drkOne
Member
Keep the weapons you use in your different loadouts. Scrap the rest.
If you ever find yourself wanting a weapon you don't have, you can quickly find someone who will trade it for a scrap.
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Team Fortress 2 Trading |OT|
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Keep the weapons you use in your different loadouts. Scrap the rest.
If you ever find yourself wanting a weapon you don't have, you can quickly find someone who will trade it for a scrap.
JakkuFurosu
Member
What I used todo Is keep 2 of every weapon in stock....this was about 2 or 3 months ago so theres quite a few more weapons.
Id keep 2 of every item in stock and just play the game....all day everyday on pub servers people ask for stuff(sell for 2 random weapons/scrap a piece)...after awhile youll get used to what sells (dead ringers, your eternal reward, machinas,batallion backups etc) . Then Id smelt the excess stuff.
I never got rich doing this but I never was TF2 broke either....if i for some reason got into the engie I could turn around and deck him out on the fly with the more expensive hats,Paint tags etc without waiting or stressing.
Having most weapons on hand is good cause youll never know what youll be in the mood for and never know whats going to get a nerf/buff so its nice to have them around imo
on topic of Idlers not sure where dude went with that:
I only have 6 idlers (which is a really small amount compared to most) and I idle 2 a night for 3 nights (whenever i remember) with the free version of sandboxie (free gets you 1 sandboxxed program, paid gets you as many as you want, but 1 is more then enough). with them 6 i amassed a nice little steam library....decked out tf2 characters so in the end Im way ahead my initial 30-40 dollar investment.
alts good to store crap as well....i got a crapload of crates i really need to get rid of and have my Halloween sets (normal+haunted complete) and other assorted stuff in alts
Id keep 2 of every item in stock and just play the game....all day everyday on pub servers people ask for stuff(sell for 2 random weapons/scrap a piece)...after awhile youll get used to what sells (dead ringers, your eternal reward, machinas,batallion backups etc) . Then Id smelt the excess stuff.
I never got rich doing this but I never was TF2 broke either....if i for some reason got into the engie I could turn around and deck him out on the fly with the more expensive hats,Paint tags etc without waiting or stressing.
Having most weapons on hand is good cause youll never know what youll be in the mood for and never know whats going to get a nerf/buff so its nice to have them around imo
on topic of Idlers not sure where dude went with that:
I only have 6 idlers (which is a really small amount compared to most) and I idle 2 a night for 3 nights (whenever i remember) with the free version of sandboxie (free gets you 1 sandboxxed program, paid gets you as many as you want, but 1 is more then enough). with them 6 i amassed a nice little steam library....decked out tf2 characters so in the end Im way ahead my initial 30-40 dollar investment.
alts good to store crap as well....i got a crapload of crates i really need to get rid of and have my Halloween sets (normal+haunted complete) and other assorted stuff in alts
drkOne
Member
Quick math I did on idling, note that I didn't want to factor drop percentages and what hats are worth more than others, so this is the minimum you'll get from idling.
You get 10 weapons per account per week.
Which you can easily turn into 5 scrap.
Which is 0.55 ref.
Which is 1/5 of a key.
Which isn't more than $0.28.
It's easier to just round it out to $1/month/account.
Let's say that hats/misc drop at a 1 per 100 weapons. You'll get a minimum of around 0.66 ref per account.
So you end up getting $2/month/account.
For me it wasn't worth the initial investment (was looking at 5 alt accounts).
Is my math 100% accurate? Not at all, as I said I calculated the worst case scenario. For example, I'm sure a lot of idlers made mad bank on all the Pile of Ashes they had when the Pyromania update hit, selling the weaps for 1rec+. Also I bet many alt accounts had Secret Diaries drop for them.
Right now I'm happy enough buying keys from the black market and trading them for the stuff I want.
As I said before I'm not into collecting this kind of stuff, just like to have my characters look cool, so it's not like I'm spending huge amounts of money to justify looking for "get rich" schemes.
Also, I only got into TF2 trading because of Dota 2 getting items. Otherwise I'd still be rocking default stuff with the random drop hat for all my classes.
JakkuFurosu
Member
I was referring to:
Just giving him my experience and what I do as I wasnt sure what he decided on or if he was even still interested
drkOne
Member
Oh, I just quoted your post because you had mentioned idling, wasn't going against anything you said.
I've only been researching the trading community for 2 weeks or so (I asked if I should melt all my weapons a couple of days ago in this thread myself), just sharing some knowledge (which may be not fully accurate) for newcomers like myself
Fer the new page:
Message me on Steam if you'd like to trade.
