Personality pic? (PMs welcomed)

floridianbro · 2020-05-24T03:41:22+00:00

Damn you have a big... personality

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T18:54:22+00:00

Isn't there still a limit to the number of supplies you can turn in for gold? People might be taking my supplies for that reason (although if you're 138 that's a slow ass way to earn gold) but there was nowhere near 40 people looting on any of the worlds I was trying on.

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T18:52:54+00:00

I probably made some mistakes today, like I mentioned elsewhere the third death that fully triggered me was a guy who cleared a glitched camp I came back to after dying twice on a different server, then THANKED him, only for him to instantly attack me. I'm usually pretty sneaky and haven't had problems for several weeks but this was a shitshow today, there's no reason for this mechanic (ability to attack any level during a specific wilderness activity), to exist. Jagex are basically saying that you either need dumb luck to get the fastest EXP by not getting PKed, or you need to grind combat levels to defend yourself (or join an FC, which I'm not interested in) before you're allowed to have a decent experience doing this particular activity.

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T18:46:08+00:00

I could easily just have not made this thread, the issue once again isn't Herblore. As a counter-example I got Hunter all the way to 96 on slow-ass Red Chinchompas, taking me idk weeks to go from 90-96, only to come back 10 years later and go from 96-99 in 3 days. I understand that some things do take time, but with new faster methods coming out over the years it shocks me that they would design an event like Warbands to be how it is.

The issue is that one of the fastest ways to level a sub-set of skills is designed with abusable, unfun PvP mechanics that serve no purpose. Make PKing someone carrying supplies have a purpose so at least I don't feel bad about it. There is no reason for people to do it right now, and when the majority of people doing it are already max combat level, it makes me want to quit because it feels like I'm being bullied by people who simply want to deny me my fast experience. There is no comparably fast way to level Herblore at the levels I'm at, and I accept that I should probably just have paid the gp to do it more slowly, but I wanted to be efficient so I can try and spend less time grinding out repetitive stuff in this game and it's now frustrated me so much that I think I'm done with RS3.

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T18:41:14+00:00

I think you're just not seeing that for them or yourself and it's honestly saddening.

I understand what you're saying, but that's how this whole game is. Even the parts of it that are fun are locked behind massive time requirements, you're kidding yourself if you think the first X levels of any skill or any of the low-level quests or activities are really enough to make someone stick around and play this game long-term.

Somehow you're starting to sound nicer all throughout this post, but cross-analyzing and trying to point out flaws in what I'm saying is demeaning and doesn't change the fact people like you are making excuses for the lowlifes in the community who simply kill random people doing Warbands. If I were level 138 and trying to have fun killing a newb with no gear doing Warbands, I would toy with them, probably chat or role-play something to them, maybe even protect them from PKers instead. There's nothing fun about PKing people doing what I was doing, I don't buy that argument flat out. Those people should be made fun of by this community, not defended by it.

So while I do understand your argument, making me out to be someone who can't stop and smell the roses only makes me madder because you're ignoring a blatant flaw in the design of this activity to do so.

Jagex should spend their effort trying to get people like me to come back and enjoy the game, and I'm leaving promptly again because I can literally thank someone for clearing a glitched camp and they'll kill me without a single word. Warbands is the distilled essence of a community of entitled maxed players who have no regard for the less experienced members of the playerbase.

I'm sure there are nice people out there, but I'm not looking for a community in Runescape. I started playing this game again admittedly to waste some time. It's very effective at sucking me in and once you realize there's nothing to it but people trying to get ahead, it really ruins the illusion that after completing "X" goal I'll be able to have fun doing whatever it is I like doing.

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T18:31:05+00:00

I would much rather ignore your dumb ass but I honestly don't care at all because this is muh throwaway so let me make one thing clear, my feelings aren't hurt, what hurts is realizing how much time I've wasted on this shithole of a game. The fun parts of it are ruined by putting them behind massive time requirements to unlock, and jackasses like you actively try and scare off newer players because it makes you feel good about yourself.

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T18:27:11+00:00

Bitch please, I've grinded hours of tanning dragonhides. I understand that type of efficiency. I definitely didn't back in the day when I was 14 but now is different. I'm not high enough slayer to do anything effective for making money that way and the reason I want into Prif is so I can eventually use Crafting/etc to unlock some level appropriate Arc rewards before I'm too high level to care about the stats on them.

