I've been playing on and off since 2004. 2004-2007 I played consistently but after they made the changes I just can't seem to get back into it. The thing I loved about it for so long was you could become rich at any moment (or poor for that matter). Someone could die fighting dragons and you could pick up their stuff and become rich, you could die fighting dragons and become poor. Free trading made trading a lot better too I believe, because although the G.E. made items easier to obtain, free trading is a lot funner.
The wild is my life long love as well. No PvP on any game can come close to it in my opinion, you risk everything you have on you for everything they have. No other game offers anything like that, the adrenaline rush, the feel when you kill someone, the depression when you die and exit out because you're so mad, but then 10 minutes later you log back on, I love that. I miss hopping across worlds to find some lonely skiller to kill. I also miss killing pkers who were trying to kill skillers. The current PvP is much better than the bounty hunter craters, however nothing beats the old wild system. Full drops, every world. It's fun, and it's something no other MMO can offer. I'm an avid WoW player and I play it at a high level in PvP, however this update will definitely bring me back to playing runescape. As much as I love WoW (and believe me I do), regardless of graphics, difficulty or whatever factors you put into it, I'd take Runescape with the old wild and free trading> World of Warcraft any day.
05-Jan-2011 22:37:41