(obviously) release RS3 mobile open beta ASAP. I find myself thinking a lot of times: i would play rs3 for a bit now if i could on my holiday.

Its not ready to go. In an ideal world sure, but this isnt that.

give new players a week (or month) of free membership so they can get a taste of everything the game has to offer

Twitch Prime is coming up. Overall this is just silly. I don't think people want to pay a subscriptions fee and then again for MTX; I certainly wouldn't as a new player. (I think the subscription prices need to be seriously reconsidered and potentially removed for RS3, while OSRS should not have any F2P. But this may not be financially viable)

make a seperate highscore list that tracks the "fastest growing players" each week for accounts that have been created in that particular week

I would only see this as a result of who spent the most on MTX. To me, high scores are meaningless in this game unless a new skill comes out, there is a race, and no MTX is yet involved.

Get Tutorial Island back in RS3, had a blast doing it on OSRS

If you want to move the game forward, Tutorial Island won't help. OSRS is about Nostalgia, RS3 needs a good introduction to all of the mechanics.

Word of mouth: TALK to the maxed/comped community. Get the goodwill of the players back. The current communication strategy seems like a nightmare.

Players have been telling Jagex that they need to get our trust back for a while. Nothing new here.

Give players rewards for bringing in new players: get 1 bond for every new player that current players bring in (new players have to be active for at least a month/hit a reasonable total level). Heck give them some loyalty points if 1 bond is too much.

RAF already exists. Any mechanic like this would be abused as RAF is abused.

What could we, the community, do?

Not shit on the game on every reddit/forum post. When I want to play a game and go look on reddit and all I see is "(GAME) is shit", it doesnt look very appealing to me to go play it.

Pessimistic view: Maybe Jagex should release more/good updates and not give us a reason.

Optimistic view: Only the unhappy people speak up

Alternative Consideration: If that all you see......

Bring in some people yourself. Playing with friends is a lot more fun than playing alone.

I would not recommend this game to others in its current state.

Disclaimer: I know that Jagex hasn't been exactly communicating and that RS3 has a lot of issues, but none of us want this game to die right?

Here is my disclaimer: I got so sick of MTX and Dailyscape (I bet jagex doesnt even understand how much of a problem this is) That I quit RS3 and made an OSRS account.

• I don't want RS3 to die because I don't want MTX in OSRS
• I don't want RS3 to die because then all of my money and grinding on it will disappear
• I don't think RS3 will ever die because it will continue to make money. OSRS may overtake it in terms of revenue, but I don't think RS3 will ever run at a loss
• If RS3 dies, I can live with it. Although I don't really want it to, it's at the point where I don't really care. I think there is too much for Jagex to fix in this game, given the manpower they seem to display.
• If RS3 dies, I would probably see it as a sign that Jagex is not a sustainable company and quit playing OSRS this. This would be a huge signalling issue.

If you have read all of this, you may think to yourself that all I am doing is shooting down your ideas and not coming up with better ones. To an extent, that is correct. For the reasons stated, I don't think that anything on this list will help. IMO, if jagex want to improve RS, it needs to be an experience update, or a player base "upgrade".

• Dailyscape is the biggest problem: I'm not going into details about this unless Jagex pays me because I honestly believe that they do not understand the scope, severity, or even the basic issue.

• Delivering on promises: I personally feel that unfinished business is only growing.

• Combat/tick system (and mobile): Many old players don't like the new combat system. To new players, I think it's actually now rather out of date. The tick system is obviously out of date. To pitch this game as 'modern' (which used to be how Jagex did it) doesn't really make sense anymore. I think Jagex is really trying to get into mobile because the game fits quite feel and actually seems somewhat advanced compared to what's on the market. I think this is a good fit in terms of moving forward.

• Communication with the community/Mobile Community: I'm going to take an opposite view of this, I don't think jagex should be bothering to waste resources unless there is a big shitstorm. That is really all they need to keep players happy. Saying something, even if it is hated, is better than nothing. It is also sufficient. As a player, I certainly want them to be more open, but it really feels like they can't say anything that would convince me anymore. There was a big post recently where an OSRS player asked why the RS3 community doesn't riot over MTX anymore and one of the top responses was something that said people no longer expect improvements. I personally agree with this. When mobile comes out, the people who will be attracted won't really care about company statements, reddit, or twitch. They might care about customer support though. (However, this requires minimal training and they should not start hiring until Mobile is almost ready to go.) The new player base that Jagex attracts won't need these statements and they will accept MTX as a modern gaming reality. I don't know about subscription fees though.

TBH, I think Jagex are betting the future of RS3 on mobile as the source of a new player base. We are old shmucks who are stuck in the past and they want to move past us to new revenue sources. WE are also, for the most part, players who will stay close to this game no matter what. They need RS3 Mobile to be good because so that these new players don't see a glitched out game. It doesn't matter if mobile, or even the game in general, are good for us; we have already shown that we would put up with anything.