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MeyerMystery
Oct Member 2023

MeyerMystery

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First of all thank you for releasing a statement/open letter to the community. We kinda really needed a good open communication moment. There has been a lot of 'damage done' as some of the more salty enthousiastic players would say. But I'm very hopeful we can heal these wounds.

Content
It is very good to see that there is a plan to increase the workforce in the Dev team. Some of the more intensive players will be happy to meet the newcomers I'm sure :D The content poll systems sounds like a good step in the right direction to get the feedback from the players ASAP. The steady flow of content is something I am very looking forward to maybe not getting content every week but every other week sounds lovely.

Monetisation
I'm glad to see that we came to a mutual understanding that there have been to many MTX related updates and problems the past few weeks/months. The scrapping of second-chance-tuesday is an indicator that you are willing to change for the better. As someone who doesn't uses TH much besides the daily keys I will say didn't find them very intrusive or obnoxious but for the rest of the player base I'm glad that the MTX team is finding ways to balance treasure hunter out more (Also more cosmetics, who doesn't like that :D )

Communication
We as a community don't need to know every single little detail that is going on behind the scenes of course but we would love to get more minor updates on projects that are being worked on. For example what you are going to try with TH and its rework.Kkeep your community involved with your projects outside of streams and posts.

Word of warning
Although I'm hoping for a better relationship between the playerbase and the Jagex team I will say that, eventhough I'm fully supporting these changes, the players have lost a lot of trust in the game. I wholeheartedly hope that besides these promises of change we will see actions and words.

Thank you for reading this and keep scaping :D
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23-Oct-2017 18:57:35

Ishtar

Ishtar

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Ahura said :
Exit Wound said :
how bout you do 50% promos on RS3 and add 50% of treasure hunter to OSRS!!
If that were to happen you'd hear the riots from 10 miles away.
They probably need a second riot world too cuz the first one would be full.


More like do a mass quitting party. Unlike Rs3 players, oldschool players have quit once before and they can do it again if the likes of squeal of fortune and eoc rears its ugly head in oldschool runescape.

23-Oct-2017 19:02:09

Calcarb
Sep Member 2006

Calcarb

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First off thanks for posting here. There are still lots of players who only look here for information.

You said:- You can help us too, by making the RuneScape community the most positive and welcoming place possible. After all, the more players we have the less reliance there is on MTX revenue.


I still firmly believe that the downfall of the quality of RuneScape was when players deserted the game chat and moved over to other forms like Teamspeak. Most of the time the chat in game is non existant. I sometimes flog myself to virtual death trying to get players into conversation.

Finally if I read other comments correctly why is the money raised from promotions in RS3 used to update OSRS or developing RS on mobiles. It just seems wrong.

I love this game but find myself logging on less and less because there is nothing there to interest me, no chat, no quests, just slog slog slog to get the levels.

23-Oct-2017 19:03:45

Dilbert2001
Jun Member 2006

Dilbert2001

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As a 15 year veteran maxed players, I think Treasure Hunter hardly gives any xp or bonus xp comparing to normal game play. For instance, a daily challenge of Dungeoneering gives me 170k xp in 3-4 minutes and you can also do Sink Hole for similar xp each trip. And then you have weekly and monthly activities that give mega xp... such as the Char Training Weekly that gives upward of 700k xp.

Now, look at what you get from a usual TH xp lamp? 8.6k xp... Even if you are lucky you get a "large" one that is still only 40kxp. That's hardly anything.

Rest assured, I think Jagex is selling xp and it is not going to be changed since every other online game is doing the same thing and they sell for more, but the complaint is just overblown since the xp they sell is just a drop in the bucket comparing to just a few minutes of regular game play.

23-Oct-2017 19:08:25 - Last edited on 23-Oct-2017 19:08:53 by Dilbert2001

Bliksemvis
Sep Member 2016

Bliksemvis

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This post is so much bullshit, these are empty promises once again, calling it now, we have already heard these before. TH is already a rework from the squeal of fortune, what is a rework gonna do? Are you gonna get it right this time? pfff

We've gotten these responses that "you guys are listening to us" and that "you will do better" and will "improve the situation". But you guys show NOTHING. EVER. It only gets worse every single time.

last year's response? "yo, you guys think it's getting too frequent and to OP". And what happens? A WHOLE FUCKING YEAR OF CONSTANT PROMOS. CONSTANTLY.

then, this uproar happens, these promo's are getting way out of hand, we are complaining like crazy because you guys are ruining the game with these ever OP growing promos faster than the bullet train goes.

Then you announce you are finally going to hold an internal discussion about all of this situation, but meanwhile - while you guys are aware of our anger and massive disappointment - you STILl continue to release MORE promos and even MORE overpowered promos. Cause no, they can't be delayed no no no, actual content can, but MTX noohooo.

While in this situation you've SHOWED NOTHING to us that you are listening. Nothing that shows a little bit of concern about your own player base. Only words, only these empty words. always these empty words. SHOW US SOMETHING. NOW.

because you guys right now are blatantly fucking DISGUSTING.

23-Oct-2017 19:12:21

Exit Wound

Exit Wound

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idk why jagex is putting so much hype n thought into mobile...its just gonna be another failure, unless ur ge flipping or skilling at a bank or safe activity, it cant be used for much else "all we are is dust in the wind"

- Kansas

23-Oct-2017 19:13:58

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