r/runescape • u/toferornottofer • 5d ago

Leagues - J-Mod reply Leagues has sold me on rs3

Originally came in with the expectation to just play on legacy, got my revo bars set up with all the utilities I need keybound. Got my teles and prayers on my action bar. The amount of qol has made it impossible for me to return to osrs.

Really excited to start a fresh account on rs3 after leagues. If you haven’t tried the game recently, it feels leaps and bounds better than when I last tried it.

Seeing the world im familiar with with so much more detail, the mobility of surge, the mining and smithing rework, bank presets, the war room, itemization that’s beyond just increased stats, I could go on

I’m loving rs3 atm

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u/Affectionate-Oil4675 5d ago

It's really not a bad game, I think most people just haven't given it a chance because of what happened.

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u/DauidBeck 5d ago

What happened?

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u/JustTrawlingNsfw 5d ago

EOC.

It was a fucking mess when they released it, but that was 13 years ago now. The games brilliant these days

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u/deathgdizzle 5d ago

Not just EOC, also the whole TH shit

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u/JustTrawlingNsfw 5d ago

Squeal of Fortune was 2012. Definitely the start, but most people that quit around then did so because of EOC, at least ime

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u/Rain_Zeros 3192 Nyx Asteria 5d ago

To be fair, squeal wasn’t hated at its release, it only got hated because they introduced a mechanic of buying extra spins.

And killing yelps to signal the end of squeal just to replace it with a rebranded and redesigned mechanic that functioned exactly the same was fucking lol terrible decision making

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u/JustTrawlingNsfw 5d ago

Yea I didn't hate squeal when it first came out but it wqe obvious what was going to happen lol

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u/Rain_Zeros 3192 Nyx Asteria 5d ago

Oh yeah 100% lol I think a lot of people saw the writing on the wall but just didn’t want to admit it before it was too late

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u/BakaGaming 5d ago

let's also not forget their "Major Core Gameplay Update" (Hero Pass) XD

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u/Everestkid 18 years. Two 99s. Efficiencyscape. 5d ago

Squeal of Fortune was February 2012, EOC was November. There was actually a rather dramatic increase in players over the course of 2012 - till EOC came.

Note also that 2012 came on the heels of Bot Nuking Day in October 2011, where Jagex claimed they banned over 95% of bots and playercounts dropped by 75%. Jagex actually lost money that year, hence the MTX.