I've been playing Runescape since before the giant "RUNESCAPE 2" update that most current players don't know even happened. I've been playing this game since the dark ages of its development, and this is the message I send to Jagex: You ended the game for me. Over the past months what youve been doing is literally copying the World of Warcraft format of game. They were more popular than you, and Blizzard made more money. But you idiots don't understand. People didn't play RS because it was the next best thing to WOW, people played this game because it was different. It required little more than your mouse to play, and even so was one of the most competitive games I ever played. Constantly there'd be a fight for who has higher skills between me and my friends, who can PK each other faster. Who has more money, how did they make it, and can I make that money too? RS was fun because it was simple, magical, and humble. It wasn't hyped up to be something it wasn't. But now that has all changed. You've regurgitated the failures of WOW onto the game that was so much of my childhood. You've literally torn apart some of my fondest memories of learning and growing to understand the game. This is the only game in the history of man that can be this popular, and with each coming update, become worse. Its been more than 10 years of playing this game for me, and I must say I am absolutely done. A company that does not listen to almost half of its consumers when they say they don't want this stupid update does not deserve a second chance from me. But I do say, shame on you Jagex, and if you have any decency to the few thousand people you have playing this game anymore, turn back the clock and offer PRE-EOC servers. If not, I promise you: This game will fail within 2 years. These types of games are already on their way out and your poor choices have only sped up the process.
2013 is the "year of the community"? Then give them what they want before it's all over.
-A former player
12-Feb-2013 08:36:24