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Since the removal of the wild, Jagex have left thousands of the RS players disappointed. The wild was a great place to be in, as the old players remember, that were around to see it. It was a place of fear, darkness, and fun. Many remember the time where they entered the wild, carrying only but what they needed, and nothing of great value. Yet, many were so scared of seeing that white dot screaming towards them, and having to either run away or log out quickly. That was the best thing about the wild, is the fear, something that new players aren’t going to be able to experience, because we all know, that getting killed by an NPC isn’t the same thing. The wild was what many would say, ‘What made Runescape, Runescape’.

Jagex removed the wild sometime in October of 2007, and added two new areas called Clan Wars, and Bounty Hunter sometime later. Along with that, they added Revs, which are NPC’s, that look like ghosts. The Revs range from lvls 6-100, and attack other players, with the majority of them using magic.

I come to the questions was the wild removal needed? If so, why? Now some think that the wild removal was because of RWT (real world trading), and because of scamming. But before the removal of the wild, there was a lot of scamming involving the wild. New players would get called over by more experienced players and would be lead out into the wild, and killed for there ‘goods’. Jagex then added the ‘ditch’, going as far as the Goblin Village, to Varrock. The ditch was added as a way to stop new players from going into the wild, when they didn’t really know what it was. This stopped most the scamming involved, but was the wild really a place for RWT?

Real World Trading (RWT) is when people would sell Runescape Items for real world money. Most Pkers just liked the enjoyment of killing other players and earning their items, and the exp. You made a good profit off of it, but there could have been some people who did RWT. But isn’t adding Bounty Hunter the same thing? Bounty Hunter is considered to be the ’same’ as the old Wild. You kill people and earn their items, just like the old wild.

So this brings me back to the question, What the removal of the wild really needed? If so, why? In my opinion, the removal of the wild was not needed. Jagex hasn’t provided us with a reasonable answer to why they removed it. Yes RWT was a big problem in RS, but many players didn’t care. The players would just sit at a tree, for example for a long time. They didn’t really bother anyone, expect the skillers trying to get logs. Yet, still many complain about the real players cutting a tree. Jagex isn’t stupid, because of the things they have added into Bounty Hunter, such as the time limit, or the BH worlds. Why couldn’t have Jagex just made Pking Worlds, so that RWT was not allowed?

Maybe Jagex just wanted a section for this type of activity. But in the end they have left many players dissaponted. I myself won’t ever join in at Bounty Hunter, because I don’t really like the way its set up. Its way to easy to lose things, the place should be bigger, and too many people team up. The old Wild was somewhat like this, but in a more exciting way. Yes Clan Wars is a great place, but why couldn’t they have left the old wild, and still added Clan Wars?

We may never know, but this does make me think about the real reason to why they did it. The Wild will never come back, but its disappointing for me to see the wild gone, and Jagex isn’t giving a reasonable explanation. I would prefer the old Wild over Bounty Hunter’s any day.

What do you think about this?

That title may sound a little far fetched, but according to recent comments by Imre Jele, Jagex’s Contents Chief, getting paid to play MMORPGs may not be too far off. In a recent interview he said:

Legal real-world trading is something a lot of companies are playing around with the idea of, and it’s not necessarily a bad thing. But you have to design your game with real-world trading in mind from day one, you can’t just chuck it on top of the game. In the future we are going to have games, good games, where you’re going to have professional players who create an account and sell it for real-world money and manage to make a living by playing. And that’s going to be fun.

This would be an amazing step forward for online gaming. Just like professional athletes are paid to play sports they love, it sounds like companies like Jagex have real plans to enable online gamers to be able to make a living playing the games they love.

