Why are people STILL playing Old School RuneScape?

#shorts #gaming #runescape
Why is the older version of the game (Old School RuneScape) significantly more popular than Runescape 3?
Written by: Niall McCrossan
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[@diskeyes]

You never quit, you just take a break

[@Master_Roshi420]

You never quit, *you just go afk

[@prosteezy]

Maaaaan, exactly!

[@RobotSantaClaus]

Unless the break is so long that your account gets deleted. That totally didn’t happen to me 😢

[@UteRed]

@@RobotSantaClausglad you still have your accounts! Gz!

[@Xxhermitxxrs]

​@@RobotSantaClausimpossible bro you still have your account it just got transferred to rs3. You have to reroll for osrs.

[@J1mmy]

someone should make 4 video essays on this

[@KurtIsFat]

You can sum it up by RuneScape is washed L Bozos

[@FNCMontragor]

I just watched those yesterday xd

[@sowvvy6896]

Lmfao

[@lnevitabiIity]

Hey Jim, that’s a great idea. You’re pretty good at video essays, right?

[@NonalignedMatrix]

Ah nice, osrs’s favorite worst player desperate for clicks

[@SebScudz]

I’m fucking 30 and still play this game religiously.

[@lamb-tika-cod4934]

I'm 30 too and I've played everyday this year after having 2 years break ffs haha. It's a pixilated drug mate 😂

[@SebScudz]

@@lamb-tika-cod4934 yea, you never really quit.. you just go afk for a bit.

[@lamb-tika-cod4934]

@@SebScudz you Still playing today champ?

[@Vamplord111]

I'm 35 and want to build a maxed 1440p gaming pc to primarily play osrs haven't played in a few years I got burned out playing on mobile and just mobile gaming in general so I'm gonna spend a few grand to build a gaming pc to primarily play osrs on rl

[@lamb-tika-cod4934]

@@Vamplord111 lol just get a gaming laptop they're ace. Rl is a dream on it. However 95% of my acc Is mobile hahha

[@MrZurkonnn]

No one wanted high subscription price and WoW is a way different game. Nothing quite like being in elementary school playing RuneScape on school computers or town library computers with all your friends. Do some chores for Mom/Dad and get a month of member for $5. Still remember going in the store at like 8 to get my first ever money order to send to Jagex! Good times ❤

[@conservativewomble1393]

Holy shit I did the same thing haha! Mow the lawn and wash the cars and I was good for a month! 😎😎

[@MrZurkonnn]

@@conservativewomble1393 I know that's right! 😊 never have to worry about me getting stuff done, I need my membership 😂

[@100based9]

Good times indeed. I can taste the nostalgia

[@johnhartney7576]

I remember being like 7 or 8 years old and I was finally ready to buy my first month of membership ever after getting rune armor, and I believe I actually put like $7 cash or however much it was into a regular envelope with a note that said “for my first month of membership” and wrote out the address and sent it out in the mail, and I actually got member ship 1-2 weeks later. It was awesome and a memorable moment of my childhood, haha. Seems crazy that they accepted cash, or someone opened it and took the cash themselves and paid electronically for me. I miss those days

[@TinyBellEnd]

Or parents taking 2 and a half years to notice that I was using the house phone to pay for 2x p2p 😂

[@ZenNeonRazor]

27 years I played this back in 07. And played again recently. Runescape has a charm that no other game has, It's rewarding and doesn't force you to do anything. You are free to level up how you what and its the most afkable game. It's the reason why its still one if not the best MMO.

[@TapoutSuckaGaming]

Your math is way off lol.

[@mamba4991]

I started playing runescape in 2001 and dont think ill ever stop. There are so many things to get lost in with this game. Amazing in so many ways

[@Ryzen1]

So much content in it aswell

[@beeman4266]

​@@Ryzen1 If you max count maxing out your collection log (include 3rd age and gilded) then I dont think theres another game out there has that much content. Maybe some obscure game that just takes a lot of time to complete or something.

