Is it too late to get back into it?
I know there are a bunch of people playing here but is the game still active enough to be fun?
I've just been thinking about it alot the last few weeks and I want to play again but don't want to shatter the rose tinted lens.
External link →Genuinely believe with my whole heart that OSRS is the best RS has ever been for most players. Diversity of content is unmatched by any other MMO - there's something for every mood and intensity level. Whether you're looking to keep it simple and take it slow or push the game to its limits like players have been doing for nearly a decade since OSRS's release - the floor is low and the ceiling is near-infinite.
Also the resources available are better than ever. There's not a single question you're likely to have that isn't answered somewhere on the wiki, there are loads of really well-made video guides for virtually every piece of content, communities in the form of social clans or Twitch chats are - for the most part - super welcoming and accommodating.
Jump back in and see how you find it! All the stuff that made the game great is still there, just a case of seeing whether it still appeals to you as a person after such a long time!
LOL - Diversity is unmatched by any other MMO? You're joking right? I only play OSRS now - Played WoW years ago - And while it's not fun anymore to me, it still has so much more to offer than OSRS.
Jagex dev team needs to be realistic tbh. Getting a little ridiculous.
For me personally it's got the biggest breadth of content out of any of my mainstays (FF14, Lost Ark, WoW) since there are so many avenues to progress. Progression in WoW is still primarily 'just do PvE' and if you don't like dungeons/raids you're not going to make meaningful progress anywhere. In OSRS you're still able to progress horizontally and experience so much because of the number of skills, training methods available, and content even within PvM at a whole bunch of intensities.
More than happy to be disagreed with, but I don't think it's a ridiculous claim at all!
I mean, while you're right about the level of engagement OSRS offers, low level players still have absolutely no direction in OSRS.
There's no real content for anyone to do sub 80 combats - In WoW you're hitting your first dungeon at 10-15 overall level and there are dozens on the way up to max and several raids to do along the way as well.
It just feels to me like OSRS is - "Oh you're max level NOW you can do the content"
Feels like we just have different definitions of diversity for content. I love WoW & I love running dungeons, but I'd be lying if I said that it wasn't very 'same-y'. when compared to a whole bunch of skills to jump between, quests with unique flavours etc.
It feels like the avenues for progression are a lot more varied than either 'run this PvE instance in a group' or questing by way of 'kill this dude a whole bunch of times and then come back to me!'
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