Rares back in the old days

[FooK-A-Ji]

It is because of examples like this that Jagex made all future rares untradable. Tbh, you're quite stupid to pay 100m+ for a tiny paper hat that DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to help you in-game.

 

 

 

Higher status amongst "newer" players. They will be more liable to do deals with you, than with others, as the p-hat is also a symbol of $$$.

 

 

 

I think P-Hat is symbol of people being clever back in the old days, and keeping them instead of dropping lol, like "meh.. blue phat -,-, i prefer have bronze plate *drop*"

 

 

 

lol i sold a white one for 1k like 5mins after i did the cracker thingy :P

[hohto]

Uh no because 10 mil way back in classic was worth a lot more than 230 mil now. Back then there was no runecrafting. If you fo even further back there was no thieving either. Nats were from npc drops only so high alch was rare. :roll:

 

 

 

Nowadays millions of nats are available and gp is much easier to make than before. 230 mil now is nothing. Ordinary people who aren't in the top levels of hiscores have that much, or even more. Back then 10 mil was only achieved by the highest levels in skills and combat.

 

 

 

In my eyes 230m in RS2 is harder than 10m in rsc was unless we talk about the very first years of rsc. If you had the right skills (*cought* rune mining *cought*) 10 mils was pretty much nothing. I personally had no problems making 10m/week with my 85+mining but now in rs2 I won't be able to make 230m/month without selling my items. My point here is that if we don't count in dueling, making 230m now is a lot harder than 10m in rsc.However it is true that the wealth of an average player has rosen a lot and money is a lot easier to make.

 

 

 

One good example of how easy making money with certain levels is the way how I got my rune square, kite and 2hander when they were somewhat available for public trading: I personally paid 1.6m for my first 2hander and didn't need to even sell any of my dear items to get it.

 

 

 

Tbh, you're quite stupid to pay 100m+ for a tiny paper hat that DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to help you in-game.

 

 

 

So, you're calling me stupid as I spent 98m for a purple phat around 15 months ago? Sorry bro, I made there over 40m profit and got myself one status item more. Party hats show that their carrier is a rich person, but they also are a good investment: in a long run their value rises.

 

 

 

and if u believe 10 mil is easier to get on rs1 than 230mil on rs2, why the hell were the people with 10mil extremely famous on rs1, and the ones with 230mil on rs2 totally unimportant ?`well theres one reason I can think of... the fact that getting 10mil on rsc always has, and still is hard to get.

 

 

 

There's currently a lot more dirty rich people and bigger community than back in those days. When the number of status items could be counted with 10 fingers and people who could afford them were around 40-50, of course it was a big deal to own something. Now there's people who are so ridicilously rich that people with "only" 230m are nothing.

 

 

 

why did you leave out the cert/uncert fact? 50k coal is harder to get on rs1 than 1.15m coal. why? because there is notes on rs2.

 

 

 

If we assume that mining (coal/hour) is same speed as in rsc, 50k coal in RSC was easier to get than 1.15m in rs: even tho it takes time to cert the coal and it's dirty boring, it would still be faster to mine 50k and cert them than 1.15m and not to cert them.

[ben331]

Its called investment. It happens all the time in the real world, for example stock speculation. That is what caused the world depression btw.

 

 

 

It is a good thing though. If you don't like it, all there is to say it tough luck lol sorry.

[hohto]

Its called investment. It happens all the time in the real world, for example stock speculation. That is what caused the world depression btw.

 

 

 

I wouldn't use stocks as an example here: stock prices can crash and their way in a long run is impossible to predict. However phats will always go up in price in a long run.

[topide]

My first party hats were free and the ones following it over the span of rsc were 50k-15mill depending on the year. First santa was 45k =D

[FooK-A-Ji]

me hates when hohto is correct :notalk: :P

 

 

 

forgot all about rune miners yeah. my mate fusion7 told me he's still living off the money he made when rune ores went at staggering prices

[Dragonlordjl]

 

Tbh, you're quite stupid to pay 100m+ for a tiny paper hat that DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to help you in-game.

 

 

 

So, you're calling me stupid as I spent 98m for a purple phat around 15 months ago? Sorry bro, I made there over 40m profit and got myself one status item more. Party hats show that their carrier is a rich person, but they also are a good investment: in a long run their value rises.

 

 

 

Well, you were rich anyway, though. I know people who short-change themselves on useful items just to own a rare. Basically, what I meant was unless you already have an extravagant surplus of cash, it's a waste to buy a rare.

[hohto]

me hates when hohto is correct :notalk: :P

 

 

 

forgot all about rune miners yeah. my mate fusion7 told me he's still living off the money he made when rune ores went at staggering prices

 

 

 

Yea rune mining was sick money back in then. I was one of the first 100/200 rune miners in whole game and when rune ores were ~30k per, it was crazy money. It was pretty godlike feeling when you could actually hire bodyguards for pretty minimal cost to yourself, yet so high that you didn't need to ask people to come, they asked you if they could come.

