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Luicas

Luicas

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Ok. This is simply a tax for in-game trade. Since bonds can come into circulation only if someone buys new ones from Jagex using real money. It doesn't matter what bonds are worth in-game as long as the real money worth is higher than the price of membership / spins / runecoins bought otherwise. Hopefully this "TAX" buys us an additional quest each year.

25-Sep-2013 18:04:13

shade sw

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Please explain why a gold buyer would rather buy bonds than buy from a goldfarmer? Especially if the goldfarmer can offer a cheaper price per GeePee? lack of malware/hackers/viruses/scams?

25-Sep-2013 18:04:27

Free Rp Alt
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Free Rp Alt

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this isnt to bad of an idea, put dont you think players will jack up the prices wayyyyyyyyyy to high? the GE already says 15m and im sure with something like this a new group will rise and take advantage of this making prices sky rocket exactly what i was talling a few players in ge who think it wont some how some way some ass holes well figure out a way to still flip these items for huge profit thus massivly jacking up the prices but overall i like this update and let the jagex/rs3 haters ***** all they want there just mad cause they just spend 80 bucks on a years worth of membership and now this came out lol

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How does the tradeable/untradeable aspects of Bonds work?

Players who buy their Bond from the website will be able to trade their Bond immediately.
If you buy the Bond from the Grand Exchange or receive it through a trade with another player, you’ll have to pay a GP fee to convert it to be tradable again – equalling 10% of the current Grand Exchange price. This 're-trade tax' is to reduce excessive merchanting
and to act as a gold sink. You will be able to convert your bond back to its tradeable state through the Bonds interface, and it is free to redeem the Bond for membership, RuneCoin

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25-Sep-2013 18:04:46

Dadizar
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Dadizar

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Seems like this is more of a reward for the rule breakers and a slap in the face to the rule abiding players.

I guess the Jagex "we are not morality police" comments with respect to enforcing their own rules is coming back to haunt them, but once again it is the loyal, rule abiding players that lose out the most.
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25-Sep-2013 18:05:19

K nn y

K nn y

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Having better items and gear is an advantage. If 2 players were fighting in the wilderness one of them was weilding an abyssal whip and the other was weilding a rune scimitar, if everything else was equal (stats/gear) the person with the better gear in this case abyssal whip would (should) win in a fight.

25-Sep-2013 18:05:28

Hank Rearden

Hank Rearden

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In the video, you said that you had identified 40-50% of your players had connections to RWTing on a monthly basis. So, you used that to justify selling bonds.


How about, instead, you ban those 40-50% of the players. Yeah, sure it would be devastating to your bottom line, but isn't it better to go out in a blaze of glory, fighting for something you believe in than to do something you have spent years saying would be morally unacceptable?

I would be willing to pay double my current membership to make up for the 50% of the players you destroyed. As for the future of RWTing... When you show you are willing to half your own game's population to break the cheaters, that shows just how dedicated you are to victory. As a huge fan of the deterrence model of criminal justice, I feel this would send a rather powerful message.

(On an semi side note, a moral stance this strong would likely generate a lot of press. Could be a good way to get people to notice RS).

25-Sep-2013 18:05:35

Stigma Toxin
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Stigma Toxin

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I'm kinda sad to see the game officially go pay2win now. We'll see how it goes, I guess.

technically buying membership in general is pay2win...you're spending real money to basically complete the experience. the only difference is between real money or in-game money...

25-Sep-2013 18:06:40

Southeaster
Nov Member 2014

Southeaster

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Please explain why a gold buyer would rather buy bonds than buy from a goldfarmer? Especially if the goldfarmer can offer a cheaper price per GeePee? lack of malware/hackers/viruses/scams?
Is that the only reason you can give. All that tells me is:

"We couldn't stop RWT so we decided to RWT ourselves." Runescape Forumers Discord Server

25-Sep-2013 18:06:41

Danlord10
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I'm kinda sad to see the game officially go pay2win now. We'll see how it goes, I guess.
RuneScape is never going to be pay-to-win.

Having good items and gear but not knowing how to use them most effectively is still going to leave the player in that situation at a disadvantage to players who have developed their experience over time (both in terms of in game XP and knowledge of the game).

Nope, he's right. It has definitely gone pay-to-win. You're just trying to make it sound better than it actually is.

It started off with the SoF and we all knew you would eventually sell gold. Well, here it is.

25-Sep-2013 18:06:59

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