Mechscape, and how it will affect Runescape

[Agent1777]

With Mechscape coming out soon, you have to think that many people from runescape will rush to start an acount on mechscape and start training to be the best. How do you think all these people from runescape leaving to try out the new game will affect rs? Here are some scenarios I came up with:

 

 

 

1. Most of the low leveled f2pers turn right to mechscape, most high levels and p2pers try mechscape, but dont switch totaly over.

 

 

 

2. Mechscape is a huge success, and most rs players switch immediatly to the newer, better graphics game. With so many people leaving, will this affect prices, and how we play the game? When the wildy left, thousands of players left the game for good, will the same happen when mechscape comes out?

 

 

 

3. Mechscape is a failer, everyone comes back to rs right away.

 

 

 

4. mechscape is p2p only, and not many people switch over at all because of higher prices per month.

 

 

 

Voice your opinion on the matter...

 

 

 

~Agent 1777

[Skull]

5. Most people try it; some go entirely to mechscape, some go back to runescape, and some do both.

[Laikrob]

I will definitely try it, and probably play a little of both if I like MechScape. No plans of quitting RS, though. : Quitting is for quitters.

[duncdar2]

I would play both MechScape RuneScape. But, I can't really say for sure, as I don't know what MechScape is like. Come on concept art..

[Zillah]

I am curious about mechscape and I plan on trying it out. However, I am not that into sci-fi stuff so unless it is just an absolutely amazing game, I doubt I will play it all that much after the newness wears off. I have tried other games and I always seem to come back to runescape.

[Amundogus2]

I would play both MechScape RuneScape. But, I can't really say for sure, as I don't know what MechScape is like. Come on concept art..

 

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Even more concept art on Mechscapeworld :)

[InkofDeath]

Runescape has a solid core of players. That solid core drives everything in Runescape and contains percentages of every kind of player. Past this core is just the large amount of users that play the game off and on, or really don't care about the game. However these players don't affect the game as much as the "core" players. These core players are the higher levels, clans of all sorts, 1500+ total level skillers, minority of pkers and monster hunters (high levels, but meh).

 

 

 

Runescape will never lose those aspects of the core players. If Runescape does, then Runescape is a finished game within the MMO genre. However unless Jagex stops improving the game for more than 4 years, or totally screws the game, it won't happen.

 

 

 

Thus Runescape will live through Mechscape healthy. Sure on the first few weeks or even a few months, Runescape may suffer activity losses, but it's not going to last and it won't be anything major. Then again the economy in Runescape could be manipulated and then everyone panics, and sells their stuff off, or a large quantity of players sell all of their items as they're just going to quit RS and go and play Mechscape from now on. But really I'm not expecting a natural crash in the economy or any sort of large problems in Runescape. Unless the price manipulators want to step in and get greedy. Lol.

 

 

 

Mechscpae being p2p only? Not. Jagex is very keen on keeping the F2P model out there, if anything we'll see an improved F2P world to play in compared to Runescape. This improved F2P world will be more integrated with the P2P world and won't be as individual as it is in Runescape to the P2P world. The F2P model in Runescape is an old version of what Jagex is calling their F2P model, because the Runescape F2P model hasn't changed in a long time.

 

 

 

But overall though, the first 10 weeks may harm Runescape's activity, but it will be negligible.

[walka92]

its safe to assume that, regardless of f2p/p2p, a large number of those who can try it, will. a game thats been in development for years and is meant to have graphics better than runescape, is going to hold some players. some however might not like the style, the feel of the game etc...and go right back. however, it is easy to say that some people will play both. probably on seperate accounts and multi log to train both at once (probably i will aswell)

 

 

 

there are also going to be people who dont play it at all, maybe they dont want to be distracted from runescape goals, or their computer wont support it.

 

 

 

i think it is highly likely that there is going to be a beta for members first, like they did for rs hd (the last major update tbh) to find bugs, glitches,etc, and then release it to f2p later (possibly)

 

 

 

 

 

if alot of people change over, prices in runescape will destabilise. less people at godwars producing hilts, less people skilling for raw materials. HOWEVER. if mechscape doesnt have a good skilling system like runescape, but a great combat, there will be an overflow of raw material because pkers/pvpers/monster-hunters switch over but skillers dont. prices drop, skillers start to make less and less money.

 

or vise-versa, it has great skilling but crappy combat, and raw materials go up (same reason)

 

 

 

however, that is assumnig Mechscape is a success (at least partially)

 

 

 

there is also a chance that mechscape fails, noone leaves RS, and everything stays the same (unlikely, really)

[FerretCU]

The only complaint I had for about 5 min was that they will be using the same accounts and such so I can't claim plain old 'Ferret' lol aside from that I look forward to Mechscape so I can check it out. More than likely i'll play both games and just swap between the two on a mood basis.

[Sanctus_Petrus]

I'll definitely try it out. I don't think I'll quit RS for it since I've played many different games and I still stayed with RS and also because I am not too big with futuristic games.

[PhaperPlane]

I will try it out for sure, I would imagine a lot of people would be doing the same, but, I would like to play both, if however Mechscape pulls me, I might just stick to Mechscape.

[mr_dude160]

I have my doubts that MechScape will have a large effect on RuneScape. What if a lot of outside people come in, try MechScape, and don't like it? Then, seeing an advertisement for RuneScape (since both are owned by Jagex, this is likely), try that and like it, bringing in MORE customers?

 

 

 

There are too many scenarios, and combinations of scenarios, to really make a good guess. My guess is, MechScape won't be an instant hit right away, and will take time to gain any sort of popularity. The first customers will likely be RuneScape players, but I don't see a mass exodus and switching of games.

 

 

 

Personally, I am eagerly awaiting MechScape, not in hopes of switching games, but rather to see what Jagex has been working on for the past 4 years.

[michel555555]

some people may switch over from rs to ms and prices might go up. but on the other hand mech scape might attract its own player base from other sci fi games and it might actually increase the rs community as people try out other games from jagex.

 

 

 

i will try it but i'm not into sci fi that much anymore and depending on the quality of the graphics i might not be able to play at all because my internet is dial up :evil: and i've just played rs for to long to quit now

[Pingi13]

I actually think they will see a large subscription reduction in Runescape.

[Rainy_Day]

I'm sure people like me who are ex-RuneScape players may be persuaded to play the game if it had a slightly older target audience as opposed to the child-like audience that RuneScape seems to go for. Also plenty of current RuneScape players will no doubt multi-play both, or some may simply switch altogether. I'm not so sure it will have a huge impact on RuneScape in the long run however, possibly for the first couple of weeks on its release.