I've been working at a client for the past two weeks. Sadly, I don't have any internet access there, which is making work a bit of a pain. With my job I usually have to wait for them to gather and bring me info so that I can work on it. This leaves me with nothing really to do for an hour or two at a time. This is when I usually check my email, log on to my company's server remotely to do other work, or whatever. However with no internet, just sitting in an office with nothing to do is mind-numbingly boring. This had me looking for anything built into my laptop to keep me amused.
I started looking at the games already installed on my HP. Its different from the Hearts, Freecell, Solitaire and Minesweeper we had a few years ago. This has an interface kind of like iTunes. You open the files, get 2 chances to play each game and then are charged a subscription fee. The games are ok, and it was enough to keep me occupied. Anyways, there is a point and yes, I'm getting to it. A few days ago, I noticed one of the options was Funorb. I thought that was a little weird, but it figured reasonable. Today (I think the games options gets updated when I'm online at home) I noticed another option - Runescape HD.
Runescape must not only be overhauling game content, but really stepping up the advertising. The link takes you to a runescape page giving a short description and basically an ad pitch. You can view it here.
This seems like it will hit a huge audience, especially in F2P. I don't remember how I came across runescape, although I'm sure I googled something like "free online multiplayer games." This new demographic is much wider, the general person playing around on a laptop looking to cure boredom. Someone who may has never played an MMORPG or even knows what those letters stand for. The HD overhaul is exactly what the game makers needed in order to open the RS market to a wider audience.
I would love to see a new influx of casual gamers into the game. Its sort of what Nintendo did for making the Wii not only for hardcore gamers, but opening it up to everyone. If we get an influx of new players and the game grows, that most certainly means new content. Some of those other HP games offered run in real time, so if you don't keep checking on them, your fish tank dies, your villagers go hungry, whatever. This is exactly like the daily chores that are becoming more and more part of the game.
It looks like Runescape is expanding more than ever, and that's something I'm glad to see. There's always those rumors about it ending, and that's always hard to cope with when you've built a solid base of friends that are only based in one realm. We've come this far, its always good to see something we love embracing new people and the community opening to such a wider audience.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Starry, Starry Night
I think I need to stop reading Runescape Forums. It’s like a den of negativity. No matter what the update, people will kick and scream about how they are against it. This week they came up with a few interesting distractions with the spy penguins, shooting stars and the circus, but it seems people are only concerned about the falling economy.
Yes, prices are going down. It might be because they will soon release new equipment, it might be that people are quitting members because of school starting again, it might be for another reason entirely. People keep asking Jagex to step in, regulate the economy and protect their “hard earned” money. I’ve touched before about how I feel about people who play this game only to get “rich.” It makes no sense to me. Why this is such a sore subject shows that people who play just play are getting fewer and further between. I notice increasingly more people standing in banks asking for price checks so they can show you every little thing in the bank so they can tabulate their “total worth.” I used to help people out with this, thinking maybe they just got an object for the first time and want to find out its value, or maybe they want to know how much they make at one run of something like Barrows. I understand that. Its just been so discouraging lately that now I don’t even bother to help, which in turn, makes me feel like I’m neglecting my own community.
The GE is player regulated, and I’m sure some have found ways of manipulating it. Be it intentional, or just impatience. What I can’t understand is the asking the creators of the game to step in and intervene. I’m not sure why they would even care. The RS economy, like all economies, is open to fluctuation. However, it differs in many ways. For starters, its not real. I know this comment can be taken the wrong way, but think about when a government steps in to help out with a recession or an inflation crisis. People can’t afford to eat, are being kicked out of their homes for not making payments, etc. This has no bearing in Runescape. The character you have created doesn’t need to eat to stay alive, unless in battle. He/she doesn’t make mortgage payments or pay the gas bill to keep the heat on. What people are complaining about are luxuries. Its like complaining that the price of a BMW has dropped by a couple thousand dollars. Why Jagex would have any concern because a godsword or a whip has dropped is just illogical to me. Neither of those things are necessary. Sure, they’re nice, but you can live in Gielinor, perfectly happy, without either.
I’m amused by the player predictions about the game, however. The picture in the advertisement banner is in red, so Dragon Platebodies will be released this week!! Simply said, but then taken and strewn as fact into other threads. Runescaper75 proved Dragon Platebodies are being released this week, therefore… One person’s theories are taken and used as references? Really? Where did he prove it? Maybe it’s the legal background I have, but I’m inherently skeptical about anything unless there is actual proof, and one person saying it based on an interpretation of a picture is hardly proof. Too keep some amused though, ok fine, I believe you. Dragon Platebodies are coming out, Sailing is the new skill, there’s a new Godwars Dungeon coming out, Rune & Addy dragons will come out, all of this.. by next Tuesday.
It’s also annoying to me about how people will complain about experience rewards. People complaining about getting 1k DEF experience on their F2P pure is ridiculous. God forbid that precious pure that you “worked so hard on” gets its Defense to level 2. If you don’t want the experience, don’t do the quest, its not that hard of a subject matter to grasp. I’ve stated before, experience gets precious at upper levels. A little here and a little there adds up. Don’t ask them to take quest rewards out of the game because its not what your fifth account precious F2P pure with 50 STR wants.
Sorry for venting and the negativity, I just needed to get it out there. On positive notes, in the past week I’ve gotten four Woodcutting levels and eight Firemaking levels. I’m also up to 775 Agility Arena tickets and I can’t wait to cash them in. I realize you don’t get that much xp from doing the course, just the tickets. Cashing in 1k would get me to 69 or 70 Agility, so I’m thinking about switching to Ape Atoll after that. I haven’t done the circus event yet and I’ve only found one penguin, but I really like the shooting star update. Sure, about 7 friends and I scoured Kandarim for about forty minutes and found nothing (which I don’t understand, I’d expect to at least find a group of people around it), but I did find two yesterday. Got about 25k, 10 gold ore, 70 Cosmics and 20 Astral Runes from the first and 33k, 15 gold ore, 93 Cosmics and 33 Astral Runes from the second. Plus a bunch of Mining experience for barely any work. It’s fun, like hide & seek. Go check it out!
Yes, prices are going down. It might be because they will soon release new equipment, it might be that people are quitting members because of school starting again, it might be for another reason entirely. People keep asking Jagex to step in, regulate the economy and protect their “hard earned” money. I’ve touched before about how I feel about people who play this game only to get “rich.” It makes no sense to me. Why this is such a sore subject shows that people who play just play are getting fewer and further between. I notice increasingly more people standing in banks asking for price checks so they can show you every little thing in the bank so they can tabulate their “total worth.” I used to help people out with this, thinking maybe they just got an object for the first time and want to find out its value, or maybe they want to know how much they make at one run of something like Barrows. I understand that. Its just been so discouraging lately that now I don’t even bother to help, which in turn, makes me feel like I’m neglecting my own community.
