fourms effecting prices?

[TheWilch]

well recently on this particular section of the forums theres been alot of topics and conversations about prices of things reducing and discussing the cause. wether it be fish, runes, hides, rares, or any kind of raw material do you think that the forums have an impact on them? we make such a big deal about sharks dropping from 1k-550gp or a santa hat bouncing around the market like a ball, that it probably sways prices up or even down.

 

 

 

for example. lets say some 1 from tip.it , a known highly respected person at that. post's a topic about how its soooo hard to buy or get range boots now days (and we have all seen these topics) and it gets a massive 10k replys or somthing? now i dont use many other forums but this and hq but these are the most populated right? well due to all the people agreeing with this guy chances are some will just run out and buy up all the range boots in world 2.

 

 

 

idk i was bored and started thinking about the connection of forums and runescape and how crutial some of them can be. most of the time for a price check i use these forums lol. but this is just a discussion, im no 1 special just doin some observing so lets just talk about this and keep it nice. tell me if im crazy too lol.

 

 

 

(ps.)i hope this dont start 10 topics saying "why are (specific item) becoming so rare these days" l #-o

[swordwindtrtrtrt]

Its autoers knocking down prices, and when one person starts selling sharks for, say, 700 ea then everyone on w2s gonna trade them, so the other sellers ahve to at least match or undercut his price. Then it just spreads.

[bbalking]

dont think forums like these affect any prices

 

 

 

they runescape forums and w2 are the only things affecting them i think

[Captainkidd]

Its the world two merchants and some what autoers.

 

 

 

Example, there was a sudden crash in world two with whips they went from 1.6M being top price right down to 1.5M being top price, I was there when it happpend, I was also on the forums (Doing a little merchanting) When I saw people starting giving and going lower and lower for selling whips the prices on the forums didn't change until about 10 mins after all the threads about people buying whips for 1.6M were spammed with 20 or so people saying they would sell and people starting threads selling at 1.6M. When the world two price was 1.5M but they didn't know that.

 

 

 

Now we all know autoers make 'raw matriels' go down. Which can be looked at in two different ways, one is

Aw, great. I can get more sharks then I thought, I might even beable to buy a whip with that I saved.

 

Or :cry:

 

Aw, man. I just got finised fishing sharks from 76-99 now I got to sell cheap, I'll have to fish another 50k just to get my phat

 

 

 

I am on the side about the whip : All things good in the hood here.

[Freesia]

I don't think it really affects. Without forums more people will just flock to world 2 to sell. The not so popular items like pharoah's spectre may rise a bit since there is no specific spot in world 2 to sell them. In fact I do feel that forums does encourage merchanting in bulks

[Mayjest]

While it doesn't have a great effect, it can and it does. I remember around 2 years ago rares underwent a massive (for the time) inflation because people started posting threads offering to buy a phat for 1 or 2 million above the normal price. Obviously they'd never actually buy it, but it served to inflate the price temporarily.

 

 

 

Of course, many conversations on the regular forums discussing the implications of the price rises (which were normally the way most people found out about them) didn't help.

[malo2]

Forums do affect prices, but in different ways. Its because we find all the best methods of doing things, and the best items to use on these forums. If someone spends a lot of time researching something, and finds out that a certain items is actually good with something else, the word will spread and people will start buying that item. This could even be when a certain falls in price a lot, people here will begin discussing it a lot (sharks maybe?) and come to the conclusion that the item is now more useful since its become cheaper.

 

 

 

But I highly doubt your theory works :uhh:

[hoffman]

Its the world two merchants and some what autoers.

 

 

 

Example, there was a sudden crash in world two with whips they went from 1.6M being top price right down to 1.5M being top price, I was there when it happpend, I was also on the forums (Doing a little merchanting) When I saw people starting giving and going lower and lower for selling whips the prices on the forums didn't change until about 10 mins after all the threads about people buying whips for 1.6M were spammed with 20 or so people saying they would sell and people starting threads selling at 1.6M. When the world two price was 1.5M but they didn't know that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

OMG the price Dropped point 1 of a mill.

[Nazgul740]

Its the world two merchants and some what autoers.

 

 

 

Example, there was a sudden crash in world two with whips they went from 1.6M being top price right down to 1.5M being top price, I was there when it happpend, I was also on the forums (Doing a little merchanting) When I saw people starting giving and going lower and lower for selling whips the prices on the forums didn't change until about 10 mins after all the threads about people buying whips for 1.6M were spammed with 20 or so people saying they would sell and people starting threads selling at 1.6M. When the world two price was 1.5M but they didn't know that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

OMG the price Dropped point 1 of a mill.

