muggiwhplar Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 I'm not a big fan of the SoF. Every time it's about to land on something good it moves 1 to the right and it's usually the crappiest item. Maybe when I get something good I'll like it more, haha. Also, the fact that jagex sells spins for irl money is kind of annoying. I don't like that marketing strategy for any game tbh. The animation has nothing to do w/ the actual wheel mechanics. If it did, the ultra-rare items would occupy 1/1000th of the wheel instead of like 1/20th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dire_Wolf Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 The animation has nothing to do w/ the actual wheel mechanics. If it did, the ultra-rare items would occupy 1/1000th of the wheel instead of like 1/20thJagex being sneaky playing on kids and unaware adult's perceptions. no shocker though, they would take anything and twist it to benefit from it. Such as that stupid 200M account "goal". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynder Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Thanks for sharing this. Extremely beneficial, let the haters hate. @peterfisher~ Proud member of Mystic Chaos~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuneKrew Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Interesting read, appreciate that you did this, FOR SCIENCE! I never bought and I never will buy spins, but I made like 50 accounts a week or two ago and spinned it 100+ times a week. Never got anything good though so please people don't waste your money. -RuneKrew-http://www.youtube.com/RuneKrewCommentary Runescape Videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrkerr Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I'm betting that EoC Beta items like Bandos shield, Pernix Boots, Virtus Book, et al become SoF rewards. Thats bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy227 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 latest SOF update Adventurer's XP Aplenty! 16 hours ago The Squeal of Fortune coffers are full to bursting with XP lamps linked to RuneScapes most adventurous skills, and theyll be up for grabs this week! Over the next five days, therell be twice as many Agility, Thievery and Dungeoneering XP lamps of all sizes, showing up as common, uncommon, rare and ultra-rare prizes perfect for pyramid plundering, abyssal whip-cracking RuneScape adventurers everywhere! The extra XP lamps are replacing some of the lower value prizes commonly seen on the Squeal of Fortune, so you wont miss out on your usual chance to bag an XP lamp in any of your other favourite skills. This offer starts on Monday 2 July and runs all through the working week until Friday 6 July thats five whole days of chances to land yourself a lamp-load of dungeon-delving XP. Dont forget that members get two daily spins instead of one, so subscribing is a sound way to double your chances to win per day. Check out our Squeal of Fortune wiki page for more ways to get extra spins. Spin the Squeal of Fortune this week theres an XP treasure trove up for the taking. Good luck! xSoulgazerElysian Sigil ---- 11/24/10 ---- 550M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwreeTak Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Didn't someone post here before saying something like "Jagex will test out putting extra amounts of xp lamps on the wheel, and once they do, find out that that is what most players will be willing to buy spins for."Whoever posted that just got right (it wasn't me).This is just sad. Add me if you so wish: SwreeTak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Floating Pen Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Brilliant. At least it's promotional and not permanent. I shudder when I think about a potential "this week, we have replaced all uncooked pizzas/pies with Cooking XP lamps, all planks with Construction XP lamps, all ashes/bones with Prayer XP lamps, etc." Go read the newest edition of the Tip.It Times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Den Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Lol. Biweekly sof update as expected. Still as pointless as ever. ........::::: Rainy's YouTube Channel - Rainy's Twitter - Rainy's Facebook - Rainy's DeviantArt - Rainy's Tumblr - Rainy's Tip.It Profile :::::......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
999134 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 they could put up and not bts :rolleyes: ? Check it out, huge amount of effort has gone into this massive mod![hide=old sig][/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsakenMage Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 they could put up and not bts :rolleyes: ? The team that handles the BTS specifically probably doesn't work weekends. *Shrugs* :-? Agility lamp is all I'm looking forward to honestly. Dungeoneering isn't something I want to use any sort of experience rewards on, and neither is thieving at this point since I'm already 99 there. I was sort of hoping for something Olympics related, but I suppose that's too early still. And not hoping in the sense that I want buyable spins to still be around, but in the sense that it would at least go with the stuff that's getting ready to go in London anyway. Adventurer's Log || YouTube || Facebook || Tip.it Times Work || Wanna Join the Editorial Panel?Maxed Out 01 October 2012 PDT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alg Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 they could put up and not bts :rolleyes: ? The team that handles the BTS specifically probably doesn't work weekends. *Shrugs*Indeed. I don't think they've released one on a Sunday within a few years, if ever. I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze The Movie Fan Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I was right in my rant on the squeal of fortune, it is making everything easier. Before you know it nobody has to put any effort into anything anymore in RuneScape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saradomin_Mage Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 If they'd just start selling putting DG tokens on the SOF instead of loldg lamps I can tell you that their sales would go through the roof. In real life MMO you don't get 99 smithing by making endless bronze daggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggiwhplar Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 edit: nevermind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NukeMarine Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 Didn't someone post here before saying something like "Jagex will test out putting extra amounts of xp lamps on the wheel, and once they do, find out that that is what most players will be willing to buy spins for."Whoever posted that just got right (it wasn't me).This is just sad.Yeah, I posted that prediction on post #156 (pg 8 by default). Thought they'd go further than just doubling the chance on three skill specific lamps. I assume that the skill specific lamps are evenly spread out, but I didn't track the results that in detail to be positive. Assuming it's evenly spread out, then this is not that big of a benefit with likely an extra 20 lamps every 1000 spins (12 small, 8 medium). I'd love if Jagex tried to spin that into something positive (no pun intented). I get that people hate on Jagex for the microtransactions, but this is a lot of real world cash for relatively little in game benefits. We don't know how many people are paying, and damn few people will own up to it thanks to the common insults and spam that results. On the positive side, maybe only a few players are paying which'll