Unironically what's the appeal of this game?
Infinite grinding so you feel like you're always making progress. The quests are really unique when it comes to MMOs too, and a lot of them are quite good. Not good enough to make up for being menial task simulator for me, though.
>>730648064game that isnt quite engaging enough to play on its own so you have it on one monitor while you put a youtube video that isnt good enough to justify watching it on its own on the second monitor
you had to be there
>>730648064Infinite grinding games are for soulless autistic subhumans.
Skills go up. You get credit for your hard work like you never do in real life. It's maybe the most accessible MMO.
>>730648064number go up
>>730648064Parallel content and player agency.
>>730648064>>730648109>what's the appeal of lgbtscapeYou tell us
>>730648929another game ruined by millennials
>>730648064>>730649128Don't bother when /v/scape exists, actual golden era with all the quests and stuff but nothing stupid changed>>>/vm/2176016
>>730649223isnt that the version that is ran by someone that banned people for opening/closing doors?
>>730649271Your thinking of 04scape, this is 2007 & ran by oldfags not fagfags.There was a player called Security whos gimmick was following people and shutting doors on them all day.
>>730648064It's a chat room with some casual activity attached to it.
>>730648195It's funny how people make fun of gacha games but these line go up infinite progression sims were the original dopamine sink. I hear you can even grind while fucking afk so they are two birds of a feather in my eyes.
>>730648064False sense of accomplishment.
Fishing lvls?
Apparently there are a lot of people who want to play an MMO where you don't actually need other people at all
>>730648064>Hours spent on piers spearing swordfish>Cooking and failing to cook them, then announcing my "rare black swordfish for sale">People having dumb arguments about the Iraq war as this was just after 9/11>Arguments interrupted by wizards and trolls appearing to offer wishes or pick fights while everyone cheered the NPC on so we could steal the dead player's lootIt was shit, but I remember it fondly.
>>730648064Long progression chains that can be tackled in various way.Rewarding endgame challenges.Completionism for autists.
>>730648929https://arch.b4k.dev/v/search/image/OIjzj0BVtnHnCi1aYlcg3w/Since 2024.What causes this?
>>730648064you can't make real progress on this real gay earth, so you click fishing spots and make progress in digital world
I never played RS seriously, but I remember the few times I did play it, all I really did were things like fishing, chopping trees, mining blacksmithing etc. It was oddly comforting and satisfying to doAre there any other games that has that same feel?
>>730648064It was an interactive social media platform that also doubled as a video game. Kids loved it because it was literally MSN or Skype but set in a virtual fantasy world.Ease of access was also the big reason. You could run it in any web browser without having to install it and it was free to play. The only other big RPG games that were like this were what, Adventure Quest Worlds and Sherwood Dungeon?The only other non-shit MMORPG at the time was WoW. RS had much better quests and much more charming and memorable music.>>730651747Any "comfy" harvesting game made for women fits that criteria.But you can always replay Runescape itself by just playing 2009scape or 2006scape which can also be played fully offline if you're only looking for singleplayer.
>>730651347>noooo anons can't make postskill yourself shill
>>730652686>The only other non-shit MMORPG at the time was WoWRunescape came out years before WoW
>>730651747i like Haven and Hearth
>>730648064Autismbait.
>>730653746RS Classic was dogshit. RuneScape only became relevant starting with the RS2 era in 2004-2006.
Schadenfreude at the autists treating it as their own personal jail. When I feel down, I remember right now there is someone hunting a worthless item or number to fill a virtual checklist and I get like picrel.
>>730648064It's the only popular real MMO left.
>>730649223I have 9 ahk scripts for this server alonesad that there's barely any qol
I like it because I can play at work and feel like I'm progressing. I'm getting 99 slayer soon just afking tasks with a venator bow
>>730654694gz
>>730648929No anon is right, a big part of the appeal was the unique quests. The game had a pleasant sense of humor throughout as well. This is speaking for the game as it developed originally many years ago.What would possess a person to play it in modern day? For the nostalgia while the fool covers your eyes and ears at more and more things, or as a misguided zoomer/gen alpha pretending to be nostalgic about a game they have no authentic connection to. The second reason is also why so many zoomers fetishize CRT monitors in retro games
>private: friends>public: offThese people need to be shot
>>730654916I don't care about your scam anon.
>>730654916public chat used to be so much fun back in 2013-2015 era even 2011 was goldennow its pure curated shit
>>730648064It tickles the tism in a good wayAlso>buying gf>trimming armors
>>730654916I don't care about what you have to say.
