The takeaway from the video for the most part seems to be idea that I just hate the game and pvm in general which isn't the case. There is a section of the video where I even talk about my experience with pvming and highlight some examples of things that are even fun for me. After reading comments and even having conversations with twitch chat, I can understand the fact it also just seems like a massivly negative video, blasting the game and I messed up by making the video this way and didn't execute it in the way it needed to be done to get my points across Going forward, I don't think I'm going to make more videos like this because the simple version of the entire video is just how I feel about playing the game, for myself at this exact current moment. Which I guess could really just boil down to needing a break from runescape and to come back fresh.
It happens. But as many pointed it feels as if you're just not enjoying the game. This game do have a lot content, even roadmaps for future ones, almost 25y after release. You're not forced to play the game like the top1% of the PvMrs, do things your own way so long u have fun. And try to remember, in Runescape, being efficient, almost always means not having fun. Either doing a whole boss log at one go, Skilling to 99-120, or anything you do repeatedly for a LONG period of time, gets stale. Take a break, come back when we have combat mastery achievements, I hope you enjoy it.
loldude talks about only liking pvm, and then talks about how he doesnt like pvm sounds like this game might just not be for you man, idk, i like pvm and i like skilling
t100 weapons from the 110 skills DO offer something for PVM. They offer great entry affordable weapons. Ur points on the bow and price are sooo just incorrect, yes its 400m+ atm but it just came out lol. "Just use a nox bow" Like what? It is better than the nox bow by a significant margin. They are fantastic entry level weapons at that tier, not everyone enjoys switching and using specs, and they are fantastic options for low input players. To say they are "useless" is just factually wrong. Would a end game high level pvm player use them? No, but that isn't the audience for them.
They actually are really good I'm a returning player and I am absolutely just enjoying doing the quests in a timeline order. The lore behind the game is really interesting and enjoyable.
I finally finished ALL quests and miniquests last week. It was such a breath of fresh air and relief. I can actually focus on stuff I want to do now. Not that I couldn't before, but that nagging in the back of your head knowing you should probably do quests is no longer there. Now, it has been replaced with arch mysteries and achievements! Lol it's always something, but quests are just the bane of my existence. So glad I'm done. Now I only have to do 1 quest every few months or so whenever they release - and most quests aren't nearly as aids as older quests were.
It’s not dying, it has more players on steam than Sparking Zero, which is a brand new game. That’s not considering the Jagex launcher users or mobile only players.
@@OmniDan26 Bro there are 4k players playing right now, there is never more than 5k players at once in a day, there are like 5 servers that 500+ players and every other is dead, how is that not dying when last year it was atleast 15-25k even on DXP it wasn't breaking 6k
spends 100hrs doing the same bosses and complains that its getting boring and therefore game is dying because it caters to skillers.... are you serious dude....
So much negativity in this vid. This is my first vid on this channel and it makes me think he doesn't even like the game his channel is based around. I literally don't want to watch another of Tubbz vids if he just complains about his personal preferences. Good PVM updates are coming out soon (combat tasks, amascut boss). The bow is good. It not having a spec doesn't mean it's bad. Just use EOF for the spec you want. Yes it's expensive. It's new.
@@TubbzRS I love it how you do not reply to comments that are being constructive and objective but you chose to reply to someone that hurt your feelings lol!
@@TubbzRSCrazy concept , you post for the public to see to try to gain followers , but you pull out the card my channel . 😂😂 You are soft and your reverse psychology is what females do
@@S0mEoNeJuSt I mean, he's right. It's his channel, why would he be talking about someone else instead of what he feels and wants? Maybe he decided to just look at a couple comments and didn't see the other ones? Never just assume.
