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Ran double natures for a friend, he gave me the ess and I ran from nature altar to random general store in the middle of nowhere in Karajama, un-note pure ess and run back to the altar. Used to pick plax for the same guy (how I met him), 100k for each 1k flax. Was so unbelievably happy when I got 3k flax and he logged on. The hours I spent killing blue drags at that cave south of Yanille. Unbelievable. Was saving up for a d med haha.

As stated, no money would be injected into the economy, like, at all. All the money would transfer from player to player, not spawned from nothing. As said I disagree with the idea of buying GP from a store, but being able to sell game time to other players, that is what I am suggesting.

Yeah, thats the only way I would see it working, as any other way introduces massive economy changes.

How would this increase botting? As shown by EVE Online (who use this exact same system), it eliminates botting as there is a safe and legal method for buying in-game currency. Even though bots in EVE Online offer in-game currency at ~25% less than the rate available legally, very few people see the benefit as they risk getting their accounts banned to save a small amount of money. I do see where you are coming from in point 2, and you are correct. In any given situation their will be winners and losers, I am merely offering another solution that helps players with little time. There are just as many games that offer micro-transactions as those that don't, so I don't really see you point regarding LoL. Comparing real-life athletics to an online game is, frankly, useless. They are too drastically different. Yep, played EVE for a number of years and it works very well, as long as it doesn't inject cash into the economy, which this (and EVE's) system do, it keeps the balance. Okay :) The benefit of the system mentioned in the OP is there is no cash injection, the cash already exists in the system. I agree that a simple coin store that creates gold from nowhere into your account would be bad for business, but as long as the same amount of GP stays in the system, just in other players hands, then it would have no effect on the balance of said system. RL Auction House could work, have D3, not played it yet though, so no comment can be made on this system! I don't mean this in a nasty or condescending way, but does it really matter? If I get personal satisfaction from having 99 Herblore, then that should be my satisfaction, and not ruin anyone else's gameplay or day. RS isn't about any one thing, that, in my opinion, is the beauty of it. Therefore your comparison with AC3 is incorrect. AC3 is all about getting achievements and beating the missions, so paying to complete the game, rightly so, seems worthless. I would disagree with RS not being about end-game content. I think the large majority of active players are constantly looking for more end game content. The thing that sets RS and WoW apart is this journey you speak of. The basic skeleton is the same though.

I'm just going to come out and say this, before we even get started, for those who want to know what's going on with reading :words:. I think Runescape should sell GP. This statement seems relatively (understatement of the decade) controversial within the Runescape community. A few years ago, I would have thought the same, why should someone be able to buy their way to all 99's with real life money? Well, after a lot of thinking (and playing another MMO for a while), I decided that, while it's fair to say that it is unfair for people to be able to buy their way to 99's (I believe the term level playing field would be appropriate), I think its equally unfair that a large portion of the Runescape player base can not commit the time that Jagex demands we pour into the game to be the best. If you want to play the game at its highest level and play at a competitive and enjoyable level (with end-game content) you have to spend months training skills. I, as I am sure many others are too, am in an akward situation of being a Runescape player with almost no spare time to play the game. I work 70 hour weeks and in my spare time I enjoy playing RS. I am slowly, but surely, falling back from my friends due the little time I have to play the game. I realise this is not Jagex's fault, or indeed yours, but I feel like I would benefit greatly from the ability to legally buy GP. SoF is not a solution, it's gambling, I could put £x into SoF spins and recieve 200M or 1k. I can even suggest a route to take that would help make the prospect of buying + selling GP attractive to both sides. - Introduce a mechanic on Runescape homepage for players to sell GTC codes safely and securely (Simple to manufacture and use but don't want to bore with a detailed description). (The same GTC's that are available in store now) - Players can freely buy or sell these codes for GP only. This way, players like me can speed up training by spending some of my disposable income on Runescape GP safely and legally, and players who have lots of GP can effectively play for free. Doesn't affect Jagex's profits in any way as all the GTCs used are still bought from them, just the person using it changes. I realise so many of you are against RWT, but I wanted to make my opinion clear and hear yours. Thanks.

