Madden 12 Ultimate Team

[Mt. Crushmore]

Anyone need Jonathan Dwyer? I just got him and I think he is kind of rare for the Georgia Tech collection. I'm not sure though.

[RavensFTWCary.W]

I dont but im sure you could make a good 20k off him in auction block or like 3 bucks on ebay. Funny story, so one of my friends tell me that madden ultimate stuff sells on ebay, i go there to look to see if its true. I ended up selling a tashard choice for 1.99 and added 3 bucks to get 300k coins (great deal). If you use 5 dollars in madden thats like 15k coins isnt it lol? Also 500k coins usually sell for like 12 dollars there too so i got lucky. That was the first time i ever spent real money on the game, kinda regret it, but i needed some coins. I see a 99 deion (the best one the cowboys one) up there for 100 dollars, im like really? would any actually spend that much money for a deion. I subscribed to it just to see if someone buys it, today i get a notification that someone bid on it lmao. Someone bid 100 dollars on a game card, thats is freaking hilarious and very sad at the same time.

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I dont but im sure you could make a good 20k off him in auction block or like 3 bucks on ebay. Funny story, so one of my friends tell me that madden ultimate stuff sells on ebay, i go there to look to see if its true. I ended up selling a tashard choice for 1.99 and added 3 bucks to get 300k coins (great deal). If you use 5 dollars in madden thats like 15k coins isnt it lol? Also 500k coins usually sell for like 12 dollars there too so i got lucky. That was the first time i ever spent real money on the game, kinda regret it, but i needed some coins. I see a 99 deion (the best one the cowboys one) up there for 100 dollars, im like really? would any actually spend that much money for a deion. I subscribed to it just to see if someone buys it, today i get a notification that someone bid on it lmao. Someone bid 100 dollars on a game card, thats is freaking hilarious and very sad at the same time.
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Wow, I had no idea. Thought I spent just under $6, I didn't know I could've gotten THAT much more for it. Someone really bet $100 for a card? That's ridiculous.

[RavensFTWCary.W]

Yea if you go to ebay a bunch of ridiculous stuff is going on there, almost like a second tv show lmao

[RavensFTWCary.W]

They released them, and i was correct demarcus ware and mccoy as rewards, i just don't know their attributes because i still need patrick peterson and steven jackson.
They also added a 15man LSU collection and a 10man bama collection... LSU you get todd mcclure (reward center falcons) and Bama you get Leron Mcclain (im sure everyone knows mcclain from his bmore days). Hopefully Mcclure will be better than mangold and mcclain better than mughelli.

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DeMarcus Ware is a 99, unsurprisingly, given that he was already a 98 beforehand. His increases are 90 Speed compared to the original 86, 80 Jumping to 75, 96 Block Shedding to 95, 92 Play Recognition to 89. The 4 point increase in Speed makes me happy.

[RavensFTWCary.W]

The mccoy award was complete bs. He is better than than arian foster in every sense (not meant completely literally) except trucking and he is only 95 overall, while foster was a 98.

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The mccoy award was complete bs. He is better than than arian foster in every sense (not meant completely literally) except trucking and he is only 95 overall, while foster was a 98.
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What were his Trucking, Awareness and Ball Carrier Vision ratings in comparison to Foster? Because those have a significant effect on the overall rating for RBs.

[XxSizzleXx]

How do you guys get so many coins and such good players

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[quote name='XxSizzleXx' timestamp='1320526834' post='853381']
How do you guys get so many coins and such good players
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Personally, I've done it by following trends. By that, I mean opening packs and selling players who are parts of newly released collections at high prices. But if you're just starting out or are low on coins, I'd recommend the strategy of buying low and selling high. For example, say that you've kept looking at Tom Brady cards on the auction, and all of them are selling at 25,000 - 30,000 coins. You keep checking back, until suddenly you come across one priced at 14,000. If you have 14,000 coins, you'd be smart to buy it immediately and sell it for the market average. I must re-emphasize the word immediately because you never know how the market changes. Meaning that if you hold on to a card that's valued highly now, it may not be worth as much in the future. The process takes patience, but it's a dependable one, to say the least. Once you build up your coin amount, I'd strongly recommend that you stick to buying Gold Packs. I say this because they have the lowest net loss if you choose to discard every card, that being roughly just 1,500 coins. The problem with Gold Premium Packs is that they come with a net loss of about 4,500 coins per pack, and the only advantage is that include one more card and the possibility of coming across Fantasy Hero players of that week. So say that you open 4 Gold Packs, and there's no one of relevance who you can auction off, so you discard every card from those packs. At this point, you're down 6,000 coins. You open your 5th pack and find a player who is selling for an average of 12,000 coins on the auction. If you sell that player for 12,000 coins, you've likely just made a profit of around 3,700 (12,000 - 7,500 lost from 5 packs - 750 from keeping the auctioned off player - 50 from auctions costs). Hope this helps!