Now I may be reading into it a little too much but, in the interview it goes on to mention that Jagex actually has plans to release a new MMORPG in 2009 which may potentially be called Mechscape. Now there has been a lot of talk and excitement about Mechscape and its potential as a new MMORPG. Yet there hasn’t been a lot of talk about the potential for Mechscape to take on a different gaming style than is currently used for Runescape. I think many are just expecting that Mechscape (if it ever does eventuate) would just be a futuristic style of Runescape. However in reading the entire interview with Irme I get the impression that Jagex “might” be trying to take Mechscape in a new direction, focusing more on “enjoyable” gameplay rather than grinding for levels, and may integrate a system whereby players are actually able to sell accounts and in-game items to other gamers.

Obviously this would be in distinct contrast to the policy they have set for Runescape, but as Irme mentions in his interview, RWT (real world trading) is not necessarily a bad thing if you have the right systems in place, which is a view I have pushed for quite awhile now. I actually think RWT has massive potential to help bridge the economic gaps between third world and developing countries and the economically prosperous first world countries of the world North America and Europe, plus a few others.

With that said, I find it hard to believe that Irme was implying that all “online gamers will manage to make a living by playing” in the near future. Obviously there are great discrepancies between costs of living around the world, in the US, Australia and UK GDP per capita is between $30,000 - $40,000 per year in comparison to India’s and China’s GDP per captias of $4,000 and $8,000 per year, respectively. Still it would be wonderful if gamers have the “option” to be compensated for all the hard work they put in whether they are a high school student or a player from a developing country or just a part time player that plays for sheer enjoyment. However it turns out, it seems that MMORPGs have a very exciting future.

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Not getting your Runescape account hacked is actually very simple. Do not do stupid things like use autoers or anything that says it it a cheat for Runescape. And definitely do not give your password to anyone.

For those who are unaware, a few months ago there was a lot of discussion about the possibility of Jagex releasing a brand new MMORPG called Mechscape. This was largely centered around the fact that many URLs with the term Mechscape were purchased by Jagex over the last 2 - 3 years in addition to Jagex filing trademarks for the term Mechscape. Plus there have a been a number of development graphics that look similar to the development graphics that Runescape release from time to time, but they had more of a “futuristic” and “space” feel rather than the traditional medieval feel of Runescape development graphics.

I for one don’t think that this means there will definitely be a new MMORPG launched by Jagex called Mechscape, as I know that I have personally registered over 30 domains over the last three years of which I have only used a handful, and I’m sure I will never use many of them. So when it comes to a company with pockets as big as Jagex’s I’m sure they can afford to spend a couple of hundred of dollars to have the “option” to call a future game or feature Mechscape.

Anyway I stumbled across a few Mechscape sites recently and one of them referenced a comment made by Imre Jele, who is the Content Chief at Jagex, relating to some of the fundamental problems with MMORPG and having to grind your way through levels:

…the only thing I can tell you now is that we have some amazing products going live next year - a new MMO - and we are tackling this issue at a core design level.

So it would appear that Jagex are definitely planning to release a new MMO sometime in 2009. This is definitely very exciting news for most Runescape players and Jagex lovers alike. I wonder what sort of effect his would have on their Runescape membership if they were to release a new MMORPG in competition with Runescape?

Here we are at issue 3. This article has taken a great deal of time to try to find all of the quickest ways to get your combat up with all the testing. However, I will give you an easy way to get your combat level up on free to play only!

 3-15: Head here.

 Once you arrive start attacking chickens. You can pick up the meat if you want cooking experience. They will also come in handy later so you should hold onto them. The feathers can also make you a bit of money too. Stay even with training your skills. You should get your strength, attack, and defense to level 10. In an hour should receive roughly 5000 experience as a level 3 combat. However it will become more as you level up. Once you finish training here you should be able to move on.

15-30: Start towards the Grand Exchange to sell the feathers that you just picked up. Once you sell them you should have enough for a full steel. If not go to the Varrock west gate and pick up the money from the dead guards until you have enough. Here would be a good place for those chickens you just cooked. Once you buy a full steel head back to the Varrock west gate right by the large bank. Find the little room in the wall and walk up the stairs. There should be two guards here. Start attacking them. In an hour, you should have gained approximately 7500 experience. This is a very rough estimate as when I tested with my level 55 character with full rune I received 10000 experience. Again, try to even out your skills. If you can get them all to about level 20 you should be able to move on.

