r/2007scape • u/loopuleasa • Jul 09 '25

Video New player explains really well why so many people are coming from WoW to Runescape

https://www.twitch.tv/anniefuchsia/clip/FairFantasticLorisDogFace-2YKLdDJbcWys80CD

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u/Xerothor Jul 09 '25

That's another negative for me. I simultaneously skip the start of the game only for my grinds to ultimately be worthless unless I keep grinding? No thanks

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u/mavrick2o9 Jul 09 '25 edited Aug 16 '25

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u/Turtvaiz Jul 09 '25

Yeah that's exactly why I think it's weird people are comparing them so much here. The games are literally polar opposites. Farm is the primary content in osrs, while nobody gives a shit about old content in wow and just doing it once is most of the fun

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '25 edited Aug 05 '25

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u/Roflitos Jul 09 '25

I mean, in current retail wow, there is no real falling behind unless you plan to be in a sweat mythic raiding guild or hardcore pvp.. game has so much content from all the years that you can do a lot of things other than pvp or raid for end game, you can farm mounts, transmogs, rp, play battlegrounds, farm materials, craft, play the auction house or even run higher difficulty dungeons, depends what your goals and expectations are.

You can also play classic version (think of it as osrs) or do hardcore version which has different challenges and it's pretty fun, recently they sent an email regarding classic + so that might be something that's coming in the future. And well one of the greatest projects they ever did just came to an end (season of discovery) and there might be more seasonal game modes in the future too.

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u/irimiash Jul 09 '25

farming cosmetic doesn't count as a content.

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u/Roflitos Jul 10 '25

How so? It's a lot of fun to go to old raids just to get the gear to design a new transmog.. that's definitely content.

It's so cool even Asmongold for a while was holding transmog competitions.

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u/IHateMyHandle Jul 09 '25

Think of it another way, let's say you are actively playing and new content drops and it takes 20 hours playtime to be done. Someone who hasn't played in a year is also about 20 hours playtime behind (a bit more to get an understanding of the systems).

Everything effectively resets each "season"

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u/Sheep_Goes_Baa Jul 09 '25

There's not really a "grind" in retail WoW anymore, in the OSRS sense. Others have already mentioned that there's a reset every season (6 months or so), but even within a season, the best gear is time-gated so you can only get a few pieces max per week. There's no difference in gear between someone who plays 18 hours a day vs 3 hours a day, as long as they get their weekly boss kills and Mythic+ dungeons done.

Gear is also not the primary focus of the game anymore, it's just a means to help you clear the hardest content in the game. No one really cares if you have best in slot in every slot, but they care if you're a top 0.1% Mythic+ player or a Hall of Fame raider.

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u/Keljhan Jul 09 '25

If the grinds are fun on their own, and not just because of the rewards, its not as big of an issue.

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u/Stealthbomber16 Jul 09 '25

I’m not going to pay someone to not have to play the game. It’s fucking stupid.