Player Base of RS3

Hey guys,

Well, I don't play RS anymore and quit soon after the major EoC changes. The main reasons I quit were partly related to the changes, but there were some other reasons as well. In any case, after leaving, I hear that about half or more than half of the memberships of players were being canceled and tons of players quit. Don't really know if this was true, but people were saying the player base literally dropped by half or so? I know some of these were probably bots, but how's the state of RS right now anyways? Just curious on how well it's been doing.

EDIT: Also heard the the pvp community died out? Don't know if it's true though. lol XD

 

Eoc has 68,000 online and 07 has 19,500 online currently.


That's equal to 87,500 players online.


If you look at it from a growth perspective, runescape has skyrocketed player wise since the release of 07.

it wouldnt suprise me to see it hit 100,000 again to be honest, but thats nothing compared to the 200-250k it used to have.

 

PVP is dead, the community is alright, jagex "finally" listen to the player and just try it out if you like it or not

 

PvP isn't completely dead. The release of legacy mode helped with that. The player base did drop, but many of those were bots. I find the community to be a bit more mature than it used to be, personally, but I'm sure you'll find your fair share of assholes. Clans are pretty big now, as well.

I've got to give some credit to Jagex, they work really hard to keep updating the game with content/upgrades they hope will keep people playing, and I think they're doing a pretty good job of it.

 

Thanks for the comments guys, was just curious. Honestly, it's good that the game has been getting more players--and like you said Chaser--constant updates always makes things interesting. Well, glad people didn't bash me for quitting lol. Like I said though, there were other reasons. Unfortunately, I've seen some many forums posts on the RS forums before, and literally people would bash people who didn't fully like EoC. Personally, it's alright imo--and with legacy it is pretty nice. However, I think I've moved on from playing it. But, good luck to you guys who still play it

 

Popularity has definitely increased within past few months. Even though popularity is not what it used to be there are now way less botters and goldfarmers than there were before which makes the player base more active.

Jagex has started making some great uptades that have brought more players to Runescape and some people that have quit have also returned. Main problem was that Jagex didn't listen to their players and made their own decision rather than listen to players, that was how player base went down dramatically. I'm very glad this (most uptades now are made by player based polls) has now changed and player base is restoring.

Pking however is quite dead and needs more uptades. Rs3 got legacy but that doesn't help too much since pvp is quite unbalanced at the moment. I'm not fully aware of pking conditions in rs07 so hard to say anything about that.

 

PKing in rs07 is pretty huge at the moment, world 318 has just been released as a bounty hunter world so there's a lot of hype around pking.

 

Less players than before but considerably less bots than before. I just recently got back into it myself and I started on a fresh account to learn the basics of EOC and I kinda like it.

I'd give it a try!

 

The only negative aspect of RuneScape is how everybody thinks they are #1 and talks crap to everyone else -- More-so than years prior.

Unfortunately, RuneScape is full of teenagers. If only they could ruin society elsewhere.

 

I'd say the playerbase of 07 is more mature. Simply speaking - a lot of the players are ones that used to play in 07 or before eoc etc and so are a bit older and like the bones of the game, not just young'uns fixated on the big numbers and flashing lights that eoc provides. It still has its fair share of scammers, assholes etc but I'd say its considerably less than eoc.

 

@Buy Pins: Yeah thing thing with Jagex that I didn't really like at the time was that they didn't really listen to their player base as much. Glad things are being changed now!

@Sensitive Info: That's good to hear that OSRS pking is pretty popular. I missed the good 'ole days of pking and pvping. :/ I suppose it's good that they are implementing these things that were popular back into OSRS.

@Sanctuary: Haha, that's good that you're having fun! I don't think I will be playing anymore though. I've moved on unfortunately. It just brings back memories of playing it before the major EoC changes. The nostalgia man...lol


@Nikoli and Jack Goff: Its great to hear that OSRS has had it's ups! Although, I could see the newer RS3 and it's player base being more immature as it probably will be prone to newer teens and younger players playing. Lol, welp thanks for the updates guys!

 

Half the 07 players right now are bots lol, so thats still something... And clans are really big cause of no gambling, if there was gambling and shit clans wouldn't be as popular (people need something to be a part of to fit in )

 

As said above most people playing play for group PVM or skilling. If you're more of a PvP oriented player best just try 07. That's not to say RS3 isn't a lot of fun, but it seems quite a few dislike it.

 

Don't really understand why people say this without a shred of proof.

Could easily just as say half of Rs3 are bots.

Where is the substantiation to this? I'm not saying bots don't exist in 07. But half? Come on now. I doubt it.

 

Runescspe 3 nowadays seems like more of an elite game, skill capes are really meaningless since there are so many, even a max cape is pretty common. It's getting harder and harder to get recognized for your achievements each day.

Oldschool is more of a primitive game mode, yes they have item exchanges like zybez but oldschool has had a lot of the infrastructure like lodestones and the grand exchange taken out.

In conclusion there are mature and serious players on both sides of the spectrum, you've just got to find them/meet them. I wouldn't say one side of the game is more mature than the other. The only drawback to the oldschool 'community' that is particularly relevant is that bots are a bit more common on oldschool than rs3.

 

The Rs3 playerbase is very trolly and teenage-boy "I'm better than you, fuck you" attitudes everywhere. Find yourself a mature clan and you're set.

 

I've never gotten trolled by an RS3 player. Why? They're almost all anti-social. That's why I literally view Runescape 3 as a single player game. Sure, you'll see some people running around, fat chance of getting a conversation going with them, no matter how fundamental the topic may be.

In addition, I can give direct anecdotal experience to supplement the above point: When I was getting 94-99 Slayer after having had 94 in 2008, it was so much different. Not because of EoC or the game being so different, but because players were/are so antisocial! I'd try to make small talk with people during tasks and most of the time they wouldn't even bother to respond.

Conversely, doing Slayer in 2007 has yielded me some great conversation and friends. While this is a small sample size, I have not had good personal experiences with the core game of Runescape since 2012 when EoC came out and splintered the community irrevocably.

 

Yeah that's very true, I think its because of how dead PvP is. A lot of RS3 player don't think interacting with other players is fun simply because PvP in RS3 isn't very appealing. Old School defiantly has the better community if you're into socializing with other players. Of course there's people on RS3 that will like talking... If you search for them

 

I've tried tons of different skilling areas. The ones that aren't dead are people that just won't talk, it's a damn shame.

Though Legacy has brought back a healthy portion of PvPing, so you can PK in Legacy mode in RS3 if you want to, that is a legitimate option. There are a lot of trolls and pjers like the old days though, so they are a detriment.

However I've found a lot of people willing to DM and have had some good fun in Legacy mode pking, and have actually made a decent amount of GP off it. Nothing crazy, but probably 50-100M.

 

i've played for a solid 10 months now after coming back from a few years break, and i haven't met a single immature asshole yet : ) really impressed actually.. people seem to have grown up finally