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Draco Burnz
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Roddy Piper said :


Look at the first 3 replies. They aren't disagreeing with anything, their only purpose is to attack and mock the poster.

On the other hand, I disagree with him. By saying the devs ARE part of the problem. I put in ZERO effort to attack or mock the poster. Imagine that.

Ok and what do those 3 have to do with anything?

The overall majority are discussing the OP so just ignore them.
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09-Apr-2022 20:21:36

SlR
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How do we know the ramp up in membership isn't going to pay higher wages to their staff? The cost of living is going up, so employers will have to raise salaries and that money has to come from somewhere. It sucks for consumers on old wages playing catch up, but it'll balance out eventually. Sure, Jagex could have took the hit / waited longer before raising the membership fee but we don't know their figures and what they plan on investing in. The live-chat support that they're rolling out is another expense plus whatever else is in the pipeline. End of the day, if you don't think its worth the price then don't pay. There are people that spend £30 a week on cigs and booze (not that I'm comparing), I'm just saying it's all relative. Bob says:
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10-Apr-2022 18:10:13 - Last edited on 10-Apr-2022 18:12:13 by SlR

2_Tron

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In the worlds market loads of things are changing making prices go up higher being an unstoppable movement effecting other markets directly.
Jagex isn't an exception, be it the employee market being the games market or any other market for that matter. The influence is wide spread affecting us all.
Starting to rant about a group of people or people specific is an extremely exaggerated response that influences these forums for 15+ years and has nothing to do with what the OP claims.
Even without spending 1 cent in RuneScape, players are perfectly able to generate game-coins to eventually buy themselves membership to expand their wealth to continue buying themselves more membership, without to feel any effect of the rise of any price.
It all boils down to personal choices which has nothing to do with Jagex/JMods, pointing them down as being the culprits.

10-Apr-2022 20:37:32 - Last edited on 10-Apr-2022 20:38:55 by 2_Tron

Mel 624
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I wouldn't really say getting the money for bonds is as easy as people make it out to be when saying it in response to various issues people bring up. The prices are always going up from inflation and took another jump since the price change announcement. Most people are likely to struggle to make money fast enough unless they use optimal strategies and focusing on gp gain when playing isn't really all that great for the playerbase.

With the effects microtransactions have on the game, the price changes may negatively affect the game economy. It's not the main priority over IRL economic considerations but they should probably look into what they can do to improve things on that end when they make changes that can affect it. How to block a forum user

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10-Apr-2022 22:33:51

Jaekob Caed
Apr Member 2011

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SlR said :
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Because that almost never happens, especially not when a VC group like Carlyle is involved. This signals their greed, nothing more. Not to mention the fact that they spiked the price of EVERYTHING, not just mems or whatever the primary source of income is for the game nowadays.

2_Tron said :
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As I said earlier, inflation exists but they're using this as an excuse. Plain and simple. We're talking a corpo that has had record revenues every single year for the past 5+ years now.

Mel 624 said :
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Yeah, I paid for my mems with bonds for the first time last year because I was short on cash but I don't know if I'll be able to swing it again this year due to this bullcrap price increase. So basically, I'm going to TRY to get it with bonds but under no circumstances will Jagex receive a penny from me until they've shown significant improvement so yeah, they essentially lost a loyal customer of nearly two decades by the crap they've been pulling lately. ~
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11-Apr-2022 04:34:03

2_Tron

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Jaekob Caed said :
2_Tron said :
. As I said earlier, inflation exists but they're using this as an excuse. Plain and simple. We're talking a corpo that has had record revenues every single year for the past 5+ years now. So, if a company looks healthy doing an excellent job in future investments then they aren't allowed to raise prices because you say so.
Jagex/JMods have done loads of software changes/updates/upgrades including player support systems/security systems/bot- & abuse systems, these types of work don't come free from blue sky.

11-Apr-2022 09:32:29

Jaekob Caed
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2_Tron said :
Jaekob Caed said :
2_Tron said :
. As I said earlier, inflation exists but they're using this as an excuse. Plain and simple. We're talking a corpo that has had record revenues every single year for the past 5+ years now. So, if a company looks healthy doing an excellent job in future investments then they aren't allowed to raise prices because you say so.
Jagex/JMods have done loads of software changes/updates/upgrades including player support systems/security systems/bot- & abuse systems, these types of work don't come free from blue sky.

No, but if they're going to raise prices, there needs to be a LEGITIMATE reason to do so and there needs to be a visible increase in content quality to match it. Back when they first implemented MTX, everyone was upset but at least we saw higher-quality updates AND Jagex wasn't hiding behind the pathetic inflation excuse. They told us they needed to have more income so they could make higher-quality updates and that's precisely what they did.

The difference here is that game update quality AND quantity have suffered drastically in the past year or so and they're using the inflation excuse, both being indicators that they want to minimize the effort they put into the game and maximize the revenue by milking their loyal playerbase.

It's also quite telling that many prominent and very long-term Jagex developers are leaving the company. Even Mod Warden seemed to hint at dissatisfaction with the way Jagex is going (they should have given that dude a blank check, he knew what he was talking about). Mod Osborne, somebody I imagined would probably stick with the company 'til the end of its days, recently left. There are plenty of others.

Jagex and by extension, RuneScape, are in severe trouble and it's because of the insane greed of pathetic higher-ups who belong in a Wall Street bank, not a games studio. ~
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11-Apr-2022 22:38:55

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