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Ebola Virus

Ebola Virus

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It is clear they do not want us to reach the higher goals, which they certainly could if the poll were crafted differently. While it is clear that your paying membership base's votes are the most important, because they are actually paying already, a large margin of players would genuinely be interested in this but have since stopped playing/paying. I personally am not going to purchase a vote for something that has no sure chance of coming back for prices that I'm willing to pay, and I'm sure I am not the only player that feels this way.

I also understand that you do not want this available to all f2p players to vote, since anyone could make an account to vote on. However, seeing as there is a level requirement to post on forums, I'm sure it is not beyond your company's expertise to implement some sort of restrictions on the types of f2p players who can vote (accounts that have a certain total level, have been around for X amount of years, etc.). The point I'm trying to make is that many people who are interested won't have a voice in it, and the interest in this will be massively under-represented.

In my personal opinion, if this vote doesn't reach the amounts of votes required to implement it under standard membership rates, the project will be doomed to fail as I can't see many people wanting to pay the additional costs for an extended amount of time.

Just my two cents.

16-Feb-2013 20:03:30

Captain Wuzz

Captain Wuzz

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"Even if you don’t want this update you have, we need 750,000 votes and here’s why!

There’s a large non member player base that want this update. Since non members can’t vote we need the help of all the members to participate in this poll."

buy membership to vote and get the first month of 2007 free.

as stated in my previous post. false voting could cause a loss in earnings for the company overall due to extra running costs e.g. servers and staff. not to mention the tax they will have to pay for earnings.


"What happens if we get 250k votes then more people start playing say 505k will we still have to pay $10? "
if you get over 250k votes, not all of them will be legitimate anyway. if people have multiple member accounts here mains, skillers etc. they will vote multiple times.

if you are paying extra per month for membership on 2007, it's highly likely they won't own as many accounts on 2007, so with that I'd say it's fairly unlikely you'll get 500k+ anyway.

16-Feb-2013 20:04:21

Game Ovaries

Game Ovaries

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Am I the only one who is confused at why Jagex is trying to charge $20+ for a game that used to cost $5? I know they are thirsty for money and are desperate to make any cash from the post EoC update, but in 2007 the game cost $5-$6 to play and be a member NOT $20. The fact they think we will get 750,000 votes when I know for a fact not that many people play and/or will renew there membership to vote is not possible. What I'm not understanding is why they don't make an option for you to just be a member for the 2007 server instead of having to pay for both and waste an extra $15. If the game is gonna be like it was in 2007, make the cost the same as well because even if the servers are up, not many people will play because of the outrageous price and if you did make it a separate payment, you as a company would make WAY more money then you would with your current idea of having us pay for both servers.

16-Feb-2013 20:05:30 - Last edited on 16-Feb-2013 20:06:42 by Game Ovaries

Snoop

Snoop

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Rune Scimitar being the most popular weapon is not sold in NPC stores. Which requires 85 mining and 90 smithing to make so clearly it will be a long time until they will be in stock and it will be a nightmare because of demand so getting those levels I mentioned will be the only option.

16-Feb-2013 20:10:05

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The current poll is inconclusive. Sure 120k+ people have already said that they want old rs back. But we have no idea how many of those people are actually willing to pay extra for the game. It will be a sad day when the 2007 servers are released and only a few thousand are playing because it costs more.

If anything, Jagex should offer a DISCOUNT membership that is good for only the 2007 servers and not the main game. Why should people pay more for an older, less technologically advanced game that will not receive updates? I understand that there are some initial costs to setting them up, but in the long-term the 2007 servers will be cheaper for Jagex to run.

The same thing should be done for classic. It costs Jagex next to nothing to run those servers. If they offered a cheaper membership that was only good for Classic and not the main game, I bet they would make a lot more money off of it.

16-Feb-2013 20:10:53

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The current poll is inconclusive. Sure 120k+ people have already said that they want old rs back. But we have no idea how many of those people are actually willing to pay extra for the game. It will be a sad day when the 2007 servers are released and only a few thousand are playing because it costs more.

If anything, Jagex should offer a DISCOUNT membership that is good for only the 2007 servers and not the main game. Why should people pay more for an older, less technologically advanced game that will not receive updates? I understand that there are some initial costs to setting them up, but in the long-term the 2007 servers will be cheaper for Jagex to run.

The same thing should be done for classic. It costs Jagex next to nothing to run those servers. If they offered a cheaper membership that was only good for Classic and not the main game, I bet they would make a lot more money off of it.

16-Feb-2013 20:11:00

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