>>730650821I remember
Is Andrew's new kusoge still online and getting updates or even that proud dumbo realized he fucked up?
>>730654908>zoomers fetishize CRT monitors in retro gamesonly soilennials do this
>>730648064its the easiest and hardest game ive played
>>730655623>and hardestMay I inquire what part you consider the hardest thing you ever did?
>>730648064It's skinner box: the game. Players are conditioned to spend dozens of hours clicking for a single burst of dopamine at the end. Long-time osrs players are actually fucked since the conditioning can ruin their dopamine receptors. They eventually lose the ability to enjoy other games.
>>730654916No, I will not talk to you while doing my obscure skilling activity fuck off. I have a podcast to listen to.
>>730654916>the year is 2026>talk in area chat in an mmo>banned/mutedDeserved desu
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>>730656029It's your fault. You trimmed one too many addy legs.
why is /v/ so dogshit in this game? Even redditors can max but the highest total account i´ve seen here is 1500 t.10k ehp 200kg bench press
>>730648929Every now and then I'm tempted to waste time on this game like I did back in fucking 2012.Thanks for this anon, now I'll never be tempted again
>>730648064it's relaxing, low effort, and feels rewarding to complete objectives
>>730656240/v/ is bad at games.
>>730656240this is a game made for bots
>>730653158you make yourself look like a schizo
>>730656240There is no reason to max anything but combat.
>>730648064The game would be significantly improved all Venezuelans were confined to their own regional server.
>>730648064When I was younger, my family computer was severely underpowered and had shitty internet connection. RS was one of the few games that offered a good depth of adventure even in the free version, AND taught me about scammers and ne'er-do-wells. No, I will not follow you into the wilderness, I have fallen for it before
>>730657013Are they really still a problem? I haven't heard of them other than memes in like 8 years.
>>730654908>The game had a pleasant sense of humor throughout as wellthat's basically what brit humour was until certain things happened to the country
>>730657061Yes. There was a noticeable decrease in bots and general bullshit across the whole game when the Maduro thing was going on because the US was doing some EW black magic for a few hours. It's not just bots, they also make up a large proportion of gold farmers and have basically made the entire wilderness unusable for real players. At one point they basically formed a game-wide cartel at the Rev caves, one of the most profitable pieces of content in the game at the time, and were able to push out even PKer clans. IP banning all of Venezuela would be the single best thing osrs could do for its long term health.
>>730656240Because /v/ doesn't want to accept the fact that it's not the game from 2007 anymore
>>730657426wth i thought venezuela was being funded by narco terrorism. but its actually just runescape botting?
>>730648064I don’t remember, other than I haven’t played in 25 years because I got upset that someone tricked me into going into the pvp area and I lost all of my shit.Nah, not really. I just lost interest after they updated the game and added Tutorial Island and I had to go through that before I can resume my quests. Or maybe I just outgrew it when I started high school…
>>730657493I know you are trolling but even leftist countries were making fun of them the day the 1 OSRS GP became more valuable than 1 Bolivar. That was a fun day. Anyone has the Venezuela Flag with the green dragon? I can't find the pic.
>>730657615>I haven’t played in 25 yearsIan Gower pls go and stay go
>>730657493For a while there, osrs gold farming would provide a higher salary than working as a specialist doctor. Their economy was royally fucked.
>>730657845>For a whileI'm pretty sure that never stopped being the case but I won't pretend to be a know it all.
>>730648064collect your fucking battlestaffs you dirty bondie
I tried it for a month recently just to see what the deal was. The quest content was interesting (even if it felt like you were being punished for not looking up what items you need ahead of time), and I can see why the skilling loop would be satisfying, but for me it just completely broke down at the part where I needed to play it as a piece of interactive software.The basic act of walking anywhere was miserable, the limited inventory creates loads of extra tedium, and all of the "advanced" aspects of the combat (prayer flicking, toggling overheads, hardswapping gear) just look obnoxious.
>>730658640>just one month in>caring about prayer flicking and gearWatching YT doesn't count as playing mate.
>>730648064It was before discord and social media. So when you were a 10 year old and booted it up into a world of magic and monsters and American Psycho children trying to lure you into the woods the sense of scale was awesome. I have no clue why people would be playing it now.
>>730658640over 20k hours in this game and I have never enjoyed a single grind. If there isn't some unseen force making you spend hours grinding for the number to go up you are a lucky dog.
