Synthox Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 In a recent Runescape poll, one of the questions asked was, "what do you most look forward to in a new quest?" 66% (2/3) of the people said the rewards, and only28% (2/7) said the storyline. What happened to appreciation of quests? Is all we care about the rewards? If Jagex threw out a quest with a really stupid objective but great rewards, would you do it? Actually, sorry, stupid question. Based on the poll, you would do it, mostly for the rewards, some for the quest cape. I, for one, would to it too. I would want the rewards, and wouldn't pay attention to the storyline. But then Jagex give out a quest like Cold War, with a really interesting and mysterious storyline, and only okay rewards, the main being the agility course, and it doesn't get a second thought. So what i'm getting to is, ???????. When did the storyline only become important to 28 percent of the runescape population? TT rewards: 2 ranger boots, Zamorak page 1 (2x), Guthix page 1, Ancient page 2 You must construct additional oak larders doors... I mean pylons Barrows: 10. Total value~22.3 mil. Ahrim Robeskirt is currently the item I have received the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghjkl Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Because Jagex is horrible at writing a storyline. Well they suck at making rewards too. If you care about a storyline you shouldn't waste time doing a quest and ask jagex to just write a story or something. Like that zanik thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulli23 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Because Jagex is horrible at writing a storyline. Well they suck at making rewards too. If you care about a storyline you shouldn't waste time doing a quest and ask jagex to just write a story or something. Like that zanik thing.Why? - an quest is much more interactive. Don't forget we are playing an RPG, there stories should be the main thing! And in most quest the stories are pretty humorous (got to love the british humor), and actually no that bad! First they came to fishingand I didn't speak out because I wasn't fishing Then they came to the yewsand I didn't speak out because I didn't cut yews Then they came for the oresand I didn't speak out because I didn't collect ores Then they came for meand there was no one left to speak out for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomrombom Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 If Jagex had The Daily Show's writers, I might pay attention to the story. Otherwise, no. PM me for fitocracy invite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladewing Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Quests in MMO consist of combinations of the following 3 components: 1. Go talk to X NPC2. Bring X NPC quantity Y of item X3. Kill X of monster Y and that is why quests suck in MMOs, and therefore I only care about a quest if it affects gameplay outside of questing. How to Chin Nechyraels for fast XP and profit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X_Vuvuzela_X Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Because Jagex is horrible at writing a storyline. Although I must say some of the quests are kind of dull, some sparkle gloriously. Take cold war for example. A great quest with cool rewards. And tell me you didn't laugh... at all... the first time you hit the tuxedo time button and became a penguin. Well they suck at making rewards too. Quest rewards and items bring alot of much needed variety to the game, in addition to some generally bad ass gear. For example: Prayer booksHand cannonProsylete armorSoul wars capeNeitz HelmPenguin PointsTears of GuthixAccess to Curses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiel Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Because Jagex is horrible at writing a storyline. Although I must say some of the quests are kind of dull, some sparkle gloriously. Take cold war for example. A great quest with cool rewards. And tell me you didn't laugh... at all... the first time you hit the tuxedo time button and became a penguin. Well they suck at making rewards too. Quest rewards and items bring alot of much needed variety to the game, in addition to some generally bad ass gear. For example: Prayer booksHand cannonProsylete armorSoul wars capeNeitz HelmPenguin PointsTears of GuthixAccess to Curses9 (TDs from WGS+your 8) good rewards from 167 quests. Definitely great. DK drops (solo/LS): 66 hatchets, 14 archer rings, 13 berserker rings, 17 warrior rings, 12 seerculls, 13 mud staves, 7 seers ringsQBD drops: 1 kite, 2 visages, 4 dragonbone kits, 3 effigies, lots of crossbow partsCR vs. CLS threads always turn into discussions about penis size....It's not called a Compensation Longsword for nothing.I've sent a 12k combat mission to have Aiel assassinated (poor bastard isn't even Pincers-tier difficulty). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saunamajuri Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I play the quests for enjoyment. Some of them have really great dialogues, and story. However, some quests are so annoying that I just want to get over with them, not really caring about the reward or the story. For example, rat catcher was a huge pain in the ass. But generally, Quest itself > Reward for me. "An Amateur practices until he can get it right. A Professional practices until he can't get it wrong." Quests just keep bringing me back to this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Inc Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 In a recent Runescape poll, one of the questions asked was, "what do you most look forward to in a new quest?" 