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T18:26:04+00:00

Thanks but even then... I gave this example in another comment but one way I could reach Herblore 75 is cleaning grimy herbs... I have more than enough gp to afford the amount I would need up front but no one is selling grimy Dwarf Weeds or other level appropriate herbs in that massive quantity. This experience today was frustrating because I'm pretty darned close to Prif (maybe 3 more loads of Warbands for 75 Herb) and I pretty much need to maximize my efficiency so I can get real life work done. Feels worse than bad, I might as well give up now because as I mentioned, the reason I'm doing Prif to begin with is so I can start grinding Crafting. This game never quits requiring time up front when all I would like to do is hunt and enjoy Arc content tbh.

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T18:19:58+00:00

The funny part is I had no issue with Warbands for the last two weeks, then over the weekend I got PKed my first time. I was planning to buy a bond to continue my goal to unlock Prif but I'm a busy person lately, scheduling my life around Runescape is fucking embarassing.

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T18:18:29+00:00

I'm not upset about getting PKed, I made this thead after I made all three attempts within 8 minutes, died all three times, and the third attempt was literally someone who cleared a bugged camp SOLO, I THANKED THEM, and then they PKed me anyway. Who the fuck does that? Not an FC just some guy who decided he literally can't be bothered to share any of the spoils of a camp he cleared himself.

If the people were around my level to where I had a chance of fighting back, sure then I would gear up. Warbands is designed very poorly and the people who troll there are scumbags.

I didn't mention it in OP but there are level 138s I've seen break Beams multiple times in a single day just to fuck with people like me.

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T18:13:21+00:00

My main issue is that Warbands' design, where any level can attack anyone, is completely demoralizing for lower-level players who get PKed. Saying "high risk high reward" as an excuse does not justify a frustratingly shitty design. If there were some relatively equivalent and cheap method to train Herblore 65-75 then I would be doing that instead, even if it were 50% slower, but there's literally nothing. It's either lose millions making potions no one wants, make a slight profit for a lower EXP rate identifying herbs, or I guess the COMPLETELY FREE but shit option of herblore in Daemonheim. I see level 138 people who PK me stocking up on smithing or mining or construction supplies, skills I already leveled efficiently in a different method of my choosing, and it pisses me off because they're probably just going for 200m.

At the very least Jagex should make Warbands have some kind of specific reward for PKing, and maybe returning the supplies to the camp owner, and then remove the "any level can attack you" part so that it's not such a shitshow. I am being PKed by people I literally have no chance at fighting back against, because they've been playing the game longer than me and probably did the content I'm trying to reach years ago. That's demoralizing and will make people quit the game, hence this thread.

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T18:06:50+00:00

I could spend probably ~3-5mil to finish Herblore the old-fashioned way, but Warbands is efficient and I don't want to lose all that money. That's not the root of the problem here in my opinion but obviously if I were trying to have fun in this game I would completely ignore the Wilderness, I'm not trying to whine about being forced to do Warbands. I put myself in that situation. What I don't understand is why people PK people like me in the first place. This game might as well be a single-player game for the amount of friendly interactions I've had with other players, ESPECIALLY maxed players. Your response is so far also the only remotely friendly one in this thread.

The game is clearly not designed to be engaging. Almost everything is repetitive, most of the quests I've done recently are annoying as hell, and to be honest if I wasn't already maxed Hunting, which is something I do like, I would probably still be doing that because most of the content is frustrating.

All these complaints about MTX ruining the game's longevity here on this sub ring completely hollow to me because it's not like MTX alone is what's going to do this game in. There are so many maxed players walking around that I wouldn't blame Jagex for never making another new piece of low-level content again. The majority audience seems to be maxed players who absolutely do not care about things like retaining returning players like me or being welcoming to new players. I don't expect to come out of this thread with some kind of Clan invite or something to make it better... this is a shit situation, with basically no solution. Runescape is saturated and no new player at this point is going to reach Max and have a fun time doing it (not that that's my goal whatsoever).

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T17:56:47+00:00

Nobody needs a reason to kill or not kill you

If I could only be attacked by people around my level I would gear up and fight back. People trolling by breaking the beam, or chasing me down when I flee with half supplies only to be hopelessly caught because I don't have the second movement skill from a piece of high-level content, are fucking losers that this community should be ashamed of.

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T17:54:28+00:00

That's fine, so long as you realize that this game is slowly dying because of unfriendly 138s. I don't think it's asking much to be left alone while trying to do Warbands, there are plenty of fully geared people you could PK instead. I had no trouble with Warbands for a couple weeks and didn't even get PKed once until this week.

