Being a non-staker, I am interested in the effects and changes of prices and skills that staking will cause, being one of the fastest money-makers provided you have an excellent staking account. I see that the users of staking accounts will either quit or go back to play on their main accounts. Since staking, a major money-earner for this demographic group, is completely invalidated, I suspect that the influx of runescape players returning to their main accounts will re-work their money-making skills, so that they are able to accumulate wealth. This means that prominent money-making skills, especially Runecrafting, will be worked on more, increasing the prices of pure essence, and decreasing the price of nature runes (which is now selling for 280-290 each, previously 300 ea). With Jagex's grand stroke of destroying the staking money factor, I expect to see a lot more runecrafters in the coming future.

 

 

 

Discuss your views on the possible economic or skill change caused by the removal of huge money staking, if any.

 

 

 

(By the way, as a side topic I just bought 200k pure ess at 88 each in case their prices rise again to 110-120 each. Should I expect to see pure ess prices rise soon?)

I think your over-analyzing things, honestly after all this hype settles I think very few prices will change drastically

I think your over-analyzing things, honestly after all this hype settles I think very few prices will change drastically

 

Yes, I acknowledge that the prices won't dramatically change (seeing as they already shift by 10s of coins every few months), but I'm interested in what skill or method that previous stakers will use to earn money now and the effects this will have on current skillers (e.g. filled red chin spots on every world, etc.)

I think most will revert to merchanting, barrows, god wars and other non skill ways of making money

Use this topic please: http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=717498