lpinkus

That's your opinion on why they're around. Many people, if not most, want rares for merchanting so they can make HUGE profits. I find that really lame. If you're really wearing your hat to show you've been playing a while, fine, but I'd rather a player infer that from my combat level. I say this all the time, but JAGeX themselves are against the marketing of rares (it's true, check the FAQ). They should make them all untradeable, but too many merchants would get mad and possibly quit. So, I guess that means I don't care about this quest. Sorry :) lpinkus

no, that's not the only way. The other way is to make rares untradeable. I long for that day. lpinkus

Not to be picky... but I always found it curious that no strength xp is given while mining. You get a nominal amount of mining xp while mining for rune essence, so why not a nominal amount of strength xp while mining in general. I assume JAGeX doesn't want strength stats out of proportion, but it seems logical that swinging a heavy pick and driving it into rocks would make one stronger. By the way, I'm not looking for an easy way to raise my strength level, I just found this curious. lpinkus

I've sugessted this pelenty of times. Seriously you can look in each post thats been done about this and find it. Aside from that I think they should have a rare item trader/seller where you can buy any rare item thats ever came out, or have the strogest creatures in both f2p and p2p drop them like 2% of the time. It's not gonna happen. No one wants to acknowledge it, but JAGeX is against the merchanting of rares. I quote their FAQ: "Why can I not trade the holiday drop items any more? New holiday items are not tradable. Please remember holiday items are supposed to be just a bit of fun for special occasions. We've noticed on previous occasions players hoarding huge numbers of the gifts we drop, and then reselling them for massively unfair prices. This really isn't in the spirit of the occasion. We don't want this to just become an event whereby a few lucky players suddenly become ludicrously unfairly rich. Therefore new holiday drops are non-tradeable and limited to one per player. But hopefully still a lot of fun. All previously dropped holiday items will still remain tradable though (drops made before the Easter "bunny ears" drop)." This is not an opinion, this is a fact. The only reason that JAGeX doesn't go ahead and make all rares untradeable, I assume, is because too many merchants would get mad and quit. lpinkus

I reccomend you spend your heard-earned gp on something that's actually useful. JAGeX should get rid of rares or make them untradeable. lpinkus

And I quote the Runescape official website: "Why can I not trade the holiday drop items any more? New holiday items are not tradable. Please remember holiday items are supposed to be just a bit of fun for special occasions. We've noticed on previous occasions players hoarding huge numbers of the gifts we drop, and then reselling them for massively unfair prices. This really isn't in the spirit of the occasion. We don't want this to just become an event whereby a few lucky players suddenly become ludicrously unfairly rich. Therefore new holiday drops are non-tradeable and limited to one per player. But hopefully still a lot of fun. All previously dropped holiday items will still remain tradable though (drops made before the Easter "bunny ears" drop)." Just in case you never read that. Enjoy merchanting rares. lpinkus

Wow, kinda neat. Good one. lpinkus

Actually, I think RS is pretty well balanced, and no, I don't work for JAGeX. :) What ends up being unbalanced is some merchanting practices, Pking, etc., not what JAGeX controls, i.e. the properties of items themselves, xp, or shop/alch prices. lpinkus

Sorry to spam, but LOL. lpinkus

Cool. In anything, I've learned a little about the granite maul from making this post. I'll never PK, though, so I won't need it for that. lpinkus

It allready is. 30 million for chainmail is not affordable. Yes, and what is affordable to one player may not be affordable to another. Like anything in RS, there needs to be BALANCE. Excuse me, waiter, can I have some Ying with my Yang? lpinkus

I also fail to see how "farming" could be fun Oh I agree. Herblore, on the other hand, is super exciting and action-packed! Yippee! lpinkus

Why? Because he alched rares? He has more of a right to get rid of them than anyone has to merchant them. lpinkus

yeah, thats why the prices are so "balanced" right? Hey, I don't make the prices, I'm just discussing the effectiveness of the weapon. I'm against the sale of phats and rares, but I suppose people can sell an item that's actually useful for whatever they please. lpinkus

Except for the big grey stone on the end of the maul :) And I understand that his attack lvl was low, that's why it was funny. lpinkus

All true, it's about balance. Whenever JAGeX introduces new items, I think they do a heckuva job in keeping things balanced. It may not always be immediately obvious, but if you think of it, it comes. lpinkus

im not ignorant, nor a *, and I dont think I should get banned, but try to get your point across anyway, id like to understand. Wats ur RSN? The reason is that they remove the party hats from the game, that thousands of other ppl would have wanted to buy, just for their own profit. Ya know, its not like there are unlimited phats... Thats y I also think phat should be made untradable. if p hats were untradeable think about the millions of gp people would have lost buying them as an investment. That's unfortunate, but everyone who invests in a party hat should know that JAGeX feels merchanting them is not in the spirit of the game; they say as much on the website. lpinkus

can you even begin to imagine the amount of money being brought into the game by doing that? billions of gp would be brought in almost all at once, which is imo worse than having the hats in the game. Yes, but once they're gone, they're gone. Right now they're traded over and over again, and that brings money into the game, too. lpinkus

That's interesting, sort of a way to get rid of them without making phat merchants mad so they quit. Perhaps... They could be tradeable up to a week or so while players marketed them. Then, each player alchs it and is given a random amount, say, between 500K and 2 or 3 mil. I'm sure I'm making lots of you mad, but hey, my opinion. :) If I had millions, I'd buy all your phats and eat them with some doogle leaves, for flavoring. Mmmmm...worthlessstatussymbol-licious :) lpinkus

Good point, I hope I didn't :) lpinkus

In Ardougne today, I saw a lvl 61 who donned a rune plate, yet addy legs and helm, mercilessly hammering upon a guard with a granite maul. The hits went something like: "2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4..." and were highlighted by a whopping "5." :) People can save up and buy whatever they like, that's what's great about RS, but I think he probably should have bought the rest of his rune :) Thoughts? lpinkus

I've never realized there were so many others like me, who say to heck with the phats. It's a shame JAGeX can't just get rid of them altogether, or make them untradeable. Too many people would get mad and quit, I suppose, but the game would be better off. lpinkus

A good friend of mine who plays Galaxies is quite upset with their latest update. Basically, he no longer can gain experience from fighting things lower than his level, and he gets owned by anything even a bit above his level. It was done to "balance" the game, in that people were getting good to fast, or so I understand. I'm sure there are people here who play both RS and Galaxies. Also, I know people who PK (although I don't) are constantly complaining that the "triangle balance" doesn't work. So, my questions to get this topic going is: Could you see JAGeX doing something drastic like this? Would it make you upset? I think I'd go nuts, personally :) Peace, lpinkus

A man after my own heart :) My thoughts exactly. Dump all rares into the river Salve. lpinkus

You know, I could see this happening. I wouldn't hold your breath, but I could see it. It would shake up accruing xp a bit, tho, I guess. lpinkus