• Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    3 hours ago

    I quit osrs a few years ago because I felt jagex was once again ruining the game. Now I sit back with my popcorn and watch jagex fuck up time and time again.

    I’m hyped for Oldschool oldschool runescape though

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    13 hours ago

    Yeah, it’s what happens when things get bought by Private Equity.

    I cancelled 3 memberships I have had since ~2016 over this shit.

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      46 minutes ago

      Ditto. Cancelled two this past September/October when they asked how much you’d be willing to pay if MTX was removed, then promptly raised membership prices and made MTX purchases worth even less (keys to USD ratio). Been playing since 2003 but fuck everything they’ve become.

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      13 hours ago

      It’s like the guy in a trenchcoat selling gas station drugs in a dingy back alley. Gets you hooked at the same price you’d get the “caffeine” pills from the station, then when you come back for more they’re suddenly 2-3× the price. It’s just good business.

      Everyone I know who actually pays to play Jagex games acts like it’s meth or heroin…
      Not trying to shame folk that do, but the only other times I’ve seen that level of video game addiction was early days WoW.

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        10 hours ago

        pretty much everyone I know who plays osrs is extremely addicted, anecdotes of course but I’ve never seen anyone have a normal relationship with this game