Clans Wars and Grand Exchange
December updates for Runescape have mentioned Clan Wars
minigame that is due to be released this month. This comes
on top of the recently released Grand Exchange that has
sent the runescape market into turmoil, although clans
will have benefitted from the fact that resources are all
much cheaper.
The introduction of the grand exchange would therefore
appear to be beneficial to all clans - as they can get all
pking supplies bought much cheaper on the grand exchange
than they were able to buy for previously. Has this
provided more benefits to pkers or has it taken away the
benefits of pking?
There are 2 camps. Some people argue it is now much
cheaper to pk and are more likely to pk as a result of it
being more affordable, while others argue that it has made
the financial rewards much less worthwhile and are likely
to pk less. The overall impact of the grand exchange is
that prices for many items have crashed due to the large
amount of supplies in the game. This may change in the
long term, but the immediate impact has many thousands of
players refusing to use it.
Having outlined this alongside the planned Runescape Clan
Wars Minigame, will Jagex make it something that clans
will actually use? It is very hard to know how Jagex are
treating this as many people have wanted a Clan War Arena
within runescape for a long time and it would certainly
help ensure that wars are less likely to be crashed.
It certainly is an appealing feature, but there has been
no information released on whether items would be lost or
won. If clans do take up the clan war minigame, then it
will be much easier to provide more accurate clan ranks
than previously. Although with so many possible types of
war available, it is inevitable that Jagex will only
appease some clans and will further alienate other clans
and players at large.
Overall, clan wars are something many people have wanted
and Jagex almost always take a different view to the
majority of players. The success of this minigame will
definately be dependent on the clan community embracing
the same vision as Jagex, something that generally hasn't
happened yet.
All I can hope for is that Jagex have done proper research
into how the clan community would like something like the
clan war minigame introduced, and not how Jagex perceive
people want it introduced.
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