Vaskor of Reader’s Digest published a wonderful free Runescape money making guide using the Grand Exchange (GE).

So many players left Runescape because they felt that minus the ability to perform unbalanced trades combined with players having access to a very large supply pool via the GE it essentially made Runescape money making from the old way of merchanting impossible, or at least not worth the time. This resigned many players to the fact that the only way you could make good money in Runescape was now to just grind your way through skills like, mining, fishing, fletching, runecrafting etc something many players didn’t enjoy.

Well it was only six months ago that I was writing about the consistent upward trend of Runescape Money and Runescape gold sales despite Jagex’s best efforts to shut down Runescape gold sellers. Well Jagex have definitely reversed that trend significantly, and it is quite interesting to see just how much the number of searches for Runescape money and Runescape gold has dropped in the last two months since New Years when the new trading restrictions were brought in. I’m assuming that the downward trend will continue as more and more players realise that the buying Runescape gold indsutry is essentially gone:

So many people are talking about how Real World Traders (RWT) traders have been stopped in their tracks by the recent trade restrictions imposed by Jagex, but as much as Jagex have reduced the ability for RWT to sell Runescape gold easily, they still haven’t solved the primary reason players opt to buy Runescape gold. That being that they don’t want to have to grind their way through hours of monotonous gameplay to have enough money to buy their dream items or have the levels they require to perform the quests they want or play the other aspects of Runescape that require high levels. So with that said I think RWT is going to continue to be an issue that affects MMORPG games like Runescape.

I have been recently delving into the minds of some players from the dark side of Runescape (Moparscape Usage)and I have been doing some research on search trends and I was surprised to find that the number of players searching for Runescape hacks has been fairly consistent over the last four years, though is starting to trend down a little, but over the last 18 months the number of people searching for Runescape cheats has been distinctly trending down:

As many of you are aware, RuneScape have brought out the new trading rule. This however has given monster hunters going after the KBD (King Black Dragon) and the KQ (Kalphite Queen) a major shock. Also people who went to the GWD (God Wars Dungeon) to fight the bosses there are also outraged. How can people get there share of the loot?