Players discussing various Runescape-related subjects http://forums.zybez.net/index.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:26:30 +0000 30 http://www.zybez.net/images/rsh_banner.png http://forums.zybez.net/index.php http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1322754
When I started to play, things were a lot different in RuneScape. A LOT different. After 30 minutes, I died, and lost my stuff. If you died back in 2007, I believe you had 1 minute to pick up your items, after that is was free to anyone to take. Months later, the gravestone feature was introduced. The item-pickup penalty is now a maximum of 6 minutes. 60 minutes if someone blesses your grave.

Another thing, the loot sharing. In the past, when you were killing a boss monster or monster hunting with one or more friends, you had to trust that person. Now we have Lootshare and Coinshare to share the loot equally (Although I question if it really is that equal).

Free trading. (Yes, I know the free trade feature had to get removed regarding the real-world-trading.)
If you didn't know the item price, you could get greatly scammed. OR you could get an enormous bargain!
But now, we have this trade system that prevents one from scamming one other, or preventing items for getting sold for a lower price.

And finally, the dangerous places. Like in any RPG, going to a wrong place would mostly result in certain death. But no, we got Danger messages when you attempt to enter any 'dangerous' place. Doesn't this ruin the whole 'Adventure' aspect of the game?


Personally, I think it's good Jagex tries to protect players from dangers, but then again, isn't this an adventure game? Like in any RPG, you know that there are dangers, and most of the times, you can see there is danger ahead (Example, skeletons/bones/blood in a dungeon or place). And isn't the point of an adventure game to explore the world, and find your way around?

Now, my question for you: Is RuneScape becoming too 'fair'?]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:26:30 +0000 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1322754 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1322743
I've been away for five months and for the first time today had some free time and logged on. I am absolutely in shock of the graphics updates, not because they look so great rather because of how, simple yet over done they are. The graphics are atrocious! I'm not one of these "I miss the old days players" though I've been playing steadily since around 2003, so please do not take it that way.

I guess what I'm trying to say is the graphics, are overdone, Jagex seems like they are trying to push these graphics updates pretty hard apparently. When in all honesty though they could have left the graphics or slightly updated them and there would still be as many people playing, lets be honest people don't play Runescape for the amazing graphics. And it would seem if they keep pushing updates like this they will drive away players like me who originally started playing because they PC requirements were so easy to meet.

Anyways, I tried playing but I'm still flabbergasted at the way my D-scimmy looks ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:56:11 +0000 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1322743 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1322444
What do you all think of the update?]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:39 +0000 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1322444 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1322429


Sorry if this considered a 'spam thread'. I was just curious .]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:06:00 +0000 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1322429 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1322089
The magic in RuneScape functions into its very mechanics, in a way not quite like any other game I have yet to play (this excludes WoW, I never gave magic in WoW much of a chance. I didn't give anything much of a chance in WoW ;)). Though the "mage" is, as tradition goes, more open to attack, he is not a defenseless role. Unlike the older party-based dungeons, he is not a healer that needs to be protected, nor a burden carried to make a few cheap shots on a boss. Rather, the mages of RS are only truly weak if you manage to score a hit before they kill you. Throw in additional effects of the ancient magicks and power defensive spells (holding, vengeance, vengeance other), and it is a small wonder why people choose to abuse it.

Despite all of this power, mages in RS are limited by one single, permeating rule that is hard to break: The Magic skill, used by ITSELF, is incredibly outmatched. There are few magic-only PKers, and virtually no hugely successful ones, left in RuneScape. Indeed, there never were. Without some form of hybriding, a mage is nothing more than a walking target, whether they have the initial upper hand or not. Barragers will succumb to a few stabs from a target that happens to have dragonhide; rangers will gun solo-mages down without any worry of counter-attack; and a mage fighting another mage is just no fun at all.

And so my drawl brings you to NOW. Magic is once again in the air of Gielinor, sparked by the release of recent updates. First there were the upgrades to commonly used battlestaves, giving mages a +10% to their max hit (an upheaval of the laisezz-faire precedent taken toward the skill). Then, we saw the change to magic potions--though extreme potions are limited to a small number of herblorists (and they deserve it), the idea that a potion would increase your magical strength is (as far as I know) completely new to RuneScape. And then there was the Surge. A jaw-opening, applause-rendering change to magic as we will ever know it: The Modern Magicks are no longer weak (thoroughly earning that unnecessary British "k" I will know actually start using at the end). Though I highly doubt player killing will be affected by these knew spells, they are clear evidence that, somewhere in the echilons of JaGeX Ltd, the gears are in place to bring magic back to its rightful glory in the combat triangle. What will become of it?

