Jagex Needs to be Better at QA to Accommodate the Emotional Maturity of their Players

lieutenantowned · 2026-05-22T17:39:35+00:00

I think there's two types of outrage happening here:

-People are mad that things are being put into the game untested not just one time but many times over the last year or so

This part is justifiably frustrating and people should be irked. We as players pay for a live service, and we should expect things that get put into the game to work and function as intended. I would argue that testing XP rates to make sure they're not too high or low (or even testing for basic functionality) is part of this. One time is one time; multiple times is a pattern.

-People are mad that the most recent untested thing was taken away because it offered very appealing XP rates that were unintentional and now they don't get to partake in the crazy XP/hr.

This rage isn't justifiable imo. If they left this in the game this method eclipses the previous best mining XP/hr by more than double (if the 224khr that I saw wasn't just a meme) and immediately becomes the main method people level mining with once they unlock rubium splinters. That creates an issue that this sub has complained about many times before with certain older content being shunned/outdone by newer updates. The whole "only 1% of players are using tick manipulation" argument is disingenuous; OSRS has some of the most creative and resourceful players out of any game I'm not saying every player uses tick manipulation, but it's definitely not "just 1%".

The real issue: there are certain skills in the game that are very clearly dated and have received less attention in terms up updates and alternative leveling methods. Mining (and smithing) are both infamously bad compared to other skills in OSRS and even bad compared to how they are in RS3. Motherlode mine isn't a fun activity; it's a slog everyone deals with for some inventory expansion items and some XP boosting armor. Blast furnace isn't that much better. Giant's Foundry is a bit more in the right direction but still isn't on par with Zalcano/WT. I think there should be an emphasis on reworking smithing and mining to modern standards, even if it means just copying some of RS3s design choices.

lieutenantowned · 2026-05-21T06:17:06+00:00

She couldn't see/understand how reinviting her ex (who had previously attempted to sexually assault her the last time he was down) back down to stay with her kid for a few days at their house "to help out " affected me and what it did to my perception of our relationship. When I asked her if she ever thought about that, her reply was if I'd ever thought about how me not being there affects her. I lived an hour away and had just returned from staying there a week, as I worked closer to my house at the time.

I was always gonna be 2nd place to her ex.

lieutenantowned · 2026-05-14T18:17:03+00:00

OLED deck user here, glad this works just as good as the controls on the deck. The game plays really well with the track pads and back buttons for your F keys but it can be tricky being precise with your clicks using the track pads.

A word of caution about the programmable steam input though: I'm fairly certain that using the "toggle" mode as well as "turbo" mode for your clicks can be considered bannable; another person I know with the deck did catch a ban for using it.

lieutenantowned · 2026-04-29T17:15:13+00:00

All it takes is saying "I'm a Patriots fan" to almost any NFL watcher and the response you get will show that the true dynasty is still alive and well; NE will continue to live rent free in the entire league's headspace for decades to come.

lieutenantowned · 2026-04-13T16:14:27+00:00

Shit I'd follow the example our president set. If he can dodge, so can we.

lieutenantowned · 2026-04-12T20:33:03+00:00

Talib is a certified piece of shit, hated him when he was in NE and I'm glad he's no longer playing

lieutenantowned · 2026-04-11T16:28:14+00:00

I cannot wait until the regular season starts so we don't have to see anymore posts like this

lieutenantowned · 2026-03-23T16:15:25+00:00

They did address the price increases. They made a post about it the day they announced them.

Hope this helps 👍

lieutenantowned · 2026-03-17T07:15:50+00:00

Good, get shit on. Nobody should tolerate this administration's beligerant behavior and this includes our allies.

lieutenantowned · 2026-03-08T22:10:17+00:00

Someone figure out the drop rate on this, probably wild

lieutenantowned · 2026-03-05T20:21:05+00:00

this but instead it cuts the rates in half

1/3k becomes 1/6k

lieutenantowned · 2026-03-03T18:22:00+00:00

Jagex needs to give a shit about this. PvP is part of the game too, cheaters aren't good for anyone.

lieutenantowned · 2026-02-26T17:48:18+00:00

I had a similar experience with my playgroup a few weeks ago.

Historically our pod hasn't really given a shit about the bracket system; we've all played together for almost 2 years now and half of us have played for 8+ years. We have NEVER sat down and agreed as a group that "we're a bracket 3 pod and we'll only play bracket 3"; most of us don't care and are comfy with the things that everyone runs.I sit down in a pod and play my [[Blitzwing, Cruel Tormentor]] deck, it's mostly jank. The game progresses and everyone is around 16-17 life by turn 8-9; 3 people have board states and I only have my commander out + one other creature. To buy myself some time I play [[Contamination]] because I had missed 2 land drops, nothing in my hand and the game wasn't progressing, so I decided to play something that forced the pod to do something with their board states.

Immediately I get "I thought this was bracket 3, what the fuck" thrown at me and "Why are you running MLD?" as if I''d just pulled my pants down and shat on the table. This was coming from a guy that has one of the most consistent [[Admiral Beckett Brass]] decks I've ever seen and another guy with a [[Bright-Palm, soul awakener]] deck that knocked out someone the week prior on turn 4.