30-50: Head here.

If you can afford a full mithril it would really help to have one. If you can not however it will not change this step too dramatically. Go down the ladder and walk until you arrive at the level 28 hobgoblins. Start killing these. They will drop some pretty valuable items like limpwurt roots. These can sell for about 650 gold each. This will be far longer than any of the other steps. You should get about 9000 experience an hour. Again, this is a estimate as when tested by me with a level 55 character in full rune I received 10500 experience. Just like all the other steps you need to balance out your skills. If you have the patience to get them all to level 40 it would be to your benefit. This will allow you to wear rune armour which is the best free to play armor. Once you finish this step almost nobody will call you a noob anymore except really good players. Hey, soon even you can be in that level.

50-65: Congratulations, you can now wear rune armour! It is pretty expensive compared to all the other armour but it is well worth it. However you can not use a rune platebody until you do the quest Dragon Slayer.

Right now if you have enough quest points you need to do the quest dragon slayer. This will really help your combat level. As this is not a quest guide I will let you try to figure it out yourself. Or you could search a quest guide. Although I would suggest bringing a strength potion and a lot of swordfish if you are a free player. Once you beat Elvarg the dragon you can now officially wear full rune armour.

Now that you have full rune you should head here.

Start attacking white knights to train your combat. You should receive roughly 11000 experience an hour. You should receive pretty equal to this as my combat level in which tested is 55. You can even out your combat skills again or now you can train a specific skill like strength. This step is quite a boring one as it does take a little patience but the reward is well worth it.

65-126: You will want to go to the deep part of the wilderness now to kill demons. It would be wise to bring a bit of food. Head here.

Demons are one of the strongest free monster. Sometimes they drop rune medium helmets which sell for pretty good gold pieces. This should give you about 13000-25000 experience an hour. This experience estimate will vary greatly as there is a huge diversity of levels now. This step will take a VERY long time to complete. If you ever do you will be in a league of elite players.

Well, that is all. My last word of advice is patience. This will not be an easy accomplishment.

It would seem almost a daily ritual for me to explain to players that have sent me emails that I don’t unfortunately have the ability to give them their banned Runescape accounts back nor am I able to change their forgotten Runescape passwords. These emails mainly come from a couple of the other more popular websites like Runescape Boards and Runescape 100 that I run. Sometimes inbetween the abusive responses you receive after you inform them you can’t help I’m asked if I know of any other games like Runescape considering they have been banned from Runescape.

The short answer is “yes” there are other games like Runescape, but there aren’t many that are exactly like Runescape. That is why it is so popular. I have actually written an article on Runescape 100 about online games like Runescape before. This article explains how Runescape has a few defining characteristics that separate it from other major MMORPGs.

Some of the key differences between Runescape and other popular online rpg games are that most online games like Runescape require you to download and install a base version of the game or buy a CD from a gaming store. Where as Runescape is completely browser based and dosen’t require its gamers to install the game first. Runescape, unlike many other online games, also has a free version of their game. Many of the bigger MMORPG titles like World of Warcraft don’t offer a free version. Also with the exception of World of Warcraft there really aren’t any other MMORPGs that are similar in gameplay and have the number of player playing it.

So with that said if you are looking for a fairly similar rpg game like Runescape and are willing to pay a monthly membership fee, World of Warcraft is probably a good option along with some of the other major MMORPG titles - Guild Wars, Star Wars Galaxies, Everquest II, Lineage II and Final Fantasy XI. If you are not looking for an online game that is not similar to Runescape in gameplay style but is free and popular you could check out a few major titles listed in this Most Popular MMORPG list or check out some of the MMORPGs like Maple Story and Silkroad Online.

