Possible to realiistic play this game without the auctions as a T35 player

[cookizzz]

The auction markets for different servers and different levels are different. You must observe before determining the strategy of bidding.

I never buy any scout players. I only bid in auction market when I feel that the competition is reasonable. If the competition is too severe, I may not participate in auctions for several days or weeks. If I cannot buy new players, I will face the reality and try to use the current squad to compete. Team performance is not necessary bad in this case. My current L22 team is the weakest in terms of stars comparing with last many seasons but it has great chance to win the 1st league after 10 seasons. Generally, I only spend two, or at most four tokens on each auction. In my opinion, you never know when the auction will stop after 1st round.

I never pay cash to buy tokens or packs. I can only obtain about 40 tokens in season. All my teams still promoted every season and challenged for league titles in almost all seasons. So I believe there should some ways to play without much resources. But you must be smart and sometimes very patient.

[An Bainisteoir]

Ok update on the actions. Instead of the moaning I had yesterday about how terrbile the auctions were and how I got token bullied, this time I have a success story.

I relaise that using pc/laptop has an advantage over using the the moblie phone (besides the better connection). In that it shows the F for free transfers so it is quicker to spot them. This means that it "slows down" the people using moblie phones because they would have to click each one to see if they are a free transfer.

So I farmed out 3 tokens which gave me four added to the one I received from the token deal.
My intention was to just look at the auction list and see which type are hidden gems to change my mindset.

I saw a Free Transfer guy worth aged 21 only 290k and a three star (level 2). Then I looked at his stats. His attacking were amazing 24.6 which is at "excellent" five star level.

Nobody had bid there was a half hour to go. I decided to throw my one token in. I reasoned that it might put off other bidders as they would then have to bid a two token minimum.

Nobody else bid and I got the player for one token.

Incidentally I think that not showing the "F" for free transfer on the list when using the moblie is a major oversight by nordus and a disadvantage for mobile users.

[Buffs Mad]

Ok update on the actions. Instead of the moaning I had yesterday about how terrbile the auctions were and how I got token bullied, this time I have a success story.

I relaise that using pc/laptop has an advantage over using the the moblie phone (besides the better connection). In that it shows the F for free transfers so it is quicker to spot them. This means that it "slows down" the people using moblie phones because they would have to click each one to see if they are a free transfer.

So I farmed out 3 tokens which gave me four added to the one I received from the token deal.
My intention was to just look at the auction list and see which type are hidden gems to change my mindset.

I saw a Free Transfer guy worth aged 21 only 290k and a three star (level 2). Then I looked at his stats. His attacking were amazing 24.6 which is at "excellent" five star level.

Nobody had bid there was a half hour to go. I decided to throw my one token in. I reasoned that it might put off other bidders as they would then have to bid a two token minimum.

Nobody else bid and I got the player for one token.

Incidentally I think that not showing the "F" for free transfer on the list when using the moblie is a major oversight by nordus and a disadvantage for mobile users.

I agree. I mentioned this when the app was launched.

Browsing the TM for FAs was one of the few reasons for me logging in on my crappy T11 phone.

[nikolgiorgos]

So that is a grand total of 20 tokens wasted on nothing

compare to that, a scout/list player who cost 50T and playing 1st season as 7* player, 2nd season 6* player, 3rd season 5-6* player, 4th season 5* player - without power training
lol
I 'm saying,
don't buy a scout\list player if you don't know why you want him ...
don't buy an expensive young nordgen if you don't know how to use him
don't sign an academy player if you don't know what to expect from him

[An Bainisteoir]

Finally got the hang of this auction thing. Got a lot of players during quiet time of the server.So much so I was spoilt for choice for 2 tokens each max! I even got some for one token each. The four types I keep an eye on are
1) high value young players (if I have the money) -
2) free agents if I don't have money
3) multiple position players
4) players over 30 if they are exceptionally good

[t11_fan]

Yesterday I've managed to buy 15x 5* players for my level 6 team called Shakhtar. I've spent 33T on those auctions (all thogether, lost auctions included too).

[An Bainisteoir]

Yesterday I've managed to buy 15x 5* players for my level 6 team called Shakhtar. I've spent 33T on those auctions (all thogether, lost auctions included too).

