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Ahvennaama

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I don't think that you should even try to simulate the status that rares had in 2007, since the situation took years to develop on it's own, and there's no fair way to go about it. If there must be tradeable rares in OSRS, the best way to do it would be to either directly give them to everyone or drop them (I can already hear the stampede...), and then let things evolve on their own. I know it's not the ideal solution as it'd probably lead to people hoarding and on the other hand clinging to their rares which really wasn't the point when tradeables were first introduced, but it's certainly fairer than attempting to simulate years of natural progress.

I'm all for untradeables, though. Untradeable rares for everyone!

05-Apr-2013 13:57:08

Rip amourant

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Return the untradeable rares via a massive event including all the past iterations (Christmas, Easter , Halloween etc).

Make the tradeable's untradeables.

Keep RS07 the way it is ATM. Everyone has an equal footing (equal opportunity). No one will earn millions just because they played longer. No need to ruin the economy or what you have now.

05-Apr-2013 14:00:23

Stuff plz

Stuff plz

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7. Give one of each rare item to every old school player.

The above option is the most fair in my opinion. However, wouldn't there be too many rares in the game? Would it be possible to let each member pick one rare? Then the least popular rare would eventually become the rarest. I would love to find out how prices would evolve.

In addition, there may even be a sudden spike in the number of memberships, because people wish to obtain as many rares as possible. Surely, this is a scenario mod MMG would like to consider.

05-Apr-2013 14:01:20 - Last edited on 05-Apr-2013 15:38:47 by Stuff plz

Qeltar

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I cannot overemphasize what a disaster it will be if you guys put back into the game tradeable, finite quantity rare items. They created huge problems in the original game -- they divided the community into 'haves' and 'have not*', encouraged greed and addictive behavior, and even led to people being hacked.

They were supposed to be for fun, and you stopped creating them because of how people started behaving once their rarity made them expensive. I will be VERY disappointed if you go backwards on this.

05-Apr-2013 14:04:19 - Last edited on 05-Apr-2013 14:07:56 by Qeltar

skillorak
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7. Give one of each rare item to every old school player.

The above option is the most fair in my opinion. However, wouldn't there be too many rares in the game? Would it be possible to let members pick one rare? Then the least popular rare would eventually become the rarest. It would love to find out how prices would evolve.

Agreed, implement a selection screen for the tradeable rares back in 07, only allow accounts with a total skill level of x to obtain 1 tradable item at random, as for the non tradeables, maybe add them as drop rewards or random event rewards, like camo and zombie etc.

05-Apr-2013 14:06:07

James
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Rares I wouldn't mind seeing back in the game would be the Bunny ears and
Scythes.

However they are brought into the game, they should not be a discontinued item (if you miss out on the event or whatever talk to Diango to get your item)

I don't want any tradeable rares, because of the negative effect it has on the economy.

Someone should not be able to afford every single 99 (or a high rank in a skill such as prayer) because they hoarded a ton of items (party hats, crackers etc).

05-Apr-2013 14:06:47 - Last edited on 05-Apr-2013 14:08:20 by James

Qeltar

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Rares I wouldn't mind seeing back in the game would be the Bunny ears and
Scythes.

However they are brought into the game, they should not be a discontinued item (if you miss out on the event or whatever talk to Diango to get your item)

Exactly. I don't care if people want to look like Burger King employees, but the items should NOT be available only at a single time and only for people who play at that specific time.

05-Apr-2013 14:09:02

I 24 7 K

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make ingame npc shop as a gold sink with really high prices for rares for limited amount of time for example 1 week only

prices for rares ranging from 1 to 10 mil per item with limited stock and restrictions 1 item (rare) per account plus the total level requirement of like 700 so no goldfarmer bots could buy them

05-Apr-2013 14:10:01

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