For Trade (spreadsheet price)
Weapons -
The Sticky Jumper (clean)
Festive Sticky Bomb Launcher
Strange Mad Milk
Strange Half-Zatoichi
Strange Fists
Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol
The Lollichop (x4)
The Rainblower
The Cleaner's Carbine
The Hitman's Heatmaker
The Beggar's Bazooka
Hats/Misc -
The Waxy Wayfinder
Fancy Dress Uniform
Craft Hats (for 1.33 ref or another craft hat) -
Western Wear
The Scrap Pack
The Point and Shoot
The Infernal Impaler
WTB
1 Decal Tool for 2 Rec
Free!
Scorched Crates - I have31 36 of these and no intention of opening them... They're on my alt, so shoot me a PM if you want any.
Message me on Steam if you'd like to trade.
For Trade (spreadsheet price)
Weapons -
Festive Sticky Bomb Launcher
Strange Mad Milk
Strange Half-Zatoichi
Strange Fists
Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol
The Lollichop (x4)
The Rainblower
The Cleaner's Carbine
The Hitman's Heatmaker
The Beggar's Bazooka
Hats/Misc -
Fancy Dress Uniform
Craft Hats (for 1.33 ref or another craft hat) -
Western Wear
The Scrap Pack
The Infernal Impaler
WTB
Free!
Scorched Crates - I have
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
Don't buy keys in the store, buy them here:http://www.sourceop.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=21
cheaper that way
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
Edit: Bought some keys through source op.
Let me know if any of you have a strange scat.
Got it.
Looking for a strange sandman now.
Got it.
Looking for a strange sandman now.
Spreadsheet says 2 ref for a liquidators but you can have mine for 1.33
Fuck.... I just bought one for 1.66.
JakkuFurosu
Member
Ive been wishing this for awhile.
I honestly cannot believe that no one has done this yet (or I havent found it).
I spent like 5ref on lack of hue that i would've loved to seen how it would look before total purchase (hue + bird).
Im happy with look (STREETS AHEAD OF ZEKES!!!) but wouldve liked a preview first
opticalmace
Member
I forget the website right now but there is one site that has screenshots people have taken of hats in different colours.
JakkuFurosu
Member
youd think as big and fanatic as the TF2 community is someone would've built a flash or app where you can check out different stuff. Theres even a crate simulator out there....just find it kinda odd this missing.
If i had any programming knowledge whatsoever id build it as im sure itll get alot of use.....i mean 1/2 of tf2 is playing dress up for alot
Wendel Clark
Member
I'm talking about multiple items in different colours at once on a model.
You can preview items in the Mann. Co Catalog, the store or using item test. You can change paint colors in all 3 instances.
JakkuFurosu
Member
but wouldnt you still be missing the big picture?
Like heres naked demo but id like to see him with black parrot,team spirit kanye glasses, with team spirit hustlers hallmark.
(thats the best looking demo on the planet so you guys know)
Taco_Human
Member
Got an extra robot chicken hat code. Offers.
opticalmace
Member
I like my demo, with lime parrot, lime kanye glasses, and the coin-dropping treasure hat.
Wendel Clark
Member
What would you like for the Parrot?
3.33 Refine.
I'll Count a Baby Face's Blaster and Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol as .5 refine each.
Ill also consider a Strange Rocket Launcher and 1 reclaimed
Straight up for a The Infernal Orchestrina or The Attendant
If you have any clean hats that I don't have I'll consider them too.
Also update on what I have
Nope.
Itemtest lets you test multiple cosmetics at once, with paints and usual effects.
Wendel Clark
Member
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i've got 1.22 in metal, Baseball Bill's Sports Shine, Genuine Pip-Boy, Genuine Brain Bucket.
opticalmace
Member
Just curious, how much?
opticalmace
Member
I have an idea tube misc for the engy that I would like to trade. I would prefer a misc for a different class, but I am open.
Please PM me if interested, thanks.
Please PM me if interested, thanks.
Does anyone want to trade a Rainblower for something from my list? http://tf2b.com/tf2/alroker
I have some of those already so sorry man.
I'm looking for mostly metal.
Also I have a CS:GO Invite for 12.66 refined if anyone wants it.
chixdiggit
Member
OK dumb question (I am new to trading scene). What does 12.66 refined actually mean? I know what refined metal is but 12.66?
1 reclaimed metal accounts for .33 refined because you need 3 of them to craft 1 refined. 1 scrap is like .11 refined.
chixdiggit
Member
Wow, if i would have thought about it, makes complete sense... Thanks!
What is Portal 1 worth in refine/keys?
Grinchy
Banned
I have 3 scorched crates sitting in my inventory. If anyone wants them for free, just add me.
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198005567824
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198005567824