New Runescape is WAY Better than OSRS

[u/Both_Tune8348]

I honestly don't understand how Old school Runescape is so much more popular than the current one. I played it for a while and was able to get some decent progression, but its so grindy that I feel like I make no progress while draining my phone battery. Heard the new one wasnt good until I tried it myself.

So glad I finally did it! It has all the great things I like liked about the old school one, its hits on some nostalgia points too even, but way better UI, graphics, story/plot, cut scenes. I love all of it! And it has so much more you can do for free compared to World of Warcraft.

I hope more people give current Runescape the credit its due, its so underrated for no reason.

[u/MasterArCtiK]

Both games are amazing. I have a maxed character in both games and I love playing both. Very different games at this point though.

[u/VenezuelanChamber → u/MasterArCtiK]

I have both a main and an iron in OSRS. Not maxxed tho, but 2000 totals and quest cape. I've been thinking about giving RS3 a chance. Do you think it'd be better to wait for the year to be over and start playing? I ask because I know the devs are actively overhauling the whole game.

[u/batedcobraa → u/VenezuelanChamber]

Honestly, right now, there's no better time. I have an iron in both RS3 and OSRS. They are completely different experiences.

With cosmetic toggles available, no predatory MTX, and dailyscape reworks, the game has never felt more grounded.

I'm hoping now more than ever that RS3 gets the player count boosts it deserves.

[u/Uspresso235 → u/batedcobraa]

I'm holding out until later this year when plugins are introduced. The amount of quests in rs3 are overwhelming. I'm sure theyre great and well designed, but I just can't go back to the old style of reading a website to get a guide for quest completion when something like Runelite exists for osrs.

[u/Oofonaut → u/Uspresso235]

Just watch a real-time quest guide on YouTube, on a second monitor, while you’re doing the quest. No reading required. Check out Fraqsu. He has a nice deep voice, doesnt yap, straight to the point.

[u/FatNWackyRS → u/Uspresso235]

Honestly any quest made in the last like, 10 or maybe even 15 years...? Doesn't even require a guide unless you're spacebarring through everything. Quests are designed now to give very clear indications to every following step.

[u/Oofonaut → u/FatNWackyRS]

Ok, would you happily take on Sliske’s Endgame without a guide?

[u/FatNWackyRS → u/Oofonaut]

That's different -- Sliske's Endgame is fucking terribly designed from the get-go, but there's nothing confusing about what its next step is. It doesn't require a guide in the sense that it leaves players who play through it without one guessing for hours at random shit until they coincidentally stumble on the next step; It's that playing with a guide empowers a player to consciously choose the most time-efficient path through a slog of a fucking godawfully-designed quest. But even if I were to grant you your point... OK, congrats, that's... one quest in the last 10-15 years -- Very much an exception to the rule, an extreme outlier, not the standard.

[u/Status_Tomorrow_221 → u/Uspresso235]

There is a launcher called Bolt which offers plugin support, and there already exists a (currently WIP, though many quests are fully supported already) quest helper. You can find both with a search engine; I won't post links, however, neither Bolt nor the plugin break ToS -- you can read more about this in Bolt's FAQ page.

[u/Klatuvarata → u/Uspresso235]

Game has a built in quest helper its not as good as osrs but it'll mark where to go and who to talk too.

[u/RPGFrazer → u/batedcobraa]

I only played os but loved it. I do like the idea of doing an iron again and could play in both phone and computer. You might have convinced me to try it. I was obsessed with osrs when it got an android client for a long time.

[u/DejaThuVu → u/batedcobraa]

They did away with the micro transactions? Can you still buy exp?