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Kopaka
Dec Member 2023

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NOTE: Probably not what it sounds like. Titles are too short to be precise.

I think the website should store a cookie to determine if someone is redirected to the RS3 homepage or the OSRS homepage. This way when someone types in runescape.com in their URL bar, it will send them automatically to the correct version of the site.

Forums navigation page should have two variants:

one like it is now for when you navigate here from the RS3 landing page, and

one which is stylistically OSRS themed and has the OSRS subforums located at the top, with the RS3 subforums located further down and SPECIFICALLY with labels indicating those subforums are for RS3, the way the current navigation page indicates the OSRS subforums are SPECIFICALLY OSRS.

With just a few cookies it would be very simple to cut down on the number of misplaced threads just by showing people what they are actually looking for.

12-May-2021 03:49:49 - Last edited on 12-May-2021 18:08:58 by Kopaka

Tranq
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Seeing as it's the same forums currently. Your suggestion would just move old school to the top of the forums for everyone (or almost the top for some) after all the specialist forums sections are above the main group but you need special permissions to view those. So as pointed out they are combined. When old school was created it didn't get it's own forums. they were just tacked onto the existing forums.

So what you're asking for is a separation of the forums. with go to links for each if I'm understanding you correctly.
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12-May-2021 12:16:47

Kopaka
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Archaeox said :
And how exactly does this proposal help people who play both RS3 and OSRS, and who use both sets of forums?

Those who use both don't need help. They already find the forums they are looking for. I've never seen someone who plays both games post in the wrong forum by mistake. Also, those who use both presumably wouldn't even experience any change. The way the site works now is how it would continue to work, providing you have your cookies such that the RS3 page is your default.

The only players this would affect would be players who exclusively play OSRS who currently post in the RS3 forums by mistake quite often.

Tranq said :
Seeing as it's the same forums currently. The part that isn't the same is that OSRS and RS3 have their own suggestion forums. They are located on the same page but they are two separate forums and often OSRS suggestions are posted in the RS3 suggestion section.

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So what you're asking for is a separation of the forums. with go to links for each if I'm understanding you correctly. I view it not as separation just reorganization based on cookies.

12-May-2021 16:35:37 - Last edited on 12-May-2021 16:58:00 by Kopaka

Dilbert2001
Jun Member 2006

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Tranq said :
Seeing as it's the same forums currently. Your suggestion would just move old school to the top of the forums for everyone (or almost the top for some) after all the specialist forums sections are above the main group but you need special permissions to view those. So as pointed out they are combined. When old school was created it didn't get it's own forums. they were just tacked onto the existing forums.

So what you're asking for is a separation of the forums. with go to links for each if I'm understanding you correctly.

Actually no need to move OSRS forums because we can revert it back to the past when clicking the Forum link from the OSRS website got us to the OSRS Forum. This is what it should be and the change actually didn't help OSRS forum users.

12-May-2021 16:45:00

Dilbert2001
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I don't see Jagex can merge RS3 and OSRS websites because they are very different games with very different features such as different Hiscores, different Mobile support, different GE. Everything is just different.

Besides, Jagex is getting more Runesape franchise games. Are we going to put all these different games with different features on the same website? The answer is clearly not. It is just almost impossible not to backfire and cause a lot of confusion.

12-May-2021 16:48:32

Kopaka
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Dilbert2001 said :
I don't see Jagex can merge RS3 and OSRS websites because they are very different games with very different features such as different Hiscores, different Mobile support, different GE. Everything is just different.

Besides, Jagex is getting more Runesape franchise games. Are we going to put all these different games with different features on the same website? The answer is clearly not. It is just almost impossible not to backfire and cause a lot of confusion. It doesn't sound like you read what I wrote, because that's not what I want either.

12-May-2021 17:48:59

Mrs Ana

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I do not believe that they would ever merge both websites given the mere fact that they are two different versions of the game. I am sure that they'd love to keep them separated as both games have their own fans and community. Think of people that dislike MTX in RS3 and those that are completely happy that MTX is not (and should not, as promised by Jagex) available in OSRS. Now, something that I believe they should change (even though I am sure they will not) is the total number of players that are currently online.

As it stands, at the precise time of this post, the counter shows 122,868 players online across both games; however, out of this number, there are 79,604 players online on OSRS. I think that it should be clearer which number belongs to what version of the game but that is not going to change. It makes sense, business-wise, for Jagex to show the total amount across both games rather than simply showing one on the RuneScape.com website and the other one the oldschool.runescape.com website. It just gives a better impression of how many total players are enjoying both games.

As for the Forums link on the oldschool.runescape.com, it should be amended. Right now, if I click on it, it will take me to the main Forums page here on the RS3 version of the website. It should not be this way. The OSRS community should have their own version of the classic Forums to keep on par with the game itself. As we all know, this may not be plausible given the current state of affairs regarding updating the RuneScape Forums as a whole, but at the minimum, the redirect from that link should be to the OSRS sub-forums found here on the main RS3 Forums website.

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12-May-2021 18:19:17

Mrs Ana

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With that being said, if we want to minimize the error people make when they post on the incorrect sub-forum, then, at least, if they clicked on the Forums link found on the OSRS website, they should at least be shown the picture I will share below:



Right now, they are shown this:



I do not believe this is very difficult to implement, other than to tweak the link itself to make sure that players who click on the Forums link are actually directed to the OSRS sub-forums. If this were to be implemented, I am sure that it would reduce the amount of incorrect or misplaced threads that are added daily to the General sub-forum, for example. If you are looking for help and you see General first -- either from RS3 or OSRS -- that is where you will most likely post given the sub-forum's title and its description.

All in all, this may be a good start to try to tackle the issues aforementioned :) .

12-May-2021 18:19:23

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