Availability is also a factor to consider - we even toyed with producing a Mat K montage video. There's no sweeping under the rug. The first thing a player sees when they log in on a Thursday is a link to the newspost, we chose to include Mat's message in the game update newspost to ensure it'll get more eyes. A game update newspost (linked to in-game) typically sees 4/5x the amount of views as another newspost.
This is really f**king worrying. Mat K has backbone and despite all the memes he has held the future of the game and the community as the most important things.
Hopefully this isn't a prelude for the coming of MTX or other bullshit.
Whatever you will do in the future this community will be supporting you, thanks Mat!
Thanks for your words about Mat - we all feel the same way here on the team. To address your concern, this isn't a prelude for MTX
MTX is coming
It's still not coming
I expect a huge announcement soon concerning MTX.Mr Gambit has reassured that nothing will change in terms of MTX.
Nothing has changed regarding our stance on MTX which is that we're not looking to introduce it to OSRS. That's the case at every level of Jagex.
F
[deleted]
Hey - sure. My DMs are open.
I don't work in Player Support, but I'll help if I can.
You get a cape, he gets a cape, the whole team gets a cape!
Oprah would be so proud.
He's been in office for 5 years? Petition to have all staff get a veteran's cape if they have been in office for 5,10,15 years just like in-game.
He's been around for 14; I've been here for 5!
Anyone feel a man so integral to the game & community leaving should have got his own blog post, not just shoe horned into a game update blog.
I hope this doesn't mean he's leaving on bad terms.
It's amicable - the decision to have his leaving message in the update post was for communications scheduling reasons.
It's one of those oo-ah-ah sensations. :(
Is mtx incoming? Wink twice if yes
It's still not, so rest easy. We'd prefer to focus on wishing Mat K the best than any MTX fearmongering.
Best of luck, mate. It's been a great 5-and-a-bit years of working with you!
Mod Mat K going = microtransactions?
No.
Probably one of the toughest weekly game update posts I've had to write to-date :(
Poppa Mat :(
Hi There! Thank you very much for taking the time to raise awareness and make this post. I've spoken to Player Support and they were already looking into the account thanks to an in-game report. I encourage you all to report in-game if you see something similar to this post that needs flagging to Jagex.
I really like this idea. Wholesome too :)!
I completely agree with you, except on the point of popular MMO - you achieve popular MMO BY making it the best MMO :P.
This isn't about adding accessibility to everything, this is about making sure in the first few hours of playing, we equip you with the tools to ensure you're ready for that lack of accessibility. We know it's part of the game, that its a steep learning curve, that's never going to change. Right now, our tutorial, anything you do straight away in Lumbridge, etc does not prepare you for this, or explain why that's good.
This is OSRS, intentionally and unapologetically a tough steep learning curve MMO, otherwise it wouldn't be authentic to its time period - a new player doesn't necessarily know that, or expect it, and it's helping to them to get to grips with that.
Imo if they wanna stop the not knowing anything why don’t they make changes to the tutorial island and actually give you information about the map and different aspects of the game and maybe some simple goals to try to achieve as a noob
The tutorial indeed is not effective - a ton of players quit as soon as they leave the tutorial. That problem goes beyond just the tutorial, it's both sides, you leave a very scripted linear thing, which has arrows to everything you need to do, to a vast expanse offering an insane amount of choice.
We need to help players prepare for how to play OSRS, and what it is all about.
There's many improvements to look at, and some of the ideas in the blog, are just that, ideas. Any suggestions from the community, and especially players who've recently played the game for the first time would be amazing. Even more useful... is feedback from those who've tried to play the game, and didn't stick around - we won't find those on this reddit generally, or our other social channels, that takes proper research and is something we are doing.
devtrackers.gg