 

 

 

thats 100,000 gps for someone with 10 whips thats a mill lost right there...

 

Also other items of higher value and such are effected in much the same way... take some type of basic accounting pl0x :wall:

[Aerynae]

I think stuff costs more on the forums actually.

[hurgymcgurgygurg]

Alot of new member autoers have come out and thats one of the main forces.

 

Also gold farmming in China has an effect too.

[rooneyrules0]

FYI rsc is the biggest

[jessy87]

FYI rsc is the biggest

 

 

 

 

 

i dunno if community IS the biggest, but last time i was their... better topics and much more activity amongst ALL the boards.

 

 

 

 

 

and yeah, runeweb and runevillage and 2 other forum runeboard... wow how many other things?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dont forget IRC chat has something to do with things to, alot of people use SS's irc channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lots of things contribute, but really... you should not be asking if runescape's prices are dropping because of forums, or over abundance of cooking capes, you need to ask your self, are prices in raw materials dropping because the demand is alot lower and the supply is alot higher?

 

 

 

 

 

for example, people who wanted 99 cooking, have bought it, or are working on it, in all reality alot of people have probably races out to get 99 fletch/cook capes as soon as they came out, and because of autoers they were provided now, no1 wants to cook hence demand has hits a low "pocket" now not as many people want to cook and lots want to fish to make $, then aw guess what? autoers dont care because they auto 24/7.

 

 

 

but the big issue i have not just spouted out is, could runescape be nearing an end? or perhaps on a trail that leads to its end(provided changes are not made.) maybe runescape wont last another year? maybe it will? maybe lots of things? think about it? why the hell would you care about this game when your developing another game that will generate millions in advertisement and actual customer base just because its associated with jagex/runescape.

[Theboy1001]

The forums do make a small differance but the main factor is autoers. Because there are so many sharks, yew, etc they go doen in price and I think will keep going untill Jagex finds a way to totally get rid of all (or at least most) autors.

[Laikrob]

I agree that it is possible to influence prices a great deal, a good example is Red Chinchompas. A few weeks before the Ape Atoll Ranging spot was "leaked", someone about emptied the market, paying 2-300gp ea for them. After the Ranging spot was known, prices skyrocketed to 800gp ea. Nice profit, and forums most definitely made this possible. Some of the implicated even admitted to doing this, but not much we can do. It is not against any rules.

[Gold_Tiger10]

Just goes to show, pretty much everything effects the prices of things. Including Tip.it =D>

[silver24-7]

I agree that it is possible to influence prices a great deal, a good example is Red Chinchompas. A few weeks before the Ape Atoll Ranging spot was "leaked", someone about emptied the market, paying 2-300gp ea for them. After the Ranging spot was known, prices skyrocketed to 800gp ea. Nice profit, and forums most definitely made this possible. Some of the implicated even admitted to doing this, but not much we can do. It is not against any rules.

 

 

 

which range spot is that ?

 

 

 

And YES forums can have very much to do with certain items prices, especially the items that aren't used / traded very much because their price isn't very set.

[TheWilch]

Just goes to show, pretty much everything effects the prices of things. Including Tip.it =D>

 

 

 

looks like it, ive never taken so many diffrent things you all have posted into consideration. and i forgot about rsc, but im not registered there.

 

 

 

Laikrob - chinchompas was one of my reasons for posting this, i watched that happen which led to me creating this topic lol.

 

 

 

silver - in ape atoll where the high lvl gorilla guards are, theres probably 6-7 of them and its multi combat. but in the middle of them there is a prayer alter. which makes it a good 200k exp if u use dharoks, and its about 70k range exp (with bow) an hour. high lvls use it so much because whatever your training on you can use the prayers that boost your max hit and protect from melee literally 24/7

[darkmage099]

Forums affecting prices

 

 

 

 

 

Naw, I don't think so.

[Laikrob]

silver - in ape atoll where the high lvl gorilla guards are, theres probably 6-7 of them and its multi combat. but in the middle of them there is a prayer alter. which makes it a good 200k exp if u use dharoks, and its about 70k range exp (with bow) an hour. high lvls use it so much because whatever your training on you can use the prayers that boost your max hit and protect from melee literally 24/7

 

 

 

This is not the range spot, it's one of the other monkey types (zombie ones, I believe). Silver, there is a guide on this in the making, I believe.

[Solidus_77]

This is a possible explanation for a scenario that isn't happening right now

 

 

 

btw it's affecting, not effecting.

[TiKRuy]

Well in my case if i don't know some items price the first thing to do is: i go check forums for the price tho u can't always find it there.