Yellow Ver.

[backfire]

i just dont get why theyre punishing the people who are most enthusiastic and care the most about getting the hats, simply because the people who hardly care complain a lot. catering to the wrong crowd imo, will pirate hl3 out of protest

This I don't get. You're acting as if you LIKE to idle outside of the game to get items. I mean, as long as you play the game on a semi-regular basis, you'll get as much items as if you were idleing. Are you just sad that you actually have to do SOMETHING for your items? "Oh noes I cant get hats wen im at scool or work!"

To counter another argument. If you don't play tf2 a lot anyways, then why do you care about items?


Also, I'm just gunna move this to turtle's more successful thread. 

[Black Aspen]

I idle like a fuckin' banshee, and I see this as great news.  I don't WANT to idle, I idle only as a last resort.  It's pretty ridiculous that I have to idle to get anywhere in my quest for hats.  Progress in relation to time spent is waaaay out of whack, and I hope it gets addressed with this change. 

[Odin]

I idle like a fuckin' banshee, and I see this as great news.  I don't WANT to idle, I idle only as a last resort.  It's pretty ridiculous that I have to idle to get anywhere in my quest for hats.  Progress in relation to time spent is waaaay out of whack, and I hope it gets addressed with this change. 

This, I didn't like idling too much, I prefer actually playing Steam games when I'm bored.

[Black Aspen]

....  So know what sucks?  I think I've hit my cap for item loots in the week.  Why is this a problem?  I'm ONE item away from crafting a new hat!  I have 2 Refined Metal, 2 Reclaimed Metal, 2 Scrap Metal, and a load of "Two-Of-A-Kind" items!  Just ONE more Spy, Medic, or Soldier item would have done it!  I'd actually HAVE enough if Valve would actually let you craft the Pain Train as a Soldier weapon!

GAAAAAHHHHHHH

[Duck, Duck, Goose]

I idle because I love finding shit in my sleep.

And I don't play TF2 to find items... I play TF2 to play TF2.

[Professor Funbucks]

....  So know what sucks?  I think I've hit my cap for item loots in the week.  Why is this a problem?  I'm ONE item away from crafting a new hat!  I have 2 Refined Metal, 2 Reclaimed Metal, 2 Scrap Metal, and a load of "Two-Of-A-Kind" items!  Just ONE more Spy, Medic, or Soldier item would have done it!  I'd actually HAVE enough if Valve would actually let you craft the Pain Train as a Soldier weapon!

GAAAAAHHHHHHH

Why do you people do the scrap metal route?
Do 3 slot items, combine them into a slot token, acquire 2 more slot tokens and that's one reclaimed metal or whatever is the 2nd in the hierarchy is.
3 slot items=easier to find than specific class items.
THATS HOW WE DO

[backfire]

[quote author=Black Aspen link=topic=4367.msg148238#msg148238 date=1271918926]
....  So know what sucks?  I think I've hit my cap for item loots in the week.  Why is this a problem?  I'm ONE item away from crafting a new hat!  I have 2 Refined Metal, 2 Reclaimed Metal, 2 Scrap Metal, and a load of "Two-Of-A-Kind" items!  Just ONE more Spy, Medic, or Soldier item would have done it!  I'd actually HAVE enough if Valve would actually let you craft the Pain Train as a Soldier weapon!

GAAAAAHHHHHHH

Do 3 slot items, combine them into a slot token, acquire 2 more slot tokens and that's one reclaimed metal or whatever is the 2nd in the hierarchy is.
[/quote]

It takes 4 items to make a token. Even by your idea though, 3 tokens made from 3 items each would be the same as 3 scraps made from 3 items each. Both of those would make 1 reclaimed.

Did I just skim and miss something? ???

[Duck, Duck, Goose]

[quote author=Funbucks link=topic=4367.msg148244#msg148244 date=1271922342]
[quote author=Black Aspen link=topic=4367.msg148238#msg148238 date=1271918926]
....  So know what sucks?  I think I've hit my cap for item loots in the week.  Why is this a problem?  I'm ONE item away from crafting a new hat!  I have 2 Refined Metal, 2 Reclaimed Metal, 2 Scrap Metal, and a load of "Two-Of-A-Kind" items!  Just ONE more Spy, Medic, or Soldier item would have done it!  I'd actually HAVE enough if Valve would actually let you craft the Pain Train as a Soldier weapon!

GAAAAAHHHHHHH

Do 3 slot items, combine them into a slot token, acquire 2 more slot tokens and that's one reclaimed metal or whatever is the 2nd in the hierarchy is.
[/quote]

It takes 4 items to make a token. Even by your idea though, 3 tokens made from 3 items each would be the same as 3 scraps made from 3 items each. Both of those would make 1 reclaimed.

Did I just skim and miss something? ???
[/quote]It's 12 for 1 Reclaimed via Slot Tokens, 9 via Scrap Metal. However, it's much easier to make Slot Tokens.