 

 

 

Personally I'd say that nothing has been as good money as rsc rune mining was. Of course whips were great too, but due the rising rare prices, whips didn't make you a godlike person. In rsc (2002-03) with rune mining you could get anything you wanted, even the most valuable items, in basicaly no time. Now getting enough money for the most valuable items by skills is pain the backwindow.

 

 

 

However everyone should remember here that 85+ mining at the best days was something comparable to 91 rc in these days when we look at the work put on it and so few actually had it that it's pointless to talk at a general level how easy money making was.

 

 

 

Well, you were rich anyway, though. I know people who short-change themselves on useful items just to own a rare. Basically, what I meant was unless you already have an extravagant surplus of cash, it's a waste to buy a rare.

 

 

 

I personally don't see a reason why dirty rich people shouldn't invest on rares. It's an easy way for them to gain money during years and it's impossible to predict how much money will we need in future to hold up with the 99 skills we want, the items we want and so on. Personally I'd immediately buy a 3rd phat if I could without selling any of my current rares.

[Lee_Turrell]

Well you must not have alot of stuff :shock:

 

 

 

I remember paying a TON for full rune when it came out outragous is what it was.

 

 

 

Lies, you didn't play rsc, definatly not when rune was released.

[FooK-A-Ji]

Well you must not have alot of stuff :shock:

 

 

 

I remember paying a TON for full rune when it came out outragous is what it was.

 

 

 

Lies, you didn't play rsc, definatly not when rune was released.

 

 

 

I've been thinking the same.

 

 

 

When rune was released pretty much every decent player could afford it after selling some gear. the crowd at the champs guild kind of proved it hehe.

 

 

 

I had VERY LUCKILY (clicked randomly when the rune long spawned again and bought it, saving me hours of waiting) all the buyable rune on the first day it launched (leggings, medium if i remember correct, chain and long)

 

spent all my money on that day which was roughly 100k.

 

 

 

but hey :P theres alot of people out there with personal versions of "back thaN" lol :^o :P

[hohto]

(leggings, medium if i remember correct, chain and long)

 

 

 

Only chain, legs/skirt and long. Rune medium was released earlier same time as Karamja&lesser demons came. However their demand rose a lot when other pieces of runite were introduced.

[neonihilist]

You are richer if what you have is worth more. Then that brings up the question of value, what is valuable? There are two lines of thought on this, the first is that the market decides what is valuable, the second is its up to each individual to decide for theirself. That being said, I never could afford a phat when they were the same price as say, full rune. I remember when they were. I was just a newb then though and couldn't even afford full rune.

[Master_Smither]

Yes I know about certs and such with the max of 500..... Lets say the set was 1m....... Which it was at 1 time.

 

 

 

Mining 5k Coal vs. 5M coal for a set now.

 

 

 

Mining 5k coal is rsc is easier thasn 5M coal in rs2. The clicking was outragous in rsc.

 

 

 

So who is richer the guy who got 25M mining xp and a set or the guy whpo get 5k coal and a set.

 

 

 

Wow a whole page and a half of posts while i was gone.......

[Impaler99]

The one with more gold left over besides the hat set?

 

 

 

So most likely the guy that bought it in RSC and didn't just spend all him GP on a phat set.

 

 

 

And people didn't predict they would be as HIGH as they are today, because we didn't know it would be so EASY to make money...RSC money was hard to come by, I had loads of it only because I was a staker and had a lvl 41 tank mage. :twisted:

[Master_Smither]

You have to think outside the box on this who is actually "richer" the guy with 25M mining xp and a set or the guy with a set. Who actually made the most money this includes rsc money which is WAY harder to get than rs2 $$$. So it's different.

[Soulthresher]

Well, you have to remember inflation along with the supply and demand. More and more gold is introduced due to alchemy, quests, etc., so it is going to lose its value. Rares are a symbol of money along with other "rare" items such as 3rd age and the new god armors.

 

 

 

I'm not a RSC player so I don't know much about it. But runes weren't as easily accessible besides buying from npc's and monster drops so raising magic was harder as well as bringing large sums of money into the game via high alching. Not everyone could make money as easily because not everyone had money. Rares were still in demand because they were discontinued and were status symbols. Its human nature to want to stand above the rest. You will have alot of people trying to get these items and offering more and more cash for them. Hell, I would like to own a blue, yellow or a white someday. They don't do anything but I would want one for its status and looks as would many of the people I know.

 

 

 

Runescape mimics a real world economy and its capitalistic societies so certain trends would apply to Runescape.

 

 

 

I'm I getting it right or am I way off?

