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Paravant

Paravant

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i have to fuel it? look around this forum, the support for jagex is at a historic low and the pro-against is completely sided to the against camp for the SoF and the bot situation Join: July 2005 | Member 1: October 2005 - February 2007 | Member 2: April 2007 - Present
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15-Jun-2012 18:27:01

Radibor

Radibor

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The whole principle of SoF is just wrong, bringing ressources into the game from outside the game.
It does not belong into the game and doesn't tie into it.
Trying to sell SoF tickets and promoting the sale adds just insult to injury.
The idea of RuneScape was to earn your abilities and equipment through game play, not winning them on a random wheel of mis-fortune.
If I want to play wheel of fortune all day long i am sure to find a suitable web site for it.

15-Jun-2012 18:36:56

2GT

2GT

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You guys all sound like the children you are whining about. No one is forcing you to buy spins. No one is forcing you to play RuneScape. If you don't like it quit. This is another source of revenue for JaGex and I see nothing wrong with it. Is JaGex to blame if children are asking parents to buy spins? It's the parents responsibility to make approve or disapprove these types of decisions. News flash but JaGex is a business. They have developed a very good way to bring in more revenue in an already monstrously populated game. Last time I checked, JaGex wasn't the only MMORPG game out there with microtransactions or similar revenue generating tactics.

15-Jun-2012 18:41:04

Paravant

Paravant

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So because we dont like it we should just shut up?
**** yah thats how stuff works in the modern world right? Those with opinions we dislike should go away?
That we complain shows that we DO LIKE the game, but we absolut** do not like the direction it is headed in.
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15-Jun-2012 18:43:43

Fugaz-Star
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Fugaz-Star

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@2GT
You are a conformist, you are the type of people who are always ok with anything that's put on your face, or don't mind them shoving them on your nose all the time.
Well, I am not.
On the other hand, I understand Jagex is a business, and it's fine if they want to get revenues from different features like the SoF.
BUT
giving away XP and items that some of us work hard to obtain, we find it disgusting.
Many players like me play the game it's meant to be, we don't bot or rwt bc it ruins the game.
It is also unfair for those who don't have money to buy SoF tickets. It's wrong bc it entices kids to gamble too!
In any case, like I said, they have the right to do it, as a business. But some of us wish they would remove XP lamps and armor items altogether. They could create new, untradeable items that don't offer any advantage in the game, like cosmetic items.
We just wish Jagex would listen to the player feedback bc, by the comments we post everywhere, the majority opposes it.
oh, and remove that annoying interface in the game. AND tab!

15-Jun-2012 18:52:50

Lord Templar

Lord Templar

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I bought 20 spins + 15 = 35, got crap and also realized on a normal day there are already bonus spins, not enticing at all. Please enhance it further e.g. Buy 200, get 400 bonus for USD99.99. When someone spends money, they need to obtain some value. For spending USD9.99, I expect at worst 8M gold in value but only got roughly 1M in value. A form of Arbitrage Pricing Theory would be to equate this to the value of gold on the black market. At USD0.7 per 1M gold, for USD 9.99, you can get 14.27M in value. Why would anyone ever buy spins? The probability distribution does not make any sense.
Heres another thought to monetize. Sell Gold at USD1 per 1 million. This is more expensive than gold websites but its legitimate and you have a better chance of putting these sites of out business. You would also earn more than the subscription of those mass level 3's who keep doing sorceress garden to farm gold.
This would lead to hyper inflation, which would lead to more expensive items which means more gold needs to be purchased to afford these items. Good for business.
One thing that turns me off is how I was there but missed my Party hats and randoms make billions from a free item(s) and get to max out levels fast and do end game content. Let the rest of us who really dont have the time, catch up by buying so we can have fun doing the end game content we really want to do.
At USD1/1M Gold, a typical person would need to spend one off about USD1500 to get very good armor and max out essential skills. There is a market, especially for discouraged new players who do not want years to catch up. Enticing 1 Affluent player = ~12 ANNUAL memberships. 2011 Jagex Subscription Revenue in USD was ~ 68.725M. This is ~572708 ANNUAL. You will still make more money catering to the Affluent than the loss from alienating non-affluents. Non-affluents may even spend a few dollars extra a month just to be able to do the things they want to do.

15-Jun-2012 19:31:05

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