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Although playing games does give you profit, I find RS more interesting and fun. After two days of no income, I'm getting use to this new system. Though I hate it that it takes twice the time to restock my shop. But, what the heck, as long as I get enough income to sent my pets to school.

im playing neoquest 2 and im not restocking at the moment since im having a neopets burn-out the last time that happened I stopped playing neopets for 2 years

i LIKE the new RS system, I've seen items in stores that I've never seen before

If this was the NeoBoards and not the iDB Forums, I would be responding to ira's and Nightwind's replies with something that would most likely be categorized as "flaming." But, this is not the NeoBoards, and so I have nothing to say.

By the way, I would appreciate it if anybody sends me the link to the Red Codestone Foundation's page, as I am basing the new program on the Foundation.

What, just because they like it? They're entitled to their opinion. And in fact, I agree, at least when it comes to the igloo. I rsed there on the first night of this new system and I was picking up an item every few minutes (and that's even with getting locked out of many restocks because of the 1.5-minute rule). I haven't tried any other shops yet, though. I imagine restocking in those is a lot more frustrating because they don't stock as often as igloo, and I'd be angry if I usually made most of my NP rsing in a normal shop.

The "flaming" is not direct, but it comes from the fact that the only reason some restockers prefer the new system is because they were not fast enough in the old system. That was what I meant by "flaming," and it is quite mild.

There is no change in Igloo, as it was like that before the system switch as well. Normal shops did not behave like Igloo before the switch, and there still is no lock-out rule. Also, haggling and pet image clicking plays a role in speed in the normal shops before the switch. That role has been diminished, adding to my frustration.

I don't get it with this "flaming " thing you're talking about. Personally, I like the old system better, and yes I am fast enough to get the items. But, even though the new system is not up to my liking, I still have to get use to it or I'll have no income to speak of daily. I'm still using the Main Food Shop as a guide, trying to figure a pattern that I can follow.

Igloo has changed, actually (I know how it and normal shops work; I have restocked in both). It now restocks every time any other shop in Neopia restocks. So instead of stocking at the same general rate as every other shop, it's stocking every 1-3 minutes. I'm not sure if that was on purpose or if TNT didn't notice... but you can rs in there for a half hour and grab 10+ things (the lockout is annoying, though; I missed almost every second one because of it).

ira_7700 Wrote:But, even though the new system is not up to my liking, I still have to get use to it or I'll have no income to speak of daily.

The problem comes in that it's no longer a "fair" system, even though TNT might think of it that way.

Before: Shops were very regimented in when they stocked. In the past few months, TNT shot the majority of the Auto-Buyers, and all it came down to was skill and what time you were on. People either could restock or they could suck at it and complain that the system was unfair.

Now: Shops stock randomly. While it allows more "chance" for a not-so-good restocker to get something, it also prevents the system that existed before. Instead of, "Okay, I'm going to try this again," it's become, "Come on... where's a restock... where's a restock..."

The randomness is TNT's equivelent of kicking the middle and upper class in the groin. Wealth becomes distributed, and because the poor are earning more, and the rich are earning less, we discover that Neopia is a communist world, and that TNT is secretly based in China.


The bigger problem comes in the fact that newbies will randomly walk into the Shops. Before, they'd see the crappy Items that were worth their price or less, buy them, and then find out they got shafted. Now they run the chance of picking up something good.

As restockers, we restocked. We would camp in the Shops, know when to refresh, fumble the keyboard on the haggle, and either walk away with an Item or mutter curses under our breath. For every Item we restocked (or 99% of the Items we restocked), we would sell them.

Do these newbies sell them? Not always. If something's shiny, a newbie will cling to it. That's why I predicted inflation. Now, inflation might help us out, if we get lucky with a restock. The real question: Does getting lucky when we do catch restocks balance out for the consistency of the old system?

Old System > Communist System[/rant]

I always wondered what communism felt like and now I know why so many detest it . I managed to get 2 good items since the change but otherwise have been able to find absolutely nothing.

Is it fair -> No
Does TNT think about these things -> Not enough

If TNT thinks they did good with this RS time change, what will be next? An end to auction sniping?

Hagane_Tsumon Wrote:I seriously dont want to depend on playing games to make np.. ugh.. we're elite rs'ers because we had to practice and practice until we got good and fast to get the items.. stupid people complaining that they cant rs is because they dont practice or try harder to become good.. thats my opinions...

Theres also the thing on slow connection, lot of people doesnt have a 2000 kbps connection and that just limits them....and everybody was getting richer with the old system while we play odd games for ...what..2k ?

I agree with the new system :thumbup: