My 2 cents on the staking situation.
Jagex seemed to ignore the arena pretty much for the past 3 months. Since then a lot of trade secrets have been spread and a lot less stakers were getting banned. They stayed low-key and bans were almost non-existent. Accounts that are there today have been there for 2-12 months. Everyone is building accounts and camping on insane amounts of accounts. Something had to be done if they weren't keeping up with bans. I see why they needed a better solution, it only makes sense.
Getting an advantage at the arena isn't dead, it's just harder, again. They've done things like this before, but I agree it tastes different this time. They're limiting stake sizes - something they've never done besides free trade removal 2007-2011. A lot of rwters will quit, but those who find a way to make money won't.
The one thing people have yet to talk about is the economy of oldschool. I would say that these staking accounts house roughly 50b+ at any given time. All these accounts are creating a demand for gold, they hold it inorder to stake and that's less money being put in circulation. Not to mention the amount of bonds we use and whips we take out of the game, but that is besides the point. There are far too little gold sinks in oldschool and banning stakers was definitely a good gold sink for them. A lot of money will be put in circulation when stakers quit. I don't see gold price stay above 50 cents for much longer when this goes through.
I have been here long enough to see many changes to the way staking has been, but this time it's different. They are done with odds stakers, they specifically want them out. I think this will hurt their game more than it will help, but what do I know. I'm just a biased degenerate who made a living on someone else's platform. I expect hate and trolls here but I want everyone to know that my intentions are to gauge others thoughts on this. Account trainers, Account sellers, Max main rentals, even gold sites. We're all going to hurt from this.
I'll be afk so won't be able to respond right now.
Jagex seemed to ignore the arena pretty much for the past 3 months. Since then a lot of trade secrets have been spread and a lot less stakers were getting banned. They stayed low-key and bans were almost non-existent. Accounts that are there today have been there for 2-12 months. Everyone is building accounts and camping on insane amounts of accounts. Something had to be done if they weren't keeping up with bans. I see why they needed a better solution, it only makes sense.
Getting an advantage at the arena isn't dead, it's just harder, again. They've done things like this before, but I agree it tastes different this time. They're limiting stake sizes - something they've never done besides free trade removal 2007-2011. A lot of rwters will quit, but those who find a way to make money won't.
The one thing people have yet to talk about is the economy of oldschool. I would say that these staking accounts house roughly 50b+ at any given time. All these accounts are creating a demand for gold, they hold it inorder to stake and that's less money being put in circulation. Not to mention the amount of bonds we use and whips we take out of the game, but that is besides the point. There are far too little gold sinks in oldschool and banning stakers was definitely a good gold sink for them. A lot of money will be put in circulation when stakers quit. I don't see gold price stay above 50 cents for much longer when this goes through.
I have been here long enough to see many changes to the way staking has been, but this time it's different. They are done with odds stakers, they specifically want them out. I think this will hurt their game more than it will help, but what do I know. I'm just a biased degenerate who made a living on someone else's platform. I expect hate and trolls here but I want everyone to know that my intentions are to gauge others thoughts on this. Account trainers, Account sellers, Max main rentals, even gold sites. We're all going to hurt from this.
I'll be afk so won't be able to respond right now.
