Maddra

I love this new map! Thank you for all the hard work!

Thank you Insanity! I do not PVP.. so it completely confused me. Now I get it. Thank you.

This was in today's Runescape update (dated May 6, 2009) After the info about the Wilderness PVP world, in the 'other news' this is the following paragraph. Quote: Similar to the changes we made to the way PvP worlds work to prevent people from using fun weapons or low-level spells, we have updated the system to detect other ways of fighting without taking any risks. Now, if you see anyone in single-way combat who is fighting without taking any apparent damage over an extended period of time, you can jump in and teach them how fighting works. end Quote. So does this mean.. that if i see someone standing outside the cow pasture.. killing cows inside the pasture, with range or mage.. that my character can go beat them up after "an extended period of time"? What do they mean by single-way combat? Is it only Melee that they mean? Or all Combat? And is this change only in the Wilderness? And only on those PVP worlds? OR is it globally? That paragraph confuses me.. anyone know what it means?

I love that there is a limit on what you can trade. I have seen far too many people have a character that has a decent level, that they then use to funnel resources to their "mules". (Mule = second or third character that receives benefits from first character) They create a mule to be a 'pure' cook or miner, but those 'pure mules' have their inventory given to them by the main character; like a bunch of raw food to cook; or the higher level picks. With the limit put on trading - there is work involved in getting those 99 capes once more. People ask me how many achievement capes I have. I dont have any. My first acheivement cape is hopefully going to be HP. Becuase I want to get all the levels through playing the game as it was meant. Not as a mere status level to show off. (Plus I think the capes are rather tacky looking really.. but I digress) And so the game has changed. Everything changes. If things do not change, they stagnate. Do you want to stay 14 years old the rest of your life? Or do you want to grow and change? Become better at somethings? Learn new things? Sometimes to get better you fail first. Let those that dont like the changes leave. They gripe too much anyway. I for one applaud Runescape for trying to grow.

Me too. I like that they left - because most of them were loud mouth insulters, that as a player I ended up ignoring; but they would inevitably start verbal fights with younger players becuase they thought it was funny. Which in turn just ruined everyone's mood in the area. I havent noticed any of that this this week so far. So I say, dont let the door hit them on the way out.

In my opinion, you shouldnt be able to 'buy' your levels like in your example. You should have to work for them. It makes them more appreciated. So that when you see someone who has a level 99 cape, you know they worked for it. They didnt buy their way to it. Every level I have, I have worked for. I have not bought supplies to level up. I have bought coal in bulk, cause I got tired of mining it. But I didnt pay more than the going rate, cause I am bloody cheap. And I certainly didnt buy enough to level. This will be my third christmas on RS, and I still dont have a 99 cape. And to the majority of people that have them - they basically 'bought' them(with the exception of combat capes, mining, fishing the ones you cant buy). So those that bought their supplies at high prices, I consider them sell outs. I intend to work for mine. So, again, in my opinion, the fact the market has bottomed out, doesnt bother me at all. Because I only need the market if I want a specific item; and now the proces will be more competitive. And now in the future when I see someone get a new cape - I will know they had to work much harder for it that those that 'bought' them before the update.

I canceled my subscription if that counts? >_< I'll stick around forums to see if a change is made. Yes that counts. But I think it is only fair to warn you that about 300,000 more subscribers would have to quit before Jagex even 'thought' about changing it back. See, Jagex drew the line inthe sand. If they change it back -its like they are saying the cheaters win. I seriously dont see that happening. Everything Jagex has done is in an effort to make the game fun, fair an equal to all. You can thank the cheaters for ruining Wildy. You can thank the cheaters for the ending of unbalanced trades. You can thank the cheaters for the tiny little pk area. You can thank the cheaters for the regulation of sales of items through the GE. It is not Jagex fault that a handful of cheaters took thier game and bastardised it so that innocent gamers ended up suffering and/or losing items unfairly. It is the cheaters fault. Had everyone played the game the way it was intended - none of these changed would have come about. You would still have wildy, free market, unbalanced trades. So put the blame where it belongs. On the cheaters.

To all the people that say.. "i'm going to quit.. I'm going to quit.." Go ahead and quit already! Jagex is not putting it back the way it was, so there is no use for you 'waiting to see' - just leave now. Buh-bye. Let the rest of us, who love the new updates, enjoy our game. It is clear you obviously do not enjoy it, so go find one you do. Check out Ragnorok Online; Fliff; Rapples; Never Winter Nights; or World of Warcraft. To those people that have said the number of players went down.. its just like the stock market; it will go back up. I mean, look how many people have posted in this thread alone, "I quit, but came back..." Why did they come back? Because deep down they did have fun, they might not have liked some changes, but they got over it and came back. So all of you saying you are going to quit. Do it. I bet only 10% of those that say they are quitting, *really* quit. The rest of you are just acting out, and you will stay around. If all the ppl that said they were quitting, actually quit, and it affected one third of the subscriptions.. Jagex might change their policy. But you have to quit to test that theory. And well, if you quit, you will never know if they did change it back. So.. basically, to everyone who said they were quitting.. Double Dawg dare you to actually quit.. instead of just whining it.

I dont PK. So that is no loss to me, but I wont comment on that aspect. But for all the others, I have worked hard for every level I have. I have earned everything I have. I never cheated anyone out of thier things. If someone died in front of me - I gave them back their stuff, to their shock and amazement. Personally I like the changes, except that I can not give gifts to people now. I know that everyone who sticks it out with RS now, is there to have fun, not to take advantage of others. I know that, now I will not be constantly hammered with beggers. I know that, now someone will not 'be able' to take advantage of me in a trade. I know that, now all my hard work and effort will stand for something now. That a lvl 3 player will not come along wearing a party hat. (Because we all know that is a lower character of someone who drop traded it to the low character for the attention it would cause) I know that, now to get to the high levels of skills I want, that I am working hard for; everyone else has to work jsut as hard for them too. They wont be able to use ill-gotten gold to buy their supplies. For Clans, it does put a major damper on things, because when I was in a clan, we would give new clan members and lower levels items to help them bulk up faster. Now a clan can not do that. But for the most part.. I am pleased with the changes. I am tired of people begging off me - just because I have level in the 100's people assume I am rich when in fact I spend most of my time fighting. I am tired of hearing about my firends who 'scammed' - even though I have preached and preached at them. I am tired of people trying to get me 'get me' to show them something.. jsut so they can 'see' it. I am just tired in general of all the cheaters in the game. And Hopefully now, those cheaters will say "dang its too much like work to cheat int his game any more" and leave. So we may lose a lot of players, but I bet the majority are players that we lose, like taking advantage of others. And then I have to ask myself... is it really that big of a loss after all?

My name came from a doll. I wanted a name I had not seen before. I saw the doll and thought it was an unusual name.. and there you have it

This sums it up quite nicely for me. Its like locking the village idiot in a round room, and telling him the exit is in the corner.

I am lvl 110.. I dont feel that. I have yet to kill the kalphite queen by myself.. I have yet to get a d chain drop... or d leg drop... d half shield drop... Do I have those things.. yes.. But I bought them.. part of the fun for me is to get the drop,.. on my own. I have a ways to go.

I would want a million Glory(t) amulets.. I love the shiney pretties..

I collect armor! ... Damaged armor that is...

Point taken, and thus I shall amend my statement to the fact that Lurers hasten the downfall dramatically.