Goldenjkered Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Lets face it, dragon armour isn't exactly the best anymore (albeit boots and gloves). Dragon seems to be bought for its looks these days more then anything, and lower leveled players see it as a small step up from rune if they buy a dragon skirt/dragon med. The price of dragon is decreasing every week, as it seems dragon is longer bought by higher level players anymore, as we now have bandos, barrows and third age to get our hands on. Personnally I think I have a solution. Make dragon armour f2p (all except boots, gloves and halberd of course). This would make dragon aquireable again, as richer f2p players would then have a new goal to work towards to, and the price of dragon armour would increase pretty steadily. I don't however think that special attack should be given to f2p, as I really enjoyed the special attacks when I became a member, and it it something to look foward to in becoming a member. So what do you think, would making dragon armour f2p be a good idea? Whips: 3 Dragon Boots: 15 My 99's: Attack & Cooking Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Goldenjkered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nenga Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 I see no harm in it that much but this should be in bugs and suggestions. Ponies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadiochao Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 I wouldn't say it's a good idea. Prices of dragon would shoot up beyond bandos, and then people would be expecting them to make Barrows F2P when a better armour comes out. Think of the rants forums. There's Drag full helm too. That's wanted by P2P people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos_Reborn Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Hmmm, this is a difficult question. My answer would be no. I feel that dragon armour pieces are overpriced in the first place, the step up from Rune to Dragon isn't that significant despite the large cost difference. Rune armour pieces have been very low ever since GE came out, so upgrading to Dragon isn't worth it. F2Pers have other things to show off with, such as rares which have dropped quite a lot. Visit my Runescape comedy website, based on in-game screenshots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nenga Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 I wouldn't say it's a good idea. Prices of dragon would shoot up beyond bandos, and then people would be expecting them to make Barrows F2P when a better armour comes out. Think of the rants forums. There's Drag full helm too. That's wanted by P2P people. You have a point, Maybe we should keep some dragon items out of f2p (like the d2h, d full, maybe even the d chain) Maybe just let them settle with med, skirt, and legs. (of couse this would unbalance f2p bh a lot as it would be dominated by dragon longswords.) Ponies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubol Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 what about the quests needed to wear dragon items? Signature by LittleboyRunescape and impatient people are like ying and yang, they exist as one, they need each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nenga Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 what about the quests needed to wear dragon items? I don't think there are any actually. (keep in mine wearing and wielding are different things.) Ponies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogspoons Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Wouldn't be so bad. But would f2p be allowed to acquire them themselves from npcs? CANE Just to be different. Think about it. A freaking Dragon Cane with a Dragonstone gem.The spec will simply your character equiping a glove and beachslapping the enemy, who will break down and do the Cry emote for 10 seconds straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flodder450 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Nah...Member would rit like helll aand spam rsof F2p is actualley the game,p2p is only an expansion! i dont need dragon armour 8-) 99 Firemaking 30-5-2010 | 99 Fletching 13-7-2014 TET-AU member:6-10-2010 - 21-10-2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomy Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Wouldn't that make f2p even easier to train in? I mean the highest level is greater demons... Doomy edit: I like sheep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nenga Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Nah...Member would rit like helll aand spam rsof F2p is actualley the game,p2p is only an expansion! i dont need dragon armour 8-) F2p is a demo for p2p which is the full game. Still I see no harm in giving them a little dragon items. Ponies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legilgalad2 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Don't really see the need to be honest. It's not like there are high level monsters to kill in F2p so the update would only really benefit PKer's and bring a hail of abuse from RSOF's. Woodcutting does not raise your combat level because most people do not play as yew trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpride Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Lets face it, dragon armour isn't exactly the best anymore (albeit boots and gloves). Dragon seems to be bought for its looks these days more then anything, and lower leveled players see it as a small step up from rune if they buy a dragon skirt/dragon med. The price of dragon is decreasing every week, as it seems dragon is longer bought by higher level players anymore, as we now have bandos, barrows and third age to get our hands on. Personnally I think I have a solution. Make dragon armour f2p (all except boots, gloves and halberd of course). This would make dragon aquireable again, as richer f2p players would then have a new goal to work towards to, and the price of dragon armour would increase pretty steadily. I don't however think that special attack should be given to f2p, as I really enjoyed the special attacks when I became a member, and it it something to look foward to in becoming a member. So what do you think, would making dragon armour f2p be a good idea? 1. The question is not, wether its a good idea or not. 2. Dragon is still widely worn as it is ecellent armour and does not need repair like barrows. 