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swampjedi

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  1. Okay, think of it this way.

     

    We're starting a whole new game - how do you set up the trading system?

     

    I highly doubt making "manipulation" against the rules would work. How would you be able to tell? Plus, I seriously doubt people would stop. The problem really isn't individual manipulation - it's collusion.

     

    And really, in a completely closed economy (ie, RS), inflation is controllable. Especially with the GE. Jagex could start loading "phantom goods" into the market and removing mass amounts of cash from the game.

  2. This isn't techincally about 3rd age/rares etc, but considering the recent convo in here about the GE I'll post this here.

     

    I've been experimenting and failing to undertsand how the GE works, but today I put in 4 identical offers one straight after the other to buy 100clean ranarrs. Obviously they're bought out atm, so none bought, but a couple of mins later I got the offers updated message, so checked it and each of the offers have bought 2 herbs each.

     

    Does this mean that the GE shares out what is sold amongst all the "buying" offers? Or is this just a coincedence?

     

    Hope that made sense.

     

     

    I noticed this too, buying irit and avantoe seeds. It's more fair, if that's what's happening.

  3. Yup, I'm done. Have fun setting the rules in your little sandbox, because you won't get much creativity. Oh, and just because someone uses something as an example that's not 100% the same doesn't mean the point that was being made isn't valid.

     

    You'd be great in middle management.

  4. You know, this is a pretty cool idea. It basically makes PvP into a huge minigame.

     

    Maybe instead of GP you could have some other currency that only works on PvP worlds (perhaps already suggested)?

     

    I kinda like the WoW model of PvP. This is somewhat close to that (earning PK points vs earning honor).

  5. I can't decide if this is satire or not, because I'm not sure I could have written something funnier if I had tried.

     

    Either you're a genius of sarcasm, or an idiot. I'm going to go with idiot - because your post reads like a toddler's temper tantrum. Sure it's a game, but what fun is a game if you can faceroll your character into a good PvPer?

     

    Obviously you've never experienced the real world, which is funny because you throw that out there like it's some game-ending nuke. In the real world, in ANY world, accomplishment is about working for it, not having it given to you.

     

    I'd be totally surprised if you weren't one of the "OMG PWNED YOU N33B" yelling Pkers. In other words, the pre-pubescent pond scum of the game.

     

    Edit: Way too slow. And Danq, that's why I am glad that I'm retired Staff AND retired Mod. :-)

  6. Then let's just give everyone free copies of the best gear - after all, making money doesn't affect combat level.

     

    Geez, it's about the same as a freaking strength pure - they're stronger than they look. And really, who but the best are going to even have that high of herblore? Chances are you won't even meet someone who did. And frankly, if you did meet them, they'd kill you anyways because they have the cash for the best.

     

    I don't even PvP and this ticks me off.

  7. woodcutting96.jpg

    1994: Ivy

     

    Ivy is insane - hopefully they'll come along with something similar for mining. Basically, no-drop skilling.

     

    I've started buying the unfinished broad bolt supply every day for a little extra cash.

     

    The first thing I'm going to get with my slayer points is the ability to make slayer rings - after that I may do broad bolts just to save some cash.

     

    Current task is Kurask, though I don't expect I'll do that for a while yet.

  8. With the insanity that is GE prices, inflation, PvP, and merchant clans, I've been thinking of what we might do differently.

     

    The question is, how can we tweak trade so that "making money" stops being the only skill that matters? Personally, I'm not a big fan of the whole money grubbing ethos that is popular in this game.

     

    How about getting rid of player trading of raw ingredients? That is, when I mine an adamant ore, it's then untradeable. Raws will still be buyable from shops with generous but limited stocks (decreasing as the raws increase in level). Huge money sink, materials merchanting destroyed, and leveling the playing field. Weapons and final products would still be sellable.

     

    How about limiting GE interaction? It could be 1m total cash flow through GE a day, or 10k per QP, or 10k per total level.

     

    Other thoughts? Remember, the goal is shift the focus from "how can I make more gp" to "how can I have fun".

  9. Sorry to double post...

     

    Realistically, what changed? You. Runescape was fresh and new for you 5,6,7 years ago. You weren't jaded at all, and still had everything to discover. That joy and sense of discovery DIES quickly, especially once the grinding begins. Even if it's PvP - there are only so many times you can do it before it loses the shine.

     

    That's the point at which you yearn for the good old days. However, since we're, in general, so self-absorbed and about as self-aware as a cucumber, we'll blame our ennui on anything but ourselves. It has to be that the community died, or the game started to suck. It can't be because we got tired of it, can it? Same exact mechanic is responsible for a good number of divorces.

     

    Runescape is what you make it. I'm sorry that it has lost its luster for you, but that's in reality what has happened. People change, and move on. Personally, I took two years off of RS (came back in July), and it all of the sudden is fun again.

  10. Who is this moad and why is he usurping me?

     

    For the maybe 3 of you who know who I am, I've grown bored of pretty much everything so I'm hopping back into RS for a bit, and in hopes of finding some of the people I used to hang out with I googled myself and stumbled across this topic. The fact that ANYONE remembers me makes me giggle though, since me and raichase were little more than trolls who loved to argue about everything :P

     

    DUDE! Welcome back! I had fun being (roughly) the third in that group for a while, before I started the Debate Club forum. :-D

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