Artificial_Doom_Flavor Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I started today with a meager 600k in my bank account. A lonely, snivelling little level 3 pure merchant, I visited Bounty Hunters on the off chance that I might snag one or two good deals on some armor that I had bought previously... I soon discovered that the game had generated massive demand for weapons that were, due to general incompetence and laziness, in very short supply. GE Price on a Rune Scim: 19.5k GE Price on Maple Shortbow: 230 GE Price on Lobster: 201 GE Price on Amulet of Strength: 1.1k GE Price on Adamant Arrow: 120-130 Prices at Bounty Hunters: Adamant Arrow: 130-150 Gold Lobster: 220-250 Gold Short: 400-10k Gold Amulet of Strength: 2k-3k Gold Rune Scimitar: 20k-25k Gold Pwning everyone dumb enough to play Bounty Hunters without joining a clan while simultaneously generating massive profits before merchanting goes extinct? Priceless. This isn't so much a gloat as it is an opportunity to discuss the new, exploitable market that Bounty Hunters has created. Take advantage of the bubble while you can, guys! Still enjoying RuneScape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecube Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Merchanting won't go extinct though. You'll have to adapt again to the GE prices, and how it works, but it's still possible to make a profit as long as prices can vary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infernosage4 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 This happens with pretty much any update. The rich, high end players pay more to get what they need now. Why wait? Waiting is for noobs. [/sarcasm] 269 QP | All Stats 60+ (except Summoning) | Barrows Drops: 8 | Dragon Drops: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial_Doom_Flavor Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 Merchanting won't go extinct though. You'll have to adapt again to the GE prices, and how it works, but it's still possible to make a profit as long as prices can vary. So the GE is soon to be RuneScape's new stock market? Still enjoying RuneScape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakka102 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 merchanting is just going to evolve into a stock market game. You will buy items that you think will increase in demand due to an update or something, you will hold it, wait a week or 2 for the price to go up (prices are updated daily due to supply and demand) you'll sell it for that increased price. This is how I always thought merchanting should have been in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salim123 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 merchanting is just going to evolve into a stock market game. You will buy items that you think will increase in demand due to an update or something, you will hold it, wait a week or 2 for the price to go up (prices are updated daily due to supply and demand) you'll sell it for that increased price. This is how I always thought merchanting should have been in the first place. thats so true... rs is turning into neopets!!!! them controlling prices, kiddish characters... trying to get 8 year olds to play... although their "GE" was more sucesfull (havnt played that game for years but thats what it was like :P ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M6c_Magnum Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 thats so true... rs is turning into neopets!!!! them controlling prices, kiddish characters... trying to get 8 year olds to play... although their "GE" was more sucesfull (havnt played that game for years but thats what it was like :P ) I don't know of any price controls in NP... NP has a very open market and yet its economy is actually very stable. There's not much merchanting or investing there either, besides the VERY low return "stock market" and HTS buyers [/bads] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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