That is great going did you study the competition for a while or did you just get your timing right?

Incidentally I threw 3 tokens at a 5 star (30) player who was thirty plus during the busy time (evening). It is very hard to make yourself stop bidding when the action thing starts. Thankfully I stopped at three when I released they seem to have tokens to burn.

[nikolgiorgos]

That is great going did you study the competition for a while or did you just get your timing right?

lol,
he has a phd on that

[t11_fan]

That is great going did you study the competition for a while or did you just get your timing right?

Incidentally I threw 3 tokens at a 5 star (30) player who was thirty plus during the busy time (evening). It is very hard to make yourself stop bidding when the action thing starts. Thankfully I stopped at three when I released they seem to have tokens to burn.

Well, answer is both and more.
When I open TM, I usually put on shortlist few players whose auction is near end. Then I track those transfers to find out how active market is, who are buyers etc. before bidding. If market activity is high, don't even try to bid, There are a lot of small tricks which I've learned through months of playing TE (this is my 32nd season),
Of course, you always need luck, but you need to be wise. There are various types of bidders and auctions. Key is to try to predict could some auction become token war or maybe could be over in 1st round.
As far as I can understand how other players think, high number of players is stubborn on auctions. I don't know why, but some of them are talking about "pride", which could be explained like "I'll bid for that player until last token"
I'm 35T player, I don't have will to farm (I used to do it sometimes), so I'm quite careful with my tokens. Once I managed to have av. quallity 5* team and ~70 tokens which were from sponsor only + few bought jerseys and crests!
I usually finish my auctions in few rounds and spend up to 3T per auction, sometimes few more, up to 6.
For me, it would be quite complicated to write guide about auctions because you can't learn that from guide. Auctions are more related with psychology and "reading people" than with game itself.
Keep in mind that no matter how many tokens you spend on some player, you get no guarantee that his form will be good. Problem is that most of bidders don't understand that, they think that TE is based on quallity, but actually TE is based more on form than on quallity.
You need to change way of looking at players (I don't mean managers). For me, player isn't worth much tokens until he comes in my team and proves his form. Then, I won't sell player like that unless someone gives me big token offer for him, and even then I'll think twice. Just keep in mind that the best players aren't one with 3 positions, 18 years and special ability, but one who has form 8-9

[An Bainisteoir]

Well, answer is both and more.
When I open TM, I usually put on shortlist few players whose auction is near end. Then I track those transfers to find out how active market is, who are buyers etc. before bidding. If market activity is high, don't even try to bid, There are a lot of small tricks which I've learned through months of playing TE (this is my 32nd season),
Of course, you always need luck, but you need to be wise. There are various types of bidders and auctions. Key is to try to predict could some auction become token war or maybe could be over in 1st round.
As far as I can understand how other players think, high number of players is stubborn on auctions. I don't know why, but some of them are talking about "pride", which could be explained like "I'll bid for that player until last token"
I'm 35T player, I don't have will to farm (I used to do it sometimes), so I'm quite careful with my tokens. Once I managed to have av. quallity 5* team and ~70 tokens which were from sponsor only + few bought jerseys and crests!
I usually finish my auctions in few rounds and spend up to 3T per auction, sometimes few more, up to 6.
For me, it would be quite complicated to write guide about auctions because you can't learn that from guide. Auctions are more related with psychology and "reading people" than with game itself.
Keep in mind that no matter how many tokens you spend on some player, you get no guarantee that his form will be good. Problem is that most of bidders don't understand that, they think that TE is based on quallity, but actually TE is based more on form than on quallity.
You need to change way of looking at players (I don't mean managers). For me, player isn't worth much tokens until he comes in my team and proves his form. Then, I won't sell player like that unless someone gives me big token offer for him, and even then I'll think twice. Just keep in mind that the best players aren't one with 3 positions, 18 years and special ability, but one who has form 8-9

Interesting that you mention psychology.

I find that I bid much better in auctions if I only have 1/2 tokens stored.
If I have double figure tokens available I have a tendency to go the extra (mostly unnecessary) few bids. When I have a greater amount of tokens I am tempted to bid at the busy times of the server. This turns out to be a false sense of security and I waste tokens.
In contrast when I have double one/two tokens I immediately aim for free agents or players at the quiet time of the server.