Yomyth105 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I started Runescape with the other vast majority a couple of years ago. I found it from my friends and at the same time thousands of newbs were coming from Miniclip (a free games website that everyone knows about) Ppl came from tutorial island many confused others already bored. I had poor knowledge of the game which includes the community and economy. On my first days i did many newbish things! I spent many hours training on men near the lumby tutor. Then i decided on being a miner and when i went to AlKharid i got destroyed by the scorpions *ends noobish stories* So i wasted alot of time doing useless things in the beginning (and im sure u were too) Then they made updates like lumby teleport. This was the first. This lets u teleport to lumby(the starting city) for free and u can use it every 30minutes. Well why couldnt they have released it earlier when i got lost in my newb days. I didnt know runescape and was scared of losing my place lol. then they made all the skill tutors which r very helpful. not only that but they sometimes give them new supplies. I was about to quit the game after i lost my tinderbox lol. Then the GE makes buying things so much easier and u can no longer get spammed for the price. i got scammed so many times lol these r just the big ones... so i am asking do u feel the same? Is Jagex making life easier for the newbs out there. Whether it is just knowledge of the game/free basic supplies/tips/fairness in trades/navigation/you name it! Do u like how jagex makes it easier for new players. I mean u wasted alot of time understanding the game and now a newer player can just start leveling and is practically up there near ur stats. share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_Servo Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 When I started there weren't any Lumbridge guides/tutors. Once you got of Tutorial Island, you were on your own. It was really kind of intimidating now that I think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seothenoob Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Oh and we can't forget how there was never a bank in lumbridge until relatively recently. I remember having to walk all the way to Draynor or Varrock to bank... Whips:3Dragon Boots:23GWD Drops: 1xBandos Hilt, 1xBandos Tassets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 same as mini_me, i came from tutorial island with no tutors, home spell etc. not even lumby guide. mind you i joined in RSC and after seeing player killing all over i didnt dare hit another player. regardless, i suppose they did this in the means to educate new players rather then have them follow more experianced players around asking for 3k, how to make money or where to chop/m,ine/fish etc this certian item. and like Seothenoob said. my god that was annoying! (stupid jail guards) Popoto.~<3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallasc779 Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 i started in august of '07. i had the tutors and didnt have any idea that they werent there before. well anyway, i dont think they're making it easy for the recent newbs, i think of it as.....spicing the game up a little "The best of you comes from your heart, not the edge of your sword" "After hearing that, i don't think bounty hunter is the perfect minigame for you.". ~Dallasc779~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragoonson Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Well I was lucky that my friend gave me some armor back then,but other than that I was on my own.I would constantly buy newcomer maps and not know where to go still. They didn't list Rimmington,so I found it by fluke :lol: so i herd u liek devarts?If you look at me and feel offended by my 666-ism,think.I could be just as offended by your "cross".[hide=This's why I'm hot]The Eleventh Commandment:Thou Shalst only say "Amen,brother".Amen, brother :lol:Amen, brudda (referring to the 10th commandment)amen Bruder! (german ftw)I'm invulnerable to everything, except Lenin and Dragoonson.That's impossible. I love people.[/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gabe Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 well, imo, the only reason they added those things were for more kids to know what to do in the game so more would become p2p and more money for them. The only useful thing would probably be the bank and home tele. Three months banishment to 9gag is something i would never wish upon anybody, not even my worst enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomyth105 Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 exactly! i feel the same way. Putting a bank in lumby! i mean this is rarely done and it just makes their lives easier. I was on my own and it was hard. I wasted alot of time learning the game. Now all of that is done for u. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mervinator_9 Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Ye so its easier now for them that it was for us but im not bitter about it... i really enjoyed discovering the world for myself, the tutors cheapen the experience of being a new player imo. i got all my help and advice from friends and random people it was awesome you learn from your mistakes, these new players dont get to make any, there risk free which is kinda boring really Theres a fine line between not listening and not caring,I like to think I walk this line every day. Pinning blame on Jagex is like trying to put pants on an old man. You both know he needs them, but he'll just keep dancing around, avoiding them at all costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F0TH Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Tbh arnt those things also helping you? I use the free tele all the time, very helpfull for all levels of player. Personally I wouldnt like to start the game as it is. The sence of adventure with all the additions is somewhat reduced. The whole point of being a newbie is not knowing what to do, discovering new things with the occasional death. I find that it prepares you for the harder stuff to come. With the game now they are given it on a plate, free runes, arrows, a sword and shield. We had to work for them. So i agree, but some of the updates were a very good thing imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Observer Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 The Home Port spell is also useful for people who had their characters stuck in areas from glitches. After all, you don't bring teleport runes/tele tabs/teleport jewellery wherever