[@2Forced]

@@beeman4266a obscure game that takes a long time to complete.. osrs

[@peytonhorn2833]

I started 05 and while ill admit ive taken large breaks in between i started back playing almost every day recently

[@mamba4991]

@@peytonhorn2833 thats awesome, 7 months ago i started an ultimate ironman. As someone who has never even played an ironman and man its a lot of fun. Just unlocked priff today on that account

[@Fish-on-fly]

Just picked it back up. I remember as a kid I would never dream of being able to be a member and have pets and explore like I wanted. Now I’m an adult and I bought my first subscription lol

[@Nick-ij5nt]

OSRS is unironically the best MMO I have ever played. If you can get over the bad graphics then you *will* get addicted. And "bad graphics" isn't even a valid excuse if you still play games like Minecraft.

[@ThomasVvV]

Well there are different kinds of bad graphics, and what makes Runescape so fkn ugly is the weird perspective on most things. And the frame rate. Default Minecraft is still beautiful on newer versions with high resolution and frame rate. Runescape looks straight unplayable.

[@2424dynasty2424]

@@ThomasVvV There is now and HD plugin for updated graphics, if thats your issue with the game. Its basically Runescape 2 HD graphics.

[@Nick-ij5nt]

@@ThomasVvV On Runelite there is a framerate uncapper, draw distance extender, skybox customizer, custom resolutions and and an improved graphics mod, but most people don't use any of these because they don't care. Granted, even with all this the graphics aren't AMAZING, but it's completely fine. I wish Jagex would add a modern graphics slider of their own but it doesn't look like that's gonna happen. There was a guy making an insane client called "OS Remastered" but I think Jagex might've shut it down, you should look it up, it looked pretty amazing.

[@_PeachSoda]

​@@ThomasVvV You've also been able to play the game with 60fps animations with runelite for years now

[@andrewprahst2529]

​@@ThomasVvV What those two people said were true, but what do you mean by "weird perspective"? You mean the camera view?

[@thepiedish903]

As a RuneScape vet for before all of this. If we wanted a game like WoW then we would just play that. And us our old asses holding on to the good times.

[@hajinka98_]

I don't understand why people hated EoC so much if it was an improvement on the pvp system. bcus that clunky clicking turn based pvp system in RS was not enjoyable at all for me so when i got bored of leveleing skills i quit the game.

[@peytonhorn2833]

​​@@hajinka98_you were the minority simply put. No offense but most of us older players didnt want any huge changes like eoc

[@hajinka98_]

@@peytonhorn2833 why not? how you could prefer that shitty turn based clicking RNG crap instead of a better pvp system similiar to wow? Were the RS fanboys born in like 80s or something ? i know PS1 games that have better combat design than runescape lol

[@bh9882]

​@@hajinka98_i think the reality of why is that we liked the point and click tile based game.. otherwise wed play other games, that mixed with nostalgia of childhood freedom..

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

@@hajinka98_ objectively superior skill/combat system , perfect for pvp theres a reason albion online got quiet popular , rs3 could be great if there would be actual pvp in the game...

[@KappaClaus]

I will play this game until the day I die

[@rstitan4791]

Amen

[@aprilnya]

More context: They had to remove PVP and Free Trade because credit card processing companies were threatening to block them, because bots would use stolen credit cards to buy Runescape membership, to then grind and sell the gold for real money

[@Dujiko]

Simply get rid of the bots

[@hellyfire4501]

​@@Dujiko did not ever hear the phase "when you scared roach in house just burn it down with napalm"

[@thema8871]

@@Dujiko incredible take wow if only the industry had tried that well done

[@XWeedhunterX]

And it solved absolutely nothing.

