I agree with many in this thread. This update is horrible and stupid and Jagex has lost the true sight of what the game was about. Jagex you can make excuses all you want saying "oh you'll enjoy it, eventually.", yeah when i have a job making 60k a year, oh wait the world economy is in shambles, so yeah i'll never enjoy this BS updates you're putting out.
I used to enjoy RuneScape, played it like it was my life in high school and even now in college I enjoyed it, up until SoF, up until the membership price increases(this doesn't effect me personally, but many others it does), up until this micro transaction bs. These kind of updates make me wish there was a delete button on my account, to wipe it all out and say "f*** you i want my money back!" It's bs like this that makes me want to go play OTHER games not associated with Jagex in any way because you are ruining the fundamental elements of the game. Since godswords were released I saw a huge change in your gaming approach. the next release always has to have something better as a reward thats stronger, and thats how you ****** up the combat triangle. I think everyone was fine back in the day with full dragon, d sq shield and a whip. Hell i miss those days because of simplicities sake.
Jagex, you're reaching a tipping point where you must make a decision. Either buy yourself out from this IVP bs company and listen to players again, or watch the demise of the game you say you love. One thing is for sure though, if you continue on your current path you WILL lose players. I've subbed since late 2006, and for the first time I'm debating canceling my membership and letting my account lay to rest, knowing I'm leaving behind friends that I will miss and they'll miss me.
You HAVE to make a decision, you cannot continue to say you value our opinion and then completely ignore it! You make more then enough money to sustain yourselves. Stop being greedy and start listening to your players before it's to late and were gone.
19-Jul-2012 18:46:33