I feel you man. I’m just like you, I always preferred PVM over anything else. Recently, I needed a change because I was tired of grinding PVM. So I decided to go for Comp, I used to dress the thought of comp but it’s been very enjoyable. Most of the achievements are engaging (unlike skilling) and force you to explore the entirety of the game. Comp has provided a sense of direction and I’m now “addicted” again. Currently have 88/96 achievements :)
if you struggle to find bosses interesting, maybe vorago is a good fit. i like the switching mindset to keep the timed phases harmless and predictable, while going all in with a stall rotation on small windows of dpschecks.
i'm a oldschool player but have played rs3 in the past.. all i can advise is make a hardcore ironman account! it adds a new spin on everything and makes everything so much worth it to obtain. also the blood rush of knowing you cant die!. Ill throw you a sub in hope of seeing you do it!
Man, how many hours do you have in this game? Like serious question. Your profile picture is your in game character. Why not just take a break and come back later when more interesting content is out for you?
Before I start, i'll remind you that we'll have combat mastery achievements, meant to push you to your limits with multiple rewards, that imo will be the biggest PvM update in years. Back to your video, I agree with some of your points for real, but some I'd say are a bit weird. Some of others I'm neutral so i'll just point what i agree or not here: Agree on: - Necro making things easy and braindead made me go stale too - Masterwork weapons need a spec/passive, but I just hope PvM drops are still miles better. - Some bosses in this game are ASS. but that's personal opinion, and we're lucky to have so many options tbh. - Jagex usually focus in one part of the player base at a time, and that sucks. - Pushing yourself in pvm is THE BEST THING you can do to enjoy the game. If you only do certain boss, at a certain level with the same style over and over, it gets boring no matter how much you like it. Disagree: - MWB is only worse than Nox because of price, It is LIGHT YEARS ahead in everything else, since NOX has no passive or good spec. For 400m~ish, its VERY good since Range is the most expensive BiS in the entire game. - Skillers getting content is the best thing for longevity, for ages post EoC PvM'ers got the majority of the content in the game, even skilling rewards are combat focused when most of player base don't even PvM. Overall: - RuneScape gets boring if you do only one thing or the other for too long. This include skilling, bosses, minigames, achievements, anything at all! However, after 20+y of updates, something this game def isn't lacking is content. It only may have content you don't wanna do it, or you don't like it. I'm a comp player, and I still feel like there's an enormous amount of stuff to do, bosses to grind. The way the top 1% players play the game doesn't translate to you being forced to do the same! Wanna enjoy more zamorak? don't phase skip or push high enrages, phase 7 is challenging but learnable! Find yourself a duo, maybe a group of friends willing to do PvM with you and it makes anything a lot better. My take is, you're burnt out, make a pause, return when you're feeling like it, but try to enjoy more of the content you don't consider "content" simply because you don't enjoy it.
I feel you on a real personal level. I find that I hop on do a boss kill maybe 2, log off. I just get so damn bored playing now, I chase that old nostalgic feeling but I just can't get it. I don't like how runescape transitioned from a game that had so many things to do that helped keep the game fresh. To a game that is just pvm. Mimigames are gone, no castle wars, no soul wars, no tears of Guthix, no pking, no duel arena. all this game has now is grinding skills, and maybe 20 bosses. For a player who doesnot enjoy skilling 20 bosses isn't alot. We need 2012 runescape back
I never comment on youtube, or in general, but seeing you get assf by everyone seems so wrong, especially because you are so right regarding runescape. I dont understand either why people love so much this game because apart from pvm-ing high level it is only an AFK game for most part. Quests can be nice but sometimes can be very tedious and economy is amazing but when it comes to the 27+ skills we train to 200m and back on so many alts and iron, group, ultra hardcore men, it seems to me like a huge gap in our life. I only got maxed and i m heading for master max because i figured i can fully afk almost all skills in some way or another- especially after i trained my dog to click specifically, this is what it is, a game that my dog can play...I sincerely believe that most of us play it as a nostalgic response to our childhood, as an adaptation to the lost environment that our childhood had. Pvm is the real adaptation for modern times and modern players, cooking and agility are just some time destroying useless things. Keep up being real man
Your concerns are valid but these are the concerns of a higher level pvmer (not pvmers in general) who has completed all of the bosses. Jagex said they would be able to develop more challenging bosses when the pvm skill level increases across the board. That's kinda why we have necromancy
People are hating on you here but that’s only because they’re actively engaged with rs3. In reality most people agree with you. If you examine player counts in relation to the release of new content there has been an increasing trend of updates bringing back fewer lapsed players for less time. Archeology had a significant impact on player counts. Pre release player counts hovered around 20k; post release were around 30k and they stuck around for upwards of two years. Compare that with necromancy. Pre release around 20k. Post release around 20k. That core group of players will likely enjoy whatever jagex releases but they’ve utterly failed to create content that appeals to anyone else.
