What was so darn good about classic?

[ikraz66]

I started playing runescape over 2 years ago, but I never got to experience classic. All over the forums, people proclaim how rs2 is too easy, and not nearly as fun as the "good ol' days..." in classic. Was classic really more fun than runescape is today? Or is it just nostalgia....

 

 

 

And what made it so much harder than today?

[malo2]

nothing really, besides the fact that it wasn't as easy.

 

 

 

But then again, as the game gets easier, the standards rise, so in the end it's not easier all, just bigger numbers floating around.

 

 

 

nostalgia, maybe. But back then, good drops weren't announced. There was no kb. there was... excitement. You had to actually figure things out, and actually had to... pay attention? It was crappy, but it was fun

oh yeah, and that too, there was no babysitting the low lvls, so it was more intense and exiting.

[stan18]

nostalgia, maybe. But back then, good drops weren't announced. There was no kb. there was... excitement. You had to actually figure things out, and actually had to... pay attention? It was crappy, but it was fun

[ikraz66]

I, for one, think the kb is one of the best updates I ever saw. The old manual was utterly useless, and never updated. I agree though, that the amazing number of tutorial updates in the past year or 2 have not really encouraged new players to think for themselves.

[thrust]

EVERYTHING about calssic was 40% more fun

 

 

 

 

 

especially pking i miss it so more then my deed pets :(

[hohto]

Pk system was far better than at the first days of RS2, however now with all different variations of armours, weapons, etc rs2 p2p beats rsc p2p pkin in my eyes. Some purists also complain that the current system is so much easier in training but if you ask me, that's a stupid comment as you look how hard this game still is if you want to achieve the perfection.

 

 

 

In my eyes during RSC times (2001-2003) the community was something we can't anymore get with this large population but as a game it was weaker at pretty much everything. However the current RSC population is in my opinion filled mainly with junk.

[p8ntball_maniax]

I love classic a lot more than rs2, for one, back then my lvl wasnt as nooby as it is now, I remember in classic, i saw a lvl 105 in varrock and nearly crapped my pants :lol: . It was harder, there was only 15 inventory spaces if I remember correctly, and like other people said, you had to figure things out for yourself, but for some things you could go on tip.it and get information lol.

[hohto]

It was harder, there was only 15 inventory spaces if I remember correctly, and like other people said, you had to figure things out for yourself, but for some things you could go on tip.it and get information lol.

 

 

 

30 inventory spaces, however you used it also for carrying armour. Also tip.it had pretty much everything you needed to know.

[Krohboy]

Noob was a word unheard of

[Kevin_]

Pk system was far better than at the first days of RS2, however now with all different variations of armours, weapons, etc rs2 p2p beats rsc p2p pkin in my eyes. Some purists also complain that the current system is so much easier in training but if you ask me, that's a stupid comment as you look how hard this game still is if you want to achieve the perfection.

 

 

 

In my eyes during RSC times (2001-2003) the community was something we can't anymore get with this large population but as a game it was weaker at pretty much everything. However the current RSC population is in my opinion filled mainly with junk.

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Exactly, the community back then was something i'll never forget, everyone used to play for fun then, i really liked the low amount of people playing at that time though.

[Nero]

The community was smaller and more tight knit, Andrew and Paul were part of the community as opposed to the overlords of it. The game was also relatively new so there was a lot of things to explore.

[Toad]

Nice community

 

 

 

Balanced pking.

 

 

 

Smaller maps (no run tho)

 

 

 

Less macroers *sleeping bag pwnige*

 

 

 

More rares in game!! (less expensive)

 

 

 

Nice dueling system!! Anywhere

 

 

 

and good gameplay.

[pure_fett]

yeah, when a quest came out, they didnt tell you where the start point was, so for the first hour, you had ppl runing ( no lol there was no run it was more like walking) around talking and looking at every new thing to find out the new quest.

 

 

 

legends quest was hard.

 

 

 

3 hit system ownt, and TANK MAGES ownt hard.

 

 

 

its pretty bad when a lvl 25 named "i--b-a-n" * (im sorry if that breaks the no naming rule, its not putting him in a bad light, i knew he ownd me in rsc and i avoided him in the mage arena)

 

 

 

has more mage lvls than you. *yes there were iban blast pures*

[Made0f12une]

It's like msDos games. You had to experience them growing up to enjoy them. If you've grown up playing games such as Halo and BF2 then you wouldn't enjoy the old 2D/basic sounds/maze like games that I played in my childhood

 

 

 

I've been playing Runescape for 6 years now. I grew up playing RSC so that's what I've come to know Runescape as. I'd still enjoy playing it if I ever had the chance. As for some of you that grew up playing Rs2, you wouldn't understand what it was like to play RSC. You'd take a look at the graphics and say "Pssh that's not worth my time". You had to be there to enjoy it.

