"Booster Packs" seem like a useless feature.

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bill 2016. dec. 30., 14:38

Having been a customer who spent many dollars on products, many hours playing, and many regular sessions browsing the client; it seems strange to not have recieved even a single booster pack.

Add to that the fact that I am hearing similar complaints from other customers and it leaves me to wonder: What are the statistics for these booster packs? Is it even worth mentioning them to a customer if the potential to recieve one is so very, very small? If the only practical way to complete a set is to buy cards through the TC market, then why not explicitly state that?

I can only conclude that the true point of the trading cards is to be a vehicle for testing out a nickel and dime market for trading them. Am I wrong?

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76561198218426745 2016. dec. 30., 14:41

You won't receive booster packs unless someone is crafting badges for the game. Even then, you have a very small chance of being chosen amongst all the people who own the game and have collected the cards. Users with a higher level have a higher chance of being chosen to receive a booster pack. I get a booster pack ranging from every few weeks to every couple of months.

Hanomaly 2016. dec. 30., 14:42

i get about 2 booster packs a month.. sometimes 3.

Your Steam Level *does* matter.
It also matters how MANY games you are eligible for booster packs in.

i am not the highest level.. but.. am level 73.. and i am eligible for booster packs in just under 300 games.

If you are someone only Steam Level 9 with 15 games eligibility it's true you will likely almost never see a booster pack.

Higher level and more games you'll see them more often. But it's still not really enough to "count on" as a money making plan or whatever. Nor are they often enough to count on as reasonable ways to "complete badges" so you can craft them.

i do not think Steam releases the actual 'odds' of getting booster packs but some users have tried to measure it.

Narcoleptic Marshmallow 2016. dec. 30., 14:43

I have seen quite a few booster packs, with just a little over 100 eligible games. Two during this sale alone. And that's nowhere near as much as people who amassed 3k+ eligible games with three digit levels.

Your profile is private. I can't see what level you are, or how many games you bought, or the number of eligible games within your alleged many purchases.

The chance is very small, yes, and the only reasonable way to complete a card set is via the market, by trading/buying. I don't see how that's unreasonable, or how booster packs existing are somehow forcing people to buy cards. That's some decent level conspiracy theory.

FFL2and3rocks 2016. dec. 30., 14:44

It's rare, it depends on your level and how many games you're eligible for. You can get a booster pack when someone else crafts the badge.

They haven't announced any statistics about how exactly it's decided, but I imagine they just pick a random eligible person when someone crafts a badge. Like a lottery, and you have more tickets in each game's lottery depending on your Steam level.

wuddih 2016. dec. 30., 15:02

Per Game -> X people craft Y badges and Z people get booster packs.

X can be anyone, even yourself, so you can generate a boosterdrop for yourself under certain conditions. but in the whole concept, the whole community triggers booster drops.
Y should be a value set by Valve so that they can control the booster drop rate. f.e. every 5 crafted badges, 1 booster drops.
Z people contains a list of eligable people with their included winchance. For easier explanation: If eligable then your name is in that list 5 times and for every 10 levels you get one additional entry. at level 50 you are 10 times in the list, so your chance is doubled.

Global -> User A can receive B boosters in C time (per game D).
A is the user.
B and C should be modified by As level.
D is the same limitation just per game.

as generalized as possible. the "important" part is the global cooldown. if you just received a booster, lay back, you wont receive another one for a certain time for sure and that is dependend on the level. it is 84 hours for level 150 under optimal conditions. if you have a low amount of eligable games or the activity quality of the games is bad, this time will be in general longer.