Team Fortress 2 is now Free-To-Play

Lenfried said:


This is the exclusive hat you get for buying the game pre-F2P?!

I've lost faith in you, Valve.

Applekags said:
But in all seriousness who doesnt already own TF2 by now?

AbstractCalamity said:

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Not the case anymore, though. :D

Denmark-Chan said:
i think that they could have milked the game for all its worth because i think people would still by it at a reasonable price....it would sell and it prob could have continued doing well selling. Also, noobs will be pouring in...making it easier to kill....and get points :D

mindflayer said:
Never played it before, downloading it as I speak - should be any moment now. Seems like a decent game, what's the catch in it being F2P exactly?

Sephor said:

http://teamfortress.com/freetoplay/faq.php

Lenfried said:

1. People who are VAC banned can simply make a new steam account and download TF2 again ... at no cost.

2. People will be able to make multiple idle accounts to farm items ... at no cost.

3. ??? Who knows? The potential is limitless!

TF2 may not have cost much, but it did deter many people from doing the above.

mindflayer said:

Yeah, I've kinda already read that, I was asking for a more subjective opinion. As in, are any of those cosmetic items any less trivial than they appear to a newbie like myself? ;)

By the way, right now I'm playing the tutorial and the Source engine feels so damn smooth...

nerb said:
Stop bitching. Free players do not get shit. If they want to have the "premium" stuff they need to buy something from Mann Co, and guess what, the minimum Steam Wallet transaction is $5. They cannot even trade away items. How exactly was the price tag holding away the torrent of cheaters anyway?

nerb said:
Stop bitching. Free players do not get shit. If they want to have the "premium" stuff they need to buy something from Mann Co, and guess what, the minimum Steam Wallet transaction is $5. They cannot even trade away items. How exactly was the price tag holding away the torrent of cheaters anyway?

Chavez said:
As Steam games are related to your account, cheating on a game will get you banned from that game permanently unless you were to make a new account and buy the game again. However, now people can simply make a new account without buying anything and start right away.

Mujina said:
Since Valve doesn't IP ban you, people can make an endless supply of accounts and ruin the game even further.

Mujina said:
...and TF2 will be even worse now because of this fact. The game had potential to be a great shooter, now it's more of a lame dress up simulator then anything.

Mujina said:
Since Valve doesn't IP ban you, people can make an endless supply of accounts and ruin the game even further.

mindflayer said:
Maybe they'll start IP banning now if things get out of hand (as they probably will)?

mindflayer said:

Maybe they'll start IP banning now if things get out of hand (as they probably will)?

Lenfried said:
Regarding my previous point about making new idle accounts to farm:

Apparently there are bits of information that I overlooked.

People with free accounts can only find standard items and are not able to trade with other users. To become a "paid" user, they would have to buy at least one item from the store. The cheapest item costs 99 cents. However, the minimum amount required to add funds to your steam account is $5. So if someone wants to exploit the system via multiple accounts (i.e. idle farming and transferring), they would have to spend at least $5 per account.

I guess that puts me at ease ... slightly.

Lenfried said:

1. People who are VAC banned can simply make a new steam account and download TF2 again ... at no cost.

2. People will be able to make multiple idle accounts to farm items ... at no cost.

TF2 may not have cost much, but it did deter many people from doing the above.
TF2 will now become a hotbed for cheaters, hackers and abusers.

"Valve" said:
Q. Won’t going Free to Play mean more griefers and cheaters?
We’re increasing our focus on making sure that hostile players can’t ruin your fun. Specifically, we’ll be keeping a close eye on players exploiting the ability to make infinite free accounts to bypass bans. We’ve built systems that’ll allow us to measure and track what these players are doing, and respond quickly.