I also want to not that they’ve just:
Removed all pay to win elements Removed all loot box and fomo purchases Added the ability to toggle off other people’s cosmetics in the settings Removed all “dailies”, “hourlies” and any content that would pressure you to log in or not do the activity you’d rather do They overhauled the combat system last week to be more intuitive Are releasing a whole new continent on the 28th to give new players a taste of endgame activities like bossing
The price increase is on the annual subscription, and as a new player I’m letting my monthly sub roll another month. Not saying it doesn’t suck for long-time players but it’s what, another $40 for a game you intend to play for a whole year and will get hundreds of hours out of?
I just started playing RuneScape last month as part of a “group Ironman” and have been having a blast. I want to note this is the new RuneScape and not “Old School”. I honestly think it’s going to surpass OSRS at this rate.
Just a gentle reminder that 2009Scape exists and you can play it offline with member benifits.
Does the game have a cash item shop? Will they be removing that? I can understand if they are removing a cash item shop or something, that is technically a trade of that tevenue for subscription revenue. A little late to the subscription party though, people are wisening up to the fact they end up paying more on subscriptions.
I am not unreasonable though. Nobody ever likes price increases but from the perspective of the business price increases are sometimes necessary to keep up with inflation and cover server costs, etc. I dont know Jagex’s business and financials enough to know if this is necessary for the game to stay online or if it is just greed.
They’ve done a massive purge of MTX throughout the game.
I wonder how active it’s monthly playercount is going to be after this. Of course they won’t make it public. Heck, even support doesn’t exist as far as I have played it.
If people keep playing there is no reason to not increase prices.