Goldfarmers, Bots, and RWT'ers arent going anywhere...

[ikraz66]

This is only speculation, but I seriously doubt that the cheaters of runescape are just gonna quit this easily. After all, we play it for fun, but for them, its a job. Without a doubt, that job just got downsized, but won't go out of business yet. Jagex forgot about the next logical place for cheaters to go: account trading.

 

 

 

Powerlevelers can create thousands of bots, train their stats, maybe even make money (because you cant buy money straight up anymore). And then sell the accounts for real-life cash. The only difference between the old bots and the new ones will be training spot. They are gonna move from yew trees to rock crabs. I can see this becomming a major problem in the coming months.

[Artificial_Doom_Flavor]

Legit players ticked off at JaGeX

 

Runescape -> WoW

 

 

 

Goldfarmers

 

RuneScape -> WoW

 

 

 

It's easier, it pays better, and everyone is doing it!

 

 

 

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[highlanders]

This is only speculation, but I seriously doubt that the cheaters of runescape are just gonna quit this easily.

 

I went to check a couple of cheating websites earlier. Most of the people are like: "It's over, looks like Runescape got us and our botting armies. Now let's invent new devious undetectable macros so that we can level up our main accounts without getting spotted".

 

 

 

Powerlevelers can create thousands of bots, train their stats, maybe even make money (because you cant buy money straight up anymore). And then sell the accounts for real-life cash.

 

Yep, a lot of gold farmers are going to do this now I think. But atleast it's now 10x better than it was before. Atleast the cheater has advantages only skill-wise. Money-wise, the gold would be a lot more expensive since it's a lot more difficult to get it, so I don't think it would be muchof a problem. I don't really care about a bunch of level 50s who bought their accounts and are probably going to quit after a week anyway.

 

 

 

I don't think this trend will catch much because of a few reasons:

 

- People playing already have main accounts

 

- Powerleveling and accounts are expensive and people would probably just prefer leveling the account by themselves

 

- People don't care as much for levels as they do for money

 

 

 

 

 

But still, Jagex needs better detection systems. I don't want cheaters to run around Runescape macroing on their mains while we are actually working for these levels.

[Hydraides]

Yep Your exactly right

 

 

 

Yew cutters, Pure ess miners >> All the good training spots, I don't really care anymore tbh

[EugenyG]

Another online game I played a while ago went so far as requiring every character above a certain level to submit a real-life scan of their ID. Jagex has still new heights to aspire to! :/

[777thzapster]

OBVIOUSLY, RWT and autoers.... don't think they can do it any longer and are moving to another game... LOOK

 

 

 

http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=723683

[NukeMarine]

Yeah, I always wanted an account with stats 70+ with the name: 023ntho2455

 

 

 

Tis a dream I often had.

 

 

 

Come on, most accounts sold were scams (to get you to put good stuff on it then they password recovered), pures (not the most useful character now), and old accounts that were legitimately played till the owner got bored.

 

 

 

Funny thing is I think Jagex will be a bit more lenient toward macro use now that you pretty much do it for your own than to make RW cash. Nah, they'd still hammer you.

[Ts_Stormrage]

The could have bots do a lemmingrun and drop 3k at a time...

[killotroll]

This is only speculation, but I seriously doubt that the cheaters of runescape are just gonna quit this easily. After all, we play it for fun, but for them, its a job. Without a doubt, that job just got downsized, but won't go out of business yet. Jagex forgot about the next logical place for cheaters to go: account trading.

 

 

 

 

What makes you think that Jagex have not thought of this?

 

 

 

 

Powerlevelers can create thousands of bots, train their stats, maybe even make money (because you cant buy money straight up anymore). And then sell the accounts for real-life cash. The only difference between the old bots and the new ones will be training spot. They are gonna move from yew trees to rock crabs. I can see this becomming a major problem in the coming months.

 

 

 

Think it through, and you will realise that it won't be a big problem. If you have played the game for a while you will not want to buy a new account, since transfering objects is not possible.

 

The market will be new players who want to get a quick start. How much will they be willing to pay? Not anything that amounts to the work that have to be put into making the account.

[EugenyG]

Yeah, I always wanted an account with stats 70+ with the name: 023ntho2455

 

 

 

Tis a dream I often had.

 

 

 

Come on, most accounts sold were scams (to get you to put good stuff on it then they password recovered), pures (not the most useful character now), and old accounts that were legitimately played till the owner got bored.

 

 

 

Funny thing is I think Jagex will be a bit more lenient toward macro use now that you pretty much do it for your own than to make RW cash. Nah, they'd still hammer you.

 

 

 

If people specifically were farming accounts they'd come up with good names. They only use lame names because they don't care about their own farming accounts.

 

 

 

Also, scamming during trades is bad for business. The major RWT businesses used to focus on money, and most of those were actually honest in the sense that if you pay the dollars, you actually get the money.

 

 

 

Most account traders were on the other hand liars and scammers because they don't have the infrastructure of a real account trade. But now that gold trading is impossible, perhaps many of the big businesses trading gold will switch to trading accounts. And they will most likely be honest in offering the account in exchange for gold, because that ensures they have more customers in the future.

 

 

 

Now that drop trading or otherwise supporting your other accounts is impossible, I expect demand in accounts will actually increase. People will want to buy a main acc, a pure acc, a dueller, a skiller, etc, all with money because its impossible to put on the acc otherwise.

