Now, as I am sure you are all aware, there a been a high influx of GP into the game, with less going out.

 

 

 

Here I shall suggest a potential solution this this problem.

 

 

 

Firstly, this eliminates the issues of the latest PvP drops that are bringing more cash into the game than needed, without getting rid of the PvP armour and brawler drops.

 

 

 

Secondly, this also brings back a system similar to the old style of PvP.

 

 

 

Now, for the idea.

 

 

 

This idea is basically that you can only gain what the other person loses, however within a certain bracket. What I though of, was 25% of the person who is risking more. Say person A is risking 1 million. Person B is risking 750k. Person A can gain is therefore 750k. Person B can gain is 1 million. A system similar to old PvP. However, my main issue with this, is that there is a potential for abuse. So, I suggest keeping the EP system, meaning that you need a certain amount of EP to be eligible to gain a drop.

 

 

 

EDIT: I have thought of a new problem, and have devised a solution. The main problem is, finding someone risking a similar amount. Therefore, my solution is that there will be an icon above their head, meaning that you can gain something from attacking them, similar to the icons that showed if a person was risking a high amount in the old Bounty Hunter.

 

Now, there is a potential flaw here, being that it seems items are taken out of the game if the EP/Cash req is not met. My solution to this is that simply, if one party is not risking enough, or does not have enough EP, nothing is dropped upon death, and the loser keeps all their items.

 

 

 

So, this is now where PvP drops come in. The PvP armour shall still be able to be dropped, with different rates based upon how much you are risking, going by the Mid G.E price. For example, people who a risking less are more likely to get a cheaper item, than a more expensive one. With a low chance of getting something worth equal to, or more than you are risking. Brawlers remain the same as they are now.

to be honest, the only reason jagex had a problem is that too much cash was being brought into the game and only 26k/76k at a time was going out. However if they add divisional affectors (i will explain) based on how much the person who dies was risking.

 

 

 

Basically the most amount you can gain is however much is being risked, but as before, there are different affectors of the value of the drop. So say the person who dies is RISKING 750k, if the person who did the killing managed to get all the affectors 100%, then his maximum value drop is 750k +15%.

 

 

 

750k risk (by person who dies), possible affectors:

 

-Place where the fight happened (hotspot or not, how many people are in the world, how many people are in the immediate vicinity that can attack both of you)

 

-Impresiveness of the kill (a large amount of damage in a fast amount of time against someone WEARING high strength armour/amulets etc, with a high defense, gets the best reward. Also based on the other persons level, worn equipment, food left, near deaths etc)

 

-Total damage divided by time in seconds (this is a unique factor, in that this only comes into play if the previous affector is insufficient. The more damage in the shortest time, the higher the reward from this affector, for instance if you do 480 damage in 240 seconds, then you have a ratio of 2, obviously this isn't an accurate figure, but for example it will suffice)

 

-The appropriate levels of each combatant (so atk/str/magic wont affect the results of a range battle, just as range and mage wont affect a melee fight. The better rewards are for those of lower stats who manage to beat someone with higher stats)

 

-How much the person who got the kill was risking (the actual maximum reward is based on the lowest of the two combatants)

 

 

 

This would perfectly alleviate the 26k trick, as a maximum of only 26k +15% could be gained in a drop. Also real world traders would need to fill all affectors in order to be able to sell that much gold to someone, however, they are unlikely to do it in a crowded hotspot where they can both be attacked by many people, they are also unlikely to have an impressive kill without luck. The total damage divided by time in seconds may be high, but the levels are most likely too close to each other to make the reward very much in that affector. However another part of my suggestion is to make coins not affect the risk value. This would mean that:

 

 

 

for instance, if the gold seller was selling 50m gp, then it would start off as 50m gp + 15% risk, so 57.5m gp is the risk, but gp doesn't affect risk, so the gold seller takes 50m in, with the gold buyer receiving nothing, as coins do not affect risk value.

 

 

 

50m in items also goes to 57.5m risk, but based on the affectors; in a non hotspot with few people, 15m is already lost from that value, taking it to 42.5m risk. The impressiveness of the kill would very unlikely be great, so another 10m is lost, taking this down to 32.5m risk. Total damage and amount of seconds taken, would most likely be close to full, so only 5m is lost from this factor, taking it to 27.5m risk. If the levels are almost identical then another 8m would be lost from this, taking it to 19.5m. So the max reward is now 19.5m, providing that the peson doing the killing is actually risking this, if for instance they are only risking 5m, then the max reward is 5m.

 

 

 

The affectors would make REAL fights far fairer, as at current the highest value drop is 5m, but with this system, you could gain much larger drops if you had a great REAL fight.

 

 

 

Oh and the amount of EP you have also affects the loot, so if you only have 20% EP, and the max reward was 5m, the max reward is now 1m.

 

 

 

So 26kers and rwters are dealt with, leavng real pkers to get REAL loot. Problem solved?

 

 

 

EDIT: I just realised that this would mean the person buying the cash had to have the amount of cash they wanted to buy available to risk, otherwise they cannot buy it, and could only buy their max amolunt of cash at any one time, but this also means they are risking that, and therefore could die with it, making a legitimate player receive more loot.