Drop Rate Speculation

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IronToastBot

FNG / Fresh Meat
Oct 26, 2012
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Killing Floor 2 is f2p this weekend, so the free loaders can flood the market with items to really milk the owners of the game.

"Working as intended" indeed.
The way I see this is a good thing, a surge in the market will mean lower prices, maybe even reasonable value!
 

Hellmeat

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Feb 7, 2013
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Austin, TX
I got home, fired up KF2, and played a 7 round solo match on Normal. Let my nephew play while I started dinner and he died on the 3rd round (Lvl 2 Gunslinger) and got a Red and Black Headband.

We played another 4 hours, all online games on Normal and all wins, and didn't get anything else.

So in summation:

12/3 - Thursday - First solo game after content patch - Exceptional Skin for the Medic Pistol

12/10 - Thursday - First solo game 1 week to the day after the patch - Headband

Don't know if this helps, just putting the info out there.
 

random

FNG / Fresh Meat
Jul 19, 2012
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got a second one too (bandana), seems consistent with the concept of one per week.
 

Diman

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Jun 8, 2015
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I got home, fired up KF2, and played a 7 round solo match on Normal. Let my nephew play while I started dinner and he died on the 3rd round (Lvl 2 Gunslinger) and got a Red and Black Headband.

We played another 4 hours, all online games on Normal and all wins, and didn't get anything else.

So in summation:

12/3 - Thursday - First solo game after content patch - Exceptional Skin for the Medic Pistol

12/10 - Thursday - First solo game 1 week to the day after the patch - Headband

Don't know if this helps, just putting the info out there.

Yep seems to be a weekly drop... scheduled on Thursday! A solo-game triggers the drop! I don't know what to say... kinda boring and disappointing?!

BTW - was it on solo/short/normal?
 
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Lorkenpeist

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May 4, 2015
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I think a combination of weekly and playtime-based drops would be good. Guarantee a weekly drop for those people who can't play much, but give additional drops for people who play a lot. Maybe a drop every 5-10 hours (rectally extracted numbers) besides the weekly drop.
 

Hellmeat

Member
Feb 7, 2013
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Austin, TX
Yep seems to be a weekly drop... scheduled on Thursday! A solo-game triggers the drop! I don't know what to say... kinda boring and disappointing?!

BTW - was it on solo/short/normal?

The match yesterday when we got the bandanna was a Normal - 7 Round Solo, and my nephew died on the 3rd round I think.
 

HunBonus

FNG / Fresh Meat
Dec 1, 2014
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No wait now. Seriously. Let's talk about this seriously.
1 drop/1 week?
This has to be a joke.
 

VastSpartan

FNG / Fresh Meat
Nov 3, 2015
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No wait now. Seriously. Let's talk about this seriously.
1 drop/1 week?
This has to be a joke.

That is a terrible rate. Shoot, RPG's have a better drop rate than one per week.

Can't it be every 5 games you receive one drop?
 

Moskeeto

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Dec 29, 2011
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Would be nice if they guaranteed a random drop for every time you level up a class 5 levels. And give out drops retroactively too for those that have already done so.

And I think at least 1 drop a day would be much better than 1 a week. 1 a week is much too low.
 

Gallic_Taffer

FNG / Fresh Meat
Mar 30, 2015
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The drop rate is quite low, I will admit, but you have to take into consideration we're not in an irl market where the money changing hands remains for the most part, static. Once an item is rewarded to a player, it's here forever. Once more and more drops trickle into the market, prices will trend downwards (like those singular weapons on the market for 300+ dollary doos) and the market will stabilize. Collectors will collect, bargainers will bargain, the Microtransactions Lives Matter activists will bugger off, and things we be back to normal.

It's all nothing to me, I'm just here to experience that elusive thing we call fun, something many players of video games have forgotten. A few extra trinkets to wear and trade off for some steambux is a dandy little bonus to look forward to on the side.

Little side tip: if you're gonna sell, better sell now, the free weekenders are most likely going to crash the market with no survivors.

Edit: Got my second drop after much anticipation, a USB. I was more excited than I expected myself to be.
 
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