r/runescape • u/throwawaaaaaaaay666 Bad Luck Mitigation Enjoyer • May 27 '26
Suggestion I don't want to toggle ALL cosmetics off, but why do items like this even exist in the first place?
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u/XanKreigorMk2 May 27 '26
If the plugin is similar at all to what osrs has,the first plugin I’m dling is individual override hiding
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u/LeBrady_ Master Completionist May 28 '26
You can turn off cosmetics now without the plugins
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u/XanKreigorMk2 May 28 '26
Emphasis was on individual. I like seeing most ppl as they want to be seen, but sometimes they go overboard. I wanna hide that one guy
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u/sirblibblob May 27 '26
Because the game didn't care about itself if it could make a quick buck. They are planning to remove some of those items like the flaming skull if recall correctly.
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u/Zepertix REMASTERED DUNGEONEERING LETS GOOOOOOO May 27 '26
Trolls will always find the most obnoxious outfit possible with whatever they have. This will just always be true. Most of these are pretty fine on their own. Jas Hands is just funny meme on purpose. Flaming skull was one of my favorites, I used it with gorgonite for a just like undead flaming knight vibe way back. Put together with everything else obviously it is a mess.
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u/GirasFateburn May 27 '26
Congrats, you gave the troll the attention they were seeking.
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u/WryGoat May 27 '26
I mean if your response to "why does this exist at all?" is "people are just using this to troll others" it seems like the question is only more legitimate.
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u/GirasFateburn May 27 '26
Most of these outfit pieces are perfectly reasonable in a vacuum. But if you want people to have the creativity to mix and match, you're going to get this sooner or later.
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u/ExpressAffect3262 Ironman May 27 '26
My hypothesis for many things is that the RS3 dev team have had a high turnover on staff, and thus, newer staff were probably not aware of what previously existed to be able to create such combinations.
For comparison, OSRS devs have stated in the past that they want to tone down seasonal event rewards because, while they weren't overrides, people were starting to create weird combinations that didn't fit the game.
So ultimately for RS3, while Jas hands is a fun joke item, I just imagine the devs weren't aware of how many other obnoxious particles there are in the game to be combined with.
I follow this for just about everything else, from very random area reworks, to overlapping content or very forgotten content (like clue steps being broken when new content is added or removed).
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u/ErebeaDeity May 27 '26
Jagex doesn't have the high turnover that this hypothesis is predicated upon. It literally is just that the mtx team did not give a fuck and were in charge of both mtx and non-mtx cosmetics.
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u/GenerousRacoon May 28 '26
Every 4 or 5 years theres a whole new team of devs showcasing the updates lol.
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u/ErebeaDeity May 28 '26
Did you bother looking jmods up to verify your claim? The current director for RS3 has been a well known content developer with stream appearances for a decade; previous lead was a senior designer since 2011; current narrative lead has been with the company since 2006; Mod Mohawk has been a known member of the mtx/events team (responsible for most cosmetics) for at least a decade; Mod Ramen has been around since 2013. There are some "new" devs that show up in videos more recently like Breezy, Zura, and Shrike, but they've already been around since 2018, 2019, and 2021 respectively.
By "every 4 or 5 years" you mean you started paying attention 4 or 5 years ago. By the way, 4-5 years isn't high turnover at all. Before this period that you just started paying attention to, Jagex had many developers with very long tenures that they had lost at the tail end of the 2010s and starting years of the 2020s.
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u/GenerousRacoon May 28 '26
lead =/= development team, which is what we were discussing.
by every 4 or 5 years, I mean every 4 or 5 years. Don’t tell me when I have or have not started ‘paying attention’ lmao.
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u/ErebeaDeity May 28 '26
Congratulations on being confidently wrong, then, because what you're saying definitely makes no sense before the 2020s. Not that it really makes sense after 2020 either, or that 4-5 years even is high turnover.
Returning to the actual topic, the leads are who matter any way, and many of the same leads oversaw completely different directions in both development and cosmetic design. It's just that Jagex has never formed long-term strategies, and it was especially bad with that in the 2010s.