[@l0lan00b3]

Hot take here BUT if they hadn't done what they did to counter rwt i think it would have died

[@kittenadoption9127]

Kinda completely misleading because although removing wildy pvp and free trade, and adding EOC pissed a lot of people off.... most of that was resolved years ago. People hate RS3 because it is monetized at every single gametick and progression means nothing because it's all buyable.

[@stupiddoginprofilepicture]

Most skills are buyable in osrs.

[@unrealmagic6519]

This dude just did a quick google search of EoC controversy and made a cheap video out of it without knowing ANYTHING about Runescape. They didn't remove free trade without a reason

[@shadowling77777]

Why did they

[@unrealmagic6519]

@@shadowling77777 views

[@54321jcc]

@@shadowling77777 Real World Trading by criminal entities who used stolen credit cards to buy membership. The problem got so bad that apparently the credit card companies threatened to cut them off and report Jagex as a fraudulent entity.

[@davemeade4371]

​@@shadowling77777 supposedly to combat RWT yet the biggest RWTers today have roots in Jagex teams i.e. Stella(over 50k irl dollars worth of rsgp scammed with proof) in bed with the senior anti-cheat guy of Jagex HQ Trident.

[@LowkeyFee]

“Just because it’s new doesn’t mean it’s better” -CounterStrike 😂😂😂

[@sonlaxx]

This is the one game I think I am never going to put down

[@cr9281]

I am very scared of that too😢

[@winzlow125]

“Here lies sonlaxx. He had a max cape on osrs and managed to pay the bills, too. Niceeeee. RIP” Gonna need a graveyard somewhere in the world reserved for scapers, fr

[@liam3128]

@@winzlow125”Got pked at school”

[@winzlow125]

@@liam3128 dark lol

[@yellowredblue]

And Halo 3. Also, winzlow, I feel called out lol.

[@misc1ick]

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug

[@kindafatkindastrong5683]

I think nostalgia isn't even a big part it genuinely just has a lot of fun replayable content

[@therebelofchaos1674]

Nostalgia can only carry an old game so far. Look at how dead Classic WoW is now for a great example of that. OSRS genuinely just has a good gameplay loop and has a lot of fun content that is constantly being added. All that to say that the game has evolved past nostalgia at this point.

[@kindafatkindastrong5683]

@@therebelofchaos1674 100%

[@santigutierrezd818]

​@@therebelofchaos1674wrong. Nostalgia is the reason which people return to the Game. All arguments are justifying an addiction ( not as Bad as a drug). Every osrs player seeks dopamine( real life sources of dopamine are harder to get, cause it requires more effort), some more than others. You gotta let it go at some point,otherwise the Game is draining your vitality.

[@therebelofchaos1674]

@@santigutierrezd818 The game grew past nostalgia. It doesn't keep you around forever. You either let go or you find other reasons to have fun beyond nostalgia. It's really not that deep and idk wtf you're trying to make it deeper lmfao.

[@Cuttablebeast1]

A player named "SoWrecked" created a petition in 2012 that got over 100 thousand votes to bring back old school RuneScape, Jagex saw this and made a poll on their website - if the poll got x-amount of votes they would bring x amount of features to the game. That's how old school RuneScape came to be.

[@SkedgySky]

I remember that petition by Jagex.

[@De4dSp0t]

Forget more popular than rs3, It's one of the most played and popular mmorpgs period. It gets millions of users logging in every month and over 2 million daily players.

[@nawab256]

Old School RuneScape is the best MMO in the world in my opinion. Every new armor set is more of a lateral upgrade than a vertical one.. PVP is well balanced without hurting PVE and the quest are amazing. The reward structure is more content. You just can’t beat it and the combat is simplistic but also complex. Also no micro transactions outside of bonds.

[@Pku4life001]

absolutely loved playing osrs back in 07 before eoc, it was the legit end of it all, so happy that i came back and still enjoy it!

