
There is, of course, still the option to play Runescape without a membership or parting with any of your beloved cash.

My solution based on my belief that low to mid tier (20 to 60) players buy gold is: The core is to make the game at a state where people don’t see the reason to buy gold because there are fun ways to make gold, to level up, and progress. They can be redeemed against 14 days membership, or a number of other in-game items. This data will allow jagex to target the issue and find ways to solve it. When something looks like an obvious RWT, the chances of catching a ban are more likely. Jagex made bonds so players can buy Runescape gold with real money, because you can simply buy as much bonds as you want and sell them on the Grand Exchange.
#JAGEX BONDS UPDATE#
This update is a firm step in that direction."Ī Bond in Runescape will set you back $5, £3, or 4.25 Euros. It is highly irregular to do trades with large sums of money for these methods, which from the point of view of Jagex looks like RWT. Executive producer Phil Mansell adds "We care as passionately about RuneScape as the game's community, and are committed to laying the foundations for the next 10 years of RuneScape growth. The aim is to improve the game's economy and offer players more choice in how they get hold of their membership. When the price change takes affect, Jagex could begin offering '3 Bonds +10 Days Membership' for the Bonds package. This includes the ability to now access all premium membership content through the in-game wealth earned by dedicated players, who can also gift Bonds to a friend or fellow clan member anywhere in the world." Because Bonds are 6 right now and the card is 10, Jagex offers 12 days of membership if you select the option for 1 Bond, as compensation for the remaining 4 spent. There's been numerous people who have attempted to redeem a bond for a membership passcode (presumably since 2 weeks of fsw is up, so their membership ran out) and they have not received the passcode in the jagex mailbox.

They can even be put toward membership.Ī press release issued by Jagex says "Bonds completely liberate player-to-player trading, offering RuneScape players more choice and freedom than ever before. Nearly 24 hours later and no word from jagex. In the latest update to hugely popular free-to-play MMORPG Runescape developer Jagex has introduced in-game Bonds to act as a currency for tangible rewards.
