They were pretty useful actually, +2 magic :

They obviously didn't think of the consequences of dropping something like that - tradable, and discontinued. Silly Jagex.

I think either they didn't foresee the excesses of the rare market

 

 

 

Indeed. *Andrew skipped his class economics 101 to work on his game "RuneScape". Of course, I don't want to say it was stupid of him to do so, but the effect of this on the game is clearly visibile in everything related to the game's economy.

 

 

 

Prove where they were supposed to be so-called "fun" items.

 

 

 

Well that is not tough. Why would Jagex introduce "non-fun" items. You are not asking the right question: prove that the older tradable holiday items were/are less "fun" than the newer untradable holiday items.

 

 

 

It's really sad to see all those threads on RSOF, wanting tradable holiday items.

 

 

 

Which is the result of a certain vocal group of whiny anti-rares people who generally:

 

 

 

- claim that they don't want rares

 

- claim that they are not jealous on those who do have them

 

- claim that rares do not effect them

 

- claim that rares were/are not an integral part of the game's economy

 

- claim that the game is not about accumulating money, but about getting skills (even though the succes of MMORPGs is that there is no standard of game play that one should adhere to)

 

- somehow claim that rares are responsible for everything that is bad in the game

 

 

 

I personally don't understand why Jagex ever took that group of players seriously. New holiday items would still be tradable without them.

 

 

 

* = For those of us who have no sense of humor: I'm obviously being sarcastic here.

I think rares are a necessity to the game. I mean people don't like the fact that people work for them by merchanting instead of skilling, but to the person merchanting they are working hard and accomplishing something that to them would be a 99 in a skill. If it gives people satisfaction then to each his own i say.

lol, thats a good find. The selling thing is quite humorous, ohhh the irony

It was the greediness of new players,.

 

Because new players weren't there for the drop, they felt jealousy, and wanted them, the only way to get is from buying, thus starting the whole market for rares.

 

Although other rares such as party hats and such were already at a marked price when santas dropped.

 

 

 

Greed isn't really a problem; me personally could never settle for second best and have a santa, it had to be a phat. I don't see anything wrong with abit of legal greed (not that you actually make much more money out of them, its a status thing)

 

If jagex makes em tradable, traded they shall be! O:)