub6238 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 16,670	I know most play ranked seasons, but if looking to grind team affinty Conquest is the way to go imo I know i know its boring and games against CPU, but you load up a team and run through the US map twice, you are basically done. Plus if you have prospect collection done, they are all selling in the 7.5-8.5k range. Pick up upwards of 45k stubs plus 10 base packs. Grabbed a kitchen sink pack got rare and took Dibble and ran lol

06-02-2021, 09:49 AM	#621
jrg1128 Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Alabama Posts: 5,290 jrgbball	Update for my status in the game: Completed TA2 over the long weekend. Didn’t want to mess with showdown so I did the exchanges and collection, along with all three conquests and used the players for the missions. Then I played 1 game on rookie against the Rockies to get the final few player missions I needed done. Current lineup: Puason - 2B Finley - LF Chipper - 3RD Trout - CF Papi - 1ST Mauricio - 3RD Posada - C Billy Hamilton - RF (just made the switch from Buxton) Current rotation: Leiter (finished BR program and had a 12-1 run which netted Trout ) Cliff Lee Tom Glavine Greg Maddux Corbin Burnes Sitting at 33-2 this year in Ranked with an 845 rating currently. Also switched to pinpoint over the weekend and man I didn’t know what I was missing. Finished the Mo collection so just threw him in the bullpen but haven’t used him yet. I did buy Pedro and used him 1 game. He’s awesome and I only sold him because he should continue to come down in price and I plan to buy him back. His 99 is going to be absolutely disgusting. Leiter, Lee, and Maddux all made their 1st starts for me as well last night. All were dominant. I’m also really enjoying Puason. Not much pop but he’s great out of the lead off spot and has a sweet swing. Can’t wait for the 3rd Inning program on Friday. Wouldn’t mind a new catcher to replace Posada as he’s definitely the least productive bat on my team. What are y’all’s predictions for the 3rd inning bosses? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

06-02-2021, 11:14 AM	#622
dizzyduff13 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 2,271 Lasker007 dizzyduff13	I opened two of the kitchen sink packs, both were rare packs. Picked Dibble and Verlander. I’m grinding out team affinity 2 and almost done with 1. Can’t believe I never did diamond dynasty before. __________________ I Collect Jeff Francoeur

06-02-2021, 06:15 PM	#623
mnvikingstwins Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 42,193 ski_4 ski_4	Opponent wasn't any good but threw 21 K CG with Cabrera, HR with one out left only run

06-02-2021, 07:37 PM	#624
Eckstein197 Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 14,792 pmwrestler220 Eckstein184	Finished all the conquests, had a nice big pack rip 45 show packs, 66 TA packs, 15 BIAH and a couple headliners Pulled 3 diamonds, Matt Olson and 2 Hendriks. So not great on the diamond front Was able to get some exchanges done, and now I’m sitting around 80-88 points for all 6 TA stage 2 divisions. Knocking out some player challenges will get me a few more of the big diamonds. Not going to be able to get Rivera anytime soon. Signature guys too tough right now (unless I can pull trout) and then the extra 42 series guys I need from those packs aren’t cheap enough yet. Hoping we see one of those packs in the third inning conquest here soon __________________ Favorite teams: TB Bucs, MIN Twins, DET Red Wings PC's: Kyle Snyder, Alstott, Tristan Wirfs, Hasek, Moritz Seider, OL/K/P/FB Contenders Autos, Red Wings Young Guns, Vintage Pokémon, NCAA Bowl Patches

06-03-2021, 09:30 AM	#625
cdub6238 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 16,670	Ended the night pretty good. Finished NL East aff 1 and 2, busted 15 base packs 38 team aff packs 9 BIAH packs 5 s12 Headliners and 2n kitchen sink. Pulled lot of golds, diamond equipment, 3 meh diamonds- Harper, Burnes, Realmuto, but also pulled a sellable Degrom and rare again in kitchen sink. Took Dunn for collection purposes, sold Degrom to pick up last 2 42 and get Jackie and sitting at 60k stubs. Gonna continue to grind out in Conquest, open all packs and hopefully fill in most rest of teams for Live collections.