[Master_Smither]

Well, you have to remember inflation along with the supply and demand. More and more gold is introduced due to alchemy, quests, etc., so it is going to lose its value. Rares are a symbol of money along with other "rare" items such as 3rd age and the new god armors.

 

 

 

I'm not a RSC player so I don't know much about it. But runes weren't as easily accessible besides buying from npc's and monster drops so raising magic was harder as well as bringing large sums of money into the game via high alching. Not everyone could make money as easily because not everyone had money. Rares were still in demand because they were discontinued and were status symbols. Its human nature to want to stand above the rest. You will have alot of people trying to get these items and offering more and more cash for them. Hell, I would like to own a blue, yellow or a white someday. They don't do anything but I would want one for its status and looks as would many of the people I know.

 

 

 

Runescape mimics a real world economy and its capitalistic societies so certain trends would apply to Runescape.

 

 

 

I'm I getting it right or am I way off?

 

 

 

I said mining coal not anyother method.......

[Soulthresher]

Well, you have to remember inflation along with the supply and demand. More and more gold is introduced due to alchemy, quests, etc., so it is going to lose its value. Rares are a symbol of money along with other "rare" items such as 3rd age and the new god armors.

 

 

 

I'm not a RSC player so I don't know much about it. But runes weren't as easily accessible besides buying from npc's and monster drops so raising magic was harder as well as bringing large sums of money into the game via high alching. Not everyone could make money as easily because not everyone had money. Rares were still in demand because they were discontinued and were status symbols. Its human nature to want to stand above the rest. You will have alot of people trying to get these items and offering more and more cash for them. Hell, I would like to own a blue, yellow or a white someday. They don't do anything but I would want one for its status and looks as would many of the people I know.

 

 

 

Runescape mimics a real world economy and its capitalistic societies so certain trends would apply to Runescape.

 

 

 

I'm I getting it right or am I way off?

 

 

 

I said mining coal not anyother method.......

 

 

 

Would still boil down to supply and demand. If no one has money for that 5k coal, no one can buy it.

[Robot919]

Making money in RSC is 100000000000000 times harder then RS2. Before, there were no notes, so you had to trade items 1 by 1, instead of just noting it. Also, the skills were less expanded. Now there is more to do in a skill. Furthermore, some main moneymaking skills (runecrafting, hunter, slayer) didn't exist back in RSC. RSC was a lot different then RS2, and it was a lot harder to train. There was NO PC, no Pyramid Plunder, no Fletch X or Cook X. Overall, it was a lot harder.

[fat_klutz]

Ya but people kept them because they looked good not because they knew they'd rise.......

 

 

 

I'm sure people thought about it. Possibly for the first year people thought they would release again suring christmas but after that first year I'm sure all doubts were confirmed and it was obvious they weren't going anywhere.

[Master_Smither]

Also you could cert the coal into 500's

 

 

 

Making money in RSC is 100000000000000 times harder then RS2. Before, there were no notes, so you had to trade items 1 by 1, instead of just noting it. Also, the skills were less expanded. Now there is more to do in a skill. Furthermore, some main moneymaking skills (runecrafting, hunter, slayer) didn't exist back in RSC. RSC was a lot different then RS2, and it was a lot harder to train. There was NO PC, no Pyramid Plunder, no Fletch X or Cook X. Overall, it was a lot harder.

 

 

 

I said mining read the first post

[Poopingman]

(leggings, medium if i remember correct, chain and long)

 

 

 

Only chain, legs/skirt and long. Rune medium was released earlier same time as Karamja&lesser demons came. However their demand rose a lot when other pieces of runite were introduced.

 

 

 

Yeah rune med was first one to be released. Although maybe before Karamja...did the Lesser in the Mages' tower drop meds before then?

[hohto]

Yeah rune med was first one to be released. Although maybe before Karamja...did the Lesser in the Mages' tower drop meds before then?

 

 

 

If I remember right, all lessers were introduced same time or after karamja.

[FooK-A-Ji]

lol this isnt gud, poopingman is forgetting, i'm forgetting and hohto is starting to forget :|

[Dead_Dude4]

Making money in RSC is 100000000000000 times harder then RS2. Before, there were no notes, so you had to trade items 1 by 1, instead of just noting it. Also, the skills were less expanded. Now there is more to do in a skill. Furthermore, some main moneymaking skills (runecrafting, hunter, slayer) didn't exist back in RSC. RSC was a lot different then RS2, and it was a lot harder to train. There was NO PC, no Pyramid Plunder, no Fletch X or Cook X. Overall, it was a lot harder.

 

Why are ppl mentioning the "x" options at all? It's not like they sped up the training. All the "x" option did was slow down the training, but on the other hand making it "easier" to do since there are fewer clicks, thus less concentration is needed and more ppl actually bothered to train the skills.