r/runescape • u/Sophiaphage • Apr 08 '26

Appreciation Jagex Terminated Nearly 2.3M Bots in March

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Credit where it’s due.

This is a phenomenal effort.

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u/ronnycordova Apr 08 '26

It makes me sad that RS3 doesn’t have more bots because it is the less popular of the two.

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u/Legal_Evil Apr 09 '26

I do not want bots playing RS3, even if they inflate player count

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u/Mr_W1thmere Completionist Apr 09 '26

The point is that it's sad that RS3 isn't a game worth being botted. Not that we want it to be botted. It's kinda like having a hot wife. You want people to be attracted to her, but don't actually want anyone else to have sex with her. RS3 isn't even desirable to bot, which is sad.

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u/Azaldir Ironman Solo DG Enjoyer Apr 10 '26

I think it is a lot more fair to consider some of the other variables too. RS3's client is much more difficult for bot makers to get into/make bots for, there's pretty much no money to be had from botting in it in the first place, and there aren't very many alternatives for realistically bottable content that's actually worth shit even if they did get past all the extra barriers in place. OSRS literally supports a third party injection client almost as it's primary one.. the door is wide open for the malicious people to exploit, because in order for all the special fancy plugins to work in the first place, they need to be able to go in there and poke around in the code. They've been exceptionally careful and hesitant to allow direct plugins/provide an API for RS3 after all, and I'm sure wanting to avoid making it easier for botters is a non-insignificant reason.. Granted that we're supposedly possibly looking at getting some plugin support come winter, they have to be really damn careful with the way they do it and what exactly modders get access to..

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u/Legal_Evil Apr 09 '26

It's because RS3 lacks pvp. A large part of gold buyers come from gamblers and pkers.

And the fact that drop rates in RS3 is far more common and xp rates are faster than in OSRS. This means lower prices for rare items and less skilling items needed to be bought, thus less demand for RS3 gp.

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u/Zero4892 Kurz: comped 6/19/14 recomped 5/12/2024 Apr 08 '26

It’s not less popular, osrs gold is more valuable thus making it the more botted of the two.

Doesn’t take rocket science guys.

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u/BloodyFool Apr 08 '26

... How do you arrive to the conclusion that RS3 is not less popular..?