What is this game?

thegrayhippo · **Posted:** February 8th, 2008, 6:24 pm

I quit Runescape about 8 months ago, recently after the hunter skill came out. I maxed it to 99, gave away most of my items, then quit. I logged back in today, strongly considering renewing my membership. I messaged one of my friends asking if he wanted a few mil for free. "What about the trade limit?" he said.

He then went on to tell me about all the changed they made since I left. Pking gone, dropping items, 'grand' exchange.. This is NOT the game I quit 8 months ago. Jagex in complete control over the price of everything.. Thanks, never liked be generous anyway.

No way in hell i'm coming back to whatever this game is. It was probably easier for you guys because the changes happened over time, but logging in one day and seeing everything suddenly like this.. it's too much. I've taken bad updates from Jagex before, but this crosses the line.

Adbot · **Posted:** February 8th, 2008, 6:24 pm

bhh2000 · **Posted:** February 8th, 2008, 7:23 pm

what you say is true the game is very very different!

Yazackie90 · **Posted:** February 8th, 2008, 7:24 pm

I agree. Jagex has been very......dumb last year. Congratulations Jagex. =D>

This is one of the many peaople whos gsming experience has been taken away. :evil:

Yes you are right, It was easier for us.... we got a 1 month heads up, and we got to give away whatever we could in that last month. I find that the grand exchange was a good idea, but the fact that most items dropped by about 25% since it came out is just sad. Then The privelidge of pking taken away?! Jagex, is you went of rs and went to the wildy, you would see it empty. Exept for the occasional mager going to the mage arena, Its empty. Now people who make money off of lobbys or swordies, or even sharks, have just been deprived of several good profits! Summoning... The point of summoning is crappy, and it takes way to long and way to much money to get even around 50. If yopu ask someone who has 99 summoning(when its not rare to see a cape that is) how much money, time, and combat lvls gained just from getting the charms, they will prob amaze you. Drop partys too... Jagex, get a life, read some books, leave your hose, and god **** FIX THIS GAME!

Dragon · **Posted:** February 8th, 2008, 7:31 pm

Am I the only one who actually likes every almost every decision and change they have made and actually enjoyed it?

Yazackie90 · **Posted:** February 8th, 2008, 7:35 pm

YES. and thats not a good thing. So tell me exactly why you like the decisions so much?

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by the way, look at this crap: There has been a significant increase in the amount of real-world trading this year. If we don't find a solution to RWT now, it will ruin RuneScape."

Andrew Gower
Lead Developer

!!!!! Your already ruining runescape Jagex!

The Killer · **Posted:** February 8th, 2008, 7:55 pm

Yes, indeed they ruined some aspects of the game. All that's left is skilling and the minigames.

That's why I'm getting 99s instead of the usual merchanting. Oh, GE killed merchanting anyway.

Adbot · **Posted:** February 8th, 2008, 7:55 pm

Yazackie90 · **Posted:** February 8th, 2008, 8:20 pm

Me too. If i need money, I just go and mine some quick pure ess, but other than that, I don't make barely anything.

Dragon · **Posted:** February 8th, 2008, 8:34 pm

Why do I enjoy these updates?

Well, first off, the GE has made life much easier instead of standing around for hours typing the same thing over and over hoping that someone will want to buy your item and in the end eventually taking a lower price just to sell the item.

Second, I believe that cheating, macroing, and autoing are all more important than being able to give someone a gift.

Then, there is the matter of pking. Personally, I thought it was a pretty stupid thing to begin with. If you ever wanted to go through the wildy without the intention of fighting it was impossible. Even if you had nothing on, there was always some idiot waiting to kill you. Removing pking has made runecrafting and clue scrolls a lot easier to handle and to make up for the removal of the danger of other players, they replaced it with the danger of the Revenants. I personally have died from a Revenant Spirit I think it was and it was a lot worse than any other player I encountered while in the wilderness. It teleblocked me, froze me, and then hit three 20+ through protection prayers with dragonhide on. And that was only the mid level of the dangerous revenants. I would have to say the wilderness is more dangerous than ever now. It's too bad for anyone who only did Pking to make money, maybe they should learn there are other aspects to the game they can enjoy. Otherwise they should just go buy WOW or something.

