Runescape Destroyed their own economy!

[goobler402]

Runescape's economy has been destroyed already. The GE, inflation, and sudden fluctuations in the market of the game have always been counting on the game's, currency's downfall from the beginning. Any game in which players make up the market, AND the money is unlimited, is always going to have a major recession, and or depression. Case closed.

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[Oasis]

Runescape's economy has been destroyed already. The GE, inflation, and sudden fluctuations in the market of the game have always been counting on the game's, currency's downfall from the beginning. Any game in which players make up the market, AND the money is unlimited, is always going to have a major recession, and or depression. Case closed.

I am going to get on there this weekend and suck up as much money as I can.

[Dodger]

Runescape's economy has been destroyed already. The GE, inflation, and sudden fluctuations in the market of the game have always been counting on the game's, currency's downfall from the beginning. Any game in which players make up the market, AND the money is unlimited, is always going to have a major recession, and or depression. Case closed.

Almost like real life!

[Bisjac]

players do control the price of everything.

You can buy or sell within a range of a items current price.
If anough people start selling it lower, the game price of the item drops.
And likewise can go up.

Sujpply and demand still changes prices of things. Just because you don't understand how the GE works don't mean money isn't still in our control on the game.

[heedicalking]

My problem was it wasn't challenging enough.

[Oasis]

players do control the price of everything.

You can buy or sell within a range of a items current price.
If anough people start selling it lower, the game price of the item drops.
And likewise can go up.

Sujpply and demand still changes prices of things. Just because you don't understand how the GE works don't mean money isn't still in our control on the game.

True.

My problem was it wasn't challenging enough.

My problem is it was time consuming.

[Owen9456]

Its funny. You know the tribal crap that used to be worth 1-10k?
Now its near 80k, last time I checked.
It looks unattractive. I don't know why I even use it.

I saw that stuff, And ran out to that place where you get that stuff. Killed some broodoo victims or whatever and got about 50k a mask. Awesomesauce for me, bad for the economy though :/

[Blockoman]

They have merchant runs on GE, where you buy stuff like pineapple seeds and hold them, other people raise the economy, and then you sell them for more money.

I hate merching

it's loving handicapped for everyone but the ones who are actually doing it.

[Tokthree]

I hate merching

it's loving handicapped for everyone but the ones who are actually doing it.

Not really, it works out nicely for the people who sell said items as their means of income.

Basically, stick to a material skill such as mining and wait until the market for one of the ores you mine goes up.

[Rekuddo]

I hate merching

it's loving handicapped for everyone but the ones who are actually doing it.

Merching screws up the economy really bad. And when an item is being merched such as the Leaf-Bladed sword it won't sell in the GE.
And I don't get why you quit after the release of dungoneering it's a skill that doesn't require anything, nor do you have to spend money to train it, and furthermore you don't even have to do it.

The whole thing was a Jagex mod told a player that the Rock Climbing boots where going to increase and this player bought stuffloads of them causing the price to skyrocket. And with the shop update recently Alch prices, specialty shop prices, etc. are now up to date with the GE prices. Which is bullstuff.

[DrPepper]

No offense but they will actually drop like crazy now...If it goes up for no reason, that doesn't mean you will be able to sell 5000 boots. Everybody is selling but nobody is buying, so they will drop back.

[Doomonkey]

A while ago there was a scam with chocolate dust selling for more money than bars, so you could just buy a bunch of bars, knife them, and make a ton of gold. No one sells chocolate bars anymore though.

[DrPepper]

Yeah I remember that doom. Also with buttons, because you had to get them from a quest in members world, but you could still have them in a non members world, so people bought them for lots.

[Moriarty]

Pure essence is like buttons.
Mine it as a member.
Sell it as a free person.
And if you have like 200 of them, you can sell them all in the store in noted form for 55k a piece, and from the specialty, probably more.

[Blockoman]

Merching screws up the economy really bad. And when an item is being merched such as the Leaf-Bladed sword it won't sell in the GE.
And I don't get why you quit after the release of dungoneering it's a skill that doesn't require anything, nor do you have to spend money to train it, and furthermore you don't even have to do it.

I am an average player, with not a lot of wealth or any stuff like that. I'm, what, level 81, and I have like spare 2m.

I'm not obsessed with it, in fact, I'm close to being completely done with the game. This means if I do get on again, training/whatever will be >2 hours.

I was looking forward to a new way to train. I got a new way to just mess around, which is cool, but not at all what I wanted.
And time is just as valuable as money.

I have a feeling your answer will be "just don't play it then," and that is what I have done.