[Mt. Crushmore]

[quote name='XxSizzleXx' timestamp='1320526834' post='853381']
How do you guys get so many coins and such good players
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Also sell all of your coaches, uniforms, and stadiums for minimum price on the auction block once you have the collections done. They to complete collections. It really helped me a lot. I got 6 gold premium packs from the NFC coaches collection which gets you 25,000.

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[quote name='Mt. Crushmore' timestamp='1320530662' post='853413']
Also sell all of your coaches, uniforms, and stadiums for minimum price on the auction block once you have the collections done. They to complete collections. It really helped me a lot. I got 6 gold premium packs from the NFC coaches collection which gets you 25,000.
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Yes, though I'd recommend to stick to uniforms and stadiums out of those 3. Maybe it was just my experience, but coaches didn't sell too often.

[XxSizzleXx]

Thanks for the detailed reply man, makes a lot of sense I guess, just don't know if I have the patience for it haha.

So you are saying the only difference between the 6000 and 9000 coin packs is the one extra card and Fantasy cards, other than that you still get gold cards?

Do you know how many players you can hold in the pending collection and if you can ever insert them back into the lineup at any time or auction them off?

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[quote name='XxSizzleXx' timestamp='1320530890' post='853416']
Thanks for the detailed reply man, makes a lot of sense I guess, just don't know if I have the patience for it haha.

So you are saying the only difference between the 6000 and 9000 coin packs is the one extra card and Fantasy cards, other than that you still get gold cards?

Do you know how many players you can hold in the pending collection and if you can ever insert them back into the lineup at any time or auction them off?
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No problem, and yes, absolutely. Not only do you receive Gold cards, but you also have as much of a chance to come across a 99 rated card. You can hold 10 players in the Pending Collection, and you can return them to your original deck at any given moment. I prefer to use it as an extra storage space.

[XxSizzleXx]

I have nothing of value besides Brent Celek and Chris Houston fantasy lol. As well as all the stadiums and jerseys on the auction,

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I have nothing of value besides Brent Celek and Chris Houston fantasy lol. As well as all the stadiums and jerseys on the auction,
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Those 2 might take a while as well. I've had Chris Houston there since Friday twice, and nothing. But just keep at it though. I usually keep my auctions full, to tell you the truth.

[XxSizzleXx]

Are there any collections out there that are easier to get than others, and are they worth doing?

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[quote name='XxSizzleXx' timestamp='1320531691' post='853430']
Are there any collections out there that are easier to get than others, and are they worth doing?
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The ones who have 4 or 5 players are worth it. The coaches and stadium ones should be first on your list though.

[Mt. Crushmore]

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Are there any collections out there that are easier to get than others, and are they worth doing?
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Colleges over NFL teams. You get a player in return and it is 10 less players to put away.

[Mt. Crushmore]

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Those 2 might take a while as well. I've had Chris Houston there since Friday twice, and nothing. But just keep at it though. I usually keep my auctions full, to tell you the truth.
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I traded a Boldin for a Peyton Manning and a Cliff Averil for Newton. There are people who will give a lot for the card. I think I traded my Houston but can't remember what I got for it.

[Mt. Crushmore]

[quote name='XxSizzleXx' timestamp='1320531261' post='853424']
I have nothing of value besides Brent Celek and Chris Houston fantasy lol. As well as all the stadiums and jerseys on the auction,
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What overall is your team?

