The community is the main reason this game is so pay to win

phatalerror said:

I'm pretty sure people have been doing that with Manziel and with others. Most of the users who have gotten banned despite legitimate Auction House work involved high-volume transactions that were coincident with a specific item's sudden spike or drop in value. Occasionally, users have been hit with bans for 'selling an item too high', but we're talking about six or seven times the going price in the market when that happens.

There's no question that the EA bot bans register false positives, and trying to get the issue resolved with EA requires more real-life headache than a lot of users want to deal with.

I've never been banned from the Auction House, and make my coins on sets and on the occasional LTD flip.

Oh okay thank you. I almost bought a few at 2.2 but I didn’t. I really wish I did cuz that woulda been an extra 2-3 mil rn

DoubleBUnoC said:

All of the whales are the main reason this game is pay to win and requires so much money to compete in. You all make cards worth way more than they should be. No card in the game (with the exception of ranked and H2H cards) should be 4 million or more coins. But since half the community are greedy hogs, it requires people to spend money to either pull the player they want or til they have enough coins to afford them and even then the card isn’t worth 4 mil. It’s ridiculous how much the whales of this game inflate cards.

No, no it's not.  You're basically victim-blaming.  We're ALL the victims here, this shit (running a literal casino for children) should be illegal.  I mean, it technically is illegal, but nobody cares to enforce laws.  Textbook case study into how and why monopolies are bad for the consumer.

I assure you, your ire is misplaced.  We didn't create this unfortunate set of circumstances.  You paid for the game and donated money to our EA overlords.  Please stop pocket watching and get yer house in order.

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

DoubleBUnoC said:

i dont ever flip cards because im afraid to get banned. Say I bought a manziel for 2.2 earlier and sold him back now for 3.1. wouldnt I get banned for that?

No u would get band either for selling a card that only goes for 100k for 1M or something or u buy and post multiple cards at the same time.

germdelacalle said:

No u would get band either for selling a card that only goes for 100k for 1M or something or u buy and post multiple cards at the same time.

Ohhhh okay thanks

I just started like towards the end of season 5 and already have a 94 overall Seahawks TT it's not hard to get players but it is hard getting the top players for your TT cause people know how sought after they are and gate keep the prices and I can compete with people that have better overall TT than I do I beat a god squad the other day he had all 97-99s in his line up

Lildrift56 said:

Your statement makes no sense. If people didn’t buy packs ltds would be even less attainable and more expensive you can’t blame a guy for wanting a couple mil after dropping I could only imagine hundreds for a chance at one of these ltds

Not true if people didn’t buy packs the way they do Ea would have to change things up. But as of now they are having $1000 dollar offers in the game. 

The biggest down fall was getting rid of TVPs instead of everyone banning together and refuse to spend money they did the opposite and just spent more

Your issue is less whales and more flippers.  Check the Leaderboard (sorted by 'Coins'). 
https://www.mut.gg/binder/leaderboard/?sort=coins

Some of the people on the first page with Coins-to-Binder ratios of 5:1 and higher PRIMARILY play Madden 26 as "Auction House Simulator 26"  

Of the 25 on the first page, at minimum, seven (28%) of them fall into the "Auction House Simulator 26" category.  They spend 8+ hours a day on the Auction House making sure you don't get any bargains, then reposting higher.  They stack coins (just these seven alone have skimmed 1.17 BILLION from the Auction House.).  They then post their coin stacks on Social Media and become the Alpha Males who then date all of the 9s and 10s. 

P.S.  My last point may be wrong.

DoubleBUnoC said:

Dude... In the first 30 minutes of packs being out, SIXTY jadeveons were sold on the auction house. There is no reason after 60 sales that he should be around 4.5 million coins.

Good day 

The real question is, who is making these prices for these cards ? In my opinion it doesn’t look like it’s coming from the community as it is supposed to be.

I bought peppers during Christmas time for 700k the limited,  then bought 4 more,  sold rack one for 1.8 million, you don't need to spend money,  be patient, use the free full in cards that get your chemistry until you can get a redux or air the limited

ItsmeD said:

Good day 

The real question is, who is making these prices for these cards ? In my opinion it doesn’t look like it’s coming from the community as it is supposed to be.

Madden used to show the PSN/XBOX Gamertag for every card posted on the auction house.  They stopped doing that around Madden 17 or 18, so there is no way to be 100% certain.  Honestly, the same dumb Auction House stuff was happening back then as well.  The longer you play the game, the more you'll notice the pattern...

12 year old buys the game for the first time > Spends every dollar on gift cards and points at the EA casino > Burns out and quits > Years later, picks up the game again vows not to spend money, discovers it's worse than they remember > Quits again, maybe writes a "Madden is dead" post somewhere > Replacement 12 year old buys game for the first time.  (Cycle repeats forever)

c59x0x0 said:

Madden used to show the PSN/XBOX Gamertag for every card posted on the auction house.  They stopped doing that around Madden 17 or 18, so there is no way to be 100% certain.  Honestly, the same dumb Auction House stuff was happening back then as well.  The longer you play the game, the more you'll notice the pattern...

12 year old buys the game for the first time > Spends every dollar on gift cards and points at the EA casino > Burns out and quits > Years later, picks up the game again vows not to spend money, discovers it's worse than they remember > Quits again, maybe writes a "Madden is dead" post somewhere > Replacement 12 year old buys game for the first time.  (Cycle repeats forever)

Good day 

I agree 

Take today for an example, there’s a 98 overall DT card  ( Albert ‘s  Haynesworth)and it’s 2.4 million coins. To me That's ridiculous. 

Who got that card first and thought, hmm  a DT , I think ill sell it  for 2.million ( or somewhere in that area) and then people followed and the market stayed set at that price.  It’s just to awkward if you ask me

ItsmeD said:

Good day 

I agree 

Take today for an example, there’s a 98 overall DT card  ( Albert ‘s  Haynesworth)and it’s 2.4 million coins. To me That's ridiculous. 

Who got that card first and thought, hmm  a DT , I think ill sell it  for 2.million ( or somewhere in that area) and then people followed and the market stayed set at that price.  It’s just to awkward if you ask me

Totally normal and has been happening for 10+ years.  It's basic supply and demand.  As of today there are a total of five (Auctionable) 98s in the game.  Look at the leaderboard  Majority of these 20m+ account teams (plus the players who don't use this site or haven't synced their binder) are chasing at least one of these five 98s this week.  Those coins have to be spent as the season is over in five months.  Or the next 30-60 days for the annual "Madden is dead / Nobody is playing this game anymore" people who post in April/May each year.

Tip: Just don't buy high-end cards the first 2-3 days they release and you'll save yourself a ton of coins.  Those cards are really for the ultra-competitive teams and 50% of the population with near-zero impulse control.  Change the way you look at this:  Instead of "prices are ridiculous" reframe as "haha, they're losing 500k to a million this week"