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TWIRP Special Indexes Report and Analysis (2008/05/26) TWIRP Index Values (2008/05/19)

This is the TWIRP report covering price changes and economic trends for the week of May 19, 2008. Please read on for a summary of TWIRP index results, and be sure to check out the subsections for more index reports, charts and details.

If you are new to TWIRP and have not yet learned about how it works, I recommend reading either the sections Understanding TWIRP and TWIRP Index Details, or the more concise TWIRP Quick Guide. Without that background you may have a hard time understanding this report.

Global Composite Yield (TWIRP): 92.8 -0.9% q
Skill Composite Yield (TWIRP-S): 95.0 -1.1% q
Combat Composite Yield (TWIRP-C): 89.2 -0.8% q
Key Items Affordability (TWIRP-X-KEY): 91.7 -0.2% q

Advancing Items: 113 (37.3%)
Declining Items: 139 (45.9%)
Unchanged Items: 51 (16.8%)

Item "Winner" of the Week: Teak logs: +29.0% pppp
Item "Loser" of the Week: Weapon poison (++): -29.8% qqqq

Index "Winner" of the Week: Farming Yield: +3.3% p
Index "Loser" of the Week: Construction Affordability: -10.1% qqq

Crude Volatility Index (TWIRP-X-VOL): 297.4

RuneScape’s economy continues to be quiet... but not in a good way. By this, I mean that there’s really not much happening—there’s been little in the way of significant updates of late—yet the economic indicators continue to look rather poor. The overall global yield index hit 92.8 this week, down another 0.9%, which is the seventh straight week it has declined or remained unchanged. And the downturn was across the board: income went down, costs went up, and both fighters and skillers were affected.

Key item affordability was down 0.2%, which is fairly minor, but again, this reflects a nearly straight downward trend, indicating that prices overall in the economy are rising. Current market indicators suggest an overall annual inflation rate in the game of about 20%.

Looking at a listing of all the reported indexes, I see a big swath of red, with nearly every index down; only a handful bucked the trend. So if it seems like things are getting more expensive and you’re making less profit for your efforts, that may in fact be the case. It is actually possible that the quiet in the game is a partial cause of this phenomenon; with players somewhat bored, more are competing for the same resources and working the same skills.

For more indexes, reports and analysis, be sure to read the subsections below. Otherwise, see you next week.

TWIRP Special Indexes Report and Analysis (2008/05/26) TWIRP Index Values (2008/05/19)