Sounds like you personally just aren't enjoying the game and shouldn't be projecting your negative experience on to other people. Take a break. Come back. Maybe don't.
this game has no content but you dont do quests and skilling not hating but dont complain about no content when you wont do the content the game offers
Will skillers leave the game if a level 110 tree doesn’t come out? No. Will pvmers quit the game if no new interesting boss comes out? Already happening
I absolutely love pvming it’s fun the bosses I do keep me hooked and when I get the time to play the game I enjoy it with a passion which is where I think your problem is, you have spent to much free time on the game, if you play more than 2 hours a day you will burn out fast, try playing another time alongside RuneScape to take some of the feeling away from doing the same thing all the time?
This might be the solution to be fair, seems like some how the point of the video has been missed by everyone. It's almost like people are not allowed their own opinons xD
"I'm ALREADY bored of that after OVER 50 HOURS spent there" when talking about one single boss is crazy. Just go play another game lol. Not everything is for you and that's ok, I promise.
do other stuff i love skilling but i hate wcing and with the new magic enternal trees its packed and is so much fun chilling with everyone here see ma few minor famous players too can watch movies, play music watch streams or play another acc on the side , if ur that burnt out just do some dailys for any hr or so a day then hop off
its dying because its necroscape. if youre not using necro youre trolling. it overpowers all 3 other combat styles by an insane margin idc what anyone says. Death mark? Healing? insane ability crits? 20% dodge chance? ruined the game.
Two years playing RS and you think your opinion matters if it's dying or not? Try putting in decades. You belong to a whole other grouping of people. Unless you have played (off/on) RS from RS1, RS2, RS3. Have gone thru not only the changes in the game, but the world in the past two decades. Have gone from Fally garden market, to wildy clans, G.E., EOC. You really do not understand what it means for the game to be alive, so how ever could you give the distinction of it being dead. For you, RS was something you stumbled across one day. Probably best for all that on your next log off, you stay logged off my friend. Seems RS is not for you and you are definately not for RS.
Looks like you read the title and didn't listen to the video. The world has literally nothing to with this, it's a video game & the crazier thing is, Whether you agree or not, everyone has their own opinions lmfao
I quit after they retconned the lore for diversity reasons, came back to see new bosses and necromancy here and there only to realize the quality has drastically lowered. From art direction to the new story to gameplay, the quality has dropped significantly. RS3 is a ship of Theseus, the vast majority of the devs that made the game great despite terrible decisions like early access EoC or removal of free trade are long gone. What we have left are a bunch of blue haired activist types and diversity hires. You might think I'm being overly harsh and rude but the state of the game speaks for itself. RS3 might have one of the largest player bases it's ever had, but it has one of the lowest RuneScaper player counts in history. I know it's a touchy topic but it needs to be reiterated for the 1 billionth time, there is a reason OSRS is second only to WoW in player counts and RS3 doesn't even make it into the top ten MMOs. Passion for the game is absent from the developers. Love and respect for the IP and it's fans can't be found in a single executive. Profit and Social Politics runs RS3 and it's been killing it for years. I'm not sure if it can be saved, and frankly I'm not sure if it should be. RuneScape has held a unique place in the MMO landscape since it's inception. It has been unchallenged in its monopoly of the Sandbox MMO Genre, that was until OSRS came out. Instantly it lost the war, and instead of learning from their mistakes they doubled down. Beating the crying and injured RuneScape 3 until it went silent. An overhaul of the staff and design philosophy needs to happen, RuneScape 3 needs to be allowed to rest, and a reimagining not for a modern audience but for modern hardware needs to happen. Jagex needs to cut the diseased branches and capitalize on what made them great in the first place.
