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LisaLoveless

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I've been a member ( sometimes on & off ) since 2005 and I purchase the Runescape Prepay cards from my local retail store, so does this mean the prepay cards are also going up? And if so, as a regular/current member, how do I keep the same rate every 3 months? Using the prepay cards is the only way I'm able to purchase my RS acct.
Thanks!

21-Apr-2018 00:57:30 - Last edited on 21-Apr-2018 15:53:15 by LisaLoveless

Ralin Storm

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As someone who originally started at the $5 rate for many years, eventually having it changed due to unsubscribing for a few months... I feel as though 15+ years of on and off (mostly on) patronage should at least give me a lifelong grandfather pass. The only reason I'm not signing back up for membership now is the price, and I don't ever plan on renewing at this rate.

C'mon Jagex, do something original, show actual loyal players they matter ;)

22-Apr-2018 22:57:55

Lush Snow

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Ralin Storm said :
As someone who originally started at the $5 rate for many years, eventually having it changed due to unsubscribing for a few months... I feel as though 15+ years of on and off (mostly on) patronage should at least give me a lifelong grandfather pass. The only reason I'm not signing back up for membership now is the price, and I don't ever plan on renewing at this rate.

C'mon Jagex, do something original, show actual loyal players they matter ;)


My friend played from when the game came out and was a pmod and couldn't play for a long time because he had a stroke. This lot don't care. They just want money.

23-Apr-2018 01:35:08

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Lush Snow said :
Ralin Storm said :
As someone who originally started at the $5 rate for many years, eventually having it changed due to unsubscribing for a few months... I feel as though 15+ years of on and off (mostly on) patronage should at least give me a lifelong grandfather pass. The only reason I'm not signing back up for membership now is the price, and I don't ever plan on renewing at this rate.

C'mon Jagex, do something original, show actual loyal players they matter ;)


My friend played from when the game came out and was a pmod and couldn't play for a long time because he had a stroke. This lot don't care. They just want money.


That is how a for-profit company works, yes. Capitalism drives a free economy. Producing a product and selling it for-profit is, despite what the world seems to think today, not a bad thing. Capitalism breeds innovation and developments. If there's money to be made doing something, someone, somewhere, will invest the time, and capital, to increase their financial wealth.

The issue arises when you begin to ask a price that's too steep for what you offer. It's the same reason that every car on the road isn't a Veyron, but this price increase is on a much smaller scale for the individual. RuneScape is an entertainment source, if what it offers underperforms something similarly, or less expensive, it becomes the Veyron. If it offers more value per-dollar than something similarly priced, it becomes a Honda Civic. It's going to get you from point "A" to point "B", but it's going to do it more economically.

There's nothing wrong with asking $1.7 million dollars for a car. Most can't afford it, some can.
There's also nothing wrong with asking for a price increase for membership if the quality of the content is there to support it. For many in this thread (including myself) we do not feel the content over the last three years, at the least, warrants paying more.
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23-Apr-2018 11:20:15

Ralin Storm

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[Quote]That is how a for-profit company works, yes. Capitalism drives a free economy. Producing a product and selling it for-profit is, despite what the world seems to think today, not a bad thing. Capitalism breeds innovation and developments. If there's money to be made doing something, someone, somewhere, will invest the time, and capital, to increase their financial wealth.

The issue arises when you begin to ask a price that's too steep for what you offer. It's the same reason that every car on the road isn't a Veyron, but this price increase is on a much smaller scale for the individual. RuneScape is an entertainment source, if what it offers underperforms something similarly, or less expensive, it becomes the Veyron. If it offers more value per-dollar than something similarly priced, it becomes a Honda Civic. It's going to get you from point "A" to point "B", but it's going to do it more economically.

There's nothing wrong with asking $1.7 million dollars for a car. Most can't afford it, some can.
There's also nothing wrong with asking for a price increase for membership if the quality of the content is there to support it. For many in this thread (including myself) we do not feel the c[/quote]


There's the issue of advancement and expectations. As technology advances in computers the price stays the same for more ram/memory/processor speed. Jagex on the other hand is trying to charge more for what is actually expected to remain the same even if more is provided.

This is why I will never be a member again, it's the same reason why I would not pay $200 for a stick of memory that cost $100 a year before when production cost has actually made it cheaper to make. Artificial Inflation is bad business.

23-Apr-2018 19:12:52 - Last edited on 23-Apr-2018 19:15:20 by Ralin Storm

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I've been back for a week because someone GAVE me a bond to get me to play again. I was considering buying a years worth of members and was expecting something like 70~ bucks if I bought a whole year at once. Really 100 bucks for a year?

Are you actually telling me that you think a game that the top 10 xp gainers today only 4 didn't make it there through smoldering lamps, needs more money monthly when really you need to get a larger player base.

It's depressing as hell to see people pass you on the highscores through 30m+ of smoldering lap slayer xp, 10m agility xp, or similar. These two things have made me postpone making a membership purchase, and I'm very much considering just not making that purchase and focusing on playing a game like league of legends.

Also, if you keep increasing prices like this the playerbase you have is going to dwindle, you then charge more for membership, and it dwindles more, then you have basically nobody playing the game and are forced to nickel and dime them making any potential new players not want to play as they know the game is extorting players for cash for their addiction.

27-Apr-2018 02:17:05

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