The GE is player regulated, and I’m sure some have found ways of manipulating it. Be it intentional, or just impatience. What I can’t understand is the asking the creators of the game to step in and intervene. I’m not sure why they would even care. The RS economy, like all economies, is open to fluctuation. However, it differs in many ways. For starters, its not real. I know this comment can be taken the wrong way, but think about when a government steps in to help out with a recession or an inflation crisis. People can’t afford to eat, are being kicked out of their homes for not making payments, etc. This has no bearing in Runescape. The character you have created doesn’t need to eat to stay alive, unless in battle. He/she doesn’t make mortgage payments or pay the gas bill to keep the heat on. What people are complaining about are luxuries. Its like complaining that the price of a BMW has dropped by a couple thousand dollars. Why Jagex would have any concern because a godsword or a whip has dropped is just illogical to me. Neither of those things are necessary. Sure, they’re nice, but you can live in Gielinor, perfectly happy, without either.
I’m amused by the player predictions about the game, however. The picture in the advertisement banner is in red, so Dragon Platebodies will be released this week!! Simply said, but then taken and strewn as fact into other threads. Runescaper75 proved Dragon Platebodies are being released this week, therefore… One person’s theories are taken and used as references? Really? Where did he prove it? Maybe it’s the legal background I have, but I’m inherently skeptical about anything unless there is actual proof, and one person saying it based on an interpretation of a picture is hardly proof. Too keep some amused though, ok fine, I believe you. Dragon Platebodies are coming out, Sailing is the new skill, there’s a new Godwars Dungeon coming out, Rune & Addy dragons will come out, all of this.. by next Tuesday.
It’s also annoying to me about how people will complain about experience rewards. People complaining about getting 1k DEF experience on their F2P pure is ridiculous. God forbid that precious pure that you “worked so hard on” gets its Defense to level 2. If you don’t want the experience, don’t do the quest, its not that hard of a subject matter to grasp. I’ve stated before, experience gets precious at upper levels. A little here and a little there adds up. Don’t ask them to take quest rewards out of the game because its not what your fifth account precious F2P pure with 50 STR wants.
Sorry for venting and the negativity, I just needed to get it out there. On positive notes, in the past week I’ve gotten four Woodcutting levels and eight Firemaking levels. I’m also up to 775 Agility Arena tickets and I can’t wait to cash them in. I realize you don’t get that much xp from doing the course, just the tickets. Cashing in 1k would get me to 69 or 70 Agility, so I’m thinking about switching to Ape Atoll after that. I haven’t done the circus event yet and I’ve only found one penguin, but I really like the shooting star update. Sure, about 7 friends and I scoured Kandarim for about forty minutes and found nothing (which I don’t understand, I’d expect to at least find a group of people around it), but I did find two yesterday. Got about 25k, 10 gold ore, 70 Cosmics and 20 Astral Runes from the first and 33k, 15 gold ore, 93 Cosmics and 33 Astral Runes from the second. Plus a bunch of Mining experience for barely any work. It’s fun, like hide & seek. Go check it out!
Friday, August 22, 2008
One World, One Dream
I can’t believe the Olympics is coming to an end. I also can’t believe that Microsoft Word just auto-corrected “Olympics” to have a capital – O. The thought of spending 4 years without Team Handball is a complete bummer. Watching sports has always been inspiring to me. Spending 5 hours indoors watching the Tour de France riders leg out 100 miles through the Alps has always made me go out and go for a ride. Sure that giant hill I’d climb a few miles away isn’t the Alp D’Huez, but mentally it was.
I’ve never been that good of a swimmer. I grew up surfing the beaches in Jersey where you could always stand if needed. Getting around in the ocean without a board leashed to my ankle always meant walking in the sand against the current. Don’t get me wrong, I can “not drown” but I wouldn’t say my freestyle is anything close to graceful. That said, in what you might call a subconsciously Phelps-inspired move, I joined a swim program at my gym. Basically, it rewards you for little accomplishments you make in swimming the lap pool.
It starts off with some easy tasks. 100m, or 4 laps. Gradually working its way up. The equivalent of the English Channel, ending with 100 miles. Of course, these all aren’t going to be done in one sitting. I’ll do a few laps, go home, come back the next day and do some more. Each level is awarded with a patch which shows your accomplishment. If I could sew, maybe this would end up on something, but I have a feeling it’ll end up in a drawer somewhere.
Once again though, it’s a little bit of life imitating Runescape, or vice versa. The first few levels will be easy, and maybe I’ll even get a couple in a day. The end, however, will take days and dedication to get to the next level. Maybe I’ll sputter out in the middle somewhere and get distracted by another skill, or maybe I’ll keep with it to achieve my goal of completing them all. The reward is minor, fireworks above the head, maybe a sparkler lit in the backyard. A patch that shows what you’ve accomplished or a cape to cover the shoulders. Either way, regardless of how minor the actual reward, the sense of pride is really what we work towards. You don’t necessarily need a patch or cape to prove to yourself what you’ve done. So like all those amazing athletes we gather every 4 (or 2) years to watch, just stick to what you set. Proving something to yourself is almost better than proving it to others.
I’ve never been that good of a swimmer. I grew up surfing the beaches in Jersey where you could always stand if needed. Getting around in the ocean without a board leashed to my ankle always meant walking in the sand against the current. Don’t get me wrong, I can “not drown” but I wouldn’t say my freestyle is anything close to graceful. That said, in what you might call a subconsciously Phelps-inspired move, I joined a swim program at my gym. Basically, it rewards you for little accomplishments you make in swimming the lap pool.
It starts off with some easy tasks. 100m, or 4 laps. Gradually working its way up. The equivalent of the English Channel, ending with 100 miles. Of course, these all aren’t going to be done in one sitting. I’ll do a few laps, go home, come back the next day and do some more. Each level is awarded with a patch which shows your accomplishment. If I could sew, maybe this would end up on something, but I have a feeling it’ll end up in a drawer somewhere.
Once again though, it’s a little bit of life imitating Runescape, or vice versa. The first few levels will be easy, and maybe I’ll even get a couple in a day. The end, however, will take days and dedication to get to the next level. Maybe I’ll sputter out in the middle somewhere and get distracted by another skill, or maybe I’ll keep with it to achieve my goal of completing them all. The reward is minor, fireworks above the head, maybe a sparkler lit in the backyard. A patch that shows what you’ve accomplished or a cape to cover the shoulders. Either way, regardless of how minor the actual reward, the sense of pride is really what we work towards. You don’t necessarily need a patch or cape to prove to yourself what you’ve done. So like all those amazing athletes we gather every 4 (or 2) years to watch, just stick to what you set. Proving something to yourself is almost better than proving it to others.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Vacation, All I Ever Wanted
Real life needs to take priority over online gaming. Spending time with friends and having fun needs to take priority over most things even in real life. Sure, we need to work for a living but when it comes down to either spending a night out for a friend’s birthday or wanting to wake up early to go for a long run, you can rest assured I usually wake up late with a headache. Some things can wait, but friends might not always be there.
