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Southeaster
Nov Member 2014

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BiggyB said :
It's funny because the single and worst thing that happened in this year was the denial and ignorance of the majority of this Community (talking about the type of people like you).

You should get your perspective cleaned up because this have been THE BEST YEAR hands down.

Shameless Jagex apologist.

You are equally the worst thing to have happened to the game. Others have given reasons as to why they like/dislike the game. You have not.
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23-Dec-2013 10:12:41 - Last edited on 23-Dec-2013 10:40:32 by Southeaster

Southeaster
Nov Member 2014

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If anything, 2013 could at best be said to be a mixed year for Jagex and the players.

This game has become more of a chore than anything else. What ever happened to logging in and playing at your own pace? Guthix Butterflies, World Event 1, Lumbridge Rebuildathon, World Event 2... I don't want to have to log in every single day so as to avoid missing out on things. I recently came back from a three-day vacation - that's 42k renown lost (90k for members). That's not forgetting Daily Challenges, Ports, Sinkholes, Warbands, etc, etc, etc. The good thing was that you lowered the Super September requirement to 25 days to get the full rewards.

Only three quests released this year? Of which, one was released unfinished? And two reworks, one of which was inferior to the previous version? Come on now, seriously.

Shafting your free-to-play players by turning the world map into another marketing stunt? Making the World Event unplayable by making buildings buildable only by members? Come on now, seriously.

Okay, so F2P are leeches/scum/whatever. Shafting your paying members? Blast from the Past? And the people who lost exp from the Summoning Spirit Gems?
(Spin buyers, lol, but still.)
Come on now, seriously.

Your terrible communication. The Lumbridge Lagathon was a mess from start to finish. Nothing was done until the event itself ended. Not a single official word was seen. Here's a very big hint: Keeping quiet and pretending the problem doesn't exist does not mean the problem disappears. And what about Hank and his clone? And what about the frequent bugs or missing spins or exp I see in the SoF forum?
(Again, lol spin buyers, but still.)
Come on now, seriously.

For ****'s sake, if part of the game is unplayable, fix it! Offer an apology! Acknowledge the situation! You may want to save face, but admitting to it would have regain a little bit of respect from the playerbase. A bit of respect is better than nothing.

cont'*
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23-Dec-2013 10:31:51 - Last edited on 23-Dec-2013 10:42:01 by Southeaster

Southeaster
Nov Member 2014

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And then there was that rubbish horrible NIS update you rushed blundered out when Birthright had to be delayed. Just so you fools could have a SoF promotion that week. Honestly? What the hell?

Then there's your unplayable game. Vorago server crashes? Lag during the Battle of AFK First World Event? And, as I mentioned earlier, the Lumbridge Rebuildathon Lagathon? Come on now, seriously.

I'm not even going to mention the existence of SoF or Bonds here, since these things are obvious revenue streams and will not be toned down in any way.

Now let's look at the good things that Jagex has done this year:

Removal of bots and gambling - The community was done a very big favour here, although it still is outweighed by the other bull **** Jagex has done.

Prestige, and changes to Loyalty Store prices, and Loyalty Points refund - This shows that Jagex actually can listen to player feedback if they want to, and make players happy. I wonder why the standard deviates so drastically each time.

NIS - This is actually mixed, I like certain aspects of it (like how you can zoom in) but dislike others. It took some getting used to, but my opinion of it is that it's only slightly better overall than the previous. And new players might have a tough time.

Ashdale - Finally, about time, a tutorial that doesn't drive away new players. Now if you could make spellstorm drapes and off-hand weapons actual F2P items...

Bosses - I like them, and I reckon Jagex's done a pretty solid job here, but PvM is but a portion of what Runescape can offer.

Well, er, yeah, that's all I can think of for now. Pretty sure there's a lot of other things, though.
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23-Dec-2013 10:31:58 - Last edited on 23-Dec-2013 10:53:15 by Southeaster

Nemsi
Jun Member 2023

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2013 wasn't that bad of a year. Granted, as many have said before, EoC did truly ruin PvP, which I think you know this Jagex. But! EoC also opened up a whole new world for PvM and skilling. The action bar, absolutely brilliant in terms of skilling. Making quick drops much easier (although you need to add barb fishing onto that list), allowing you to click a key to teleport, and much more.

Anyone who is a big time, or small time, Boss killer, must admit to themselves that EoC made it much more interesting. Before it was just hit hit hit, spec, hit hit hit. Now you have so many abilities that you can manipulate the boss with and combo them for much more interesting bouts. Only downside is that these abilities also carry over into the wilderness, and has literally killed PvP.

