Anyone know how the weekly drop cap works?

[Artinz]

The title is the question, does anyone know how the weekly drop cap works? I'm not talking about a generalization like as playing time increases, drop limit increases, but does anyone know a concrete equation or a solid limit or something like that?

 

[Bonecrusher]

There was a thread that explains that but i cant find it atm...
Anyways, it works that every week You have 100% chance to get 1 item by hour. Your week limit is 10 items. Once You've reach that limit You cant get more items that week. Item limit resets i think on Saturday/Sunday/Monday in 5AM PST something like that.
That's the way it works.

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[Baen]

it resets Wednesday and I don't know about 1 an hour but I know it resets Wed.

 

[QuickSkope]

Also, Crates drop on a seperate timer, and you can get up to 5 crates per week.

 

[a pet rock]

On April 20, 2010, the item drop system was changed. Instead of rolling randomly at intervals to see if you got an item drop, now the system rolls to determine when your next item drop will occur. With this change, players are guaranteed to find items at fairly regular intervals. This was made because many players had unlucky streaks, where they didn't find any items for weeks. That isn't possible anymore. The drop rate was also increased, but now players have a limited playtime per week when they can receive drops. Playing beyond that amount won't find any more items, but some of the unused time will rollover to the following week, speaking of that, the item cap resets at Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m. pacific standard time. this test was experimented and needs more input.

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[Neo Omega]

I got 29 items this week. Since the Mann Co update, I've been getting more.

 

[a pet rock]

Playing beyond that amount won't find any more items, but some of the unused time will rollover to the following week

Sounds like you're catching some of that rollover drops.

 

[Neo Omega]

Sounds like you're catching some of that rollover drops.

Maybe, but I idle religiously every week. I do it between 3 accounts =P

 

[Liliana]

The maximum amount of items you can get is not known, however it can't exceed 56 because the day drop limit is 8. In average a player gets ~6 items a week.

So yeah.

 

[BWoods]

I got 29 items this week. Since the Mann Co update, I've been getting more.

Been the exact opposite for me. Since the Mann Co update I've gotten 6 drops and just last night finally obtained my Pan and Ellis Hat.

 

[Division 55]

I nevr get wepons its not fair. they should give more weapons to the new people to tf2. lol

 

[Daisy]

I've gotten 8 drops this week and i think it resets Wednesdays