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First of all I am not a member so i could not play classic, or a certainly would be. And you guys are not getting the point. Runescape has changed, and in unnatural ways. RWT messed up the game, and that's why I think Jagex should look back at this and realize there are now better solutions. I bet they could even make Runescape so it is impossible to macro, if they felt like it. So the problem is that the wilderness pking was removed and a trade limit was added due to RWT.

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RSC was full of good times for me. Sometimes I miss being able to look at runescape in a carefree perspective, but that's me who has changed, not the game. I just link RSC to those memories because I was actually a newb back then.

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First of all I am not a member so i could not play classic, or a certainly would be. And you guys are not getting the point. Runescape has changed, and in unnatural ways. RWT messed up the game, and that's why I think Jagex should look back at this and realize there are now better solutions. I bet they could even make Runescape so it is impossible to macro, if they felt like it. So the problem is that the wilderness pking was removed and a trade limit was added due to RWT.

 

No offence, but why don't you offer a suggestion instead of whining?

 

I think someone has already stated before - botters (and practically all criminals) are always 1 step ahead of the law/regulating officials. It's impossible to design a completely foolproof bot-detection software, neither is it to have policemen stationed everywhere to prevent thefts, burglaries, etc.

 

Even if you can increase the number of policemen or improve the bot-detection software, criminals and botters will ALWAYS find a way around it. So it's impractical to just respond every time the situation starts getting out of hand. As Omali (I think) said, there's no point patching up a collapsing building - it's better to demolish it and rebuild it. That's what Jagex did to RWT - make it so inconvenient for them to trade gp to their clients that they give up on their businesses. Granted, it isn't foolproof - a RWTer can still trade gp to a client, BUT I'm sure the client would be better off just earning money ingame by himself instead of buying it, hence the RWT "business" went bust.

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First of all I am not a member so i could not play classic, or a certainly would be. And you guys are not getting the point. Runescape has changed, and in unnatural ways. RWT messed up the game, and that's why I think Jagex should look back at this and realize there are now better solutions. I bet they could even make Runescape so it is impossible to macro, if they felt like it. So the problem is that the wilderness pking was removed and a trade limit was added due to RWT.

 

No offence, but why don't you offer a suggestion instead of whining?

 

I think someone has already stated before - botters (and practically all criminals) are always 1 step ahead of the law/regulating officials. It's impossible to design a completely foolproof bot-detection software, neither is it to have policemen stationed everywhere to prevent thefts, burglaries, etc.

 

Even if you can increase the number of policemen or improve the bot-detection software, criminals and botters will ALWAYS find a way around it. So it's impractical to just respond every time the situation starts getting out of hand. As Omali (I think) said, there's no point patching up a collapsing building - it's better to demolish it and rebuild it. That's what Jagex did to RWT - make it so inconvenient for them to trade gp to their clients that they give up on their businesses. Granted, it isn't foolproof - a RWTer can still trade gp to a client, BUT I'm sure the client would be better off just earning money ingame by himself instead of buying it, hence the RWT "business" went bust.

If the huge amount of botters are really unstoppable, then every game would have them. But Runescape is just one of the easiest games to bot.

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First of all I am not a member so i could not play classic, or a certainly would be. And you guys are not getting the point. Runescape has changed, and in unnatural ways. RWT messed up the game, and that's why I think Jagex should look back at this and realize there are now better solutions. I bet they could even make Runescape so it is impossible to macro, if they felt like it. So the problem is that the wilderness pking was removed and a trade limit was added due to RWT.

 

I would like to hear what are the better solutions to dealing with RWT...

 

I've heard a lot of "veteran" players claiming there were countless ways to deal with this in another manner and never seen any option being proposed that would have made me think Jagex were wrong.

 

As to the topic, some have already said it, everything you did back in 2004, you can do in 2010 except for the trade limits, old school pking or dueling. Your perception of the game has changed more than the game has changed itself.

 

As for the declining number of players, sure there are less players these days than in 2006-2007, but back then you could find 10-15% being either bots or macros. Yes I pulled that number out of my [wagon],but anyone playing at that time can confirm it was a real problem and would ruin the gameplay of the majority.

 

I still think this game is way better than at any other point since its launch.

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RSC was full of good times for me. Sometimes I miss being able to look at runescape in a carefree perspective, but that's me who has changed, not the game. I just link RSC to those memories because I was actually a newb back then.

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First of all I am not a member so i could not play classic, or a certainly would be. And you guys are not getting the point. Runescape has changed, and in unnatural ways. RWT messed up the game, and that's why I think Jagex should look back at this and realize there are now better solutions. I bet they could even make Runescape so it is impossible to macro, if they felt like it. So the problem is that the wilderness pking was removed and a trade limit was added due to RWT.

