Elendir 73 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 EOC ruined a lot of stuff, primarily pking. If OSRS had not come out who knows what or if I'd be playing a game at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megaman 26 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Why play baby WoW when I can play real WoW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaukuMaija 137 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Whats eoc? I started rs in 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni 244 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 didnt read, but yes, eoc killed rs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@Brian 2,930 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 People complain about squeal of fortune a lot (with good reason) and it's related MTX, but without it jagex would have went bankrupt in 2011. Their accounts show this. If that happened we wouldn't have ever had osrs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
≈david 814 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Jagex killed it when they remove free trading and wilderness and rs3 is too advance compare to the RuneScape we grew up on so having OSRS was a perfect timing thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@True 2k8 3,354 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 finished the job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@True 2k8 3,354 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 2 minutes ago, david said: Jagex killed it when they remove free trading and wilderness and rs3 is too advance compare to the RuneScape we grew up on so having OSRS was a perfect timing thing dude u were like 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor 283 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 it did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle 110 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
€Blogs 466 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 11 hours ago, Brian said: I think the game was in terminal decline a long time prior to EoC. The removal of free trade (and wilderness) when the game was at it's absolute peak of popularity is what started that decline. Quote - Damage Inc May 2006 - October 2009 - - Damage Inc Warlord / General - Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler 17 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 i feel the trend that RS3 was following at the time wouldve made people quit eventually, EZscape and microtransactions wouldve finished the game off so to speak. Quote Road to maxing-2216/2277 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isndar 273 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Wilderness removal back in 2007 Killed RuneScape It made half of players quit that game and I'm not even exaggerating and EOC made Half of that Half quit the game... We had 2mil daily login players in 2006 Wildy removal made for 1 million players quit now with 1mil players left in the game, EOC made 50% of that quit as well making RS3 being left with about 500K players and in constant declining Then came OSRS and many left RS3 to play OSRS and since OSRS inception, we've been getting climbing numbers constantly even off league season players are returning somehow So we can't really blame EOC, I also did my best asking if not begging Jagex to MAKE A SEPARATE SERVER FOR EOC and let RS2 combat stays but they ignore my plead 2001-2007 was all about PKing and Clans only after Wildy Removal 2007 and the updates on GWD that people starts transitioning towards Bossing than PKing hence the term PVMers existed and PKers is in decline (why PK 200k for rune sets when u can get 75m for Arma Hilts?) Quote OTP | Barrow Slayerz | RIP Peck | Beach Bros Unit | Meet GE 🇲🇾 Spoiler Walk Here Isndar (level-126) / 3 more options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
≈Gochance1 523 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Removing trade and wilderness started the domino effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micael Fatia 8 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 (edited) EoC did a great job speeding it up, but it was hardly the only factor It's probably been addressed already in another comment (haven't read all yet), but RuneScape is a super dated game. Don't misunderstand, I love it, I grew up with it, it'll always be a fond memory. But back in the day, computers were a "new" thing for most of us kids. I couldn't afford great games that offered community options, and RuneScape was something fun, exciting and most of all easily accessible no matter who you were. But at a certain point, gaming itself evolved, the standards of what makes a good and exciting game skyrocketed. Most kids today seeing RuneScape wouldn't give it a hour of their day, let alone the thousands of hours we all invested. People grow up, get married, get jobs / pursue careers, or just flat out... die. So we're a dying breed, and nobody is replacing us as we disappear from the game. RuneScape was never going to last forever, things will never be the same. We would eventually end up right where we are. But EoC, the removal of the Wilderness etc were bad decisions that sped it up. Edited August 3 by Micael Fatia Typos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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