:?: An Inconvenient Truth: High Alching Yew Longs Gone :?: Most of us today are very aware about the upcoming update coming in January. Most of us will dread it. Most of is will rant. Most of us will be furious. As time goes though, the economy will change to fit the needs of the people. HOWEVER, if it doesn't, look at my following example of how the Runescape economy may fall. How many of you are trying to get to 99 Magic by high alching? How many of you are planning to get that by high alching yew longs? If I am correct, and Jagex doesn't change the "3K limit" will we still be able to trade the yew longs at prices that are good for the buyer and seller? Lets find out. TODAYS WORLD Now as we know, Yew Longs high alch for 768 gp each. Duh. Also, in TODAYS world, you can buy them for roughly 600 each, give or take. Correct? So that means, that you are "gaining" 168 gp per long you alch. BUT there is the cost for natures, which are usualy always around 300 each. So after doing the math, you are actually losing 132 gp per Yew Long Alched. Then after some glows, you get your money. Thats how it works. INTO THE FUTURE (Now this is if everything goes exaclty how Jagex wants it to (3K Limit)) Lets explore the GE's prices, shall we? When the 3K Limit comes into play and everyone has to go by the market price, the yew longs will be soon outdated. Why? This is because the GE sets the market price. Has anyone gone to the GE yet and have tried to buy some yew longs to high alch? As soon as you looked at that price, you decided to go to the forums. This is becuase in the GE the "middle" price of yew longs are 713 (December 28). That is OUTRAGEOUS. Now lets look at your "profit" margin shall we? 1 Yew long at that price will cost 713gp. You alch it, and get a mere 768 gp, only 55gp from where you started. Now here comes the cost for the nature run. So, after the math for that one nature rune, you actually LOSE 245 GP! You may think that, "Hey, 245 gp isn't a lot of loss." You are incredibly wrong my friend. :shame: That 245 gp is jsut for ONE yew long. How many of you alch one thing, and get 99 Magic? Lets just say, when all of these aweful new rules come into play, I want to get 99 Magic, from my current level of 69. If I followed all of the SAME EXACT PRICES, I would lose 46.55M! :shock: ================= I just want to hear what you think about this. Go ahead and tell me off, prove me wrong. Thank you for your time :D