So you’ve been playing PackRat a little while and realized you can’t seem to get those higher point cards, and your friends keep dumping the low spots on you. Well don’t fret. You don’t have to wait until you can buy a high point card to steal the ones you want. You can steal your way to the top.
Let me show you the progression I made in just minutes.
I purchased this.
And stole this:
Which I then swapped up for this:
Within a couple of minutes, I stole this with the pooch:
And to take it up just a notch, I stole this:
And last, but hardly least…
The whole of all of those thefts was under 10 mins. It took longer to find something up the next point range. This seems obvious, but it’s the quickest way to get those higher number cards that don’t show up in the markets.
Doing the steal upgrade path works because of the small gaps in value. Yes, you can get lucky with larger gaps in value, but the smaller differences make swaps less risky. This is important when you have lots of swaps to make. You don’t want to lock out a ‘friend’ with lots of good cards for swapping.
The best thing about this is that the value of the card to you is meaningless. It doesn’t have to fit a set, and doesn’t have to be one anyone would steal back. Additionally, because you keep stealing up, and lots of folks steal using a higher or equal point card for safety, the risk factor of heading backwords is minimal.
So if you’re stuck, just buy the cheapest card you find and the market and get stealing!
Thanks. I had not thought of purchasing them before. Cheating is always tons of fun.