What is exactly a calling card?

[Arcy]

So the Polycount sets have been changed (So long, my beloved 25+ health), and the bonuses have been replaced with "calling cards". Me being the person (idiot) I am I need to ask if this is purely something cosmetic or it well, does something.

[Handsome Jack]

It's a calling card.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calling_card

[Bastion]

It's entirely cosmetic.
All that i know is that equipping a set leaves a custom Worms-style tombstone on your opponent everytime you kill them.

[grawli]

When an enemy with a calling card set is killed, it places a tombstone for that specific set and class. I may be wrong, it could involve the person who was killed, but I'm fairly sure it isn't.

[{JSA}OFFICERMARIO]

The calling card is a tombstone with the full set you were wearing at the time. For example, you kill someone while wearing the Tank Buster set, a tombstone with all the Tank Buster items are on it.

[Klink Attack]

its to basically make item sets useless due to the fact of the tf2 economy all set hats are like 2 ref at least, so that means a poor player will need to do a lot of item drops to get one hat,which is why im happy about this seriosuly whe can finally see a soldier use a normal equalizer

[Arcy]

Originally posted by {JSA}OFFICERMARIO:

The calling card is a tombstone with the full set you were wearing at the time. For example, you kill someone while wearing the Tank Buster set, a tombstone with all the Tank Buster items are on it. :headcrab:

So when I kill someone, let's say with the degreaser, will this display the name of items (possibly even if they're renamed) or just pictures/representations of them?

[Arcy]

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This will show up if a Croc-o-Style set sniper is killed.
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/File:Croc-o-Style_Kit_Calling_Card.png [/quote]

Ah, I understand it now. Thank you.

[grawli]

Originally posted by Daedric Headcrab:

Originally posted by {JSA}OFFICERMARIO:

The calling card is a tombstone with the full set you were wearing at the time. For example, you kill someone while wearing the Tank Buster set, a tombstone with all the Tank Buster items are on it. :headcrab:

So when I kill someone, let's say with the degreaser, will this display the name of items (possibly even if they're renamed) or just pictures/representations of them?

This will show up if a Croc-o-Style set sniper is killed.
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/File:Croc-o-Style_Kit_Calling_Card.png

[CSX]

http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/File:Croc-o-Style_Kit_Calling_Card.png
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/File:Tank_Buster_Calling_Card.png

edit: wow just a moment too late

[MANTARRAYA]

This part of the update was really stupid in my opinion. I liked the set effects better