RuneScape Forum Archive | Merry Christmas from Mod MMG

Jul

2022

Icthlarin

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Personally I have felt from my many years of playing this game was that it was unique because it had its own style of being ridiculously old fashioned compared to those on the markets. Runescape never won any other game in terms of graphics or combat mechanics. (The slow prodding of weapons remained a long standing joke amongst those who remember the game as it was.) But all that didn't matter.

Runescape is a game that triumphs despite all these odds. It was unique in its own way. The special attack bar which came only with a select few weapons and items that required players to complete certain tasks to obtain (dominion gloves, soul wars cape, korasi etc) all became obsolete with EoC.

As a player who read every line in quests and lores, I felt all those days of training up to obtain those items were suddenly shoved aside. I watched as all my hard earned gear from playing the game solo all these years gone. Yes it may be true that Jagex is trying to encourage team play. But some people just love a game where they could enjoy alone.

While the player owned ports gear remain the last and possibly best reward for solo players. I felt the game should be more rewarding to those who would love a single player interaction.

What I've read from the comments here. I have to agree EoC is too much of a button mashing game. In the past we are presented a single special attack bar which we had to time and use carefully to execute that decisive victory. However, now it is all about whoever could mash the fastest with the least delay that determines the winner. The cloest thing that would determine the result of a fight wasn't the ultimate abilities. It was being stunned and unable to break out of it.

All in all, when I saw EoC becoming live, I knew Runescape had lost all its old flavour that made it unique and classic.

26-Dec-2013 12:32:36

Dwape

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Some of my suggestions for next year would be:

Try to provide a healthier environment for new players where they aren't always pushed to become members or buy spins. Personally, I've played as a free player for quite a long time until I decided I wanted to become a member. Just let them enjoy the game and later decide if they want the extra content that they'd have if they become members.

I like how you are trying to improve the economy and I also think you are doing a great work. Yet, even though you may remove billions of gp a month from the game, the problem is that still a lot of gold is, as you like to say, being injected into the economy. I believe that the main things that should be done to help solve this would be: Remove cash prizes from SoF (a large cash bag gives almost a mill to mash player and I can't imagine how a 200m would help damage the economy), remove the high alchemy spell and replace it by a new spell with the same xp rates (although this spell helps to get rid of items, it simply turns them to more and more gp, and alch prices give certain items unreal values, mainly rune items) and finally, a simple idea that probablt wouldn't be implemented in the game would be a kind of tax when trading items through the grand exchange which should be paid by the person buying the item (this could be a percentage, such as 0,1% and that money would be removed from the economy)

Another thing I believe should be done is to slow down with SoF promotions. Honestly, it becomes overwhelming at points, so many new items and armour and xp rewards and bonus xp, people get lost is so much pay to win stuff. The ideal thing would be to make a cosmetic spin, no bonus xp, no cash prices, no tradeable rares, they simply devaluate the current game content.

All in all, this are simply some suggestions that would make the game healthy and enjoyable in my opinion, hope they are taken into count, Merry Christmass and have a Happy New Year.

26-Dec-2013 17:06:31

Feb

2012

Madman911

Posts: 1,719 Mithril Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

Christmas wish list
1. Remove degrading weapons
2. Remove EOC
3. Eliminate stupid updates requiring more bank spaces so you force customers to buy additional space (scamming us)
4. Remove SOF (scamming us)
5. Ensure new skill is not as boring as divination (runespan I meant)
6. Stop inserting rares; destroying values of ours (ie santas)
7. Hire new quality control department to test updates before release.

26-Dec-2013 18:26:20

Dec

2022

Arron Star

Posts: 27 Bronze Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

In the spirit of the holidays can't we let Bandos live? Please throw up a quick poll for the players sake!

The year of the players, the players should make that choice. We are what makes the difference in what god wins, we should also determine the outcome for the losing god.

Poll - Should the losing god die?
Yes
NO!

26-Dec-2013 20:39:01

iirony

Posts: 863 Gold Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

China called, they want their wall back.

Seeing as 2014 is apparently another year of the players, I think the developers really need to work on some form of "eoc v2.0". Since the eoc is what's hurting the community the most, it should be the number one priority.