[@Dr.Frasier_Crane]

It wasn’t exactly like that lol. They weren’t trying to kill the game, it was in its peak. They had to make the choices they made to make sure it was still relevant and up to date, as well as secure from bots, scammers, and RWT’s. This video is extremely misleading. They did not intend to kill the game.

[@wetter4293]

Thanks Dr. Crane, but they tried to make it relevant and up to date by imposing misguided leadership decisions on the game and its community. What made the game popular was its uniqueness and the way the EOC was implemented (E.g. how no one really knew about the change until it was already final) was proof enough that the people in position of power responsible for handling the special magic (pun intended) they had, and guiding it and fostering it into the future did so in one of the worst ways possible... From a community member's perspective, this negligence is no different than trying to kill the game purposefully.

[@javabeanz8549]

Maybe they didn't intend to kill the game, but they almost succeeded anyway.

[@SkyzzzGaming]

how is it extremely misleading its just a fun little video its not supposed to be the oxford dictionary standard of knowledge its just a fun little short

[@boomerj361]

They didn't intend to but they did.

[@MayoSama710]

​@@SkyzzzGaming because unfortanately alot of people will view this short as gospel

[@silentcartographer5490]

It’s very generous of you to omit the fact that RS3 is now practically a mobile gacha game where not only is it p2w, you’re also constantly bombarded with ads to spend money as you play.

[@linksora7120]

The only thing I wish was in old school runescape was summoning and dungeneering, to me thats the old school experience I was used to and it was after dungeneering until the big update that shifted a lot of the game after that where I stopped playing. Osrs is amazing and I’m so happy to be able to play it, but with the ability to add things to the game, just dungeneering and summoning would do so much more for the game. Oh and can pet drops be put lower a tiny bit for the sake of sanity 😊

[@barraganadalberto7]

30 years. Still play on and off. You’re either a lifer or you’re not. OSRS the goat.

[@Rodgerwilco91]

This guy doesn’t understand the dynamics of the game or it’s history whatsoever.

[@matthewavitua4860]

I’m 30 years old and I STILL HATE that they did this

[@worscohli]

same. this was like my first big "WTF" moment. Completely destroyed their own game cuz they couldnt control spammers. Yet ebay, paypal and western union were doin just fine. they shouldve did more research on the finance side of things instead of ruining their game and so many kids happines. I legit stopped playing when they ruined wildy.

[@matthewavitua4860]

@@worscohli right…. They brought it back but not a lot of people play no?

[@worscohli]

@@matthewavitua4860 yea i think they brought it back but the damage was done. also i dont think new players even know about the wild, i think they see PvP and assume its all in the pvp worlds. haha. also didnt jagex take away "Duel's" too if im not mistaken?

[@psychoknight9208]

IF IT AINT BROKE DONT FIX IT

[@iscottjones]

You explain stuff a bit out of context. First, Jagex reinstated trading and pvp after a player vote. But it's important to know that the game was already dying because of the insane amount of bots. Jagex felt they had no choice but to remove elements of the game that the bots relied on. They "didn't try to kill the game". They tried to improve things by making changes. Ilbiet, they were bad changes for the player base. In fairness to Jagex, they made changes that no other company has ever done before, they couldn't have known the effects of such changes until after implementing them. The combat update was the true killer, but you are so wrong about "no one asking for a new combat system. They were competing with WOW at the time, and a significant portion of players did in fact discuss in RS forums, and requested combat changes. It was polled countless times.

[@tundaja]

They never should have limited trade and literally everyonenhated eoc even before it came out, not saying jagex is evil but they sure made some very very very stupid ass desitions

[@rhuarkk2138]

@@tundajathey had no choice, credit card companies were about to shut the game down completely because of the RWT issue and kids stealing parents cards to buy gold or membership. They literally had to take drastic action to keep the game from being BANNED.

