is it time to create Singleplayer Runescape?

[Justice]

Would be great to get official singleplayer runescape, but based on 2008-2011 runescape era with some reballancing and tweaks for singleplayer experience.

Version where you don't have to care about updates and bad changes.
Version of game where you don't have to pay over expansive memberships
Versions of game where you pay once and play whenever you want
Versions without ads or microtransactions, p2win
Version of game where don't feel preasured to use meta, use cheaty mods to stay competitive with others.
Version of game where there is no bots and scammers
Version of game that Jagex dosn't have to host servers, since it's singleplayer game


I would love to play that version of runescape. Sure there a lot stuff gonna be missing out without multiplayer, but at least I know what I'm getting and game will stay the same

[HondaRadio]

I would much prefer to play single player. When I first started I was excited to see other people running around, I would try to chat but 99% will not respond or give one word answers. So much for the social aspect, I did eventually find a small clan. So I tackled the game alone, spent time fishing and pick pocketing etc. It was fun.

When I reached the point I wanted to actually explore dungeons with my new equipment I had a major problem. As soon as I got into an interesting part of the wilderness another player who was jumping from different servers would suddenly appear, freeze me in place and kill me. There was nothing I could do to stop it. Behold PvP for new players. I ended up stuck in the few cities and starter dungeons. Now the devs have the comical idea I would pay £10 a month for that experience.

If I could actually play the game and experience the content I would be happy to pay but I don't want to have to treat it like a job and log on at 3am to try and avoid other players.

[Morton Salt]

Автор сообщения: HondaRadio

When I reached the point I wanted to actually explore dungeons with my new equipment I had a major problem. As soon as I got into an interesting part of the wilderness another player who was jumping from different servers would suddenly appear, freeze me in place and kill me. There was nothing I could do to stop it. Behold PvP for new players. I ended up stuck in the few cities and starter dungeons. Now the devs have the comical idea I would pay £10 a month for that experience.

Thank you for a humble donation.

[HondaRadio]

They got a few donations of lowish level gear, then I stopped playing the game completely. If they could hold off attacking low level players they might have eventually got a decent opponent with something worth stealing. I play Rust and Warthunder, it takes quite a lot for me to give up on a game because the PvP is unfair, especially one I enjoyed. At least in Warthunder they let you keep stuff you earned with a premium account.. The last time I logged onto OSRS they would not even allow me to wear my rune boots unless I gave them more money.

Cursebreaker is exactly the game I was looking for, thank you to the person that suggested that. Less than 6 weeks OSRS premium to buy the entire game, and I can actually play it. Winner.

[ihazcarrot™]

Автор сообщения: HondaRadio

I would much prefer to play single player. When I first started I was excited to see other people running around, I would try to chat but 99% will not respond or give one word answers. So much for the social aspect, I did eventually find a small clan. So I tackled the game alone, spent time fishing and pick pocketing etc. It was fun.

When I reached the point I wanted to actually explore dungeons with my new equipment I had a major problem. As soon as I got into an interesting part of the wilderness another player who was jumping from different servers would suddenly appear, freeze me in place and kill me. There was nothing I could do to stop it. Behold PvP for new players. I ended up stuck in the few cities and starter dungeons. Now the devs have the comical idea I would pay £10 a month for that experience.

If I could actually play the game and experience the content I would be happy to pay but I don't want to have to treat it like a job and log on at 3am to try and avoid other players.

That part has not changed since early 2000, you go to places like wilderness and get ganked by player that is better prepared and better geared than you or by group of pk'ers and you lose your stuff when you die. Its the same reason people play hardcore, you die you lose your character, but there is that sweet feeling if you survive and progress further. People actually begged Jagex to return wilderness after they changed it.

And I would say for PVP it is the same thing for ANY game that were out for a long period of time, Dota, CS2, Siege - you will get destroyed by veteran players and some of them would smurf and go seal clubbing for their enjoyment.

TLDR: git gud

[Metrocop Δ]

Just play Melvor Idle lol.

[Ass Grabums]

I feel like this post is fairly misleading.

What "bad changes" are you talking about? This game gets constant updates that are very high quality.

The membership cost is literally one of the lowest cost ones for a modern MMO and you get way more out of it. you also don't have to pay for a base game like with WOW or ESO.

There is a free to play that you do not have to pay for. It is also entirely possible to earn the cost of membership through play and not pay a dime. Thousands of players do just that and many of them are not super skilled PKers or maxed accounts. you can earn enough for a bond in free to play with absolutely no skills in less than 40 hours. after you get your first you can easily earn enough for a membership in a few hours of work a week.