 

 

 

This was based on the rough majority

[gonpost]

What was great? Not as much as people think... Only the nostalgic memories of a bygone era, a time which would have inevitably dissapeared in due time anyway even if "rs2" hadn't come out (small community, anything to do with rares, macroers).

 

 

 

To be honest, it was only the period in time, not actual rsc that was any good.

[Umega]

 

30 inventory spaces, however you used it also for carrying armour.

 

Also there wasn't any bank at the first part of RSC, just your inventory, am I right?

[Jabuli]

The lack of pest control and "type skill name here"-x made it harder :|. Also it was harder to get any runes because there wasn't runecrafting and shops sold only lower level runes. (expect soul runes from magic guild)

 

The lack of resources (expect coal and lobsters) also made it harder to train your skills. Also certing and uncerting were annoying so many people (or atleast i) collected their own resources. Trading resources that you couldn't cert was slow and sometimes risky.

[Platinum_Myr]

RSC was fun, but I myself prefer RS2. That's because I work very hard to continue a close knit group of friends, and they keep the game fun. I do think that RSC was better in not telling everything.

 

 

 

I hope Jagex will release MUCH more things that people have to actually figure out on their own. Like the shadow mini quests, but more of them.

[MrBowser]

AH, the good old days... Anyone else remember when rocks had an unlimited amont of ore? Ah, If I could only go back to then and mine addy...

[Capone_Sabre]

1. Better pking/dueling system.

 

 

 

2.More mature community in general and a closer, smaller community.

 

 

 

3. Challenges and acheivement.

 

 

 

+100 other good points. RSC was just a better game. If it was not for the autoers I would still be playing it.

 

 

 

As for RSC being harder...

 

 

 

I used to get 30k xp an hour theiving paladins at level 85 on classic. Now you can get 200k+ per hour in pyramind plunder.

 

 

 

12k combat xp per hour on classic was good xp, now you can get 50k with slayer and god knows what with pest control. Range was even slower.

 

 

 

I don't think I can put into words how slow leveling prayer was on classic.

 

 

 

Not to mention how much easier it is to make money on rs2. You can get 200k an hour as soon as you start. When I first started classic, I made less than 1% of that.

[xpx]

noobs were noobs in those days- everything was much harder than it is now, and that is why everyone loved it.

[hohto]

Also there wasn't any bank at the first part of RSC, just your inventory, am I right?

 

 

 

Yep, but that was at the prehistoric period :P Item banks came at pretty early stage, before it turned to year 2002. However I can guarantee that 95% of people who call RSC hard didn't even play back then :P

[Algu]

Ah... The Memories.;D

 

 

 

Classic Indeed Was Far more harder than Rs2....

 

 

 

Classic's Best monster Mr. king black dragon gave Overwhelming 250 Combat Experience... also you got experience by succesful kill not exp per hit.

 

 

 

you could only note few things and it costed you money,

 

Rune Fulls 500k,

 

50levels were Your Idols.

 

you could turn Skirts to Legs and backwards... (Would be handy with dragon items.=)

 

 

 

You Had To Beat Horde of people in clicking Contest to acces to bank.=)

 

 

 

No Animations... (like when you were mining your char. was just standing and there was a Pickaxe's Photo over your head.=D

 

 

 

Sleeping Bags, and you had to sleep..

 

if you wanted to wakeup you had to wrote a random series of letters...

 

 

 

if you didn't sleep you got no exp....

 

 

 

aah.. only In RSC! =D

 

 

 

 

 

all that... only in RSC" :D

[Brolly04]

The rune 2h looked cool in ur inventory :lol:

 

 

 

i spent 2 weeks raising money to buy a addy plate, then shortly after rune chain came out...

 

 

 

Rune larges use to cost 100k a pop and every1 would be in 45 wild trying to get 1

 

 

 

Anyone remember khazard guards in rsc beside argdounge... use to be one of the fasest xp training areas

 

 

 

But anyways, Runescape was much harder, more challenging. When u achieved something like mithril mining, it felt like u were lvl 99 already, or when u saw bluerose or alchemon (one of the first to get lvl 100) u gave them mad respect. Ah the memories :)

[Howdydee2003]

you could mage someone else while fighting a monster or anything :P and my mager was one of the best stakers ... now its all bs in rs2