3. If high level Players on F2P find new achievements in F2P it stops them from becoming members. Jagex's policy is that an F2P Player, no matter what skill he uses, finally gets to a point, where there is nothing more to do or achieve in F2P so thet he/she has to become a member. As less members mean less money there is no way dragon Items will EVER be F2P. Also all the ways to obtain Dragon items (exept for trading other players) are P2P - should the Kalphite Queen and Steel dragons be F2P too? stop dreaming, become a member or quit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidhaeg Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 If they did get any Dragon items -they'd have to have all of them. Imagine the moaning from F2P if they didn't release Dragon 2-Handers, but released everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenjkered Posted July 14, 2008 Author Share Posted July 14, 2008 Lets face it, dragon armour isn't exactly the best anymore (albeit boots and gloves). Dragon seems to be bought for its looks these days more then anything, and lower leveled players see it as a small step up from rune if they buy a dragon skirt/dragon med. The price of dragon is decreasing every week, as it seems dragon is longer bought by higher level players anymore, as we now have bandos, barrows and third age to get our hands on. Personnally I think I have a solution. Make dragon armour f2p (all except boots, gloves and halberd of course). This would make dragon aquireable again, as richer f2p players would then have a new goal to work towards to, and the price of dragon armour would increase pretty steadily. I don't however think that special attack should be given to f2p, as I really enjoyed the special attacks when I became a member, and it it something to look foward to in becoming a member. So what do you think, would making dragon armour f2p be a good idea? 1. The question is not, wether its a good idea or not. 2. Dragon is still widely worn as it is ecellent armour and does not need repair like barrows. 3. If high level Players on F2P find new achievements in F2P it stops them from becoming members. Jagex's policy is that an F2P Player, no matter what skill he uses, finally gets to a point, where there is nothing more to do or achieve in F2P so thet he/she has to become a member. As less members mean less money there is no way dragon Items will EVER be F2P. Also all the ways to obtain Dragon items (exept for trading other players) are P2P - should the Kalphite Queen and Steel dragons be F2P too? stop dreaming, become a member or quit I am a member and have been for about two years now. I just made this thread to express my opinion on dragon armour. Whips: 3 Dragon Boots: 15 My 99's: Attack & Cooking Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Goldenjkered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadiochao Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Imagine the moaning from F2P if they didn't release Dragon 2-Handers, but released everything else. The moaning? It's not like Jagex would see it. If they really wanted to moan they'd get membership and complain about on forums. Although that would give them access to everything anyway :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyderownzyou Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Imagine the moaning from F2P if they didn't release Dragon 2-Handers, but released everything else. The moaning? It's not like Jagex would see it. If they really wanted to moan they'd get membership and complain about on forums. Although that would give them access to everything anyway :D we would be overrun with rants though :lol: f2p already get more than enough for a FREE demo of runescape, they are never satisfied :wall: OT: dragon for f2p would never work, because of quest requirements to use some items You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face. Do not fear Death. Death is always at our side. When we show fear, it jumps at us faster than light. But, if we do not show fear, it casts its eye upon us gently and then guides us into infinity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidhaeg Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Imagine the moaning from F2P if they didn't release Dragon 2-Handers, but released everything else. The moaning? It's not like Jagex would see it. If they really wanted to moan they'd get membership and complain about on forums. Although that would give them access to everything anyway :D we would be overrun with rants though :lol: f2p already get more than enough for a FREE demo of runescape, they are never satisfied :wall: OT: dragon for f2p would never work, because of quest requirements to use some items I don't get why people refer to F2P as a demo - it's not. Runescape started out free - and still is. P2P is more like a HUGE expansion pack to the stream-lined original package. If it was a demo - it would have either a trial period, or will disallow you from playing after a certain point - the F2P is a full game, because you can continue to play forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prankster_King Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Asking for dragon armor is a bit much. It was in fact one of the key parts of getting membership for a while, and still remains that way even if it's not the best. I think rune is a decent enough cap limit for F2P. [bleep], my parrot has better grammar than you.{Author of Tip.It Times article}{Founder of the F2P Bankspace Campaign}{Interviewed for the Gielinor Tribune}{F2P Bankspace was ACHIEVED!} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracion1 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 No real support. It's always been a members thing and probably always will be. "In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gauper_kid Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 nahhh. they can just switch to p2p if they want it so bad. anyways, u have to do p2p quests to wield the weps, so u would either have to not make the weps f2p, or make the quests f2p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atronic92 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I do not support. Jagex is already being generous enough make a demo of RuneScape free for anyone to play and even offering updates pretty frequently (this month is a jackpot in particular). F2P does not have very high leveled monsters to fight anyway so there is not much of a need for it. Also, who knows what it would do to the dragon armor prices? "We will certainly not be gaining money or members with this update. Instead, we are doing this for the good of the game, which is as dear to our hearts as it is to you."- JAGEX, December 13, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mememe513 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Sounds like a stupid idea. A few reasons: -What about the quests required to obtain dragon items? -Most F2Pers do not have enough money for full dragon -If you give F2Pers a part of the set, they'll scream for the rest of the set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saslfraz Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Meh, good suggestion, though I'd be happier with a DDS or a DDL rather then a Drag med XD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshadow Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Sounds like a stupid idea. A few reasons: -What about the quests required to obtain dragon items? -Most F2Pers do not have enough money for full dragon -If you give F2Pers a part of the set, they'll scream for the rest of the set. That is one reason why weapons probably won't end up to be unless the quest is changed or more areas are released which I doubt will happen. Most of the P2P players do not have enough money for an Armadyl Godsword, but it was still released. Umm, we aren't screaming for the Duel Arena Tournaments, when we got the duel arena. I think most of us would be happy with even parts of the set. I know I would, and only a few would "scream" for the rest of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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