Jagex has announced that it will start sending "messages to those whom we've found engaging within RWT" within "the coming hours". "For anyone involved, we want to make clear that this is your single und only caution with OSRS Gold," it added.
Other measures the developer might think of as punishments for RWT activity are set to include wealth removal , which is basically removing ill-gotten gains from players' accounts at an server level and possible bans.
RuneScape's PvP component, dubbed"the Duel Arena, will also see stricter rules implemented. Jagex states that the feature "has been a flashpoint in this toxic behaviour" and that 38 percent of bans for RWT activities up to now stem from this element to the gameplay. It claims that this equates up to "thousands of bans every month".
As a result, the developer seems to be opting for the nuclear option, saying "we're looking in the long-term to remove through the Duel Arena out of RuneScape entirely." In the meantime it will introduce "some temporary steps" to tidy up PvP "until our development teams can deliver an update major enough to completely takes over the Duel Arena next year."
These will include a cap at the maximum amount GP which is also known as gold points the players can wager on matches on the Duel Arena. Players will be able to place bets "no more than 50m GP for each duel". Additional rules haven't been detailed as yet.
Jagex says that "a completely new experience that will play out as part the Elder God Wars storyline" will replace Duel Arena at the beginning of 2022 But no other details have been released yet.
Although the effect of these modifications remains to be evaluated it is clear that they are one of the most effective measures any studio has attempted to fight external abuse of its systems for real-world monetary gain with Cheap RS Gold. If successful, similar measures are likely to be implemented across the MMO area in the future.