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Johnny Depp - This Q&A was for discussion of MTX, but there are more Q&A sessions on the way and you should have an opportunity to get your questions regarding the forums answered in the near future!
Air Yoshi - I like the idea, but I'm not sure if it would ever be something we could implement, as it would require partnerships with the owners of all the intellectual property franchises you mentioned.
Ro Eats Keys - Many of your queries have been answered already, if not via the Q&A, then in any number of discussions across the forums:
"advertising for SOF and Solomon's Store appears in-game when members pay to not have advertisements (Yelps popup and Solomon's dialog)."
The pop ups are to make players aware of promotions and offers that might not have reading the news articles or visiting our social network pages, it would be a shame for someone to miss out just because they were not aware of what was going down. That said, MMG mentioned in this thread that our teams were looking for ways to make SoF more subtle and less in-your-face, so a few changes can be expected in the future.
"holiday rewards are removed or reduced over time, while XP rewards and coins are not, despite numerous and continuous players' requests."
Holiday items are just that - available for a limited amount of time during that particular holiday event. Otherwise they would just be regular items. XP rewards and coins have been balanced by our teams as per player request. It's also worth mentioning that as someone who makes a living out of engaging with the RS community, I have seen far less posts complaining about XP gain than actual players using the system, and many of the most vocal anti-SoF community members have large amounts of spin packages on their account.
"a weekend release to the SOF was added, so that players could use $20 to purchase 75 spins, effectively providing 5 million coins, an amulet for free high alchemy casts, and an approximated 20-30 experience lamps."
Once again, players were not able to buy 20-30 xp lamps, the amulet, or coins, they were buying spins on the wheel and had a chance to win those items. I know from the drop rates that your estimates are slightly off there in terms of what could be won from 75 spins. It could happen (probability being what it is), but you would be an awfully lucky young man.
"more emphasis was placed in the Q&A on coins and the effects on the runescape economy rather than the effect of XP gains for skills, players, and high scores."
The questions were being answered as they came through, but some were answered as a priority if they had not been addressed before, or were coming through from multiple players. The discussion about XP gains went on for a while after the release of the SoF, with almost a full month of non-stop queries and explanations on the forums. Let me say again, we have teams working on balancing the potential XP gain, and we know through tests that the amount of money needed to get one skill to 99 would be absolutely staggering, not to mention with the limit on spending it would take a few years, in which time you could actually get that 99 trained up in game, for free, and experience the game whilst doing it! As for the high scores, this Q&A was about MTX, which is not really on topic.
"Jagex is rolling through SOF and Solomon's updates so quickly. Players don't even get a chance to enjoy the developed content - An item bought at Solomon's store may be obsolete in as little as one month"
That is a fair point, and one I can understand, especially being the completionist that I am. The explanation would be though, that not everyone will like or buy every item that is released, so giving more options to buy allows players to pick and choose what they want. And I know talking about the money side of SoF is a contentious topic, but the money from every sale is poured straight back into developing in-game content for the entire community, so the more items available, the better it is for the community as a whole.
Sorry if I have gotten confused with some points, that's a big 'ol wall of text to try and keep my train of thought through!
I hope that answers most of your queries, if you have any more just stick em down here!
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Air Yoshi - I like the idea, but I'm not sure if it would ever be something we could implement, as it would require partnerships with the owners of all the intellectual property franchises you mentioned.
Ro Eats Keys - Many of your queries have been answered already, if not via the Q&A, then in any number of discussions across the forums:
"advertising for SOF and Solomon's Store appears in-game when members pay to not have advertisements (Yelps popup and Solomon's dialog)."
The pop ups are to make players aware of promotions and offers that might not have reading the news articles or visiting our social network pages, it would be a shame for someone to miss out just because they were not aware of what was going down. That said, MMG mentioned in this thread that our teams were looking for ways to make SoF more subtle and less in-your-face, so a few changes can be expected in the future.
"holiday rewards are removed or reduced over time, while XP rewards and coins are not, despite numerous and continuous players' requests."
Holiday items are just that - available for a limited amount of time during that particular holiday event. Otherwise they would just be regular items. XP rewards and coins have been balanced by our teams as per player request. It's also worth mentioning that as someone who makes a living out of engaging with the RS community, I have seen far less posts complaining about XP gain than actual players using the system, and many of the most vocal anti-SoF community members have large amounts of spin packages on their account.
"a weekend release to the SOF was added, so that players could use $20 to purchase 75 spins, effectively providing 5 million coins, an amulet for free high alchemy casts, and an approximated 20-30 experience lamps."
Once again, players were not able to buy 20-30 xp lamps, the amulet, or coins, they were buying spins on the wheel and had a chance to win those items. I know from the drop rates that your estimates are slightly off there in terms of what could be won from 75 spins. It could happen (probability being what it is), but you would be an awfully lucky young man.
"more emphasis was placed in the Q&A on coins and the effects on the runescape economy rather than the effect of XP gains for skills, players, and high scores."
The questions were being answered as they came through, but some were answered as a priority if they had not been addressed before, or were coming through from multiple players. The discussion about XP gains went on for a while after the release of the SoF, with almost a full month of non-stop queries and explanations on the forums. Let me say again, we have teams working on balancing the potential XP gain, and we know through tests that the amount of money needed to get one skill to 99 would be absolutely staggering, not to mention with the limit on spending it would take a few years, in which time you could actually get that 99 trained up in game, for free, and experience the game whilst doing it! As for the high scores, this Q&A was about MTX, which is not really on topic.
"Jagex is rolling through SOF and Solomon's updates so quickly. Players don't even get a chance to enjoy the developed content - An item bought at Solomon's store may be obsolete in as little as one month"
That is a fair point, and one I can understand, especially being the completionist that I am. The explanation would be though, that not everyone will like or buy every item that is released, so giving more options to buy allows players to pick and choose what they want. And I know talking about the money side of SoF is a contentious topic, but the money from every sale is poured straight back into developing in-game content for the entire community, so the more items available, the better it is for the community as a whole.
Sorry if I have gotten confused with some points, that's a big 'ol wall of text to try and keep my train of thought through!
I hope that answers most of your queries, if you have any more just stick em down here!
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