That said, going to baseball games (Go Phils!), bike rides, days at the beach, camping trips, etc. have all taken up time I would normally spend playing RS. This is fine with me. My playing always takes a dive in the summer, every indoor activity does. I spend 8am-6pm in an office and when I get home I want to be outside. I’m convinced I am solar powered. I hate being inside, except to either watch the Olympics, the Tour de France or baseball. In the winter I can’t stand to fight the slush and wind and generally stay inside more. When I first moved to Manhattan, people thought I was from California because I was so adverse to the cold. I would tell them I’m from 99 miles south of this glorious island, they would tell me I should be used to the winters. Let me just say, you do not get used to it. All that time indoors those months drives me to stay outdoors these months.
That said, I travel about 2-3 weeks a month for work. Being in these strange cities has made me play a little more often than previous summers. This leads to a few different things. The first is, playing more makes me want to play more. The second, playing more makes me want to be inside playing more. I would have no problem with this if the conditions were miserable outside. However, its gorgeous. Some of this has been alleviated by being able to play outside on the deck using my laptop, while firing up the grill. The other point this brings up is that the more I play, the more goals and ambitions I set for myself in the game.
Playing roughly an hour a day, more on weekends and maybe about 2-3 hours when away on work trips has definitely made me into a “better” player. By that I mean, I’ve gotten more levels than I normally would have. However being less than 100k from an Attack level, and instead of being able to bang it out in a session, it takes about 3 days is incredibly frustrating. With that limited time, I try to get in the chores I can (definitely battlestaves, might sacrifice the pineapples though), then I’m usually indecisive as to what I should work on because its too insignificant to make any real kind of impact. My RS life has been hectic and part of me feels a little bad not devoting time to it. New friends meeting old ones (worlds collide!) and getting along, new friends in general, fun new clan events to places I’ve never been before, enough 99 parties to almost match the amount of real life weddings I’ve had to attend lately.
Part of me just wants to take a week off. A week off from work. A week off from all obligations and just play the game. Would I then be satisfied? A week is a long time with all those hours to play each and every day. I could get so much accomplished! I only have 30 quests left and I haven’t quested in about a month, I could easily finish that with a week off. 7 days, roughly 4-5 quests a day, definitely do-able. Think of all the Agility tickets that I could have. All the Cooking xp that would lead to my cape trimming. All those steels just waiting to drop a dragon face that I’ve wanted so bad. I guess this is just the mindset of your addicted player. Maybe the playing less is making me appreciate it more. Since I have so little time, I’m spending more time preparing for what I want to do as to not waste any time when I log in. Those 15 minutes of dazing off at work are usually RS induced by glancing at high scores. Since I get this much xp/hr, I can level at that in 15 mins, then make the quick hop over to *insert skill here* where I can almost level, but I’ll definitely get it tomorrow.
Maybe a vacation from real life is what we all crave at some point. Escaping reality is a major factor in a lot of players. So here, while I file state forms and call clients, I’m daydreaming of being at home, phone off, tv on, perhaps sipping a cold one and slaying some dragons because I am a mighty warrior. You feel that way too, right?
That said, going to baseball games (Go Phils!), bike rides, days at the beach, camping trips, etc. have all taken up time I would normally spend playing RS. This is fine with me. My playing always takes a dive in the summer, every indoor activity does. I spend 8am-6pm in an office and when I get home I want to be outside. I’m convinced I am solar powered. I hate being inside, except to either watch the Olympics, the Tour de France or baseball. In the winter I can’t stand to fight the slush and wind and generally stay inside more. When I first moved to Manhattan, people thought I was from California because I was so adverse to the cold. I would tell them I’m from 99 miles south of this glorious island, they would tell me I should be used to the winters. Let me just say, you do not get used to it. All that time indoors those months drives me to stay outdoors these months.
That said, I travel about 2-3 weeks a month for work. Being in these strange cities has made me play a little more often than previous summers. This leads to a few different things. The first is, playing more makes me want to play more. The second, playing more makes me want to be inside playing more. I would have no problem with this if the conditions were miserable outside. However, its gorgeous. Some of this has been alleviated by being able to play outside on the deck using my laptop, while firing up the grill. The other point this brings up is that the more I play, the more goals and ambitions I set for myself in the game.
Playing roughly an hour a day, more on weekends and maybe about 2-3 hours when away on work trips has definitely made me into a “better” player. By that I mean, I’ve gotten more levels than I normally would have. However being less than 100k from an Attack level, and instead of being able to bang it out in a session, it takes about 3 days is incredibly frustrating. With that limited time, I try to get in the chores I can (definitely battlestaves, might sacrifice the pineapples though), then I’m usually indecisive as to what I should work on because its too insignificant to make any real kind of impact. My RS life has been hectic and part of me feels a little bad not devoting time to it. New friends meeting old ones (worlds collide!) and getting along, new friends in general, fun new clan events to places I’ve never been before, enough 99 parties to almost match the amount of real life weddings I’ve had to attend lately.
Part of me just wants to take a week off. A week off from work. A week off from all obligations and just play the game. Would I then be satisfied? A week is a long time with all those hours to play each and every day. I could get so much accomplished! I only have 30 quests left and I haven’t quested in about a month, I could easily finish that with a week off. 7 days, roughly 4-5 quests a day, definitely do-able. Think of all the Agility tickets that I could have. All the Cooking xp that would lead to my cape trimming. All those steels just waiting to drop a dragon face that I’ve wanted so bad. I guess this is just the mindset of your addicted player. Maybe the playing less is making me appreciate it more. Since I have so little time, I’m spending more time preparing for what I want to do as to not waste any time when I log in. Those 15 minutes of dazing off at work are usually RS induced by glancing at high scores. Since I get this much xp/hr, I can level at that in 15 mins, then make the quick hop over to *insert skill here* where I can almost level, but I’ll definitely get it tomorrow.
Maybe a vacation from real life is what we all crave at some point. Escaping reality is a major factor in a lot of players. So here, while I file state forms and call clients, I’m daydreaming of being at home, phone off, tv on, perhaps sipping a cold one and slaying some dragons because I am a mighty warrior. You feel that way too, right?
Monday, August 18, 2008
Silence is... Boring.
I signed on one day last week and started chatting with my friends when I realized no dialogue was appearing on my screen. Unless there's a clan event in our home world, I generally try to stick to the least populated worlds. More than one occasion, in doing so, I've unwittingly logged into a Quick Chat world and I thought this ahd been the case again. I hop worlds, still no dialogue. I look a little closer and doh! I've been muted.