Yeah constant work here, no fun. Maybe one day, not getting ahead of myself just yet! Will catch up with ya in game at some point soon I hope :D

Thanks for the help tieszen, I'll have a look into the things you listed. Hey Muto, long time no see, how are things? :)

Hi there :) I'm returning to RuneScape after years of absence. (~2 years, if not more) My account has been cleaned out from anything of worth but I have managed to get together about 700k from junk I had in my bank. I'm a level 129 player with 99 HP, Att and Def with 92 Str. I'm looking to start raising up funds to start playing more seriously, but its been so long since I was in the game that I don't know what is decent money making any more. Back when I played seriously Barrows was decent money...but now I have no idea if its any good or if the methods I used are even effective now. Can the fine people of tip.it help me out with ideas and advice? :) Thanks :D

Bloody hell, 4 years? I still remember the first day of release like it was yesterday. I remember the map they had too, with a black square on it with Castle Wars (Date here) on it.

Hey, I ran the RSE Podcast before I quit, we managed 6-7 episodes in that time, and had 2 main interviews, Ashley and Villandra/Slayerbelle. We recorded via the program Skype, great quality over TS/Vent. We uploaded to a free hosting site (http://www.mypodcast.com), which automatically uploaded to I-Tunes. On the site, you could listen to the MP3 direct, which helped anyone not able/wanting to listen to it on I-Tunes. I can help, but I live a terribly busy life (kid, wife, work, usual), which is why I had to shut down the RSE Podcast. If I had a definite day and time to record, and everyone managed to keep on that timetable, I'd be glad to help. I'm a retired RS player, but I've played for 4 years, so my knowledge on the game is pretty much complete. If you need me for any technical issues, give me a pm. PaDz

No problem, this is the link to our hosting site, you can download the mp3 file there: http://rse.mypodcast.com/2007/12/RSE_Ru ... 63484.html

Just giving this a wee bump. Thanks to everyone's support :D

From what she's told me on MSN, she's not continuing to play on it after reaching 99 Slayer. Meh, you'd think she'd want to show off a bit. :-k What reason is there to still play? She accomplished the post difficult feat in the entire game AND raised a different account to max total. After the Wildy and Trading updates, there's no reason to continue to put up with the game at her experience. Seems to be that way, if she continued on Slayerbelle, she'd have to watch every little bit of exp she got #-o She will still be playing on Villandra though, again, I'm only relaying what 've been told, so don't quote my ramblings as truth :oops:

From what she's told me on MSN, she's not continuing to play on it after reaching 99 Slayer.

We're going off topic slightly :lol: I would like to know what you think we can improve on for the next interviews

We can still pick flax! :D :D Thank god for flax

'Ello Tip.It. Some of you may remember our Ashley Podcast Interview. Well now we have another. Since our last interview we have changed. After reading your posts and many other's, we moved to I-Tunes for easier access and listening. The interview is at the end of the December Edition of the Podcast (#6), so feel free to just skip to about 35 minutes from the end, we would however appriciate people commenting on the Podcast as a whole though ^^ Anyways, enough rambling. Here is the link to take you to our download page on I-Tunes. http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... i=18122219 (I checked the link to make sure it worked, for some reason it comes up with an External Protcall thing, I just clicked "Launch Application", didn't seem to have any kind of effect.) Orrr, if you don't use I-Tunes, here is our hosting site page, where you can download the mp3: http://rse.mypodcast.com/2007/12/RSE_Ru ... 63484.html Thanks for taking the time to listen ^^

