Beric Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 An Important Message from Mod MMG Watch the video to hear Mod MMG explain the inconvenient truth about gold farmers and why Bonds are essential for the future of RuneScape. Hi everyone, From today, your gameplay investment can work in your favour with Bonds: a new in-game item - purchased on our website and tradeable in-game - which can be redeemed for RuneScape membership, spins, RuneCoins and more. RuneScape is your game, and Bonds give you more freedom and choice than ever before: pay for your membership with your in-game wealth; securely gift membership to a friend or fellow clan member anywhere in the world; access all premium content by trading Bonds in-game any item, resources or gold; and enjoy the full RuneScape experience, free of bots and gold farmers. Read on for more information! What are Bonds? Bonds are new in-game items, allowing you to pay for selected account-related and out-of-game benefits with in-game resources. Bonds are initially purchased just as you would purchase membership, but they can then be freely gifted or traded with other players. They can be redeemed in-game for membership, spins or RuneCoins. Soon afterwards we plan for them to be usable for charitable donations and - in the future - perhaps even the Jagex Merchandise Store. We’ve even set up a way to use Bonds to buy RuneFest tickets this year - see our FAQ for details. Bonds may be purchased via our website's Billing Page. They cost $5/£3/€4.25per Bond and can be redeemed in exchange for 14 days membership, 8 spins or160 RuneCoins. You'll be able to freely determine how you exchange your Bonds - be it on the Grand Exchange or in player-to-player trades - and how much in-game wealth you wish to buy and sell them for. Just like any other item on the Grand Exchange, the community will determine how much Bonds are worth in relation to other items. How Does It Work?Purchase: Player A purchases a Bond from the Billing Page with their credit card or PayPal account for real money. The bond can then be gifted, traded, or consumed.Gift/Trade: Player A and Player B agree a trade for the Bond - either as a gift, or in return for in-game resource or currency of any agreed value.Consume: Player B can then use that Bond for themselves and receive membership, spins or RuneCoins. Alternatively, they could re-trade it. The value that players determine for a Bond trade is entirely up to them. A Bond is purchased in a tradeable state. Once gifted or traded in-game, the Bond becomes untradeable. Players who want to re-trade their Bond to another player will need to pay a trade tax, which will be 10% of its Grand Exchange value. We’ve added this tax on secondary trading to act as a gold sink and to prevent excessive merchanting of Bonds. Why are you adding Bonds? With this update, our aim is to unlock your investment in your account: giving hardcore players a way to get more than ever for their time and dedication, and more freedom for everyone in how they trade. On top of that, we hope to see this open up the full members' game for many more free players, those who can no longer afford subscription and - crucially - to deal a death blow to the long-standing issues with gold farming. Bonds are a critical part of our war against gold farmers and of fixing the damage they have caused to the game economy. By allowing real players to meet the demand, gold farmers can no longer exploit it and are cut out of the system, preventing the injection of billions of additional GP per day into the economy, remedying the massive inflation caused, and thereby stabilising the economy overall. The key to Bonds is that there are now two paths for players to access and enjoy every piece of premium content the game as has to offer. No player need ever feel excluded, since they can access everything the game has to offer, by whichever method they choose – through play or traditional payment. To see how Bonds might benefit you personally, take a look at these various player perspectives: Everybody benefits from Bonds…except gold farmers! RuneScape veterans can use their in game achievement to fund their membership. Hi, my name is Simon and I have been playing RuneScape for 8 years. I have a completionist cape and my levels are all maxed! I have worked very hard over my years of playing, and now I sit on a small fortune of resources, items and gold. Rather than keep spending my own money, I can now trade some of my game wealth for Bonds, redeeming them for many months of unbroken RuneScape membership without having to spend another dollar myself! ? Gives a helping hand to new players wanting to progress. Hi, my name is Sam and I have been playing RuneScape for 6 months now. I love training combat, but some better equipment and armour would really help me. I want to buy Bonds and swap them for some ganodermic armour. I might finally be able to join my friends on a Nex run! The ability to gift your friends. Hi, my name is Jessica and I have been playing RuneScape for three years. My free friends would really like to play with me but they can’t always afford membership and I don’t like playing on the free world. I’m going to give my friends Bonds as gifts, which they can redeem for membership so we can hang out together. Give a helping hand to your clan members. Hi, my name is Lisa and I have been a dedicated clan leader before you even launched citadels back in 2011! I run a clan of over 100, but many don't have regular membership which fragments our group and means some of the clan get left out. We are a tight group and very much look after each other - our clan will work together using the new Bonds system to help our clan members who cannot afford membership. Our clan is going to be the best in the world! Bonds help stabilise the game economy. Hi, my name is Kevin and I’m a long-time member. I’m happy