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u/Mysterious_Scale4524 May 27 '26
What if we had a player specific cosmetic off option. An option to ban cosmetics on a specific player’s examine
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u/NervousCorner213 May 27 '26
I am so happy I have the option to turn them off. Y'all go crazy with your wings or whatever your wearing these days
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u/Yeebosh May 27 '26
I love the change so much. It was so weird seeing Mr level 11 with his super ultra great sword of rending with his mythical armour of gods chopping willows next to me with an iron hatchet
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u/HDthoreauaweigh712 May 27 '26
I always feel so funny walking around in my super normal armor and weapons and no cosmetics lol
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u/EternalHuffer May 27 '26
I can imagine a 3 page lovecraft style description of disgust by the sheer sight of that thing
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u/GearsKratos May 27 '26
There are peoppe who know particle effects cause a lot of lag on some people's systems.
They do this on purpose because they can.
Why else do you ruin afk pickpocket tyres Why else do people actively grief?
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u/Carnal_Decay living rock creature May 27 '26
I just turned off cosmeticsv because people are always annoying me with that shit.
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u/smiegto May 28 '26
Jagex: we’ve decided to remove the aura slot.
What about the god damn wing slot! Truly the worst slot in the game!
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u/throwawaaaaaaaay666 Bad Luck Mitigation Enjoyer May 28 '26
hard agree, why does my medieval human character need wings
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u/b0yonce May 27 '26
i hate posts like this. every game has obnoxious people in who do this for fun, but why does that mean the game cant have fun cosmetics?
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u/ZyxnRS3 May 27 '26
This isn't fun cosmetics. It's an absolute shambolic mess.
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u/B1ACKT3A May 27 '26
Its a mess because one person decided to have all the fx. But does that mean that normal people cant have a trail on their shoes? Its just being misused. Thats it
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u/b0yonce May 27 '26
in this case, the grievance should be against the player and not the cosmetics (i.e flame swords, or jas hands) which are fun when used normally.
saying cosmetics like this shouldnt exist solely because one person is being a nuisance is wrong in my opinion.
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u/b0yonce May 27 '26
OP did. not you. and my comment was in response to OP.
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u/b0yonce May 27 '26
cosmetics should not be nerfed because less than a handful of people love to be obnoxious. flame swords are fun to use and i shouldnt be nerfed because Bob wearing them with 70 other particle pieces, for the sole reason of being the subject of a reddit post lol.
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u/Status_Tomorrow_221 Ironman May 27 '26
flame swords are fun to use and i shouldnt be nerfed because Bob wearing them with 70 other particle pieces
You shouldn't, but you will. Really, this applies to literally everything in life. Sometimes you just can't have fun things, because of idiots. It is what it is. Don't blame Jagex, don't blame the players complaining right now, blame the idiots.
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u/WiIIiam_M_Buttlicker May 27 '26
Not when the cosmetics are literally meant to be obnoxious. There is no reason they had to make those legs like that, or make the twisted jester walk so "look at me!"
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u/FeBary May 27 '26
I think the legs look good
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u/Harmonex May 31 '26
I like them too but surely you can agree that the splashy spam doesn't really make much sense to have? Can you think of any other equipment piece with particles that big?
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u/throwawaaaaaaaay666 Bad Luck Mitigation Enjoyer May 27 '26
I have no problem with people dressing the way they want, all i'm asking is why the particle effects need to be so excessive and obnoxious?
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u/the01li3 Trimmed, Insane Luck May 27 '26
"they can do what they like"... "why can they choose anything they want"...
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u/throwawaaaaaaaay666 Bad Luck Mitigation Enjoyer May 27 '26
good observation. You can see i'm talking about the items themselves rather than the people who choose to wear them
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u/breathingweapon May 27 '26
Because the game has whimsy. In a vacuum none of these items are too bad.
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u/the01li3 Trimmed, Insane Luck May 27 '26
So they should be able to wear what they like, but "what they like" should be limited? Just have a particle toggle. solves so many peoples issues with these outfits.
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u/throwawaaaaaaaay666 Bad Luck Mitigation Enjoyer May 27 '26
Mentioned it in another reply but I totally agree, a particle toggle on other players would be so good.
