they said it wouldn't use much more cpu. Cheaper and more powerful processors have always been released since the dawn of the computer age, but there will always be old computers that don't have a fancy processor or a recent graphics card. Unusually for a game, what we need to focus on is the oldest hardware that people still use regularly on a computer instead of new releases. That means considering computers that only use integrated graphics/ old graphics cards and ~2GHz processors for the lowest settings of the game. The question is, should basic weather/particle effects be compulsory for everyone? i can barely run rs2 as it is, especially at tet events and stuff it becomes unrunable, as i'm on a 2.93ghz celeron with an equally old integrated graphics card. they also said the effect would be scalable, which i assume means you can turn it completely off as well. Cheaper and more powerful processors have always been released since the dawn of the computer age, but there will always be old computers that don't have a fancy processor or a recent graphics card. Unusually for a game, what we need to focus on is the oldest hardware that people still use regularly on a computer instead of new releases. That means considering computers that only use integrated graphics/ old graphics cards and ~2GHz processors for the lowest settings of the game. The question is, should basic weather/particle effects be compulsory for everyone? Yeah now a days though you can pick up a decent computer for only a few hundred dollars that can run any game on the market. Newegg is your friend. :smile: clearly you come from a family that has enough money for a new computer every 2 years or whatever ridiculous speed you want, if you'll give me a few hundred dollars, then sure i'll happily go on newegg and buy a new computer, unfortunately for a lot of people a few hundred dollars is unavailable for a new computer. that's not a viable solution "oh, this is harder to use now, you have to upgrade this or buy this new component so you can use this properly" that doesn't work every time, you'll end up with a customer base of people who can only afford better computer, and runescape tries to attract everyone, i realize there is a limit on how compatible they can be with old computer, and i'm assuming i am nearing that limit soon, within the next 6 months i probably won't be able to run rs2 on this computer anymore, except for maybe standing somewhere vacant and sitting in a clan chat, but that still doesn't mean that just because i need a new computer i can go out and buy one. tl;dr buying new hardware every time there are upgrades that come out is a useless solution to most people.