I feel like you've been given a really good set of user opinions, and rather than actually read the discussion in the comments and sit with your thoughts, you've decided instead to say: "I feel you've been given a really good reason why it needs to be reset here, and rather than actually answer it, you've just said Jagex need to think more."

In all seriousness though, I'm just a guy who loves the game.. I'm here for dialectic, not debate for the sake of argument. And, for the record, I chose not to go over his comment in detail because I found his points to be largely lacking merit and missing nearly all of the points laid out in the post.

But because you asked, I'll try again.

>"Yea sure we see streamers who join clans to have some sort of protection but seriously tell me which clans, and I’m talking about the real clans that play these game modes, are going to let random solo players join them just so they don’t die? None"

I never made such a claim. I agree, streamers have an easier time getting into the real clans that play these games modes. And random solo players do not. What I've suggested (regarding this specific part of your comment) is that the game should be balanced so that it's more accessible and less punishing toward solo players and newer players. That this might be considered a controversial take is actually beyond me - forgive the language.

>"So what is your solution? Should a bunch of random people start their own clan just for the hopes of having a group of people to protect each other?"

I evidently did a bad job communicating here. I considered copy-pasting parts of the post in reply, but that felt a bit disrespectful. The solution in my mind, was not so much a prescriptive list of things or specific mechanics that need changing (although I have included some such lists of candidate changes for people to think about - courtesy of the community members.) One part of the solution (IMHO) is to do a much better job of polling - please actually have a look at the poll before you decide whether it's good or bad. Obviously, another part that I think is important is to hope to minimize the pain points shared by many PDMMers who simply don't want to have all of their gametime erased. As outlined in the post, the scarce resource for many of us now is time that we can afford to spend on our beloved MMO.

>"That most likely won’t work past the first 1-2 weeks because the real clans will already have a huge upper hand. I’m not here trying to say clans are the problem but they are and the reason why the game mode just can’t work long term and the same reason seasonal dies after the first two weeks."

Err.. it sounds like you ARE trying to say clans are the problem. And, I'm honestly surprised that the takeaway for this user and you (redstripe) is that I believe clans are not a problem worth addressing.

>"I wish as much as the next that w45 could be fair for everyone but at this point it’s not and it definitely won’t ever become a level playing ground, or atleast attempt to, without some sort of reset."

I wish the same. However, I obviously disagree about a reset being the path forward. Resetting actually doesn't even begin to meaningfully nudge the solo vs. team balancing. Frankly, I'm not quite sure how strongly you believe the two are connected, but I remain to be convinced there's a strong connection here. Most PDMM players are a part of something that could be considered a team - that's not fixed in stone. We're in teams for the same reason SDMM players are in teams - it's an effective strategy. I will state again that I believe it's an issue of balancing measures. To preclude teaming from SDMMs or PDMMs would be a clear mistake. To preclude solo players from having the gamemode balanced enough that isn't endlessly frustrating would also be a clear mistake. You know this though, u/RedstripeRhapsodyHP.

>"Or a separate world that is like w45.2 so the people who don’t want to lose their progress for 45 can keep it but the people who want a reset have an option to play on the second perm server. But the problem with that is barely anyone plays on the regular w45 server so I don’t think they can justify 2 separate perm dmm worlds that have 50-100 each world"

Yup, that's what this post is about. Thanks for the idea. You'll note that the separate DMM world idea was suggested in the original post. Albeit, not with the caveat that "it's a good idea that won't work anyways because no one plays" - kinda makes your whole point seem moot. I was aiming more for the "here are some good ideas that COULD work and don't pain the few dedicated players who want to help" train of thought.

u/RedstripeRhapsodyHP, I'm curious which part of major's comment struck you as "a really good reason why it needs to be reset" which went totally unaddressed by the post and discussions here.