encourage Jagex to back off of SoF as a direct money making tool. It being used to encourage membership will likely not go away. Learn how to Learn Japanese on your own - Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners in JapaneseStop Forgetting Stuff for College and Life - Anki - a program which makes remembering things easyReach Elite Fitness - CrossFit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ts_Stormrage Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 latest SOF updateOver the next five days, therell be twice as many Agility, Thievery and Dungeoneering XP lamps of all sizes, showing up as common, uncommon, rare and ultra-rare prizes Jagex; if you know what skills suck to train, why don't you make some cool updates to those skills? If they'd just start selling putting DG tokens on the SOF instead of loldg lamps I can tell you that their sales would go through the roof.Someone yesterday on IRC said this as well... TBH; this is but a matter of time and will probably happen after the lvl 90 weapons come out, so chaotics aren't as valuable anymore... Former Leader of The Tal Shiar Alliance - An Original Tip.it ClanMember of the Wilderness Guardians and Founder of the Silent GuardiansFounder of The Conclave - A Tip.it Clan institutionTip.it Times author (click for all my articles) - When I use the wrong reasons to make the right statement, argue the reason, not the statement.MSSW4 General - Did we kick your ass too?Check us out!==> No seriously, if you like FREE GP, XP and Dung tokens, as well as Community, Opportunity and above all FUN... <==CLICK IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alg Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Jagex; if you know what skills suck to train, why don't you make some cool updates to those skills?You mean like they did with Runecrafting? Players will find a way to complain about that too... :razz: I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Jagex; if you know what skills suck to train, why don't you make some cool updates to those skills?You mean like they did with Runecrafting? Players will find a way to complain about that too... :razz: The only skill that needs exp rate increasing to bring it in line with other content, out of all three of those skills, is agility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bauke Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Interesting data on this thread. With all these updates I get the feeling this SoF thing is rather a decent money maker for Jagex. Heard too many people say they bought some spins.. and those things are expensive when compared with monthly membership. I wonder what percentage of the members has actually paid for spins. Jagex will never release such information of course. Personally, I'm never buying spins. Twitter ||| Google+ ||| Facebook ||| LinkedIn ||| My very interesting weblog about science Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lep Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 TBH I'd buy spins if the 200M prize was actually a feasible possibility, since I staked everything and lost a year ago and havn't done anything since. But I can google for a million years and I can't find any winners for ultra rare prizes except huge lamps. No winners for 10M or 200M. I mean if they really wanted to make money then they would up the rates so that rumors go around about people winning 200M. Not that anyone would like this... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_R Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 TBH I'd buy spins if the 200M prize was actually a feasible possibility, since I staked everything and lost a year ago and havn't done anything since. But I can google for a million years and I can't find any winners for ultra rare prizes except huge lamps. No winners for 10M or 200M. I mean if they really wanted to make money then they would up the rates so that rumors go around about people winning 200M. Not that anyone would like this... :PI haven't seen or heard of one person winning that 200m prize yet. Personally I always get 1k when the 200m is up :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NukeMarine Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 TBH I'd buy spins if the 200M prize was actually a feasible possibility, since I staked everything and lost a year ago and havn't done anything since. But I can google for a million years and I can't find any winners for ultra rare prizes except huge lamps. No winners for 10M or 200M. I mean if they really wanted to make money then they would up the rates so that rumors go around about people winning 200M. Not that anyone would like this... :PI haven't seen or heard of one person winning that 200m prize yet. Personally I always get 1k when the 200m is up :mellow:Here's a video of one guy winning it. If you can get past the annoying audio and language that is.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaLqBgmsRMc Learn how to Learn Japanese on your own - Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners in JapaneseStop Forgetting Stuff for College and Life - Anki - a program which makes remembering things easyReach Elite Fitness - CrossFit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Squab Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Random thought: does it sound unplausible that, on average, 10% of members spend say $50 a month on SoF? That's an extra 5m a month, assuming 1m members. (CBA to look it up.) Now, Jagex makes what, 8m a month from members? (Assuming 1m members and somewhere around 1m a month.) That's over a 50% profit increase. Now, keep in mind I'm just pulling these numbers out of my ass, but it seems very plausible that the SoF SIGNIFICANTLY increased their profits. Even a 10% increase in their profits from the SoF would be significant and be worth continuing the SoF for. Again, I'm just making these numbers up. But it's very easy to imagine how the SoF would have significantly increased their profits. Squab unleashes Megiddo! Completed all quests and hard diaries. 75+ Skiller. (At one point.) 2000+ total. 99 Magic.[spoiler=The rest of my sig. You know you wanna see it.]my difinition of noob is i dont like u, either u are better then me or u are worst them meBuying spins make you a bad person...don't do it. It's like buying nukes for North Korea.Well if it bothers you that the game is more fun now, then you can go cry in a corner. :shame:your article was the equivalent of a circumcized porcupineThe only thing wrong with it is the lack of a percentage for when you need to stroke it. Poignant Purple to Lokie's Ravishing Red and Alg's Brilliant Blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Random thought: does it sound unplausible that, on average, 10% of members spend say $50 a month on SoF? That's an extra 5m a month, assuming 1m members. (CBA to look it up.) Now, Jagex makes what, 8m a month from members? (Assuming 1m members and somewhere around 1m a month.) That's over a 50% profit increase. Now, keep in mind I'm just pulling these numbers out of my ass, but it seems very plausible that the SoF SIGNIFICANTLY increased their profits. Even a 10% increase in their profits from the SoF would be significant and be worth continuing the SoF for. Again, I'm just making these numbers up. But it's very easy to imagine how the SoF would have significantly increased their profits.Without a doubt, SOF massively increased their profit. We don't know how much, but it's not a secret that a ton of people buy spins. Even if 40 people quit cuz of it, 1 person could negate it in a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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