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Lrd
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Lrd

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GWD, ZMI, Elite clues.. those for sure AINT part of old scool servers. These servers are very close to the turning point of pking scene (godswords etc) and those are stuff people dont want here.

Theres tens of thousands of people who have started playing runescape again on these servers because these are indeed "old school" WITHOUT gwd weapons/armors etc. And it would be unfair to take it away from them AGAIN. You can raid gwd on the "real" runescape (eoc).

I hope jagex you realize you got ALOT more of paying customers with this move, bringing back OS servers so they should definately stay like that. Idk if you cant afford losing alot of customers again.

And to haters i have only this.. [_]C

21-Mar-2013 17:33:22

Empyrea
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I've mentioned these before, but I'll mention them again until they're at least addressed.

My main concern right now is the usability of the F keys. They're very spread out and clunky - even for someone with large hands like myself. Esc is inventory, F1 is special attack/attack styles, F4 is worn equipment, F5 is prayer, F6 is mage book. Very irritating to use, and I would like to see it changed to how it is in EoC (it was this way before EoC as well; I'm not just pining for EoC). I.e., F1 is inventory, F2 is worn equipment, F3 is prayer, F4 is mage book, F5 is special attack/attack styles. It's much more usable and quite frankly having played so many castle wars games with that setup it's what I'm used to.

This next thing I would like. It's not necessary.
I've always been concerned though, about this poll system, since when it comes to smaller things, things that most users might not know about or even understand, since your average player has no real insight into the subtleties of castle wars and thinks it's just a place where you go to kill ****, it would either be neglected when put to vote or people would be misinformed and vote accordingly. The actual thing I would like put to vote is being able to right-click tinderbox in castle wars, as well as some kind of toolbelt function (if only in castle wars to hold a tinderbox so you don't have to waste the inventory space on it).

I've only seen one thread mention the rearrangement of the hot keys, but I haven't seen any threads mention the tinderbox castle wars issue, primarily, I think, because not many people are actually playing it yet, since most people are occupied getting gear and levels. However I think both are important. Thanks for reading.

21-Mar-2013 17:33:24

13y

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Mist, that's an interesting idea (about having the don't care vote option), but what would happen if 'I don't care' got the majority 75% vote, would the update not happen I assume?

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Anyways, looking forward to the next poll. Sounds great. :)

As for future content, I'd prefer if GWD was left out. The introduction of godswords in particular mark a turning point in RS history. Their presence altered PvP greatly, and not in a good way, imo. Also, activity shifted away from skills, to just camping bosses. That said, I'll just be skilling regardless so it wouldn't effect me personally too much. But, it isn't about just me, it is about the game as a whole, and I feel GWD would do more harm than good. But, all I can really say is that it should be thought about very carefully by all voters, and by Jagex as the decision can and likely will impact all aspects of the game more than would be expected at firs* glance. All angles of this proposal need to be recognised and considered (perhaps a thread could be made especially for discussion of this when the time comes, and all sides of the issue could be presented so that voters will be educated on the subject).

Also, ZMI will dramatically increase RC xp rates. Whether or *** this is good or bad, personally I've yet to decide.

At the end of the day, such content updates run a very high risk of corrupting the very reasons 07 was brought back. While updates may sound nice on paper, I hope things don't change too much, as it is a slippery slope and may end up with a game unlike what 07 is meant to be. But, I trust that things will work out fine in the end. :)


Very well thought about over view.
As much as I would love to have the ags / godwards back in the game as a pvp kind of person. This addition may be far too soon as people are getting back into their routine. As stated may be a negative to peoples 07 history.

21-Mar-2013 17:40:45

BrettThePunk
Jul Member 2021

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Mod Nexus and Ash da best. Great job you guys on everything, and I hope we keep you busy.

I wanted to post on the part about adding new content in without changing the game map. That would help out a lot. Most people don't realize it yet, but OSR still needs a endgame of some point. Some people might argue it's 200m exp, or every skillcape. I liked GWD, not because it made money, but because it was fun. Also, if making money through combat is terrible, why is slayer a skill? Nowanday's I'm actually a DIY account so I don't boss anymore, but I just hate to see no real end-game for pvmers. Pkers and skillers have definite things to do on here, but as far as pvm, I only really have a couple of bosses to choose from. I don't necessarily think most people want the high-leveled equipment, the big drops, and the "better" money making method. It was and still is a fun thing to do with your friends/clan. Having 4 there just made it better. I'd like the GWD to be included, but tweaked so it wouldn't overpower the game. It's possible I'm sure. Just nerf a couple spec's and lower the stats a tad. Or even better yet, do something new with it. There is probably a huge amount of code archived for the release of GWD. We, as the players, could tweak it until it was something fun to do that didn't even ncessarily need to be GWD. Just my two cents.
~Brett.

21-Mar-2013 17:43:16

Norne
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Mist, that's an interesting idea (about having the don't care vote option), but what would happen if 'I don't care' got the majority 75% vote, would the update not happen I assume?


Abstain doesnt show. If you don't vote, you don't add anything. Its not a no, its not a yes. So the poll works:

[ ]yes
[ ]no
[ *Abstain

But when the votes looked at you see
*% Yes
X% no

If yes is 75% or better and no is 25 or less, boom it happens.
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21-Mar-2013 17:45:53

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