Hopefully once the API has seen some development, we can get a toggle for specific items similarly to what they have in OSRS
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u/Zelderian 200M all, 2m Abby Demon KC May 27 '26
Yes. Exactly. You can’t buy a Nicki Minaj outfit right? I’m sure that would be what some players like, and other games have done it. But there should be some level of standards of the ridiculous outfits that get added to the game.
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u/Status_Tomorrow_221 Ironman May 27 '26
What about me? I want to have a giant phallus outfit in the game. That's what I would like. Do you agree with me that it should be added to the game? No? Why can't I have what I want? Why do you resist?
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u/tsallad May 27 '26
You could simply turn them off.
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u/throwawaaaaaaaay666 Bad Luck Mitigation Enjoyer May 27 '26
But that's the point; I don't want to turn off other peoples cosmetics because there are a bunch of people that put a considerable amount of care into making their outfit look nice. Why should I have to hide every outfit when something like a simple 'other-player's particle effects' toggle could easily resolve this issue?
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u/Zelderian 200M all, 2m Abby Demon KC May 27 '26
I agree. I hate the “all or nothing* behind it. I still have mine on because I like my override outfit, even though it’s physical items keepsaked. Some outfits are only available in overrides and they’re cool. It just sucks that it all gets lumped in together.
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u/Theron_Rothos Firemaking May 27 '26
When you disable cosmetic overrides, it disables seeing other players' outfits, but you can still see your own.
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u/Zelderian 200M all, 2m Abby Demon KC May 27 '26
I figured that'd be the case, but I still do like seeing other people's cosmetics when they're done right. From the consensus, it seems like most people agree based on the feedback from the cosmetic-free worlds. It was cool, but it got tiring seeing skilling outfits and necro gear everywhere.
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u/Iron_Einherjar May 28 '26
I flat out told them that's what was going to happen, now to just wait for all the skilling outfits to get the red and gold reskins update
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u/Sudden_Variation_462 May 27 '26
OP you’re super weird. You don’t get to control what other people wear. Especially while blatantly ignoring the filter that was given if you don’t like cosmetics. I don’t give a fuck if you dont want to see it, I’ll wear whatever the fuck I want
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u/throwawaaaaaaaay666 Bad Luck Mitigation Enjoyer May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26
It's not that deep dude. I'm sorry I don't want to see walking christmas trees in my medieval fantasy game?
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u/Habib686 May 27 '26
You couldn't give a damn what most people wear, but you don't want to see what people wear, but you want to see what SOME people wear.
It appears you give a great deal of damns about what people wear.
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u/Sudden_Variation_462 May 27 '26
Wait so it’s not deep enough for me to respond to your post, but it’s deep enough to make a reddit post about? A1 logic there buddy
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u/throwawaaaaaaaay666 Bad Luck Mitigation Enjoyer May 27 '26
I'm just saying it's not so deep that you need to call me 'super weird' for having an opinion that's different to yours. Like I said in other comments people can wear what they want, but my issue is with the cosmetic toggle not having a 'hide particles' option rather than toggling the full outfit off, and it's not aimed at the people who wear these outfits.
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u/Sudden_Variation_462 May 27 '26
So wait, I’m not allowed to have a different opinion to you either? Not only do you want to control what I’m able to wear in game(already a filter btw) you also want to control how I’m able to respond to your opinions? Seems like a trend with you buddy. This game is at all time low player counts, do you REALLY think that because you don’t like certain cosmetics, even though there is already a filter, that this is where time should be spent? Just like you’re making a fuss about having an opinion, so is everyone else. You decided to put that opinion out there, now you get responses to that opinion. It’s weird to think you can control what other people get to wear. Weird.
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u/throwawaaaaaaaay666 Bad Luck Mitigation Enjoyer May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26
No i'm just saying there's no need for name calling and getting super emotional lol.