 

 

 

BTW. Before the update, a lvl 100 RS account could fetch many hundred US dollars, so clearly players WERE interested. And this interest can only surge now, because its impossible to only buy the gold while keeping your own account.

[Harrington]

I'm pretty certain that they WILL quit.

 

 

 

The main reason is that there's dozens of other MMPORGs out there that are now much easier to make a living from. Runescape will simply be too much hastle for them now.

 

 

 

The only bots we'll see are genuine players trying to cheat by using a macro on their existing character.

[Vincent]

if they're smart the rwt will switch to another game. rs isnt going to be very profitable for them. there will still be the jerks that will try to sow as much disharmony and dissension as possible. they just cant move on it seems. its those people i cant stand.

 

 

 

no jagex has sent the bots packing they're moving on and i predict with them a lot of their backers so that's fine with me. and all the doomy gloomy people can adapt or move on i really hope they move on. :twisted: and really im tired of discussing them. they really dont deserve much more than a second thought.

[ego_scorpion]

Legit players ticked off at JaGeX

 

Runescape -> WoW

 

 

 

Goldfarmers

 

RuneScape -> WoW

 

 

 

It's easier, it pays better, and everyone is doing it!

 

 

 

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+1 already lvl 8 lol

[JFonseka]

All you people talk like you know something about RS.

 

 

 

People who have been playing since the EARLY RS classic days that Jagex will get more and more people easily to play. They didn't do this on an impulse, it was obviously planned months ahead, just to even get the coding done on something like this would take a while and then all the testing and meetings.

 

 

 

They anticipated outrage at first, but it's cooled down a bit. I for one was upset by revenants, but now I like them, they kill off low level rune miners, so it's easier for me to mine rune ore now.

 

 

 

I never did PK much, but I was upset, because it was a tradition like thing. But bounty hunter is pretty cool and the benefit is the removal of real cheaters.

 

 

 

THe duplication event - SO many banned, many more quit after massive price drops.

 

Switch to RS2, all the high levels complained, many quit, bah look how many more players Jagex got as a result.

 

 

 

There will always be people complaining, every single update will have some complainer. Unless there is a mass boycott for a month, nothing is going to happen.

 

 

 

I see people complaining but still playing at the same time. INfact some seem to be quite content running around RS declaring their unhappiness at the updates. This is not a social movement people...calm down.

[Juader]

Legit players ticked off at JaGeX

 

Runescape -> WoW

 

 

 

Goldfarmers

 

RuneScape -> WoW

 

 

 

It's easier, it pays better, and everyone is doing it!

 

 

 

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+1 already lvl 8 lol

 

you quit already ;/ ?

 

IMO i'll see summoning first then decide between wow and rs.

[jimbob9999]

Legit players ticked off at JaGeX

 

Runescape -> WoW

 

 

 

Goldfarmers

 

RuneScape -> WoW

 

 

 

It's easier, it pays better, and everyone is doing it!

 

 

 

[/dumbpost]

 

 

 

+1 already lvl 8 lol

 

 

 

Level 48 here, started playing just before the update :lol:

[Kenshinjapan]

Legit players ticked off at JaGeX

 

Runescape -> WoW

 

 

 

Goldfarmers

 

RuneScape -> WoW

 

 

 

It's easier, it pays better, and everyone is doing it!

 

 

 

[/dumbpost]

 

 

 

+1 already lvl 8 lol

 

you quit already ;/ ?

 

IMO i'll see summoning first then decide between wow and rs.

 

 

 

or you can have both like me :wink: .

[maximu160490]

changed a while ago.

 

 

 

better graphics. beeter way for teaming. SO easy.

 

 

 

lv 20 n lv 14 atm.

 

 

 

The gold farmers are there anyway. Just somthing you have to put up with.

 

 

 

runescape's 'still' great but if i can play wow i will

 

 

 

still got account :)

[Doradoswim]

This is only speculation, but I seriously doubt that the cheaters of runescape are just gonna quit this easily.

 

I went to check a couple of cheating websites earlier. Most of the people are like: "It's over, looks like Runescape got us and our botting armies. Now let's invent new devious undetectable macros so that we can level up our main accounts without getting spotted".

 

 

 

Powerlevelers can create thousands of bots, train their stats, maybe even make money (because you cant buy money straight up anymore). And then sell the accounts for real-life cash.

 

Yep, a lot of gold farmers are going to do this now I think. But atleast it's now 10x better than it was before. Atleast the cheater has advantages only skill-wise. Money-wise, the gold would be a lot more expensive since it's a lot more difficult to get it, so I don't think it would be muchof a problem. I don't really care about a bunch of level 50s who bought their accounts and are probably going to quit after a week anyway.

 

 

 

I don't think this trend will catch much because of a few reasons:

 

- People playing already have main accounts

 

- Powerleveling and accounts are expensive and people would probably just prefer leveling the account by themselves

 

- People don't care as much for levels as they do for money

 

 

 

 

 

But still, Jagex needs better detection systems. I don't want cheaters to run around Runescape macroing on their mains while we are actually working for these levels.

 

 

 

I love the way you think... :D BTW, what is the guy in your avatar eating? mashed potato?