Sooo what Steam level are you?
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Metalmurphy
Member
People that buy them will still be at an advantage, and a very very big one. It's a broken system made for people to throw money at valve.
I mean, the card system it self isn't broken, tying it to the Steam level is what makes the Steam level broken.
fluffydelusions
Member
Wait, huh?
Since this thread is tangentially related to the act of levelling up, I think it's worth noting that these recently replaced the discount coupon rewards when crafting a badge (i.e. you get one each time you do so):
Unlike the discount coupons, you can sell them if you so desire, but I can only assume they'll tie into the Summer Sale meta-game in some way.
The default is 250. Every level gains you another five slots.
Unlike the discount coupons, you can sell them if you so desire, but I can only assume they'll tie into the Summer Sale meta-game in some way.
The default is 250. Every level gains you another five slots.
you get extra friend slots as your steam level increases
ComputerMKII
Banned
Level 9 but I have no idea what that means.
the best!
fluffydelusions
Member
Wow, never knew that.
Level 9
With 9 years of service
Suck on that losers
Now all you need is 9 badges, 9 friends, 9 games, 9 DLC and 9 wishlisted items.
the faq says you get five more slots per level
I should point out that I'm level 14 despite never having crafted a single badge
brandonh83
Banned
5.
I didn't Steam too much until lately.
I didn't Steam too much until lately.
FuKuy
Member
SirUltimos
Member
I didn't even know this was a thing. When did this happen?
I'm level 10, at any rate.
I'm level 10, at any rate.
Ninja Kn1ght
Member
13, I don't really get how it all works.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
lvl 9 and my account will be 10 years old in September I just do not play enough games I just buy them on steam 
You have a friends limit on steam? :O
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Level 8, haven't done any of the card stuff.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Level 17.
It's currently based around the badges, mainly the ones you get from crafting trading cards.
It's currently based around the badges, mainly the ones you get from crafting trading cards.
So basically for participating in Steam-related things, and by crafting badges after completing a trading card set, you get xp. when you get enough xp, you level up.
So I got my xp from:
Being a trading card beta tester - 100 xp
Completing objectives during the Steam holiday sale 2012 - 100 xp
Having an account for 8 years - 400 xp
Completing objectives in the Steam summer sale 2012- 83 xp
Being a "community ambassador" (aka doing basic steam community related stuff) - 200 xp
Steam winter sale 2011 - 138 xp
Steam summer camp sale - 89 xp
Potato sack arg/promo - 100 xp
steam treasure hunt - 83 xp
director of acquisitions (owning a crapton of games) - 640 xp
then you also get 100 xp any time you complete a game's trading card set and craft a badge
When you think about it, it's essentially a rewards program for buying/doing stuff on Steam
You primarily earn cards via "drops", which occur on the odd occasion while you're in-game (you don't actually have to be playing; you can just idle in the main menu and alt-tab to do something else). You'll have no drops remaining for F2P games if you didn't spend $9 in the in-game store prior to the trading cards being implemented (or, in the case of TF2, didn't own a copy prior to it going F2P), whereas for paid games, you'll either have an amount of drops equal to half or half+1, depending on the total amount of cards available (e.g. if a game has 8 cards, you'll get 4 drops; if it has 9 cards, you'll get 5 drops).
As for the cards themselves, there are regular cards and rarer foil cards, the latter of which you can flog off for a pretty penny if you beat the market crash; additionally, you can also earn booster packs, which are a set of three cards, with a chance of a foil, that "drop" infrequently as long as you've signed into Steam once in the past week. Obviously you cannot complete a set with the limited amount of drops, so you're encouraged to either trade for or purchase from the Steam Market the missing cards. You can gain drops in F2P games by spending money in the in-game store, but given that you only earn a single drop per $9 spent, it's far cheaper to just buy what you need from the market. While cards disappear from your inventory when you craft a badge, once you've "maxed out" a certain badge, they will remain in the badge section of your profile, so you can view them at your leisure. (Valve will soon be implementing a virtual binder wherein your cards, whether present in your inventory or having been used to max out a badge, will reside.)
Badges can be "crafted" either by completing certain tasks (such as the Steam Community badge) or "spending" a complete set of cards. The ability to "level up" promotional badges (i.e. those not based on cards) varies, but regular card-based badges can be taken to level 5, while the special foil badges can be crafted just the once. When crafting a badge, you earn an emoticon, profile background (both related to the game in question), a Mysterious Card and 100 XP. XP in particular is used to "level up" your Steam Community profile, and with each level you gain an additional five friend slots as well as a showcase slot to show off something of your liking on your profile (rare/favourite games, games/DLC owned, achievements earned, etc.)
Edit: If a badge is not showing up in your list, either because you don't own the game in question or haven't spent enough money in the in-game store, it will appear after you receive a card pertaining to it. For instance, I didn't spend money in Dota 2 prior to the trading cards going live, so the badge didn't appear in my list until I began buying Dota 2 cards.
Edit edit: Sorry, I can't type tonight.
Atraveller
Banned
As of now, I'm 9 xp away from level 13.
Yeah. It's 300, plus 5 per Steam level.
Delicious Waffles
Member
Level 9.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
You learn something new every day
thanksPrincess Viola
Member
I'm level 4.
BEST LEVEL because 4 is best number ever invented.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/aikoheiwa/badges
BEST LEVEL because 4 is best number ever invented.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/aikoheiwa/badges
dreamstation
Member
Level 10
Did not participate in the beta or do anything special, must just be from my previous achievements/badges or something I don't know. Seems like a lot of people are level 10.
Did not participate in the beta or do anything special, must just be from my previous achievements/badges or something I don't know. Seems like a lot of people are level 10.
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Deleted member 1235
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If I owned TF2 before it went F2P, it tells me '5 drops remaining' does that mean I have to spend 9 bucks to get 1 drop or do I 'qualify' for drops because I Purchased it before the F2P implementation?
The latter.