Runescape membership cost5/15/2023 What does this mean? Your current income will not increase and it makes membership more daunting for new players. Granted, people do not buy bonds to cash in for membership, they sell them for cash via Jagex sanctioned gold selling and then the buyer cashes them in for membership, 2.285 bonds per month.Ī flaw in the logic with this price increase is that it only affects new subscribers or those who lapse. People who pay via Bonds are getting into the WoW price range. Cost per bond membership month was $11.42, now it is $13.60. Previously they were $5, now they are $5.95, a 20% increase. With those gone(at least for the most part) there is no need to maintain the extra worlds and the associated costs.Īlso of note is Bonds. Us and them should remember that one reason we have so many worlds is due to the bots and RWTs that were previously in the game. Closing worlds would likely lower costs enough to negate the need for a price increase as well as bringing the community together(physically). It might be a bit annoying when slayering or mining, but then Jagex could adjust respawn values to what they actually should be(which on that note, both monsters and resources should respawn dynamically based on the quantity of players in the area, not on the world). Having 800-1200 players on each world would actually be a benefit to the community. Jagex could safely close at least 25% of their servers, likely up to 50% of them and still maintain enough to support all their active players. For a "Massively Multiplayer" game, the players sure are spread awfully thin. Right now as I sit here I see over 140 worlds, most of them at less than 25% capacity. If they are facing financial issues, why not look at the other side of the coin? Costs. And I'm sure the microtransactions will be being pushed even more. I know of a game that has maintained the same subscription price for 5 years that also has microtransactions, and they don't advertise their microtransactions anywhere near as much as Runescape and their subscriptions when bought for a year are essentially $5 a month.Īt the current rate we'll see another price increase around 2017, and it will likely be $11 - $12 then. A subscription increase should not be needed with microtransactions. They receive money from both treasure hunter and Solomon's store, microtransactions. This might not be surprising, if subscriptions were their only income, which we all know is not the case. That's nearly double the price in 9 years. Originally it was $5, then in 2008 it was upped to $5.95. Personally I don't see how it's justified. I think Gielinor seeing the year 2020 is a stretch. If the price increase is needed to make sure that the game will still be around for a few more years. I will say though, the price hike, will make it much harder to attract new members, which, I feel they already struggle with doing.īut at the end of the day. It will be harder to maintain membership from then on out as I don't make a lot of money, Even if that's not my current price.īut when I do lose my subscription and get kicked into the new price tag. But even World of Warcraft (when I played) was still 15 a month, plus you had to buy the game. But unfortunately, I can't help think that the massive failure of the Transformer's game has a weeeee bit to do with this. I'm not pro or anti Jagex, I understand the need for price increase. It made me angry that almost every comment was people *****. Last edited by Arceus on January 23rd, 2015, 7:04 pm, edited 1 time in total. Watch out for Mod Mark's Behind the Scenes - February post on the 30th of January for details of what's coming up next month, and visit RuneLabs to make your favourite content idea a reality. Even at the new full price, RuneScape is highly competitive with other MMOs, and we've got great plans for the rest of 2015. Get RuneScape membership for up to a year, at a reduced price with loads of exclusive in-game gifts and benefits - available until 3rd February.Īs always, we're committed to giving you the very best value for your membership. Subscribe now to secure access to all of RuneScape's members' content at current prices.įor best value, check out what the Premier Club has to offer. The price rise will not affect the RuneCoin cost of Solomon’s Store items.ĭon't forget - as long as you're a member and don't lapse out for more than 14 days, you're eligible to keep your current rate of membership. Once the price rises, each Bond will be redeemable for 14 days of membership, 195 RuneCoins or 15 Treasure Hunter Keys. Today, we can confirm that this will come into effect on the 1st of March 2015. In November, we announced that we would be increasing the price of membership for new members and those who've been unsubscribed for more than 14 days.
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