 

No offence, but why don't you offer a suggestion instead of whining?

 

I think someone has already stated before - botters (and practically all criminals) are always 1 step ahead of the law/regulating officials. It's impossible to design a completely foolproof bot-detection software, neither is it to have policemen stationed everywhere to prevent thefts, burglaries, etc.

 

Even if you can increase the number of policemen or improve the bot-detection software, criminals and botters will ALWAYS find a way around it. So it's impractical to just respond every time the situation starts getting out of hand. As Omali (I think) said, there's no point patching up a collapsing building - it's better to demolish it and rebuild it. That's what Jagex did to RWT - make it so inconvenient for them to trade gp to their clients that they give up on their businesses. Granted, it isn't foolproof - a RWTer can still trade gp to a client, BUT I'm sure the client would be better off just earning money ingame by himself instead of buying it, hence the RWT "business" went bust.

If the huge amount of botters are really unstoppable, then every game would have them. But Runescape is just one of the easiest games to bot.

 

Many games DO have large numbers of bots. For example, Maplestory is infamous for its huge numbers of botters and hackers.

 

Botters aren't stoppable. Jagex can devote a lot of money and time to make the game ALMOST bot-proof, but computer experts would still be able to bot. The point is it is impractical to try and stop bots, not that Jagex can't make it almost impossible to do so. It'll be a huge waste of their time and money.

 

Also, what about sweatshops? The "players" there aren't bots - they're people.

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Also, what about sweatshops? The "players" there aren't bots - they're people.

 

I never understood this, what RWT business professional would pay sweatshop workers when bots are more efficient and cost less. They could even run multiple bots per pc.

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Also, what about sweatshops? The "players" there aren't bots - they're people.

 

I never understood this, what RWT business professional would pay sweatshop workers when bots are more efficient and cost less. They could even run multiple bots per pc.

These are less likely to get banned, as they can say something if someone accuses them to be bots.

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These are less likely to get banned, as they can say something if someone accuses them to be bots.

 

Sure, less likely - But it must be more profitable overall to run 4-5 bots on one pc 24/7, with the risk of a one or two getting banned, than to pay a worker to run 1 account on a pc for 12 hours a day.

 

Maybe I should draw them up a business plan ;)

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These are less likely to get banned, as they can say something if someone accuses them to be bots.

 

Sure, less likely - But it must be more profitable overall to run 4-5 bots on one pc 24/7, with the risk of a one or two getting banned, than to pay a worker to run 1 account on a pc for 12 hours a day.

 

Maybe I should draw them up a business plan ;)

 

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i think the only thing they should do to be back the old days is bring back the old merchanting but somehow keep the g/e

like take out the items that can and would be better bought and sol from player to player such as godswords barrows full dragon dragonfire sheidl whips furys zerker rings ect...

that would make the g/e more stable and it would make everyone happy from the merchants to lower levels that dont like to waist money on the price change all the time

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Work in China is amazingly cheap, so cheap that hiring people is less costly in manufacturing plants than having machines do the job.

 

Not cheaper than botting however...

 

Imagine if your sweatshop consists of 10 workers, playing for 20 hours a day each and sleeping for 4 hours - Paid $2 per day?

 

Assuming each worker generates 400k GP / hour [This can be done without any stats] thats 4 mil GP

 

So ten workers would make a culminated profit of 40 mil each day

 

Gold sells at 2$ per mil

 

Thats 20$ a day outlay [Wages, at least] generating an income of 80$...

 

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Bot costs $20, multiple instances can be run on multiple computers, round the clock.

 

Each machine runs 3 bots [Could probably run more, but i'd rather underestimate], each bot generates 400k GP / hour [This can be done without any stats] thats (400k x 3) = 1200k/hour pr machine

 

There's 10 machines [One for each previously occupied by a worker] so that means a total of 120mil is generated each day

 

Gold sells at 2$ per mil

 

That's $240 of profit per day [Minus $20 the first day, to purchase the bot.]

 

 

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First of all I am not a member so i could not play classic, or a certainly would be. And you guys are not getting the point. Runescape has changed, and in unnatural ways. RWT messed up the game, and that's why I think Jagex should look back at this and realize there are now better solutions. I bet they could even make Runescape so it is impossible to macro, if they felt like it. So the problem is that the wilderness pking was removed and a trade limit was added due to RWT.

 

I would like to hear what are the better solutions to dealing with RWT...

 

I've heard a lot of "veteran" players claiming there were countless ways to deal with this in another manner and never seen any option being proposed that would have made me think Jagex were wrong.

