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ok so i will try and keep this short and sweet, although i don't think 2k characters is enough...
i've played runescape since 2003, been here from before the game started to evolve with higher tier quests and weapons etc, that game was what the era at the time allowed for "complex" abilities as runescape mostly targeted children at the time, myself being one of them.
around 2006 came the times where people were growing up, staking/pking was more evolved with clans and mage bank, 2007/8 seen better armours and new bosses to keep up with growing additions to the game, then came 2009-10... things got much better as the players who had played in the beginning years, remained to play due to updates not being STUPIDLY OUT OF HAND.
in the 2009-10 era, we seen the ability for max cape, recolouring of it, summoning being useful in both skilling, pvp and pvm, pack yak for example, unicorn, fruit bat, terrorbird, all these had their unique abilities like helping to heal run etc.
then, a lot of players, as seen, QUIT playing as the EOC came out, yes some players stayed and some new players were attracted, but the majority of the "oldschool players" quit.
so why not, instead of trying to create new skills, just slowly rearrange the game and bring back what was here PRE-EOC.
yes a new skill sounds great, but, and this is a big BUT... as many stated, these new skills all sound like minigame type material, for example... runecrafting is tedious, we now have GOTR, fishing has tempoross, firemaking WindT... why not ADJUST these "skill pitches" into minigames, that say for example HELP other skills, like maybe agility and thieving into one of them, herblore and woodcutting into another, farming and construction into another.
but instead of making them instanced minigames, make them like pest control, or castle wars?
just my personal concept, some may agree some may disagree, this is why we are human, everyone is different
i've played runescape since 2003, been here from before the game started to evolve with higher tier quests and weapons etc, that game was what the era at the time allowed for "complex" abilities as runescape mostly targeted children at the time, myself being one of them.
around 2006 came the times where people were growing up, staking/pking was more evolved with clans and mage bank, 2007/8 seen better armours and new bosses to keep up with growing additions to the game, then came 2009-10... things got much better as the players who had played in the beginning years, remained to play due to updates not being STUPIDLY OUT OF HAND.
in the 2009-10 era, we seen the ability for max cape, recolouring of it, summoning being useful in both skilling, pvp and pvm, pack yak for example, unicorn, fruit bat, terrorbird, all these had their unique abilities like helping to heal run etc.
then, a lot of players, as seen, QUIT playing as the EOC came out, yes some players stayed and some new players were attracted, but the majority of the "oldschool players" quit.
so why not, instead of trying to create new skills, just slowly rearrange the game and bring back what was here PRE-EOC.
yes a new skill sounds great, but, and this is a big BUT... as many stated, these new skills all sound like minigame type material, for example... runecrafting is tedious, we now have GOTR, fishing has tempoross, firemaking WindT... why not ADJUST these "skill pitches" into minigames, that say for example HELP other skills, like maybe agility and thieving into one of them, herblore and woodcutting into another, farming and construction into another.
but instead of making them instanced minigames, make them like pest control, or castle wars?
just my personal concept, some may agree some may disagree, this is why we are human, everyone is different
29-Mar-2023 07:06:16
Love all 3 ideas spoilt for choice! After reading through all proposed ideas I would really love to see Sailing implemented into the game. Something about exploring the vastness of the ocean is thrilling.
It would also engage the community and let accounts of all builds to work together from what I have gathered. It makes the most sense as there are so many areas of the game that are non accessible due to the water.
the rewards and new methods are definitely a breath of fresh air and it will be very exciting to see the finishing result if it passes. Thank you to the amazing dev team at Jagex who constructed not 1 but 3 ideas to give the to community. It really puts into perspective how hard they work, how creative they are and how much time care and effort they genuinely give
It would also engage the community and let accounts of all builds to work together from what I have gathered. It makes the most sense as there are so many areas of the game that are non accessible due to the water.
the rewards and new methods are definitely a breath of fresh air and it will be very exciting to see the finishing result if it passes. Thank you to the amazing dev team at Jagex who constructed not 1 but 3 ideas to give the to community. It really puts into perspective how hard they work, how creative they are and how much time care and effort they genuinely give
29-Mar-2023 17:14:42
Taming looks like Pokemon Meets Runescape, which seems really fun. I'll definitely get membership if this one passes.
29-Mar-2023 17:48:00
I'm going to be honest, all the proposals sound exciting to me! Am I just easy to please? You be the judge.
In all seriousness, Sailing would probably be my pick of the trio of awesome pitches as the exploration aspect has been something I thought would fit into the Old School style of playing going back to when this skill was just an unfounded rumour in the RS2 days!
There's understandable criticism in the thread about sailing feeling like a mini-game or even like agility as someone said above. All perfectly reasonable reservations imo, however , I still think it's a worthy candidate because:
a) Although it may sound like agility at the high level pitch stage, the unlocking of islands to explore, skill and PvM on sound a lot more exciting a reward than what agility offers.
b) Any skill on release will feel somewhat cheap and childish. Just cast your mind back to literally any skill released in the RS2 era, like RC and Slayer and how many updates those skills received within just 3 years of release, let alone the mammoth changes we see in those skills in OSRS today!
I'm quite excited to see all this evolve, may the best skill win
In all seriousness, Sailing would probably be my pick of the trio of awesome pitches as the exploration aspect has been something I thought would fit into the Old School style of playing going back to when this skill was just an unfounded rumour in the RS2 days!
There's understandable criticism in the thread about sailing feeling like a mini-game or even like agility as someone said above. All perfectly reasonable reservations imo, however , I still think it's a worthy candidate because:
a) Although it may sound like agility at the high level pitch stage, the unlocking of islands to explore, skill and PvM on sound a lot more exciting a reward than what agility offers.
b) Any skill on release will feel somewhat cheap and childish. Just cast your mind back to literally any skill released in the RS2 era, like RC and Slayer and how many updates those skills received within just 3 years of release, let alone the mammoth changes we see in those skills in OSRS today!
I'm quite excited to see all this evolve, may the best skill win
30-Mar-2023 04:35:18
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