if anyone has done a bit of research when it comes to smithing, you know that bars have been hit by hurricane Merchant. this has caused significant damage to the prices of.... every bar smith-able except rune and *chuckles* bronze.

 

 

 

these are the damage results:

 

[hide=]iron bars-

 

 

 

 

 

steel bars-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mithril bars-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

addy bars- [/hide]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this is hyperinflation. here's the dictionary defintion according to dictionary.com---- A very high level of inflation that tends to result in the breakdown of the monetary system, the hoarding of goods, and difficulty in achieving real economic growth.

 

 

 

i could post some more pictures, but you get the point. there has been a dramatic increase in any item that's commonly used in rs. people are taking advantage of this and it's got to stop. people WILL quit rs simply because everything has gotten too expensive and their goals have been going farther and farther away at a rate that people can't keep up with. this isn't how the game is supposed to be played and it's pissing me off!

People will not quit runescape because SMITHING has risen. Oh no, it's becoming a herblore. People didnt quit because of herblore, and herblore is more necessary than steel. Not many people buy rune these days and not many people train smithing to make rune.

I agree with Ray that it's overreacting to say that people are gonna quit over this. This is yet another rant on price manipulation which is kinda totally justified, but from there people have generally 3 choices.

 

 

 

1- Wait for Jagex to fix this problem

 

2- Move to another skill while the market is stabilizing

 

3- Keep paying top price and act like nothing's happening

 

 

 

I would suggest #2, it's part of my adapt and evolve mentality.

Look on the bright side, superheat mining is moar profitable =D

Nobody's going to quit just because bar prices have temporarily risen. They'll do something else for a fortnight until they return to their normal prices.

You can make money faster now than you ever could before, so in my opinion it's perfectly normal that buyable skills become more expensive.

people WILL quit rs simply because everything has gotten too expensive and their goals have been going farther and farther away at a rate that people can't keep up with. this isn't how the game is supposed to be played and it's pissing me off!

 

 

 

For every upset consumer, there is a happy producer.

Wait weren't adamant bars like 2k each?

Wait weren't adamant bars like 2k each?

 

 

 

OP, the graphs for mithril and adamant bars are the same. No way they're the exact same price. ;)

I agree with Ray that it's overreacting to say that people are gonna quit over this. This is yet another rant on price manipulation which is kinda totally justified, but from there people have generally 3 choices.

 

 

 

1- Wait for Jagex to fix this problem

 

2- Move to another skill while the market is stabilizing

 

3- Keep paying top price and act like nothing's happening

 

 

 

I would suggest #2, it's part of my adapt and evolve mentality.

 

 

 

other than the producer skills, it's going to now work. with crafting- every dragonhide is on the rise with the exception of red.

 

abbysial whip is on the rise.

 

herbs and second ingrediants are on the rise

 

seeds are on the rise

 

food is on the rise

 

75% of the planks are on the rise

 

pure ess is on the rise while the popular runes that are crafted from the essence isn't going up in the same fashion

 

anything mithril, addy, steel, or iron is on the rise

 

maple logs, yew logs, oak logs, normal logs, magic logs, mahogany logs, and teak logs are all on the rise.

 

 

 

 

 

those are just about all the skills that require a resource to be advanced. quests are coming out, new minigames are being made, new items are being introduced, all that require a specific level in a skill. it's bs when you have all of these skills and you can't level them up because you have to "sit and wait". i'm being restricted to what i can advance a skill in for the sheer cost of it. that's my point.

 

 

 

edit: fixed the graph. now it all makes sense.

May I suggest a rousing bout of self-sufficiency?

Im so glad i bough 80 cons on the dip of July 19th \

I here-say Tip.it should start it's own merch clan.

 

And we will all merchant needles.