Guys, I have just spent the last 6 weeks working on the budget for 2019 and 2020 and I can absolutely asssure you there isn't any Monetisation Manager in the OSRS plan... more Content Devs (yay), more QA (yay), more Artists (yay) but no Monetisation Manager.
We understand how you feel about MTX and there is no plan to introduce it to OSRS without your agreement. So, it is safe to take your tinfoil hats off and put them away until next time.
I think most people get that notion, but are worried that Chinese overlords might decide to cash out someday and demand it anyway.
In the (nearly) 6 years I have been working on OSRS not one person has ever come to me to demand something. Sure, we've made some wrong decisions over the years (and probably will make more in the future), but what the community wants has always come out on top in the end.
Note that Mat always says "there is no plan (currently)", not "we will not".
As much as I would love to say that. I don't pretend to know what the players will want in 10 years time or how the game will be, so it would be foolish for me to decree an absolute decision now.
Mat, what do you have to say to the players that think when Rs3 dies, MTX automatically comes flooding into osrs? Can you give a respond to people that believe that?
We are not about to let Runescape die. There are a whole load of talented people working to make Runescape last for many years to come. At the end of the day, all of us came from Runescape; it is either the game you grew up with or the game that started your love of MMORPGs and I want to see it flourishing in 10 years time. And I think it will be.
More Human Than Inhuman.
dont worry. the mobile demographic that will be coming in will slowly get a turn that no for mtx to a yes, hopefully ive quit rs way before that happens
Looking at what is happening, I don't think that is likely.
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I changed it to RuneScape to show that whatever iteration you played, it is still the game we all started in.
Mate your proper retarded if you think rs3 will be flourishing in 10 years. Rs3 is bleeding dry most would argue it's already dead.
No, just more of an optimist than it seems you are.
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more mechanics for the engine work? 🚘🔧🙂
Yeah, more of those too.
Hi MMK,
Very curious what you guys consider to be "some wrong decision" carried out by you guys. Would be interesting to hear your perspective on this.
To name a few that spring to mind; trying to close Runelite, taking so long to sort our NMZ, integrity changes that took to long to make, etc.
As a returning player, (thanks for hooking me w/ mobile osrs btw) it's refreshing to see a quick response from a Jagex Mod directly on a reddit post. In some MMOs I've played in the past, it can take the publishers/devs a week or more to formulate some meaningless PR fodder with empty promises. From my perspective, you guys are nailing it with community interaction and response, so thank you.
Thanks mate.
I get that perfectly and believe that oldschool team has our best interests in mind, it's just the uncertainty about foreign owners that public know pretty much nothing about.
I'm sure that Fukong understands that as well and are well informed about demographics of both games so they wouldn't jump a gun to do radical changes, especially with the success of mobile, but often only the worst case scenario is considered.
Many doomsayers think if Rs3 loses their whales and revenue is going to be lower, investors would want to monetize 07 more and there would be no way to stop it. It's not like polling is a law that you must abide.
That said, I believe there's a big group of players that are burned out and keep playing only because they are addicted, due to sunken cost(time) fallacy or are playing only sometimes with long breaks between. I think many of such players actually somewhat hope that we get more mtx just so they have a reason to quit.
One thing to note is we don't have investors, we have owners. This means there is no quick flipping of companies on the GE to make a few extra GPs.
I fully realize nobody at Jagex can say with any kind of certainty, but I'm curious:
Hypothetically, if RuneScape as a whole (including OSRS) were to die, would Jagex consider releasing or selling a standalone, offline version without any continued updates or support?
If the whole RS franchise was to cease to exist it would be sensible to do that depending on the work that needs to be done to allow it to happen. It is rarely a case of just releasing code. You're going to be playing for many many years to come so I don't think we'll ever need to find out.
Thanks dad
NP, do your homework.
I love how active ya'll are in the community. You guys also seem to have the players best interest in mind; I dig it. In an age where to many gaming companies really dont give a flying f**k about their customer, you all seem to.
Thank you. :)
How do you genuinely see Rs3 progressing in years though? It's been on a decline for years while OS has been growing really well
I totally understand being optimistic but shouldn't you be thinking realistic as well?
I think I should leave that conversation to the RuneScape team. But I am really optimistic for its future.
While you're here and you're essentially a lead product manager/owner for OSRS, can you comment on adding Runelite-like features to mobile since there won't be a Runelite mobile? Lots of us would love to see it happen, and I'm certain you guys can create additional buttons and interfaces to make it happen and be fully toggleable so people can experience the game however they want to. Things like ground item overlay (preferably with changeable colors), highlighting agility rooftop spots, etc. Is something like that possible? Should we expect to see something like that?
The good thing about this is if you add the Runelite features from the desktop version of the game to the mobile version of the game, it's a one-and-done kind of thing - no need (or, much less need) to then port the changes to the desktop version of the game since Runelite already is a fantastic open-source option that anyone can enjoy completely for free, just add the relevant features to the mobile client and you're good to go.
All I can say is that we are looking at it.
No I was one of the guys just wondering why they're so adamant about gayness and then it surfaced that some of the jmods are actually gay lol
Why wouldn't we be?
Customer support too...... Or.....?
Yes that too.
Plis. I want to play armies of gielinor
I'm sorry, I don't know about that. :(
My point being that if they made a definitive statement they could be called hypocrites.
I just looked up the definition of that word and I think it means something neither of us knew.
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