[@evoxterrier5124]

See I always enjoyed the 2 games seperately. Ever since I began playing runescape, I was also playing Wow when I'd take breaks from RS. I loved both games as they were and I never wanted them to blend. When eoc came out I went strictly wow until I heard about 07 scape coming back. I haven't played wow since then weirdly

[@TeezyTattoos]

Yeah people were excited for EOC until it came out

[@AD-wg8ik]

Really? I don’t remember anybody asking for EOC in the community

[@Master_Roshi420]

While I don’t completely disagree I think it should be noted they did everything in their power to make sure osrs worked, how the community wanted it to work.

[@unrealmagic6519]

Next poll the mods are gonna ask if they can wipe their ass. Don't need a poll for EVERYTHING

[@DaDankStrafe]

This should serve as a blueprint for other developers. If Call of Duty brought back Verdansk for Warzone, it would blow up. They just refuse to listen to the community.

[@Zjelli1]

Bro I'm so close to having enough for a bond

[@mjkhan9664]

I still remember back in the 2000s when i was in Middle school this game was EVERYTHING, also the WoW hype was starting. Its crazy that almost 20 years later its still got a community

[@jessehadley3155]

I can't even describe how excited I was when I heard they were bringing osrs back. me and all my freinds who played back in 2004 started playing again, and it was so awesome to experience a brand new economy. pking so many gmauls early on when they were super expensive was so insane. they literally brought back the best version of the game. I fear they may make the same mistake again though cus were seeing so many new weapons added and now people can stack 150+ damage

[@winzlow125]

I agree on the excitement of the game coming back. Same thing, me and the old game buddies still kept in touch and started our accounts together. The tough pill to swallow was having to start fresh. But still, day one felt like day one of a deadman tourney lol

[@alexdelhoyo9179]

it's impossible to pk good players without stacking them out.

[@therebelofchaos1674]

It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. It's either add new content and deal with power creep, or let the game lose interest over time and die because nothing new is coming out.

[@sacuv5704]

​@alexdelhoyo9179 what does that even mean xd

[@aaroncrawford9624]

“tHe BiGgEsT cOmPlAiNt wE HaD wAs ThE CoMbAt iS BoRiNg” -Mod Mark Perfect example of jagex listening to the loud minority 🙄

[@ethanpeeples6187]

nostalgia is one hell of a drug. Still holds up though

[@Jay-rb5pg]

TBF free trade and wilderness issue was to stop gold sellers because they were stealing credit card numbers off kids buying gold, setting up a bunch of accounts to farm gold. Then when the parents noticed and charged back the illicit charges, the CC companies almost banned Jagex from taking credit card payments, which would have killed the game.

[@jj-vu5ov]

Even despite the huge community for runescape, OSRS is actually a really great cautionary tale of how a few god-awful developers can ruin a good original. Literally they had to implement the polling system which explicitly acknowledges that they cannot be trusted to make changes in their own game they manage. And it was very effective in blocking PVP from getting any positive updates for years.

[@naterksmr]

Same thing that happened with Star Wars Battlefront. They tried to remake it, and it came out worse. People remember the old one far more fondly than the new one

[@chriskalley1475]

I think the reason they did all the terrible updates was in effort to try to stop all the bots. I know that was a big reason behind the trade limit Not saying they did a good job of that but i think that was the goal

[@Zzinck]

I agree with you. But the real reason EOC happened is because Jagex felt the games PVM was very limited by the combat that RuneScape had. By making the combat more in-line with other MMO's (not exactly though) and reworking the required levels for gear and then opening up the options of 120 skills they are able to really expand on PVM.

[@XWeedhunterX]

Runescape used to be special, a game based on ticks (action per 1 tick is 0,6 seconds) The players who perfect their technique around manipulating game ticks will always be more skilled than anyone spamming skills like WOW, Rift etc.

[@unrealmagic6519]

@@XWeedhunterX You do realize the tick system is still in Runescape 3 and its still VERY relevant right? Look up 4 ticking. And you're delusional if you think OSRS PVM is harder than RS3

[@Kyuteiru]

I play both games. OSRS for general skilling and RS3 for bossing and pvm.

