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Defectve Bow

Defectve Bow

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I think you should add an option of one of the following to the poll, with regards to adding rares in to the game:

"Give ONE random tradable rare to each old school player, with an appropriate probability for each item (eg parthat/crackers have a VERY LOW probability and h'ween masks or more common rares have a fairly high probability"

Or the above post with the probability of recieving NO reward at all.

Or the above post, but introducing a NEW rare (a cape or something), which most players recieve, while a few players receive santas/h'ween masks, and very few players recieve party hats/h'ween masks...

This would be a fair way of introducing them to the game in my opinion.

05-Apr-2013 19:19:14

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It would be very unfair on skillers if rares were to be rewards from clue scrolls.

If rares were a reward from skilling then everybody would have a chance of getting one.

Personally i think there should be some new seasonal events with the old rares as rewards.

05-Apr-2013 19:21:50

Angelic Mist

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Make a few of each float around in any RANDOM area all over runescape similar to april's fool. This would make a hunt for them and would be fun :P everybody would have a chance of receiving one just gotta look for them and they could either be in a cave, in an altar, in an island or anywhere... even the castle wars lobby :)

05-Apr-2013 19:25:10 - Last edited on 05-Apr-2013 19:27:11 by Angelic Mist

Poo Quality
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Poo Quality

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In my opinion... there is no fair way to bring rares into 07 RS... also there is likely to be increased gold farming activity should rares be introduced (as everyone wants one).

However being as a 3rd age is the most expensive single item in the game at present (as far as i'm aware) people don't really have any money orientated targets to achieve, (which i guess to an extent will lead to a lot more eoc/07 trades, and obviously an increase in scammers)

Obviously if they were drops people who don't work or those whom play the game an unhealthy amount of time (and many more will if rares are dropped) will have the upper hand over anyone who has other commitments but enjoys the recreational activity of the game...

if they were drops from skilling, clue rewards or loot from monsters over a sustained period of time the chosen activities would be overcrowded with people trying to gather as many rares as possible, which in turn may flood the market in future rendering their price minimal).

the suggestion of giving every player a rare when they log in would cause arguments as to why certain people got better rares than others, and also would make people ask the question "what if i didn't have an account when they were issued, but have since decided to play? it's not fair on me!" and if every new player got given one wouldn't people just make vast amounts of accounts to amass vast quantities of rares (since you can skip tutorial island!!) - although this would be beneficial in the short term to Jagex finances in the long term it may prove to be less of a benefit as players will give up branding the game a game for the wealthy (obviously some can only afford the £5 a month whereas others can afford £500... and you only need 1 month!) if you had them appearing on accounts made on day one people who didn't play that day would be mad...

you could just place it on accounts that were genuinely around in 07, but many of those made new accoun

05-Apr-2013 19:53:35 - Last edited on 05-Apr-2013 20:04:14 by Poo Quality

F L O K I

F L O K I

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This is my opinion-

1. Distribute them using similar mechanics as you did before (dropping them, holiday events) This sounds like a good idea, keep it the way it was originally, BUT many people do not want for them to ruin the market eventually or they worry for future players

2. (Appear as a very rare reward from a treasure trails)
If this happened people would farm treasure trails thus killing the price of many other items you can get from them, ALSO if someone did get a rare/party hat/santa from it; they would charge crazy prices , and people would be tempted to buy gold, therefore increasing bots, which we don't want

3. Distribute them through very rare monster drops
Same idea as above( if someone did get a rare/party hat/santa from it; they would charge crazy prices , people would buy gold, therefore increasing bots, which we don't want)

4. Have an NPC shop you can buy rare items from for a small amount of GP
Rares would no longer become rare, this might work because it would not ruin the market, gold sellers or bots couldn't mess this up, but people will complain about them no being rare anymore

5. Have an NPC shop you can buy rare items from for a large amount of GP
Yeah this sounds nice, but what would stop people from buying gold?

6. Have them given out as rewards from community events
People would say this could ruin the market

7. Give one of each rare item to every old school player
That sounds fair, there would be so many, they wouldn't be worth much for a long time

8. Have them appear as very rare drops when skilling ( Same idea as above ( if someone did get a rare/party hat/santa from it; they would charge crazy prices , and people would buy gold,therefore increasing bots, which we don't want )

I would say drop them on holidays and make them very rare drops when skilling, that way we still keep it old school but at the same time, future players would still have a very rare chance to get them, and the market would be okay in the long run

05-Apr-2013 19:54:00

Chronixxx
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Chronixxx

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Dang, our clues on EOC are like 100k, you guys might get rares from yers?
And yer polls are very detailed, ours are rigged with ridiculous answers..
Sure wish I got to vote on what was added to the game I play, instead we get things forced upon us like default 'deposit all' when you single click stuff in your inventory.
Must be nice to be so spoiled...

05-Apr-2013 19:55:54 - Last edited on 05-Apr-2013 19:56:57 by Chronixxx

Rodrigu3z

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Make a few of each float around in any RANDOM area all over runescape similar to april's fool. This would make a hunt for them and would be fun :P everybody would have a chance of receiving one just gotta look for them and they could either be in a cave, in an altar, in an island or anywhere... even the castle wars lobby :)
I actually like this idea.




If the polls are being used to decide whether or not rares are coming back, then it's obvious they will. If you check the current and previous one people are voting "yes" to every single suggestion good or bad...just sayin'.

05-Apr-2013 19:59:51

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