The announcement also included the news regarding the games OSRS gold mode, Duel Arena, would be subject to sweeping changes which include an increased enforcement of game's code-of-conduct, so as to encourage positive gameplay. Jagex states that Duel Arena "has been a catalyst for this type of behavior".

However, prior to that publishers say that "short-term measures" will be in place "until our development teams can provide a major update that fully replaces the Duel Arena in the coming year."

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Indeed, buy RS gold is still as popular as ever , with over 100,000 concurrent players regularly online at peak times during the time of the day. Over 2.5 million accounts are made over the last 20 years and even though many are still active, a significant proportion of them are active.