I probably left something out, but I would have to say that I personally quite enjoy what Jagex has done with the game and I think that they did it with the majority of players in mind.

Yazackie90 · **Posted:** February 9th, 2008, 7:09 am

ok, the grand exchange. Yes it has made everything much easier to buy and sell, but like i said before, has dropped every items price by about 25%. Back when there was no grand exchange, and I was a noob, I remember buying a g maul for 100 something k. My freind just bought one for 40k. Also, Is simple. Jagex just could've used there time getting rid of macroing, bots, and cheating in a different way. And just because you don't like pking and think it was too dangerous, does NOT mean that everyone else thinks the same. Tons of player have quit because of pking. It makes no sense. I thought that Jagex WANTS to get players to join the game. Not make them quit. And also, MAJORITY??? MAJORITY??!!! ok then, yiou go search these forums and the runescape forums, and you tell me how many compliments there are that you could find, and tell me about how many complaints you found.

Dragon · **Posted:** February 9th, 2008, 9:51 am

Sure, some items dropped bit but some of those items deserved a price drop. A Granite Maul shouldn't have been 100k to begin with. There are also some items that increased in price for example magic logs. I never said the wilderness was too dangerous I said that it was annoying the people who would kill you even if you had nothing on just to be a jerk. The wilderness is more dangerous now IMO. If people quit just because of the removal of PKing then they shouldn't have even started, this game isn't all about Pking, they should have found something else enjoyable to do. Perhaps train a skill or something like that? I do know that a lot of people complain but by majority I mean that the majority of players don't spend their whole time just PKing and lurking in the wilderness.

Big Karliny · **Posted:** February 9th, 2008, 1:49 pm

well i was some sort pker but pk was just fun thing to do if ye wanted to try out ur skillz now there clan wars to do so ppl goes there teams up and kills each other whitouth lose since bh is dumbets stupidest and jerkiest thing ever and if u liked solo pk think its gone for good i dont say ge is bad its good u can sell low amounts of stuff but it end up ppls merchanting ect... i would of quited at 10 dec if not me friend now i stil enjoy game atm finishing me goal to get 99 def and trim me ranged skillcape also 99 hp awaits i guess i got over meself and started to do more skilling

Also 3k trade rule got some good aspects like hacking for stuff is now completely pointless and u wont get scamed while selling rear since soem jerks where priceswiching liek hell

personaly i didint got on this but me mate lost 10m then sold rear

and yup game changed dramaticaly tho lil bald bots gone i had a fear of them there where so many of them...

Kirby · **Posted:** February 9th, 2008, 4:02 pm

Q: What is this game?
A: It is RuneScape 2008.

Jagex changes RuneScape gradually or drastically. These past months have seen drastic changes. I do agree 95% of their decisions. Try getting around it. Why exactly would you give out a few million gp to a friend you haven't seen for 8 months, though?

The Killer · **Posted:** February 9th, 2008, 6:32 pm

Few years ago I had to borrow 200k from someone so I could merchant myself back to my feet. But nowadays I wouldn't be able to do that because of the trade limit, and of course, GE killed merchanting.

colinsoccer123 · **Posted:** February 9th, 2008, 6:48 pm

Dragon wrote:

Am I the only one who actually likes every almost every decision and change they have made and actually enjoyed it?

It's not just you.
Alot of people truely like jagex's updates, people just like to complain and many young players can be told to belive something and they'll belive it.
Some people who hate the updates tell younger players to hate them to and suddenly it seems like everyone hates Jagex's ideas and updates.

They're still making money right? They can't be doing that much wrong if they're getting profits.

Yazackie90 · **Posted:** February 9th, 2008, 7:47 pm

They are doing alot wrong actually, but there is just other things to do besides pking and giving away money. I never pked myself, but if jagex wants more players, removing pking was not the way to go. But the people who loved pking and did not have the patience of hunting, mining, wcing, ect, had no choice but to quit. I thinks its just the exitment and satisfaction of haveing a good kill that is fun for them. And its also a group project, so It is a good chance to hang out with your freinds and make some money. Its not the same with clan wars and bounty hunter, because anyone can attack you and your in an elnclosed area with no where to run. Also, in clan wars you cannot get loot. And in bounty hunter, the monent you set foot in, about 5 rouges attack you and:25,20,15,17,14, your dead. And you cannot get anything back.