2 hour drop limit (steam trading cards)

[zombie cat]

Hi everyone, so I have 3 steam accounts. 2 of them (including this one) I have spent more than 100 euros on them. the third i have spent less than 50 euro. On the first 2 accounts, my cards start to drop as soon as 30 minutes playtime have been achieved. while the 3rd account needs 2 hours before cards start to drop. Sometimes even just running the game and quitting with less than 5 mins playtime will cause a card to drop. However this has been pretty consisent for the last few years. 3rd account will never drop cards early until 2 hour limit is passed, even on games acquired for free


Is there any reasoning to this? Much appreciated for replies.

[Phantom]

Recently, card drops have occurred rather quickly - even less than 5 - 20 minutes.

I have no idea why this is so and what exactly affects it.

I guess it has something to do with your total spend.

[zombie cat]

Originally posted by Robin3sk:

Recently, card drops have occurred rather quickly - even less than 5 - 20 minutes.

I have no idea why this is so and what exactly affects it.

I guess it has something to do with your total spend.

:yinyangflip:

yeah this is really weird. but then i can buy a game right now on steam, get pretty much all the cards within the refund window, then refund the game. maybe they trust more valuable accounts?

[999999999]

Devs can set the drop times. Refund a bit and they won't drop as fast.

[HDanni]

Originally posted by Zombie Cat:

Hi everyone, so I have 3 steam accounts. 2 of them (including this one) I have spent more than 100 euros on them. the third i have spent less than 50 euro. On the first 2 accounts, my cards start to drop as soon as 30 minutes playtime have been achieved. while the 3rd account needs 2 hours before cards start to drop. Sometimes even just running the game and quitting with less than 5 mins playtime will cause a card to drop. However this has been pretty consisent for the last few years. 3rd account will never drop cards early until 2 hour limit is passed, even on games acquired for free


Is there any reasoning to this? Much appreciated for replies.

[cinedine]

Did you had a refund within a year or so on the third account?
Do you on the other two?

[mantas]

Do the refund thing carries on overtime or is it just temporary?

[zombie cat]

Originally posted by cinedine:

Did you had a refund within a year or so on the third account?
Do you on the other two?

last game i refunded was in december 2017. on this account. havent refunded anything on the other 2 accounts.

[JPMcMillen]

Originally posted by MadLock:

Do the refund thing carries on overtime or is it just temporary?

From what I understand, the refund limitation does expire after a set amount of time.