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[isca]

Evil Genius wrote:

[European Chris]

[poozle]

[Juxta]

[EvilGenius]

Gee, how stroppy. All I said was it's expensive. Sheeesh! As it turns out I like buying the cards. But I know for a fact that the expense prohibits some folks from playing. I know because I "sponsor" a number of people with my duplicates. And several people I have traded with have stopped playing since they can't afford it any more. Playing without the cards is just not the same. That being said, have you looked at PXC trades this wave? During the previous ones there were lots of silvers and blacks for trades. This wave there are hardly any silvers for trade. There are only three Primer and four Eternally Grateful, for instance, and the folks who have them need nothing. Clearly there has been a shift in the game. All the spares turn up on eBay so people can recoup a portion of the expense. I really enjoyed trading cards last wave; this wave I have made perhaps two trades for lack of others with cards to trade with. I imagine this is less a problem in areas where there are lots of player and swap meets. Those of us playing overseas don't have such luxury. I would doubt there are many people who have spent more money than I have to get cards, about $800 CND, and I still don't have them all.

[miamo_tutti]

Evil, I've traded with H4T (for Mother Tongue) when her profile didn't list any cards needed in trade. I think after a player has every card, they may still be willing to trade their extras in the interest of maintaining trading power, or obtaining a wider variety of cards that they can trade with for when the next wave is released. As long as you have silvers to trade, I think it's still worth asking those with the silvers that you need if they'd like to trade even if they already have the cards you are offering.

I can see how the problem might then become trading a less available (read Wave 3) silver for a more widely available one, though.

I recently resorted to eBay for Shuffled. I scoffed at the idea of purchasing cards from eBay before simply because prices seemed too high and shipping to North America drove them up even further. I managed to find some sellers in the US though, and grabbed Shuffled for about $18, less than it would've cost me to buy another 4 packs. Canada's probably a whole 'nother story though.

[EvilGenius]

[miamo_tutti]

[Juxta]

[EvilGenius]

[badbarry]

[EvilGenius]

HI bad - ditto.

[isca]

Silvers are meant to be rare. In every card collecting game there are silvers (or foils, holos etc..) and these invariably cost more in order to get the whole set.

Also MC have cleverly set up the leaderboard system for the more competitive amongst us to find more silvers than we maybe want too - call it peer pressure - even the video competition has had its share of peer pressure between groups judging by the comments left!

Time is also an expensive part of the game and giving this up to play the game is one of its drawbacks - more than forking out cash for cards.

But having said that, there is frustrated enjoyment in each card, there is participation in live events and, as I am finding, there is a place to express yourself with others in this ARG monster.

Keep scratching.

[European Chris]

Today I didn't buy a Bentely or hire a chaffeur to drive me to work.

[Mikeyj]