Fairness Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Well, now the new mania is "lagex i wunt droagn pix plz" on the RS OF, but I was thinking about this. Wouldn't mining become easier with its introduction? Of course it would! Someone would first buy one and mass-mine stuff. There would be a load of, say, Coal in RS, which would first fetch a nice profit but then it would decrease prices as the supply would be darn high. Is there anything true in this little thought? Tell me if I'm a noob at this. You're being watched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hohto Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Well, now the new mania is "lagex i wunt droagn pix plz" on the RS OF, but I was thinking about this. Wouldn't mining become easier with its introduction? Of course it would! Someone would first buy one and mass-mine stuff. There would be a load of, say, Coal in RS, which would first fetch a nice profit but then it would decrease prices as the supply would be darn high. Is there anything true in this little thought? Tell me if I'm a noob at this. No1 would alone massmine anything: many of them would come to the game around the same time. No matter what way it was gotten (unless by anew skill), it could be gotten by so many that no1 could abuse it. Second, it most likely wouldn't be THAT powerful. The demand and supply meet quite well in mining now. Because of high level prices the price of ores isn't too low and the number of miners keep the prices low enough. A new pickaxe wouldn't most likely affect to ore prices at all, it would just make this skill a bit easier. I'd rather die for what I believe in than live for anything else.Name Removed by Administrator ~Turtlefemm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embraced Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Unless it got you 2 ores at once. Unlikely though.. :anxious: P2P offers more and better ways of making money than f2p. That's one of the cons you just have to play with if you don't feel like having 1 bigmac meal less per month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bini Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Unless it got you 2 ores at once. Unlikely though.. :anxious: Nah, i don't think that will ever happen, I think it will be just like the Dragon axe, it will only look good and won't be much faster to mine than with the Rune pickaxe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwreeTak Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 It wouldn't affect the prize so much, unless it's really, really good. This is because demand and supply both are on about the same level now, and it will take alot of hard pushes to this before anything seriously change could happen in the mining buisness. Add me if you so wish: SwreeTak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25leaf Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 1st it would be members only and members hate to mine for the most part to my knowledge. 2nd ore respawn would put a pretty unmoveable cap on the ore pre hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooferfish Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Before they give us a new pic axe, they need to completely rework mining. Compare it to fishing..rock is there, then gone. in Fishing you, and everyone else, just keep going. even after catching something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairness Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 Spooferfish: I think it should remain the same. That is what makes mining a unique skill. So no, let's NOT compare it to fishing. (I think supply would increase a lot if it was like fishing tbh) 25leaf: To your 2nd point, I thought of this, in the guild, many coal rocks remain unmined for quite a bit before someone attempts to mine them, because there is so many and everyone is still trying to mine other rocks. Well, it seems I didn't make a good point tho... :cry: You're being watched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwrm22 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Unless it got you 2 ores at once. Unlikely though.. :anxious: Nah, i don't think that will ever happen, I think it will be just like the Dragon axe, it will only look good and won't be much faster to mine than with the Rune pickaxe. why is it around 3mil if its only for the look? ^^ click my sig for my lesser ranging guide ^^jwrm22: 4816th > 99 cooking 100% f2p !1172 total! + 140mil in items.i dont play anymore... i think rs is ruined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foofoomagoo Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 In my opinion the D axe really does have a noticeable increase in speed, and with the competition in mining it would make a world of difference. I dont think an incrase in ore would crash the economy though. 26M Crafting XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atroxide Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Before they give us a new pic axe, they need to completely rework mining. Compare it to fishing..rock is there, then gone. in Fishing you, and everyone else, just keep going. even after catching something. Every skill is unique in the way you do it (well the raw-material ones) Mining = never moving spot, and only 1 player gets the reward from each rock Fishing = moving spot, and the amount of players does not effect you at all. Woodcutting = never moving spots, and more then 1 player gets the rewards from each tree. I am happy they arent all the same... so :shame: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killy_the_Kid Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 This is the General forums, not the General P2P. And since a dragon pickaxe will probably be members, I say, "Wrong forum." Hyt Chat FOREVERI have quit RuneScape. I have posted on the Leaving sticky saying so. Goodbye."Too late... my time has come... gotta leave you all behind and face the truth."~ Freddie Mercury ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apcrump Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 wrong. i would not like one, as i do not like mining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalcyte Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 frankly, i'd prefer a mining update. Mining currently is click, get ore. There is no other way to train the skill. There needs to be a few more options, and they will do that. Woodcutting is exactly the same way, except you can get more than one "thing" per "thing" #2". Those 2 were obviously the front-runners on "what skill needs to be updated poll". Kinda a tip off to jagex. So i suspect either a d-pickaxe or a mining update in the near future. In terms of how good it will be...i think it will be like the dragon axe with wc. Click for mah Blog!- I'm not sure why you would though because i never update it Achieved 99 Thieving 3/10/07-992nd to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halo2_rocks7 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Unless it got you 2 ores at once. Unlikely though.. :anxious: Nah, i don't think that will ever happen, I think it will be just like the Dragon axe, it will only look good and won't be much faster to mine than with the Rune pickaxe. why is it around 3mil if its only for the look? Because you can only get it from 3 lvl 303 monsters, and even then it's not a common drop...yet it's really easy to get a rune axe? :roll: Thanks Jason321 for the sig!