you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamzaReborn Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Yeah i am not going to lie on this i played Runescape 2 years ago and starting out was one of the hardest things i ever had to do. The most money i ever made was about 20k which wasn't even a lot for a newbie (Then again, i was self-sufficient making my own resources). Now today, thanks to the Grand Exchange i made 100k in a week..seriously where the hell did the challenge go? :roll: Best character ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilgod08 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 If they knew about it they could fear losing their 10 gold and use the Al kharid bank... -----------------------------------------An Alched whip a day keeps deflation away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runit3hunt3r Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 same as mini_me, i came from tutorial island with no tutors, home spell etc. not even lumby guide. mind you i joined in RSC and after seeing player killing all over i didnt dare hit another player. regardless, i suppose they did this in the means to educate new players rather then have them follow more experianced players around asking for 3k, how to make money or where to chop/m,ine/fish etc this certian item. and like Seothenoob said. my god that was annoying! (stupid jail guards) Why lie about when you started? Pk everywhere was removed before teutorial island was even added, and you could be a non pker and have no risk whatsoever. When i started, there was no teutorial at all, every one could pk anywhere and had an option to switch it on or off, armour had no level requirements, the strongest monster in the game was a black knight. I was killed by a very evil pker named wolf who ranged me from the lumbridge cabbage patch. Designer Violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poopingman Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I started over 7 years ago, and find myself torn between caring about the way players have it now compared to back then. One side of me wants to be angry that they have many luxuries we didn't; but that just came with the evolution of the game. Do I feel many players now (Even high level ones) are ignorant to the grand scope of things? Yes, but I know they can't help it. Metal fans, check out my band!Still the King.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patr1ck Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Yeah looking back to when I started I used to make money by picking up knife respawns above the general store in varrock and going and selling them for 1gp in the store, when I started their was no help, you were on your own which gave the game a sense of adventure, but now the sense has been destroyed by tutors, maps, home tele, gravestones, there hardly is a risk in the game today. You have made me realize how much I miss those days : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephiroth_king Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 same as mini_me, i came from tutorial island with no tutors, home spell etc. not even lumby guide. mind you i joined in RSC and after seeing player killing all over i didnt dare hit another player. regardless, i suppose they did this in the means to educate new players rather then have them follow more experianced players around asking for 3k, how to make money or where to chop/m,ine/fish etc this certian item. and like Seothenoob said. my god that was annoying! (stupid jail guards) Why lie about when you started? Pk everywhere was removed before teutorial island was even added, and you could be a non pker and have no risk whatsoever. When i started, there was no teutorial at all, every one could pk anywhere and had an option to switch it on or off, armour had no level requirements, the strongest monster in the game was a black knight. I was killed by a very evil pker named wolf who ranged me from the lumbridge cabbage patch. What the hell are you talking about? PKing was removed X-Mas 2007, last year. Tutorial Island has been around ever since I can remember (5 Years of playing, only level 74. Never was a skiller). Now, if you're talking about random PKing, I never played Classic, but I have heard about Challenged PKing, where you challenge the person to fight, not attack... So, why even talk if you haven't the slightest clue what you're talking about? Anyway, when I started, it was a pretty fun experience, I liked finding the areas myself, and getting the newcomer maps over and again. I liked learning from my mistakes. Sure, I hated being scammed, but I learned and told others not to fall for it. I got to help...It was fun being respected by newbs who needed help. When they implemented the tutors, the bank, etc. I thought it was a good edition and made a new account to see what it was like to be new again...And realized the entire experience was gone. Everything was given to you. Weapons. Arrows. Runes. I remember coming off of tutorial island with 30 gp, a bronze sword, a wooden shield, and a bronze dagger, with some runes, and a big good luck from my friends who welcomed me to the game...Who also helped me. Now? None of that experience is there... I'm just thankful that I joined when the experience was alive. :) And I'll always miss those days. Thank you for allowing me to remember. Hoping to get a new Signature (with matching avatar) soon. :D In the meantime...Steam username: )I'll rewrite it later (add me if you want) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omali Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 When I was plopped into Lumbridge after tutorial Island, I just did what I knew from the tutorial: Fished and cooked. Then I attacked stuff and ate the stuff I cooked. Slowly I learned how to do other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodArgon Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 same as mini_me, i came from tutorial island with no tutors, home spell etc. not even lumby guide. mind you i joined in RSC and after seeing player killing all over i didnt dare hit another player. regardless, i suppose they did this in the means to educate new players rather then have them follow more experianced players around asking for 3k, how to make money or where to chop/m,ine/fish etc this certian item. and like Seothenoob said. my god that was annoying! (stupid jail guards) Why lie about when you started? Pk everywhere was removed before teutorial island was even added, and you could be a non pker and have no risk whatsoever. When i started, there was no teutorial at all, every one could