clueles52404

I agree with you and everyone here. Though I don't blame the second version, I blame the massive increase in players. I use to help ( and still do with quests and helping people find their way if lost), but I don't give things away to people as much as I use to. Cause I've got SOOOOOOOOOOOO many more people asking for free stuff almost every time I sign on. Seems like no one wants to work for their riches anymore. I'm only a lvl 101 combat, but I get new players glued to my behind begging constantly. I almost cringe now when someone asks for help! I know they just want something for free (or 95% of the time that's all it is). I've always worked for everything I get. I've never begged for anything, and I've died and lost it all MANY times. The old runescape scammers just used the " give me your armour and I'll change it to a better one" scam. Now we got the "I got hacked" scam going on. That killed my kindness of giving away free stuff, that and the increase of people constantly asking for free stuff. I actually had a dude say that to me..."I just got hacked and lost everything", and I just said sorry like I always do. Next thing I see is him putting on full rune, drag hally, ammy of glory and black berret! Guess he was hacked by stupid hackers that forgot to take the good stuff! I think those people are the ones killing the game. I think they are the reason people are less likely to help than before. The newer players (many many of them, but definitly not all) just plain don't want to work for the stuff, it's cool to have cool stuff and annoy long time players who have worked for their stuff. I've actually gotten to the point where I turn chat off and just keep it on friends so I can play in peace. Cause when I play, I'm just trying to relax and wind down my day, and all the begging just gets my angry! lol Yes I lose the chance of making new friends, but as of late, the last 4 people I've added to my friends list were new people I was trying to help out and I had given free things to. Guess they thought they had a sure thing, and they just continued to ask for things. Finally I just added them to my ignore list. Got tired of working hard to keep them well stocked while my own supplies dwindled away.