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[quote name='Mt. Crushmore' timestamp='1320536111' post='853457']
I traded a Boldin for a Peyton Manning and a Cliff Averil for Newton. There are people who will give a lot for the card. I think I traded my Houston but can't remember what I got for it.
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Yes, there definitely are. I was talking about auctions though.

[RavensFTWCary.W]

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What were his Trucking, Awareness and Ball Carrier Vision ratings in comparison to Foster? Because those have a significant effect on the overall rating for RBs.
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I am not sure because i still haven't gotten him (i still need steven jackson), i compared it with one of my friends. Fosters was something like 94 trucking and mccoys was like 82. I don't remember the others.

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How do you guys get so many coins and such good players
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The easiest way is start it with a friend or just get another friend to help you out. Trade what cards you guys need together, but finish the jersey/stadium/coach collections first. Thats how i started off and earned a lot of coins, and then i would just constantly keep buying packs and using this website (http://maddenultimate.com/cards/search.php). to see if the players from the packs are in collections, and i would send them there to finish their collections to earn even more coins.

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I am not sure because i still haven't gotten him (i still need steven jackson), i compared it with one of my friends. Fosters was something like 94 trucking and mccoys was like 82. I don't remember the others.



The easiest way is start it with a friend or just get another friend to help you out. Trade what cards you guys need together, but finish the jersey/stadium/coach collections first. Thats how i started off and earned a lot of coins, and then i would just constantly keep buying packs and using this website ([url="http://maddenultimate.com/cards/search.php"]http://maddenultimat...ards/search.php[/url]). to see if the players from the packs are in collections, and i would send them there to finish their collections to earn even more coins.
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McCoy's Trucking is actually 64. I just got him. His catching is insane though. 91 Spectacular Catch? Since when?

[RavensFTWCary.W]

My fault, but like i said i didnt remember lol. But anyway, thats really the only big difference and the very few things foster is better in. They really underrated mccoy. Him and Jamaal Charles are so much fun to watch, they are in their own type of running back group, not too strong, but strong enough. Not super super fast, but super fast.

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My fault, but like i said i didnt remember lol. But anyway, thats really the only big difference and the very few things foster is better in. They really underrated mccoy. Him and Jamaal Charles are so much fun to watch, they are in their own type of running back group, not too strong, but strong enough. Not super super fast, but super fast.
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It's no problem. But I don't believe they underrated McCoy at all. In fact, they completely overdid it on a number of stats. He had 2 receptions for 15 yards that Sunday. All of the sudden, his Catching jumps from 84 to 94, his Route Running jumps from 81 to 94, his Catch In Traffic jumps from 74 to 93, and his Spectacular Catch jumps from 70 to 91. All of these attributes make him higher rated at WR than Calvin Johnson. That's absurd! And aside from that, his Strength jumps from a 64 to a 79. To put things in perspective, that makes him stronger in Madden than Maurice Jones-Drew, Frank Gore and Darren McFadden. Simply put, no.

[RavensFTWCary.W]

I never really looked at it that way lol, but i never compared normal lesean to fantasy lesean. I would agree its overrating him, but he can catch, he can make the important catches. Hes a great player but should have been rated differently.

[Ravensstrike4424]

[quote name='RavensFTWCary.W' timestamp='1320551912' post='853567']
I am not sure because i still haven't gotten him (i still need steven jackson), i compared it with one of my friends. Fosters was something like 94 trucking and mccoys was like 82. I don't remember the others.



The easiest way is start it with a friend or just get another friend to help you out. Trade what cards you guys need together, but finish the jersey/stadium/coach collections first. Thats how i started off and earned a lot of coins, and then i would just constantly keep buying packs and using this website ([url="http://maddenultimate.com/cards/search.php"]http://maddenultimat...ards/search.php[/url]). to see if the players from the packs are in collections, and i would send them there to finish their collections to earn even more coins.
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and some people go the buy coins with creditcard as well

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I never really looked at it that way lol, but i never compared normal lesean to fantasy lesean. I would agree its overrating him, but he can catch, he can make the important catches. Hes a great player but should have been rated differently.
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I agree. He can certainly catch, and he is a great player.

[Mt. Crushmore]

Anyone know what this weeks collections will be like. I have Tramon Williams and Rob Gronkowski (I have only opened 2 packs).