[backfire]

[quote author=backfire link=topic=4367.msg148249#msg148249 date=1271923470]
[quote author=Funbucks link=topic=4367.msg148244#msg148244 date=1271922342]
[quote author=Black Aspen link=topic=4367.msg148238#msg148238 date=1271918926]
....  So know what sucks?  I think I've hit my cap for item loots in the week.  Why is this a problem?  I'm ONE item away from crafting a new hat!  I have 2 Refined Metal, 2 Reclaimed Metal, 2 Scrap Metal, and a load of "Two-Of-A-Kind" items!  Just ONE more Spy, Medic, or Soldier item would have done it!  I'd actually HAVE enough if Valve would actually let you craft the Pain Train as a Soldier weapon!

GAAAAAHHHHHHH

Do 3 slot items, combine them into a slot token, acquire 2 more slot tokens and that's one reclaimed metal or whatever is the 2nd in the hierarchy is.
[/quote]

It takes 4 items to make a token. Even by your idea though, 3 tokens made from 3 items each would be the same as 3 scraps made from 3 items each. Both of those would make 1 reclaimed.

Did I just skim and miss something? ???
[/quote]It's 12 for 1 Reclaimed via Slot Tokens, 9 via Scrap Metal. However, it's much easier to make Slot Tokens.
[/quote]

At the expense of 3 items? I'd rather just keep all my items together until I run out of room in my backpack and be forced to craft them. That way I can decide whether or not to make tokens or metal out of them.

[Duck, Duck, Goose]

[quote author=Nitrous Oxide link=topic=4367.msg148251#msg148251 date=1271924481]
[quote author=backfire link=topic=4367.msg148249#msg148249 date=1271923470]
[quote author=Funbucks link=topic=4367.msg148244#msg148244 date=1271922342]
[quote author=Black Aspen link=topic=4367.msg148238#msg148238 date=1271918926]
....  So know what sucks?  I think I've hit my cap for item loots in the week.  Why is this a problem?  I'm ONE item away from crafting a new hat!  I have 2 Refined Metal, 2 Reclaimed Metal, 2 Scrap Metal, and a load of "Two-Of-A-Kind" items!  Just ONE more Spy, Medic, or Soldier item would have done it!  I'd actually HAVE enough if Valve would actually let you craft the Pain Train as a Soldier weapon!

GAAAAAHHHHHHH

Do 3 slot items, combine them into a slot token, acquire 2 more slot tokens and that's one reclaimed metal or whatever is the 2nd in the hierarchy is.
[/quote]

It takes 4 items to make a token. Even by your idea though, 3 tokens made from 3 items each would be the same as 3 scraps made from 3 items each. Both of those would make 1 reclaimed.

Did I just skim and miss something? ???
[/quote]It's 12 for 1 Reclaimed via Slot Tokens, 9 via Scrap Metal. However, it's much easier to make Slot Tokens.
[/quote]

At the expense of 3 items? I'd rather just keep all my items together until I run out of room in my backpack and be forced to craft them. That way I can decide whether or not to make tokens or metal out of them.
[/quote]I have one of every item. The way the odds are stacked for finding dupes, it's way easier to craft slot tokens.  :-\

[Professor Funbucks]

So this new drop system. if I idle one whole night and get items, they stop for the next week?
or like what cause i got 16 items last night.
no hats though but still, now i have my old unlocks back!
medic is fun again!

[CaffeinePowered]

So this new drop system. if I idle one whole night and get items, they stop for the next week?
or like what cause i got 16 items last night.
no hats though but still, now i have my old unlocks back!
medic is fun again!

Well it changed on Tuesday, so if you didnt play and had items stocked from before then you could have gotten 16....unless they fucked something up

[Professor Funbucks]

[quote author=Funbucks link=topic=4367.msg148304#msg148304 date=1271952534]
So this new drop system. if I idle one whole night and get items, they stop for the next week?
or like what cause i got 16 items last night.
no hats though but still, now i have my old unlocks back!
medic is fun again!

Well it changed on Tuesday, so if you didnt play and had items stocked from before then you could have gotten 16....unless they fucked something up
[/quote]
No i started it last night.
and it said 16 items not in backpack, and then i played the game and got them all in one life, lol everyone in the 2fort server i joined was like 'omg wat'

[K2]

[quote author=Caffeine link=topic=4367.msg148307#msg148307 date=1271953059]
[quote author=Funbucks link=topic=4367.msg148304#msg148304 date=1271952534]
So this new drop system. if I idle one whole night and get items, they stop for the next week?
or like what cause i got 16 items last night.
no hats though but still, now i have my old unlocks back!
medic is fun again!

Well it changed on Tuesday, so if you didnt play and had items stocked from before then you could have gotten 16....unless they fucked something up
[/quote]
No i started it last night.
and it said 16 items not in backpack, and then i played the game and got them all in one life, lol everyone in the 2fort server i joined was like 'omg wat'
[/quote]

The night of the Soldier/Demo update when everyone started getting Camera Beards and other items like crazy I wasn't getting anything. The next day when I joined a server and died I got 20 items all at the same time. That was pretty awesome.