Now, I've been playing this game for a long time and I've never been muted or had any sort of marks against me. I never understood those with lifetime mutes, bans or who are in constant trouble. It never seemed that hard for me to not get in trouble. In fact, its kind of easy. At the same time, I've also never reported anyone. I can see where it can come in handy, especially if you're a parent, but for me, there's not really anything some random person on the internet can say that would offend me. Granted they can say some things that are offensive, but I never really cared enough to take to heart what some random person I'll never meet and probably never even have another conversation with, thinks about me.
The situation was this, someone was standing around on the docks complaining about how badly he would much rather be playing WOW and how much better it is. I responded something along the lines of "Why don't you stop complaining about it, and just go play it." Which seems fair enough. Why so many play RS only to claim that they hate playing it is beyond me. To which I was met with a hail of threats, swears, not-so-cleverly spelled words to articulate his point using curses, but that the censor wouldn't pick up. I fell for the bait, I made one quip about his intelligence and then the next 10 mins of moderately-amusing anger. After which I logged and didn't really think about it.
That's all it took, one quick line rebuttal to a hail of insults and I get a 24 mute. I would love to know what happened to him, if anything at all. In this though, I found out how frustrating a muting actually is.
The Quick Chat system is completely awkward to use if you've never really done it before. There also don't seem to be a number of options for fairly simple things. I ran into several of my friends who would run up, say hello, and about 30 seconds later after fumbling through the greetings I would come up with "Good Day!" - Something that I would never actually say, and they would guess right away that I was muted.
They would ask me how long and I was frustrated once again there was no responce to this particular question. I was asked "Is it 24 hours? Nod if it is." Oh darn, emotes. Flip over to the emote screen. Which one is nod, where is it? "Nod if it is, or even shake if its no." Looking...Looking.. Jig? No. Dance? No. My finger slipped on the skillcape emote which was met with the equivalence of a blank stare. "Just nod if yes." Muted frustration: I'm trying! I'm trying! At this point about 2 minutes has gone by, and the next words I see are "well, gotta go!" Dah! I failed. I wouldn't really want to wait around for an answer if it seemingly wasn't happening either. There are levels to be gotten!
Luckily, about 2 hours later the mute wore off (must have started while I was alseep or at work). I can't imagine how to work out common things like what you feel like doing, interesting trades or pretty much whatever. I can't imagine playing if I ever got a lifetime muting. The silence is deafening. I would have to start all the way over from scratch, and I think that would be too depressing. In the end, no matter how stupid or insulting someone is being, or how incredibly rude they are, realize your words are very important in this game. Save them for those who deserve them, your friends.
Now, I've been playing this game for a long time and I've never been muted or had any sort of marks against me. I never understood those with lifetime mutes, bans or who are in constant trouble. It never seemed that hard for me to not get in trouble. In fact, its kind of easy. At the same time, I've also never reported anyone. I can see where it can come in handy, especially if you're a parent, but for me, there's not really anything some random person on the internet can say that would offend me. Granted they can say some things that are offensive, but I never really cared enough to take to heart what some random person I'll never meet and probably never even have another conversation with, thinks about me.
The situation was this, someone was standing around on the docks complaining about how badly he would much rather be playing WOW and how much better it is. I responded something along the lines of "Why don't you stop complaining about it, and just go play it." Which seems fair enough. Why so many play RS only to claim that they hate playing it is beyond me. To which I was met with a hail of threats, swears, not-so-cleverly spelled words to articulate his point using curses, but that the censor wouldn't pick up. I fell for the bait, I made one quip about his intelligence and then the next 10 mins of moderately-amusing anger. After which I logged and didn't really think about it.
That's all it took, one quick line rebuttal to a hail of insults and I get a 24 mute. I would love to know what happened to him, if anything at all. In this though, I found out how frustrating a muting actually is.
The Quick Chat system is completely awkward to use if you've never really done it before. There also don't seem to be a number of options for fairly simple things. I ran into several of my friends who would run up, say hello, and about 30 seconds later after fumbling through the greetings I would come up with "Good Day!" - Something that I would never actually say, and they would guess right away that I was muted.
They would ask me how long and I was frustrated once again there was no responce to this particular question. I was asked "Is it 24 hours? Nod if it is." Oh darn, emotes. Flip over to the emote screen. Which one is nod, where is it? "Nod if it is, or even shake if its no." Looking...Looking.. Jig? No. Dance? No. My finger slipped on the skillcape emote which was met with the equivalence of a blank stare. "Just nod if yes." Muted frustration: I'm trying! I'm trying! At this point about 2 minutes has gone by, and the next words I see are "well, gotta go!" Dah! I failed. I wouldn't really want to wait around for an answer if it seemingly wasn't happening either. There are levels to be gotten!
Luckily, about 2 hours later the mute wore off (must have started while I was alseep or at work). I can't imagine how to work out common things like what you feel like doing, interesting trades or pretty much whatever. I can't imagine playing if I ever got a lifetime muting. The silence is deafening. I would have to start all the way over from scratch, and I think that would be too depressing. In the end, no matter how stupid or insulting someone is being, or how incredibly rude they are, realize your words are very important in this game. Save them for those who deserve them, your friends.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
C.R.E.A.M.
I grew up on the crime side, the New York Times side… Sorry. Ahh money. Such a major force in the world. The dollar, the euro, yen, pound sterling, francs, lira, pesos, gil... The almighty GP! Why should Runescape be any different? So many people play the game simply to get rich at it. There’s RWT sites that will charge you real world money so that you can be rich in Runescape (hopefully these are fading away into oblivion). There’s countless websites with strategy guides stating that their way to get rich is the fastest and the easiest. Christmas crackers, party hats, Halloween masks all seem to cost as much as the gross national product as several small countries. My thoughts on gp have changed significantly over the years of playing Runescape, and here’s how.
As a lower level I couldn’t help but admire those with an almost limit-less income. They’d talk about the millions they made killing creatures I’ve never even heard of and selling their drops so they could buy armor that I’ve also never heard of. I never begged for anything to be given to me in game, I never really saw the point. Even when I was just starting out I found it to be a little annoying. We all start someplace. We all had to struggle to kill goblins to get that 10gp to get to Al Kharid at some point. Maybe it was because I started playing this game as an adult, but I always wanted to work for the gp. I would run to the pasture, kick cows to death (sorry PETA!) and run their hides over to Al Kharid to sell, and sometimes even try to hop worlds to find that elusive buyer who was willing to offer 120gp each. I toiled away, not making a lot of money and would be in awe of those who could throw millions around and not bat an eyelash. Saving up to buy full rune was a huge deal for me, and I wore it proudly.
