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[Nagisan]

How do you get anything to drop at all?

I can be playing for hours and get nothing, I think I've had two drops since the update :(

It depends on how much you play per week. If you have a large amount of hours played per week, you get less total item drops per week, if you have only a few hours per week, you get more total item drops per week. That doesn't mean the person playing less gets more drops, that means they can get more drops per week to balance out with the person who plays a lot more.

As such, if you play 20 or so hours a week, you will have a max items per week of around 10 or so (which seems about as low as the cap goes, give or take a few), if your someone like me who only plays an hour or two each week, you have a max items of 20 or so per week. I hadn't played for a few months before the update, and since the update I have gotten close to 30 item drops and am still getting more (started idling when I left for work, looking at tf2items I have already gotten a Vita-saw), but most people who play for a few hours a day seem to stop getting drops around 10 items per week.

So that being said, how much do you play? If you play a lot you will only be able to get a couple items each week, they reset sometime on Thursday so you should be able to get drops. They seem to drop anywhere from 30 minutes to 1.5 hours on average (might have changed, been awhile since I paid attention to it), so either idle or play more. The easiest way to idle BTW is to start an offline game. You do not even have to join a team or anything, just start an offline practice game and walk away and you will get drops, then pick a team and class when you get back and let a bot kill you and you will get all your drops.

And as Decryptor said, you need to be connected to Steam while playing (or idling) to get drops, so make sure your Friend List is connected and you should be good to get drops.

EDIT: Actually, according to the official TF2 wiki:

When first released, item drops would only occur if players were connected to the Steam Community. If a player was not signed into his or her friends list, or if Valve was performing maintenance on the Steam Community, the player would not receive item drops during that time. Valve changed this system at a later date, and item drops now occur for those who are not signed into the Steam Community.

At least one person has confirmed that they were in offline mode and logged OUT of their friend list and they still got drops, so it seems you do not have to be logged into the Steam Community to get them, just connected to a server thats connected to Valve (which usually only gets interrupted if the server has connection issues or Valves item drop servers have connection issues to the server).

[Teebor]

If you're connected to Steam (Make sure your friends list is populated in the overlay), you should be getting a drop every 40-70 minutes of game play.

If you're not connected to Steam (which is my problem*), then you won't get any drops.

* I've been having net issues for the last few weeks, so it's not possible for me to play or such, since the update I've accumulated 1 real (4 in total, 3 at once due to a glitch) item drop with 3-4 hours of offline play.

I've been playing and the server says it is no longer connected to steam quite frequently. that could be why?

Even though I myself am connected and can see friends etc

[ViZioN]

I've been playing and the server says it is no longer connected to steam quite frequently. that could be why?

Even though I myself am connected and can see friends etc

I don't think the server losing connection to Steam will stop you getting drops but I'm not 100% sure. Normally when the server loses connection, it simply means you can't use your loadout so you're stuck with default weapons.

[Nagisan]

I don't think the server losing connection to Steam will stop you getting drops but I'm not 100% sure. Normally when the server loses connection, it simply means you can't use your loadout so you're stuck with default weapons.

Actually I think it does, last time I was on a server that lost connection with Steam nobody was getting drops. I cannot be 100% sure as its been awhile since I played (except for the past few days), but in my previous experiences, no loadout = no drops period.

Teebor, try going into offline practice mode and play for an hour or two (I know, boring playing against bots and what not, try to go until you get a drop though....you could just idle to test it out if you wanted), you should get a drop, if you do then you may need to find another server that has a more stable connection with Steam.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Yeah, the server needs a connection to Steam (I may have been mixed up)

That was one of the problems you had if you idled, the server could lose connection to Steam and you'd be sitting on it for 8 hours or so with no drops.

[Teebor]

I've got some spare time this weekend, I will see how long I can play for and see what happens, I will give the offline thing a go as well

Thanks :)

[inferniac]

No longer looking for Powerjack ;) some guy on my server traded it along with the Holy Mackeral for Camera Beard (worst hat for spy IMHO).

[Nagisan]

No longer looking for Powerjack ;) some guy on my server traded it along with the Holy Mackeral for Camera Beard (worst hat for spy IMHO).

Nice, camera beard is only half a hat anyway IMO, same drop rate but its not in the hat slot (Misc slot).

I think I finally stopped getting items from idling....total of 30 items and I didn't start idling until Weds of this week. But, before that, I hadn't played much at all for about 3 months before then, so I didn't really get any more than anyone else could have gotten, I just got mine all at once as opposed to over a 3 month period.

[inferniac]

Nice, camera beard is only half a hat anyway IMO, same drop rate but its not in the hat slot (Misc slot).

Still it only changes looks, and Powerjack has a 25% damage boost.

[Minifig]

Kinda proud of myself..

I got the :

Triage Deploy an ÜberCharge on a teammate less than a second before they are hit by a Critical explosive.

Achievement today.. by complete accident. :happy:

[Nagisan]

Achievement today.. by complete accident. :happy:

I got that one awhile ago by accident on Goldrush, and I rarely play medic (I would say less than 20 hours throughout my TF2 career).

[Minifig]

Does anyone have a Vintage Physician's procedure Mask they don't want?

[Nagisan]

Valve made set hats craftable!

4 refined metal + set weapon = set hat

So 4 refined metal + Battalion's Backup = Grenadiers Softcap

[ViZioN]

Valve made set hats craftable!

4 refined metal + set weapon = set hat

So 4 refined metal + Battalion's Backup = Grenadiers Softcap

Awesome, now I just need to build up some refined metal!

[+StevoFC MVC]

I just crafted the black box and the powerjack. :)

[Chasethebase Veteran]

The Degreaser is hugely powerful, basically if you're within Pyro range you're dead if he has the Axtinguisher equipped.

[Nagisan]

The Degreaser is hugely powerful, basically if you're within Pyro range you're dead if he has the Axtinguisher equipped.

Yeah, the damage reduction only counts for afterburn, so it a flamethrower with lower afterburn damage but faster weapon switching which makes it easier to axtinguish and impossible to weapon heckle a pyro.

[Minifig]

I just updated my graphics card drivers.. and now TF2 won't go into 1920x1080 mode?! :unsure::blink:

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

1680x1050 is an 16:10 ratio resolution, set TF2 to use a 16:9 res then pick the one you want.

[Minifig]

I've changed it to 16:9 as well, and it still doesn't click over and recognize 1080..

[inferniac]

Anybody else noticed more bugs? I seem to have lost pistol model for the Engineer. I can still shoot and everything but his hand is grasping air.

[Minifig]

I am looking for a Vintage Procedure Mask I have a Vintage Officer's Ushanka... does ANYONE have one? :(

[Minifig]

Scratch that. I just got a deal of a life time..

Vintage Ushanka traded for a Vintage Fedora.. which I've been looking for.

Now to trade this series 2 crate for a Vintage mask.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

That mask is one of the most awesome items in the game (especially when paired with the mirror), so I doubt you'd find anybody sane who's willing to trade it.

I do hope you get lucky though, because it is so very awesome.

[Nagisan]

Anybody else noticed more bugs? I seem to have lost pistol model for the Engineer. I can still shoot and everything but his hand is grasping air.

I noticed that the other day, it didn't happen to my character model but about half of every other player in the game were running around holding an invisible weapon.