66% (2/3) of the people said the rewards, and only28% (2/7) said the storyline. What happened to appreciation of quests? Is all we care about the rewards? If Jagex threw out a quest with a really stupid objective but great rewards, would you do it? Actually, sorry, stupid question. Based on the poll, you would do it, mostly for the rewards, some for the quest cape. I, for one, would to it too. I would want the rewards, and wouldn't pay attention to the storyline. But then Jagex give out a quest like Cold War, with a really interesting and mysterious storyline, and only okay rewards, the main being the agility course, and it doesn't get a second thought. So what i'm getting to is, ???????. When did the storyline only become important to 28 percent of the runescape population? You remind me of a certain [bleep] that is dating the WOM atm. Rewards are the winning point. No matter how good the story, is, rewards always. I have all the 99s, and have been playing since 2001. Comped 4/30/15 My Araxxi Kills: 459::Araxxi Drops(KC):Araxxi Hilts: 4x Eye (14/126/149/459), Web - (100) Fang (193) Araxxi Legs Completed: 5 ---Top (69/206/234/292/361), Middle (163/176/278/343/395), Bottom (135/256/350/359/397)Boss Pets: Supreme - 848 KCIf you play Xbox One - Add me! GT: Urtehnoes - Currently on a Destiny binge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodly Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Because Jagex is horrible at writing a storyline. Although I must say some of the quests are kind of dull, some sparkle gloriously. Take cold war for example. A great quest with cool rewards. And tell me you didn't laugh... at all... the first time you hit the tuxedo time button and became a penguin. Well they suck at making rewards too. Quest rewards and items bring alot of much needed variety to the game, in addition to some generally bad ass gear. For example: Prayer booksHand cannonProsylete armorSoul wars capeNeitz HelmPenguin PointsTears of GuthixAccess to Curses9 (TDs from WGS+your 8) good rewards from 167 quests. Definitely great. Slayer rewardsFairy RingsEctophial The list could go on and on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomrombom Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Armored ZombiesExperience rewardsMonkfishFreezing spellsVengeanceRune PlateGreen D'hide BodyBuckets of sandMonkey GuardsTrollheim TeleWatchtower TeleHerb patchBarrows GlovesCrystal bowSummoning HerbloreDragon ScimitarDragon DaggerDragon Halberd Yeah, crap rewards :wall: PM me for fitocracy invite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star. Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 ^ Why is buckets of sand in that list?I hope I haven't misunderstood them. ☢ CAUTION ☢ CAUTION ☢ CAUTION ☢ CAUTION ☢ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saunamajuri Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 ^ Why is buckets of sand in that list?I hope I haven't misunderstood them.daily 84 buckets of sands from hand in the sand. "An Amateur practices until he can get it right. A Professional practices until he can't get it wrong." Quests just keep bringing me back to this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghjkl Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Let's look a the quests from the last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpandax Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Because Jagex's quests contain your standard amount of monty python references, childish (imo) humor and uninteresting premises. Not everyone plays this game for jagex's storyline or enjoys quests. I recently obtained ancient curses. Can you guess what the most tedious part of that process was for me? Not the 200ish mil gp required or grinding out the 8.7 some mil xp for 95 prayer... it was doing the stupid quests in order to make the level i just spent hours grinding for xp and gp, useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MstrMonopoly Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Quest haters are nub. I piety the fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghjkl Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Besides the curses update, I don't remember any quests giving a widespread usable reward for quite a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladewing Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 @squarerootExtremes? How to Chin Nechyraels for fast XP and profit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassynder Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 In a recent Runescape poll, one of the questions asked was, "what do you most look forward to in a new quest?" 66% (2/3) of the people said the rewards, and only28% (2/7) said the storyline. What happened to appreciation of quests? Is all we care about the rewards? If Jagex threw out a quest with a really stupid objective but great rewards, would you do it? Actually, sorry, stupid question. Based on the poll, you would do it, mostly for the rewards, some for the quest cape. I, for one, would to it too. I would want the rewards, and wouldn't pay attention to the storyline. But then Jagex give out a quest like Cold War, with a really interesting and mysterious storyline, and only okay rewards, the main being the agility course, and it doesn't get a second thought. So what i'm getting to is, ???????. When did the storyline only become important to 28 percent of the runescape population? Since Jagex's storylines become crap. Oh wait, they've always been that way. Also, thanks for converting those percentiles into fractions, I would have had no idea what you were getting at otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holiday Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 If I cared about storyline, I wouldn't be playing Runescape! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Kurity Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Despite good quests, and i did genuinely have fun with monkey madness, you can never shake the feeling that theres 1000 more saviors of the world running around doing the same thing. Rewards on the other hand, are awesome. You can bring them to PVP, castle wars, or soul wars, and start kicking face with them :D If i wanted truely immersive quests with a good storyline, i would be playing a single player game right now (like oblivion!), anyway. O.O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saunamajuri Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 @squarerootExtremes?Oh? What quest gives you extremes? "An Amateur practices until he can get it right. A Professional practices until he can't get it wrong." Quests just keep bringing me back to this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_Is_Great Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Despite what some people say, I found some storylines quite intersting, like the pirate line, I'm also starting the Myreque line right now, and I loved the way Meiredytch (sp)? was built. I had tons of fun going on that "agility course" of a city. I'd say most quests in RS has a good storyline, and is very enjoyable, but some are just annoying (looking at One Small Favour <_< ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIREWORKS Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Runescape has amazing quests compared to other MMOs. The quests actually have storyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libum1 Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 rewards, yes please lol [] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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