Runescape use to be a click and wait game. As such, this system should still be very much apparent in eoc. Much like special abilities that certain weapons use to have, abilities should have very long cooldowns(the old special bar was 10% per 30s, so you could only use a dragon dagger special every 1.5 mins, whip special every 3 mins, etc).

Combat should essentially still be click+wait, with the old attack speed, with a few abilities that assist you similarly to prayer.

The community as a whole seems to really like(and want back) special attacks. They gave even lower-leveled weapons a use. If they were re-introduced, and abilities remained in their current state, these weapons would still serve no purpose. As such, the amount of abilities, and what they do, needs to be changed drastically.

Aside from that, gear balance is terrible. Pre-eoc, each and every piece of armour had a unique set of stats(except for the generic metal/d'hide armours, which followed a specific formula, I'm sure). Certain weapons, even when lower leveled, still served a purpose to those with the highest tiers. Now, if you don't have the absolutely best gear and weapon, you might as well not even compete.

Classifying armour into types that drastically change your offensive and defensive stats is a bad system.

Setting a standard "dps" for each "tier" of weapons is redundant.

Gaining health from gear is also a bad system. It simply does not fit in Runescape, no matter how you look at it(that goes for Nex armours, too).

And finally, SOF has become a running joke on other game forums. Fix that.

26-Dec-2013 20:59:50

Dec

2023

KILLpavlosog

Posts: 4,697 Adamant Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

Madman911 said :
Christmas wish list
1. Remove degrading weapons
2. Remove EOC
3. Eliminate stupid updates requiring more bank spaces so you force customers to buy additional space (scamming us)
4. Remove SOF (scamming us)
5. Ensure new skill is not as boring as divination (runespan I meant)
6. Stop inserting rares; destroying values of ours (ie santas)
7. Hire new quality control department to test updates before release.

^ Well said, I'd pick #2 as top priority though + Bring Weapon Specs back. (we want Runescape back, not eocscape or maybe shutdown runescape.*** and open eocscape.***)

P.S. Merry Christmas!! Best wishes to all.

Jagex declared WAR on April 2nd, 2012 by implementing MTX.

26-Dec-2013 22:05:20

Aug

2023

M A D Toxic

Posts: 2,784 Adamant Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

Have a very good holiday Mod MMG!
"I believe the new opening game experience shows our continued investment in keeping RuneScape healthy for the very long term ."

I love seeing this and similar things said albeit too infrequently.

26-Dec-2013 22:09:09

Alpha Trion

Posts: 2,483 Mithril Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

Runescape is the game that was tinkered with till it broke.

It became so overcomplicated.

Imagine if classic awesome pac-man went the same route of runescape. To play you had to use 10 different buttons-and mash on them like crazy just to get pac-man to move. Pretty soon-you couldn't even see the game-people just stood at your pac-man machine trying to sell you pac-man related merchandise. A giant popup covering the whole screen would appear each day on your pac-man machine asking if you wanted to gamble for power pellets with more quarters (sof)

Ever watch when people on runescape forget to put their interface back on their hotbar...all you see is: 823972672395921348237425 I mean rofl?

My point is I like pac-man-and that's all you need to know.

26-Dec-2013 22:14:11 - Last edited on 26-Dec-2013 22:15:09 by Alpha Trion

Dec

2011

Cody Slays

Posts: 978 Gold Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

I like seeing people being negative towards JaGex with everything they got, But then they go out of their way and buy the gold premium package? And then calling out Jagex for having Sof, solumons store, etc etc. Umm, Okay.

I already posted on here but, I can't wait for whats in store. And I personally Like the eoc, its better than just clicking and watching the battle go back and forth.

Can't wait to see whats this new info you are going to release this week, Hopefully its something good!

Slay is Love, Slay is Life.

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26-Dec-2013 22:25:44

Aug

2017

1 Darkhelmet

Posts: 104 Iron Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

last year gold was cheaper than 12 months membership

this yea is was £7.50 more so i spent two weeks debating whether to bother

the exclusive world and the loyalty points and the gift card items combined with the fact im lazy swung it.

have never and will never buy spins... although tbh i like the squeal as a thing the buyability of it annoys me but i understand the economics of needing it.

the huge fail is they've taken this extra money and we've had a year with less content than ever and eoc which wrecked the game...... did they spend it all on donuts?

26-Dec-2013 22:45:48

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