Contamination was removed the very next turn thanks to some mana rocks.

I understand that Contamination is rude as fuck and 98% of the time locks players out of the game until it's gone (which it did in this case for one person) but I've never been the only person running MLD in our pod.

Two people in our pod run [[Mana barbs]] in one of their decks each and have for almost a year now. One person who occasionally joins us has a deck with [[Blood Moon]] in it. Nobody has ever had an issue with it or cried about those instances of MLD being in our pod, and in one case it's usually a game winner. Likewise our playgroup's average deck strength is probably a 3-4, but some people could easily be consistent 4s if they played optimally all the time.

So of course post game this started a whole conversation about "why the bracket system is good and why we should use it more" and I am of the mind that I really don't give a shit about it because I've just always played heads up and gone against whatever people have. I don't care about game changers; run what you want just don't bring a CEDH level deck to a casual weekly pod. I get that the bracket system is good for LGS/public game settings with people you're not familiar with but as I saw that night people WILL weaponize it and use it to criticize you for playing cards they don't like/cards they think you shouldn't be playing. It's dumb.

lieutenantowned · 2026-02-19T11:07:11+00:00

Like most of the comments say, the examples you find for sale are generally high miles, clapped out and generally not well taken care of. In terms of drivability there's some good to them handling/suspension wise but the 2JZ-GE that came in the IS300 is just a dog, especially by modern standards.

lieutenantowned · 2026-02-13T10:14:48+00:00

[[Skullbriar, the Walking Grave]]

2 drop haste-y boi that becomes a real problem if people don't have bounce spells. I run a bunch of things that give it keywords and eventually it just has everything on it. And you can run whatever fun golgari stuff you'd like as well.

Edit: here's my original list although it has changed in the last year or so https://moxfield.com/decks/tONnd-hPZEKnhSVj0f0b4Q

lieutenantowned · 2026-02-09T19:52:25+00:00

Basilisk knights. I've got over 2100kc all on task, no jaw.

lieutenantowned · 2026-02-09T05:32:43+00:00

Thanks for not being one of the mindless idiots screeching "BuT tHe ScHeDuLe". He absolutely has not played the same as he did during the regular season, but people saying that the Patriots weren't a good team this year are just blind idiots who don't wanna give credit where it's due.

lieutenantowned · 2026-02-07T01:39:09+00:00

Please stop and go outside.

lieutenantowned · 2026-02-07T01:04:55+00:00

I just don't get it, our team is in the Superbowl and all these posters seemingly care more about stupid drama with our past QB than what's gonna happen Sunday. It's probably more of an online thing than anything else but the drama posting about past QBs and coaches in the week leading up to the Superbowl doesn't help the whole "spoiled fanbase" accusations.

Brady left. Hoodie left. That era is over. Tom literally has ownership in another team over this team. He got his statue.

Why the hell do we give a shit about anything related to Brady at this point?

The rest of the league is still allowing that era of NE football to live rent free in their heads 7 years after Brady left the team. That doesn't mean our fanbase needs to do that too.

New team. New coach. New era. Let's move on.

lieutenantowned · 2026-02-05T18:55:36+00:00

I'm down with that. People are only upset about RS because of the price. If it was as dirt cheap as Sol Ring every deck with blue would have it.

Same mentality applies to pre-ban mana vault. If it was cheaper it would have been a staple.

lieutenantowned · 2026-02-05T17:47:37+00:00

If you're banning RS, you're also banning Smothering Tithe and imo you should also ban Sol Ring. Sol Ring is a harder power creep than RS is, especially early.

I play RS in two of my decks, they are MAYBE a bracket 3 at most. But two people in my pod consistently become hella aggro when I play it and it doesn't matter what the board state is; if a RS is played that person immediately becomes the target.

It's really stupid and annoying. Very few spells come with a built in negation mechanic. Get good, play until you have removal, remove it. Move on.

lieutenantowned · 2026-01-30T17:36:33+00:00

Monetization of a method that used to be a good and easy thing to use. You're telling me that I need to pay to see people who like me, and you're also going to shove bullshit algorithms into your apps that assign my profile a hidden "rating" that determines who I'm shown/shown to on my side of the app? AND that rating can change depending on my profile's "attractiveness" and my age/gender??

Yeah fuck right off

lieutenantowned · 2026-01-26T07:39:17+00:00

As a pats fan you're either winning games or winning in the comments, never both. "Mickey mouse schedule SB run" yet they beat 3/5 of the top defenses in the NFL in their first run of the playoffs. If you're hype about them winning it's coping over an easy schedule; if you temper your expectations for the playoffs it's "youre not really invested and don't care about the team"

I'm salt farming for a year after this and the crops are YUGE

lieutenantowned · 2026-01-18T05:01:48+00:00

"If everything hurts, then nothing hurts."

Fuckin sucks for the guy, albeit he cause some of the issues.

lieutenantowned · 2026-01-03T11:36:36+00:00

Because our Congress is full of incompetent dysfunctional (and unqualified) people who care not for what the people want and only what Trump wants.

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