^ Proud to have served the Tip.it Crew Drops: 2x D Chain, 1x D Legs, 2x D Left Half, 1x D spear, 2x D med (monsters), 5x D Med (Barrows), 4x D Axe, 2x Zerker, Abyssal whip x1, 7x D BootsBarrows items: 55 (not counting the meds) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arambul Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Well let's use the rune axe and dragon axe as an example(sorry if this example is used already, just read the post and replied). When the dragon axe was released were there people mass WCing with them? Even if there were, they were no better then a rune axe. Even when they got a power boost, they were not that much better then a rune axe. It will probably be the same, it won't be that much better then rune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisc6 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 freesia made an intelligent post on teh effect of something like a dragon pick theoretically would mean you could 1/4 hit iron and half hit coal just like iron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infernosage4 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Before they give us a new pic axe, they need to completely rework mining. Compare it to fishing..rock is there, then gone. in Fishing you, and everyone else, just keep going. even after catching something. Screw you 99 miners! 269 QP | All Stats 60+ (except Summoning) | Barrows Drops: 8 | Dragon Drops: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBC3 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 i dont want a dragon pick, because mining should remain the hardest skill to train and 2nd most profitable of all time 4000000657th to 99 cookin555555406th to 99 flethcin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordkrohn1626 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Unless it got you 2 ores at once. Unlikely though.. :anxious: Nah, i don't think that will ever happen, I think it will be just like the Dragon axe, it will only look good and won't be much faster to mine than with the Rune pickaxe. yup, I agree. The dragon axe cuts justa wee bit faster then rune, because I am sure JAGEX was in tune with woodcutters concerns about the perceived end of the woodcutting world, if the dragon axe was released. It was released, the world didnt end, and it DOES cut faster, but not enough to "ruin" or drastically change the RS economy. IMHO the dragon pickaxe would closely replicate this. It would pick a slight percentage faster then the rune one, look pretty, and maybe even have a cute little special to use against the rock monsters that pop up. Not the end of the world. I dont mine, but someday intend to :) maybe by then it will be out. RS name: lord krohn Combat 138slayer specific: 103 whips, 38 dark bows and 250+ dragon boots dropped to date.Dragon drops: 5 Half shields, 21 drag legs, 8 dragon skirts, and 9 drag meds dropped to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hohto Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 i dont want a dragon pick, because mining should remain the hardest skill to train and 2nd most profitable of all time Mining is pretty much the only skill that hasn't had an update during rs2 times that would actually help training it. We've gotten few lazy mining areas but that's it. Only fm is another that hasn't had a helpful or a big update yet. Hunter = implings Rc = abyss smith = smith/smelt-x cook = cook-x fishing = monkfish construction = item storage room, crystal saw Prayer = ecto, altar, dagannoth bones, ogre bones thieving = pyramid plunder, gloves of silence (or whatever they were) slayer = dark beast, later unique drop for them farming = fertile soil lunar spell, magic secateurs Woodcutting = dragon axe fletch = fletch-x magic = ancients, lunars crafting = onyx, bracelets ranged = red chinchompa farming = sara brews, farming, new ways to get bird nests fast agility = new course 2 times a year melee skills = new weapons, armours, etc. When I look at the updates other skills have gotten, I don't think dragon pickaxe would be that bad update. Mining already is somewhat forgotten skill and almost the only skill that hasn't had a real update. Also a new pickaxe wouldn't make it that much easier. However it would make it less irritating to train. I also don't see a reason why it should stay one of the hardest skills (it isn't the hardest btw) to train. I'd rather die for what I believe in than live for anything else.Name Removed by Administrator ~Turtlefemm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbington Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 It would not impact on the prices, sadly the fact in the majorty of the resourses come in via autoers...... the people using dragon pick axes will be using them for the extra xp, and not the extra profit...... having a dragon wood cutting axe is too expencive to actually gain you more money. I have my axe for the XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solidus_77 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I thought it was clear from the achievement diaries that Jagex spends weeks doing what they call balance which is making sure things fit in the game. Look at the dragon axe, at first it didn't have any difference. Did they forget to make it better or just expect it to be used as a weapon? Or perhaps, and far more likely, they knew what serious impact this could have on the game, and easily make it unbalanced if they were not careful. Eventually they made it wc a bit faster, but only a bit. It's not remarkably faster and that's probably because that would mean completely screwing over how logs are obtained. Same goes for mining, although mining is even harder. What are all these ridiculous speculations of mining multiple ores at once? that effectively cuts the price of ALL ores in half, as well as this pickaxe being ridiculously expensive. Expect the same you get from the dragon axe really but yes I hope they do release it for two reasons First of all, monster hunting just rules, greatest form of PVM ftw! Another extremely dangerous monster in a crazy dungeon filled with trecherous monsters? Count me in! This is what RPGs are all about! Second of all, faster mining even if it would be slight is great. 76th to reach 99 Construction on 6th of February 2007379th to reach 99 Runecrafting on 4th of November 2007 Finally the secrets of goal achieving are revealed! (give my guide a read :^_^: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Shark Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 The dragon set still needs to be completed, the pickaxe could be next. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primadog Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 The prices on ore might depress a bit when dragon pickaxe comes out, but it'll hardly be gamebreaking. Your best example is impact of dragon axe on wc or abyss on rc. All I learned in life, I learned on Tip.it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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