WHERE YOU COME IN: I want you to share your experience with magic in RuneScape. How has it affected your account and your outlook toward the game? Is it the light of your virtual life, or the bane of your pixelated-existence? Most importantly, how do you feel it will continue to affect the future of the game? I don't care what you believe--Feel free to drawl on (like I have), speculate outlandish theories, and discuss any mechanic of magic in the game. HOWEVER, whatever you discuss, THOROUGHLY EXPLAIN WHY you hold "x" opinion, or why you refute "y" belief. An answer is as correct as the reasoning behind it.]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:34:54 +0000 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1322089 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1321733
We were wondering, how much of our lifes have we wasted on rs? We both got around 40M total exp. At 1k/min that's 666hours of skilling.
Adding all the time pking, waiting, walking, questing added I think I'm way over 1000 hours of playing. Imagining I used to make a new pure every two months you can add another 500hours or so..

And the reason? There are no reasons.. Who needs reasons when you got Runescape. :)

Lots of great memories though. But you can only share them with people who play or have played rs.

Alot has changed, I kind of feel like my grandfather talking about the time when there were no cellphones, computers, and even a tv was rare.
I was already playing before slayer came out, and I can't even think of all the updates that have passed by..

Suddenly instead of that slow d long people had whips, dragon scimitars. Instead of d med there's even a d full helm, d plate and d kite.
Getting gilded from a clue was insane, a bit like having 3rd age now. KQ or KBD where the toughest monsters in RS, and only awesome dudes went there. No veracs, but switching to ranged or mage.
Raiding greater demons in F2P. Wandering in the old wilderniss for hours. Being able to share a kill the way you want.. "Share, I binded" or "share, I tbed!"

No grand exchange, but spending hours in W2 fally park to merchant that 200 iron ore you mined..

Sorry if this topic has been brought up already, but I feel kinda nostalgic.. :D]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:14:56 +0000 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1321733 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1321204 ~The]]> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:44:27 +0000 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1321204 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1320976 Ellow my name's Mike and i recently changed my rsn from Bamlover00 to PinkIsMyPure.
I gave up my pure account at the moment and this whole thread is about my main.
I've been playing this game for about 4 years now I think and quitted few times.

This topic is about Pest Control and how people deal with anyone playing that game.
When pest control came out some years ago it was a great place to train your levels,at the time there wasn't a shield on the portals and good teams could reach about 100K+ exp an hour not including the exp you could get in game wich wasn't lowered as it is now.At the time a really famous clan was ruling pest control called "Heart Unit" Recognising them was easy as they always pced with the Heart pray (sorry i'm on a brazilian world at the moment I forgot the name in English)So yeah as they were the best team everyone wanted to join them to get easy experience.I was one of those people and i wont denie that i trained some Mill's of my exp using pest control.A year later?Jagex put shields on the portals to slow down the experience rate/hour and put limits on howmuch exp you would recieve in game.At this time PCE was born another elite PC clan.I joined PCE because at the time they had just released the void helms so the armour actually did something other than looking "cool".

Now my problem is here.Everytime I run into unmature players who start flaming me for stupid reasons like;

->GTFO this is my spot!
->OMG noob can't you afford better armor!
->rofl stupid nolifer!

I mostly ignore these people but yeah sometimes it's just to much and I flame them back.
90% of the time they check what clans i'm in and they start flaming me for PCP pest control product.

A PCP is someone who mainly trained all his stats at Pest Control;at the old pc you could see a lot of "maxed" people with very low hp level because they Pced a lot and used all their points to level.






Mike]]> Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:08:54 +0000 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1320976 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1320008
I personally believe it has taken on a more insulting meaning. Proof would be is that people use it as an insult. It can mean stupid, retarded, idiotic, what have you as that's the main use for it.

When you think of a new player what comes to mind? I think of a person in Lumbridge happily killing cows.

When you think of a noob what comes to mind? I think of the level 3 following me asking for 5k.

Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:50:45 +0000 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1320008 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1318677
I was going to put this into the question section, but then I thought it could turn into a good discussion thread.

I am working on my quest cape now with only While Guthix Sleeps and Summers End to complete and was wondering, what is to be coming from the future quests? In a way I am asking, what skills should I train and what type of puzzles and combat should I be ready for?

I have these questions, yet I would also liket to hear your opinions on what is going to happen to runescape quests? Ideas on continuing series, new series, gods and gods wars, skills, combat, new dungeons, requirements, rewards, new items, and whatever else you can think of.

Here is something to start off the discussion;
I have been reading up the runescape website frequently and have read the Q&A on the future content.
They have been quoted "We are currently planning a Grandmaster quest that will have several level 80 requirements*. I know to some people that is still low-level, but over the last year we have raised our top quest requirements significantly, and will continue to do so over the next year. *Please note that this might not be the next Grandmaster quest we release."
What is your take on these ideas and where they are heading?

EDIT: Oh yes, I am a quest fan. There are not many things I enjoy better than a good quest.]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:24:29 +0000 http://forums.zybez.net/index.php?showtopic=1318677