Yuanrang

I just posted "Test?" in this thread and that gave me my IP Ban. It is indeed going haywire, and well.. I am still IP banned.

Test?

We have had a lot of rain for about a week, but considering that comes after scorching heat for well over a month, that does not really solve much. Some warmth is nice, but sheesh, this Summer has been brutal.

Amen to that.

I would imagine they are keeping it P2P at the moment to not have disasters occuring when throwaway accounts can freely exploit inevitable bugs and what not. It would be a huge opportunity lost if they do not open it for F2P players, as that could easily draw attention back to the game.

Society's loophole to not wanting to work too much.

I actually like RuneScape quests, mostly because they were actually well-made, funny and quite diverse. Some of my favourites were "A Recipe for Disaster", "While Guthix Sleeps" and "Mourning's End part 2", but thinking about it... there were many more that I either found funny, challenging or just rewarding. Hell, even something simple like Dragon Slayer was quite memorable, since it was very hyped up for lowbies, being able to finally wear a Rune Platebody and all that. Same goes with the Legend's Quest, and so forth.

I probably would have started OSRS if I could play it on my tablet without having an active subscription running. It is not a money thing. I have money, and judging by the grand exchange, I am well into the double digits in terms of billions of gold. It is more the principle of things, not wanting to make the commitment for something I am slightly nostalgical curious about, even if I have no time in my life, and a ton of quality games to play if I want to have fun while gaming. I can see myself doing some light gaming for fun, but.. not if I have to pay for it, and not while using my actual gaming PC.

It is interesting to hear that they want to make another RuneScape, so I guess they have not completely given up then. The way I saw it, RuneScape 2 was great for me, because it was something you could play on any PC, you could easily multi-task, and it had a simple yet complex scope to it. The entire no-trade and no-PVP focus as of 2007, furthered by the changes to the actual mechanics in Evolution of Combat, just changed RuneScape into something that never appeals to me. It is a watered down MMORPG that is trying to be something it cannot be. Truth is, if the game had been like it was before the Grand Exchange and all that, I would have at least played RuneScape on and off while watching TV shows and stuff like that. As it was, they killed what I liked in favour of improving the game, and it was not for me anymore. The irony is, if I went back to OSRS, I would probably enjoy it. My issue is that I would have to start all over again, and for a player with a character that was mostly active during the OSRS days, it is frustrating that I could not transfer my account into OSRS (as far as I know). :/

It should not be too surprising though, is it? JaGEx's decline started after the shart turn-around that JaGEx did to first combat bots, then tried to appeal to new players by modernising in tune with how games evolved. What JaGEx apparently failed to realise though, was why people was playing the game in the first place. I have no idea how they have fared for the past 5-8 years in that regard, but that raises an interesting question: Does JaGEx have a plan for the game going forward, especially light of the dichotomy of OSRS and RS3?

Psh, I have 5 holidays of a total of 12+ weeks. You may now be envious. (Seriously though, conga rats..! )

Let us not forget to enjoy a calm and quiet Sunday.

I am not entirely sure what you mean. Are you saying you can now use gold to buy membership?

Sounds very familiar, but thinking back on it, I am glad things have somewhat normalised ever since I finished University studies.

To be honest, I could see myself playing Old-School RS on an iPad, but... sadly you need an active subscription, and that ruins it for me.