I earn cards from a game that I don't even own.

[shortic]

Can you still craft a badge?

[ReBoot]

Sure you can. Why not?

[shortic]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Sure you can. Why not?

Wait, so you're telling me, you can craft a badge without the game?

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by nooberry:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Sure you can. Why not?

Wait, so you're telling me, you can craft a badge without the game?

As I was saying

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Sure you can. Why not?

[[R] Nerva]

A badge only requires that you have all the cards in a badge set to craft. Owning the game as well is irrelevant.

The game is only necessary to earn card drops for that game. If you trade for cards for other games, you can craft badges for those games despite not owning them.

Despite this earning badges via drops, for games that you don't own, is a definite bug. I would contact Steam Support to get those cards evaluated for legitimacy before crafting any badges with them, else you may risk your Steam account being audited for exploitation. It's rare that it happens, but better safe than sorry.

[アインスリ]

Originally posted by R Nerva:

A badge only requires that you have all the cards in a badge set to craft. Owning the game as well is irrelevant.

The game is only necessary to earn card drops for that game. If you trade for cards for other games, you can craft badges for those games despite not owning them.

Despite this earning badges via drops, for games that you don't own, is a definite bug. I would contact Steam Support to get those cards evaluated for legitimacy before crafting any badges with them, else you may risk your Steam account being audited for exploitation. It's rare that it happens, but better safe than sorry.

it doesn't happen, it never happened to anyone. also i think having badges for games you never played is ironic, steam leveling and experience should be connected to the amount of games you've played and all the achievements. now anyone with money can get to whatever level they want with 0 playtime and 1 game

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by loofus:

...steam leveling and experience should be connected to the amount of games you've played and all the achievements. now anyone with money can get to whatever level they want with 0 playtime and 1 game

It should never be tied to achievements. Nothing should. Why? SAM.

[アインスリ]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

It should never be tied to achievements. Nothing should. Why? SAM.

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again another flaw

[[R] Nerva]

Originally posted by loofus:

it doesn't happen, it never happened to anyone.

Apparently, it's happening to the OP. They've earned cards for games they don't own.

When the card system was launched, a friend of mine received two cards for a game they didn't own instead of cards for Terraria. I informed them to contact Steam Support and they did. The offending cards were removed, and they were credited two card drops for Terraria to replace them. These drops worked normally.

It's a rare and sporadic issue, but it's one that can happen, and has happened, and if the OP is to be believed, is still occurring. Please don't make blanket assumptions.

Originally posted by loofus:

... also i think having badges for games you never played is ironic, steam leveling and experience should be connected to the amount of games you've played and all the achievements. now anyone with money can get to whatever level they want with 0 playtime and 1 game

Cards are tradeable. If people are willing to spend money purchasing cards for games they don't own in order to craft those games' badges, then that's their perogative. Sure, it means that you could potentially get to whatever level you wanted with only owning the bare minimum allowed for full account status, but you've still spent the money to have those levels. You've just done it on the Steam Community Market instead of the Steam Store.

Further, Steam level is connected - partially - to game ownership, as each game you own counts towards the Game Collector badge every account has. This badge grants XP like any other.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by loofus:

...steam leveling and experience should be connected to the amount of games you've played and all the achievements. now anyone with money can get to whatever level they want with 0 playtime and 1 game

It should never be tied to achievements. Nothing should. Why? SAM.

:qr:

That's set of what Valve said themselves. They didn't explicitly mention SAM, but they brought up reasons similar to yours. That, and they (IMHO rightfully) claimed that certain achievements aren't fun so they shouldn't bear rewards.

[Kargor]

Originally posted by loofus:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

It should never be tied to achievements. Nothing should. Why? SAM.

:qr:

again another flaw

It comes with the territory. On PC, everything can be cheated since it's an open platform.

Achievements are more meaningful on consoles, since cheating not only requires a good deal of work, but also carries a high risk -- you'll just get your entire console blocked from online use.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by loofus:

also i think having badges for games you never played is ironic, steam leveling and experience should be connected to the amount of games you've played and all the achievements.

If people want to display badges they think are nice, but are for a game they don't own, they should be able to. It's decoration, let them.

Originally posted by loofus:

now anyone with money can get to whatever level they want with 0 playtime and 1 game

As per usual on Steam. And the issue is? What people do with their money is their choice, so again, let them.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Even Alden was like, "meh, what can we do about it?"

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/AStats#announcements/detail/687197541732549159

[アインスリ]

I'm not complaining about steam, And i'm not saying that its wrong to buy the cards and level up.

i was trying to suggest that steam leveling has become a way to brag about how rich you are, and how much money you invested in your steam profile. instead it would be way more meaningful if you were only able to craft badges for games you've actually played, that way it would make sense since your level indicate that you have spent time, effort and and money instead of just money.

its a gaming platform, steam XP should equal the variety of games you have played and the time you've spent and the effort you put in to collect card sets. Then i would be impressed by how much XP someone has.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by loofus:

I'm not complaining about steam, And i'm not saying that its wrong to buy the cards and level up.

i was trying to suggest that steam leveling has become a way to brag about how rich you are, and how much money you invested in your steam profile. instead it would be way more meaningful if you were only able to craft badges for games you've actually played, that way it would make sense since your level indicate that you have spent time, effort and and money instead of just money.

its a gaming platform, steam XP should equal the variety of games you have played and the time you've spent and the effort you put in to collect card sets. Then i would be impressed by how much XP someone has.

1. Start a game
2. Leave for the pub
3?
4. Profit
Your idea won't work

[アインスリ]

i'd suggest a whole new trading card system where there are valuable and rare cards and cards with more demand, and more perks for experience, i'd call it a more addictive trading system. but that's impossible now since its unfair to the people who already spent money to level up.