Lack of randoms/ random update.

[lordkafei]

Hello. The past few days since the update to the randoms I had been getting a few randoms. Not too much different than the amount that I got before the update. Last night however, I played for 11 hours and got ZERO randoms. Personally I think that totally sucks. Randoms were a decent source of items. I did like the choice of reward option, but it doesn't really matter if I get no randoms.

 

 

 

In my opinion all they really needed to do was get rid of the costume rewards and the randoms that affected more than one person. The costumes are useless in gameplay. It was pretty messed up when say you were woodcutting and maybe a litle afk and someone else came up to start in on the tree turning it into an ent. Not even really your random.

 

 

 

I hope this lack of randoms does not persist.

 

 

 

Please tell me how you are doing it. I want to stop getting them as well.

 

 

 

FWIW, I get about the same amount, in the same annoying places. But I have a set routine; log in every 2 hours and run herbs.

[Omg12333]

I've gotten the beehive for the first time from this. The rewards are much better also. Personally, I like this update.

[DefenseGalz]

Im really missing the randoms because i train at the stronghold on spiders and i could make like 100k or more off gems and the fact i never get the stupid pointless randoms like dwarf and stuff i could value more but no no not now they ruined that u heardly get randoms now.

[Great_one]

yea, in 20 hours of play over 3 days i got 1 random, i got giles once

[Makoto_the_Phoenix]

While it may be harder to gain sets or emotes, the lack of attention I'm getting from the Sandwich Lady is nothing but pure happiness.

[Kimberly]

I get a random a day since the update.

 

 

 

Perhaps you're unlucky. Give it a week at least before you jump to conclusions perhaps?

[Nenga]

I've got the sandwich lady since the update, only once and no other randoms. She stalks me :ohnoes:

 

 

 

Anyway the lack of randoms is nice. The only downside is now i'll actually have to train construction. :cry:

[Peronix]

I love this update. No more worrying about walking away from your computer and getting uberpwnt by the chicken or some other annoying random; if you do happen to get one, you're safely in some other realm when you get back - plus you get valuable exp... =P~ That combined with the 5 minute logout timer means absolutely no worries anymore about going afk. Just that makes this entire game like 2x more fun imo.

 

 

 

Anyone notice too that randoms don't stop you from teleporting anymore? When I do get a random while teleporting, it's after I'm (safely) at my destination. :)

[rekhyt]

have you seen what skillers can get???

 

i had 3 frog tokens before, so i opened the boxes and was thinking, hey i might get some exp, or money or a decent item, my choices were

 

 

 

75 coins

 

26 body runes

 

costume point

 

and some other useless thing that i forgot

 

 

 

how are they on higher lvl chars, i have not played my main much recently

[Jard_Y_Dooku]

It's funny that I now want a Sandwich Lady for the Snack Attack song...

 

 

 

Agreed. I bet you - just our luck they'll release the Music Cape of Achievement next week and I'm missing the one last song I need. -.-

[Sy_Accursed]

have you seen what skillers can get???

 

i had 3 frog tokens before, so i opened the boxes and was thinking, hey i might get some exp, or money or a decent item, my choices were

 

 

 

75 coins

 

26 body runes

 

costume point

 

and some other useless thing that i forgot

 

 

 

how are they on higher lvl chars, i have not played my main much recently

 

 

 

 

 

if you read forums etc losely the frog token boxes had rewards set FAR lower than the regular boxes since frog tokens were far far easier to mass than the boxes would be. EG a frog token box wuld give you say 3 guam while a regualr box from a new random would offer 3 cadantine

[snowball]

First off I have never compained about too many randoms. Yes the rewards do add up. I play all the categories so when I get around to doing a certain one maybe once a month then all the rewards pertaining to that one are there.

 

 

 

This is not a rant post.

 

 

 

This forum is for discussions. This topic was for discussions about the new random update.

 

 

 

Costumes are useless garbage. I don't wear armor while doing anything other than fighting. I wear boots of lightness and a spottier cape. You know those things that actually have a purpose of aiding in game play.

