STEAM level and trading card guide (wip)

[Deleted member 24505]

I've got a chivalry foil, price is about £1.50, going up though

 

[RCoon]

I've got a chivalry foil, price is about £1.50, going up though

Keep hold of it, sell it in 3 months time.

 

[_JP_]

All so there to make money too. Sure not a great deal but it's highly possible and it can take much more time selling \ buying than asking around but does depend on the card.

Sites like TF2Outpost are a great place to announce card trades to who's interested.
The market ends-up being the means, for those that don't care about this system, to score some extra cash on the side (that can only be used in steam) and for the ones I already mentioned when it comes to acquiring the cards.

 

[Nordic]

I wonder if this will end up being just a fad or have any holding power.

 

[NinkobEi]

I wonder if this will end up being just a fad or have any holding power.

If I were a server at a restaurant and someone offered me $10 in bitcoins or $10 in steam trading cards as a tip, I would go with the trading cards.

 

[_JP_]

Well, this is interesting...

Hand on heart I didn't actually realise when I did the update that cards/badges cost money and were so hard to get. The documents I read never mentioned anything about payments and I thought I understood how it worked and therefore didn't look into any further.

Source.

It...it shouldn't be like that...at all.

So here's the thing. From the moment these cards were announced (or when I got in the beta), the way it was advertised about how you could obtain them led me to think that it was free, or paid as a last resort (because you could also get them from the market). Guess it didn't turn out that way. The fact that you can sell the cards in the market seems to have become the main way to get rid of/obtain cards (almost)...instead of trading, which is free. (going by what the dev said, up there)
Some cards have above 10k stock available (summer cards go over 30k)...
See what I meant with "getting out of hand".
Of course, I think this was planned by valve, since they get 13%~15% of every sale on the market.

 

[NinkobEi]

Well, this is interesting...

Source.

It...it shouldn't be like that...at all.

So here's the thing. From the moment these cards were announced (or when I got in the beta), the way it was advertised about how you could obtain them led me to think that it was free, or paid as a last resort (because you could also get them from the market). Guess it didn't turn out that way. The fact that you can sell the cards in the market seems to have become the main way to get rid of/obtain cards (almost)...instead of trading, which is free. (going by what the dev said, up there)
Some cards have above 10k stock available (summer cards go over 30k)...
See what I meant with "getting out of hand".
Of course, I think this was planned by valve, since they get 13%~15% of every sale on the market.

I think you misread that. What he's saying is, Beat Hazard made special in-game ships that are unlocked by crafting badges. Each badge takes a full set of cards, as you probably know. They had two ships that were only unlockable at 3 and 5 badges (thats a lot of cards). I can see why people were outraged at that. Pretty greedy on their part.

When you buy/sell you will notice the 15% tax on cards. Well it also tells you how the split is divided. The game devs make 10% on all the trading cards sold. Valve makes 5%.

 

[_JP_]

I don't think I misread it.

What he's saying is, Beat Hazard made special in-game ships that are unlocked by crafting badges.

Yes, and...

I didn't actually realise when I did the update that cards/badges cost money and were so hard to get.

With an added...

The documents I read never mentioned anything about payments and I thought I understood how it worked and therefore didn't look into any further.

Meaning he was led to believe all the cards could be obtained for free (the documents were, most likely, valve's sent description of the scheme to developers that wanted their games to be part of it), some with drops from playtime, the remaining from trading. Which doesn't seem to be happening. Users seem want it all and want it now, aren't willing to go on the enduring task of looking for other users with cards to trade and feel ripped off that they have to resort to get cards from the market, hence pay, to get the ships (which should be free...and still is)(it isn't by their own choice).
I think the mistake here is adding content based on the badges. It was a neat idea, somewhat, as it gave an actual reward from getting those badges, if the system worked as it should. Cards shouldn't be allowed to be sold on the market.
Either that, or users seriously need to realize that they're paying for commodity and not blame the devs for what they though was a just reward for getting the game's badge and participating in the trading cards system. It isn't greedy if there's still a means to get it for free.


Also, I don't think that's how the split goes...have you got source on that, please? I'd like to read about it.

 

[NinkobEi]

There's nothing that says you can't trade cards. They dont have to be purchased. Steam has a free trading system and plenty of chatrooms. With so many games out there you could easily get enough cards to trade for 5 badges. It would be a pain in the ass sure, but it's doable. It would probably be easier to just sell the cards from other games that you earn and buy the Beat Hazard ones. Then you would be supporting the devs of all the games with cards, which will help them put out more games, which is a good thing.

The source is in steam when you go to buy something. Not much to read.

 

[_JP_]

The source is in steam when you go to buy something. Not much to read.
http://i.imgur.com/9h6pfI9.png

I see, thank you.
Never bought a thing on the market, so I was unaware of how it was split.