Jagex adds the first player-to-player RWT via "Bonds"

[Andrew]

Theres a phat number of paragraphs in the news article so I tried to select the important info:

 

What are bonds?

 

Bonds may be purchased via our website's Billing Page. They cost $5/£3/€4.25 per Bond and can be redeemed in exchange for 14 days membership, 8 spins or 160 RuneCoins.

You'll be able to freely determine how you exchange your Bonds - be it on the Grand Exchange or in player-to-player trades - and how much in-game wealth you wish to buy and sell them for. Just like any other item on the Grand Exchange, the community will determine how much Bonds are worth in relation to other items.

 

How does it work?

 

• Purchase: Player A purchases a Bond from the Billing Page with their credit card or PayPal account for real money. The bond can then be gifted, traded, or consumed.
• Gift/Trade: Player A and Player B agree a trade for the Bond - either as a gift, or in return for in-game resource or currency of any agreed value.
• Consume: Player B can then use that Bond for themselves and receive membership, spins or RuneCoins. Alternatively, they could re-trade it.

The value that players determine for a Bond trade is entirely up to them.

A Bond is purchased in a tradeable state. Once gifted or traded in-game, the Bond becomes untradeable. Players who want to re-trade their Bond to another player will need to pay a trade tax, which will be 10% of its Grand Exchange value. We’ve added this tax on secondary trading to act as a gold sink and to prevent excessive merchanting of Bonds.

 

 

TL;DR - Player A uses credit card to buy bonds, trades these bonds to Player B for whatever amount of gold or items they agree on and then Player B exchanges the bond for membership, spins or RuneCoins.

 

Its basically a very complicated way of buying gold from another player and unless you're a phaggot the only thing you would use the bond on is membership (I have no idea what a RuneCoin is).

 

Essentially you're doing like a 7 step process to buy a membership pin. Seems pointless and retarded but maybe Jagex is easing their way into just straight up buying gold from them.

 

[StarScream]

Oh Jagex! Always making things more complicated then they have to be.....

[Baller]

Retarded lol

[Break]

what

[Mfw]

huh

[≈Jared]

thx jagex

[Noel]

5 dollars for 14 days, rather get 30 for 7.95.

[Joni]

Hi, I am t0m_thumb and I searched the web for ways to make gold. I downloaded Powerbot and it installed a malware on my computer. My RuneScape account, Facebook, Twitter and email were all hacked and my bank account has been completely wiped out.

[Josh bj]

wow great deal

[cookson]

they're trying pretty hard to decrease gold farming lol


Hi, I am Katie and I'm embarrassed to admit it but I bought gold from a gold farming site. The website re-used my parent's credit card details and racked up thousands of dollars in fraudulent online purchases. They contacted the police but were told there was nothing they could do to help as the website is based in China and the bloody website is still running!


I am a8jk13tjkp and I am a corrupt gold farmer. I've scammed, hijacked, DDoSed and defrauded millions of RuneScape players over the years.
Now that players can trade Bonds with each other in exchange for any in-game resources, my business is completely screwed!


Hi, my name is Lisa and I have been a dedicated clan leader before you even launched citadels back in 2011! I run a clan of over 100, but many don't have regular membership which fragments our group and means some of the clan get left out. We are a tight group and very much look after each other - our clan will work together using the new Bonds system to help our clan members who cannot afford membership. Our clan is going to be the best in the world!

[True Hero]

pricing is abit flawed should be 30 days rather then 14 the gp value will prob drop a fair bit good if u play rs3 and have gp to spend on membership rather then having to pay irl money I guess

[B``]

only 14days members is silly

[Fasty]

Typical Jagex stupidity

[Andrew]

they're trying pretty hard to decrease gold farming lol

 

 

Hi, I am Katie and I'm embarrassed to admit it but I bought gold from a gold farming site. The website re-used my parent's credit card details and racked up thousands of dollars in fraudulent online purchases. They contacted the police but were told there was nothing they could do to help as the website is based in China and the bloody website is still running!

 

 

I am a8jk13tjkp and I am a corrupt gold farmer. I've scammed, hijacked, DDoSed and defrauded millions of RuneScape players over the years.

Now that players can trade Bonds with each other in exchange for any in-game resources, my business is completely screwed!

 

 

Hi, my name is Lisa and I have been a dedicated clan leader before you even launched citadels back in 2011! I run a clan of over 100, but many don't have regular membership which fragments our group and means some of the clan get left out. We are a tight group and very much look after each other - our clan will work together using the new Bonds system to help our clan members who cannot afford membership. Our clan is going to be the best in the world!

Those quotes lmfao "I am a8jk13tjkp and I am a corrupt gold farmer."

[≈Jared]

 

they're trying pretty hard to decrease gold farming lol

 

 

Hi, I am Katie and I'm embarrassed to admit it but I bought gold from a gold farming site. The website re-used my parent's credit card details and racked up thousands of dollars in fraudulent online purchases. They contacted the police but were told there was nothing they could do to help as the website is based in China and the bloody website is still running!

 

 

I am a8jk13tjkp and I am a corrupt gold farmer. I've scammed, hijacked, DDoSed and defrauded millions of RuneScape players over the years.

Now that players can trade Bonds with each other in exchange for any in-game resources, my business is completely screwed!

 

 

Hi, my name is Lisa and I have been a dedicated clan leader before you even launched citadels back in 2011! I run a clan of over 100, but many don't have regular membership which fragments our group and means some of the clan get left out. We are a tight group and very much look after each other - our clan will work together using the new Bonds system to help our clan members who cannot afford membership. Our clan is going to be the best in the world!

Those quotes lmfao "I am a8jk13tjkp and I am a corrupt gold farmer."

 

What faggots lmfao all of that has to be made up no one would ever say that stuff, stupid yagex