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Tworaf

Tworaf

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You jagex already took a big huge MASSIVE decision when you took out free trade and wilderness in the past. The previous owners and board chickened out and took the easiest solution: dramatically changing the game to stop bots and gold farmers by taking out one of the most unique aspects in RS aka wilderness. hopping that new updates will bring in enough new players to compensate for the loss of income.
It didn't work as we all remember and since then the current players online figures has never reached the usual 250k before that let me say 'retarded' decision.
NOW the game popularity is declining too (bots are more than half of the population and free worlds are almost empty), I rarely see any mid levels - noob players any-more. majority of players are lvl 105-138. the economy is never stable and many very bad things. There is many little issues with game and many big ones, You jagex again chickened out and introduced micro transactions by selling xp and gold (indirectly through SOF) Not only that but you are again, changing one of the most unique aspects of this game: THE COMBAT SYSTEM!
You made us uncomfortable with all SOF and solomon crap then you threw the EOC on our faces lol! I can't speak for all of RS players but believe it or not, 8 out of 10 players I meet and talk to in game hate the EOC.
The combat system isn't the problem with RS but let me give you a list of little and big issues that really irritate us players:
- Slayer skill is dead, All unique monsters drops are useless and extremely cheap. You have to reach LVL 95 to actually start getting some money out of the skill. which is due to the absence of item sink in this game. I know that the item sink was too much when there wasn't free trade (all items dissapear on wilderness) and made prices sky-rocket but The game as it is now need some item sink to help stabilize prices of old items that keep getting added in to the game through drops everyday.
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29-Aug-2012 20:22:18

Heatley
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Heatley

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Red-_Mage7,
Where have you been all this time?
Jagex combats RWT all day long, my friend is a living proof of this, he changes accounts on a daily basis before bans.

My question to Jagex is: How are you going to stop people from using other players accounts when Real World Trading happens? People do "lend" these accounts for that purpose. Are you going to ban them like that?
@Heatley_

29-Aug-2012 20:22:22

Mage Girl 91

Mage Girl 91

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"Our determination to make RuneScape the world's #1 free browser game has not changed either, as some have claimed." - MMG

thats cool and all for you to say that but your free browser game is pathetically small, boring, and old.
runescape is a P2P game.
freescape is a different game and one that quite frankly, sucks.
if you want your FREE game to even stand a chance competing against other free games then you should release all P2P content as part of the F2P game.
quests, items, minigames, locations, all of them should be F2P.
being a member would still get you
member servers
loyalty points
monthy gimmicks (sizzling summer)
early access to the newest content (1-2 weeks in advance)
if you are really determined to make the free game something people would enjoy then you have to be prepared to take drastic steps. farmville is more fun than freescape.
people should spend money on the game (squeal and solomon) because they enjoy it. not because spending money is the only way to make the game playable (membership)
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29-Aug-2012 20:22:24

Tworaf

Tworaf

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- You have to reach a very high level in multiple skills that cost hell lot of money to have a chance at killing a boss in rs. A team of 3-4 lvl 115 can easily kill bandos or any godwars boss but they stand almost no chance because they will simply get crashed by higher levelled players... players not only have to worry about being able to kill a boss but also about what if other dudes also can and want to do that... in the same world!
I am level 138 and believe it or not I feel sorry when I crash lower levels players with my team at gwd or dks. But I almost always have to or I will need to spend hours looking for a free world. why not implementing system similar to dungeneoring. someone's open a party then invite players. when that dude get in to say bandos throne, the whole party gets its own boss! and ever since slayer drops are so cheap and skilling makes little to no money (compared to pvm and how costly are many skills needed for pvm are) there isn't many money making monsters to kill... people go to gambling, luring and scams then quit when they are fed up because of this.
- Your game session has now ended! are you kidding me? I once dced at TDS, I reconnected to internet after 5 mins with a new ip (had to reset router) I don't have the fastest internet connection in the world so it took me 3-4 mins to recharge the whole game and I was forced to do that! I lost my items ofc! now imagine this happening to people with slower internet or even with dial up users...
I'm runing out of time cause I have to watch a soccer game then sleep. I only sent all this time writing this cause I don't want to see RS dying. I hope you jagex get the message, there is more to tell. maybe next time :)

