Savage Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Do you think any item in OSRS will ever be considered a rare? Not on the level of the old school PHats but like an old Santa from 2007 type rarity. Or maybe even something as rare as a Blue Phat in 07. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inshalla Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 My whip, as I used it. It's rare now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahTheWeebWolf Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Possibly but not because of Jagex because If I am not mistaken Jagex has made it clear that they do not wish to make holiday items rare; instead, they plan to just give all past year holiday items each time the holidays come up(So This Easter would get 2013,2014 and 2015 rewards). That said the supply of such items will never really decrease to the point of being a priceless item. The only item that I think stands a chance of going for a couple mil any time soon is the Christmas Cracker(because they do decrease as people open them with the hops of getting a more valuable phat). The only other way I could see rare items happening is if and this is a big if... An individual with lots, and I mean we're talking hundreds of millions if not billions of gp figured out how many copies of a particular holiday item existed and decided to just buy everyone's holiday items. Essentially they would be a monopoly or more realistically a group of individuals could do it and become an oligopoly, Eventually the mass purchase of all these holiday items would affect the market as people see almost no one wearing them. This is when the prices would skyrocket, however, this would only be temporary because once the corresponding holiday season comes up, and the items are re-released... well there's no point at buying for a high price then now is there? That said it would require loads of time and planning and you'd have to sell as many of the copies as possible before the next holiday event. However if you sell too many too soon the price will just drop thus cut into profits. When a new holiday event happens the individual or group would have to purchase all the new ones and begin again. I know way too much about economics lol =). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBron Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 No, never. There are TONS of "rares" in the game and more being pumped in during holiday events. This game will die out soon as well, hardly any "new" players in the game and the old ones will eventually move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seks Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisefish Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 a sleeping cap is rare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Yea I don't think so simply because the game won't last too much longer in my eyes. Not long enough for anything to become rare in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hero of Time Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 no. have you seen mod ronan spawn "rares" ? its insane lol and he will keep doing it, there will never be any rares in 07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepecher Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 The only thing that is "rare" is 3rd age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 When I said rare I also kinda meant like nostalgic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seks Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Fancy boots are rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Possibly but not because of Jagex because If I am not mistaken Jagex has made it clear that they do not wish to make holiday items rare; instead, they plan to just give all past year holiday items each time the holidays come up(So This Easter would get 2013,2014 and 2015 rewards). That said the supply of such items will never really decrease to the point of being a priceless item. The only item that I think stands a chance of going for a couple mil any time soon is the Christmas Cracker(because they do decrease as people open them with the hops of getting a more valuable phat). The only other way I could see rare items happening is if and this is a big if... An individual with lots, and I mean we're talking hundreds of millions if not billions of gp figured out how many copies of a particular holiday item existed and decided to just buy everyone's holiday items. Essentially they would be a monopoly or more realistically a group of individuals could do it and become an oligopoly, Eventually the mass purchase of all these holiday items would affect the market as people see almost no one wearing them. This is when the prices would skyrocket, however, this would only be temporary because once the corresponding holiday season comes up, and the items are re-released... well there's no point at buying for a high price then now is there? That said it would require loads of time and planning and you'd have to sell as many of the copies as possible before the next holiday event. However if you sell too many too soon the price will just drop thus cut into profits. When a new holiday event happens the individual or group would have to purchase all the new ones and begin again. I know way too much about economics lol =). lol =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
