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Saxo
Mar Member 2020

Saxo

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Ice Mage said :
This really seems unfair, to be forced to vote for one thing to get another when they're not directly related. I don't know what I'm going to vote for yet, as I'm torn. I hope whatever passes, it works out. Personally I'll be voting yes as i believe perm F2P outweights the cons of bonds, but don't be bullied by the 'choose this or you won't get that'. If you feel that strongly against bonds then vote no, there's other avenues the mods can venture down that can be done to introduce perm F2P.

Even the mods haven't said if it fails we will never get F2P.

27-Jan-2015 12:44:06 - Last edited on 27-Jan-2015 12:45:15 by Saxo

Anul Crustt

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F2P Multi Pking is a lively affair, might I add a big part of runescape back in 2007. Clans will form ASAP, F2P will thrive. However I already cancelled my membership in preparation for F2P. GF Jagex, and I dont ever plan on getting membership back either. FYI for anyone trying to train F2P pures as member to gain levels faster THINK AGAIN...

Everyone knows questing str and atk is not smart because you will have low hp and low hp = wrecked. SO please no one buy membership, and if anything cancel your membership guys. HIGH HP = you can safe on ur low HP opponents so they match to ur green bar and RANGE/2H BLAM

RANGE/2H FTWWWWWWWWW RANGER MULTI TEAMS **** YES WARS.

The last F2P trial was amazing, this F2P hype better be real

27-Jan-2015 12:51:49

Andrew Vin
Oct Member 2022

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St8hunter said :
Can we add solomons store, treasure hunter and that fkd up wheel of fortune or whatever to the poll too?

We will also not be introducing Runecoins, Squeal of Fortune, Treasure Hunter, Solomon’s Store or any other sort of micro-transactions – we wouldn’t add these without their own poll and there’s no plans for that at all.

you wot m8

27-Jan-2015 13:02:13

St8hunter
Aug Member 2022

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Andrew Vin said :
St8hunter said :
Can we add solomons store, treasure hunter and that fkd up wheel of fortune or whatever to the poll too?

We will also not be introducing Runecoins, Squeal of Fortune, Treasure Hunter, Solomon’s Store or any other sort of micro-transactions – we wouldn’t add these without their own poll and there’s no plans for that at all.

you wot m8

What are they going to do with bonds soon then? ;) It's not its own poll since they couple it with f2p to win over people ;)

27-Jan-2015 13:12:14 - Last edited on 27-Jan-2015 13:12:58 by St8hunter

Heritage
Aug Member 2013

Heritage

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Voting no, legal gold selling damages the game really badly, even if you add F2P in exchange for that.

Don't give me this stupid excuse that people can already do this.

Oh and did you get rid of the useless, horse crap graph yet?

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.

27-Jan-2015 13:26:18

Wilson

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Cyrax said :
Wilson said :


Hmm, one thing I don't understand was before this announcement Mat K said we were steadily gaining members when people said they were concerned.

I think perm f2p is overrated and doesn't warrant legal and risk-free gp buying.

Whether we are gaining players or not, the point is that MMORPGs are becoming less and less popular and the graph illustrates how the different scenarios would unfold.

This is just an example. Say we have 100 players and the game does extremely well, we might have 100 players left due to some no longer finding the game counteracting any new players we attract. This number is expected to also trend down as anyone who wants to play the game would by then know about the game and would already be playing.

Now lets say if we had bonds. In 5 years we might have 120 players since we now have many more people trying out F2P and sticking with the game since P2P is much more enjoyable and they can fund their membership with in-game gold. I would expect numbers to drop from 120 as well, it will just be much slower.

Now lets say we get offered F2P without bonds. In 5 years we may end up with 70-80 people and dropping much quicker. Some people enjoy F2P PVP and would unsubscribe, and with less people playing the game many won't enjoy the game as much, seeing friends leave and less people to play with. There are already many unhappy and unwilling to pay the higher membership prices and with players declining they would have to further increase membership if they want to make the same amount of money. Sooner or later devs and content will need to be cut back on until we become RSC2.0.
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27-Jan-2015 13:38:11 - Last edited on 27-Jan-2015 13:44:13 by Wilson

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