Flash forward a couple years to present day. I feel like I’ve become an old man on Runescape. Like the old lady who clips coupons and counts pennies at the grocery store. Sure, I don’t have any problems spending money on things that I need, that’s why I worked for it. However, when you get up there in levels, you start to realize how long it takes to get to that next level. Leveling a few times a day is unheard of as it was when you were younger. Someone told me once “If it gives you experience, do it. If it doesn’t – buy it.” Since then, I’ve tried to live my Runescape life like that. I value my Steel Dragon and Avansie drops much more that I mined my mith, smithed the ores, smithed the bolts, crafted the emerald tips and enchanted them. Sure I could buy a bunch for a few thousand, but I value that little bit of Mining, Smithing, Fletching, Crafting and Magic experience so much more. Unexpected leveling is such a bonus of the game. Getting a Mage level while teleporting on a herb run, getting a Fletching level attaching feathers to bolts, the odd Mining level while getting ess to RC, its these things that are worth more than gp.
There’s the constant debate over the value of Skillcapes. Many argue that Fletching and Cooking capes are worth less because they’re relatively quick to get if you buy everything. First off, any 99 takes a good amount of time and dedication and deserves to be congratulated. These capes might not be fully appreciated by the ones with them, and have gotten them just for the sake of owning a skill cape. However, to the person who chopped all his own trees, picked his own flax, crafted his own bowstrings, the Fletching cape is a huge achievement. If a person reaches 99 cooking by cooking only the food they have accumulated themselves, its also a huge deal. I’ve been dying to get 70 Prayer recently (no pun intended). Now, I do well for myself in game. I don’t have Bill Gates or Oprah kind of money, but I live comfortably. Maybe Noah Wylie in the ER days - kind of money. Sure I could buy a bunch of Dragon Bones, find a gilded on forums and have the level I want. I feel like I appreciate it more knowing that I’ve gotten every one of my bones fighting dragons myself, and squeezing every drop of xp out of them by using the Ectofunctus.
The new lending system is something Runescape players have asked for, and most are now complaining about it. Everyone was up in arms over the trade limit and about not being able to help friends. Now, you can do that in a rather novel way, and people are complaining that their rare items are going to plummet in price. Its almost as if there is some sort of class war in Runescape society. The rich don’t want the poor acting like they have rare items as well. “OMG a lvl 49 with a phat!” In all honesty, who cares? The ones who have made the gp the ultimate goal in playing the game seem to have a lot of stress in their lives. I love my Dragon Chainbody. I fished my tail off and saved forever so that I could buy one. I had always wanted one since I was a low level. Since the update, about 5 or 6 lower levels have asked if I could lend it to them. Did I get upset, refuse to lend it to them, berate them for not being able to make millions and state that I’m boycotting the lending system? No. I wasn’t using it. Here, knock yourself out with it for an hour, kid. I know it’ll be waiting for me at my bank when I get back. It might motivate them to work harder to get one of their own. “Remember how good I looked in that D Chain? Man, I can’t wait to get one of my own!”
The game is so much more than just GP. It seems to trivialize it boiling it down to one minute aspect. There’s friends, fun, a plethora of skills to experience, quests to go on, monsters to be slain. Don’t play a game with the sole purpose of making money in it. We do these things in real life, its called work. Do it for the experiences and the experience (xp). Play it for fun, and you know that person who asks to borrow one of your items might be a pretty cool person. There’s too many Gordon Gekko’s in life as it is, don’t be another one.
As a lower level I couldn’t help but admire those with an almost limit-less income. They’d talk about the millions they made killing creatures I’ve never even heard of and selling their drops so they could buy armor that I’ve also never heard of. I never begged for anything to be given to me in game, I never really saw the point. Even when I was just starting out I found it to be a little annoying. We all start someplace. We all had to struggle to kill goblins to get that 10gp to get to Al Kharid at some point. Maybe it was because I started playing this game as an adult, but I always wanted to work for the gp. I would run to the pasture, kick cows to death (sorry PETA!) and run their hides over to Al Kharid to sell, and sometimes even try to hop worlds to find that elusive buyer who was willing to offer 120gp each. I toiled away, not making a lot of money and would be in awe of those who could throw millions around and not bat an eyelash. Saving up to buy full rune was a huge deal for me, and I wore it proudly.
Flash forward a couple years to present day. I feel like I’ve become an old man on Runescape. Like the old lady who clips coupons and counts pennies at the grocery store. Sure, I don’t have any problems spending money on things that I need, that’s why I worked for it. However, when you get up there in levels, you start to realize how long it takes to get to that next level. Leveling a few times a day is unheard of as it was when you were younger. Someone told me once “If it gives you experience, do it. If it doesn’t – buy it.” Since then, I’ve tried to live my Runescape life like that. I value my Steel Dragon and Avansie drops much more that I mined my mith, smithed the ores, smithed the bolts, crafted the emerald tips and enchanted them. Sure I could buy a bunch for a few thousand, but I value that little bit of Mining, Smithing, Fletching, Crafting and Magic experience so much more. Unexpected leveling is such a bonus of the game. Getting a Mage level while teleporting on a herb run, getting a Fletching level attaching feathers to bolts, the odd Mining level while getting ess to RC, its these things that are worth more than gp.
There’s the constant debate over the value of Skillcapes. Many argue that Fletching and Cooking capes are worth less because they’re relatively quick to get if you buy everything. First off, any 99 takes a good amount of time and dedication and deserves to be congratulated. These capes might not be fully appreciated by the ones with them, and have gotten them just for the sake of owning a skill cape. However, to the person who chopped all his own trees, picked his own flax, crafted his own bowstrings, the Fletching cape is a huge achievement. If a person reaches 99 cooking by cooking only the food they have accumulated themselves, its also a huge deal. I’ve been dying to get 70 Prayer recently (no pun intended). Now, I do well for myself in game. I don’t have Bill Gates or Oprah kind of money, but I live comfortably. Maybe Noah Wylie in the ER days - kind of money. Sure I could buy a bunch of Dragon Bones, find a gilded on forums and have the level I want. I feel like I appreciate it more knowing that I’ve gotten every one of my bones fighting dragons myself, and squeezing every drop of xp out of them by using the Ectofunctus.
The new lending system is something Runescape players have asked for, and most are now complaining about it. Everyone was up in arms over the trade limit and about not being able to help friends. Now, you can do that in a rather novel way, and people are complaining that their rare items are going to plummet in price. Its almost as if there is some sort of class war in Runescape society. The rich don’t want the poor acting like they have rare items as well. “OMG a lvl 49 with a phat!” In all honesty, who cares? The ones who have made the gp the ultimate goal in playing the game seem to have a lot of stress in their lives. I love my Dragon Chainbody. I fished my tail off and saved forever so that I could buy one. I had always wanted one since I was a low level. Since the update, about 5 or 6 lower levels have asked if I could lend it to them. Did I get upset, refuse to lend it to them, berate them for not being able to make millions and state that I’m boycotting the lending system? No. I wasn’t using it. Here, knock yourself out with it for an hour, kid. I know it’ll be waiting for me at my bank when I get back. It might motivate them to work harder to get one of their own. “Remember how good I looked in that D Chain? Man, I can’t wait to get one of my own!”
