theanti

my solution for this problem is simple. do rune ess like many other things. level1 mining-bad rune essence, you can only craft 1 of each rune using this no matter what you rc level is and some may fail (much like iron ore), and only the 6 basic runes,mined only on free., f2p and p2p item. level 25 mining-Rune essence-can craft 2 max of each rune using this no matter what your rc level is, only the 6 basic runes, mined only on free. f2p and p2p item. level 60 mining-Good rune essense-can craft just like runecrafting was before, it does double triple whatever of each rune depending on rc level, and is good for all runes, can be mined on f2p and p2p. level 70 mining-Pure rune essence- Cant craft more runes then before per rune essence depending on skill (ex: at lik 55 youd craft 4-5 air runes or more, (that way its slightly easier to rc), good for all runes, mined, only on members servers, p2p only item. that way not only would it stop macros cause first noone wants to buy bad rune essence so no member will buy and not many non members., second they have to work hard to be able to mine regular rune ess(which still wont sell good at all), and even harder to mine good rune ess(which they may sell but hey chances are they wont risk losing 60 mining to macro it), also allows members to mine it after some work. Third, it rewards legitimate players by giving a new rune essense that makes more runes per ess then even before(and only members can mine it and most members wont use macros cause they pay!). making it more expensive but also makes it easier to rc sometimes. that way we punish only the bad, and reward only the good. what do yall think...matter of fact im posting this on runescape forums.

OK, i didnt read all the posts in this it was too long. But i think the author made so good points about the rares. Personally i think rares should be made non trade-able. It would fix plenty. Howver i would like to dispute what he calls *greedy merchants* now if i buy an item for less then half price, and sell at well over price, i believe thats what merchanting is. I got a good deal on it and im selling it at a higher price. now if i told the person a rune kite (h) was 75k then i could understand, but if i offer a price and they accept it, how am i greedy and evil, I want to know who anyone (even the author) thinks he is to judge what price is "right". players made the prices, and im a player, so i think i can buy the thing at whatever price i want, and sell at whatever price i want without being called greedy. noone in runescape has the right to say that my price is wrong because its 20gp more or whatnot. Now i could understand if im charging like a rune kite (h) for 23 mil or something like they do with drag chain, but im not, so idont think the greed factor applies there. Now, another key point i wanted to mention is i think jagex themselves are also very responsible for this greed factor that they "try" to stop. Every time they release an item you cant buy in store (drag chain, drag 2hander, drag hatchet,seacull, the daggonoth rings, etc) they mess it up even more because automatically players are gonna be greedy and want 10 mil and up, i mean look at the infinity set, they made it so hard to get those that got it are like.....greedy sobs.....12 mil for a set that sucks.....wtf was jagex thinking. so i think a lot of people are to blame for this. and there is no way to stop it unless jagex puts all items like drag chain etc into stores, and makes "rares" untradeable. (and just so everybody knows im fair, i have a blue halloween mask in my bank account ive had a while, so what the money i could get for that mask is nothing compared to what id pay to fix the fudged up economy of runescape)