Would I go as far to say we should completely toss EoC? Absolutely not, it made a large portion of the game very interesting. But, I do believe you seriously need to rework the way abilities work in the wilderness. Perhaps, and just perhaps, you could run a poll to try and open up one or two PvP worlds that are ability free? Now, this idea I have is a huge stretch, but you brought 07 into play, so I know this is achievable. Perhaps you could bring in some PvP worlds where weapons have their old specials? This would fix a lot of problems like dragon claws being worth dirt, along with the AGS. Oh, and please fix enchanted bolts, they used to be great, now they are just bad :(

As for micro-transactions, I don't really feel like my input will change much, so I will just leave that to the other people, other than Solomon's ^.^ I don't quest, sorry that I can't put my two cents in on that one. Solomon's is no big deal, I don't really get why people complain about it. Everything is strictly cosmetic.

2013 was a good year, but I'm expecting some huge reworks in 2014 :)
Probably 100+ dry at Kril

23-Dec-2013 10:38:33

Wise John
Dec Member 2008

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Nemsi said :
2013 wasn't that bad of a year. Granted, as many have said before, EoC did truly ruin PvP, which I think you know this Jagex. Only downside is that these abilities also carry over into the wilderness, and has literally killed PvP.


Why does every one say EoC killed PvP when it was already dying at the release of wildy?

This happened because no one and I repeat no one is willing to risk good gear that for many equal half their bank or more into a single luck based fight! So people that have business there either go minimalistic or with nothing at all! So no good drops = less people doing it! and with EoC these may have trouble defending with this kind of gear!

All the huge PvP fights that was back in the "old" days happened with at the time pretty decent gear and was replaceable.

So what we see are people wearing gear that cost less than 100 k (which nowadays is a pittance) unless they get lured. And all they do is killing people that they know is easy prey!

23-Dec-2013 14:53:53

Zajarak
Oct Member 2015

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Overall really good year I think!

The quest and lore this year was amazing, with quests at the level of The World Wakes and Missing Presumed Death. We could have done with a few more but I know you plan to rectify that :)
The world events were pretty good and you did improve on the second one with safe pvp and a larger area. Don't kill ma favourite Amadull!
I like how you guys are adding more lore to updates like Harbringers of Tuska and Ascension dungeon instead of "BAM here's a random new unexplained thing!" not that you did that.
Overall good job guys!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Pudding is my destiny!!!

23-Dec-2013 15:21:48

Nemsi
Jun Member 2023

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Wise John said :
Nemsi said :
2013 wasn't that bad of a year. Granted, as many have said before, EoC did truly ruin PvP, which I think you know this Jagex. Only downside is that these abilities also carry over into the wilderness, and has literally killed PvP.


Why does every one say EoC killed PvP when it was already dying at the release of wildy?

This happened because no one and I repeat no one is willing to risk good gear that for many equal half their bank or more into a single luck based fight! So people that have business there either go minimalistic or with nothing at all! So no good drops = less people doing it! and with EoC these may have trouble defending with this kind of gear!

All the huge PvP fights that was back in the "old" days happened with at the time pretty decent gear and was replaceable.

So what we see are people wearing gear that cost less than 100 k (which nowadays is a pittance) unless they get lured. And all they do is killing people that they know is easy prey!


With EoC came armours like batwing, which is what you are referring to. Not to mention, before EoC, if one were to go in the wild with just a polypore staff, and fight someone with full ahrims+wand and book with barrage, they would get destroyed. Now, someone with polypore staff can down that full ahrims if they know how to manipulate the abilities better than the other player, making it pointless to bring those big risks into the wildeness.
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23-Dec-2013 17:07:19

Stinkowing
Jun Member 2006

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Nemsi said :

With EoC came armours like batwing, which is what you are referring to. Not to mention, before EoC, if one were to go in the wild with just a polypore staff, and fight someone with full ahrims+wand and book with barrage, they would get destroyed. Now, someone with polypore staff can down that full ahrims if they know how to manipulate the abilities better than the other player, making it pointless to bring those big risks into the wildeness.


Ahrim's wand and book were added after EoC, not before. Polypore existed before, but not Ahrim's wand and book; those and other wands, mage shields, and most mage books (not all) were post-EoC, not pre.

EDIT: Did you mean the master wand and the mage's book? Those DID exist pre-EoC (though I'm pretty sure people just used polypore anyway, Polypore Strike was kinda OP pre-EoC). Not to mention that most staves had the advantage of being one-handed still...but I'm getting off-track.
Oh, I almost forgot.
Oh, I already forgot.

23-Dec-2013 17:14:10 - Last edited on 23-Dec-2013 17:18:47 by Stinkowing

Lead Wolf
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This year was definitely a big one. For me, it was almost overwhelming at times, because so much kept happening. A lot of cool and important updates were released, each of which helped liven our game experience and deter rule-breakers, which is great. I've really been pleased with what's been offered to us, and I know 2014 should fail to disappoint! :)



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