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KyleTheCon
Apr Member 2013

KyleTheCon

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Some things concern me:

I love clan wars, and free-for-all (white/red portals) because you can pk without having to worry about people teleporting away (red) and you can fight purely for sport and without rules or level restrictions. (white) I would hate for it to be any different, especially if it's just for the wildy's sake. I mean if the wilderness becomes less popular because many people like clan wars, then isn't that more reason to launch it as it was? See, when you return something that has been popularly requested but it isn't the same as before, it will surely disappoint, even if the tweaked version is better. It doesn't make sense, but feelings don't follow logic.

Player Council concerns me the absolute most. I'd hate the idea of somebody representing my views. This gives only a select few a stronger voice. Everyone else's voices will become less significant. Power to the Players doesn't mean putting players higher on the pedestal than other players! When one's voice grows, the audience (you) focuses only on the stronger, more noticeable voice. Also, these representatives are no professionals; they're players. Whether they make videos/livestreams or are popular or are player moderators, they are not professionals. Their feelings will get in the way of their judgment. Everyone has their own personal views on content, and as long as everyone is paying for this game, everyone deserves an equal say. Nothing even close to a Player Council should ever exist.

As for this new skill, most people who did the survey thought you were referring to Summoning and/or Dungeoneering and want that/those rather than a brand new never-before-seen skill as this is supposed to be an Oldschool Runescape game. I think it's important that I clear that up right now before people get mad. I'm a huge fan of Construction; love the skill. In particular I'm absolutely fascinated with the
Player-Owned House Dungeon.
My dream is for everyone to be able to build their own personal PvM challenge, one that rivals even current content.

26-Apr-2014 21:16:06 - Last edited on 27-Apr-2014 04:46:12 by KyleTheCon

Skybeard

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Okay, I don't post in the forums very often but I've had just about enough.

I am an 11 year veteran of RuneScape. I am 2424 total level in RuneScape 3, and 1449 in Old School RuneScape. I quit RuneScape 3 for a reason. I play OLD SCHOOL for a reason. I hate your new updates. Old School was perfect upon release aside from a few technical errors that you have done great with. PLEASE for the love of the veterans of RS can you stop making new content for Old School? Increasing the map by 50%? A new skill? New quests? Ridiculously good mining exp that you can AFK with this new mining update? Skill updates in general? Nightmare zone with ridiculously afk/good melee exp? With all this new content, and more to come, I'm bound to quit RuneScape for good. I don't want the game to be easy like RuneScape 3. I'm nearly 95 strength and I've barely even looked at my screen. Come on guys, lets smarten up a bit.

You must realize that a good portion of the community are new players. For whatever reason they joined Old School, and they're expecting content updates, and you know what I have to say to those people? GO PLAY RUNESCAPE 3.

I couldn't agree more.

Done Questin is missing the point entirely.

OT: Bank tabs are a must. Player Council sounds downright silly. New skill isn't needed. New continent could be interesting. But, like the skill, not particularly needed.

I would, like The Exp Drop, remind the OSR Team that people here are playing the game because they enjoy a game environment that isn't being constantly updated and refined. We like the simple and the grind. That's why we're not on RS3.
Please leave an identifiable separation between the two games in place, for the sake of both.

26-Apr-2014 22:24:58

Joever

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I don't play Oldschool rs (yet) but this looks very interesting!

As mentioned above. I really think oldschool should stay away from RS3 content, exp boosts and all the other existing stuff.

I agree that it should go a different direction, but please, let RS3 content stay in RS3.

26-Apr-2014 22:31:14 - Last edited on 26-Apr-2014 22:35:04 by Joever

Venenatis
Sep Member 2007

Venenatis

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Sounds like a great summer, I already have some great idea's i'd love to submit for the new skill.

There is some flack regarding the player council, and I can understand why. It wouldn't be fair for the average player to run against a streamer. It's not to say all streamers are bad for the community, but there are a lot of average players on the forums and what not who don't have the means to record and edit videos yet really live and breathe OS and deserve a chance. I've seen quite a few actually.

If the player council wasn't open to streams it wouldn't be all that bad, just let the OS team select a view potential candidates almost like they select players to be mods.

Great updates, looking forward to summer.
VnG
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26-Apr-2014 23:10:57

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