In the previous many years, you would have to pay cheap old school rs gold membership by real money. But now there is a new runescape currency which you can use to exchange rs membership and other rs stuffs.
But do you prefer to use some of your vast ingame wealth to pay for that membership? You can do that now thanks to the introduction of rs Bonds, a new item that can be purchased for $5 a pop and then traded or sold in the game itself.
Runescape Bonds can be redeemed for 14 days of play time, eight Squeal of Fortune spins, or 160 RuneCoins. You can also redeem them for RuneFest tickets. In a video from Jagex Mark , the genesis of Bonds is explained, this is the latest step in the game's long-standing battle with runescape gold farming accounts, offering players more control over membership costs while cutting out the need to pay money to third parties.
But if you ask me the developers tackle the problem from the wrong end, warn then ban those that are buying and there would be no market for the farmers to peddle their wares in. If within a short time of there being a spike in someone's in-game currency list a message appeared on their screen "You’re being investigated", people may think for a while before dealing with gold sellers.
In a word, I do not think this can fight the buy old school rs gold farming, but too many players have got used to buying rs gold, so they will not change their habit.