-1 never bring rares to buy

-1 fuck off

-1 loll

not bad. Only people complaining are animals so, +1 minus the reintroduction of rares. You guys get enough feeding from the staff anyway so let the new ideas flow in.

not bad. Only people complaining are animals so, +1 minus the reintroduction of rares. You guys get enough feeding from the staff anyway so let the new ideas flow in.

I was hesitant suggesting reintroduction of phats at first, but given the current prices of phats, many of them over 50M or approaching 50m+ - it's clear the supply is low and some folks will never be able to purchase one despite how much they grind. However, if reintro is not an attractive option, offering new rares (preferably beautiful cosmetics) can easily be a substitute. I was making this post at 2am w/o sleep for over 2 days, so some little details escape. I'll elaborate below.

The current RSCR economy: shit tons of resources like ores/swordfish/logs/junk rares (u know what i mean) - most of these items will never be bought out since the supply > demands. The supply will always be continuously pumped into the game. This makes it impossible for people to sell their items, or they have to offer their resources at such a low price it's hardly profitable for them. This makes skilling an unattractive option. Or, for example, they can spend a ridiculous amount of time to high alch their resources, this will take them more time + introduce more cash into the game -> you end up with a game inflation and driving prices of items up -> you end up with a small pool of super rich people and a large pool of poor people. This aspect is critical since it makes harder for new players to afford rares due to inflation.

For example, I searched the forum recently - a few years back prices of phats were roughly 5-10M, now the cheapest is over 30M and rising. In addition, you also have millions of swordfish, ores, "junk rares" nobody buys in AH. If this continues the game will be stricken with more junk rares and unlimited resources in AH since there will be more holiday events in the foreseeable future.

Ideally I want the Forager Store to include items that are unique and helpful to the players, giving them a sense of accomplishment for their hard work while offering them an entertaining experience. The store should accomplish at least two main tasks:
1. Balance economy (up to devs)
2. Reward players for their dedication + make it fun (forager tasks *updated read above). will be really fun for people to grind and give them something to work for.
3. Idea to consider: instead of reintroduced rare, add 2-3 "limited rares" on a monthly basis where there are only 2 in-game of each. Rotate new items each month.

2. Completing clue scrolls - exp awarded based on level of clue scroll - you’re welcome recon

Haha

+1 for new skills

As for the phat reintroduction, just a quick observation for those crying foul:

From the sample given
1k swordfish = 1 point
if they set phat as 500 points and needs 99 foraging to purchase the new phat

thats 500,000 swordfish

If you were to sell that amount at 200gp each (lowest i saw in the market listing was 205, highest around 450) thats 100milGP, which is far more then the most expensive one.

Would have to adjust the XP gained for turnins imo, as doing the fishing option as stated, 10k fish = 100k xp, you could hit level 99 doing that about 130 times (10,000x130=13mil, and 130k fish).  Still wouldnt give enough points to get to 500..but still, probably too easy to reach level 99 with this method/too easy to get xp for the skill.

Need to elaborate on how to gain exp: the "Forager Tasks" will be designed to supplement skilling giving people an incentive to actively play the game and gain rewards/exp. It will be very similar to slayer, but for skilling instead of killing NPC.

1. Forager Tasks - there will be "Forager Masters" similar to slayer masters around the map - this is essentially "slayer for skilling". The existing foundation for training is already in the game. So won't be too code extensive for the devs.
a. Master Foragers will assign random tasks for Fishing/Cooking/Wc/fletch/firemaking/crafting/smithing/mining/herblaw etc. basically slayer but for skilling. Consecutive tasks completed without skipping will give you extra exp.
some examples of task:
- Fish 500 swordies
- Cook 500 sharks
- Chop 200 magic logs
- Light 200 logs
- Make 200 potions
- Fletch 200 bows
- Thieve 200x NPCs
- Mine 200x ores
- Smith 200x items
* The higher your forager level the higher the skill items you can forage
* You can block certain tasks like fish 200 shrimps using forager points, but these tasks don't appear with higher forager masters
* You earn 1 forager point per completion of 10 tasks
etc etc etc this will make people try out all the different skills in RSCR - the ultimate skiller's dream
a. Master Foragers at different levels will assign random skilling tasks for you to accomplish. Like slayer but for skilling!
b. Players get 1/3 foraging exp per full skilling exp (similar to 1/3 hp exp per 1 full atk/def/str exp). ex. So if you get 300 exp per fishing, you get 100exp foraging exp.
c. Subs/double sub/foraging in wilderness = increased rates etc
*This will be very fun for skillers since they get to train an additional skill on top of their existing skill*
2. Use a platinum/gold sub on a character - 5K exp (you're welcome admins)
3. Completing clue scrolls - exp awarded based on level of clue scroll - you’re welcome recon
4. Getting a wilderness kill - 100 exp toggle on/off
5. Winning an automated event - 1K EXP - more event participation
6. Whatever you can think of to gain exp

