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Mierin

Mierin

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I don't think this will combat loafers. People will stack games or boost privately, but not play the game. There's simply too much required here.

Don't forget that full profound still requires 2000+ games, which is ~800 hours. The second largest trim-only requirement, which admittedly is actually more pointless, is rank 1 esteem at ~120 hours. Things like champions, Shattered Heart and chimp ices weigh in at relatively little both in difficulty and in time, yet they are far more the mark of a true completionist than mindlessly grinding a minigame. Minigames are meant to be played for fun.

I think everyone agrees that full profound is much easier to get than 5000 games, and therefore a more reasonable requirement, but it's not something that makes the trimmed cape actually 'playable content' as far as I know. The idea of a nice trim doesn't encourage playing past completionist if you know a huge block of barricades is waiting for you :( .

As usual, Jagex does a half-job of fixing their balance, making at once a big improvement and an insufficient improvement. Which of course leaves you to wonder how much they were off the mark in the first place.

09-Apr-2013 16:04:18 - Last edited on 09-Apr-2013 16:08:21 by Mierin

Good I Snipr

Good I Snipr

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I find it funny that the update says Castle Wars is supposed to be competitive, but they make draws give gold tickets still.

I don't play CW or GOP because whiners only want to draw to get their tickets and when you try to actually play the game, they troll you so bad all you can do is leave unless you want a black mark too.
It's hard to say if there are more whiners than people who actually want to have fun trying to win, so if it were made to be truly competitive, the whiners would have their way anyhow.
But remember this: The whiners have a louder voice, the ones who want to compete won't bother posting on forums about it, they'll just go back to doing something that doesn't rely on other people.

I think I have one solution though, make 1 world for Castle Wars and GOP and other 'competitive' games truly competitive where tie = loss. Have the other worlds where tying is winning, and see which one gets played more and by whom.

Have fun in all you do and good luck in your goals!
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09-Apr-2013 16:04:58 - Last edited on 09-Apr-2013 16:08:03 by Good I Snipr

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Speaking of which, why don't you add trimmed Comp games played/rewards unlocked requirements to other minigames like Trouble Brewing, Fist of Guthix, Soul Wars etc? For example 10k Pieces of Eight in Trouble Brewing or something... would really make those more popular. Join the RuneScape community on Reddit in
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09-Apr-2013 16:05:33

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