If you know any other pay to play or free online games like Runescape please feel free to mention them in the comments below.

Vaskor of Reader’s Digest published a wonderful free Runescape money making guide using the Grand Exchange (GE).

So many players left Runescape because they felt that minus the ability to perform unbalanced trades combined with players having access to a very large supply pool via the GE it essentially made Runescape money making from the old way of merchanting impossible, or at least not worth the time. This resigned many players to the fact that the only way you could make good money in Runescape was now to just grind your way through skills like, mining, fishing, fletching, runecrafting etc something many players didn’t enjoy.

I’ll be honest and say that until I read Vaskor’s Runescape money making guide I too was quite resigned to the fact that making easy Runescape money was now virtually impossible, but apparently it’s not, and if anything is now even easier than before because a merchant’s ability to buy and sell is now much faster, thus saving time in regards to off loading your inventory, and doesn’t actually require you to be present for the trade (allowing you to get back to playing Runescape). The only downside is that the margins on many merchantable items is obviously much lower than it used to be, but it is still quite possible to make well over a million gold a day with little effort.

Principles of Making Easy Runescape Money on the GE

So the basic principles of Vaskor’s Runescape money making guide are:

• You’re looking to trade in items that are traded “moderately” rather than as a commodity so that there is some fluctuation in supply and demand through the day.
• You are looking you buy in BULK below the medium price, and sell in BULK above the price you purchased for. Obviously the trades can take quite awhile to complete.
• You need to take advantage of all 6 of your trading slots.
• Do your research - you need to monitor changes in prices and use your common sense to find bargains.
• Sometimes it pays to speculate on the increasing demand for products as a result of game changes. In these instances sometimes it pays to buy at slightly above the medium price and then attempt to sell at the high price on the expectation of growth in demand.

Most of these Runescape money making tips are pretty basic, but with so many things in life, making easy money isn’t about being a rocket scientist, it is just about a little bit of common sense combine with a bit of hard work. Best of luck making your Runescape millions.

Well it was only six months ago that I was writing about the consistent upward trend of Runescape Money and Runescape gold sales despite Jagex’s best efforts to shut down Runescape gold sellers. Well Jagex have definitely reversed that trend significantly, and it is quite interesting to see just how much the number of searches for Runescape money and Runescape gold has dropped in the last two months since New Years when the new trading restrictions were brought in. I’m assuming that the downward trend will continue as more and more players realise that the buying Runescape gold indsutry is essentially gone:

Whilst it looks like Jagex have got on top of the Runescape money and gold selling industry, I still think that many real world traders will continue to plague Jagex not in the gols sellign context rather they will look to upscale their service to include poweleveling and selling runescape accounts. What do you think? Please leave your comments below.

So many people are talking about how Real World Traders (RWT) traders have been stopped in their tracks by the recent trade restrictions imposed by Jagex, but as much as Jagex have reduced the ability for RWT to sell Runescape gold easily, they still haven’t solved the primary reason players opt to buy Runescape gold. That being that they don’t want to have to grind their way through hours of monotonous gameplay to have enough money to buy their dream items or have the levels they require to perform the quests they want or play the other aspects of Runescape that require high levels. So with that said I think RWT is going to continue to be an issue that affects MMORPG games like Runescape.

Before I go any further I’d just like to point out that Jagex clearly have done probably the best job of all the MMORPGs in eliminating gold selling, and I commend them for what they have done. However, throughout this article I don’t really condemn or support Runescape gold selling, powerleveling services or Runescape account trading because I personally take the view that all these sorts of services are a result of increasing players demands for such things and that in principle where there are demands there generally needs to be reforms and going against strong player demands constantly is rarely a good business strategy in the long run.

It wasn’t so long ago that I was writing about the Runescape Gold Selling Problem and how I thought they could solve it considering there was actual evidence to suggest that despite their best efforts Runescape gold sales were continuing to grow. At the time I suggested that Jagex consider the option of selling gold themselves and profiting from the sales whilst essentially destroying the black market. I definitely didn’t see these recent changes that they were to implement a mere 6 months later. None the less they have achieved their primary objective of significantly reducing RWT.

