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aSp
Jun Member 2022

aSp

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Just go with me here...

Someone sees the Necromancy adverts online and thinks to themselves now is the time I try play RS, finally.

You log in, and make your way to Draynor.
You sit through the cut scene, and you head to Um. Total immersion.
You go through the tutorial and make a start. Fully immersed.
Now your turn.
First, teleport away, lose all immersion, and find a bank. ( this is an everyone fail, immersion lost all because people complained Fort Forthry had too many banks )

As a new player you realise you can't do Necro unless you get bones.
So, you now go and do combat that ISN'T Necro.

You get your bones, you get started and then realise you can't even buy and weild a wep or armour, and you need to go mining - or make money to buy stuff.

At this point you are feeling very lied to by the advertising.


... and that is before you even think of a new IM trying to do Necro.

It isn't technically called an Elite Skill, but it sure does operate like one.


For us with resources and trained skills, it is clunky and doesn't feel like a combat skill until later - but at least we can see a chance to progress.


Why are you bothering to advertise for new players using this skill when it will make them quit for being mislead?

11-Aug-2023 08:21:29

noninie
Jun Member 2023

noninie

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Droppers of bones can be found within Um, sort of. The problem is, we aren't told where they are, although we are obliquely told that they exist.

Two banks can be found within Um. The problem is, they aren't in particularly helpful places.

11-Aug-2023 09:35:16

Bertel62
Aug Member 2023

Bertel62

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Someone sees the Necromancy adverts online and thinks to themselves now is the time I try play RS, finally.
That is silly. Do you think that people sit around waiting for a game they have never played to get a new skill, and then decide to play it when it gets one? Of course not. A new player would start with woodcutting, firemaking, fishing, mining and normal combat. Why would they start with nechromancy?

11-Aug-2023 10:35:48

aSp
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aSp

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That is silly. Do you think that people sit around waiting for a game they have never played to get a new skill, and then decide to play it when it gets one?

No...I think advertising is supposed to work and that Jagex is actively investing in using Necromancy to advertise.

Do you not understand the intended purpose of advertising?

11-Aug-2023 14:30:21 - Last edited on 11-Aug-2023 14:32:41 by aSp

Dilbert2001
Jun Member 2006

Dilbert2001

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If you don't read the weekly Necromancy Insights blog since late July, you failed.

The RS3 team has given us all the ways to prepare for Necromancy, we also have a Necromancy Preparation thread on the RSOF General forum too.

You are absolutely wrong when you think we need bones for Necromancy. We don't. We can level Necromancy through killing. Not only we don't need bones, we actually can collect bones while leveling up Necromancy. That's why so many new Necromancers have no problems.

Hey! Over 57k new concurrent players and over 132k new Necromancers already! How big a success Necromancy is! It is not too late for you to look at all those Jagex provided Necromancy Insights blogs as well as players and RSOF users created content for your future success though! :)

11-Aug-2023 16:47:29 - Last edited on 11-Aug-2023 19:32:41 by Dilbert2001

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