How has this game changed over the years?

[richardunc]

I haven't played in probably 6 years, and I was interested in getting back into it. How has this game changed over these years?

 

Also, what are other active runescape forums I can look through?

[Sy_Accursed]

http://www.runescape.com/a=569/200million/index.ws

 

This covers the big events/changes pretty well.

[Donnie]

bad to worse

[Zantareous]

Other active RuneScape forums include Zybez and RuneHQ (not much has changed there). Though you should definitely look into joining a clan and using their forums instead (the topics will better pertain to you and your interests, overall the communication tends to be a better experience).

 

 

bad to worse

6 years ago wouldn't have been terrible yet.

[highlanders]

Well there's a lot more content. The graphics are a lot better, if you max out the settings. A lot of the community is obsessed with getting max/comp cape. You need to unlock a lot more stuff to be proficient in combat. There are more bosses, more quests, more minigames, etc. But there are microtransactions now, which sucks.

[Tui]

Overall mechanics haven't changed. More skils are afkable. Dungeoneering, released in 2010 is the only real multiplayer requirment of the game, so with such a community most hate it.

Pvm is still a joke compared to other games

 

Most people play to compete with others in skills

[Sy_Accursed]

Overall mechanics haven't changed. More skils are afkable. Dungeoneering, released in 2010 is the only real multiplayer requirment of the game, so with such a community most hate it.

Pvm is still a joke compared to other games

 

Most people play to compete with others in skills

 

Made up fact alert!

 

Dg is one of the most popular skills in game, most certainly do not hate it.

PVM does have it's limitations but thats what the EoC combat overhaul is for.

"Most people play to compete with others" - totally made up. Certainly some people play for this but by far the majority play because they find the game fun or relaxing.

[Arthu]

Made up fact alert!

 

Dg is one of the most popular skills in game, most certainly do not hate it.

 

Made up fact alert!

 

Almost only the people who are smart enough to use forums such as tip.it can be smart enough to enjoy dungeoneering. This certainly does not apply to majority of the kids who can't even concentrate on woodcutting while picking nose. Proper dungeoneering requires taking an arrow to the knee for the team and that just does not work with community that's used to only think about themselves.

 

Many people just "choose to suffer" through dungeoneering for chaotic thingies and then ragequit the thingy before even attempting to do it correctly. Those "lol idc i just wanna rapior" guys also make it less likely for people who potentially like the skill to find proper teams, unless knowing where to look for those.

 

Dungeoneering is one of the things in Runescape that CAN be liked, though. In fact, it's almost the whole reason I bother to play anymore, but I do not certainly equal an average player. I also feel like dungeoneering with player who chooses to be average to be a punishment.