While it's unrealistic to believe that RS3 will ever overtake OSRS in popularity, RS3 has an incredibly special place in my heart. I've been playing since 2008 and I remember a time when players talked and spent time together a lot more outside of the monotonous skill grind or PVM encounters.
Over the last few days, I've tried socializing more on RS3 W2 and I've gotten some pretty mixed results. I met a player who still does drop parties. I chatted with a new player who seemed to really be enjoying the game. But most of my interactions were met with silence. Even my current guild, which has on average 475/500 players can have a great deal of radio silence. This is to be expected, of course. A lot of players AFK and many features in the game enable that. There are also players who struggle with being comfortable in social interactions, even online; and that's completely understandable.
Still, I think one of the reasons RS3 struggles so much in popularity in comparison to OSRS (besides the fact that there is so many features that it can feel overwhelming to even seasoned players) is that there isn't as much of a sense of community as there was in older iterations of the game. I'm sure there are a multitude of things that could be done to fix this, ranging from adding fresh coats of paint to some skills or replacing dead features in-game with new activities, but neither of those are things I, as a player, have control over and depend entirely upon Jagex themselves.
I thought long and hard about what I could do to improve the social climate of RS3 and an idea that really sticks out to me is to create a guild that's main goal is to improve RS3's community through friendly chat and assistance to anyone who needs it. Of course, making a guild requires five players. I would need to find people interested in this goal as well. If anyone would like to see RS3 reach its social potential, feel free to drop a comment on this thread.
Let friendships bloom wherever you leave footprints
Over the last few days, I've tried socializing more on RS3 W2 and I've gotten some pretty mixed results. I met a player who still does drop parties. I chatted with a new player who seemed to really be enjoying the game. But most of my interactions were met with silence. Even my current guild, which has on average 475/500 players can have a great deal of radio silence. This is to be expected, of course. A lot of players AFK and many features in the game enable that. There are also players who struggle with being comfortable in social interactions, even online; and that's completely understandable.
Still, I think one of the reasons RS3 struggles so much in popularity in comparison to OSRS (besides the fact that there is so many features that it can feel overwhelming to even seasoned players) is that there isn't as much of a sense of community as there was in older iterations of the game. I'm sure there are a multitude of things that could be done to fix this, ranging from adding fresh coats of paint to some skills or replacing dead features in-game with new activities, but neither of those are things I, as a player, have control over and depend entirely upon Jagex themselves.
I thought long and hard about what I could do to improve the social climate of RS3 and an idea that really sticks out to me is to create a guild that's main goal is to improve RS3's community through friendly chat and assistance to anyone who needs it. Of course, making a guild requires five players. I would need to find people interested in this goal as well. If anyone would like to see RS3 reach its social potential, feel free to drop a comment on this thread.
Let friendships bloom wherever you leave footprints
06-Aug-2022 17:14:50
