RWT Legalised?

[Vio]

My rant about today's update to the Squeal of Fortune, and it's impact on the community and gameplay.

This was a joint commentary with Wilderness Guardians council member Bassism.

There's nothing really to watch in the video, so feel free to just listen to the commentary while you 'scape.

Think of it as sort of a mini-podcast.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYDxNjVMmLs

[Mercifull]

:(

[Bxpprod]

"Legalised"

 

:shame:

[X3EN]

This update introduced RWT combined with gambling to RuneScape, both of which are were declared "against the spirit of the game" by JaGeX (dicing?).

 

Way to go, this explains why myriads of bots are everywhere to behold (you can get tired reporting bots that act like 100% bots nowadays) - the rules are being "changed" to better reflect on the current situation - a dead game where you either cheat or can gtfo.

[Sir_Squab]

Too lazy to watch the entire thing, no offense...

 

But damn. This... this is RWT. You are buying in-game exp or items with real-world cash. I mean, you're only technically buying a CHANCE at it, but still... The more chances you take, the more likely you are to get a really good item. Sort of.

[Ren]

This update introduced RWT combined with gambling to RuneScape, both of which are were declared "against the spirit of the game" by JaGeX (dicing?).

 

Way to go, this explains why myriads of bots are everywhere to behold (you can get tired reporting bots that act like 100% bots nowadays) - the rules are being "changed" to better reflect on the current situation - a dead game where you either cheat or can gtfo.

Well put, my friend. I like you.

 

EDIT: Didn't have time to watch the video until just now..

Dear god, do not turn RuneScape into full turn-based RPG by making 'orders of actions'. That would be horrible.

 

The idea of RuneScape becoming a nearly entirely combat-based game would be nice. I have spent most of my gaming time on Diablo 2, and RuneScape. As you can see by RuneScript .stats on my character, about 73-78% of my total exp is combat. Like your friend in the video, I do not grind so much now, and I do like the idea of untradable higher-leveled items. If they revamp the combat in RuneScape, at least in a way that would drastically change the game itself, I feel they would need to add a LOT to the game. Instead of it being a F2P-sized world versus the wholeness of P2P, I feel they would probably remove F2P, and make it almost entirely focused on higher level content that would be far and widely expansive. Monsters and bosses, activities, lands or dungeons, areas that are infested with crazy stuff.. Gear and food and potions we've never seen before, much more overpowered than there is now, but more complicated gaming compared to what is now Slayer as an easy example. An abyssal demon still seems like child's play I'm sure. Even bosses are only dangerous due to the fact that they can kill you with high hits. They are not actually tough to kill. I would appreciate this, but I don't want to have to pay more just for a bigger game either.

 

I can see it happening what with the Squeal of Fortune microtransactions, though they're rather large in terms of what you recieve from how much you spend.. It's still showing that Jagex is focusing, as you said, more on money rather than the general public's interest. They also have a horrible habit of not letting players know what's going on in the future until you get a BTS that drives everyone mad, or something completely unexpected like THIS. I mean, I did expect microtransactions because Blind Auror kind of posted that link of Jagex saying it in an interview, leaked from the HLF, and the fact that they have been struggling for a while ([bleep] you MMG, I hate you and wish you unpleasant things).

 

The game I joined years ago is gone, I don't know what is here now. I'm not sure if I want to keep playing at times, and I'm not sure I want to give it up just yet because of all the memories and the possibility of recovery. It's been bad, then good, then horrible, then nicer but still bad, and it's just gotten worse and worse. I have yet to see anything that's made me want to keep playing this aside from unextinguished older gameplay in RuneScape that I have yet to complete, such as unlocking some quest item that may have a niche use or finally unlocking abyssal demons after 7 years since the skill came out. I really do not -try- to do these things anyway, but that's all I play for aside from nothing better to do usually. I've left RuneScape for little reason in the past, what makes Jagex think I won't now?