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Britisher

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Lord Drakan said :
Nay, Divination was 2013. The best year was probably 2008; dozen and a half excellent quests AND WGS.
Ah! And I also meant in terms of the more up-to-date/modern standard of quests which are generally expected by Jagex these days.
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25-Jun-2015 21:32:33

Lord Drakan
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Britisher said :
Lord Drakan said :
Nay, Divination was 2013. The best year was probably 2008; dozen and a half excellent quests AND WGS.
Ah! And I also meant in terms of the more up-to-date/modern standard of quests which are generally expected by Jagex these days.
I would not personally be inclined to say that the overall, average quality of quests has increased since then. The expected standard might be higher though, I dunno. Bizarre Boron Fusswell, scryer extraordinaire. OSRS: POH ideas & RS3 minigames & achievement ideas !

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27-Jul-2015 08:15:21

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Well newer quests have tended to be longer and more intuitive. Broken Home for example, which I just recently played, is a "novice" quest but it took me like two hours and is was very enjoyable to boot. Though I may be biased because I like the game it is inspired by, which is Resident Evil.

17-Aug-2015 19:57:01

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The Light Within is delayed 'cause the greedy ******** that run Jagex would rather focus on microtransactions (Solomon's ****** Store) than give us what we want (decent quests with kickass dialogue, voice-acting, epic plot twists etc.)

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17-Aug-2015 20:26:10 - Last edited on 17-Aug-2015 20:26:26 by SwedishPagns

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SwedishPagns said :
The Light Within is delayed 'cause the greedy ******** that run Jagex would rather focus on microtransactions (Solomon's ****** Store) than give us what we want (decent quests with kickass dialogue, voice-acting, epic plot twists etc.)

**** this ****.
Light Within was delayed because if something as massive as a giant Grandmaster quest bigger than the entire rest of the Elf series combined, plus new spells and prayers were released right now, it would be horribly broken, unplayable, and need months of fixing.
Be glad they can fix it in a week and get it to you within a week of the original release date and that they actually care enough to ship out a finished product instead of a broken, half-functional one.

Also, onto the matter at hand, I don't think the decline in the number of quests is a problem. It's made up for (and then some) by the increased quality of quests. WGS and ROTM are still my favorite quests, but newer ones like Fate of the Gods and Plague's End are right up there among my favorites because of how immersive they are. New quests tend to be much more lore-heavy, and therefore take more time to make. That's great. Balance in all things.

18-Aug-2015 04:19:46

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Tyrragon said :
Also, onto the matter at hand, I don't think the decline in the number of quests is a problem. It's made up for (and then some) by the increased quality of quests.

Increased quality? Yeah right.

Dishonour Among Thieves didn't even have voice acting. ·
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19-Aug-2015 19:29:16

Regrette

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I'm really not too concerned about this. The quality of recent quests is way, way up in comparison to older quests; it's only natural that they'd take more time to be released.

I get that you're discontented, Drakan, as you've done them all already, but the majority of players haven't.

I strongly disagree with your opinion about choice. More choice is always better. Post-quest stuff is also cool.

You're basically arguing for more lower-quality quests instead of less quests that are better. No support. At all. Jagex has been moving in the right direction.

If anything, I'll argue for the opposite: Jagex, please keep doing what you're doing, and take it further! More grand, exciting and involving epics! Quests should be memorable and even have an emotional impact on the player!
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20-Aug-2015 09:31:43 - Last edited on 20-Aug-2015 09:33:39 by Regrette

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SwedishPagns said :
Tyrragon said :
Also, onto the matter at hand, I don't think the decline in the number of quests is a problem. It's made up for (and then some) by the increased quality of quests.

Increased quality? Yeah right.

Dishonour Among Thieves didn't even have voice acting.
Oh, how silly of me, I completely forgot that quests aren't good if they don't have voice acting!
Voice acting is trash anyways. It's not consistent, the character doesn't have it and therefore it's not immersive, and really it's not even secondary to the lore. It comes in last place because it's not important at all.
Dishonour Among Thieves was one of the most lore-heavy quests I've played in a while. Voice acting has absolutely nothing to do with it. It was immensely immersive and one of my favorite Sixth Age quests.

But, I suppose, because While Guthix Sleeps and Ritual of the Majharrat didn't have voice acting, they're not good quests either. Plague's End must also be trash by your standards. Balance in all things.

20-Aug-2015 16:32:28 - Last edited on 20-Aug-2015 16:33:39 by Tyrragon

Lord Drakan
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Tyrragon said :
SwedishPagns said :
Tyrragon said :
Also, onto the matter at hand, I don't think the decline in the number of quests is a problem. It's made up for (and then some) by the increased quality of quests.

Increased quality? Yeah right.

Dishonour Among Thieves didn't even have voice acting.
Oh, how silly of me, I completely forgot that quests aren't good if they don't have voice acting!
Voice acting is trash anyways. It's not consistent, the character doesn't have it and therefore it's not immersive, and really it's not even secondary to the lore. It comes in last place because it's not important at all.
Dishonour Among Thieves was one of the most lore-heavy quests I've played in a while. Voice acting has absolutely nothing to do with it. It was immensely immersive and one of my favorite Sixth Age quests.

But, I suppose, because While Guthix Sleeps and Ritual of the Majharrat didn't have voice acting, they're not good quests either. Plague's End must also be trash by your standards.
Voice acting definitely isn't a quality factor, but I would also say quality has not, on average, increased since a few years ago. Bizarre Boron Fusswell, scryer extraordinaire. OSRS: POH ideas & RS3 minigames & achievement ideas !

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20-Aug-2015 18:42:59

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