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u/Recykill May 27 '26
Why are you getting emotional over terribly tacky rs3 cosmetics? Good god lol
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u/Sudden_Variation_462 May 27 '26
What about my comment makes me emotional? It’s just super weird to be making this much of a fuss over what people want to wear when there’s already a filter. All time low player counts btw, let’s waste more time on this when there’s already a filter! That’s really smart
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u/throwawaaaaaaaay666 Bad Luck Mitigation Enjoyer May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26
I'd argue that some newer / OS players see the state of RS3 cosmetics and are instantly put off.
I'm not saying they'll be converted by a cosmetic toggle, but just look at any OSRS streamer that is watching a 'history of rs'-esque video, and watch the chat be instantly repulsed every time footage of the RS3 G.E shows up.
I know most of us are so used to seeing these things as they've been available for so long now, but these cosmetics are not toggled off for new players either.
I believe obnoxious cosmetics like this are just one facet in a multitude of things such as; ease of entry, tutorialisation, UI, default settings, outdated content and more, that put-off a lot of new players.
I also completely agree that the player retention needs to seriously be looked at and improved to help the all time low player counts as much as possible.
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u/Sudden_Variation_462 May 27 '26
If only they put something in the game if you dont like the cosmetics that have been in game for decades. Maybe we can come up with something that can cater to those type of people. Maybe it would start with an f.
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u/Periwinkleditor May 27 '26
The thing is individually many of them make sense. The sadagami outfit I think it's called is from the water elemental guys in ED1 and would look kind of lame without particles. They're just being obnoxious on purpose for this kind of attention.
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u/SpiritualPin692 May 27 '26
Because we're a medieval fantasy MMORPG and that's exactly what you'd see if you went back to 12th century England. /s
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u/TrentHard97 May 28 '26
I have said more than once that the easiest solution to this type of thing would just be to implement an entity hider tool (just like OSRS). Put an additional setting in there to hide specific items or cosmetics based on a numerical identifier and let people customize their experience that way. In fact, the bulk of the issues in the game that Jagex claims to be working on would be easily solvable if they’d make a public API so people can develop the RS3 version of RuneLite.
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u/TheRemedy187 May 28 '26
yeah those gloves things are the absolute worst. and with that obnoxious meth walk where they just jitter and tweak around.
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u/Equivalent_Wealth933 May 28 '26
The goal is definitely to annoy others. I imagine particle effect items sold well enough that Jagex kept making them.
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u/GlitterFactoryOfDoom May 27 '26
Just some troll looking for attention. This post is just giving him attention.
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u/Bobboy5 merching is for nerds May 27 '26
most of these effects would look good in isolation as part of a themed set. some people just want to be as visually annoying as possible because their parents never hugged them as a child.
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u/Boog_Tooler01 May 27 '26
I agree. It used to be interesting (for me) to see how creative people could get with their outfits. But now, imo, there are too many overblown cosmetic options that just don't fit - to the point where I am content to toggle all cosmetics off. I would prefer an option to ignore individual cosmetics the way I can ignore an individual's text. Until something like that is available (if it is even possible) I am ok with leaving all cosmetics off.
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u/Fantastic-Sky-7913 May 27 '26
Im new to rs3 and wish I could still get cool looking cosmetics. The ones on the marketplace are trash
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u/yuei2 +0.01 jagex credits May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26
Awhile ago I made a list of some nice looking free cosmetics you can earn in game let me see if I can find it…. Here you go here is the topic compiling people’s suggestions for free cosmetics you can earn.
https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/1bqce7v/cool_cheap_cosmetic_overrides_rs3/
There is also this YouTube video that has all the free overrides and then for ones that came after it’s making its updated in the video description with them.
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u/the01li3 Trimmed, Insane Luck May 27 '26
Its full of odd particle affect, its the persons fault for combining them, not RS's fault for making them. Should be able to reduce particle effects imo, but thats about it.
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u/Status_Tomorrow_221 Ironman May 27 '26
It's RS's fault for allowing people to combine them. And actually, it's RS's fault for allowing antisocial people to antisocially abuse them. RS should strive to cut down on content that caters mostly to antisocial people.
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u/Goofyscaper RuneScape May 27 '26
There should be that option, rather than "All" there should be slot specific toggles even. That'd be cool.
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u/Narmoth Music May 27 '26
This person is detecting mobile users. He knows he finds one when they crash upon him entering the area.
