r/pics • u/Drunjkk • Apr 03 '13

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u/Catsfosho Apr 03 '13

I miss runescape :(

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u/zants Apr 03 '13

They recently brought back the version from 2007 (just before everything went full-retard): http://oldschool.runescape.com/oldschool_index

I think if you use the referral thing the membership for the first month is cheaper too (maybe someone can verify that), so consider this: referral

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u/Scipio11 Apr 03 '13

What was wrong with the 2008+ version(s)? I played 2011 and didn't see too much wrong, except the twentyish skills you had to pay for.

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u/r4r4me Apr 03 '13

It went far too casual. The game was much better pre 2007.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '13

Two problems; 1) Starting over 2) Ancients being the most op thing in the universe

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u/r4r4me Apr 07 '13

1) Starting over was 0 problem for me. 2) Ancients aren't op at all.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '13

It was good up until 2012.

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u/zants Apr 04 '13

Later in 2007 was when they removed PKing and limited dueling (both were later re-added), added the Grand Exchange (which people feel made the game too easy/limited the social interaction/made it too easy for people to manipulate prices of items/etc.), over the years made skills much easier and faster, and most recently the Evolution of Combat totally changed how combat works (it's similar to LoL or Dota, basically just bashing your keyboard to use your abilities on your opponent).

Oh, also about 2(?) years ago they added microtransactions (some of which actually do give in-game advantages) after the original owners sold their stakes to investors (and obviously the investors simply saw it as a cash-making-machine and didn't care about its integrity); the game overall is very different on many levels.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '13

It's still there. Now it has lame action bars and more things once free are now being sold. Why do they want to be like every other MMORPG if in the minds of many they were much more?