The trade of virtual currencies to real-world currency can be a major issue for many online games. It can disrupt in-game economics OSRS Gold For Sale, destabilizing player experiences as well as turning games into pay-to-win scenarios. In RuneScape the trading of its virtual gold has caused a lot of problems, leading to bots mining this resource and even allegations that the capability to purchase bonds in game using real money amounts to gambling.
In the present, Jagex has outlined strategies to address the issue. In a blog post, credited to "The RuneScape Team", Jagex declares that "gold purchased through RWT is a problem in any online game featuring an exchangeable currency" however, even though its "Anti-Cheating Team has taken a number of steps to stop RWT sellers in and out of the game" the company will be adopting stronger measures as of immediate beginning.
Citing a "growing team and better technology", Jagex says it will not just be in the business of acquiring gold and resources through RWT but also buyers. Its goal is to cut down the demand, and the supply.
Jagex claims it will send "messages to those we've identified as engaging to engage in RWT" within "the next few hours". "For those who were involved, we'd like to be clear - this is your one or only warning" they added.
Other measures that developers will take as punishments for RWT activity are set to consist of wealth removal - which is basically eliminating gains that were earned illegally from accounts of players at an account level on servers - as well as possible bans.
RuneScape's PvP component, dubbed"the Duel Arena, will also have stricter rules in place. Jagex says the feature "has been a source of the aforementioned toxic behavior" and that 38 per cent of all bans for RWT actions up to now originate from this aspect which the players play cheap runescape 3 gold. It says that already amounts in "thousands of bans per month".
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