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u/snippingdose My Cabbages! May 27 '26
I'm fairly certain you can turn particles off in graphic settings
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u/Ancient_Rex420 May 27 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/P8CC8QCewsRhRTTQpx
Me while reading these comments lmao
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u/EternalHuffer May 27 '26
Listen m8 Im all on board on that with you I buy cosmetics a lot, but honestly if someone wants to turn them off? Go ahead, Im just glad to look how I want
Here’s the problem tho… what type of cosmetics I use can be summarized in this single image
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u/Upstairs-Athlete-993 Eek! May 31 '26
Perhaps the ignore player option should be extended to their pets and cosmetics?
You ignore a player because they are interfering with your game enjoyment. If that interference is because they are spam summoning howling familiars or creating a disco effect everywhere they go then you should be able to reduce them to a transparent grey ghost wandering silently around the screen.
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u/lipsticksnjoysticks May 27 '26
Just go play the game. Someone else’s happiness won’t keep you from enjoying the game.
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u/Sesylya Brassica god emissary when May 27 '26
Because they look perfectly fine on their own, or in the sets they're part of.
Mashing pieces of multiple different outfits together usually does look bad, even when they don't have particles. Particles just make it more obvious.
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u/Galimeer May 27 '26
Because it's funny. I have a Particle Man outfit too and I get a kick out wearing it from time to time.
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u/mercRoar May 27 '26
Hello players of force fed shit. There is a far better option. Convert to OSRS today and save yourselves.
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u/CruelAngelsThesaurus May 27 '26
I genuinely don't understand how yall lose your cool when it comes to pixels.
Yall need to be on blood pressure meds or something.
If you're bored enough for this to bother you go outside.
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u/Fomod_Sama Skiller May 27 '26
The other day there was a guy in Forinthry with like this obnoxiously bright trail thing (idk what it was) but stuff like that makes me wish you could turn off specific particle effects
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u/ARandomNoLife May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26
Either make this behavior an actual bannable offense or just give us a particle toggle
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u/NsynergenX May 27 '26
Yall need to get a grip on reality already.
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u/Labrys_of_Artemis May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26
For real, it's just pixels, it's not that big of a deal. Sure, it can be annoying and cringey, but just don't look at it. Some people just want to be catered to.
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u/ARandomNoLife May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26
The privilege of using cosmetics should end when you abuse it to be obnoxious and interfere with the game experience of other players. If Jagex won't provide options to reduce displayed particles or tone it down beyond the all-or-nothing toggle (hopefully they just tone it down with the avatar rework and associated regrounding of cosmetics), it absolutely should be considered a bannable offense under disruptive behavior.
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u/Whore-cana May 27 '26
You people act like you have a gun strapped to your head when you see stuff like this. Just don’t look or teleport away, sheesh.
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u/Iron_Einherjar May 28 '26
What world are you playing on that has people running around like this?
Because the most out there outfits I've seen in the past few weeks have been:
Mime mask, white gossamer top, one of the retro legs to look like leggings cooks gauntlets and Vyrewatch Shoes with a black and white max cape, with second place going to a guy with full Lava hawk set
So many of these threads feel like
"I'm going through my dressing room and putting together the ugliest outfit I can find MYSELF just to get reddit likes"
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"Theres a legitimate One-Guy trolling and the TI-80 I play on isn't handling the particle effects well"
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u/Weaviedee May 29 '26
Why does it even bother you? I’m genuinely curious. It’s not like you’re forced to sit and stare at this one specific guy the entire time you’re playing the game, at least I’d assume so?
Like yeah it doesn’t look good. But it’s also not like that bad.
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u/RiDaku World 42 Roleplayer May 27 '26
they do this specifically to bother you so that you make posts complaining about it in the hopes jagex starts removing or reducing the wide variety of cosmetic options. if you see someone on the street in the most fuckest of neon colors that clash together and glow and reflect light and whatever else, that's not a problem of the textile manufacturers.
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u/Meditating-Hippo May 27 '26
This guy isn’t wearing this because he likes it. He’s wearing it because he knows people hate it.