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Zaxuz

Zaxuz

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I have to pose the question of how much of the dated membership model is truly necessary these days with a dwindling player base mostly ruled by max 99+s accounts with either too much gp/time or only playing rs3 to maintain osrs membership through bonds via bossing.. pricing which has gotten worse over time (used to be $5cad/month is now $15cad/m or $9cad for 14d from buying a bond) & the restrictive nature of membership making it unattractive if you will for a new player to want to play f2p let alone buy into member.

I think opening rs3 to free play would bring new life into an old game on top of bringing more funding in through a freemium model, boosted treasure key sales and maybe even keeping the hero pass for it(bp's are fine if done right imo, rewarding the player with currency to re-buy it for e.g. boosting player retention)... BUT keeping the membership model, along with bonds in OSRS where they still make sense(though perhaps a bit expensive) and maybe derestricting some things in membership there like allowing f2p players to buy/equip skill capes if they're purchasable within f2p area limits(cooking for e.g.).

maybe controversially I think the best way to do this would be to remove bonds from rs3 but also remove membership restrictions allowing for anyone to play through the entirety of the game/skills thus bringing new life into the player base/economy.. (to be frank the freemium model is already half implemented despite the membership with cosmetics, herop, keys etc..)

freemium suggestions:
for $10cad/m as e.g.
runemetrics pro (not a separate $(should be free/included in mem anyway imo))
storage capacity (bonus over the default(current member size for e.g.)on top of $-able storage)
weekly treasure keys /stars? (lamps might be a bit much)
advanced ui customization/metrics/trackers?
monthly loyalty points/free cosmetics/pets/runecoins? etc.
maybe a special teleport menu (limited to x/day?)
plugins?

Ik it's not likely to happen but maybe consider it..?

08-Oct-2023 18:53:48

Sterk Bier
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Sterk Bier

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it is just better to add more gold sinks, this games gold isn't used enough anyway bonds were fine alternative now they've gone way to high in price because higher bosses drop alot of alchables, this should just be changed with useable components or in the future reuse gear like necromancy subjugation

11-Oct-2023 09:19:48

Zaxuz

Zaxuz

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Bertel62 said :
How would Jagex earn money form their game then?
Jeremy Cheng said :
Wondering the same thing. Wouldn't this essentially dry up most of jagex's profits? the majority of the player base is on osrs so the impact wouldn't be as bad as one might think and might even be negated/out done by: increased osrs membership sales as people aren't buying bonds on rs3, increased player count(incl new osrs players) thus a natural increase of spending as exampled previously; key sales, freemium model sales, hero pass, cosmetics/animations/pets/etc... or any other dozen ways they could probably make more money off a freemium model than the current mem model..

point is the membership model is long dated & dying(not just in this game) specially for a lot of/most content that's nearing or past 20 yr/o now with ever lowering amount of players, Imo at least it'd be good to bring new life into the game and the easiest(probably best) way to do that would be freemium, who knows maybe it'd get the player base back to a fraction of the size it used to be... which is worth considering at least, worst case they waste some time/resources on internal tests of it.

12-Oct-2023 10:55:17 - Last edited on 12-Oct-2023 10:59:36 by Zaxuz

Tenebri
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Zaxuz said :
) thus a natural increase of spending as exampled previously; key sales, freemium model sales, hero pass, cosmetics/animations/pets/etc... or any other dozen ways they could probably make more money off a freemium model than the current mem model.. .

and yet hero pass was a complete fail due to so many people quitting. and they have now said they arent going to carry it on.

this isnt what the rs community want. nor will rs community buy into it. as already shown recently

this is why bonds have gone up so much in price in rs3 as the "whales" have stopped buying bonds now there is a complete lack of supply of bonds in rs3. (aka people are not buying bonds anymore)

so you with that comment have just shown this will not work for runescape. runescape community want it to be membership. anything like hero pass etc will make people quit. it already has


so no they will not make more money they have and will lose money on it.
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12-Oct-2023 11:29:05 - Last edited on 12-Oct-2023 11:36:28 by Tenebri

Zaxuz

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Tenebri said :


and yet hero pass was a complete fail due to so many people quitting. and they have now said they arent going to carry it on.

this isnt what the rs community want. nor will rs community buy into it. as already shown recently

this is why bonds have gone up so much in price in rs3 as the "whales" have stopped buying bonds now there is a complete lack of supply of bonds in rs3. (aka people are not buying bonds anymore)

so you with that comment have just shown this will not work for runescape. runescape community want it to be membership. anything like hero pass etc will make people quit. it already has


so no they will not make more money they have and will lose money on it. failed because it's a membership model game already but with freemium model elements already/being incorporated, if it was free no one would care about the hero pass..

the 'rs community' you claim is against it is just the old players jaded on the notion of membership after buying into the model for so long, or vocal minority that just like to hate things like battle passes but get listened to because they're the loudest(often not even players themselves). or people that have nothing better to do than sit around in game trying to flaunt their pixels/reply instantly to replies on days old forums posts (with 1-5 active people at a time) thinking it'd degrade their pixel value or enjoyment of the game...
(you're a prime example of this tbh, 38k posts, b phat/etc, max 99+s, 200m xp in everything.. osrs too no wonder you're so against it lol probably couldn't live without it let alone the idea of not having to pay)

you're contradicting yourself saying there's a lack of players but also that the community can't/doesn't/shouldn't grow with no apparent understanding of how the in game economy works let alone the statistical comprehension to see the benefits or other games that are much more successful/active because of freemium models.

12-Oct-2023 12:26:39 - Last edited on 12-Oct-2023 12:48:34 by Zaxuz

Tenebri
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Tenebri

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Zaxuz said :
Tenebri said :


and yet hero pass was a complete fail due to so many people quitting. and they have now said they arent going to carry it on.

this isnt what the rs community want. nor will rs community buy into it. as already shown recently

this is why bonds have gone up so much in price in rs3 as the "whales" have stopped buying bonds now there is a complete lack of supply of bonds in rs3. (aka people are not buying bonds anymore)

so you with that comment have just shown this will not work for runescape. runescape community want it to be membership. anything like hero pass etc will make people quit. it already has


so no they will not make more money they have and will lose money on it. failed because it's a membership model game already but with freemium model elements already/being incorporated, if it was free no one would care about the hero pass..
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and rs the community do not want that.
200m all RS3 on 7/3/19
1.2Billion overall Slayer xp / Ultimate slayer title

OSRS 2277/2277 Untrim slayer cape
Hail Satan, He loves for who you are.

12-Oct-2023 14:01:17

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