Runescape Hyper inflation

[THE LAP]

im pretty sure the worst thing for the rs "economy" is alching.

because its by far the biggest contributer to aditional gp in rs. (coins from monster drops, pvp, and other sources doesn't bring huge amounts of new money in)

and stuff like like fishing/killing monsters etc has no effect on inflation infact it is bringing down the price (decreases inflation). i.e the more whips there are the cheaper they will be.

also whole situation is made even worse because no one buys anything from shops anymore. back in mage guild days alot of coins went back into the shops (disapering for runes) (reducing inflation).

 

[Alex103]

What?
Alching is expensive, you won't earn anything from it...

 

[THE LAP]

What?
Alching is expensive, you won't earn anything from it...

its not about earning its about producing money.

i.e someone cuts a tree, makes bow, flax, string. now they have a bow. they go mine an essence and make a nature rune.

that cost no money at all. then all of a suden bling bling bling 768gp appears (so now there is more gp in runescape)

x that buy the millions of alches everyday and its a fuck load of extra gp. more gp means people are willing to pay more for things. pushing prices up.

 

[Alex103]

But then again, most alchers buy nature runes and the items they are going to alch.

 

[THE LAP]

But then again, most alchers buy nature runes and the items they are going to alch.

yeah but the nature runes are made from essence which is mined.

so its the woodcutters, miners and runecrafters (all which cost nothing) that get the money, not the alchers themselves.

 

[Alex103]

But isn't it fair that someone gets GP for mining essence, and then making nature runes?

 

[THE LAP]

But isn't it fair that someone gets GP for mining essence, and then making nature runes?

definetly. just saying its because they get paid that there is inflation.

 

[SuF]

Alching means nothing. It used to be a huge money maker, and it brought in a ton of money into the game, but prices were stable. Then Jagex added construction, as an obvious way to try and strip money out of the game away from the rich people that would get 99....

The GE is regulating the economy, which is the failure here. When it first came out, the economy suffered a hit because all the fucking items were either much higher or much lower than they were before.

 

[Alex103]

Ah, i remember when law runes were 1k on a F2P world and 300gp on a members world.

 

[Runescape_Mod]

suf, i definitely agree... the grand exchange has greatly ruined the rs economy. it has gone from a free market, to a controlled market

 

[tomnothere]

Ah, i remember when law runes were 1k on a F2P world and 300gp on a members world.

That was a way to merchant that I found WAAAY back in 2006 or early 2007. Because non members had a shortage of crafting the type of runes, and law runes are ALWAYS in demand, no matter what world, the price would always be higher in F2P because they do not have access to crafting them or running them.

 

[BRuM ToWN]

Alching means nothing. It used to be a huge money maker, and it brought in a ton of money into the game, but prices were stable. Then Jagex added construction, as an obvious way to try and strip money out of the game away from the rich people that would get 99....

The GE is regulating the economy, which is the failure here. When it first came out, the economy suffered a hit because all the fucking items were either much higher or much lower than they were before.

Overall they fucked the game over :laugh:

 

[datonearth]

It's pretty weird...

 

[Rhett3]

Rich bastards, I wish I can afford even one. >.<

But yeah, this sucks ass, Jagex needs to do something.

That is the problem though! Even if you DO have enough for a rare item like a partyhat, you can't buy one because people will not sell for the GE price and demand that you pay 100mils over and buy their junk with it. 3rd age is like this too, just not as bad I believe.

 

[hellfire23]

rawr, hope everything crashes

 

[Alex103]

That was a way to merchant that I found WAAAY back in 2006 or early 2007. Because non members had a shortage of crafting the type of runes, and law runes are ALWAYS in demand, no matter what world, the price would always be higher in F2P because they do not have access to crafting them or running them.

I discovered it febuary 2006.

 

[wombakage]

I'd think that's a good thing? You make 10M+ profit..

it also fucked up pking, because its so hard to buy items.
if whips where 1.7 then people migh actually pk with them in non +1 MORE OFTEN

 

[dont leech]

First remove of free trade and wild -> loot share -> coin share -> pvp drops -> stattues = ruined economy, they need to hire an economist but now

 

[cowseatcows]

I totally agree. But in essence, if you think about it, it is nearly impossible to fix the economy with players going crazy that they can't pk for good drops anymore.

 

[tomnothere]

The thing with this is that, Jagex won't try to solve or remove the problems. Instead, they create new things that they think will solve the problems already created, but instead, the new introductions have other problems to start. It's just a never ending cycle.