The game is so much more than just GP. It seems to trivialize it boiling it down to one minute aspect. There’s friends, fun, a plethora of skills to experience, quests to go on, monsters to be slain. Don’t play a game with the sole purpose of making money in it. We do these things in real life, its called work. Do it for the experiences and the experience (xp). Play it for fun, and you know that person who asks to borrow one of your items might be a pretty cool person. There’s too many Gordon Gekko’s in life as it is, don’t be another one.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Even Old New York Was Once New Amsterdam
When the motivation strikes, you have to seize it. I wanted to get a lot accomplished this weekend and got to do just that. I had nothing planned in real life aside from a BBQ and a couple runs to stay in shape, but with as hectic as the last two weeks have been, I just wanted to relax, play a little RS and watch some movies. I've mentioned before that I'm not a big quester. I kind of hate the back and forth-ness of it. Plus my uncanny ability to die in the oddest of situations doesn't sit well. However, as quest after quest is released, I keep falling more and more behind. So I set out to play a little catch up. I was sick of not being able to use Chivalry, so I completed Holy Grail and Kings Ransom as well as defeating all the knights. Someone had mentioned maybe a clan Trouble Brewing trip, plus I wanted the Holy Wrench so I cranked out Rum Deal and Cabin Fever. Tribal Totem and Monk's Friend seemed easy so I got those done. I can't believe I haven't done Big Chompy Bird Hunting so I did that along with Zogre Flesh Eaters (love the name, I'm a huge Fulci fan :P). Grim Tales seemed pretty cool so I did that. I can always use another place to bank so Contact! was interesting (and a little nerve racking at the end, it was the closest I came to death out of them all). And to round it out, Perils of Ice Mountain and Another Slice of H.A.M.
So there you have it 12 quests in a weekend to get me up to 204 QP. Not bad for a reluctant quester. I thought this would come in handy at Tears, but I left with a measly 55. Again. I must be terrible at that. All those quests got me some decent levels. Most notably, 71 Farming, 106 CB, 60 Agility, 62 Thieving. I finally got Summoning up to 60, costing me a pretty penny. Not a money drain, Jagex? Tell that to my wallet... Oh well, I've been doing a lot of herb runs lately, they're worth a bunch. However, I can't bring myself to sell them. I know I'll need them at some point and xp is always worth more than cash for me.
A friend came up with a pretty amusing way to measure Total Levels last night. I pretty much loved it because it instantly brought up memories of long hours of playing Civiliation. Thinking of Total Levels as the year is highly amusing. While my higher level friends are about to embark on The Great War (note - its not WW I yet), I have just renamed Neiuw Amsterdam - New York, the Ottoman Empire will be defeated in a number of days and Louis XIV is starting up the French East India Company.
This made me reflect on my earlier days as a player. Since you start off early AD, I didn't have to invent the wheel or wait for Prometheus to make his daily fire run to Zeus's house so that I can cook my mantas. Instead I've seen the discovery of new worlds, empires rise and fall, medicine make incredible leaps and bounds, the religious persecute and be persecuted, the scientists persecute and be persecuted, the heavens studied, wars fought and generations come and go. In 1664, I've seen a bunch. There is also a long way to go. Now if I can only somehow making it to 2100 without starting Global Thermonuclear War like I always do in Civilization, then we'll be making progress, my friend.
So there you have it 12 quests in a weekend to get me up to 204 QP. Not bad for a reluctant quester. I thought this would come in handy at Tears, but I left with a measly 55. Again. I must be terrible at that. All those quests got me some decent levels. Most notably, 71 Farming, 106 CB, 60 Agility, 62 Thieving. I finally got Summoning up to 60, costing me a pretty penny. Not a money drain, Jagex? Tell that to my wallet... Oh well, I've been doing a lot of herb runs lately, they're worth a bunch. However, I can't bring myself to sell them. I know I'll need them at some point and xp is always worth more than cash for me.
A friend came up with a pretty amusing way to measure Total Levels last night. I pretty much loved it because it instantly brought up memories of long hours of playing Civiliation. Thinking of Total Levels as the year is highly amusing. While my higher level friends are about to embark on The Great War (note - its not WW I yet), I have just renamed Neiuw Amsterdam - New York, the Ottoman Empire will be defeated in a number of days and Louis XIV is starting up the French East India Company.
This made me reflect on my earlier days as a player. Since you start off early AD, I didn't have to invent the wheel or wait for Prometheus to make his daily fire run to Zeus's house so that I can cook my mantas. Instead I've seen the discovery of new worlds, empires rise and fall, medicine make incredible leaps and bounds, the religious persecute and be persecuted, the scientists persecute and be persecuted, the heavens studied, wars fought and generations come and go. In 1664, I've seen a bunch. There is also a long way to go. Now if I can only somehow making it to 2100 without starting Global Thermonuclear War like I always do in Civilization, then we'll be making progress, my friend.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Some Notes & Background
I realize I started this blog and hit the ground running with no real info about why I started it or as to what my experience with Runescape even is. I'm just going to take a couple sentences and address these things and will be back for a proper post later on.
I started playing RS in late 2003 and played for only about 8-10 months. I didn't really do that much aside from F2P quests, wander around and keep myself amused. Around August 2004 I stopped playing, too many things going on in life. Flash forward 2 years. I have some free time, am looking for an interesting game to play and I thought I might as well try to log back into RS.
It worked. "Your last log on was 635 days ago." Wow. After all this time, you still remember me. And look! I vaguely recognize some of those things in my bank. Some things were different. There were a few new skills, Construction, Hunter and I didn't remember Farming, but could be I just didn't notice it. I decided I might as well get my two highest skills up, Fishing and Cooking. So thats what I did. I kept to myself, as I did when I played before. I just fished and cooked. It probably wasn't until I was in the Fishing Guild when I started seeing the same people over and over, always in the same worlds. We talked and became friends. Their shock would put me on edge when I said I had about 600 total levels and about 50qp. None of that stuff ever mattered to me until I was shown everything I was missing out on. Everyone was migrating to Piscatoris and I looked at the list of requirements like it was a mile long. I needed 19 Mage levels?? This quest so I can do this quest so I can do that quest because I need it for this quest?! So I went out, I worked my tail off. I quested, I leveled, I ran all over RS getting the items we need. When I finally got all the reqs (seemingly FOREVER later). I try to start it and.... No. I overlooked one thing. 100 qp. What did I have? 73. Expletive!
