17 December 2007 - Future Changes to Recent Updates

[Jordanweb]

As promised in last week's newspost, here are some of the initial ideas we have to further improve the player interaction in the game.

 

 

 

1. Expect the first new single-way player-vs-player combat area to hit the game in the first half of next year, along with a number of other PvP updates in the future.

 

 

 

2. As many people have suggested, we're planning to raise the 3,000gp staking/trading limit for certain players. This will be proportional to the number of Quest Points you have, with the top-end being ten-times what it is now! This should still offer protection from cheats, while also giving you more flexibility in your staking and trading activities.

 

 

 

3. We're looking at a way of giving LootSharers the ability to receive their drops as coins straight away, so that large items can be split between the party immediately. To avoid unbalancing the economy, weÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢re investigating ways that this could be tied in with the Grand Exchange (i.e, with the item in question being sold on the Exchange and the resulting proceeds being split between the team).

 

 

 

4. We are planning on adding an 'item lending' feature to the game. To prevent indefinite loans, you will be able to lend an item for the duration of your session (once either the lender or receiver logs out, the item will go back again). Obviously, we need to design this VERY carefully to cover all eventualities, but we reckon we can work something out.

 

 

 

These are just a taster of the many ideas we have gathered from you or from our developers. They should really improve your enjoyment of RuneScape, without opening the door for real-world traders. This doesnÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢t even mention the Grand Exchange, which we can go into more detail aboutÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâæ

 

 

 

The Grand Exchange

 

 

 

We have to hold our hands up and admit that a handful of starting prices were a little off. It was a huge task to get 15,000+ items valued correctly and some slipped through the net. WeÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢re on the case, though, as we have already formed a team to manage the Grand Exchange!

 

 

 

As well as getting the starting price right, this team will regularly check prices on an ongoing basis, making sure that they naturally and accurately represent the current state of the player economy. Of course, they wonÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢t be alone, as YOU will be there to help them! A new Forum, centred on the Grand Exchange, will be available to highlight any concerns you have about prices and marketplace matters, while a new web page is already in the works which will allow you to track item prices over a long period of time.

 

 

 

Some smaller changes to the Grand Exchange:

 

 

 

* Purchased items of a large quantity will be automatically noted

 

* There will be less unnecessary clicks when buying or selling items

 

* A ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¹Ãâ1,000ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢ quantity button will be introduced

 

* Access to single-click increases to your item quantity

 

 

 

 

:)

[Michael]

Monster hunting lives on.

[casthewiz]

:D I laughed when they mentiouned that the max would be 10 times 3k... Whoopee! 30k! Ah well, at least its a bit better than 3k.

[Jordanweb]

:D I laughed when they mentiouned that the max would be 10 times 3k... Whoopee! 30k! Ah well, at least its a bit better than 3k.

 

 

 

I laughed at those idiots who used to call me a quest nub.

[skoda333]

monster hunting will survive! :shock:

[hicky_mouse]

Can't wait for numbers 1, 3, and 4. I hope it all works well.

[icecube]

30k isn't too bad, but how many people have completed all the quests and are stakers? :uhh:

[Lunar_Drifter]

Heh well at least this is the first thing to make sense out of the Jagex headquarters in a while. *Whew* And they're listening to player suggestions more now. :D Go Jagex!

[Omali]

Sounds good to me.

[sirkidey]

Yay! They're changing lootshare! :D

[Michael]

Heh well at least this is the first thing to make sense out of the Jagex headquarters in a while. *Whew* And they're listening to player suggestions more now. :D Go Jagex!

 

 

 

They always have, just the majority are junk.

[Gold_Tiger10]

:D I laughed when they mentiouned that the max would be 10 times 3k... Whoopee! 30k! Ah well, at least its a bit better than 3k.

 

30k? I thought it was 300k... :cry:

[jonni]

Huzzah! Just as I predicted :

[qeltar]

Many of those ideas sound.. familiar. :D

 

 

 

Glad to see they are planning to take action. The GE changes should be done before they cut off trading, though.

[casthewiz]

Well, at least we'll now be able to stake rune items... and with the way the depression is going, 30k isn't too little for lvls 50-70... but how many lvl 50 to 70s have completed all the quests. Jagex directed the wrong price ranges to the wrong lvls.... But I'm not going to complain, its better at least. :|

[Dark_Shark]

They best keep this single match area away from the abyss, and make sure that it is optional.

[Artificial_Doom_Flavor]

The wilderness can STILL be returned without facilitating RWT.

[Omali]

Well, at least we'll now be able to stake rune items... and with the way the depression is going, 30k isn't too little for lvls 50-70... but how many lvl 50 to 70s have completed all the quests. Jagex directed the wrong price ranges to the wrong lvls.... But I'm not going to complain, its better at least. :|

 

 

 

Dream mentor requires 85 combat, so none of them have.

[Junkie_Joe]

I sure hope that GE-team gets the prices right...

 

Sounds good though. Also, I think that 'item lending' will be pretty wicked... I'd definitely lend a rare item to a newbie in Lumbridge :D

 

 

 

EDIT: So, say a player with a trade/stake limit of 30,000 gp trades a player with a limit of 3,000... How would we solve who's trading limit will be used?

[Artificial_Doom_Flavor]

They best keep this single match area away from the abyss, and make sure that it is optional.

 

 

 

I am a rune miner. The cost of mining my commodity, before this update, was danger. The cost of yours was also danger, and now there is nothing. I would think you abyss runecrafters would like to see your goods go up instead of deflating rapidly.

[Huta]

So, basically, in other words; "We've decided to remove the wildy. Next June you're going to get a minigame to replace it, and maybe by next Christmas we might make it two!"

 

 

 

-.-

[monkeyboo2]

:D I laughed when they mentiouned that the max would be 10 times 3k... Whoopee! 30k! Ah well, at least its a bit better than 3k.

 

 

 

Yeah, this still hasn't convinced me to come back.

[upthebanner]

I wish they would change the abort button on the trade screen in GE. I have hit this several times instead of the grey exit cross and lost my position in trading queue.

[Malhavok]

Getting better...

 

Still need to work on gifting and drop parties and runners.

 

 

 

Also still waiting on cannon sets, super and pure sets and snakeskin sets at GE.

[Sy_Accursed]

people say the 30k ain't alot.

 

 

 

But consider if the GE lootshare > gp thing AND item lend comes in there isn't much your gonna want to do via "unbalanced trades" and what u do i'msure u can keep within the 30k limit