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Armed Donkey

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There's nothing really "old school" about this game anymore except the graphics and combat system.

That's the exact reason we have osrs lol.

Over 60% of the people even playing are playing because of it

25-Apr-2014 18:40:15

Kilot
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I hope clan wars comes with king of the hill and oddball as well as other game variants should add some fun and exciting content making it better than the one on rs3 :D DDD *´¨)¸.*´ Kilot ~ Failed RuneScape player.
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25-Apr-2014 18:56:19

Lord Speed

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This is certainly a very ambitious development blog. I'm a little surprised that such a small team can incur such a massive undertaking. I think quite a few of us are apprehensive about all of this because there are some major content updates listed here and much of our community doesn't want to deviate from the old school Runescape ideals.

My biggest concern is regarding a player's council. There is very little detail on how these players will be elected, what purpose they will serve, and how much of an impact they will have on the future of OSRS. I personally do not want a popular streamer to have extensive control over the games future content.

I would be very cautious about the implementation of a new skill. I'm not completely against it but it is quite early and I wouldn't want a new skill to have sweeping changes on the game. The last thing I would want is something that has a major impact on other skills or a skill that is wildly unpopular. There is a high likelihood I will vote no on a new skill but I look forward to seeing the ideas.

25-Apr-2014 18:56:24

Runite

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You guys should do a poll:

Q: Would you rather see us add new content to the game, or should we update old and outdated content (*cough* Trouble Brewing)

Yeah I don't get why they almost seem desperate to pump new updates into the game when there is plenty of stuff to do to improve existing things. Not to mention a lot of their past updates have been sloppy and ineffective, or weren't what they were intended to be.

Examples:

Minigame "matchmaking" system - Basically it put lodestones all over the map and didn't actually incentivize minigame activity apart from having dedicated clan chats. Why not just set these chats up or create a clan chat "directory" instead of this system? 99% of the people using this use it for the free teleport system (which cools down faster than home teleport even). You used to have to work (or buy items) to unlock certain teleports, watchtower for example, now you can just teleport to NMZ and you're at yanille. Tons of people pointed this out on the devblog but were completely ignored.

NMZ - It's pretty obvious to everyone that when this was actually voted on there was no mention of it being the best combat XP in the game, much less completely AFKable combat XP. It was supposed to be a fun minigame with the actual rewards being the incentive to play it, not the XP rates. A fix to this shouldn't even be polled as the XP aspect wasn't even polled to begin with and was an unintended consequence.

Wild Rejuvenation - Nice idea, but mostly DOA content. Resource area gives little incentive compared to skilling outside of the wild, literally nobody is ever in there. You let the drop chin question be voted on even though it shouldn't have been so obviously skillers wont let it pass, Boss drops are mediocre, activity died after the first 2 weeks. People gave Mat K pages of actual good ideas on his Zybz thread and he took very few. Real incentives need to be introduced, not mediocre ones.

25-Apr-2014 19:01:51

Morlocks
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A 50% map update and a new skill (sailing I hope)?@#@ sounds almost too good to be true! you guys have some great ideas except the player council because like politics its always going to get people disagreeing. anyone against a map update and new skill just don't like to have fun. Most people who started back in the real old school days played to explore and have fun, not just to max. I really like the way you guys are thinking, and nobody's going to be complaining when they are having fun in a larger Runescape, sailing around and doing things they never done before in a game they've been playing for years. Hell yeah guys summer sounds rad.

25-Apr-2014 19:01:54

Anger Alt
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Anger Alt

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You guys should do a poll:

Q: Would you rather see us add new content to the game, or should we update old and outdated content (*cough* Trouble Brewing)

I totally agree, even if it's only for a limited time :)

25-Apr-2014 19:18:23

Mr Crow

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king of the hill sounds familiar

Clue scrolls are long over do for an expansion

Bounty hunter could be wilderness wide

PDC/New skill: I vote for Sailing!!!

Trade solution: Trade Board

player council sounds good and all, but like others have said...that will be a popularity contest...

but seriously...NO F2P!?!?!?! WTH guys

25-Apr-2014 19:19:21

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