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With the decline in player numbers, Jagex obviously couldn't afford to ban half the playerbase, but they should have done something to these players.
Like ban them they break the rules they pay the price
It is not that simple. If Jagex bans too many players, they will not be making enough money to continue running their business (this website) just like any other business out there.
It's ******, but those bot farmers ARE contributing to this website being able to continue running.
To be clear, the 40-50% of players that are buying RS gold from third parties are real human players, not bots.
Banning the 40-50% of the player base who engage in RWT would not mean banning bot farmers. It would mean banning their customers.
Jagex loses more money than it gains from gold farmers bot accounts, if only because it has to spend a lot of money combating gold farming. Bot accounts are
not
profitable to Jagex. And Jagex continues to ban every bot account it detects.
However, the 40-50% of players who buy gold are a big chunk of Jagex's income. As you say, they can't afford to ban all those accounts.
Though Jagex long resisted selling any in-game items for real-world money, the sheer scale of the RWT problem forced them to make a compromise. Bonds are that compromise.
And as I've already said, bonds are
not
RWT. RWT is when people who don't own the in-game content sell it.
27-Sep-2013 15:04:06