Yeah I hate the diversity for diversity's sake BS. If it has to do with the lore and whatnot, fine whatever, just make it tasteful. Too many companies are doing it just because some people said they weren't going to buy or use their products anymore if they didn't change. No wonder companies are reverting back their "DEI" guidelines. It shouldn't need to be stated in a video game that you're trans with scars or whatever TF. Video games are supposed to take you away from the real world. Also, wouldn't trans people just want to be their preferred gender anyway? I still don't understand that whole scar thing with vanguard or whatever it was.
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The takeaway from the video for the most part seems to be idea that I just hate the game and pvm in general which isn't the case. There is a section of the video where I even talk about my experience with pvming and highlight some examples of things that are even fun for me.
After reading comments and even having conversations with twitch chat, I can understand the fact it also just seems like a massivly negative video, blasting the game and I messed up by making the video this way and didn't execute it in the way it needed to be done to get my points across
Going forward, I don't think I'm going to make more videos like this because the simple version of the entire video is just how I feel about playing the game, for myself at this exact current moment.
Which I guess could really just boil down to needing a break from runescape and to come back fresh.
It happens. But as many pointed it feels as if you're just not enjoying the game. This game do have a lot content, even roadmaps for future ones, almost 25y after release. You're not forced to play the game like the top1% of the PvMrs, do things your own way so long u have fun. And try to remember, in Runescape, being efficient, almost always means not having fun. Either doing a whole boss log at one go, Skilling to 99-120, or anything you do repeatedly for a LONG period of time, gets stale. Take a break, come back when we have combat mastery achievements, I hope you enjoy it.
loldude talks about only liking pvm, and then talks about how he doesnt like pvm
sounds like this game might just not be for you man, idk, i like pvm and i like skilling
t100 weapons from the 110 skills DO offer something for PVM. They offer great entry affordable weapons. Ur points on the bow and price are sooo just incorrect, yes its 400m+ atm but it just came out lol. "Just use a nox bow" Like what? It is better than the nox bow by a significant margin.
They are fantastic entry level weapons at that tier, not everyone enjoys switching and using specs, and they are fantastic options for low input players. To say they are "useless" is just factually wrong. Would a end game high level pvm player use them? No, but that isn't the audience for them.
Crazy how some people spend £60 on a dogshit story game but they hate RS quests. Runescape quests are actually peak.
They actually are really good I'm a returning player and I am absolutely just enjoying doing the quests in a timeline order. The lore behind the game is really interesting and enjoyable.
I finally finished ALL quests and miniquests last week. It was such a breath of fresh air and relief. I can actually focus on stuff I want to do now. Not that I couldn't before, but that nagging in the back of your head knowing you should probably do quests is no longer there. Now, it has been replaced with arch mysteries and achievements! Lol it's always something, but quests are just the bane of my existence. So glad I'm done. Now I only have to do 1 quest every few months or so whenever they release - and most quests aren't nearly as aids as older quests were.
It’s not dying, it has more players on steam than Sparking Zero, which is a brand new game. That’s not considering the Jagex launcher users or mobile only players.
yyyyyyyyeaaaahhhhhhhhh it is dying. whether you like it or not.
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@@nobertstanel9428 This isn't osrs, but hey keep being a bad faith actor.
