Will botting destroy Runescape?

rsz_belgium · Sep 10, 2011

it wont destroy rs

Tumsonis · Sep 10, 2011

I think yes. Runescape is dying.

evlin · Sep 10, 2011

steelers2224 said:
There's nothing wrong with people botting their mains to get a few 99s, But the greedy faggots who run goldfarms fucked up the game. What pisses me off the most is some people don't even LIKE the game and just bot it to milk cash out of it, when they could make lots more working part time at a fast food store

tl;dr People can bot but have to know their limits.

Exactly, i dont like all the gold farmers, I liked the time when you would bot for skills and be like yay finaly got a 99 instead of making a buisness out of runescape.....

Dial · Sep 10, 2011

Halo3MLG50s said:
Runescape is dead.. give it a few more years, and it will eventually end.

Yes, it will.

Someone needs to set up an extremely realistic private server to take over.

Stakingfool · Sep 10, 2011

Yes. It kills the market and any money making methods that are available, trying going to frosts and training legit, its frustrating. This is making a lot of legit players quit.

Nytrix · Sep 10, 2011

I have been botting since 2002-2003. Runescape is still alive.

Linksys · Sep 16, 2011

LovaTM said:
Honestly, I don't think botting is destroyed RuneScape if anything it's helping it. People are acheiving goal's they've had for a while very easily now, if anything they are spending more time on it. You may not think so now, but in the long run, they are spending more time doing stuff they enjoy in the game. Whether it be PKing or PvM, which tend to require some boring stats.

this is 100% exactly what i was thinking, i believe this is true

They be trippin · Sep 16, 2011

Its helping and destroying it, only time will see.

Determinate · Sep 16, 2011

I think Zarfot saw it right: when he quit things started going downhill.

bzzbzz · Sep 16, 2011

Determinate said:
I think Zarfot saw it right: when he quit things started going downhill.

Zarfot is the best :love:
Runescape will not totally die, i think Pking will remain, because it's fun.
The more the RS Economy crashes, the cheaper it is to PK ^_^

RussianVillain · Sep 16, 2011

Botting alone made JaGeX $171M last year.
If anything, botters help JaGeX keep the circulation of items moving around.

Goldfarmers are the ones who mess the game up, not botters.

Russian

riipped · Sep 16, 2011

People have been saying RS is dead for years. And people will always say it, years to come. Although many of you make really good points to support your arguments, and I can't say I can agree on one side, I don't think any of us know the real answer. Jagex can change things in the single update at any given moment which will turn the course that the game is heading.

Austintheman · Sep 16, 2011

Obviously it will kill RuneScape. It pushes all of the legit RS players to another game.

armyofu2 · Sep 16, 2011

Runescape will never go back its too far.. the gold farms will have this huge stock pile of gp if they implement the limit again.. therefore.. They'll be selling it dirt cheap to get rid of it probably in which case they'll gold farm on your account or do 60k trades? lol

It'sJimmy · Sep 16, 2011

It already has.
RuneScape is probably going to die in a few years or so.

Gohan · Sep 16, 2011

There are always going to be people who will play legit, take a look at Zybez and their community. Quit bitching about ruining money making methods by goldfarming and find new ones for yourself.

Kahnits · Sep 16, 2011

It already has killed it.

Old English · Sep 16, 2011

You're all missing a VERY valid point, botting defeats the purpose of a 'game' if you want to PLAY Runescape, and you enjoy PLAYING the game, don't bot it and contribute, then contradict yourselves by saying It's killing it. If you do not want to grind your skills find an MMO where It's easy to get to the max level and has the content readily available to feed your gaming needs. I can understand that the game makes money, and that It's addictive, but the soul purpose of a game is to play it, not let some 3'rd party program play it for you. Botting, as a whole isn't killing the game, at all...the people who do it however are killing it by lumbering jagex with all the reports, bitchy pre-teens whining about it, legit players quitting over it, ect ect...

Gunshotz · Sep 16, 2011

I think it's killed the economy. The price of most items have dropped like crazy. But I can't complain, I myself bot so it would be hypocritical of me to complain.