Note: Exp, tasks, points are just rough estimates and ideas subject to change

Humans for beeing the most annoying dude in the game, youll not get anyone to Read your suggestion, eventho the small part i read sounded thoughtru and good.

But sry No One Will support you

The idea isn't horrible but I'm not sure that I am completely sold on it being a skill worth raising. or being enjoyable.

The biggest problem is calculating the rates for getting rares levels etc. It's so much to try and balance that I highly doubt the dev team would ever want to try. It would be much more difficult than slayer to release and look how long it took to get slayer going from a development POV.

I will absolutely agree that the number of rares is getting ridiculous. One rare or so per holiday is fine but look at last Christmas. We got what....black santa, elf robe top, elf robe bottom, white shield, red shield, green shield, black santa top, black santa bottom... EIGHT rares in one event. What in the fuck? I mean I appreciate the time and effort put into it and all but that's way too many rares to release at once.

The idea isn't horrible but I'm not sure that I am completely sold on it being a skill worth raising. or being enjoyable.

The biggest problem is calculating the rates for getting rares levels etc. It's so much to try and balance that I highly doubt the dev team would ever want to try. It would be much more difficult than slayer to release and look how long it took to get slayer going from a development POV.

I will absolutely agree that the number of rares is getting ridiculous. One rare or so per holiday is fine but look at last Christmas. We got what....black santa, elf robe top, elf robe bottom, white shield, red shield, green shield, black santa top, black santa bottom... EIGHT rares in one event. What in the fuck? I mean I appreciate the time and effort put into it and all but that's way too many rares to release at once.

Re: calculating rares. Set a cooked swordy as baseline of 400gp x 1000 = 400K = 1 point
1 Forager point

Complete 10 forager tasks in a row
1K cooked swordies
2K raw swordies
500 magic logs
10 r2hs
5 rune plates
10 rune legs
20 rune full helm
2k death runes
4k blood runes
2k nature runes
1K rune arrows
Rares - you can pretty much set it at any reasonable price. The system doesn't add money into the game so there's no risk involved. It takes money and resources from the game.
ex. So let's assume red santa is 4m = 10 points
etc 

Forager Store is where the magic happens. Since the server has a surplus of cash and resources, the store takes cash and resources out of the economy. People can buy forager items (outlined above) with their points - these items are untradable. Every update cycle release a new limited edition cosmetic where only 10x amount of quantity in-game. No set price on the item, but charge it at 250 points = 100M. So each cycle there is at least 1B+ gp removed from the game. However, people can trade these rares with each other, since there's no set price it'll be up to the market to determine their value. With fewer supplies in the market, it will be easier for skiller to sell their items at a fair price than having to compete against 1M raw swordies, ores, arrows, etc in the market. This also helps the people who have tons of skiller items but unable to sell due to high volume.

Whether or not the skill is fun is subjective. The foundation for forager is already there. Don't need to add new npcs, etc just delegate tasks like slayer, but for skilling. People can earn money skilling and points for completing x amount of tasks.

The game will ultimately head toward a peak inflation since rsclassic is a niche market. People mostly play for nostalgia. There will be holiday events where new items will be introduced and market will be flooded with "junk" rares. There will be people who will grind hard to make money and consequently inject more resources and cash in the game than consumption. This will make it difficult for new players to skill and make money. Usually when the eco is out of wack, ppl start suggesting economy restart. It has happened in many servers and people end up quitting. Eco restart is a stupid idea since it disregards the hard work of the players, but it has happened in numerous servers due to mismanagement. I'm not saying the eco of RSCR is in any imminent danger, but objectively speaking currently there are millions of resources in AH, tons of junk rares as you mentioned, and prices of phats have increased dramatically. The purpose of this skill is to solve those problems as a prophylactic measure while offering dynamic rewards and skilling excitement for ppl who enjoy skilling in a task-based format.

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