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Matchgirl42
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Um...was not the overwhelming success of 07 a clue to you that more is not always better? That easy is not always the sure path??????
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Success? Let's see:

Currently 82,660 logged into main game
Currently 23,908 logged into old school

I wouldn't say that's a majority of players. That's not even a significant minority - it's only 22.4% of currently logged in players. I guess you could technically call it a success, but only for that minority of players.

I think it was great that Jagex brought back old school runescape, because it gives those players a place to have their old game, while those of us (the majority, according to the numbers above) enjoy the new game with all of the updates and improvements. Like these lodestones, and EOC (My favorite ability has to be omnipower - BOOM! *grin*), and the upcoming RS3. My motto is to be nice if I can, but also to not suffer trolls.

22-Jun-2013 21:06:21

Matchgirl42
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Please get the adventuring experience for humans behind computers back. This doesn't help with that.
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*Read: fun. The most important thing to a game is fun after all. If human players aren't on the road because they teleport, fun decreases. In other words it would damage the game.

So why would they use it if its not fun? Basic human programming; humans will generally go with the flow and flow just generally chooses the path with least resistance/efford required. In some cases this is very useful such as a proper interface to bend the 4th wall less, but without lifting a danger to the fourth wall breaking, it decreases fun.

You don't speak for me. I find walking/running tedious, and having to do it *decreases* the fun quotient of the game for me.

I'd rather get to the action - skilling, combat, questing. My motto is to be nice if I can, but also to not suffer trolls.

22-Jun-2013 21:11:21

Syntax Err0r

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Honestly a quick and easy solution for lodestones would be, to just make them have requirements similar to the actual teleportation methods and maybe add in a activation charge of like 100-1k law runes.
such as lvl 25 magic for varrock tele, desert treasure (or nature spirit) and 66 magic for canfis and so on. it would appease all parties, it would have reasonable requirements that are more or less already implemented into game play. it would make you have to go out and explore and put some effort into it instead of just walking click and insta inf teleports. plus on top of that adding a law rune requirement to activate the lodestone would help the economy but it would also bring back a use to runecrafting.

22-Jun-2013 21:23:42

Orcrist9
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Hmm. I really cannot believe this. To think I was furious when the original lodestones came out, and now, there are going to be more. What have you done? Thank you for destroying the law runes. Some of us Runecrafters actually used to make a use out of law runes. You have destroyed an entire market place, and what was a means of viable income for many players.

There was a reason why teleport spells existed and a reason why they costed law runes and why the required varying magic levels. That is all gone now. You have removed purpose from law runes. You might as well remove them from the game. I am very slowly becoming done with this pathetic excuse for a game. I have been supportive of many aspects of the whole RS3 change, but this is going far too beyond what is needed. You have no concern for the economic impacts of decisions such as these, do you? This is simply ridiculous.
Here, I'll give you this strawberry if you keep it a secret!

22-Jun-2013 21:40:14

Orcrist9
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Um...was not the overwhelming success of 07 a clue to you that more is not always better? That easy is not always the sure path??????
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Success? Let's see:

Currently 82,660 logged into main game
Currently 23,908 logged into old school

I wouldn't say that's a majority of players. That's not even a significant minority - it's only 22.4% of currently logged in players. I guess you could technically call it a success, but only for that minority of players.

I think it was great that Jagex brought back old school runescape, because it gives those players a place to have their old game, while those of us (the majority, according to the numbers above) enjoy the new game with all of the updates and improvements. Like these lodestones, and EOC (My favorite ability has to be omnipower - BOOM! *grin*), and the upcoming RS3.

You do realize that those figures only represent a limited amount of players in one moment and are not at all an accurate portrayal of the literal figures? While I agree that 07 players are a minority, I cannot agree that everyone supportive of the RS3 want every hairbrained idea that Jagex is stuffing into it, such as these lodestones.
Here, I'll give you this strawberry if you keep it a secret!

22-Jun-2013 21:50:30 - Last edited on 22-Jun-2013 21:50:58 by Orcrist9

Matchgirl42
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What have you done? Thank you for destroying the law runes. Some of us Runecrafters actually used to make a use out of law runes. You have destroyed an entire market place, and what was a means of viable income for many players.


Um...you do realize that there are 8 non-transport spells that use law runes, right? My motto is to be nice if I can, but also to not suffer trolls.

22-Jun-2013 22:26:31

Matchgirl42
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You do realize that those figures only represent a limited amount of players in one moment and are not at all an accurate portrayal of the literal figures? While I agree that 07 players are a minority, I cannot agree that everyone supportive of the RS3 want every hairbrained idea that Jagex is stuffing into it, such as these lodestones.

True, but since Jagex doesn't release a whole lot of figures, it's difficult to get a completely accurate picture. These are two figures that can be seen every day.

Or, we could look at two other figures that Jagex does release.

Runescape recently passed 200 million registered accounts. There were 449,351 votes for old school. Even if we presume that only 25% of the registered accounts are still active and playing the current runescape and not old school, that's 50 million accounts. If we took the figure down to 10%, that's 20 million players. Even if we took the amount down to 1%, that's still 2 million players.

Guess what? Still a minority of votes for old school runescape vs. players who play the current runescape. Less than 25%, even at the 2 million figure. And not all of those votes were from people who actually play old school - I voted for it to be nice/support the players who wanted it (and to be a little selfish to be honest, because if they're playing old school, that means they are not on the current servers which means less competition for resources and bosses, etc) but I have no intention ever of playing old school.

And sure, every current game player won't like every update. Doesn't mean there aren't current game players who like the lodestone update. (I'm one, and there are others who have posted on this thread.) My motto is to be nice if I can, but also to not suffer trolls.

22-Jun-2013 22:39:34

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