[@JeffZuccMusk]

​@@KyuteiruOSRS for skilling?? Are you insane. Sounds like a nightmare to train agility or runecrafting on OSRS. It's only for pking for me.

[@Kyuteiru]

@@JeffZuccMusk I dont touch pking at all and combat on osrs is boring for me so skilling is what's left.

[@tannercortez]

Credit card scammers was the big reason why they took out pvp and made trade limits. Jagex got in a really crappy pickle back in the day

[@TheBiigBadWolf]

I remember they gave you the option to log in in between servers of oldschool and new school runescape and then sent out a message, the next time you log in thats your permanent server…. I wrongly chose rs3 thinking this is the future duh(even though I hated the fighting mechanic).

[@RobertGriffith9]

EOC was an issue, but people would have adapted eventually. But the real nail in the coffin was the added mtx, which justified players' belief that the game was going downhill and ensured most of them wouldn't bother with rs3.

[@derosterhaze4059]

Nah. The Problem was the Community. Limited trade was the awnser to to much scamming, they removed PvP because of luring. They did nothing for No reason. But im thankfull, the RS3 Community went nice and quite friendly again.

[@xubious]

Literally every game would be the funnest thing ever if they copied osrs. Imagine a halo mmorpg split up between humans and the covenant. You start off as a marine or a grunt and end game is master chief or the arbiter. You could progress with jackals, brutes, ODST characters etc. the osrs formula works for anything!

[@2iinfinite]

The trade limit was to prevent your inventory/bank from being drained in the event of a hack, thats why they also added bank pins. I stopped playing for a few years came back and couldnt remember my bank pin.. I do miss pvp wilderness, and pvp worlds.

[@TecnoMTA]

and now they cry because they dont get updates, like wtf

[@Yoduh916]

When they created the new runescape it real life boosted the old school runescape by 308.56% popularity and made 10x more money 💀

[@virtualnuke-bl5ym]

I think one of the only reasons people play RS3 anymore is to make money for bonds, because it's maybe 1/10th the amount of time required to earn a bond in RS3 than OSRS due to the insane price of a bond now and since they just upped the cost of one by a dollar the GP price will just keep increasing

[@ducksquidbat8315]

Why is it more popular? Bots and 10 people that play have 2 alts, 3 dead hardcore Ironman and a UIM.

[@micarxsjr]

Don’t understand how you’ll show a pvp clip when it seems like 90% of the community despises anything wilderness related?

[@gl22222]

Found this game on the website mini clip for old flash games back in 2004. I was such a young kid that I didn’t even log into on the Jagex website for at least a few months when a friend was baffled that I was playing it on another website. I had a f2p account where I just did all the quests and leveled all the combat skills while flipping items behind the Varrock bank. I played f2p until around when Construction and Hunting were released. I had a membership until Summoning came out and when it did, I immediately stopped playing because the combat and aesthetic just felt weird.

[@JGS819]

Ahhh mini clip.. I remember RuneScape being on there as well as some good ones like monkey snowball

[@shrub8644]

Actually the number 1 thing that killed Runescape was probably the microtransactions

[@RandallClark]

As someone who played since 2006, and took a break from 2012 until February of this year, and as someone who played osrs for a couple years RS3 is in a pretty good spot atm. EOC has been massively improved, there's a legacy mode, and my og account with all the stats and gear and progress is so sweet. I never really connected with osrs, I hated doing things over I had already earned.

[@One_Zhadosian]

Me neither, but legacy mode is a bandaid on the hemorrhage of a problem.

[@RandallClark]

@@One_Zhadosian I can understand that, back in the day I was all about the grind but now as an adult I just don't have the time anymore to play 8-12 hours a day, I'm lucky to get 8 hours a week. So the easyscape shit has done a decent job at helping to catch up.

