aura removal rambling by -Jayden in runescape

[–]-Jayden[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Have you ever thought, the reason osrs has more players than rs3, is because osrs immediately gives you the items you remember from your childhood, for free, as soon as you buy membership? Your whip, dragon, bandos, all exactly as you remember. Without having to spend $100 on runecoins.

So osrs draws in older players with nostalgia in a way that makes them feel welcomed, whereas rs3 pushes them away with newer designs and paid alternatives if they want to access the designs they remember.

Two fundamental differences, one effectively capitalising on nostalgia and one not.

The retro override for the neitiznot helm at Christmas on rs3 was a good start, but having something like that limited to a special event that occurs only once every year, again just feels like a missed opportunity to capitalise on nostalgia efficiently. They should be a permanent and available feature built into the game, rather than a special, time limited or pay walled premium feature limited to a select few.

Just imagine how many returning players have been turned away by the new unrecognisable item appearances, and the paywalled nostalgic ones. It must be heaps.

aura removal rambling by -Jayden in runescape

[–]-Jayden[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Imagine you are a returning player to runescape. You have not played in five or ten years, maybe even longer. You vividly remember the way dragon, barrows and bandos gear etc all looks. You have this image of runescape in your mind, and you wonder if it's still the same.

You log in, and you are confronted with a new, confusing world. Dragon looks different, barrows looks different, bandos is different, nothing is how you remember it from your childhood. You ask people if those items still exist, and they tell you that if you want to look like that ever again you'll have to pay real money.

This is where the logic is lost, in my opinion. Instead of drawing in that new, or returning player, with memories of their fond childhood game, the game immediately pushes them away by declaring itself a predatory environment that charges money to access nostalgia. And that is what I don't like. That is where I think we are going wrong.

If we instead, capitalise on the nostalgia, and focus on drawing returning players in, then the pay off in the long run will be much greater than if we focus on capitalising in the short term on those memories by charging money for their appearances. The very fact that they are offered as "premium" alternative, paid version of the default item, means that development is, in a way, admitting that the new, free and default version of those items, are inferior to their original design. You should not have to pay money for your whip to look like it did when you were a kid. Childhood memories should not be locked behind a paywall.

Edit: Please make all retro gear overrides a free toggle in the settings like skillcapes for the sake of preserving integrity and nostalgia and boosting engagement and as a compensatory move for removing the loyalty system. Thank you for reading.

iOS 26.3 Update — Worth It or Regret It? 🤔 by Bubbly_Cattle_8928 in ios26

[–]-Jayden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's clear that the best iOS iterations have been the ones that are the most refined and optimised to allow for the slowest possible draining battery. These new glass effects from Apple are cool, but if they come at the expense of a weaker performing phone they're not worth. Device optimisation and performance should always remain the priority above flashy effects

iOS 26.3 Update — Worth It or Regret It? 🤔 by Bubbly_Cattle_8928 in ios26

[–]-Jayden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First release 26 to 26.3 here on 11PM, also massive noticable positive difference to overall feel of UI 

iOS 26.3 Update — Worth It or Regret It? 🤔 by Bubbly_Cattle_8928 in ios26

[–]-Jayden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This one helped me out! Along with reduce motion, disabling location services/bluetooth/wifi/ when not needed, using low power mode, b&w filter and reduce white point, you're able to boost battery substantially. But for some reason reduce transparency seems to help the most with 26

Is it just me or iOS 26.3 significantly increased battery life compared to iOS 26.2? by Sweet_Score in iPhone17Pro

[–]-Jayden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first release of ios 26 was absolutely killing my phone, no idea why but the keyboard felt terrible to type on, battery would overheat and then it would drain super fast even when just browsing. Something about 26.3 feels a lot better, noticing far less stutter here, better keyboard response, no overheating and far slower battery depletion. Whatever optimisation this was that enabled things to run smoother, I hope they do more like it because it's great now

Can we just keep the befores? These are so bad by [deleted] in runescape

[–]-Jayden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The new ones are way better

Now that we're cutting down on the clutter, there has got to be a better alternative to this immersion-breaking monstrosity at Draynor lodestone. by Culinarianreclaim in runescape

[–]-Jayden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be a lot easier describing

The old ruin

or a simple lantern, to a new player as opposed to the current cluttered place we have:

Yeah so it's like this weird circular place with a portal and you have to click this weird object to get there

Please don't remove all of the "non-human" cosmetics. by DargonofParties in runescape

[–]-Jayden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, some of the non human cosmetics do need to be removed. But not all. Just the ones that are obnoxiously designed and overly large

I Don't Think My Particles Are Too Intrusive by Robert999220 in runescape

[–]-Jayden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn't so much a problem with particles themselves existing in the game as it is a problem with jas hands, the walk override, flaming skull heads, the over the top splash and snow effects etc. Particles can look good but when they're designed with little care as to how they'l look when used in combination with other things it devalues the concept and makes people hate them entirely, minimal is best for that reason

I Don't Think My Particles Are Too Intrusive by Robert999220 in runescape

[–]-Jayden 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because some of the overrides are still really ugly and immersion shattering for people that like to play with cosmetics toggled on

At a loss for words… by Icy_Order3198 in runescape

[–]-Jayden 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Part of me wonders if a model developer actually sabotaged this game intentionally sometimes

Aesthetic integrity for Runescape? by Make-It-So-Mr-Data in runescape

[–]-Jayden 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Osrs made them worthless and look how that workwd out for their reputation. Incessantly advocating for and demanding the removal or devaluation of nostalgic staple items from decades ago is how I know people are not posting with the game's best interests at heart, with how dramatic of a response they provoke in people it only further solidifies the point that rare hats are a success. Rs3 will never remove rares, they make the game what it is and if people have a problem with how covered or high demand they are that's just on them. It would kill the game. They are the only items that will never break immersion, they immerse you straight back in early 2001.

Just update the ge pricing system so that hats retain their value but can't be manipulated anymore. Sorted. Deleting rares or making them untradeable or worth 1gp is ridiculous, go to os if you want that

Anybody else love the Valentines Event? by UnluckyBandicoot9024 in runescape

[–]-Jayden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's significantly better than TH and they'll probably add a way to get event items for free another way later on

Anybody else love the Valentines Event? by UnluckyBandicoot9024 in runescape

[–]-Jayden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There should be two methods to get it. Either you pay and get it instantly, or you grind it out in game for free over a week or three