 

Hey, you wanna know what else must be useless garbage? Party Hats! :wall:

 

Ok, you wear boots of lightness and a spottier cape...which reduces you weight to the point in which it is negligible unless you have stuff with you. Boots...and a cape...which few randoms give rewards for... I don't see why you are not wearing the random stuff, other than the fact that they're "useless garbage" (I do hope you are ALWAYS doing something, or else the weight difference from the boots and cape make them "garbage" as well. I imagine you only keep the highest level armour you can because its "garbage" to wear something that won't help you. Do you have a circus outfit? I doubt it because it too must be "garbage")

[Aneron]

I get one about half the time I teleport to my house lol

[champion]

We'll get used to it eventually.

[kudos6969]

the new randoms are awesome and having the choice each time is great!

 

 

 

AS for 11 hours without a random its happened to me before the update many times where ive gone all day without a random event. You know why? its random -.-

[iwatake]

You shouldn't complain... there's fewer but now the rewards are much better, and you can PICK.

[Rosanante1]

Same number of randoms as before for me TBH.

 

 

 

Usually when i tele back to Varrock before I log.

 

 

 

Lovin the sweetcorn seeds now though.

[Ezz]

I love having a lot less randoms, I never thought I'd say this, but it actually makes me look forward to getting randoms and makes them more exciting. It's awesome.

[Hydra_55555]

I agree with the OP, I actually miss randoms a little bit now :cry:

 

 

 

But it's nice to not get owned by Hyde or that stupid chicken when I go to get a drink

 

 

 

Randoms were introduced to combat bots and the like, but they've now been transformed into something useful for the players, it's awesome!

 

And is it me, or are the herb drop options generally more favourable now than they were before the update? I get a lot of lantadyme's and kwuarms than the usual tarromin garbage... although I usually just settle for the xp. Every little agility training helps! :thumbup:

[TheWilch]

I love having a lot less randoms, I never thought I'd say this, but it actually makes me look forward to getting randoms and makes them more exciting. It's awesome.

 

 

 

well with the absence of bots and the focus on rwt, maybe this was jagex's goal to make them wanted? id like to say cheers and thank you to them. =D>

 

 

 

i approve of this update ( :ohnoes: )

[ForsakenMage]

I feel strangely alone without the randoms.

 

 

 

XD

 

 

 

But in all seriousness, ever since the update happened, I haven't gotten ANY randoms. Kind of creepy but also a bit annoying for me because now I want the randoms just to get the music. XD

 

 

 

Or just to see the cool stuff like the Pilroy and Bee Keep haha.

[JIM]

I love the new random events. XP lamps every time and I can have a decent pee without fear of random deaths by chickens etc

 

 

 

Not getting a Strange Plant every 2 and a half minutes at Bandits is good too. \o/

[Lady_Shahdie]

I concur that its a bit silly to get upset about too few randoms but I understand how the constant grinding can get a bit mundane so I think I get what the OP was aiming at. However, I think it depends on the activity you do (EDIT: oh and skill total d'oh silly me #-o). Whenever I've spent 1-3 hours powermining and I still manage to get at least 1 random. If I go over my usual 3 hour cap of mining I get as many as 5 randoms in one day. I quite like the change because I use to get double that amount and it drove me insane. There were times where I accumulated 15 randoms in one day! 1-5 is much more refreshing after such an astonishingly high number. The reward of an xp lamp for most of them is also quite nice. So think of it this way, Jagex traded up quantity for quality (meaning a little bit of better rewards and less randoms to plague your play ;) ).

[Psycho_Robot]

Its disappointing seeing how much sarcasm and needless flaming was going on in this thread so far, especially on the first page. Why would anyone take time out of their day to make a post like that? Its hard to stand out as Tip.It's own "biting wit" when your post is flanked on both sides by another post that says the same thing. I think these folks are the one who REALLY belong in the RSOF.

 

 

 

That said, now that I can get 3 Kwuarm each time, I find myself wishing I got more random events too! Pretty much all my levels are at a point where lamps provide little to no help in training, so I don't bother with them. Still, I've gotten 3 random events since the update and every random event has given me 3 Kwuarms as an option. I'd like a little variety, but maybe its just a coincidence. I have, after all, only had 3! I think users should be able to specify how many randoms events they'd like, from rare to frequent or another system like that; this way everyone would be happy.

[casthewiz]

I hated getting randoms before, when they showed up a lot more, simply because they took time out of my day and gave me pieces of clothing/worthless junk.

 

 

 

Now that they update them and make them fun and rewarding to get, the lower the rate.

 

 

 

#-o