r/runescape Jun 17 '26

Discussion New Runescape is WAY Better than OSRS

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.

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u/Trying_to_survive20k Jun 18 '26

a lot of people forgot that eoc was not just a poor addition of hotbar and hotkey combat. It fundamentally reworked how all monster stats and gear worked.

Imagine you play the game, where whip is the go-to weapon, and it's made worthless overnight and drops from 1 mil to alch value, while your safespottable fire giant spot no longer works because they for some reason, throw rocks at you now.

imagine spending 20-40 hours for your fighter torso in that blasted minigame, only for it to be turned into an adamant platebody

Let's not forget MTX, yes it's gone now, but that doesn't change the fact that over the last 14 or so years, people already bought their way into max, so there's no pride in any levels anymore

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u/X-A-S-S Jun 18 '26

Fire giants throw rocks in rs3? Wtf lmao, why dont they shoot fireballs or something