@@OmniDan26 Bro there are 4k players playing right now, there is never more than 5k players at once in a day, there are like 5 servers that 500+ players and every other is dead, how is that not dying when last year it was atleast 15-25k even on DXP it wasn't breaking 6k
@@JakeyVe-w2c Citation needed
spends 100hrs doing the same bosses and complains that its getting boring and therefore game is dying because it caters to skillers.... are you serious dude....
So much negativity in this vid. This is my first vid on this channel and it makes me think he doesn't even like the game his channel is based around. I literally don't want to watch another of Tubbz vids if he just complains about his personal preferences. Good PVM updates are coming out soon (combat tasks, amascut boss). The bow is good. It not having a spec doesn't mean it's bad. Just use EOF for the spec you want. Yes it's expensive. It's new.
Sounds like a you problem ngl, all I hear is "i I I" just find another game buddy
100%
Crazy concept... my channel, my opinions!
@@TubbzRS I love it how you do not reply to comments that are being constructive and objective but you chose to reply to someone that hurt your feelings lol!
@@TubbzRSCrazy concept , you post for the public to see to try to gain followers , but you pull out the card my channel . 😂😂 You are soft and your reverse psychology is what females do
@@S0mEoNeJuSt I mean, he's right. It's his channel, why would he be talking about someone else instead of what he feels and wants? Maybe he decided to just look at a couple comments and didn't see the other ones? Never just assume.
People have been saying Runescape is dying for 15 years.
I feel you man.
I’m just like you, I always preferred PVM over anything else. Recently, I needed a change because I was tired of grinding PVM.
So I decided to go for Comp, I used to dress the thought of comp but it’s been very enjoyable. Most of the achievements are engaging (unlike skilling) and force you to explore the entirety of the game.
Comp has provided a sense of direction and I’m now “addicted” again.
Currently have 88/96 achievements :)
*dread the thought
if you struggle to find bosses interesting, maybe vorago is a good fit. i like the switching mindset to keep the timed phases harmless and predictable, while going all in with a stall rotation on small windows of dpschecks.
i'm a oldschool player but have played rs3 in the past.. all i can advise is make a hardcore ironman account! it adds a new spin on everything and makes everything so much worth it to obtain. also the blood rush of knowing you cant die!.
Ill throw you a sub in hope of seeing you do it!
Man, how many hours do you have in this game? Like serious question. Your profile picture is your in game character. Why not just take a break and come back later when more interesting content is out for you?
0:41 Roblox might be more suited for you
Before I start, i'll remind you that we'll have combat mastery achievements, meant to push you to your limits with multiple rewards, that imo will be the biggest PvM update in years.
Back to your video, I agree with some of your points for real, but some I'd say are a bit weird. Some of others I'm neutral so i'll just point what i agree or not here:
Agree on:
- Necro making things easy and braindead made me go stale too
- Masterwork weapons need a spec/passive, but I just hope PvM drops are still miles better.
- Some bosses in this game are ASS. but that's personal opinion, and we're lucky to have so many options tbh.
- Jagex usually focus in one part of the player base at a time, and that sucks.
- Pushing yourself in pvm is THE BEST THING you can do to enjoy the game. If you only do certain boss, at a certain level with the same style over and over, it gets boring no matter how much you like it.
Disagree:
- MWB is only worse than Nox because of price, It is LIGHT YEARS ahead in everything else, since NOX has no passive or good spec. For 400m~ish, its VERY good since Range is the most expensive BiS in the entire game.
- Skillers getting content is the best thing for longevity, for ages post EoC PvM'ers got the majority of the content in the game, even skilling rewards are combat focused when most of player base don't even PvM.
Overall:
- RuneScape gets boring if you do only one thing or the other for too long. This include skilling, bosses, minigames, achievements, anything at all! However, after 20+y of updates, something this game def isn't lacking is content. It only may have content you don't wanna do it, or you don't like it. I'm a comp player, and I still feel like there's an enormous amount of stuff to do, bosses to grind. The way the top 1% players play the game doesn't translate to you being forced to do the same! Wanna enjoy more zamorak? don't phase skip or push high enrages, phase 7 is challenging but learnable! Find yourself a duo, maybe a group of friends willing to do PvM with you and it makes anything a lot better. My take is, you're burnt out, make a pause, return when you're feeling like it, but try to enjoy more of the content you don't consider "content" simply because you don't enjoy it.
