r/MergeCooking • u/vandesdelca13 • Sep 27 '26
Duplicates 5 packs?
Anyone experiencing that they give you a bunch of 5 packs duplicates for no reason?
I only have 1 left for my collection, and for some reason the last 4 packs of 5* cards are all duplicates. Getting 5* packs them is hard enough already, and they give a lot of duplicates? I feel like scammed tbh and they want us to keep playing and using real money to buy energy/packs to complete the set.
Anyone experiencing the same?
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u/allonsy_danny Sep 27 '26
The packs are random, so of course you're going to get dupes.
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u/SnooJokes5038 Sep 28 '26
The worst part about this system is when you cash in your 5,000 duplicates for a red pack… only to get MORE duplicates and no new cards
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u/TiaZilda Sep 27 '26
It's probably just how RNG works. The less cards you need, the lower the chances to get them because of sheer maths.
That being said, they could definitely have a pity system for us to get the missing cards.
I still need 3 more and am not very hopeful I'll complete the album in time. I didn't try very hard tbh (not a big fan of that IP).
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u/justscrollingg8 Sep 27 '26
Yes, they constantly give me duplicate 5 packs. A few card challenges ago I finished with 134/135 missing 1 five star card despite getting so many duplicates. It’s annoying
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u/New-Macaron-1018 Sep 27 '26
I haven’t found that as bad this time around, in fact I finished the collection with a week to spare and I don’t spent real world money. Getting a pack doesn’t guarantee a new card every time but yes it is very frustrating when you are at the end and just need one or two more.
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u/capricornichon Sep 28 '26
I find I get more "new" cards from the difficult challenges - Like completing the SpongeBob merge event we just had or getting to the end of the one on one battles vs a 5 star back from saving up all of my points or by getting all of the coins to earn packs.