This whole situation is such a freaking mess, and these proposed "solutions" don't feel like a real compromise either. Judging by Reddit, most people don't even have reading comprehension enough to realize the proposed solutions aren't making the trophies tradable... Can't wait to have yet another poll decide if trophies should ruin something that makes OSRS unique, something which a good chunck of the community clearly don't even understand. I refer to the fact that OSRS is probably the only big live service game in existence, where there is no timed-exclusive "oh you missed out" items.
My disappointment doesn't end there. All the problems about the trophies, the original blog and the contradictions in it, were all pointed out to the main developer in the feedback discord... Know what he did when I asked, if he it at the very least could adjust the blog to not be dishonest? He told me "maybe" and never did a thing, and now the trophies managed to just barely pass the poll with 2.7% to spare, based on a blog with dishonest information in it. Even the original blogs FAQ straight up said there'd never be discontinued items from Leagues, whilst also trying to poll discontinued items...
And now, after all this, you try to make the community clean up the mess, and have them vote on a game integrity issue, even when you know a good majority of people doesn't even read the blogs... Really now? What happened to game integrity not needing polls?
Anyway, here's what a REAL compromise would be:
Trophies are available only to the winners for the first 6 months (or 1 year) after a League concludes. After that, they're put into a "Vintage Trophies shop" for everyone else to buy. You could even make it double as a cash drain.
This gives people plenty of time to show-off, but also avoids making discontinued items. I know from many other games, that people usually only care about showing off time exclusives for the first few months, then lose interest.
17-Dec-2019 22:21:39