I feel you on a real personal level.
I find that I hop on do a boss kill maybe 2, log off. I just get so damn bored playing now, I chase that old nostalgic feeling but I just can't get it.
I don't like how runescape transitioned from a game that had so many things to do that helped keep the game fresh. To a game that is just pvm.
Mimigames are gone, no castle wars, no soul wars, no tears of Guthix, no pking, no duel arena. all this game has now is grinding skills, and maybe 20 bosses. For a player who doesnot enjoy skilling 20 bosses isn't alot.
We need 2012 runescape back
P.S: jagex say they will add special passive to the masterwork weapon after the release of the staff
Lack of content? What is this dude on lmao
I never comment on youtube, or in general, but seeing you get assf by everyone seems so wrong, especially because you are so right regarding runescape. I dont understand either why people love so much this game because apart from pvm-ing high level it is only an AFK game for most part. Quests can be nice but sometimes can be very tedious and economy is amazing but when it comes to the 27+ skills we train to 200m and back on so many alts and iron, group, ultra hardcore men, it seems to me like a huge gap in our life. I only got maxed and i m heading for master max because i figured i can fully afk almost all skills in some way or another- especially after i trained my dog to click specifically, this is what it is, a game that my dog can play...I sincerely believe that most of us play it as a nostalgic response to our childhood, as an adaptation to the lost environment that our childhood had. Pvm is the real adaptation for modern times and modern players, cooking and agility are just some time destroying useless things. Keep up being real man
Your concerns are valid but these are the concerns of a higher level pvmer (not pvmers in general) who has completed all of the bosses.
Jagex said they would be able to develop more challenging bosses when the pvm skill level increases across the board. That's kinda why we have necromancy
I just started this game 🤷♂️ looks far from being a dying game
People been saying RS is dying for decades. It ain't going anywhere.
People are hating on you here but that’s only because they’re actively engaged with rs3. In reality most people agree with you.
If you examine player counts in relation to the release of new content there has been an increasing trend of updates bringing back fewer lapsed players for less time. Archeology had a significant impact on player counts. Pre release player counts hovered around 20k; post release were around 30k and they stuck around for upwards of two years.
Compare that with necromancy. Pre release around 20k. Post release around 20k. That core group of players will likely enjoy whatever jagex releases but they’ve utterly failed to create content that appeals to anyone else.
lmao i'm afk smelthing in a second monitor as i watch this
Same I don’t like afk RuneScape… hence why I like pvm
i cant kill Zuk still but someday
Sounds like you personally just aren't enjoying the game and shouldn't be projecting your negative experience on to other people. Take a break. Come back. Maybe don't.
this game has no content but you dont do quests and skilling not hating but dont complain about no content when you wont do the content the game offers
you sound so posh and snarky, come to osrs then
Will skillers leave the game if a level 110 tree doesn’t come out? No.
Will pvmers quit the game if no new interesting boss comes out? Already happening
I absolutely love pvming it’s fun the bosses I do keep me hooked and when I get the time to play the game I enjoy it with a passion which is where I think your problem is, you have spent to much free time on the game, if you play more than 2 hours a day you will burn out fast, try playing another time alongside RuneScape to take some of the feeling away from doing the same thing all the time?
This might be the solution to be fair, seems like some how the point of the video has been missed by everyone. It's almost like people are not allowed their own opinons xD
RS3 is not dying, it's just not as popular as OSRS.
