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“ | *laughs* It's like Christmas morning.
點擊試聽
— The Sniper upon receiving a random drop
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The item drop system is the process of item distribution within Team Fortress 2. It distributes a random item to players on a regular basis until a weekly time-cap is reached.
This system was first introduced with the Sniper vs. Spy Update to change distribution from being dependent upon achievements. Its purpose was to improve accessibility to the expanding quantity of items within the game, while negating the need to achievement farm (meaning to perform out of context actions to gain achievements) or use third-party tools to falsify the obtaining of achievements. However, this system created another way of farming to obtain new items called idling.
As of the 2013年7月11日更新, the item drop system has changed. Players must now accept new items dropped before proceeding to another item drop, in a move to prevent players from idling.
內容
- 1 Current system
- 2 Advantages and disadvantages
- 3 Achievement Milestones
- 4 History
- 5 Gallery
- 6 Non-dropping items
- 7 Cosmetics obtainable through drops
- 8 Paints obtainable through drops
- 9 Tools obtainable through drops
- 10 Backpack
- 11 Update history
- 12 Trivia
- 13 See also
- 14 External links
- 15 References
Current system
The current item drop system was introduced on April 20, 2010.[1] Players are guaranteed to find items at regular intervals of 30 to 70 minutes, with an average interval of 50 minutes.
The system has a cap on the amount of playtime in which drops can occur. This cap has been estimated to be 10 hours each week. Playing beyond the cap will not yield additional items.[2] Mann Co. Supply Crates and other usable items drop on a separate timer, meaning that these items do not affect the interval between regular drops.[3][4] The system resets each player's playtime cap every Thursday at approximately 00:00 (midnight) GMT. If a player plays less than the playtime cap in a week, their leftover time is added to the next week, so a player who does not play for one week receives twice as many items the following week. The amount of time a player can save up is capped at double the allotment of a single week (roughly 20 hours).
In order for a player to receive an item drop, they must be "actively playing" i.e they meet all of the following criteria:
- Is connected to a VAC secured server.
- Is responding to in-game drop notifications while not utilizing external programs to do so.
- Is running only one instance of the game.
- Is not in textmode.[5]
The dropped items are stored in the backpack after the player's death, while visiting the Main Menu, after a trade is completed, if the Mann Co. Store is opened, or if ten duels are won. If the player leaves the server after receiving an item, but before storing it in the backpack, a notification alerts the player of the new item(s) when the Main Menu is visited the next time. New item notifications must be dismissed before any further new items can be found. Occasionally, dropped, traded, or crafted items may get stuck "in limbo" and may not immediately appear in the player's backpack. This may occur on instant respawn servers blocking the "New Item Found!" screen pop-up. Visiting the Mann. Co. Store, pressing Esc. to bring up the menu, or disconnecting from the server usually restores these items to the player's backpack.
While it has always been perceived that each weapon has an equal chance of being dropped to the player, it appears that certain weapons that form part of an item set drop more or less often than others. It is not known exactly which of these weapons are rarer or more common.[6]
Under the Free-To-Play system introduced in the Über Update, free players receive only limited item drops (with no rare or cosmetic items) until they upgrade to Premium status, upon which they gain access to the full item drop system.[7]
Advantages and disadvantages
A positive aspect of the system is that it allows new and old players alike to earn unlockable weapons by investing playtime. It allows players to play as any class, since as long as they are racking up gametime the player is eligible for an item drop.
However, many players receive unwanted duplicates. This issue was eventually resolved by the introduction of the crafting system, and later by the trading system, allowing players to respectively craft and trade many of the available items (with some exceptions) with each other.[8]
Achievement Milestones
On April 29, 2008, Valve unveiled a set of three unlockable weapons as part of the Gold Rush Update. These weapons were unlocked by completing a set number of achievements, which completed an Achievement Milestone. There were three Achievement Milestones in all, with each successive one requiring more achievements. Once a milestone was unlocked, the player received the individual set weapon that came with that milestone. This requirement was later lowered to reduce players from grinding achievements just to get the new unlocks.
