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Help Me Understand the GE Tax
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Xanadeus
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PrblyMyFault said :
How about not charging players to play a game that they have already paid to play?
I do not understand how this comment applies to my post or what you mean?
Of course you dont understand, since you dont understand the tax to begin with. Dont feel bad. You are not alone in that.
Well, its kinda complicated - involving Ironmen and Alching Machines and allegedly subsidizing PVMers death costs to allegedly get more players interested in PVM - but overall its rather simple really.
We pay to play the game, whatever aspect of this heavily diverse game we choose to play. We might pay in real life cash, or with the fruit of our labor in the actual game by buying Bonds with ingame Gps through the GE.
In either case, the person is saying they are paying twice. Once for membership and again on the fruit of their labor sold through the GE.
Anyone selling Bonds on the GE is going to want the going rate for those Bonds +5% to cover the 2% tax that will be deducted by the GE for the tax. Not 5% because they are greedy, but its quicker and easier to press +5% than to whip out our calculators to try to figure out how much the tax will actually take.
I would think the tax sucks for everyone in general. I have yet to see a player exclaim, 'Hot Damn! We have a GE tax!'
However, it would really be a sore spot for those that use ingame Gps to secure their membership through Bonds. It might not prove to be worth it anymore for them. I dont know, time will tell.
Now, I think PVM is about to take a blow in participation with the release of Fort Forinthy. But, maybe not.
Some people point out that other games have House Use Fees. Runescape is not other games. Other games dont have worthless items that will cost billions. Other games have Land Mounts and Flying Mounts, Guild Banks and so on.
Anyway, I hope that added some to your understanding of the topic.
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PrblyMyFault said :
How about not charging players to play a game that they have already paid to play?
I do not understand how this comment applies to my post or what you mean?
Of course you dont understand, since you dont understand the tax to begin with. Dont feel bad. You are not alone in that.
Well, its kinda complicated - involving Ironmen and Alching Machines and allegedly subsidizing PVMers death costs to allegedly get more players interested in PVM - but overall its rather simple really.
We pay to play the game, whatever aspect of this heavily diverse game we choose to play. We might pay in real life cash, or with the fruit of our labor in the actual game by buying Bonds with ingame Gps through the GE.
In either case, the person is saying they are paying twice. Once for membership and again on the fruit of their labor sold through the GE.
Anyone selling Bonds on the GE is going to want the going rate for those Bonds +5% to cover the 2% tax that will be deducted by the GE for the tax. Not 5% because they are greedy, but its quicker and easier to press +5% than to whip out our calculators to try to figure out how much the tax will actually take.
I would think the tax sucks for everyone in general. I have yet to see a player exclaim, 'Hot Damn! We have a GE tax!'
However, it would really be a sore spot for those that use ingame Gps to secure their membership through Bonds. It might not prove to be worth it anymore for them. I dont know, time will tell.
Now, I think PVM is about to take a blow in participation with the release of Fort Forinthy. But, maybe not.
Some people point out that other games have House Use Fees. Runescape is not other games. Other games dont have worthless items that will cost billions. Other games have Land Mounts and Flying Mounts, Guild Banks and so on.
Anyway, I hope that added some to your understanding of the topic.
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10-Feb-2023 21:16:21 - Last edited on 10-Feb-2023 21:37:43 by Ruby_Red0
Xanadeus
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Ruby_Red0 said :
Xanadeus said :
PrblyMyFault said :
How about not charging players to play a game that they have already paid to play?
I do not understand how this comment applies to my post or what you mean?
Of course you dont understand, since you dont understand the tax to begin with. Dont feel bad. You are not alone in that.
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I am not sure you fully understand the game either. You made some comments that are far from accurate.
This game is completely free for anyone that chooses to play for free.
All games suck up time and in fact time/health are the most valuable assets any person has in life so in that sense, none of us should be spending time playing a game, especially a grind game.
Why are you concerned what people want to pay for useless items. How does that affect you? These are status items like owning a fine piece of art or some piece of historical artifact in real life.
My biggest complaint about Runescape is the developers have a history of catering to the whiners. This game has become, in my opinion, more and more one dimensional. People are either grinding toward completion or doing the same boss over and over and over and over and for what reason?
What made this game a big hit in the early 2000s was it was a sandbox where there were many different ways to play the game, risk, excitement, etc.
Jagex continually takes the excitement out of the game because of whiners that can't handle a little excitement. So now it's become a standard boring grind solo oriented game where the game directs you on what to do rather than your personality and imagination.[/quote]
Oh my bad. I didnt realize you lied and now want to claim you have all the answers. Fine then. "Help me understand the tax. No wait! Its you that I dont think understands!"
Okay man. Carry on. Teach us.
RS3: The game where RWTers are more important than Real Live Players
Ruby_Red0 said :
Xanadeus said :
PrblyMyFault said :
How about not charging players to play a game that they have already paid to play?
I do not understand how this comment applies to my post or what you mean?
Of course you dont understand, since you dont understand the tax to begin with. Dont feel bad. You are not alone in that.
[/quote]
I am not sure you fully understand the game either. You made some comments that are far from accurate.
This game is completely free for anyone that chooses to play for free.
All games suck up time and in fact time/health are the most valuable assets any person has in life so in that sense, none of us should be spending time playing a game, especially a grind game.
Why are you concerned what people want to pay for useless items. How does that affect you? These are status items like owning a fine piece of art or some piece of historical artifact in real life.
My biggest complaint about Runescape is the developers have a history of catering to the whiners. This game has become, in my opinion, more and more one dimensional. People are either grinding toward completion or doing the same boss over and over and over and over and for what reason?
What made this game a big hit in the early 2000s was it was a sandbox where there were many different ways to play the game, risk, excitement, etc.
Jagex continually takes the excitement out of the game because of whiners that can't handle a little excitement. So now it's become a standard boring grind solo oriented game where the game directs you on what to do rather than your personality and imagination.[/quote]
Oh my bad. I didnt realize you lied and now want to claim you have all the answers. Fine then. "Help me understand the tax. No wait! Its you that I dont think understands!"
Okay man. Carry on. Teach us.
New(ish) Player
:
This is YOUR world, and I'm just a squirrel tryin' to get a nut.
RS3: The game where RWTers are more important than Real Live Players
11-Feb-2023 21:12:46
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