How to get Drop Cards for the escapist

[azt]

Ok,
This may sound a bit noobish but how do you get escapist drop cards it says i have 2 and 2 are high lighted when i cheak my badges but it says i need 1 more to finsish it to get the 100 xp and the guard thing. So can someone tell me how to get drop cards just so i have a idear of how to get like a drop card. Thanks :) (im accturly not a noob at games i just dont know how to get drop cards for the escapist)

[UltimateGaming]

trading cards/drop cards are in most games and drop about every 30 - 60 minutes, youll only get about half of the set, so youll have to trade for the rest.
In FTP games (tf2, warframe. etc) you get drop cards for every $10 you spend ingame. (in the store)
trading cards can be crafted into badges for xp, emoticons, backrounds + steam store discounts.

for example, i got a escapists emoticon and a escapists backround plus a discount for postal 2

[Ponto]

You can only earn 3 cards playing the game, which I assume means that you currently have 2 cards in your inventory and can only get 1 more by playing the game some more until it drops. To get the badge you need 5 cards which you can get in the Steam market either through trading or buying/selling.

I find the best way is to sell cards you don't want for a reasonable price that someone will pay for, and use that money to pay for the cards you do want. You could of course shell out with your own money if you're desperate, but that wouldn't be as interesting or free.

[Mansen]

Here's the hard truth.

Steam's card system is designed to force you to spend money - You'll usually only get half of the number of cards needed for a full set (And that's if you don't get duplicates)

They talk about boosters, but you're going to see one or less of these every quarter - so very limited.

Basically your options are to trade with friends and random people who actually agree to 1:1 trades OR start buying cards for .10c a piece (usually) on the market. Or of course go full idiot and start trading 2:1 and ruining your chances of cards for other games in the long run.

Conclusion: So what do you actually get out of this system aside from a broken wallet? Bigger "Steam levels" e-peen and some useless emoticons in chat that nobody else can understand or duplicate unless you both happen to have crafted the same badges.