MstrMonopoly Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 With falling prices for many of the exclusive GWD/boss drops, has your game-plan for making money changed? I sure did - dragon claws fell so much that now I'm pretty much just in "get Nex gear" mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delroth Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 No my game plan of "borrowing" your account and killing Bandos is working well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 It needs to tank so there's actually a point to skilling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MstrMonopoly Posted August 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 It needs to tank so there's actually a point to skilling.lol skilling.There are still ways to make really good cash through Hunter and Summoning (non-combat), but those lean on boss hunting. If boss hunting tanks too much, those money methods will dry up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 People used to fish/mine/woodcut for money to pay for the gear to go boss/monster hunting (where they could make similar money and have more fun). Those were the days imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T ranger101 Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Fucking bots ruining the runescape economy. Next thing you know, the banks will charge a fee to get into your bank account -.- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MstrMonopoly Posted August 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 People used to fish/mine/woodcut for money to pay for the gear to go boss/monster hunting (where they could make similar money and have more fun). Those were the days imo.Maybe like in 2005. After abyssal demons and especially since GWD came out, monster hunting's always been a better moneymaker. I was pretty noob in terms of levels before GWD though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T ranger101 Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 T Ranger101 is still too nooby to go into GWD xDTherefor, i <3 skilling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusang Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Prices do need to go down, just not tank.It should be a viable money-making option but it shouldn't consume the market and allow the rich to get even richer. It needs to be secondary and dependent upon resource-skills; not the other way around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazycow73 Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 I use Herb Runs and Woodcutting for my money, and I am loving it. Too bad the botters ruin pretty much everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MstrMonopoly Posted August 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Prices do need to go down, just not tank.It should be a viable money-making option but it shouldn't consume the market and allow the rich to get even richer. It needs to be secondary and dependent upon resource-skills; not the other way around.This part I agree on - your skilling levels should enable you to boss hunt better. With the exception of Herblore and Dungeoneering skilling is somewhat useless while monster hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiden Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 I'll boss til I die. I do not, not only for the moderate amount of money it brings in (considering supplies consumes versus drops obtained), but it's also exciting and dangerous at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MstrMonopoly Posted August 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 I'll boss til I die. I do not, not only for the moderate amount of money it brings in (considering supplies consumes versus drops obtained), but it's also exciting and dangerous at the same time.Boss hunting should always be at least slightly more profitable than skilling due to the risk involved.Unless someone finds some way to make skilling risky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 You don't think harpooning a fucking shark from a dock with your hand 6 inches from the water is risky? But you're right; it's just that skilling brings 60k/hour and MHing brings like 3m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MstrMonopoly Posted August 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 You don't think harpooning a fucking shark from a dock with your hand 6 inches from the water is risky? But you're right; it's just that skilling brings 60k/hour and MHing brings like 3m.Yeah, I guess they attempted to make it risky with the rocktail update a couple years back, but that's still only like 300k/hr maximum. Basically, they need rarer, more elite skilling "drops". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Rocktail has plummeted, it's <200k now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MstrMonopoly Posted August 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Rocktail has plummeted, it's <200k now.Probably because it's so easy to bot. Making un-bottable (or very hard to bot) skilling activities/minigames with good rewards would be a step in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusang Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Nothing is unbottable and when it does become bottable the minigame is ruined. Take dung - it's supposed to be unbottable yet bots account for a large percentage of experience earned a day. More than half. (20,000 users, last time I checked) They also monopolize frost dragons, in which case the bots were undoubtedly botted entirely up using a dungeoneering bot. I do, however, believe you have a point. They need to make more untradeable, useful, high-leveled rewards. (Similar to chaotics) Bots cannot ruin and affect the economy if these things are made available. It'd make botting more of a multi-tiered effort in which case those who wish to bot would have a harder time obtaining multiple bots. If you were to make each requirement a variety of skills, bosses, etc it could work out. You don't see anyone botting task-lists or clue scrolls, yet they have some wonderful rewards and do a lot to further a player's personal progress. High-tiered untradeable armor has yet to be released. Boss drops should be secondary earnings that provide a means to an untradeable end. Resource skills should always be a primary method of economy. Not armor or equipment. Equipment should be the fruits of hard work and time, not getting lucky at a boss. Skills should contribute to a gain, not become obsolete because of a change. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkenfaith Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 for me slayer made me good cash, and farming is making me lots of cash too, i havent boss hunt in a while cause i wanted some skilling capes but after fish im sure ill do more plus clues give good rewards just not many liek to do them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunnyPirate Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 For me is since ever, now and for ever!! »»»» Green, blue, red or black.. whatever colour I found in a dragon I kill it simply because I love to slay dragons ( Not metal dragons the others o.0) SO I realy like to kill drags :(Join my drags club :DI think in the future in about a week or event less!! we I get P2P I will start my non metal dragons killing blog To show my work and my rewards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deus Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Skilling and botting used to be risky. Remember the days of the evil chicken?? Fuck I remember seeing soo many people running from that random. But then jagex decided to make randoms safe :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiden Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 That was a sad day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkenfaith Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 love that random hehe think he kill me once lol i was a noob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiden Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Also hated when they took away the hatchet messing up and the broken picaxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MstrMonopoly Posted August 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Also hated when they took away the hatchet messing up and the broken picaxes.Didn't mind the chickens so much, but HATED the broken hatchets. I'd be afking, then fuuuuuuuuu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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