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Mod Stevew

Mod Stevew

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WOOOO!
Brilliant post! I've been a huge supporter of the micro-transactions; I've always been stating that the reason they exist is to really cement runescape as a long-running game.
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Hey Nemo, thanks for the continued support - love your Avatar by the way!
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Steve

29-Aug-2012 18:48:52

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Here's a tl;dr:
We know you're concerned about the mircrotransaction stuff. We don't want to become a pay to win game. Also, look at all the cool stuff we're going to be adding!

Seriuosly, this barely addresses palyers concerns over microtransactions. While you admit that you could just make xp buyable or sell accounts, we all know that you would never do so. The player reaction would be enormous, and most people would jump ship, although a few would undoubtably pay to investigate what it offers.
Let me put most player's concern in front of you:
We can pay for extra spins on the SoF.
We can win exp, coins, and rare items off the SoF.
Thus, we can pay to get exp, coins, and rare items.
It might not be the intent, but that seems to be how most people view it.
Now, how do you win us back? Honestly, I don't know. Showing us some actual numbers on how expensive or rare it is for someone to actually do this is probably a good start, especially since the SoF doesn't seem to be going away. As for Solomon's Shop... I think most people are just annoyed at how another microtransaction system was added and, while I understand that the revenue from it is mostly to cover the developement costs, I think it just irks people that they have to pay for some stuff that, from their point of view, should be "free": No real world money required, just time and effort in the form of coins or a rare drop.
So, to summarize, my only suggestion is to simipily show us some numbers which proves that our fear of all our hard work suddenly becoming worth much less is unfounded.
PS: I probably won't see any responses to this unless some sort of private message is sent, so, if this has been added (I'm not up-to-date on forum stuff, sorry), send me a message with your response please.

29-Aug-2012 18:48:56

Algebraic

Algebraic

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Personally they can solve this buy raising membership price, which i would surly not mind as long as they take out sof and this new rune coin crap i only heard about when i activated my trial membership. I have payed for membership for the last 7 years and i would love to keep buying it but i don't feel as if it is worth it. You said directly that " For example, we know that directly selling gold, XP or even accounts would generate between 10 to 15 times more revenue than Squeal or Solomon’s Store generates combined." Well First off all, you technically are, but your not doing it directly. I still can't stand the idea of paying for spins and getting items from it. It's an indirect form of an item mall, just randomized. Rune coins on the other hand is just... yeah you know what i mean. On the other hand I am excited to hear about the account security, anti-bot, and html 5 updates. I may not necessarily get membership again because I am still apposed to the sof and rune coins PERIOD. I think runescape without the runecoin and sof stuff is worth 10$ of my money every month for membership. Surly a rise in membership would make up for the sof and rune coin revenue.

29-Aug-2012 18:49:19 - Last edited on 29-Aug-2012 18:51:36 by Algebraic

The Old Fonz
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The Old Fonz

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Although some people might not believe Jagex is going to hold their word, I do on the other hand. After making such a huge public statement as this to counter all the allegations players have been making, a move in the opposite direction would be dire to the player's support of the game in the future.
I've hoped from the beginning of the SoF that it was necessary in order to bring us better updates and to keep the game alive after a huge amount of revenue had been lost (when the bots are nuked).

29-Aug-2012 18:49:28

Earo
May Member 2012

Earo

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I'm really looking forward to seeing these gold sellers banned as most of these advertisers fill up my entire Ignore List everyday. I'm also very excited about the Evolution of Combat.
RuneScape has been improving my gameplay massively :D
Currently looking for a Clan | 150+ ACTIVE Members | PvM/Social pls

29-Aug-2012 18:50:21

Giel

Giel

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@Alex Chau 77 Read again, they are removing the bots for us which costs them a lot of money due to membership losses. They need this to stay up and running without bots

29-Aug-2012 18:50:59 - Last edited on 29-Aug-2012 18:51:42 by Giel

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