[@One_Zhadosian]

@@RandallClark good for you then. I play osrs on my original acc, and though don't have the time or effort that yters have to do everything at maximum efficiency; I still gradually make progress in it. I started fresh in the game I love because rs3 fundamentally isn't the runescape I enjoy. I'm not nearly the top player, but I'm further on than my osrs account at this point. Original rs isn't a side option for me, and I'm so glad they've expanded it from it's roots.

[@Peglegkickboxer]

I'm sad that you can't trade or pvp but at least the new RuneScape is not as grindy as osrs because I got a job and chores and life stuff to do. I grinded wood cutting and fire making from lvl 30 to 40 in 3 hours while doing spreadsheets for work since their system is more automated and faster. I won't forget we the endless hours of grinding for little reward after school 18 years ago.

[@nigahiga878]

EoC microtransactions and the temporary removal of free trade were the 3 biggest killers

[@jame8618]

This the wilderness removal too

[@unrealmagic6519]

Yeah not like you can literally buy gold from Jagex

[@TheSleyar]

Rs3 currently is a good game tho

[@chalopsten1408]

Yeah exactly. The people that hated eoc just sucked at it and didn't understand it kinda like the people that still roll around with revolution ++.

[@theflyingdutchmannl]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CHESTER9871]

When the sounds of ancient magic made me sht myself more than anything in my 29 years of being alive

[@96Tauan]

Forgot to mention the micro transactions that went so bad that you could basically buy 99s that requires hours of game play

[@Paulo34343]

I like to chill in OSRS when i get back home from work, at least 1-2 hours a night is alright with me. Even with my fulfilled adult life where i go to work, go to gym 3x a week, and having a girlfriend, i still find enjoyment in OSRS, even if it's not 8 hours a day.

[@rollme1kenobi914]

Boomer? I'm 28 and old school is the goat

[@miasma1718]

while these are all true, it's important to note that old school runescape is no longer the same game it was in 2007 - a lot of content additions and changes have been made, from quality of life stuff to new quests to new minigames, and then some i think this goes to show that new things (or in some cases, things from rs3) aren't inherently repellant to the community, so long as they're 1. polled and 2. within what you could call the "spirit" of the game, in that it doesn't compromise the integrity of existing content

[@grizzah7904]

Bias asf they are both good and I play both

[@nixonrivera1276]

You always go back to it never forget where we come from lads!

[@umarrii]

"the one thing this boomer ass community doesn't like is change" Meanwhile OSRS has very frequent updates that change the game in huge ways 😭 the difference is that they're often good updates because the players actually get to vote on what is added to the game. It's a really important point that is so overlooked by the wider gaming community.

[@ledderfayes]

Rs3 did that exact thing 10 times over, but somehow everyone left it for OSRS

[@thetinman104]

I haven't played this since abyssal whips were the best weapon in the game lol

[@sophiathompson9583]

It’s awesome

[@Chewy-chew]

Yup! I keft off with one and full drag armour

[@ledderfayes]

Just fyi there's "legacy combat mode" on rs3, it's literally how i got to magic 99

[@tannerkerfes354]

You guys do realize that without eoc there wouldn’t even be anymore RuneScape they were broke and nearly going to sell that game but they introduced that to entice new and more players and introducing squeal of fortune literally brought them out of bankruptcy

[@LlNKENDARK]

EoC isnt the problem, the fact they just milk the game using mtx is.

[@cattysplat]

Mountains of MMOs died trying to climb the hill that WoW sat on, by copy what WoW did. Smart MMOs learned to do what they did best - being different.

[@jschannel2892]

I left due to the combat update. I returned due to the ironman mode. Returning and making a fresh hardcore ironman. TOTALLY new game

[@Abellardo]

Glad to see the legend Billiam Blockard III Esquire make an appearance

[@AnthonyArmour]

they killed PvP and free trade then the players removed it and called it ironman mode and asked for a legit game mode that did the same thing.