On May 21, 2009, Valve implemented a new system of random drops for unlockable items, and originally discontinued the milestone system. Valve soon fell back to the Achievement Milestones, now coupled with the item drop system, for the Sniper and Spy weapons in the 2009年5月29日更新. This milestone system has since been used in the WAR! Update as well as in the Engineer Update.
History
Former system
While keeping the Achievement Milestones already present for the Scout, Pyro, Heavy, and Medic, Valve implemented the random drop system to maintain class balance in the event of a class update. This system was patched into the game as part of the Sniper vs. Spy Update on May 21, 2009.
Valve calculated the average time a regular Team Fortress 2 player played, then came up with a standard time which was used as a marker or set point. Every 25 minutes of gameplay, the game calculated a random number to determine whether the player would receive a weapon. If the player was lucky (25% per item chance), then they would find a randomly chosen item. If the player was unlucky (75% chance), then they would receive nothing and the timer would reset. In addition, there was a separate timer which ran on a 15,430 second (4 hours, 17 minutes, and 10 seconds) interval which gave an additional 1 in 28 chance of receiving a hat. The average time for finding a single item was 1 hour and 40 minutes (including duplicates). Since weapons were granted via a random number generator, experiences varied.
When first released, item drops would only occur if players were connected to the Steam Community. If the player was not signed into their friends list, or if Valve was performing maintenance on the Steam Community, the player would not receive any item drops during that time. Additionally, if a player was connected to a server that had lost connection to Steam, item drops would not occur until the server reestablished its connection.
The old system resulted in unlucky streaks for some players where no items were found for long periods of time. The current system has removed this possibility and increased the rate at which items drop.
Double Drop-Rate Week
On December 22, 2010, Valve announced that the item drop rate would double between December 23, 2010 and December 30, 2010. All players during that period were also awarded a Stocking Stuffer Key.[9]
A second Double Drop-Rate Week was announced on June 2, 2011, which lasted from June 3, 2011 through June 10, 2011.[10]
A third Double Drop-Rate Week was announced on December 14, 2011, lasting from December 15, 2011 through December 21, 2011 to coincide with the Australian Christmas 2011 update.[11]
Gallery
Non-dropping items
無法從隨機掉落中獲得的武器。 | |||||||||
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次要武器 | |||||||||
突變牛奶 | |||||||||
近戰武器 | |||||||||
盧恩古刃 | 一臂之力 | 激光球棒 | |||||||
主要武器 | |||||||||
諾斯托羅莫火焰噴射器 | |||||||||
近戰武器 | |||||||||
巨型釘錘 | |||||||||
近戰武器 | |||||||||
連馬都沒有的無頭騎士斬首斧 | |||||||||
主要武器 | |||||||||
鐵幕 | |||||||||
次要武器 | |||||||||
太空魚酥餅 | 機械三明治 | ||||||||
近戰武器 | |||||||||
末世戰拳 | 咬咬麵包拳 | ||||||||
次要武器 | |||||||||
蓋氏計量器 | |||||||||
近戰武器 | |||||||||
黃金扳手 | |||||||||
主要武器 | |||||||||
AWP | 流星獵槍 | ||||||||
次要武器 | |||||||||
有自我意識的美妙有機體 | |||||||||
次要武器 | |||||||||
大屠殺 | |||||||||
近戰武器 | |||||||||
巫毒咒錐 | 刺客袖劍 | 黑玫瑰 | |||||||
PDA2 | |||||||||
愛好者的手錶 | 德製鴨錶 | ||||||||
建造中 | |||||||||
光圈科學破壞器 | 零嘴攻擊 | ||||||||
偵察兵 工程師 |
次要武器 | ||||||||
魯格變形式 | 雷射手槍 | ||||||||
近戰武器 | |||||||||
油炸平底鍋† | 薩氏金像獎小金人 | 自由權杖† | 過往回憶† | 帶骨火腿肉† | 滅絕之錘‡ | 此路不通† | 普利尼短刀 | ||
其他 | |||||||||
聖誕武器 | 破械者武器 | 澳元素武器 | |||||||
備註 |
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Cosmetics obtainable through drops
Paints obtainable through drops
可從掉落系統獲得的油漆桶 | |||||
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圖片 | 名稱 | 顏色 | 圖片 | 名稱 | 顏色 |
絕對綠色 | #729E42 | 誓約之紫 | #7D4071 | ||
曼恩企業橙色 | #CF7336 | 健美男棕色 | #A57545 | ||
貴族帽商紫色 | #51384A | 藥酊獨特的黃褐色 | #C5AF91 | ||
有點年代的翹鬍鬚灰 | #7E7E7E | 拉迪根.柯納亨爾棕色 | #694D3A | ||
澳元素金色 | #E7B53B | 色彩編號. 216-190-216 | #D8BED8 | ||
老式純樸鄉村色彩 | #7C6C57 | 薩凡尼亞的貪欲 | #424F3B |
Tools obtainable through drops
Tools that can be found via a random drop | |||||||||
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工具 | |||||||||
描述標籤 | 決鬥小遊戲 | 禮物彈射器 | 名稱標籤 | ||||||
Crates | |||||||||
Active Crates and Cases |
Some tools used to be available via random drops, but have since become unobtainable through this method.
