Here is the issue. They HAVE to make it where it's still bought via RS3 bonds. I'll tell you why...if they split the market with a new type of bond ONLY used for OSRS it will cut the amount of buyers by 25% if bonds are rising to 6 dollars a pop. NO ONE WILL BUY THEM. Would be very very stupid of Jagex to implement this idea. Will hurt RS3 and OSRS at the same time. No way i'd ever pay 6 bucks for a bond worth less than what they are now. Also to people that say well good no more pay to win. You're forgetting the key component. SOMEONE HAS TO FOOT THE BILL FOR THE BOND. If someone doesn't pay IRL CASH for the bond jagex doesn't make any money. /thread
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If bonds do make it to Old School and are integrated into the system, then there should definitely be a few changes that differentiate how they are used from RS3.
1.
Limited amounts to be bought:
-If players can only buy so many at once, then they won't be able to sell them for in game profit.
2.
Possibly only used for membership purposes:
-If Free-To-Play does make it with bonds, then only allow players who don't have an active subscription the ability to buy them as a micro transaction. Players who already have a subscription should be able to buy them with their in game wealth which would make it so that they couldn't flip them for profit.
3.
Only allow bonds to be traded once before redeeming:
-Think about it, if bonds are only traded once, then people won't be able to buy them from certain account, trade them to another account, and then re-sell them in game(This idea would be adding on to the only used for membership purposes idea).
I'm sure there are many flaws to these suggestions and I am not implying that I am an expert on how games should be run. The way I see it is that these would restrict players/people from using bonds to gain an advantage at in-game wealth. There are always ways to appeal to the likes of everyone, these could help.
These idiot children think they can just get F2P without a cost, like they're deserving of a free service. At the end of the day, this is a business and it's about the survival of the game and funding the team to manage this game.
If bonds is the only way we can implement F2P then I'll be voting YES all the way.
Like Infantryman said, OSRS bonds is only splitting the overall bond market. I cant see that being successful. Is there any way OSRS players can buy RS3 bonds over the GE?
I am interested that you consider this the least damaging form of mtx. How so? Wouldn't the least damaging be a Solomon's cosmetic cash shop option? More income for Jagex ... no direct (or even indirect) impact on game economy.
Anyway, that aside, it's heartening to see that I'm not the only one left with "naive ideals".
Okay Jagex get this idea:
Use money from RS3 to buy membership bonds for RS2007! Sinks money on both games! Its perfect really when you think about it!! Please consider and respond back with why it would/wouldn't work