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Zygoren
Feb Member 2012

Zygoren

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Make the rares tradeable ONLY to a certain npc, like party pete, bring him to 07 and have him trade the rares, or have holiday events to drop them. make them untradeable to other players. Thats the only reason id want rares in 07. i dont want some other player getting more cash than a rare would b worth. if tradeable to other players, have them set at a certain value and go no higher. Atleast make everyone b able to have only 1 of each rare at a time. that seems to b the only fair way to handle rares without ppl hoarding 1 of a certain rare. If tradeable only to a certain npc, have the price set to 100k-10m, ex: green h-ween=100k, blue p hat=10m. i think thats a reasonable idea for rares.

11-Apr-2013 04:02:40

Zygoren
Feb Member 2012

Zygoren

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@Ghosttalon. i agree with you. rares were a mistake like u said. jagex didnt plan for rares to gain this much value on eoc scape. Ex: Blue p hat is more than max cash stack. what u say is what id like rares to be.

11-Apr-2013 04:09:39

Polairmo

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in before they make tradeable rares and people hack one another for their rares.or i could see a new player tries to bot then the bots providers hacks the new player for rares.(then again if your a botter or trying to bot you would probably deserve this type of punishment.)

or we could go the nice to everyone route and make them untradable/reclaimable.(it wont be a big deal if you lose them then.)but people want to horde them again.personally id rather see you guys go down the nice to everyone route to keep payers from quitting later down the road.(but apparently its hordescape now so darn.)

i personally don't really want them to return cause it will end up being horded then shoved into other people faces later down the road.i think u should release jag on the oldschool servers before any rares make it into the game.(to prevent hacking.)

yea clue scrolls are a terrible idea cause our level 3 skillers cant do them.personally i feel everyone should have the rares.personally i wouldn't min if when they are brought back they aren't rare at all because to me i seriously don't care its not the rares that make oldschool great its the game itself.

ehh this is certainly an update i could wait on......... hey when are u going to fix the bot problem.its starting to get depressing fighting ffghgfhfg496 for magic logs.

11-Apr-2013 13:29:22 - Last edited on 11-Apr-2013 14:02:20 by Polairmo

Dreamscaping
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Dreamscaping

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Rare items must be one of the most controversial topics in my eyes; I can see the voting being massively varied.

I can think of arguements for and against (non-)tradeable and I don't really have a personal preference.

Personally I massively dislike the idea of NPC shops selling the items, for any amount of GP. I don't think they would truly deserve the title of 'rare item' if there is a NPC merchant selling them off by the dozens, rare items have always been a special feature to me that you never really need but would always be fun to have. Selling them in a shop would remove that novelty if you ask me.

For the same reason, I initially dislike the idea of giving one of each holiday item to every player. I mean, what's the fun in that? Again, to me, 'rare item' doesn't really mean anything to me if everybody gets one. Having said that, this method is fair for everyone and nobody is left out.

As much as I like the idea of getting these event items as rewards for treasure trails or monsters, it's hardly fair to the likes of skillers and the same goes for rewarding them as drops from skilling, except for pvpers. This may work if both are in effect at the same time, but for me the whole idea of getting them by luck sits wrong with me given the origin of these items.

Which leaves me with 3:
- Distribute them using similar mechanics as you did before (dropping them, holiday events)
- Have them given out as rewards from community events
AND/OR
- Introduce new seasonal events for each of them

These three all seem quite similar to me and I would happily vote for any of these as they keep the novelty of the items and still distributes them fairly. Not only that, these are the most fun options (and isn't that what games are all about?). My favourite of these 3 must be the rewards from community events idea, mostly because of the involvement it requires but also because community events sound more entertaining than seasonal/holiday events.

11-Apr-2013 17:57:19

Caseworm

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To be completely honestly, I'd love for rare's to come back but theres truly no fair way to do it. One way or another everyone gets an advantage, over another player. I'm not sure how many would agree or disagree on my thoughts but I was thinking about this and thought this idea may have a better outcome.

My idea is that within the time period of approximately 2-3 days, one christmas cracker should be given out to each account with a certain total level.

Why do this?


Giving out 1 christmas cracker to every player with a certain total level will give all
ACTIVE
players a fair chance at receiving a rare. Now once this christmas cracker is received, one may then do what they please with it. Some will open theirs in the urge to see what party hat they find and wear it while others will store their unwearable/unusable crackers away in hope that they become rarer than the average party hat. Now you may ask, how will the other rares such as santa hats/pumkins/masks be released.

Well, if Jajex is willing to create a new openable item such as a "golden casket", they could then make it untradeable and therefore force players into opening it. When opening this "golden casket" one will have a random chance at receiving any rare (not including party hats).

If anyone like this idea and supports it, I'd ask you to simply make 1 forum post on the official rares thread with this message copied and pasted:

Within the time period of approximately 2-3 days, one christmas cracker should be given out to each account with a certain total level. Item "Golden Casket" should be created and distributed the same way as christmas crackers and when opened, randomly rewards a player with a rare item (not including party hats).

11-Apr-2013 18:47:20 - Last edited on 11-Apr-2013 18:49:55 by Caseworm

Tank Grim

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Within the time period of approximately 2-3 days, one christmas cracker should be given out to each account with a certain total level. Item "Golden Casket" should be created and distributed the same way as christmas crackers and when opened, randomly rewards a player with a rare item (not including party hats).

11-Apr-2013 18:52:55 - Last edited on 11-Apr-2013 18:53:18 by Tank Grim

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