If successful, similar measures could be seen across the MMO space in future. While the impact of these changes remains to be seen, they appear to be some of the strongest that any studio has taken to combat external abuse of its systems for real-world monetary gain. Jagex says that “a brand new experience that’ll be part of the ongoing Elder God Wars storyline” will replace Duel Arena in early 2022, but no further details have been provided yet. Further measures have not been detailed as yet. Players will be able to wager “no more than 50m GP per duel”. These will include a cap on the amount of GP, or gold points, players can stake on a match in the Duel Arena.
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Until then, it will implement “some short-term measures” to clean up PvP “until our development teams can deliver a major update that fully replaces the Duel Arena next year.” In a new blog post, credited to “The RuneScape Team”, the publisher states that “gold purchased through RWT is a problem in any online game featuring a tradeable currency”, and that although its “Anti-Cheating Team has done much to tackle RWT sellers both in and out of the game”, it will be taking stronger measures with immediate effect.Īs a result, the developer seems to be taking the nuclear option, saying “we’re looking in the long-term to phase the Duel Arena out of RuneScape entirely.” Now, Jagex has outlined plans to tackle the problem. In RuneScape, the trade in its digital ‘gold’ has been a particular problem, leading to bots mining the resource, and even accusations that the ability to buy in-game ‘bonds’ for real-world money amounts to gambling.
The trade of virtual currencies for real-world money can be a problem for many online games, upsetting in-game economies, unbalancing player experiences, or turning games into pay-to-win scenarios.
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