pk anywhere and had an option to switch it on or off, armour had no level requirements, the strongest monster in the game was a black knight. I was killed by a very evil pker named wolf who ranged me from the lumbridge cabbage patch. What the hell are you talking about? PKing was removed X-Mas 2007, last year. Tutorial Island has been around ever since I can remember (5 Years of playing, only level 74. Never was a skiller). Now, if you're talking about random PKing, I never played Classic, but I have heard about Challenged PKing, where you challenge the person to fight, not attack... So, why even talk if you haven't the slightest clue what you're talking about? Anyway, when I started, it was a pretty fun experience, I liked finding the areas myself, and getting the newcomer maps over and again. I liked learning from my mistakes. Sure, I hated being scammed, but I learned and told others not to fall for it. I got to help...It was fun being respected by newbs who needed help. When they implemented the tutors, the bank, etc. I thought it was a good edition and made a new account to see what it was like to be new again...And realized the entire experience was gone. Everything was given to you. Weapons. Arrows. Runes. I remember coming off of tutorial island with 30 gp, a bronze sword, a wooden shield, and a bronze dagger, with some runes, and a big good luck from my friends who welcomed me to the game...Who also helped me. Now? None of that experience is there... I'm just thankful that I joined when the experience was alive. :) And I'll always miss those days. Thank you for allowing me to remember. There was a time before anywhere dueling where you could go any PK ANYONE at ANY place (except major cities I think) no matter what, however, this was removed. 99 Crafting :: 39,750th || 99 Attack :: 1,775th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poopingman Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 There was a time before anywhere dueling where you could go any PK ANYONE at ANY place (except major cities I think) no matter what, however, this was removed. I believe lumbridge was the only exception, so people couldn't spawn kill. Metal fans, check out my band!Still the King.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdattack16 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 same as mini_me, i came from tutorial island with no tutors, home spell etc. not even lumby guide. mind you i joined in RSC and after seeing player killing all over i didnt dare hit another player. regardless, i suppose they did this in the means to educate new players rather then have them follow more experianced players around asking for 3k, how to make money or where to chop/m,ine/fish etc this certian item. and like Seothenoob said. my god that was annoying! (stupid jail guards) Why lie about when you started? Pk everywhere was removed before teutorial island was even added, and you could be a non pker and have no risk whatsoever. When i started, there was no teutorial at all, every one could pk anywhere and had an option to switch it on or off, armour had no level requirements, the strongest monster in the game was a black knight. I was killed by a very evil pker named wolf who ranged me from the lumbridge cabbage patch. What the hell are you talking about? PKing was removed X-Mas 2007, last year. Tutorial Island has been around ever since I can remember (5 Years of playing, only level 74. Never was a skiller). Now, if you're talking about random PKing, I never played Classic, but I have heard about Challenged PKing, where you challenge the person to fight, not attack... So, why even talk if you haven't the slightest clue what you're talking about? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Heh. Heh heh. Heh. I'll bet you never played RSC, huh? Sig credit goes to ThruItAll. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
failbait Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Then they made updates like lumby teleport. This was the first. This lets u teleport to lumby(the starting city) for free and u can use it every 30minutes. Well why couldnt they have released it earlier when i got lost in my newb days. I didnt know runescape and was scared of losing my place lol. On my first account I didn't realize what the Homeport spell was until I was around cb30 tbh. Fire Cape - Aug 14, 08. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legilgalad2 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I remember when I started. I was dropped off in Lumbridge and just wandered around killing goblins without a clue what to do, then I wandered in the wilderness and got pked. After that I left for a year, when I came back Tutorial island was a distant memory and I had to find everything out from scratch. I found it satisfying to find it all out on my own ;) Woodcutting does not raise your combat level because most people do not play as yew trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephiroth_king Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Why lie about when you started? Pk everywhere was removed before teutorial island was even added, and you could be a non pker and have no risk whatsoever. When i started, there was no teutorial at all, every one could pk anywhere and had an option to switch it on or off, armour had no level requirements, the strongest monster in the game was a black knight. I was killed by a very evil pker named wolf who ranged me from the lumbridge cabbage patch. What the hell are you talking about? PKing was removed X-Mas 2007, last year. Tutorial Island has been around ever since I can remember (5 Years of playing, only level 74. Never was a skiller). Now, if you're talking about random PKing, I never played Classic, but I have heard about Challenged PKing, where you challenge the person to fight, not attack... So, why even talk if you haven't the slightest clue what you're talking about? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Heh. Heh heh. Heh. I'll bet you never played RSC, huh? Congrats, genius! You win three million dollars! I even said I never played it in my own quote! Here, I'll bold/italicize it for you! In other related news, that was kinda funny that you didn't see that... Hoping to get a new Signature (with matching avatar) soon. :D In the meantime...Steam username: )I'll rewrite it later (add me if you want) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attacx Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I remember all the old stuff, like no lumbridge bank, no tutors, and al kharid didn't even show up :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now