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Ghosttalon
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Source? Not that I don't believe that is the net desired effect.
Regardless of where they are, corporations are no different, and their business model is to use as many other businesses and people as they can as a "cash cow".
That's not to say I don't despise mtx, but you're all just now having a fit, after 5 years? What did you expect to happen?
Unfortunately I did not save the source at the time. It was taken from a video interview on one of the financial or VC papers' web site (and used as their headline) and I have not been able to find it again today. It is correct, though. From a corporate point of view being able to buy a cash cow is of course positive. As an RS player, who see considerable under-investment in the game at the same time as record profits are made from the game, it makes me react negatively. There is a fine balance between profit-taking and exploitation of your customer base (which will eventually lead to the loss of it).
Like many others I have found it increasingly alarming that players are able to buy levels, etc, rather than coming up through the ranks by grinding, mostly while engaging in friendly social interaction. I have played since 2004 and seen the game evolve from a game where you made many friends and engaged at a human level without giving efficiency much thought, to a race towards completion - and what? Killing monsters in a limping and slow game engine over and over to gather billions of gp? I mean, other games have better gameplay and more interesting bosses than Runescape. So, in my view the ability to real-world-trade your way to the end game has a very destructive effect which has become increasingly evident over the past few years. I don't write many rant-type posts so dipping my quill is not my first reaction to something potentially negative, hence the five years
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Source? Not that I don't believe that is the net desired effect.
Regardless of where they are, corporations are no different, and their business model is to use as many other businesses and people as they can as a "cash cow".
That's not to say I don't despise mtx, but you're all just now having a fit, after 5 years? What did you expect to happen?
Unfortunately I did not save the source at the time. It was taken from a video interview on one of the financial or VC papers' web site (and used as their headline) and I have not been able to find it again today. It is correct, though. From a corporate point of view being able to buy a cash cow is of course positive. As an RS player, who see considerable under-investment in the game at the same time as record profits are made from the game, it makes me react negatively. There is a fine balance between profit-taking and exploitation of your customer base (which will eventually lead to the loss of it).
Like many others I have found it increasingly alarming that players are able to buy levels, etc, rather than coming up through the ranks by grinding, mostly while engaging in friendly social interaction. I have played since 2004 and seen the game evolve from a game where you made many friends and engaged at a human level without giving efficiency much thought, to a race towards completion - and what? Killing monsters in a limping and slow game engine over and over to gather billions of gp? I mean, other games have better gameplay and more interesting bosses than Runescape. So, in my view the ability to real-world-trade your way to the end game has a very destructive effect which has become increasingly evident over the past few years. I don't write many rant-type posts so dipping my quill is not my first reaction to something potentially negative, hence the five years
.
24-Oct-2017 20:02:23
Thank you for your response Jagex.
Although, the complains are right about jagex not communicating and MTX indeed crossed a line now with the recent promo, SOME people are just acting like a little cry baby about all this.
People want NXT, Mobile, A lot of updates, And all that in stunning graphics and high end quality, with a lot of servers, where a lot of JMods are needed. This costs money, so MTX is not essential but necessary for runescape3.
People should realize this is gaming anno 2017. And many developers use MTX to keep their game being supported, or even alive. Even games you buy on your game consoles use mtx.
Aswell, I think people should not be complaining about OSRS,
OSRS has less servers, a smaller team, no high end graphics and so costs less money, and people buy bonds and membership there too. which is around or close to half the player base (if i am not mistaken here)
Both versions of the game are necessary to keep a healthy runescape and jagex overall.
i played runescape since 2005 (different accounts as well), so I've seen the game evolve.
I don't like mtx in rs either, so i tend to see RS3 as a different game than what RuneScape means for me.
That mostly is because of the Graphics and Eoc (not hating it, it just isn't the 'runescape feeling' for me, so thank you for OldSkool
)
bear in mind
i like both versions of the game. RS3 for lore and questing. OSRS for the runescape experience overall, (pking, minigames, grinding, old animation model and old graphics)
This November event is great though in lumby, you don't need to buy some sort of stamina things like ice cream to cool you down to participate longer in the event. I expected to see some sort of that on treasure hunter this month, but it didn't, so.. that's a positive thing to see
Mayby jagex can increase the monthly membership fee and bond price, and do less mtx.
By showing us a table with different options of the prices and mtx rate. and then poll it.
Although, the complains are right about jagex not communicating and MTX indeed crossed a line now with the recent promo, SOME people are just acting like a little cry baby about all this.
People want NXT, Mobile, A lot of updates, And all that in stunning graphics and high end quality, with a lot of servers, where a lot of JMods are needed. This costs money, so MTX is not essential but necessary for runescape3.
People should realize this is gaming anno 2017. And many developers use MTX to keep their game being supported, or even alive. Even games you buy on your game consoles use mtx.
Aswell, I think people should not be complaining about OSRS,
OSRS has less servers, a smaller team, no high end graphics and so costs less money, and people buy bonds and membership there too. which is around or close to half the player base (if i am not mistaken here)
Both versions of the game are necessary to keep a healthy runescape and jagex overall.
i played runescape since 2005 (different accounts as well), so I've seen the game evolve.
I don't like mtx in rs either, so i tend to see RS3 as a different game than what RuneScape means for me.
That mostly is because of the Graphics and Eoc (not hating it, it just isn't the 'runescape feeling' for me, so thank you for OldSkool
)
bear in mind
i like both versions of the game. RS3 for lore and questing. OSRS for the runescape experience overall, (pking, minigames, grinding, old animation model and old graphics)
This November event is great though in lumby, you don't need to buy some sort of stamina things like ice cream to cool you down to participate longer in the event. I expected to see some sort of that on treasure hunter this month, but it didn't, so.. that's a positive thing to see
Mayby jagex can increase the monthly membership fee and bond price, and do less mtx.
By showing us a table with different options of the prices and mtx rate. and then poll it.
24-Oct-2017 21:18:17
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