There are no ads, microtransactions or pay 2 win in OSRS so that was complete bs.

No one is pressuring you to use the meta or cheaty mods. Many people play very casually and don't use runelite. you can still do absolutely every piece of content without it.

Every MMO has bots and scammers. If you fall for the scams thats just plain a skill issue. The bots make the game work. Are you really going to tell me you want to spend hours picking flax or mining rune essence? cause i really doubt it. Those bots keep people from getting burned out and the game wouldnt work as single player since you wouldnt have them providing you with basic resources.

Its plain rediculous to think that this game could work without a server. Its absolutely massive. Runescape barely stores anything client size and the steam file is already 8 GB. a full install of the game would be petabytes, you would need your own server amount of storage to run it.

[ihazcarrot™]

Автор сообщения: Espionage724

Автор сообщения: Ass Grabums

Its plain rediculous to think that this game could work without a server. Its absolutely massive. Runescape barely stores anything client size and the steam file is already 8 GB. a full install of the game would be petabytes, you would need your own server amount of storage to run it.

About 500 MB of disk space and 600MB RAM; less than an average Minecraft server :p

yeah I do not think that it would be a heavy load on the hardware, especially with today's technology.

[Ass Grabums]

Автор сообщения: Espionage724

Автор сообщения: Ass Grabums

Its plain rediculous to think that this game could work without a server. Its absolutely massive. Runescape barely stores anything client size and the steam file is already 8 GB. a full install of the game would be petabytes, you would need your own server amount of storage to run it.

About 500 MB of disk space and 600MB RAM; less than an average Minecraft server :p

lol this is a joke right?

The game is 99.99999% stored client side right now. and the steam file is 16 times that size. The actual game running on a single persons private server isn't feasible for people outside of cryptominers.

for the recent 2004 private server released, it took them a decade to build up the server to run it with thousands if not tens of thousands in donations. and thats not as big of a game.

[Tommy Wiseau]

Agreed but decrease the grind, i have no desire to sit there and fish for 99 by myself for 293458 hours.

[Snakeyes244]

I think a single player version would be outstanding. All you'd need to do is get rid of raids or make them playable single player. Mini games could have CPUs. There's no reason to put down others' ideas here and to say it's never gonna happen. That's for Jagex to decide, not you. If enough people want it, it can be made possible. I'm sure people would even pay upwards of $50-80 for lifetime singleplayer. And maybe pvp risk could be changed to revanents like in 2009 post-wildy.

[SaltMaster]

Автор сообщения: Snakeyes244

I think a single player version would be outstanding. All you'd need to do is get rid of raids or make them playable single player. Mini games could have CPUs. There's no reason to put down others' ideas here and to say it's never gonna happen. That's for Jagex to decide, not you. If enough people want it, it can be made possible. I'm sure people would even pay upwards of $50-80 for lifetime singleplayer. And maybe pvp risk could be changed to revanents like in 2009 post-wildy.

Look at Erenshor

[Snakeyes244]

Автор сообщения: SaltMaster

Автор сообщения: Snakeyes244

I think a single player version would be outstanding. All you'd need to do is get rid of raids or make them playable single player. Mini games could have CPUs. There's no reason to put down others' ideas here and to say it's never gonna happen. That's for Jagex to decide, not you. If enough people want it, it can be made possible. I'm sure people would even pay upwards of $50-80 for lifetime singleplayer. And maybe pvp risk could be changed to revanents like in 2009 post-wildy.

Look at Erenshor

This game looks disgusting. It has a class system and is just a simulated mmo, so not truly single player! Doesnt appear to have runescape systems. Probably complete crap.

[ihazcarrot™]

Автор сообщения: Snakeyes244

Автор сообщения: SaltMaster

Look at Erenshor

This game looks disgusting. It has a class system and is just a simulated mmo, so not truly single player! Doesnt appear to have runescape systems. Probably complete crap.

Because games that use runescape systems are cookie clickers :D

[SaltMaster]

Автор сообщения: Snakeyes244

Автор сообщения: SaltMaster

Look at Erenshor

This game looks disgusting. It has a class system and is just a simulated mmo, so not truly single player! Doesnt appear to have runescape systems. Probably complete crap.

Sure if you love to grind and click things forever sure. Each to their own

[Like Button]

you can literally do everything in the game solo or without major interaction with players