MrSScope Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 First of all, this is partly a rant, in some way a question, but I see it more as a discussion so I posted it on here. If any mods think it's inapropriate here, please feel free to move this. Last week I got pretty bored and decided to set myself a goal for 94 Magic, with along that, Infinity Robes. I have gotten myself the boots and the top already but found the xp I get there really slow. I still wanted to get atleast the skirt so I could match it with my top, so I went on the official forums earlier, only to find .. nothing, nothing at all.. I then went to world 2 and looked there and after 10 minutes of shouting 'white:buying infinity bottoms', some guy comes up to me and says 'i'll sell 4.7m'. At first I though he made a typo but he repeated his offer. This brings me to my main point, why does the Infinity bottom cost 4.7m while the Mage's Book is only 4.2m? The Mage's Book requires more points than the bottoms (quite a few more even), yet the skirt costs 500k more. The only reasonable explanation I can find is everyone getting Mage's Books with their points so there aren't as many bottoms. Why not get bottoms then, if they are worth more anyway? Is that the only explanation or am I missing something? ~ Scope 99 cooking / 99 magic / 99 ranged / 99 hitpoints / 99 herblore / 99 defence Quoted for truth, wisest thing I've heard anyone say on Runescape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagatag Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Supply and demand. the supply is low and the demand is probably even lower, so when there is any demand, the price will be high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSScope Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 If there is almost no demand and they want to sell, wouldn't prices go down then? I'll probably get it myself at this cost, I can manage up to 3.5m for it but 4.7 is just too much.. 99 cooking / 99 magic / 99 ranged / 99 hitpoints / 99 herblore / 99 defence Quoted for truth, wisest thing I've heard anyone say on Runescape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedged Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Supply and demand. the supply is low and the demand is probably even lower, so when there is any demand, the price will be high. Correct.Supply and Demand are ther olny two words you need for your answer. P.S. Goodluck with 94magic! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellbellz Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 There either is more demand for the bottom robes, less for the book. OR there are more books in the market than the bottom robes. Good luck on 94 Mage :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 AH! No, one of the best kept secrets and you have revealed it scope! Always get the Inf bottom when doing mage training. Easy money. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Last time i checked it was 3m :? The Complete MTA Handbook | Runecrafting Pouch Analysis | Mobilizing Armies Locator Index Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakka102 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 well, as you can see, there is really nobody selling them. Meaning the people that are have a monopoly over the market and can sell for what they want. People get mage books because they are actually useful so there are more in the market. Either this, or you just came across a scammer which is most likely the case, you cant base a price off the first offer even if it takes a long time to find another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiral_5 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 more players need mage books then the bottom peice of the robe set, so more books are released in the game then the bottom, the players demanding the bottom robe is paying more then the book because the book has more supplies and the bottom has less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorkvader Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 well, the only other explanation I can think of, other than what's already been said is that since the infinity bottom is better/more powerful and thus more useful than the mage book, Unless of course the mage book is better, in which case I would have to alter my thesis to say somthing more along the lines of: the price is higher because (like you) some people try to get the infinity bottom to match the set better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golvellius Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 The telekenetic maze is the only real draw back to the mage training place. All them laws, and such slow xp (20k an hr). Other than that, its quite good. You can easily get 70 to 80k an hr at the enchant rune plus free deaths and bloods in exchange for some cheapo cosmics that can be double crafted at low rc level (59 maybe). You can get 100 to 120k an hr at the alch room and get well over 135 xp per nat. The graveyard is just fast even though its xp is cabbage. You can make a killing off selling infinity pieces as very few pieces are brought into the game by players. (this you have learned first hand) If you rc your runes and train there you'll do quite well. Certainly better than pouring money into bloods/souls/ and deaths or casting stun/high alch/cammy tele till you bleed. I got about 8 mil xp and almost 2 complete sets of infinity with books there. Exclusive Legacy Mode Player He just successfully trolled you with "courtesy" and managed to get a reaction out of you. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampbellMC Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 More people get the books for the use, it is the best thing to have in shield spot for maging, yet you can wear ahrims that is way better then infinity. Way more books are out there and very few skirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oreocookie987 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I believe I have an answer to your question on Infinity Bottoms: -Supply and Demand on Infinity -Small number of people selling Bottoms -People who are selling the Bottoms take advantage of this situation and charge more Please don't flame me on this if its wrong :oops: I have little knowledge of the prices on Infinity items and their current prices. This is just a theory I was able to come up with from reading his post. Off Topic: I believe Inifnity is mainly meant for show (since they're rarely seen and also look totally trippy) If you want them for combat purposes, I suggest you go with Ahrims Expecting a good life because you're a good person is like expecting a bull not to charge because you're a vegetarian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanFranciscoGiants Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Yep supply and demand, and also the book looks pretty cool : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhelos Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Why is everyone repeating what the supply and demand thing. Just with slightly differnet wording to make it look like it was their idea? We got the point the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj926 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 The mage's book is less expensive because a lot more of them are being brought in. Why? +15 to magic attack and defence. And unlike the robes, it cannot be matched by barrows sets (AKA Ahrim owns infinity pieces) Seems stupid. Also seems like a good merchanting opportunity... Why is everyone repeating what the supply and demand thing. Just with slightly differnet wording to make it look like it was their idea? We got the point the first time. Your post didn't add much either. :-k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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