Not finding items, This the reason?

[Acronychous]

Playtime (hours):
55.9 last two weeks


Good god. Could this be why I haven't found ANYTHING in the last 3 days?

[Ratallideth]

Ill explain it to you:
Each week (Starting at Thursdays) You can find like 8 items (or at least thats what i find), finding 1 each hour. When you have all the 8 drops, you cant find anything else until the next Thursday and so on.

[moussekateer]

This explains it

http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Item_drop_system

[cureforhumanity]

Originally Posted by Ratallideth

Ill explain it to you:
Each week (Starting at Thursdays) You can find like 8 items (or at least thats what i find), finding 1 each hour. When you have all the 8 drops, you cant find anything else until the next Thursday and so on.

Time varies by time zone, US servers usually roll over Wednesday evenings I think.

[Ratallideth]

Originally Posted by cureforhumanity

Time varies by time zone, US servers usually roll over Wednesday evenings I think.

Yeah, made a little mistake there. (In fact, also on my timezone it gets restarted in wednesdats)

[Acronychous]

Wouldn't it make more sense to reward the players who dedicate time to the game? (Actually do something in game to allocate a sum of points, to stop idlers)

I see this system rewarding people who don't play. Juss' sayin'

[moussekateer]

Originally Posted by Acronychous

Wouldn't it make more sense to reward the players who dedicate time to the game? (Actually do something in game to allocate a sum of points, to stop idlers)

I see this system rewarding people who don't play. Juss' sayin'

By which metric would you determine if somebody is playing the game? Realize that anything you come up with can easily be worked around with scripts to make it look like people are 'playing' the game.

Also there is no issue with the current system, idlers can idle as long as they want but they won't get more items than you thanks to to the time cap.

[Wigg1es]

Originally Posted by Acronychous

Wouldn't it make more sense to reward the players who dedicate time to the game? (Actually do something in game to allocate a sum of points, to stop idlers)

I see this system rewarding people who don't play. Juss' sayin'

This is the way of gaming these days. Just look at MMOs. Even in premium montly-sub games (I'm looking at you WoW), either you can buy what you want, or the developers will devise a system that will give you what you want with minimal, or at least below-average effort.

Everything has been diluted beyond recognition to be palatable to the masses.

Its no longer about creating an elite gaming community and giving players rewards and recognition for being above-average. Its purely about numbers and bodies.

Which I should state isn't necessarily a bad thing. As an aging gamer (not that I'm old, just that I'm seeing my real-world responsibilities increase as I get older), I've reaped the benefits of these systems, even though I have less time to spend on games.

The point is, good players are still good players, and bad players, even with good gear, are still bad (assuming the game has some sort of proper item-balancing).

[Toadgineer]

Maybe the drop cap was intentional from a long time ago to not only limit idling, but to also prepare everyone for the Manconomy Update? I mean, we have multiple ways of obtaining our stuff (be it drop, craft, store, or trade). If there was no drop cap, why bother with the store, since you could've just idled your way to whatever it is you are looking for?

I miss the days where I could just get on, start playing, and know that I'd get items as long as the item server wasn't acting up again (and not have to worry about some cap).

[cureforhumanity]

Originally Posted by Acronychous

Wouldn't it make more sense to reward the players who dedicate time to the game? (Actually do something in game to allocate a sum of points, to stop idlers)

I see this system rewarding people who don't play. Juss' sayin'

I always liked the idea of... at 20 hours per week you get a crate containing 5 - 8 totally random items. Weapons mostly, but also could be tools, misc, regular hats, etc. Opened with a key like other crates. For those wanting to get extra items they can choose to open it. If not the crate expires as the item period rolls over.

Valve makes a bit extra money on keys, those looking for extra items or that like unboxing get to uncrate a box of goodies, so to speak. Everyone wins.

[Kozmo]

Originally Posted by Acronychous

Wouldn't it make more sense to reward the players who dedicate time to the game? (Actually do something in game to allocate a sum of points, to stop idlers)

I see this system rewarding people who don't play. Juss' sayin'

Yes, it absolutely would. It would also make sense for you to unlock weapons through being good at the game rather than randomly or through crafting. However, TF2 isn't really about making sense. It's more about Valve testing things out for their other games, these days. Hopefully TF3 will be a bit better in that sense.

[F2P Scout]

Originally Posted by Kozmo

Hopefully TF3 will be a bit better in that sense.

I thought Valve can't count to three.

[aw3s0m3m4n]

Originally Posted by F2P Scout

I thought Valve can't count to three.

No, they're just afraid of the number three. (See: Level 3 Sentry)