F2p skillcapes?

I'm a f2p Runescape player with 96 cooking, and was rather upset to find out that the cooking skillcape was p2p, contrary to what I had heard many times before from players with skillcapes.

Consider my argument. F2p players have to work at least as hard, and in fact usually harder, to get 99 in a skill. For example, in Mining, I understand that granite gives about twice as much xp as iron; therefore f2p are stuck mining iron, and it takes them twice as long to earn a skillcape. Don't they deserve something for all that effort? The other skills are in similar situations.

Therefore, I'm starting a petition against it. If you share this view, please post your Runescape name along with whether you are a member, ex-member, or f2p.

Thank you.

Skillcapes are a way of Jagex getting more memberships (and a very large reason people become members). A lot of people like the allure of them, and therefore, I am against your idea. However, you should read this: viewtopic.php?f=37&t=752642&start=0

Seriously pay 5$.

Seriously pay 5$.

Everything jagex ever does for free players goes around the same old rule: you give them a hand, and they take the whole arm,

If you want to enjoy membership perks, pay for them.

 

Don't they deserve something for all that effort? The other skills are in similar situations.

 

Therefore, I'm starting a petition against it. If you share this view, please post your Runescape name along with whether you are a member, ex-member, or f2p.

 

I'm with xpx on this one.

if you want something that bad can't you spend the $5 on it? I am all for respect and consideration for f2p but there has to be a limit and I think "end game" content like capes is perfectly fine to stay p2p only.

No. Just no. Pay 5.99$ or euro or whatever. If you cant afford it, go get a job (assuming you are older then 13, and if you aren't...wow...cough*fail*cough)

The only reason I'd want a cape would be to prove that I have 99 in a skill - with quick chat, you can prove it. I'm all F2P too, and the closest I have to 99 is 90 strength, but once I get 99 I wouldn't even consider getting membership just for a cape.

Cape looks cool + has stats of obsidian cape.

my friend got membership when she got 99wc she got it for a month and got it each time she got a skillcape lol their plan did work

making them f2p would lose alot of money

my friend got membership when she got 99wc she got it for a month and got it each time she got a skillcape lol their plan did work

 

making them f2p would lose alot of money

From the amount of money Jagex makes from subscriptions, the stores and advertisements, the amount of people buying membership for a month to get a cape would barely register on a graph. They wouldn't loose "alot of money".

I'd like to see a jagex person say how often someone buys member for only 1 month just for a skillcape.

I don't see alot of people actually switching over for only 1 month to make profit so stop using that as an answer.

I bet jagex makes over 95% of their money from members who have been members for 6+months at least

Everything jagex ever does for free players goes around the same old rule: you give them a hand, and they take the whole arm,

 

If you want to enjoy membership perks, pay for them.

This is by far the best thing that could have been said on this thread. You can not expect Jagex to give F2P this. So I have to go with xpx on this

Jagex has heard this argument before. It's obvious they won't do it flat out. Hope now lies in a compromise.

Jagex has heard this argument before. It's obvious they won't do it flat out. Hope now lies in a compromise.

If anything I support Crimsoncrow's idea. It's a great half-way point.

I'm also level 96 cooking and going for 99. I actually think that instead of the skillcapes, f2pers can just do the emote. The cape itself should be p2p only because if they make it f2p, then people who bought the $5 just for the cape would get upset.

Im 99 cooking, pure F2P for the past few years, trust me, you'll learn to get over it.

ON TOPIC: Maybe just the emote. [:

it's normal you need to be p2p so that the p2p players have sth that they still can use (the emote) in f2p it is sth where you've worked for i think if you worked so hard for it you can spend a 5£ of 6 euro for a membership ;)

Some players become members for a month just to buy a skillcape. Thus making them f2p would lose Jagex money, so it's not going to happen.

There is many threads regarding this already in existence - both here in the suggestion forum and in the debate forum. Feel free to share your opinion about this matter in the already existing threads.