So I herded sheep, I hid from the witch, I don't even know what else I did, but when I finally got there, I couldn't express how accomplished I felt. This is what I had been missing out on. Pretty much since then I've been trying to follow that feeling. Got the diaries done, can't wait for a new one to make me train Herblore (which I hate, but will probably grow to like similar to Farming and Smithing). Got my Skillcape. I love going to group activities and pretty much exploring every section of the game. Although, the fisherman in me is partial to Trawler :P
As to why I started this blog: When I first came to the realization that I wasn't the only adult playing the game, I felt.. vindicated. I could engage in conversations that extended beyond the realms of middle school/high school plight. As my obsession for the game grew, I started to look outside the game itself for insight into it. I came across a few amazingly thought up articles about everything from the sociodynamics of the game to the impact of what certain items/events have on its economy. I also just loved hearing people talk about their accomplishments, their thoughts, their lives, in an intelligent way. At first all I would come across were tips/guides (which are all well and good for the game, just not so much interesting reading), websites who RWT for gold/items and some various blogs with about one or two entries that were abandoned years ago. For me, these thoughtful sites were the light at the end of the tunnel.
However, then I noticed with a lot of the RS changes, changes in real life, etc., the authors of these articles would leave too. There only seemed to be a handful left. I thought I might just start this one, which a lot might not read, but maybe a couple will and like it the way I anonymously liked all those others for so long. A place where I could just put my random thoughts and maybe someone will be amused or find something helpful. So to you handful of readers, thanks for stopping by. And please, stop by often :)
Update: I'm relatively new to the whole blogging thing so bare with me. I just noticed the comments were restricted, this is no longer. And also if there's anything else I can change, please feel free to leave me some suggestions. Although, be prepared to give me a little advice, outside of typing this and playing RS, I'm not that hot with computers :P
I started playing RS in late 2003 and played for only about 8-10 months. I didn't really do that much aside from F2P quests, wander around and keep myself amused. Around August 2004 I stopped playing, too many things going on in life. Flash forward 2 years. I have some free time, am looking for an interesting game to play and I thought I might as well try to log back into RS.
It worked. "Your last log on was 635 days ago." Wow. After all this time, you still remember me. And look! I vaguely recognize some of those things in my bank. Some things were different. There were a few new skills, Construction, Hunter and I didn't remember Farming, but could be I just didn't notice it. I decided I might as well get my two highest skills up, Fishing and Cooking. So thats what I did. I kept to myself, as I did when I played before. I just fished and cooked. It probably wasn't until I was in the Fishing Guild when I started seeing the same people over and over, always in the same worlds. We talked and became friends. Their shock would put me on edge when I said I had about 600 total levels and about 50qp. None of that stuff ever mattered to me until I was shown everything I was missing out on. Everyone was migrating to Piscatoris and I looked at the list of requirements like it was a mile long. I needed 19 Mage levels?? This quest so I can do this quest so I can do that quest because I need it for this quest?! So I went out, I worked my tail off. I quested, I leveled, I ran all over RS getting the items we need. When I finally got all the reqs (seemingly FOREVER later). I try to start it and.... No. I overlooked one thing. 100 qp. What did I have? 73. Expletive!
So I herded sheep, I hid from the witch, I don't even know what else I did, but when I finally got there, I couldn't express how accomplished I felt. This is what I had been missing out on. Pretty much since then I've been trying to follow that feeling. Got the diaries done, can't wait for a new one to make me train Herblore (which I hate, but will probably grow to like similar to Farming and Smithing). Got my Skillcape. I love going to group activities and pretty much exploring every section of the game. Although, the fisherman in me is partial to Trawler :P
As to why I started this blog: When I first came to the realization that I wasn't the only adult playing the game, I felt.. vindicated. I could engage in conversations that extended beyond the realms of middle school/high school plight. As my obsession for the game grew, I started to look outside the game itself for insight into it. I came across a few amazingly thought up articles about everything from the sociodynamics of the game to the impact of what certain items/events have on its economy. I also just loved hearing people talk about their accomplishments, their thoughts, their lives, in an intelligent way. At first all I would come across were tips/guides (which are all well and good for the game, just not so much interesting reading), websites who RWT for gold/items and some various blogs with about one or two entries that were abandoned years ago. For me, these thoughtful sites were the light at the end of the tunnel.
However, then I noticed with a lot of the RS changes, changes in real life, etc., the authors of these articles would leave too. There only seemed to be a handful left. I thought I might just start this one, which a lot might not read, but maybe a couple will and like it the way I anonymously liked all those others for so long. A place where I could just put my random thoughts and maybe someone will be amused or find something helpful. So to you handful of readers, thanks for stopping by. And please, stop by often :)
Update: I'm relatively new to the whole blogging thing so bare with me. I just noticed the comments were restricted, this is no longer. And also if there's anything else I can change, please feel free to leave me some suggestions. Although, be prepared to give me a little advice, outside of typing this and playing RS, I'm not that hot with computers :P
Thursday, July 10, 2008
40,000 Men and Women Everyday
Death and taxes, they're unavoidable. At least Runescape doesn't have sales tax and the G.E. is more like the airport's duty free shop. Death on the other hand, happens. Over the past four or so years, I've died a lot on RS. I hate it. I was never into clans or PK before, and I'm still not a big fan of PK. I wasn't into the competitiveness of trying to prove I'm better than somone by puffing out my chest and trying to defeat them in battle. I'd much rather have a relaxing conversation next to the ol' fishing hole. My thoughts on clans have changed a lot recently.
About 6 or so months ago a friend asked me to join a clan. It was just a few people I already new and was brand new. I kind of like to do my own thing in game. I expressed that I really tried to shy away from anything that I'd be forced to do. I don't mind attending some things, but one day your mood can be different and you feel like working on something else. I didn't want to tie myself down. I was assured I wouldn't have to do anything I wouldn't want to do, and decided to join.
That was a great decision. So many new things to try that I never did. I never knew if you had a group that KBD was basically harmless. I never knew how much fun Trawler was. I was being shown new ways to train skills I had previously avoided. New music was opening up everywhere. My association of clans with pk and being solely cb based was terribly wrong.
The other night a few friends and I decide to make a quick KBD run. We had 4, it would be no problem. We get there to see a bunch of other people. We manage to get a kill, but I'm a little impatient so I decide to hop to see if there's another empty world available. I ran to the corner as to not "wake up" under the dragon itself. As the clock to world hop finally hits 0, I found myself under the dragon (must have gotten bored and started wandering around) and dead withina few seconds. The world was empty, I called to my friends and they promptly got there to bless my grave. I run to the fally bank, grab a games and tele to BH. I make the run from BH bank to the wildy tele obelisk and activate it. Level 13. Level 18. Level 23. Wby does this thing never go where I want it to? Try it again. World 50. And there it is. That sound. That sound I despise more than anything in RS. A rev is attacking. More appropriately, revS. Plural.
Needless to say I'm frozen, and taking damage. Then there it is, a change of scenery. Central Falador. With a PM stating, "what happened to your grave? it disappeared." I have to do the walk of shame to fally bank again. My friends dash to bless my second grave, losing all the items from my first death (nothing major, just a bunch of p pots). Then it happens again, friends death. I think the thing I hate the most about death is the hour or so of errands for getting all the quest items back. Mass blessings and graves everywhere. How quickly a little clan field trip can turn into a disaster.
