They're selling an item that you can sell for gold, not gold directly. The gold must be payed for by another player and you must pay to make it tradeable upon buying it on the grand exchange, and of course, the people buying the bonds may be using them for the Solomon store or the sof. that in itself being a money sink. at least, that's how i understand it.
I'll break it down a little.
Before Trading: you have to pay "tax" so that the bond becomes tradeable. -1.5m
Sof: You can buy 8 spins with the bond. -15m
SGS: You can exchange your bond for rune coins. -15m
Membership: You can exchange the bond for roughly half a months membership. -15m
Selling: You can sell the bond for 15m sure. but that money will still leave the economy if the person who bought it, uses it. +15m to you, -15m from the actual game economy.
So you see, This IS a money sink. when the bond is finally used. that money has left the game forever along with any tax money spent on letting you trade it. and generally speaking its pretty good in the sense that you can now buy items in game that you previously might not have been able too, like a new cosmetic or some spins...if you're essentially brain dead, that is.
This update is to remove excess money from the game while also benefiting the player base. poorer people can now get membership without it crippling their wallet and the same goes for a SGS item. Does that really sound so bad? I mean if you have a ton of rs gold to spend and you always wanted that assassin outfit, but didn't want to pay £35 for the stupid thing, now you can.
My only major criticism is that i feel the bonds are a little overpriced and pretty much under deliver. If it offered the full months membership, perhaps 300 rune coins and say 10-15 spins on the squeal of fortune instead of what we've been given. I'd say this is a really solid and interesting update. It just needs a bit of fine tuning.
I'll break it down a little.
Before Trading: you have to pay "tax" so that the bond becomes tradeable. -1.5m
Sof: You can buy 8 spins with the bond. -15m
SGS: You can exchange your bond for rune coins. -15m
Membership: You can exchange the bond for roughly half a months membership. -15m
Selling: You can sell the bond for 15m sure. but that money will still leave the economy if the person who bought it, uses it. +15m to you, -15m from the actual game economy.
So you see, This IS a money sink. when the bond is finally used. that money has left the game forever along with any tax money spent on letting you trade it. and generally speaking its pretty good in the sense that you can now buy items in game that you previously might not have been able too, like a new cosmetic or some spins...if you're essentially brain dead, that is.
This update is to remove excess money from the game while also benefiting the player base. poorer people can now get membership without it crippling their wallet and the same goes for a SGS item. Does that really sound so bad? I mean if you have a ton of rs gold to spend and you always wanted that assassin outfit, but didn't want to pay £35 for the stupid thing, now you can.
My only major criticism is that i feel the bonds are a little overpriced and pretty much under deliver. If it offered the full months membership, perhaps 300 rune coins and say 10-15 spins on the squeal of fortune instead of what we've been given. I'd say this is a really solid and interesting update. It just needs a bit of fine tuning.
26-Sep-2013 00:16:52
