Jagex shouldn't bother offering a choice of a faction, if they plan on killing off said faction, or turning them hostile, like they did with Bandos and Sliske.
Killing off Guthix is understandable, he had to die for Gods to return in the first place, but the others are just bad moves.
The Bandosians never really stood a chance, which is a bit unfair really, especially considering the Bandosians still had so much more to offer to the game, imagine all of the quests and miniquests and other content we could have had stemming from Bandos.
The Sliskeans got screwed over too, we very well could've had a Batman-Joker situation with him, maybe we still do but as of right now, he's considered to be a major threat to the WG, so offering a choice to join him at all makes zero sense, however the choice was made and should've been honoured.
The Armadylians should also show some sympathy here, if the tables had somehow been turned, Armadyl too may have been the one on the chopping block, which too, would have been a terrible loss to the game.
and poor old V. He didn't even survive through the first half of his first appearance. What even was the point in introducing him, just to insult his character like that? he seemed like a cool guy too.
I never joined Zaros for the moral alignment, in fact, that was an attractive draw to the faction, but to outright turn them against the player, when we returned him, free'd half his followers, agreed to his plans before, helped him more times than I can count, it just makes no sense, I'd argue even story-wise, for a Zarosian player, it just makes no sense for him to turncoat. We're his most important asset, or at the very least a vital Plan B in dealing with Elder Gods, so even as, say, a Zamorakian, we'd still be of vital importance to him.
Jagex really have just lost the plot with this one. I don't care if he's Zamorak 2.0. what I want is to join him. Don't offer the choice if it leads nowhere.
27-Feb-2021 17:40:46