Tools that used to be found via a random drop | |||||||||
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工具 | |||||||||
奇異零件1 | 神秘物品 | 巫毒詛咒物品 | 化學藥劑套組 | Enchantment: Eternaween | |||||
Crates | |||||||||
Retired Crates and Cases | |||||||||
動作物品 | |||||||||
防火的秘密日記 | 成堆的箱子 | ||||||||
嘲諷 | |||||||||
拜見醫護兵 | 幸災樂禍 | 棒打千人 | 油滋滋的誘惑 | 極品勝利味 | 派對伎倆 | 絕佳搭配 | 歡喜過後 | 閒暇好時光 | |
病情悲報 | 我看見你啦 | 沒錢沒人生 | 康加舞 | 方塊舞 | 頭骨凹陷 | 美妙空翻 | 剪刀、石頭、布 | ||
備註 |
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Backpack
Update history
- Added the item drop system.
- [未記載] Miscellaneous items are now found according to the hat drop rate, rather than the weapon drop rate.
2010年4月20日 [物品綱要更新]
- Updated the random drop system to the current system.
- [未記載] Doubled the item drop rate for the next week (December 23, 2010 until December 30, 2010).
- Doubled the item drop rate for the next week (June 3, 2011 until June 10, 2011).
- The item drop system now requires you to accept new items and dismiss the new item notification before new items can be found.
- Crate drop rates have been significantly lowered.
- Fixed players not receiving timed drops when running the game in Ukrainian.
2015年2月11日更新 #2
- [未記載] Special taunts no longer drop for Premium account players.
Trivia
- Random Drop cards and spaces are used in Monopoly: Team Fortress 2 instead of Chance.
See also
External links
- TF2 Official Blog – May 22, 2009 – "Every one of you deserves a medal!" by Erik Johnson, explaining in detail the reasoning for the item drop system.
- TF2 Official Blog – April 20, 2010 – "Thanks for standin still, wanker." by Erik Johnson, announcing and explaining the updated drop system.
- TF2 Official Blog – December 22, 2010 – "Additional time has been awarded" by the Administrator, announcing Double Drop-Rate week and Ms. Pauling's "stocking stuffer".
- TF2 Official Blog – June 2, 2011 – "Double Drop Week" by the TF2 Team, announcing the second Double Drop-Rate Week.
References
- ↑ "Thanks for standin' still, wanker.", TF2 Official Blog, April 20, 2010.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20181009202225/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51J2RSNeFHM#t=0m32s YouTube - About the new item drop system
- ↑ Crate drops don't count as normal drops, Steam Users' Forum post by zoli700, October 3, 2010.
- ↑ E-mail by Robin Walker on the crate drop system
- ↑ "An Active Solution to an Idle Threat.", TF2 Official Blog, July 17, 2013.
- ↑ E-mail by Robin Walker about item drop system
- ↑ Team Fortress 2: Free-to-Play FAQ
- ↑ "Incoming!", TF2 Official Blog, September 2, 2009.
- ↑ "Additional Time Has Been Awarded", TF2 Official Blog, December 22, 2010.
- ↑ "Double Drop Week", TF2 Official Blog, June 2, 2011
- ↑ "Happy Australian Christmas Eve", TF2 Official Blog, December 14, 2011