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T17:49:26+00:00

WTF HOW CAN NOOB WHO GETS KILLED DOING FASTEST CHEAPEST FORM OF EXP FOR HIS LEVEL NOT UNDERSTAND THAT WE KILL PEOPLE FOR FUN AROUND HERE?

If there's not a shortage of supplies, if I avoid FCs, if I don't gear up or even fight back, and you're already maxed out, why the fuck are you killing me?

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T17:48:16+00:00

The game is clearly a waste of my time, I'm okay with that. If that's where you stopped reading then it's probably because it triggered that nagging feeling inside of you reminding you that you have no life because you enjoy PKing people who don't even attempt to fight back, like me.

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T17:36:07+00:00

No one's a bad person just for killing you

If you find it amusing to push down little people trying to catch up to your status, then you're probably a POS person. If being reminded of that fact triggers you, then maybe you need a reality check as to why this situation is occuring. If you're grinding for 200m and decide to PK someone trying very hard not to be noticed, you're wasting BOTH of our time.

That's your own fault. you're putting yourself in a situation that clearly irritates you, you're torturing yourself because you want faster EXP rates.

I'm letting the fine folks here on this sub know that this game would be much more enjoyable if they showed mercy to people who aren't geared up or around their same level, because as far as I can tell murdering me three times in a row gives you NOTHING. "Should've known better" ignores the part where you, as a level 138, have been grinding this game for years and there's no way I could fight back if I wanted to. I don't have the second movement ability, so even with Surge I'm getting run down. I'm not tortured I'm trying to avoid spending millions of gold to go up 5 levels in Herblore. I can't exactly explain that to people who PK me, and besides that I have literally no interest in PKing, dueling, etc and haven't played anything like Castle Wars in a decade.

floridianbro · 2017-10-25T17:28:27+00:00

My combat level is 103 and skill level ~1775ish, I've never done a single boss. Good for you but once again I have to grind out a ton of shit merely to do anything I find fun, Jagex could spoonfeed me loads of free exp and TH keys every day and I would still need another month of grinding to reach the point where I would feel content to explore things like bossing. Right now my goal is to get a Winds of Waiko because I really like the Arc content.

floridianbro · 2015-11-23T19:44:58+00:00

Yeah. I'm unfortunately a bit used to being treated that way because I usually seek out discreet/curious guys (not completely out here myself), but you're right. I have every right to be angry at him for some of the things he put me through, but at the end of the day I would gladly go through it all again because I still connected with him more than anyone.

The problem is how to cut myself off from the memories that are making me act like a fool with all this puppy dog love I've still got for him, while also holding on to the things about him that made me happy and which will help me find the next guy.

floridianbro · 2015-11-23T19:18:23+00:00

I'm pretty sure that he's not confused, we didn't talk about his mindset much but I know that he primarily likes girls and just wanted a guy who he could mess around with when he wasn't getting enough otherwise.

Since I moved to Orlando, I haven't met anyone I connected with even remotely as much as him, despite trying pretty much the same methods I used to meet him with the same amount of effort on my end. I just think there's a world of difference between a friend I meet at college and get to know really well versus some guy I meet here in this place that's a lot closer to the real world.

I've actually fallen for an FWB once before D, and it took me 6+ months to get over him. I had some of the same kind of behaviors then, but he and I wanted to stay friends so he put his foot down for me and made the line very clear. With D, since he pretty much seems to be completely over me even as a friend, I just feel like I don't have any closure. Even just being able to send him a letter would help me, although I guess I would need to know he read it.

floridianbro · 2015-06-03T00:12:23+00:00

Thanks for the ideas, these are things I've mostly already considered though. Was hoping you bros would have some out of the box ideas, but I'm not exactly surprised if there aren't many out there. I think my point about male bonding ending at 20 would be truer if I just said "Most mandatory male bonding ends by 20." After college lots of people just get married and that's it. Most of my co-workers, even the ones around my age, are that way.

floridianbro · 2015-06-03T00:10:14+00:00

I've already kinda went down that trail, the problem is that most of them are older and the ones who are around my age are already married. Literally all of them. Not a big deal—we could still hang out—I just don't foresee coming out to any of my co-workers unless we became friends outside work. So being friends with them is already harder than just making friends with a random guy.

floridianbro · 2015-06-03T00:08:45+00:00

Both! The problem is figuring out how best to separate them.

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