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

Stopping playing Runescape has been one of the best decisions ive ever made

[@arenuzzle6282]

I played since a kid 2004 now I got 5 kids

[@StyleshStorm]

"just because it's new doesn't mean it's better" me with Soul Calibur V instead of it's successor that excluded my main the only female fighting game character in existence I loved.

[@xubious]

Any game that has devs who play osrs like actually play the end game and pvp… I’m checking that game out every time

[@pedatoore]

Rs3 just recently lost like 40% of its players because some new update, osrs broke a player record a few weeks ago

[@AD-wg8ik]

I remember the “We pay to PK” riots back when I was like a 4th grader 😂

[@taylorbrooks1700]

I am and always will be a OSRS player, but the playerbase counts are nearly the same once you remove the bots from OSRS

[@shivur5073]

Because its not pay 2 win and its community driven

[@Mad_ox52]

Gaming is dead. They just care about putting as much buyable cosmetics etc. Into the game instead of focus on build a good game

[@AarieaaronFTW]

CS player calling out the RuneScape community for being averse to change is hilarious

[@sterio2235]

An easy way to see if something is titanium is to take a grinding wheel to it. If you don't see the characteristic white sparks of titanium, then you haven't damaged anything of value

[@meatsue_]

sucks that people still think rs3 has any of these things stil applied. rs3 is such a great game compared. i wish osrs players would give it a try and stop blindly bashing it ): i know some of the hardcore osrs players would lvoe the grind. im maxe don both ends i vouch for it please give it a solid mindful try!!

[@osrsbeatrs3249]

RS3 still has trade limits on F2P players whose accounts were created after a certain date and won’t be removed until after they obtain membership. They can only trade up to 25,000 GP worth of items, which is barely anything.

[@WoodyWestYorkshire]

Honestly, both in their own class, I hated when they brought out EoC and didn't play RS3 till about two years ago when I said I'd give myself time to get into it and funnily enough I did. I still have no clue what the majority of stuff does, but it's good to see how far the games gone since I started playing in 2004. As always though, back on oldschool, because there's just somethings you can't beat. Would recommend to anyone who has any interest in RS3 to give it a little go, join a friendly community clan to help you out, definitely a more welcoming community and extremely helpful.

[@xr1650]

I remember the first time I saw that game I thought it was trash until I tried it and got hooked 😂. That game is a gem and there is no other like it.

[@hoylsaintjebus]

a better question, why aren't you playing runescape?

[@Kansparel]

Popular??? 80% are bots on daily log in

[@OmegaJazz]

the actual reason is that most RS3 Players are already maxed out and have technically completed the game thereby attracting them to OSRS. AT least that is the reason for me.

[@JustinW90]

It's nostalgia but not for me. If I want the game to not be so easy, I play Iron.

[@charlesmarshall3866]

PvP is still there, you can trade freely, and you have the option to switch to the older style combat, or set up auto attacks to make combat still easy.

[@hangyao479]

Better jagex staff works on osrs as well. They actually poll players. Meanwhile in rs3 bears the burden of all the mtx so that osrs can be mtx free

[@osrsbeatrs3249]

Beauty in simplicity. It fills a simple niche and is much cheaper than paying for AAA games and high-quality hardware.

[@victorrenato835]

The fact 60% player base are bots help in the numbers lol

[@brandont7262]

A great story of nostalgia and addiction

[@CoveQuackers]

Necromancy made rs3 unbelievably full again.

[@lil_NlGHTMARE]

In osrs we vote for every update. If we as players don't like the pitch, we vote no and it never sees the light of day.

[@IGSpawns]

Been playing for the past 18 years gotta say I'm much more into RS3 than OSRS

[@kuzol5384]

I don't play anymore, but this game has a sweet spot in my heart. I was excited to transfer my character to RS2’s launch. I gave it a shot when HCIM came out. I started collecting seaweed and burned myself out.