forums.rs

Forums

Hero Pass - Thoughts?

Quick find code: 15-16-79-66286426

of 23
Loves Coffee
Feb Member 2024

Loves Coffee

Posts: 373 Silver Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile
I'm mourning.
I liked the dailies, since covid i can do only simple things.
I liked yak track. That's long term memory

To many changes, to many new things, my mind says stop.

So the many new changes, won't be for me. I can't do them.
Recent updates, don't change to much.

edit: no need to log in every day
That's fine, there is a life beside rs...and sitting behind geraniums

04-Sep-2023 14:27:47 - Last edited on 04-Sep-2023 14:31:25 by Loves Coffee

Roddy Piper
Jan Member 2011

Roddy Piper

Posts: 13,757 Opal Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile
Ltj said :
Came back to RS after a couple of year break was using daily challenges as an aid to get 120 farm and archeology up. Now dailys have gone cba any more tbh will probably not bother and just return for dxp events only

This definitely has the potential to go wrong. I was a huge fan of the daily challenge system, the daily login is a special session. Even though I am a daily player the reset is a big deal for me.

Now I'm looking at hero pass (it doesn't qualify for capital letters) and it's not very exciting. Also, no more Yak. That system was way more rewarding in comparison. 20% damage reduction in Zamorak's torture chamber just means certain death is extended so I can suffer more. The real problem is I have no idea what is happening or what I am expected to do.

04-Sep-2023 14:47:42

Serendipidus
Jan Member 2023

Serendipidus

Posts: 51 Iron Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile
I read about the Hero Pass. I figured it was a fair enough replacement of the Yak Trak system. One in, one out, an attempt at matching other games, yada yada. What I'm terribly upset to wake up to is having 3 keys a day and not 6 keys, as I can't do dailies anymore. Must have missed that somewhere in the patch notes - I assumed you were just replacing one system with another, not debilitating my quick and easy daily rewards.

So let's get right down to it - extremely fast daily XP is nerfed. For the 99 Maxed majority this is probably inconsequential and they get a new system. I imagine they are still out 3 keys. Personally, I was gaming the system to finish off my XP. I only had Archaeology not at 99 left - I got 3 Archaeology dailies each day. Log in, dig a hole, 99k XP, Bob's your favourite cat.

Hero Pass took the rug right out from under me, honestly. Sorry mate, no 100K a day for you, here's a cat and a skeleton six pack. I was being directly rewarded for only having one skill left. Terribly rude, to be honest.

Look at my account history. You make an interesting change, I cough up an annual membership. You bungle an update, I go disappear for 1-3 years and come snooping around again later. It's genius, the annual membership. Lets you stabilize subscriptions through good patches and bad. Bungled this one. I'm all for having a go at a different Yak Trak, some ignorable optional on top of my every day, but you took my brekky. I wake up, make a nice bowl of vis wax, and eat my Archaeology triple daily. Not anymore though. Seems the doc is in and told me I'm low on calcium.

04-Sep-2023 14:49:17

Tuffty
Jan
fmod Member
2003

Tuffty

Forum Moderator Posts: 152,207 Ruby Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile
I like it. It's something different to do.

I think it was in need of a change for a long time. Now the change is here it should be much better.

Also No I'm not blowing smoke anywhere I genuinely like how it works out.

Was tired of Yak and how often they came along. 1 finished week later another started. This New System seems much better.

So far I'm lvl 43. :P

1 thing I don't like seeing but will get used to it. The challenges number showing all the time. That will drive me nuts on the main game page. Comprehensive Account Security
Live long and Prosper...... :P

04-Sep-2023 15:28:09

Megycal
Sep Member 2005

Megycal

Posts: 18,168 Opal Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile
I loved the daily challenges. Because I'm maxed I'd toggle off all the skills excpet the one I was training and use vis wax to extend them. I've been using the daily challenges to level up all 3 of my melee skills to 120 by doing combat challenges. I'm really going to miss those lamps. :( :(
As for the rest of the system its too soon to say if I like it.

04-Sep-2023 15:46:00

Dilbert2001
Jun Member 2006

Dilbert2001

Posts: 30,311 Sapphire Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile
john-punkguy said :
The usefulness of vis wax has taken a hit after this update, (no daily challenges to extend or reroll), and changing a mission is clearly not as directly impactful as the previous content.

Perhaps vis wax will become dead content or a drastically reduced piece of gameplay, which may, in turn, affect rune crafting as demand for runes might drop slightly, especially those low-level runes that new players are selling.

This is the domino effect.

We still use vis wax to change our missions, and we have a lot more than 3 daily challenges to change at our discretion. Especially for the ones who go after Hero Level 99, or perhaps after Level 120 too for more rewards, they should have more needs of vis wax.

04-Sep-2023 15:48:46

Dilbert2001
Jun Member 2006

Dilbert2001

Posts: 30,311 Sapphire Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile
I just logged in for the first time and found myself starting at Hero Level 34 already. I did a couple more rituals and gained a couple more Hero Level.

So far, on the xp progression side, it seems pretty good and effortless.

I haven't explored the weekly Missions yet, will try out a little bit more now.

04-Sep-2023 15:52:20

BiggBoss
Dec Member 2019

BiggBoss

Posts: 16 Bronze Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile
I thought it would be a nice replacement for yak track, to replace the yak track missions with these type of missions, similar to how other games do it, but never did I think this would replace the daily challenges. Like what the hell were they thinking? Nobody asked to replace one of the more actively used feature of the game. Back then Jagex even made it more interesting with the weekly rewards system and now this? It's like stealing back the lollypop you gave to a kid that made 'm happy in the first place.

The only cool rewards are the cosmetics, the rest are shit and not worth doing, but for the effort to get to the end, I will never look back into this pass again and will probably never get to see the cosmetics on me.

I also understand that Jagex needs to make more buck to keep things going and that MTX is a good money making method, but c'mon... don't take stuff away from the community that people use for years and then add a paywall to it. That's not cool man. If you do MTX, try to at least keep things fair and not steal back the lollypops you gave us...

04-Sep-2023 16:04:27

Quick find code: 15-16-79-66286426 Back to Top