 

As to the topic, some have already said it, everything you did back in 2004, you can do in 2010 except for the trade limits, old school pking or dueling. Your perception of the game has changed more than the game has changed itself.

 

As for the declining number of players, sure there are less players these days than in 2006-2007, but back then you could find 10-15% being either bots or macros. Yes I pulled that number out of my [wagon],but anyone playing at that time can confirm it was a real problem and would ruin the gameplay of the majority.

 

I still think this game is way better than at any other point since its launch.

Then have your opinions, but I know there are others on my side. This forum is for them. And how many times has it been said, even if I am not a game developer, there are people who are paid to figure these things out. And of course Jagex says they think they made the right decision. Have you ever noticed they give typical responses to their players like any brainwashed business? They respond like machines, explaining things in a manner that is clearly not the truth. For example, I might ask "why do you continue to make skills easier?" and they will say "we are not really making them easier you are mislead..." and so on, even though we all know certain skills are becoming easier, or rather less time consuming.

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seriously guys, the point of this thread wasn't to hear your opinions. If you disagree with me don't bother posting, it's still here. Leave the space open to those who support. If nobody ever supports, that oh well, I would not be surprised.

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Hey, can I ask what exactly it is you resent about the new rs as opposed to the old?

 

Free trade and PKing, right?

 

How does the new trading method hinder what you want to do specifically?

 

The only thing I really miss about the old trading system was drop trading, for everything else the GE makes life a lot easier...

 

And PKing - I actually find myself getting better loot than I used to, the experience has changed [Less wandering round looking for dots on the minimap] and I dont think its really better nor worse, just different... Godswords and claws etc definitely make getting a KO much easier.

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seriously guys, the point of this thread wasn't to hear your opinions. If you disagree with me don't bother posting, it's still here. Leave the space open to those who support. If nobody ever supports, that oh well, I would not be surprised.

 

If you don't agree, don't post in your thread? Get your own forum and be super-kewl admin guy if you don't want anyone to post disagreement with you. The rants forum isn't for you to make some half-assed complaint and have everyone come to your aid and tell you what a good boy you are. Uf you can't handle criticism on the internet, you severely need to grow up, and then allow my constituents to offer you some sound advice:

 

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seriously guys, the point of this thread wasn't to hear your opinions. If you disagree with me don't bother posting, it's still here. Leave the space open to those who support. If nobody ever supports, that oh well, I would not be surprised.

 

Welcome to the Tip It Rants Forum dear sir. If you are coming from the Runescape official forums, you may want to leave now because you would probably not understand the way we work around here.

 

First of all, the point of all rants threads are for people to support or disagree and state a reason why. If we disagree, it doesn't matter, because it will still be here. Leaving space open for people who support is a futile gesture, since as it appears no one supports, there would be no space for support. And thus, we give our opinion on this general topic.

 

Hopefully before you hit ten posts, a big number, you learn to understand what this forum is about, because it is not for inflated egos and people who believe they are the center of the universe and everyone revolves around you. We are allowed to post our opinions here.

 

And for us being mod wannabes, you sure are taking this thread into your own hands and trying to make us do what you want. Maybe you should change your name to "Trolling Hypocrite"?

 

So, if we can continue our debate unabated by your little idiotic trolls in the middle, then perhaps you might find a little bit more support. But when you take the time to troll everyone who disagrees with you, those who might agree a little or a lot are usually not going to agree solely based on your attacking other people giving their opinions.

 

Once again, until you understand the general purpose of this rants forum, perhaps you should go back to the RSOF and take your trolling with you. ]

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Work in China is amazingly cheap, so cheap that hiring people is less costly in manufacturing plants than having machines do the job.

 

Not cheaper than botting however...

 

I disagree. Bots get banned for botting, human players don't.

It takes time to complete tutorial island, it takes time to raise the bot's level to something sufficient enough that it makes money.

Human players may be slower, but they don't get banned as easily.

 

However, that is neither here nor there.

 

 

seriously guys, the point of this thread wasn't to hear your opinions. If you disagree with me don't bother posting, it's still here. Leave the space open to those who support. If nobody ever supports, that oh well, I would not be surprised.

This is a forum, not a blog.

Also, I'd like to translate that for everyone else: Let this thread die.

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seriously guys, the point of this thread wasn't to hear your opinions. If you disagree with me don't bother posting, it's still here. Leave the space open to those who support. If nobody ever supports, that oh well, I would not be surprised.

People post on the forums to hear other peoples opinion on things. If you dont want to get any comments, then kindly, do not press the "create thread" button next time. Nobody will disagree with you and you dont make yourself look like an idiot. Everybody wins.

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