First off let me just say that I really appreciate Pazaz and all the effort he puts in to making this game for all of us to enjoy. Its crazy that after 20+ years of playing Runescape, such an old version of the game is still enjoyable and there are so many people willing to pour our time into it…
Now onto the topic of rares… The way rares have been implemented is very creative and honestly I dont think there is a more fair/enjoyable way it couldve been done (kudos Pazaz) I was super lucky to receive a blue partyhat on the 2nd weekend so some of you may think im a cry baby for even making this post but it is what it is…
The reason why rares weekends make me sad is because it feels like that is a lot of players only motivation for playing the game atm. To see almost 500 players online during the weekend is awesome!! but then during the week it will drop to below 150… It seems like a lot of players are getting salty about putting in so many hours and not being rewarded or are complaining about it being unfair because they maybe cant play as much on the weekend
My suggestion would be to makes rares obtainable at all times with a much lower chance during the week and boosted odds on weekends. Maybe shorten the duration because of this to 2.5 or 3 months. I think this would lead to a more consistent players base and allow players to play normally instead of doing crazy click intensive methods all weekend long leading to burn out
TLDR - Pazaz is awesome, I love 2004scape, make rares obtainable 24/7 with boosted odds on weekends
But then I will have to grind hard all week too!!
I see where you are coming from. It could be something to do with people overdoing it in the weekends, then wanting to take a break or reducing playtime during week. I know that’s what’s happened to me. I’d be down for more chances during the week, the weekend ends up being sat 4pm to Monday 4pm for me due to time zone.
It was going to be tricky for the mod team to make this right for everyone i think they found a good way of implementing rares but i do agree with the people playing just for rares at the moment.
Maybe a minimum mid week playtime to be legible for weekend rares would have been good as were going to end up with a lot of rares for the actual player count and a lot of them on dorment accounts, but then i dont code nor am i putting my own time for free into it so what do i know!
The player count issue was always going to be a consequence. Rares are too lucrative for most players to pass up, while regular gameplay in between updates isn’t exciting enough for a lot of players. I brought up this concern a month ago on another thread and someone thought I was “crazy” for it lol. On a positive note, rares do bring more players to the game, even if it’s just for a couple days a week.
Yeah it’s too lucrative to pass up. You became filthy rich in an instant so why wouldn’t players clock in as much hours as possible during that time.
If it was an all week event, players who have no commitment to life have a big advantage over regular players and playing just on weekends condenses the population to just 2 days making the game feel more alive.
I’ve said this lots but I’ll say it again. To me it would make more sense to reduce the rarity rate to give average players 1-2 or try to average out approx 40 hours gameplay to receive one for weekend times.
Having them this rare creates unhealthy playtime, almost forces you to give up every weekend to play, gives you a chance to become extremely wealthy in an instant which undermines all other forms of gameplay.
I’m honestly not a fan of the current rare distribution system at all as it appeals to people with more traditional lifestyles as well as people with zero commitments in life, which in a way reflects 2004 as most of the playerbase of the time consisted of kids with nothing to do other than school most of the time. Someone like me that works weekends will miss out, and let’s be honest, even if I do hang around and play I can and statistically will miss out on rares, being locked out of an economy that numerous players will arbitrarily have access to that they normally wouldn’t until spending disgusting amounts of time in the end game.
I completely understand, though. Because of how well word gets around in today’s world, there’s no way you could do the traditional distribution with rares. We’re aware of their limited numbers and implied value they have. We are adults with decades of runescape gameplay and knowledge. We’d end up killing their value.
I support a lower drop rate but spread out over the entire week instead of the weekend. I’m not sure if this would encourage playing throughout the week, but as it is the system we’re using already deviates from what the game originally did so unless y’all are in love with the current system it’s an option worth considering. tbh I’m not gonna fight this though because I get it, most people don’t work weekends and ultimately I’m gonna keep playing whether I get a rare or not (I didn’t come here to fish for some silly hat/mask) but it would be fun if the 25-30% of society that works weekends had a better shot to participate.
Discontinued items are discontinued items. Maybe a single rare wouldn’t be the most expensive item for a while, like they already are at release now. But there would be collectors and people would end up with larger stacks. Add in increasing quantities of gp over time and player churn, and they wouldn’t be worthless.
OSRS “rares” are not valuable because they are not discontinued.
Yeah if OSRS actually discontinued rares again not long after its release, there’s no way they wouldn’t carry some significant value by now, over a decade later. Even though players know their potential value. Because players come and go.
Nice to see that your still as toxic as ever. Some of us can’t no life a private server like yourself. We actually live in the real world, have jobs and a family ect. I’m curious to why someone like you dedicates so much time to a game while being consistently toxic to the player base is beyond me.
And its not a dumb take, if you want any good chance at a rare you have to clock in some serious hours on weekends or get extremely lucky. Perhaps both.
Didn’t expect any better response from you other than calling people an idiot. Well done.
I wish they were obtainable through the week as well, I play this daily. But, it’s too late. They’re already released into the game so it wouldn’t work now unless they were all removed, which definitely isn’t going to happen. I feel the same way, the weekends are packed with people while the week days feel pretty empty tbh. Makes ya think what’ll happen when the 4 months of Rares runs out but I’m sure some followup updates will bring some people back or new people in. I haven’t recieved a rare yet which sucks but I’ll say this, they definitely hold the RARE title. So I can respect that and take the 3 weeks of losses so far lmao
Yeah. Unfortunately when it’s “Friday” and I have time to play the event hasn’t started. By the time it does start I can’t play till “Sunday” and by then when I have a bit of time to play it’s over.
Likely little chance of getting a rare these next 4 months because the days I have time to play are weekdays
appreciate all the responses guys! I also think it would be cool to have to some event from the mods with rares as prizes. Instead of everyone grinding in isolation, we could all have fun together! The classic hide and seek or even PK events like a juggernaut free for all (Pazaz has 10K hitpoints in deep multi wildy with nothing but a phat on) this may be too private servery but would be so much fun
but I’m sure some followup updates will bring some people back or new people in. I haven’t recieved a rare yet which sucks but I’ll say this, they definitely hold the RARE title. So I can respect that and take the 3 weeks of losses so far lmao