Atom Heart Mother
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I'm still insanely jealous that RuneScape fans get to play the older version of their game legally and have it supported.
Come on, Blizzard.
Come on, Blizzard.
Any member can play classic, but it isn't supported nowadays so hitting is rampant.
Also this is real in a way now, sort of.
I'm still insanely jealous that RuneScape fans get to play the older version of their game legally and have it supported.
Come on, Blizzard.
Can't wait to get absolutely obliterated in the wilderness
I've never touched Runescape in any form. Is it worth trying out, or do you need some nostalgia for it to make the experience worthwhile?
The two are not even close to comparable.
Blizzard would need a separate team to maintain Vanilla when they struggle with content (historically, not currently) on live. They would also need to update Vanilla with Vanilla specific content so people don't get bored like with OSRS. Not just arena seasons or what have you, actual new content. Lastly, you would have to choose whether to appease the die-hard purists or reasonable people who would want the following QoL additions like being able to loot multiple corpses at a time if they are close from Mists
Its not feasible. And I would hope that the Molten Core 40 man anniversary and ongoing Black Temple Timewalking turns people off, because those old raids suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck compared to now.
The two are not even close to comparable.
Blizzard would need a separate team to maintain Vanilla when they struggle with content (historically, not currently) on live. They would also need to update Vanilla with Vanilla specific content so people don't get bored like with OSRS. Not just arena seasons or what have you, actual new content. Lastly, you would have to choose whether to appease the die-hard purists or reasonable people who would want the following QoL additions like being able to loot multiple corpses at a time if they are close from Mists
Its not feasible. And I would hope that the Molten Core 40 man anniversary and ongoing Black Temple Timewalking turns people off, because those old raids suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck compared to now.
I still think RuneScape probably has the best "quests" in games, including stuff like New Vegas and Witcher 3. RuneScape quests are almost like mini Sierra point and clicks in and of themselves, and the writing is clever and quirky.
I've never touched Runescape in any form. Is it worth trying out, or do you need some nostalgia for it to make the experience worthwhile?
OldSchool RuneScape has a separate, dedicated development team of at least 18 members currently; and they are hiring a couple more.
They also have been releasing new updates every week for years now.
Lots of new content, skills, features, bug fixes, and polishing.
http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/forums.ws?380,381
Plus the community votes on every new feature and it must be agreeable to at least 75% of the community, or it isn't added to the game.
And every week the developers have a live stream where they discuss upcoming content, existing content, and balancing changes with the community.
Jagex does exactly the same though. There is a separate team working on OSRS. The updates are smaller in scale but still frequent enough. And all potential changes first have to be ratified by the community through public polls. It's a very transparent process and the community is heavily involved. I can't see why this wouldn't work for WoW.
The only downside I see is that it will divide the community. OSRS peaks at 60k and Runescape at 40k players daily.
I've never touched Runescape in any form. Is it worth trying out, or do you need some nostalgia for it to make the experience worthwhile?
I mean thats the point I'm making. You are talking about 100k people, WoW has at least 50x that. You could never justify the cost it would take to maintain Vanilla AND the Live servers.
I mean thats the point I'm making. You are talking about 100k people, WoW has at least 50x that. You could never justify the cost it would take to maintain Vanilla AND the Live servers.
There goes my productivity. Really hoping OSRS's MIDI soundtrack is kept for mobile.
I don't understand how all the different versions of RuneScape work or how they interact with each other. Can anyone explain that to me? I played from 2006 to 2009. Back then, there was RuneScape and RuneScape Classic. Classic was something only ultra-hardcore nostalgia fans played and everybody else just played RuneScape.
Now it seems like there is RuneScape Classic, RuneScape 2007, and RuneScape proper? Are they all treated as separate games?
I tried to recover my account last month and they ask for way more information than any lapsed highschool player like myself would have. It was a bummer. I always kind of thought I would go back someday but it hurts to think all that stuff is gone forever. I grew up in there.
I tried so many times to play Runescape on the PSP browser in like 2005
Neat. Maybe I can sign in to my old account and sell off my santa hat for like 500M or whatever they're worth now.
Neat. Maybe I can sign in to my old account and sell off my santa hat for like 500M or whatever they're worth now.
This is my favorite post in this threadYou just uncovered memories for me that I'm not sure I wanted to come back.
They did what?They flooded the market with Party Hats to devalue them and they are essentially worthless. I was pretty upset when I learned that because I had a Party Hat and could have sold it
They flooded the market with Party Hats to devalue them and they are essentially worthless. I was pretty upset when I learned that because I had a Party Hat and could have sold it
That's in OSRS. Party Hats are still extremely expensive in RS3.
I feel old reading this post.I can't fucking believe a game I played in elmentary 10 years ago is STILL having another resurgence
As someone who hasn't touched RS like 8 years or so what's the difference between OSRS and it's current form? Or I guess rather where the cut for OS is. I stopled playing sometime after they updated the graphics and added that trading marketplace.
I'm interested in how accurate/responsive it'll be. Some activities in game require intensive and accurate clicks. Also stuff like prayer flicking and weapon switch spec.
I mean it probably shouldn't be the norm to expect to do Inferno on it. Maybe regular Jad should be something they should reach for as being doable.
Now I want to see Woox do the Inferno on this.
Yep easily. The quests in RS are phenomenal. Without a doubt the best quests in video games. If there's one thing that makes RS stand out among other games it's definitely the quests.I still think RuneScape probably has the best "quests" in games, including stuff like New Vegas and Witcher 3. RuneScape quests are almost like mini Sierra point and clicks in and of themselves, and the writing is clever and quirky.
OldSchool RuneScape has a separate, dedicated development team of at least 18 members currently; and they are hiring a couple more.
They also have been releasing new updates every week for years now.
Lots of new content, skills, features, bug fixes, and polishing.
http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/forums.ws?380,381
Plus the community votes on every new feature and it must be agreeable to at least 75% of the community, or it isn't added to the game.
And every week the developers have a live stream where they discuss upcoming content, existing content, and balancing changes with the community.
Honestly OSRS doesn't get enough credit for what it's done, to think noone expected it to live past a few months, Jagex included and where it's at today it's nothing short of amazing. A lot of that credit has to go to Mod Ash though he's basically been running OSRS since the beginning and is a big part of the reason of it's success, I hope he got a big fat payrise for it because he deserves it
It's a miracle how RS works tbh, not only to bring back an older version of the game and still have it running years later, but to have more people playing then playing the main game despite having to start over entirely and be forced to scrap years of progress. Definitely one of the few massive success stories in video games.
Not to mention the whole poll system, the fact it's 75% and ridiculously high, yet it works incredibly well.. even among arguably one of the most toxic communities in gaming
Honestly OSRS doesn't get enough credit for what it's done, to think noone expected it to live past a few months, Jagex included and where it's at today it's nothing short of amazing. A lot of that credit has to go to Mod Ash though he's basically been running OSRS since the beginning and is a big part of the reason of it's success, I hope he got a big fat payrise for it because he deserves it