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Jaddy, on 08 December 2012 - 01:38 PM, said:

Being poor or rich isn't really the issue. Its controlling currency which is rs gp. Player Owned Ports will make YOU money, but take rs gp out of the game.

I'm very much looking forward to this update, and seeing all the new armours it will bring. Should be fun.

It's not a shocker, but it traffic was also lower mid October despite the end of this "cliff" you're referring to. I'm also sure that Jagex was well aware they were going to lose some subscribers, but it was more so done to draw in NEW players which will take time. Think of all the things they're pushing like their Facebook page in one of their recent newsposts, even the game cards in store is important exposure, and they are airing TV ads.

They won't "listen" as you expect them to because this is about the future, not a bunch of 20 something clannies/ex-clannines (the category I fall into btw) who are maxed or nearly maxed and probably have 2 months -2 years left in them before they quit RS for good. As much as they come up with frustrating updates sometimes, they are a profitable business and the game has existed for over 10 years, so they're not completely stupid.

Elder Jr, on 26 November 2012 - 01:01 AM, said:

I agree that quitters selling their equipment is contributing to the price crashing. But bots are very much still around - scripters had access to the beta on weekends at the very least for 6 months now so that shouldn't be a total shocker. The other problem is panic selling as everyone is worried everything is bad and liquidating their banks and waiting out for the market to stabilize seems like a better approach. Or dumping money into skilling as I know a few people are doing too.

I don't think Jagex intended this to happen, but I also don't think it will last for a very long time. Things will balance out in due time. They really, really need to get a handle on the bot/gold farming problem though. They're breathed new life into their game, but if bots are just going to ruin the economy then new players are going to be easily turned off. Free trade and bot elimination need to go hand in hand. Bots + Free trade is a disaster.

Oh dear god. This could make training slayer unbearable if someone wanted to be a jerk and just tag every monster with ranged weapons and let others do the killing.

Here's hoping they fix  this in the next patch!

It is probably too early to release EoC. Could use much more testing I'm sure, and I will bet on the fact that a few people will find some insane xp/h rates somewhere and max out skills left right and center until fixed which will piss people off.

That said, all the people going "end of rs"  "jagex are bleeping idiots"  "cancelled membership on every account because of this crap" etc. sound way more like the immature noobs they often complain about taking over the game than mature rational people who realize that the update COULD be good and there is no way to tell for sure until it comes out. Instead, the knee-jerk reactions and opposition to change for change's sake is really silly. Yeah, it could be worth quitting over, but I can guarantee no one knows what the game will look like in 2 months so don't pretend you do.