PumpkinPete112 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 So I was thinking about coming back after a LOONG break, but i have heard the bots are so out of control now its almost unplayable. What are your thoughts, do the bots make it so bad that its not worth playing anymore? Sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lose No Hope Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 No. They cause no problems for me except forcing me to go to foreign servers for black demon tasks. [hide]unbinding green's kidneys for ltk's heartdo you farm guam like me sir ltk[/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuuskukk14 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 For me it's not that bad (since I really don't do much of the stuff that is botted) they keep the prices for low. lol. So don't excpect to make alot of money with gathering skills(well farming, since u prob can't bot that).Mostly it's more the idea, that people are getting "free money" and that goldfarmers run their bots and sell gp irl. Some may have other views Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeternitatis Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 (well farming, since u prob can't bot that). Farming is botted. EVERYTHING is botted.  "Only by going too far can one find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My_Eggs Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Is this forum even readable anymore?Because of bot threads of course. 99 HP, Attack, Strength, Defence, Summoning, Ranged, Herblore, Prayer, Agility, Magic, Slayer, Fletching, Fishing, Woodcutting, Mining, and Thieving. Jagex'd out of my untrimmed hp cape on 6/14/2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooferfish Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Is this forum even readable anymore?Because of bot threads of course.That's what I was gonna say. Verbatim. Â Â To answer the original question though, yes. I was playing earlier today in fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacks0n Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I'm playing. Pretty sure that Runescape is playable. ~[Blog]~[CrystalMathLabs]~[Last.fm]~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saunamajuri Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 As long as you have a computer with internet connection Runescape is playable. Jk aside, I never noticed bots to do anything negative for me, so I'd say Runescape is playable. Just like it has always been. "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...
Agen Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 there are real people like myself playing. To answer your question, yes, it is playable. Goals for 2012:Quest CapeMAX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViT0C0RLEONE Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Is the game unplayable because of bots? No. Do I sometimes become annoyed by the bots? Yes. The thing that annoys me is not the fact they exist but the fact the gold they make on them is usually being sold for their benefit. That followed by others who buy the golds benefit in the game, I guess, eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_vuz Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 F2p is pretty much unplayable but mems is alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youmu Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 F2p is pretty much unplayable but mems is alright.I can tell you firsthand that is not true. Â BlogTrimmed | Master Quester | Final BossBoss pets: Bombi | Shrimpy | Ellie | Tz-Rek Jad | Karil the Bobbled | Mega Ducklings120s: Dungeoneering | Invention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aneron Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Well basically this is a bad time to make money by gathering any raw resource and selling it. It is, however, an excellent time to spend money by buying raw resources and using them to get experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Observer Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I personally don't have any issues playing the game due to bots. Just minor annoyances such as blue dragon tasks (forcing me to go to Kuradel's dungeon) or black demon tasks (chaos tunnels). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obidiah Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Doesn't make much difference to my actual gameplay that I can see. Still is playable. The number of players per world isn't that different than it has ever been, just less of them are inclined to have a conversation. - not that the average conversation in skilling areas was ever that stimulating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n64jive Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 The only thing members really notice is frost dragon, which just happens to be (or used to be, rather) the best consistent money maker for members. Otherwise I really don't see any other bots, even though I know they exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nifflin Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 A friend showed me a screenshot of this bot running.  The lolzy thing about it was that it's a "trolling bot."  It runs around following people and smacktalking them, then logs how many of then say things like gtfo, stfu. PM me in game anytime It's a lot easier then that for an idiot to sound smart on the internet.  