Lords of Death Forums Lords of Death Forums LoD FPS/RTS/MMO/Console - Public Buy Items in TF2 now available...wtf?

http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4410&p=1

Seems like the game is about to change quite a bit.

Anything you can buy, will drop too, but yeah, micro transactions are the future.

Been playing it the last couple weeks and it has made virtual no difference in any of the games I've been in. They have had item dropping in the game for so long now people who play often have all the weapons and stuff. Nothing compels me to buy anything there. I have all the cool weapons I want just from playing casually.

Also you can now get a crate drop just from playing, and it randomly has 1 of the stores items that costs $. You can trade these to people or collect a dozen and ebay?

The concept is for ppl who want weapons but don't want to put in hours of play time to get it. It's a neat concept, catering to casual gamers by allowing them to buy stuff, or letting it drop for hard core gamers who play a lot.

I'm just going to stay in an idle achievement server until I get them.

You can do that? Just go afk in a server until you get all the achievements?

It's not for achievements, it's for items only. Just know that they capped the time you can get drops on a per-week timer. The best estimates seem to be about 15 hours per week. If you're a casual player and you play less than that, then idle once or twice a week overnight and you'll be at cap. If you're an active player who plays 15 or more per week, then you need not idle at all. They instituted this change a while ago to defeat people who were using scripting programs to "farm" items without even being in game. Plus, there's a trading system now, so you can swap items with people for stuff you want or need.

Even a noob like me gets items dont be scared. I play alot so if anyone wants to help the team im on from losing bc of me feel free to talk to me in vent, and I will add you u.

Cheers,
Crindle