RuneScape for me started in late 2004. I remember this specifically because I remember
my very first Holiday Event was giving out the East Eggs for the Easter Bunny
and receiving the Rubber Chicken in return. I was a 12 years of age, and little did I know
I had just begun what now seems to be a lifetime of the World of Gielinor. From that day on,
Gielinor was a part of me.
When I first started back on ’05,
there were only a handful of ways to acquire items; these were: make your own
(armour, runes, weapons, etc.), player-to-player trades, buy from specialty shops,
acquire them as drops, or, of course, Player Kill for items you wanted. Only players with extreme dedication and
concentration were able to achieve the levels needed to make their own items.
Most people just traded other players for the items they wanted. Seems simple,
right?
However, along with player-to-player
trades inevitably came scamming. There were many scams to look out for; all the way from swapping
items (or coins) at the last minute, to just blatantly lying to other players
about prices. As much as we all wish it didn’t need to be, scamming will always
be a part of the player-to-player trading system. Simple as that. Another thing
that came with unrestricted player-to-player sharing was an easy way to sell in
game items for real life cash. This is very well known as Real World Trading
(or RWT) and single-handedly ruined the RuneScape we all knew (and loved!) in
2007. Because of bots farming billions of gold, and selling it for real-life
cash, Jagex was forced to impose strict trade restrictions.
These trade restrictions completely
killed the economy because individual players could no longer control prices of
items. It caused dramatic price drops/raises, and no way to control it. To try
and combat the entire economic issue Jagex released into the game The Grand
Exchange. This changed trading completely. No longer did you have to sit in
Varrock or Falador banks/streets spamming what you were buying/selling. All you
had to do, was go to the Grand Exchange, search for an item and boom, you’re
done. Eventually the trade restrictions were completely removed and “Free Trade”
had once again returned, but still with the addition of the Grand Exchange. But
something just still wasn’t right.
Now, here we are, back to the
original trading and acquiring of items mentioned earlier. There is no Grand
Exchange for you just simply walk to and find whatever you want. Just like in ’07
and earlier, you have to actually put effort into finding/buying your items! In
my opinion, this is the way RuneScape should be. No restrictions, no shortcuts,
nothing. You need an item, you work for it!
Happy ‘07Scap’ing!
-Robert H
-Robert H
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