with how I currently pay for RuneScape membership and I probably won’t use Bonds. However, I see the improvements this will make to the game economy, such as cutting out the rampant inflation caused by gold farmers injecting billions of GP into the game daily. I welcome the gold sink the bonds system introduces and the protection it provides against merchanting. Helps protect players from real world fraud Hi, I am Katie and I’m embarrassed to admit it but I bought gold from a gold farming site. The website re-used my parent’s credit card details and racked up thousands of dollars in fraudulent online purchases. They contacted the police but were told there was nothing they could do to help as the website is based in China and the bloody website is still running! If Bonds had existed a few months ago I would never have tried anything like this. Helps prevent hijacking and DDoS attacks Hi, I am t0m_thumb and I searched the web for ways to make gold. I downloaded Powerbot and it installed a malware on my computer. My RuneScape account, Facebook, Twitter and email were all hacked and my bank account has been completely wiped out. Kick gold farmers right where it really hurts! I am a8jk13tjkp and I am a corrupt gold farmer. I’ve scammed, hijacked, DDoSed and defrauded millions of RuneScape players over the years. Now that players can trade Bonds with each other in exchange for any in-game resources, my business is completely screwed! If you would like to find out more about why Bonds are so crucial to the continued fight against gold farmers, please check out the recent dev blog from Mod Jacmob, who talks about the inconvenient truth of gold farming and botting, and the detrimental impact it has on your game. To find out more about Bonds - including more information on how they benefit the game, the decision to introduce them, and how they work to prevent gold farming - please visit the new Bonds information page or the FAQ. Personally, I think this is a great solution which directly benefits all players. In combination with existing efforts like BotWatch, and your help, we will wipe out gold farmers for good and ensure the long-term health of the game and community. Mark Gerhard CEO - Jagex Games Studio http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/c=nQIWzX3HwgA/l=0/sl=0/forums.ws?345,346,9,65162876#FAQ'> Link to comment
Beric Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 I cannot wait for Memphus to get on. Link to comment
Grave Wizard Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I cannot wait for Memphus to get on.Rofl while I was doing one you did one... Link to comment
Beric Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 It took you 10 minutes to post?! For shame. Link to comment
Veggie Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I can't even put in the effort to figure out how this deals with RWT or what it even means. All that caught my attention is that membership is now "free". Link to comment
Grave Wizard Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 It took you 10 minutes to post?! For shame. I got on in those 10 minutes nub cakes Link to comment
Beric Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 I can't even put in the effort to figure out how this deals with RWT or what it even means.Because now you can buy gold directly from them! Isn't it grand!?! Link to comment
James Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 2013: The year of the player making updates that helps make up for the loss in profit from our reduced subscribers. Link to comment
Beric Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 In all honesty this update doesn't bother me. I've played several MMOs that used the same system and the world didn't burn. Link to comment
Zell Smith Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 This was obviously going to come sooner or later. What bothers me more is the fact the game had no choice to turn to what is essentially, selling gold. Sad times. Link to comment
Bryce Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 lol now i guess i can legally buy pins(bonds) with rsgp Link to comment
Beric Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 lol now i guess i can legally buy pins(bonds) with rsgp Only 7M right now. Jump on that shit. Link to comment
Bryce Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 lol now i guess i can legally buy pins(bonds) with rsgp Only 7M right now. Jump on that shit. where do i buy them? guess ill have to log into eoc Link to comment
Tristan Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I dun even... meanwhile I am still waiting for them to fix the things that are actually broken.... Link to comment
Douglas Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Lol As the sinking ship fills with water... Link to comment
Bryce Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 (edited) 2nd best update next to 07 scape where was this when i was merching i could of removed so many trade limits with this and made even more Edited September 25, 2013 by FreeBall In Link to comment
Mock Shelter Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Somehow, I highly doubt this will stop gold farmers from making money. I've read it over a few times, but really.. Pretty much made selling gold legal, through jagex of course.. Way to go! Link to comment
Hess Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 $5 gets you 14days of members? How is that even fair....ScamI heard about it this morning from a friend and came on to see if Memphus posted and I was disappointed. Link to comment
Deathstar Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 So someone along the line will have to pay the $5/bond and then sell those on the GE? Can I go to a jagex store and spend x million gp and buy them from a vendor somewhere? Link to comment
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