29-Aug-2012 20:22:25

Goose RT-R
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Goose RT-R

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29-Aug-2012 20:19:40
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The only thing at work here is pure capitalism.
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I think Winston Churchill said it best:
''Capitalism is the unequal sharing of riches, communism is the equal sharing of misery''
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I'm just saying this in the sense that it's a textbook example of a business model.
Corporation provides a product. People pay to access product. Corporation offers other commodities that people may buy into. Corporation profits and consumer enjoys their product or what have you.
The magical thing about capitalism is that if you don't agree with what a company is doing, you do NOT have to patronize them. People here haven't seem to have grasped that concept yet though.

29-Aug-2012 20:22:26

Shady Guy

Shady Guy

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3.7 Advanced Shooters

The East/West Wall Shooter

This shooter is much harder to set up due to WESN movement.


If you set it up like a North/South Wall shooter in the post above, you will find that the penguin will have a bit more freedom to move SE than you anticipated. This is the correct INCORRECT way to set it up:

X X X X X X X X

Z
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The penguin moving SE will see that as a spec gap, and will go entirely past the person Z furthest east!


The following diagram shows the correct shooter by forcing the penguin to move NE.

X X X X X X X X

Z
A
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Z
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Z
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Z Z
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Here the NW and SW are blocked. The penguin has two choices - SE or NE. If it chooses SE, it winds up in the spot in the following diagram:

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Z
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This time, it has three choices.

SW will move it one space west into the block.
NW will return it to its original position.
Only NE will allow it to escape from the trap.


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It is important to once again maintain your positions when attempting this shooter. Patience is the key to a lot of these herding techniques. :)
~ Bill ^_^

29-Aug-2012 20:22:42 - Last edited on 15-Feb-2014 03:14:54 by Shady Guy

s 14

s 14

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Yea, so all the power to MMG for making a comment thread that he knew wouldnt stop the ranters from ranting or the haters from hating. I'm not saying I support SoF (because I don't), but its good to see the CEO of jagex showing a bit of responsibility and for lack of a better term balls for making a strong comment against all the haters out there.
Now if only you would have not given in to the demand of the return of free trade and wildy we would never have been in this horrible spot we are in now.

29-Aug-2012 20:23:10

Mod Stevew

Mod Stevew

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Steve, adress that you are already selling gold/xp through sof.
Come on steveeee
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I think Mark has been clear that we will not directly sell gold, XP or accounts - quote:
"We know that directly selling gold, XP or even accounts would generate between 10 to 15 times more revenue than Squeal or Solomon’s Store generates combined. However, we simply won’t do it, because we don’t believe it’s the right thing for the long-term health of the game."
SoF offers a wide range and variety of prizes, I have won XP lamps and I have won gold, but I've also won other things, just today I got a gem (I forget which one) and I've had a Rune Scim in the past few days.
SoF is a game of chance where you don't know what you are going to receive - and as Mark said, if the plan was to sell gold or XP (which it isn't) then we'd just do it and reap the financial reward. We know that any potential quick gain wouldn't make sense for the long-term though, which is exactly why Mark has been clear about our intentions and the future.

29-Aug-2012 20:24:09

M00SE Juice

M00SE Juice

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How I miss the days of Andrew :/
Love how slow the JMod responses are now. Still haven't had my question addressed yet. Pretty obvious Steve is only responding now to positive comments.
Edit: for steve's post above:
"SoF offers a wide range and variety of prizes, I have won XP lamps and I have won gold, but I've also won other things"
^^^ for members only. Those awesome F2P "Awesome members objects"

29-Aug-2012 20:24:20 - Last edited on 29-Aug-2012 20:26:34 by M00SE Juice

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