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Rune Uzi
Nov Member 2020

Rune Uzi

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Hi guys,

I just wanted to leave a note as I have almost 6000 hours of in-game time on this account and felt I should at least share my thoughts on the current competitive state of RS. I feel as if RS3 really lacks a variety of competitive modes/active group content (dead minigames, zero meaningful PvP activities, Dung being a dead skill, etc). This is obviously a known issue, however, I've recently started an account on OSRS out of boredom of RS3 and was blown away by the competitive/meaningful Minigames/PvP content on OSRS.

OSRS obviously has many more active players but it is certainly clear that there are so many more options of competitive gameplay (so many active minigames, PVP content, etc). It was exactly what is missing in RS3. It was refreshing to see how active Last Man Standing in OSRS is. Why doesn't RS3 have its own version of content like this? I believe adding more competitive content (with coveted rewards, of course) to RS3 would bring more players to the game and add a more competitive nature to the game.

The Wilderness rework was clearly a flop (apologies Devs, graphics look nice though!). I disagreed with adding the option to turn PvP off, however, I would have accepted this option if it was clearly much more efficient to have PvP enabled (xp buffs, drop buffs, restricted non-PvP players from certain drop tables, etc). I would have loved to see Wilderness bosses (Risk/Reward scenarios) like OSRS (of course, an RS3 friendly version). This would have added much more value to going into the Wilderness (both as a PvE player and Pker) and a little more of of excitement/adrenaline pump along with it!

Just wanted to put this out there to see if anyone else feels the same. I love RS3 and OSRS, however, OSRS seems to scratch that competitive itch that I wish RS3 was able to do!


Thanks!

-Rune Uzi

16-Feb-2023 21:55:18

Dilbert2001
Jun Member 2006

Dilbert2001

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The future of competitive content in RS3 and OSRS actually depends heavily on monetization of such content.

Competitive games and Esports all have MTX heavily attached to them. That's how they can give out millions of real $$$ prizes. RS3 had competitions in FSW perhaps only because it was monetized. RS3 can actually have a lot more competitive content if they can monetize it.

Because of their community against MTX, there is really ZERO chance OSRS can be an Esport/Competitve game for long, absolutely zero chance.

17-Feb-2023 17:22:13

Dilbert2001
Jun Member 2006

Dilbert2001

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Immortalized said :
I agree, I used to like competitive minigames like heist, and they even created seasonal hiscores which promoted this, unfortunately people with alt accounts just cheat on here and then fmods will hide your post for even bringing the issue to light. even though jmods have reset people's scores on these for other seasonals...

If Heist is "competitive" then the likes of Warbands and Sinkholes are even more competitive, and there are still plenty of players playing them.

If having a "Hiscores" makes a piece of content "competitive" then everything can be "competitive". We don't just have Hiscores, but also Monthly and Weekly Hiscores too, but frankly, who care? And why not also add Daily and Hourly Hiscores? :D

17-Feb-2023 20:53:25 - Last edited on 17-Feb-2023 20:54:22 by Dilbert2001

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