My understanding is: This is thought out as a social thing. You should trade for you missing cards with cards from another game. You can pay to get everything, but it's not meant for that. A few cards for each series and there will be many series, if this is a success. So my guess is: 3 cards of series 1 and 5 of series 2 will also be able to craft a badge.
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Steam Trading Cards : get trading cards and turn it into stuff
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My understanding is: This is thought out as a social thing. You should trade for you missing cards with cards from another game. You can pay to get everything, but it's not meant for that. A few cards for each series and there will be many series, if this is a success. So my guess is: 3 cards of series 1 and 5 of series 2 will also be able to craft a badge.
It totally is meant for using the auction house. Its the only purpose for all of it.
No drop-reset? Well... thats suck. :/
dark_inferno
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Yeah. A drop reset after crafting would be the best.
Well it makes sense for Valve, because they'll make boatloads of money through the auction house with this, but I agree, I'd prefer lower item drops or rarity differences, but being able to collect them myself or with 1-2 friends.
perhaps - but they encourage the trading aspect too. To be able to see who in your friends-list has the cards you're looking for is only meant for trading.
That is true.
dark_inferno
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Wait a few days and the price will drop to 3 cents like crates.
I think this is my favourite one I've seen so far.
Out of the ones I have I'm using this HL2 one despite having the seemingly very rare G-Man background (which I don't like, but it's going for $30 on the marketplace).
DunderHassan
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Is Dota2 still bugged for new users?
Or maybe a drop reset after two or three days after you crafted a badge. Now i can only get three Don't Starve cards, buy the other two, crafting a badge and then... i need to buy the next five cards for the second badge or i trade with the (free) cards from the other games but at some point i just need to buy cards, cause i can't get new cards or can't trade cards, cause i don't have one.
Prophet Steve
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How do you mean bugged? You can't get cards without having bought something in DOTA 2.
Somewhere along the line, series 2 will happen. That's the reset.
Just to confirm, anything? Like, the cheapest item?
DunderHassan
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Yeah, but users who purchased something in Dota 2 after the Steam Card beta release didn't receive cards anyway (bugged), and Valve was going to fix it.
I'm in "Introduction" now and still haven't received any cards.
Yes, anything should be good enough, I bought a name tag and put it on market right after.
Buying a crate for 0,03 Cents did not put TF2 into the badge progress screen and no cards dropped in 45~minutes of idling.
Chairmanchuck
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You need to buy it in their shop, not on the market.
DunderHassan
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It doesn't work when you buy from Market, you have to buy it in the game's own store (Mann Co Store for TF2).
Edit: *beaten*
Edit2: Is there an in-game store for dota2 or does it use dota2.com/store website?
Bought a .49 cent item from in game Dota shop and still didn't get card listing in profile, just fair warning (might be bugged, who knows)
futnownarcade
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BrokenEchelon
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Um...
Resistance?
Mavromatis
Member
Um...
Resistance?
I guess it is the french word from "Vive la Résistance" and not the english word.
Well I'm glad I had TF2 way before it went F2P then
Ugh this will be the death of me. I have always had an underlying urge to collect things, I like levelling up, I like random opens (craft) and I like having shiny badges.
It's like Valve examines my brain and hatched a plan to bankrupt me
did anyone find my Frozen Synapse offer enticing?
It's like Valve examines my brain and hatched a plan to bankrupt me
did anyone find my Frozen Synapse offer enticing?Bought a 0,37 weapon for TF2 and got the badge progress instantly, one card dropped in ~30 minutes at the moment.
What? Really? Bummer. Maybe that explains why Dota 2 isn't even showing up on my badges screen.
I don't remember seeing that when I looked at the faq earlier and the cached version I can see here at work doesn't mention it either. Must've added that recently.
DunderHassan
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That's only for additional cards to the regular 4-5 card drop.
So, if you reached the card drop limit, you can get one more card by purchasing something for $9+
Badge screen should show up anyway, haven't for me either though, so it's bugged (have been since earlier).
Oh. That's actually worse haha. Looks like mine's just bugged for now then.
Mavromatis
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Some claims that purchases after the beta started doesn't count yet.
What I find funniest about this current 'economy' is the fact that card prices are on a gradual, constant decline, due to everyone trying to one up the low price every now and then.
I wonder when prices will hit crate level. Or will they eventually get rarer and shoot up? Not for awhile I'm guessing.
I wonder when prices will hit crate level. Or will they eventually get rarer and shoot up? Not for awhile I'm guessing.
angular graphics
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I am confused. So if I sell my 4 HL2 cards, if I launch HL2 again will I gradually get another 4, or that was it?
DunderHassan
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More info about known issues with Steam Trading Cards: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/tradingcards/discussions/1/828939163665337613/
Yep, that's it. For now, at least.
That's not really news, was there for a while.
Is that really what it's called? This is hilarious in Japanese.
See You Next Tuesday Store... I've been drinking... leave me alone...
DunderHassan
Member
Yeah, just wanted to clarify that it's just an issue with Steam, and that Valve acknowledge the issue, where the badge blueprint doesn't show up even after you purchase an item in Dota2.
fluffydelusions
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I just got 3 of these in my inventory
angular graphics
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Thanks. Welp then, I ain't selling them. I sold a Portal 2 card I got two times, but that's it.
Stallion Free
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Steamworks devs get a 500 xp badge.
Have links to any profiles like that?
Stallion Free
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It's a personal friend so I'm not gonna post his account sorry. Here is the icon though:
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