Pendants of Skill

[Myrtile]

Here is the latest post on the new items being placed into the squeal of fortune from runescape's homepage, what do you think of it?

From my point of view I see it as they are just giving out free xp left, right and centre in order to keep the players staying on runescape rather than quitting the game. Although I like this free xp I see it as them being desperate and trying to sell spins as much as possible, quit saddening.

On the Squeal of Fortune this weekend, Yelps is offering increased chances to grab Pendants of Skill: new wearable items allowing you to earn up to a 3x XP boost for a specific skill. They come in two fetching varieties: Pendants of Skill and the even juicier Prized Pendants of Skill.

Pendants of Skill double the XP earned in their associated skill, up to an amount of bonus XP equivalent to a large XP lamp. If you’re really lucky, you could grab yourself a Prized Pendant of Skill that will triple the rate you will earn XP when worn, for as much bonus XP as you'd get in a huge XP lamp.

The amount of bonus XP each pendant contains is dependent on the level of your relevant skill when you claimed them. Once these pendants are exhausted, they will degrade and can be kept as a nice cosmetic keepsake.

The pendants will be available from tomorrow (Friday 27 July), only via the Squeal of Fortune.

As Yelps is feeling particularly generous, anyone who spins this weekend will have a greater chance of bagging one! From Friday 27th to Monday 30th inclusive (GMT) Pendants of Skill are in Common slots and Prized Pendants of Skill in Uncommon slots. After this weekend Pendants of Skill move to Uncommon and Prized Pendants of Skill move to Rare slots, so get spinning this weekend!

Don’t forget that members get two daily spins instead of one, so subscribing is a sound way to double your chances to win per day. Check out our Squeal of Fortune wiki page for more ways to get extra spins.

Good luck!

 

[Unknown Error]

In the end, its basically $$$ = XP. You buy spins and win XP. It's cleverly designed though.

 

[woodcut ox]

Stupid imo.
Who the hell wants a pendent that does the exact same thing as a large xp lamp with MORE work involved to get it?

 

[Marek]

Stupid imo.
Who the hell wants a pendent that does the exact same thing as a large xp lamp with MORE work involved to get it?

I would rather them have these pendants than lamps.. at least now people who buy tons of spins have to work on the skills to get the XP. This is an improvement in my opinion for the Squeal-experience model. ^_^

 

[Sassy]

Free xp is still free xp tho, an it's better than getting 1k coins or something

 

[glamazonia]

I would rather them have these pendants than lamps.. at least now people who buy tons of spins have to work on the skills to get the XP. This is an improvement in my opinion for the Squeal-experience model. ^_^

I'm kind of with this. ^

It's obvious that they will not stop doing stuff like this, so at least have the person actually train the skill involved rather than just be given the exp. It's like the Mad May Necklace, but on a smaller scale; that was welcome.

 

[Yenthe666]

Haha another tweaking on this.
Well atleast now you still need to do some work for it So they are improving a bit

 

[Myrtile]

Just logged onto 3 of the characters im currently using and of the 2 daily spins given, each one got atleast one pendant lol.

 

[aloren]

Spun the SOF on one of my accounts and saw the dungeoneering pendant. Ended up getting a huge lamp instead. Got ~60k slayer xp in 5 minutes (did penguins prior to spinning sof).

 

[Jeff]

In the end, its basically $$$ = XP. You buy spins and win XP. It's cleverly designed though.

That's how many, including myself, perceive it to be however at the end of the day, every player in RuneScape are entitled to free spin(s), so why not use them haha.

OT: Awesome, and I still have my Mad necklace to use too.

 

[NeedSomeRSGP]

Just got a crafting one, not planning on ever buying any spins or so though.

 

[n4n0]

Got one for dungeoneering yesterday, so that was kind of nice seeing as I'm non-stop botting with idungeon.

 

[0belisk]

Got one for dungeoneering yesterday, so that was kind of nice seeing as I'm non-stop botting with idungeon.

Did you get double tokens or just experience?

 

[Occupanti94]

I would rather them have these pendants than lamps.. at least now people who buy tons of spins have to work on the skills to get the XP. This is an improvement in my opinion for the Squeal-experience model. ^_^

I second this.

And y'all stop bitchin. Jagex does what they want

We make money off of their game regardless!

 

[TingBingBong]

Just another way of Jagex selling XP, which is so frustrating, it's possible now that being rich IRL means your character can be high level too, fail.

 

[steelers2224]

Ah fuck. Now buying spins might be remotely worth it, but i'd still rather buy rsgp.

So jagex failed.

 

[Myrtile]

Did you get double tokens or just experience?

he will have either gotten 2x or 3x exp for a certain amount xp depending on his current level.

 

[gertjeee]

I got the crafting pendant,it gave me 780xp per d hide body loll

 

[BGlave]

Don't see the point in complaining about free experience. I'm glad they did this. Makes my life botting easier.

Anywho, they need to rework construction as a whole, the skill itself is trash. Way off topic, but just a little rant.

 

[Unknown Error]

That's how many, including myself, perceive it to be however at the end of the day, every player in RuneScape are entitled to free spin(s), so why not use them haha.

OT: Awesome, and I still have my Mad necklace to use too.

Free spinds, sure. Its just another method of gaining XP. It has a nice hard-cap of one or two spins per day preventing anyone from abusing it. Buying extra spins is a whole different matter though... But I'm pretty sure Jagex makes extreme amounts of $ with it.

Saw somewhere when LOTRO or some other game turned F2P with cash-shop and it started to generate many times more $ then just from regular subscriptions.

Greedy corporations don't care about player experience.