200 fc limit and floors in at a time:
Thanks Dster0 for your post on inactivity scrub. You reassured me my memory hasn't totally failed me. I vaguely recall you or one of the other gens saying the same in one of the earlier threads. It reaffirms to me, this group hasn't come this far by chance, but thru much effort by the gens that is often ignored, let alone appreciated.
Many changes to RS have taken place in the past year. Some changes make it much easier to max certain skills without as much sheer boredom, they once had. More minigames and activities were added. These changes draw on our members to do other things besides dge all the time. So, it surprises me not to see fewer floors in these days.
Would changing to a new group of 200 change the statistics? I think not. Probability law predicts the same result after the dust settles. It would require a drastic revamp in membership requirements for applying to expect a major difference in the result.
Personally, I join the FC to monitor for f+1 calls that last for 5 - 10 mins. Then I offer to fill. Since I already am 120 and have no desire for 200m xp, I don't want to take up a spot, where someone else would benefit. I also enjoy special hunts and will stop, what I am doing, to join in at times. Either way, I need to be a member to access the FC to do this.
It does seem to me the number of long f+1 calls has decreased in the past 2-3 months. If so, it may be due in part to fewer floors being formed or my not being in the FC, when they occur.
Open FC? There is another popular group, different style, that is open FC. Guess what? Their floor activity dropped over the past few months. Especially, when many in their FC got busy leveling rc, instead of dge. I even looked into my old clan a few days ago. It is dge oriented, but no floors were forming!
So, I'm not convinced any simple change will precipatate a greater number of floors in. You would need to force it as a membership requirement. Jagex forces us enuff.
07-Aug-2012 00:47:42