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Cweampie

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OSRS in general does not seem to be dying, but the Player Killing Community of Old School Runescape is definitely dying due to the lack of updates, so congratulations to all of you for successfully down voting everything Player Killing related.

10-Oct-2021 10:13:20

Sal VJ
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Jeremy Cheng said :
OSRS won't die unless RS3 starts dying. It's a symbiotic relationship.
Yeh, bonds redeemed for membership in RS3 also counts for membership time in OSRS on equal footing.
Never drop a valuable item.

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10-Oct-2021 10:37:39

Dilbert2001
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Who cares if OSRS dies as long as it is not shutting down tomorrow?

Even if OSRS is really on the blink of extinction, I doubt Jagex will be so stupid not to put a lot of MTX to it to get them some life support similar to how really old school MMORPGs like Ultima Online, Anarchy, Everquest and such remain online despite of declining unique players, and they can clone OSRS into multiple classic copies like WoW. :)

10-Oct-2021 16:13:46

Dilbert2001
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Jeremy Cheng said :
OSRS won't die unless RS3 starts dying. It's a symbiotic relationship.

Not true at all as Charles Darwin told us long ago the one that survives is the one most adaptable to change.

RS3 and OSRS have a link in membership but RS3 is always the one more adaptable to change.

In the event when Jagex fail to get members, I have no doubt RS3 will be converted to truly free to pay model supported by MTX just like the vast majority of online games are doing now. Membership will no longer lock any significant content but will enhance it like members get 2 daily challenges and 2 Reaper tasks instead of one. RS3 can also nimbly make content changes to fit more to the modern era of gamers as it is not handcuffed to community polling.

Can OSRS do that? I absolutely seriously doubt in its current state. However, of course, desperate times call for desperate measures. The outcome will be determined after some serious civil conflicts and riots,

12-Oct-2021 15:45:59

Cajjj

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OSRS was fun for the first few years. But being so far behind on updates, quality of life changes and having to basically play a little 'catch up' to get anywhere, I will never play OSRS ever again.

RS3 was an interesting concept, I wasn't initially against it like a lot of people were back when Evolution of Combat eventually became a thing. That too became old and stale.

All I've done these past few years is check up on OSRS every now and then, once every few months or so to read up on the game updates. Even then, OSRS isn't fit to satisfy the modern generation of gamers.

Most of us, including the person above me who has somehow been a member since June of 2006 (which is a feat in itself since that is consecutive membership) is at least 25 - 35 years old. We all started Runescape back in the day when we were kids. Even with the removal of the Wilderness and Free Trade, I had some fun with Runescape circa 2008 - 2012.

With family to look after, a job, bills to pay, and me practically living on my own at the age of 33 years old, I can no longer afford to spend any notable time on OSRS or RS3. I barely have enough time to do any sort of gaming at this point. I'm not a kid anymore.

These days I basically game on my PlayStation 5 as a casual gamer. The era of subscribing to MMOs and getting your moneys worth ended long ago. OSRS is basically stuck in the 2000s, and RS3, despite its attempts to reel in a modern generation of gamers, isn't exactly doing fantastic.

The last time I played OSRS on a regular basis was back in 2016 - 2017. There's simply too much new content for me to bother learning about, and I'm certainly not going to start over from scratch. It's too late in my life to be investing absurd amounts of time into a MMO like OSRS.

15-Oct-2021 05:29:32

Colm1749
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It's losing value.

Take if from the classic car market. A car that is unmodified will ALWAYS be in demand. Sure, it goes up and down, but its always sellable, and it only increases in value over time.

Jagex is the guy who puts a modern stereo and a stupid muffler on a classic Porsche.
Some idiots will be more interested for a short time but that one will lose value and interest while the stock ones sore.

I just want to play the game I used to love. Its not fun anymore because its all about grinding GP for ten times as long because they wrecked the markets letting bots, RWT, and stupid updates in for short term gains.

Yes, It will die, same as it did the first time.
Unless they stop, and fix it, and learn from their mistakes.

Alternative game modes will be fun in the short term but people with low attention span will get bored with those too and then what? Its foolish to pander to those who get bored easily. They won't be around in 5 years but we would be if they hadn't ruined the original game.

Me, I'll probably be on Classic or TBC because I think Blizzard actually gets it.
The point of a legacy game is that it DOESNT change. All you have to do is maintain it and it will last forever. But if you let the framework rust, chop stuff off, glue tacky crap on.... You'll end up spending $150k on a $90k classic car that you can't sell for $40k.

They say history is doomed to repeat itself. I say people don't learn.

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15-Oct-2021 12:45:37

Colm1749
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The smart thing to do would be to spend a small amount on maintenance and anti-cheating software for old school, leave it alone, and either fix RS3 so people like it, or make a third game.

Making OSRS less authentic while allowing cheaters to make it less fun for the people who actually want to play will not pay off in the long run.

I would pay for OS for life, but not in its current state, and I don't expect it to get better.
The only way to remove the trillions of botted GP ruining the economy is to reset everyone's banks and most people would be outraged because they bought that gold with real money.

Banning the buyers and sellers now is too little too late, taxing the rest of us will just make us quit.

It might not be dyeing yet, but it's rotting on the inside. When that gets to the surface it'll be too late.

And it's already happening, the fact that the Venezuelans are quitting to play games with better economies should be a huge red flag for anyone with any sense.

I'd apply to try to help, I need a job, know alot about OSRS and other legacy games, Have seent all happen many times... But nobody likes the messenger. If they wanted to take good care of their game they would have done that the first time. =/

The only way to keep a game from going downhill is to keep serious players happy while still providing the opportunity that created them to new recruits. The way the game is going, I don't see either of those. It's become openly Pay to Win, and not just win but access content now that farming gp is 1/10 the value/hour that it used to be.

Sure, it sells bonds in the short term, but nobody is going to want to do that for 10 years. Nobody is going to join. It has a chance to become a second EVE where some people pay to log in once a month and use it as a chat service/age of empires, but unless they take action to fix it soon it's probably going to keep crumbling, stop being profitable, and get shut down.

15-Oct-2021 12:57:39

Colm1749
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And like any rusty car, it's gonna be much harder to fix the rust than it would have been to prevent it, so... the chance of the same owner actually making the effort to do that is slim to none.

It makes me sad,
I don't understand why people are like this,
But it's obvious that it doesn't lead to more happiness.

Our brains are designed to be happy when we work for a reward.
Heroin feels great at first but it doesn't last.
Yet, people still do it and then act shocked when it stops being fun.

15-Oct-2021 13:00:50

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