'Ello Tip.It. Well I posted this work in progress on a forum I use -points at sig- and so far, people are loving it, so I thought I'd give a bash over here and see what you guys think of it. I'm not a massive writer, and I just stick what I think up on paper, which is how this idea came about. I'm not used to any sort of structure to how I should post my story, and it was intentially meant to be one short story, maybe 5 minutes long, but it has evolved from that until the point that I plan to add more stories to this one to make a series of about 5, all of equal length, so apoligies for no chapters. Some people may be offended, it does involve the divide of Heaven and Hell, and the players on both sides, but, I have and will continue to try and keep all religious aspects of the religion involved out of the story. The only aspects I will be using (just now anyway) is the concept of there being a Heaven and Hell, and the exsistence of Angels and Demons. I planned to wait until I heard back from ForsakenMage before posting, but I'm sure the post will be deleted if it does break the rules. Why am I posting an unfinished article? So I can get you to critise me, I don't want anyone to just skin through this story and say its good, if you feel that anything is wrong, tell me, becuase I probably wont notice it myself. So without furth ado, here is my story: Requiem Cassius strode purposefully towards the gleaming white passage that would take him to the real world. Either side of him, impassive guards flanked him, their corporeal blades giving off a pure light which overrode the senses. The vast chamber was humming with an undeterminable power, pillars extended in every direction, the writing on them gleaming with light. Cassius, donning a casual attire of white silk cloth, hung loosely on his well maintained body. Standing well over 6 foot, he was a presence to behold. He was a member of the Ordos, a small, elite army of Angels that guarded the Gates of Heaven from the minions of Hell for over 4 millennia. Never has a minion of Hell entered the Gates of Heaven, due almost entirely to the unfaltering efforts of the Ordos, who maintained at least 200 of their members guarding the entrance at any time, well over half of the Ordos. Each member, able to hold his own against all but the most difficult foes, had been handpicked, some for their combat ability, others for their abilities with their minds, and others for their unwavering faith in the face of evil. Cassius led a detachment of Ordos, the Ordos Letalis, whose duty it was to protect humans from the evil of Hell. This duty meant Cassius and his brethren spent almost all of their time in the real world, hunting down the scum of Hell, who subtly attacked or corrupted humans. Unrivalled in skill with handguns, Cassius was arguably one of the strongest members of the Ordos, his abilities all but unmatched. He was a quiet man, with no time for any but his closest friends and brethren. With a mind as sharp as his blade, Cassius used it to devastating effect, using but his voice, he could plant an idea in your head, make you point your own weapon on friends, family or on your own person. His blades, called Formidonis and Decessus, both writhed with energy, hanging off his back, keen to spill blood. ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¢â¬ÅHush hush FormidonisÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬ÃâÃ

Turned it off after 20 seconds, you are the most arrogant pure I have ever met. I don't normally get annoyed by people's attitude over on online game, but seriously, you just pressed some buttons. :wall: :wall:

Speaking as someone who doesn't PK, the only problem I have with Pk'ers is the fact that protection prayers are completly NH, but others, such as Piety, Protect Item and Smite are almost a nessecity. Why, oh why are protection prayers NH when these others are standard? They both do the same job, give a player an advantage.

1. Check that Second trade window, its there so you don't get scammed ;) 2. If in doubt, report, you can't get banned for falsely reporting one account, but if your right, thats one less bit o' scum to worry about. 3. Use proper spelling and grammar, helps when buying and selling things, especially on the Forums. 4. Play safe, never give any details about your account to anyone, even if you think you know them, tis very easy to lie over a computer screen ya know. 5. Don't hassle "famous" players, only makes you look stupid. All I can think of now, brought to you by Paddy....Master of the OBVIOUSSSSS \ \

This man knows what he's talking about. I do not know why you assumed the only reason we interviewd Ashley was due to the fact she was an early player. The reason we interviewed her was because she has amazingly high stats, and we thought that it would be nice to interview such a high level player.

DUCKS :lol:

Go back to to the day I started Runescape and turn the PC off ;)

Its all about misinformation surely, the scammer is using it to his advantage in this senario as much as the victim obviously has limited common sence.