That's exactly what you're doing right now... just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methud Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I seriously dont care about bots. They dont get in my way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto_the_Phoenix Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Some manage to ignore the crowd of bots at resource spots. Others are forced to live with them. No one here can tell you if it's unbearable or not, we'll all have our own dissenting opinions. My advice is that you go and see it for yourself. Linux User/Enthusiast | Full-Stack Software Engineer | Stack Overflow Member | GIMP User...Alright, the Elf City update lured me back to RS over a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_R Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I'd say it is definitely possible to play this game. I mean just earlier today I was online and surprise, it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterDexter Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 At members, I can live with it, at LRC for example, the bots are good flesh-shields against those rock creatures.At f2p, it is a bit harder to live with. I have a free to play account, and it's a real pain to train wc and mining. The willows at Draynor get chopped so fast that it takes twice as long to get an inventory full of logs. So I'm forced to chop willows at that little lake near the HAM-hideout, which lessens my exprates. Also, mining is quite hard because of the competition for ores, esspecially at the good spots as at the two iron rocks just across the resource dungeon at Dwarven Mines. So I've resorted to train mining in dungeoneering. :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stev Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Is this forum even readable anymore?Because of bot threads of course.Ba-zing! Ofc it's still playable; Look at all the bots playing non-stop! Now, a better question... Is it as enjoyable as it once was? Not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivefintra Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Long break? Don't even bother then. The game is unplayable. Not because of bots, but because of the sheer fact that it's near impossible to get back to playing at that point. There's only two things fun to do: nex and dungeoneering. And to be honest, I don't even know about nex, since it takes near maxed stats to do. As for dungeoneering, it's only fun if you do it with some friends. Dgs is tolerable, if you've dungeoneered to a decent level before. Other than that, they're way too elitist to find fun. Pvm (other than nex, and maybe the corporeal beast; but again, that takes decent stats and drops are unbelievably rare) isn't fun, specially with your stats. Skilling is just outright stupid. The whole game is just a grindfest relying on skinner's box mechanics. There's only two ways I see you can get addicted to this: 1. You got hooked when you were 11 years old, like me ( and yes, by surfing this site, I admit that the game is incredibly addicting once you manage to get hooked to it). 2. You got hooked during the 2001-2005 era, when the idea of an online mmo was still novel. I haven't played for a few months now, and I've been playing less than 1 hour a day for a year now. But I still find myself being drawn to log in to the game. Except whenever I log in nowadays, I just lobby stand. Every once in a while, a good friend logs in (most have quit), and I goof around with them (like doing 9001gp f2p magic stakes). But I can't find the will to actually do something productive in the game. With your stats so low, and not having played for years now, I'd just outright quit before I'd get hooked again. Drop all of your stuff (it's probably not even worth much now), don't renew your membership, and find yourself coming back to the game less and less until you quit. The game is unbearable at this point. I'll probably get disagreed on and flamed because I'm on one of the oldest runescape fansite on the internet, where most people left are probably very loyal to runescape. And that's fine. I just felt the need to share my opinion because I felt the OP was in a very similar situation as me. But I'm not a mind reader, and the OP + everybody else is fully allowed to disagree with my feelings. Now, a better question... Is it as enjoyable as it once was? Not at all. Damnit, I could've just said this instead of wasting 20 minutes on a few paragraphs long post. But whatever, I liked writing that. Felt like getting something off of my chest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Yeng Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Everything is playable if you use your imagination. Pretend those bots are real players.  Go Free to Play and see for yourself. Go get a 30 days membership and see for yourself. They don't bother me much, only when they pop up and steal/train on my training spot. Lulz! 2002 - 2003 RuneScape Classic Clans: Wild Dawgs (WD). Court of Dragons (CoD). BlacKnights (BK). Black Dragon Knights (BDK).2009 - 2010 RuneScape 2 Clan/Team: Hardly Dead (HD). Ex-Team Silent Ember (SE).~ Hmong Pride ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1431 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 they cause the prices to be low making most decent consistent money makers to be not worth doing anymore. There is no point in some skills like WCing since logs are so cheap, or fishing, mining, etc, all gathering skils which used to be decent money makers are not anymore. Now you have to PVM or stake to make money. Everyone says farming is good money, but the more people that do it, the less of a money maker it is, and it isnt even that good a money maker at that. People say it is only 5 minutes but it isnt, there is gear set up, stopping what you were doing, the actual farm run and then banking and gearing back up and return to what you were doing, so it is more like 15-20 minutes all told for a farm run, to make 150K profit, so that isnt that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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