Increases in Runescape Account Hackings

So whilst the ability for players to buy Runescape gold from RWT has been removed, it would seem that a new market has spawned – buying Runescape accounts and Runescape powerleveling services. These styles of services are much better known in the World of Warcraft industry. However I believe that these new style of services where players will be required to give their Runescape account details over to the companies providing the service will result in a number of scam websites offering similar services with the sole intention gaining Runescape account passwords with the intention of hacking Runescape accounts. Please protect your Runescape passwords so your don’t get hacked. Thankfully much has been done in recent times to reduce the effectiveness of Runescape hackers stealing items or an account itself, like bank pins and being unable to make unbalanced trades. Though obviously hiring these new sorts of services still comes at a great risk to an individual’s Runescape account, where as in the past the main risk was the few dollars you spent buying Runescape gold, assuming you are excluding the risk of being banned by Jagex for engaging in such practices.

Increases in Buying Runescape Accounts Ready Made

So whilst I imagine most Runscapers are not willing to give over their Runescape account passwords to powerleveling and gold farming services, I wouldn’t be surprised if there is an increase in the number of people buying Runescape accounts that have already been setup with certain amounts of gold, skills and having completed certain quests. Obviously this will probably a lot more expensive than buying Runescape gold, but I’m sure there will definitely be a market there, especially amongst older players who really don’t have the necessary time to develop their characters. When you consider that many Chinese gold farmers are probably not paid much more than $1 an hour you could probably buy a character with 60 in every stat for around $1,000 I’d assume.

Increase in the Selling of Runescape Accounts

On the topic of buying Runescape account, I actually wouldn’t be surprised if a number a new sites selling unwanted Runescape accounts start popping up. I mean with so many Runescapers constantly quitting the game, it makes sense that many of them may look to attempt to gain financially from all the hard work they have put into their characters, and I’m sure with new Runescape trade limitations essentially destroying the Runescape gold market that many of the previous Runescape gold buyers may well look to shortcut the whole process and just buy a high level Runescape account that has easy means of making money. So with both an increase in supply and demand for such transactions I wouldn’t be surprised if some Runescape account brokering firms start to emerge, much like the common day real estate agent. Obviously there are some complications with such things, but I think most of the complications could be alleviated if a somewhat “trustworthy” Runescape account broker was to emerge.

I know a lot of these ideas are quite speculative but I’d love to hear what you think on the issue. Please leave your comments below.

I have been recently delving into the minds of some players from the dark side of Runescape (Moparscape Usage)and I have been doing some research on search trends and I was surprised to find that the number of players searching for Runescape hacks has been fairly consistent over the last four years, though is starting to trend down a little, but over the last 18 months the number of people searching for Runescape cheats has been distinctly trending down:

An interesting question that arises from these figures is, why are these search terms going against the general trend of the game, which has been going from strength to strength in recent years? Is it that players have begun to realise that there aren’t any really good Runescape cheats out there? Or are they are learning that using Runescape cheats will get you banned? Yet that doesn’t explain why players are searching for Runescape hacks at a fairly consistent rate when most players should have worked out by now that information on how to hack Runescape or how to hack Runescape characters is pretty much non-existent on the web.

The only theory that I can think of that partially justifies the downward trend of players searching for Runescape cheats and Runescape hacks is that it would appear in recent times players have refined their search terms when looking for ways to cheat Runescape, searching more often with terms like Runescape bots and for a Runescape auto which are more accurate to what they are actually after. These terms over the last 12 months have been trending up if anything:

With that said it is really interesting to note the distinct drop in the number of searches Runescape auto right before New Years 2008. I wonder if this has anything to do with the new trade restrictions or if this was just a natural flucation in the serach statistics that seems to happen around Christmas and New Years. What do you think?