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kaloo · Oct 21, 2005, 02:11 AM // 02:11

Why is it that buying runes doesn't unlock them?

Ray · Oct 21, 2005, 02:24 AM // 02:24

I don't know.

Ruin · Oct 21, 2005, 02:40 AM // 02:40

It would make it too easy to unlock them all, in that case.

Lasareth · Oct 21, 2005, 02:45 AM // 02:45

The game favors playing over farming. Having runes unlockable by buying them would promote farming to get the money for said runes, thus it is not implemented.

Elena · Oct 21, 2005, 02:59 AM // 02:59

ya know when u finally get that superior vigor or absorption rune drop for you in pve you gotta think what to do with it use it or sell it...

Hodor · Oct 21, 2005, 02:59 AM // 02:59

So instead it promotes farming for runes intead of farming for gold

Lasareth · Oct 21, 2005, 03:06 AM // 03:06

The game isn't meant to be farmed. The way the system is, people who normally pvp in their free time will get their runes as time passes.

Farming isn't a result of restrictions, it's a result of the impatience of players who want things here and now.

Getting the gold for runes is far more tedious and forces someone to go out of their way to obtain, as opposed to normally playing the game and eventually being able to unlock something.

Oct 21, 2005, 02:11 AM // 02:11	#1
kaloo Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2005 Guild: Storm Striders[STRD] Profession: N/W	Unlock Runes Why is it that buying runes doesn't unlock them?

Oct 21, 2005, 02:24 AM // 02:24	#2
Ray Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Denmark	I don't know.

Oct 21, 2005, 02:40 AM // 02:40	#3
Ruin Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Oct 2005	It would make it too easy to unlock them all, in that case.

Oct 21, 2005, 02:45 AM // 02:45	#4
Lasareth Aquarius Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Somewhere between Boardwalk and Park Place	The game favors playing over farming. Having runes unlockable by buying them would promote farming to get the money for said runes, thus it is not implemented.

Oct 21, 2005, 02:59 AM // 02:59	#5
Elena Desert Nomad Join Date: May 2005 Location: Belgium	ya know when u finally get that superior vigor or absorption rune drop for you in pve you gotta think what to do with it use it or sell it...

Oct 21, 2005, 02:59 AM // 02:59	#6
Hodor Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: Federated Communist Uber Korps	So instead it promotes farming for runes intead of farming for gold

Oct 21, 2005, 03:06 AM // 03:06	#7
Lasareth Aquarius Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Somewhere between Boardwalk and Park Place	The game isn't meant to be farmed. The way the system is, people who normally pvp in their free time will get their runes as time passes. Farming isn't a result of restrictions, it's a result of the impatience of players who want things here and now. Getting the gold for runes is far more tedious and forces someone to go out of their way to obtain, as opposed to normally playing the game and eventually being able to unlock something.