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Waltthesalt

Waltthesalt

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Looks like I won't be playing. Nice "gesture" you guys had up your sleeves. There were probably more players that voted in that poll than actually play your game in the state it's in. This is just another ploy to try to squeeze some more money out of the diminishing player-base. This "old school" Runescape will not have a long lifespan without a f2p option. If you really wanted old players to return you would get rid of the horrible money grabs you've added to the game in the last 2-3 years that devalue the whole playing experience. Why do you think we left in the first place?

Runescape's search rankings have dropped to a lower level than when RS2 was first introduced back in 2004. I guess short term profit is more important than overall long-term profitability and the longevity of the company. The downward trends on the graphs show no signs of stopping and there's not much room left until Runescape's and Jagex's numbers hit rock bottom. It doesn't take an expert to notice what has changed between now and when Runescape's numbers were highest.
:O

01-Mar-2013 03:40:20 - Last edited on 01-Mar-2013 03:45:15 by Waltthesalt

SwordSlasha

SwordSlasha

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"As a gesture of our own goodwill and an aspiration for this newly established community to flourish and hopefully grow we will NOT ** charging the additional $5 membership fee for at least the next 6 months!" = you work your ass for 6 months on old school rs then you realize its time to pay, and now you are screwed. I call it a money making measure.

01-Mar-2013 03:43:34

John of Troy

John of Troy

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I've read many opinions, but all I have to say at the moment is that I am very happy for the Old Schoolers. Well played by Jagex allowing a free trial period to examine the actual player base that the Old School RS will generate.

Hope the community continues to grow,


John of Troy

01-Mar-2013 03:46:33

Karlzz

Karlzz

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That's just perfect! I checked the features they include for the number of votes we had and seriously it's just perfect! No additional fee should stay and it would be the nicest thing for everyone I believe! I don't think a high level of maintenance is really needed as long as most players will just try it for fun. For the others.. I don't know how much they are, but at least there will be a small team of development to keep the old school RS entertaining. Finally, surveys are great, it's important to know what players really want! Just like we did!

Thanks!

01-Mar-2013 03:48:16

[#PIDOYLIN5]

[#PIDOYLIN5]

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Just Checked:
Main Game: 89,352 users
07 Game: 45,731 users (over half what plays the main game WITH F2P PLAYERS INCLUDED IT WOULD BE MORE PLAYERS THAN THE MAIN GAME) Lets let the statistics speak for themself as to where modern Runescape has went to.

Votes 449,351 * $10 (aprox.) = $4,493,510 earned, and they still want to charge extra in another 6months. If they were making this for the community it makes no sense why they would consider extra fees because that WOULD be what could kill the 07 servers.

The vote limits were out of reach for the ammount of people that play this game and they set the vote to members only, makes no sense at all.

Hopefully Jagex can care for the communities plees and make the right decisions to build this game back up.

Regards ~ylove

01-Mar-2013 03:55:18

Utopia Rogue
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Utopia Rogue

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Here is a direct quote from the original announcement:


"Now that Old School RuneScape has been launched we need to see how many players will actually use the service on a regular basis, should the community continue to grow and players remain engaged then the service will remain as a free benefit to our cherished members. Obviously, should player activity decline over the next 6 months rather than grow we would have to introduce an additional $5 membership fee to fund the on going service. "



PEOPLE, READ THIS AND STOP STOPPING (weird...but wording works :P ) READING AFTER THE PART WHERE IT SAYS "AT LEAST 6 MONTHS"


AT LEAST 6 months means may be longer, and may be longer IF you guys continue playing it. IF YOU GUYS PLAY, THE FEE WILL NOT COME IN TO PLAY SO THEREFORE STOP SAYING THIS IS A MONEY GRAB BECAUSE IT IS FREE AND WILL REMAIN FREE IF YOU CONTINUE PLAYING AND SUPPORTING!!!


I am going to emphasis this part:

" should the community continue to grow and players remain engaged then the service will remain as a free benefit to our cherished members."

So don't quit and get mad at jagex if YOU decided to stop playing and then get the extra fee, if people play and continue to play THEN IT WILL REMAIN NO EXTRA COST!!!

gosh, I hope I don't get in trouble for all the caps but people are being stupid and not actually ready what jagex wrote.

01-Mar-2013 03:56:47 - Last edited on 01-Mar-2013 03:59:04 by Utopia Rogue

TWR_GAThrawn

TWR_GAThrawn

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Please reconsider the development team. I don't know if you watched the voting or not, but I did. The voting continually stayed at 2 votes every 10 seconds...so if the poll was up, it WOULD have reached 500k votes within a few more days. I don't see myself spending much time on the old servers when the 2007 world is just basically a static screenshot with no new content. :( Especially since I used diaries, quests, and skilling minigames as goals for getting skill levels up. Now I don't have that luxury.

01-Mar-2013 04:01:26 - Last edited on 01-Mar-2013 04:03:07 by TWR_GAThrawn

[#PIDOYLIN5]

[#PIDOYLIN5]

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@Utopia Rogue
We have read that, the fact is that it is obviously going to decline, their threatening to make us pay extra in the future, they've already lost quite some support after the vote has closed,theirs about a 50% chance the servers will become inactive because the newness will wear off and people will become inactive as well, thats just how it will be. I'm certainly not going to play and build up an account if it will not be guranteed to remain free to members.

01-Mar-2013 04:01:33 - Last edited on 01-Mar-2013 04:07:10 by [#PIDOYLIN5]

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