About 6 or so months ago a friend asked me to join a clan. It was just a few people I already new and was brand new. I kind of like to do my own thing in game. I expressed that I really tried to shy away from anything that I'd be forced to do. I don't mind attending some things, but one day your mood can be different and you feel like working on something else. I didn't want to tie myself down. I was assured I wouldn't have to do anything I wouldn't want to do, and decided to join.
That was a great decision. So many new things to try that I never did. I never knew if you had a group that KBD was basically harmless. I never knew how much fun Trawler was. I was being shown new ways to train skills I had previously avoided. New music was opening up everywhere. My association of clans with pk and being solely cb based was terribly wrong.
The other night a few friends and I decide to make a quick KBD run. We had 4, it would be no problem. We get there to see a bunch of other people. We manage to get a kill, but I'm a little impatient so I decide to hop to see if there's another empty world available. I ran to the corner as to not "wake up" under the dragon itself. As the clock to world hop finally hits 0, I found myself under the dragon (must have gotten bored and started wandering around) and dead withina few seconds. The world was empty, I called to my friends and they promptly got there to bless my grave. I run to the fally bank, grab a games and tele to BH. I make the run from BH bank to the wildy tele obelisk and activate it. Level 13. Level 18. Level 23. Wby does this thing never go where I want it to? Try it again. World 50. And there it is. That sound. That sound I despise more than anything in RS. A rev is attacking. More appropriately, revS. Plural.
Needless to say I'm frozen, and taking damage. Then there it is, a change of scenery. Central Falador. With a PM stating, "what happened to your grave? it disappeared." I have to do the walk of shame to fally bank again. My friends dash to bless my second grave, losing all the items from my first death (nothing major, just a bunch of p pots). Then it happens again, friends death. I think the thing I hate the most about death is the hour or so of errands for getting all the quest items back. Mass blessings and graves everywhere. How quickly a little clan field trip can turn into a disaster.
Monday, July 7, 2008
A Great Time to be a RS Player
The new graphics were finally released last week and I can't get over how amazing they look. I've been slowly exploring everything I can, wandering around with an amazement much like that of a 5 year old on his very first trip to Disneyworld. I love the full screen mode, it makes switching back to the old version to cut some lag that much harder to do. I went to kill a load of steels (in hopes for a dragon face drop) and loved the detail of the scales on the metal dragons. The brimhaven dungeon looks incredible.
Enough gushing. The July BTS also just came out. There are two things mentioned in there that almost has me giddy. The new searchable/tabbed bank and finally, after months of thought and practically begging on the forums, a new achievement diary. I loved the motivation the other two diaries gave me. I had never really trained farming, but the thought of being able to cook in the nice quiet cooking guild and never have to be surrounded by the loud (and frequently rude) people at Rogue's Den, got me to bust my tail on it. I pretty much grew to love the skill. It was easier xp-wise when I bought my seeds, but I hate paying for things I can get on my own. Also, the limitless Shiloh teleport was a good motivation to train cb, being that I'm more fond of skilling, this was a tough one for me. Also, I'm not that much into quests, and that Varrock Museum made me do many that I probably would have avoided altogether.
Sadly, its just an easy/medium diary, but at the same time I'm glad its for Lumby. Had they created an easy diary for a somewhat more interesting place (Relleka, Seers or maybe Mortyania) I would have been a little disappointed.
I'm almost drooling at the thought of being able to get up and join friends in whatever they're doing instead of holding them up because I'm staring at my bankspace because I'm a pack rat and I can't seem to find the items I need. Ever. I'm already thinking of what my tabs will be. I can see it now: runes over here, seeds over there, armor in that corner, and quest items I think I'll need so I'll never throw out, but will never use anyway in the far back corner.
Unlike a lot of people on the forums, I've really enjoyed Runescape's updates of the past year. I hated the luring (almost dishonest) of the pkers and am glad to see them go. Now when I have a clue that leads me deep in the wildy, I actually usually do it, instead of dropping it. They made the changes they had to in order to get rid of RWT and they took a lot of flack. I think they did what was needed to save their game, albeit how unpopular the decision was.
A lot of people were pretty upset upon the release of the GE, which up until RS HD, was my favorite update. The thought of being able to spend my time playing the game, opposed to standing in the bank for hours screaming on deaf ears about what I'm selling had me almost ecstatic.
With change there is always going to be opposition. Some hate the graphical updates as much as the removal as PK. However, I welcome it. The game is a character of its own, which needs to grow and mature over time, as well as face difficult decisions. While some might not be enjoyable now, perhaps you can see the benefit down the line a little. The game is changing, it needs to be changing, but lets enjoy it. It is a game after all :)
Enough gushing. The July BTS also just came out. There are two things mentioned in there that almost has me giddy. The new searchable/tabbed bank and finally, after months of thought and practically begging on the forums, a new achievement diary. I loved the motivation the other two diaries gave me. I had never really trained farming, but the thought of being able to cook in the nice quiet cooking guild and never have to be surrounded by the loud (and frequently rude) people at Rogue's Den, got me to bust my tail on it. I pretty much grew to love the skill. It was easier xp-wise when I bought my seeds, but I hate paying for things I can get on my own. Also, the limitless Shiloh teleport was a good motivation to train cb, being that I'm more fond of skilling, this was a tough one for me. Also, I'm not that much into quests, and that Varrock Museum made me do many that I probably would have avoided altogether.
Sadly, its just an easy/medium diary, but at the same time I'm glad its for Lumby. Had they created an easy diary for a somewhat more interesting place (Relleka, Seers or maybe Mortyania) I would have been a little disappointed.
I'm almost drooling at the thought of being able to get up and join friends in whatever they're doing instead of holding them up because I'm staring at my bankspace because I'm a pack rat and I can't seem to find the items I need. Ever. I'm already thinking of what my tabs will be. I can see it now: runes over here, seeds over there, armor in that corner, and quest items I think I'll need so I'll never throw out, but will never use anyway in the far back corner.
Unlike a lot of people on the forums, I've really enjoyed Runescape's updates of the past year. I hated the luring (almost dishonest) of the pkers and am glad to see them go. Now when I have a clue that leads me deep in the wildy, I actually usually do it, instead of dropping it. They made the changes they had to in order to get rid of RWT and they took a lot of flack. I think they did what was needed to save their game, albeit how unpopular the decision was.
A lot of people were pretty upset upon the release of the GE, which up until RS HD, was my favorite update. The thought of being able to spend my time playing the game, opposed to standing in the bank for hours screaming on deaf ears about what I'm selling had me almost ecstatic.
With change there is always going to be opposition. Some hate the graphical updates as much as the removal as PK. However, I welcome it. The game is a character of its own, which needs to grow and mature over time, as well as face difficult decisions. While some might not be enjoyable now, perhaps you can see the benefit down the line a little. The game is changing, it needs to be changing, but lets enjoy it. It is a game after all :)
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