Axispowers
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I bought my way in for 2.30 on the steam community market.
Steam Trading Cards : get trading cards and turn it into stuff
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I bought my way in for 2.30 on the steam community market.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
I joined at 4k-ish and got an invite immediately
Nah not willing to pay for something that will be out soon enough.
The beta has been running for barely a day. It's a little early to make that call.
Maybe it will catch on, but I'd bet the majority of registered Steam accounts haven't set up a community page. I simply meant that a copy of a STC-compatible game sold doesn't necesarilly mean 3-5 new cards in the wild. Of course, if Valve does do drop resets my point's kind of moot.
CountAntonius
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It's only a dollar. Given how much work it costs to get a full deck then hope you unlock the emote you want it doesn't sound like it's much.
I think they almost certainly will because you can have multiples of cards and they already said that buying tf2 and dota2 items resets the drops
The catch is that theyll check to make sure you dont get more than half the cards you need, so youd still have to trade and buy to get the set
I see. I thought you were trying to argue that the meta-game may soon not have enough players to warrant attention.
Edit: It's possible for a game to drop the same card twice or, if you're particularly unlucky, three times. Even if people did pursue and craft their sets en-masse, and there were no drop resets, there'd still be a fair amount of spares floating around.
Well, my interest is purely lucrative. Anyway, I bought one just in case. It was :alyx:, I was searching the market for the eponymous HL2 card and stumbled upon it. Just thought they were a little bit more expensive.
CarbonatedFalcon
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The thing is - if the drops don't reset, I'm not sure how they expect people to get multiple levels of badges. Would be a huge pyramid scheme if that were the case.
With Dota 2 and TF2 it seems that in-game purchases will let you get more card drops according to this thread:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/tradingcards/discussions/1/828939163665337613/
But that still doesn't explain other games without transactions like that. And if I've bought stuff in Dota 2 before, shouldn't it be retroactive giving me a higher ceiling for drops in the first place? Still leaves the possibility that drops could reset on a weekly/monthly basis.
With Dota 2 and TF2 it seems that in-game purchases will let you get more card drops according to this thread:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/tradingcards/discussions/1/828939163665337613/
But that still doesn't explain other games without transactions like that. And if I've bought stuff in Dota 2 before, shouldn't it be retroactive giving me a higher ceiling for drops in the first place? Still leaves the possibility that drops could reset on a weekly/monthly basis.
Card drops do not reset. (Steam support)
CountAntonius
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I hope Dark Souls 2 Supports these. I would probably collect them all for the artwork alone.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
I bet get some retroactive Dota 2 card pay
Steam Support would be its typical useless self in this case as the staff presumably just consult the Trading Card FAQ and report that there are currently no drop resets. I'd assume Valve will over the short term be looking at A) how many card holders participate in Community bartering and B) how often this occurs before making a decision on how often drops are to be reset.
CountAntonius
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Maybe they reset for non free to play games when they release a new series of cards?
How does it not make sense? You get more cards through trading, and can craft another set.
Trading what exactly?
If drops never reset, the absolute maximum number of sets that can be crafted is half the number of games sold. For someone to craft two sets of Half-Life 2 cards, they'd need four player's worth of cards.
Again, not seeing the "not making sense" part. I mean, the whole concept of rarity...
Emerson
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If drops never reset then it will be physically impossible for a significant number of people to complete more than one set. There won't be enough cards in existence.
The purpose is not to make high level sets rare, but to make people do more transactions.
BrokenEchelon
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Someone else got a response from Steam Support:
It seems hyper stupid and I honestly can't believe it.
Isn't that going to make the price of all the cards skyrocket if every user has a one-time supply?
It seems hyper stupid and I honestly can't believe it.
Isn't that going to make the price of all the cards skyrocket if every user has a one-time supply?
BrokenEchelon
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Right, it doesn't make any sense.
Are you absolutely sure you didn't miss the pop-up? Check to see if you have a new notification in Steam.
Edit: Toma says otherwise.
Capitalism, ho!
Well, I guess you could just create a new steam account and re-buy the games during some summer sale where the games are available for cheap. Although if that actually works, Steam could just allow users to buy card packs. Get the first half for free, anything else will cost you.
There is no reset on cards. Period. I dont think there ever will be a regular reset either. Maybe you can earn a 1 card reset for certain games by completing certain challenges or something. Valve wants people to use the trades with money so they can get their cut. If everyone had enough cards, people wouldnt sell cards for as much or just trade directly.
Or just outright buy the missing cards, yep. And then you are only on level 1 of the badge, which has 4-5 levels.
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