"I'm ALREADY bored of that after OVER 50 HOURS spent there" when talking about one single boss is crazy. Just go play another game lol. Not everything is for you and that's ok, I promise.
do other stuff i love skilling but i hate wcing and with the new magic enternal trees its packed and is so much fun chilling with everyone here see ma few minor famous players too can watch movies, play music watch streams or play another acc on the side , if ur that burnt out just do some dailys for any hr or so a day then hop off
its dying because its necroscape. if youre not using necro youre trolling. it overpowers all 3 other combat styles by an insane margin idc what anyone says. Death mark? Healing? insane ability crits? 20% dodge chance? ruined the game.
Watch someone who knows how to melee or range with max or near max gear. It damage output is so much higher than necromancy.
As someone who's master trimmed comp I agree the man has a point
Two years playing RS and you think your opinion matters if it's dying or not? Try putting in decades.
You belong to a whole other grouping of people.
Unless you have played (off/on) RS from RS1, RS2, RS3. Have gone thru not only the changes in the game, but the world in the past two decades. Have gone from Fally garden market, to wildy clans, G.E., EOC. You really do not understand what it means for the game to be alive, so how ever could you give the distinction of it being dead. For you, RS was something you stumbled across one day. Probably best for all that on your next log off, you stay logged off my friend. Seems RS is not for you and you are definately not for RS.
Looks like you read the title and didn't listen to the video. The world has literally nothing to with this, it's a video game & the crazier thing is, Whether you agree or not, everyone has their own opinions lmfao
@@TubbzRS and your opinions are just shit.
@@TubbzRS trash opinion ngl.
You make some valid points
Brilliant
Yeh this guys contents always been braindead. I will never take him seriously when he did a raksha skip video and it was a 5 minute kill 😂
1) stop watching then lmao 2) at least put the effort in to get your shit talking accurate lmfao
OSRS>
Brother all they’ve done is cater to pvm’ers wtf are you on about
Well, the game is boring.
You are just bad at this game
hmmmge
could not agree more
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So Runescape is dying because of some stuff you dont like? Seems like a you problem. I love skilling, clues, and pvm. Find something that you enjoy
I quit after they retconned the lore for diversity reasons, came back to see new bosses and necromancy here and there only to realize the quality has drastically lowered.
From art direction to the new story to gameplay, the quality has dropped significantly.
RS3 is a ship of Theseus, the vast majority of the devs that made the game great despite terrible decisions like early access EoC or removal of free trade are long gone.
What we have left are a bunch of blue haired activist types and diversity hires.
You might think I'm being overly harsh and rude but the state of the game speaks for itself.
RS3 might have one of the largest player bases it's ever had, but it has one of the lowest RuneScaper player counts in history.
I know it's a touchy topic but it needs to be reiterated for the 1 billionth time, there is a reason OSRS is second only to WoW in player counts and RS3 doesn't even make it into the top ten MMOs.
Passion for the game is absent from the developers. Love and respect for the IP and it's fans can't be found in a single executive. Profit and Social Politics runs RS3 and it's been killing it for years.
I'm not sure if it can be saved, and frankly I'm not sure if it should be.
RuneScape has held a unique place in the MMO landscape since it's inception. It has been unchallenged in its monopoly of the Sandbox MMO Genre, that was until OSRS came out. Instantly it lost the war, and instead of learning from their mistakes they doubled down. Beating the crying and injured RuneScape 3 until it went silent.
An overhaul of the staff and design philosophy needs to happen, RuneScape 3 needs to be allowed to rest, and a reimagining not for a modern audience but for modern hardware needs to happen.
Jagex needs to cut the diseased branches and capitalize on what made them great in the first place.
Yeah I hate the diversity for diversity's sake BS. If it has to do with the lore and whatnot, fine whatever, just make it tasteful. Too many companies are doing it just because some people said they weren't going to buy or use their products anymore if they didn't change. No wonder companies are reverting back their "DEI" guidelines. It shouldn't need to be stated in a video game that you're trans with scars or whatever TF. Video games are supposed to take you away from the real world. Also, wouldn't trans people just want to be their preferred gender anyway? I still don't understand that whole scar thing with vanguard or whatever it was.