>>730658753I'm not saying it does.I'm just saying that I'm less inclined to slog through the early game when the mechanical aspects of the late game don't look enjoyable.
>>730658896>I have no clue why people would be playing it now.only insane grinders play it consistently now, you have some casuals who make an account, do some quests, and then quit, but they're not the "conventional" communityit's mainly just poopsockers
>>730658915Tell me you at least are getting some YT ad money while the unseen force pushes you pls.
mmo anyone can play because it could run on your browser
>>730659036Nah friend I'm just a trve hardcore PC gamer. Always have been.
>>730658964>the mechanical aspects of the late gameYou don't actually need to flick for anything at all and swapping attack styles according to phase is a genre staple. All you are missing is on a few kills per trip and your hands will be everthankful to you in the future.Yeah it's cool to know there are Lvl-3 combat legit firecapes and people who can do 20 infernos in a row without banking once or perfectly flick until the logout timer expires in infinte jad mode out there but letting those poopsockers be the thing that sap your interest in the game is just ridiculous.
>>730657426>Venezuelan cartels form inside a game for 12 year olds to beat the shit out of 30 year old men trying to re live their youth>Government intervention is the only thing that can stop themRunescape culture remains based to this day kek
>>730659293Comparison is the thief of joy.
>>730659812Tell that to him not me.
>>730654908The tick system is very unique and allows for mechanically interesting combat. Higher level PvM (and PvP) are nothing like how they used to be. It all feels rather clumsy until you get used to it, and then the game turns into a nice hybrid between MMORPG and rhythm game. It's satisfying. Of course it also does a ton of MMO things really well, but you'd discard those things as "meaningless".
>>730649128Boomers pretending to be millennials*
>>730648064Number go up game for children
>>730660074I personally don't like Jagex's implementation of it, specifically all the "be on this exact tile on this exact tick or you're dead" content, but I like how they embraced it as a feature instead of being the assholes the Gowers would have been about it if it was discovered, or at least widespread to today's extent during their reign.
>>730660074.6 second ticks are garbage. If it was 100ms ticks I'd be okay with it.
>>730660527What mouse company do you work for?
i honestly dont know, its absolute garbage
But how is the new game made by the OG RS dev is doing? A lot of people told it was hot shit when it first launched
>>730660746Last I heard it was dead in the water.
>>730660592I just want rs to feel like playing dota.
>>730648064you are 13 and your pc cant run wow
>>730660746Man you missed out on the worst launch in recent memory. Skills don't transfer between levels, no skill interacted with another and XP curves that make release date farming blush.And the worst part is that since skills are independent islands between them the kill red bird to kill blue bird to kill yellow bird feels completely meaningless and the idiot couldn't even realize that after 8 years of dev time.
>>730648064nostalgia
>>730660746It's bad. Really bad. Their lead dev has publicly insulted everyone telling him the game is bad, basically saying the game isn't being developed or designed for players to actually enjoy. It's not supposed to be fun. It's not supposed to have quality of life. The whole thing is basically an excuse for Gower to hang out with his bros and keep them on his payroll, not to become a functional game.
>>730649128*gen x
>>730660527I wonder what's the human limit of tick manipulation. The cut teak log into action to save one tick is already bad enough at 0.6s
>>730661039The current is already past what most veterans can maintain. I'm an old man now with arthritic hands, and I can't tick manip for more than a quarter hour at a time anymore before I'm out of commission for multiple days. A lot of my old buddies are in the same boat.
>>730648929spammed it again award
Remember when ironmen wasn't going to change things for mains?I remember.
>>730648064it's the original idle game
>>730660746Brighter Shores? Tried it a bit, levelling skills felt meaningless as it just meant that you "upgraded" the item you where getting from something anyway, like if you went fishing and levelled up then you don't need to eventually go somewhere else for better fish, you just stay right where you are and those fish will scale to your fishing level. Also the world felt really enclosed as it is just a collection of screens stapled next to each other and not in a good way, felt awkward to try to navigate when your choices for stuff to do felt like it was intended to be a bit more open than what the map allowed.
>>730661348I don't see the issue? Instances are good for everyone.
I've been playing RS on and off since 2004, and i treat the as a single player game with some MP elements. I barely interact with people anymore just grind, quest, and do activities. This game has better quest than every other MMO I've tried and funny writing to keep me going. Thats all I need and its always there for me when I get the bug.
