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joe poop said :
n u g said :


the bonds ARE RWT and bonds are MTX.
were you joking?



But bonds in OSRS will only be used for membership and not used for Treasure Hunter keys, etc. so how is it considered microtransactions ? It's not going to be "pay to win" since there isn't going to be TH nor SGS in OSRS.


However for RWT, all Jagex needs to do is make them only buyable with ingame wealth and not IRL cash.


You seem a bit confused.

OSRS bonds will buyable with IRL cash, and can be used for membership or traded to other players.
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28-Jan-2015 22:14:37

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I am not the biggest fan of bonds, although I do always acquire my membership with them on EOC and then play on Old School (which is the only version of the game I play).

I know of clan chats in the game where you can go to "exchange" your Old School gold with EOC gold through "trust trades", and some of these clans are highly reputable and are full of people exchanging gold, which is not against Jagex rules as far as I am aware.

Bonds can already be bought on EOC with real money and sold for gold and then that gold can be "exchanged" for Old School gold by a clan, through trust trades.

Therefore bonds are already in Old School and people are "exchanging" gold every day in many clan chats.

28-Jan-2015 22:33:20

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Heritage said :

We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape.


^I completely agree with this. I don't understand how you guys are okay with bonds being in the game. Yes F2p sounds amazing, but it isn't worth adding bonds. People paying to succeed is so unethical and illogical. They need to tweak how bonds work for them to keep this game Old School. With adding bonds it changes how the game works so much. I could easily throw $50 at Jagex and buy all the gear I want. What challenge is that? You all need to work for your wealth.

Now yes, it is possible to get bonds in RS3 and transfer wealth to osrs through clans. Because it is possible doesn't make it right.--It shouldn't be made easier to do. Unless they tweak how bonds work, I am definitely voting no for this. Hands Down.

28-Jan-2015 22:37:59 - Last edited on 28-Jan-2015 22:41:08 by Admrl Ackbar

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wow 84.7% with (17,298) votes of yes already. 15.3% (3,134) voted no so far.

Well guess f2p is coming, sweet!
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29-Jan-2015 01:37:44

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We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape.

Looks to me like that quote is a no show now boys and girls.. good game, good game indeed :P
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29-Jan-2015 01:39:54

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I think the yes voters don't have very long attention spans.

They start reading...

F2P Poll
...(they stop reading)...they immediately go vote yes!!

Add to the fact that people right here on this exact thread don't consider bonds to be RWT . I'm not sure what to say about that. Buy bond with credit card, sell bond and get gold. That concept must be pretty tough to understand for some people.

Which side is uneducated again? :P


I can't wait for yes voters to come on here in about 2-3 days and finally realize what they've done.



If you put F2P prominently before any poll, it would probably pass.


F2P!!! (and it comes with a bot client).

I also heard on facebook that they sort of just ironed over the fact that bonds had to come with F2P. I think this is why voters usually have to be 18 years old, they can't be trusted to read and understand the terms involved.



Poll bonds separately please (and carefully teach them what they mean!!)
Then let's see what people think.

29-Jan-2015 01:42:18 - Last edited on 29-Jan-2015 01:47:28 by Alpha Trion

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joe poop said :
n u g said :


the bonds ARE RWT and bonds are MTX.
were you joking?



But bonds in OSRS will only be used for membership and not used for Treasure Hunter keys, etc. so how is it considered microtransactions ? It's not going to be "pay to win" since there isn't going to be TH nor SGS in OSRS.


However for RWT, all Jagex needs to do is make them only buyable with ingame wealth and not IRL cash.



Pay to win means you buy a bond with your credit card, and sell it to the grand exchange for GOLD PIECES. Understand?

If you want millions of gold, you just get out the dam credit card! *sigh* I think people should sort of kinda have to make the money um, playing the game!


"All Jagex needs to do is make them buyable with ingame wealth"...

ROFL!!!, they aren't gonna do that-that wouldn't make them any money you see... :P

29-Jan-2015 01:50:57 - Last edited on 29-Jan-2015 01:52:04 by Alpha Trion

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iron sato said :
it's becoming clear from reading all the comments that plenty of people have misunderstood that bonds let people buy rs gold with real money, and are voting based on that misconception.


Yep, and to think people were calling the no voters uneducated! :(

29-Jan-2015 01:54:27

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So what if people buy stuff with in real life cash? They still have to grind out the levels .And besides if people have always wanted a certain item now they can save for it. Not to mention skills that don't require money to train will not be effected. I'm assuming people with skills that cost lots of wealth will be furious about the bonds and that's fair enough. But that's a personal opinion. Thats to say what you feel not everyone else feels because they may only like training combat or fishing or woodcutting. They may not care about people buying their wealth because they don't mind chilling out and levelling their skills while gaining gps. Its a divided opinion and you can't swing peoples votes because of your own nest. Clan Defy -
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29-Jan-2015 02:05:34

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