[2019] Introducing: Old School RuneScape Leagues

Originally posted by Cope1010

I like it! But as someone who can only play 2-3 hours a day max, it kinda seems pointless to even try to compete against streamers and other people who can easily play 8+ hours a day everyday.

What if each account was limited to like 6? hours a day on the league gamemode? That way, it keeps it more about efficiency and less about who can dump the most time into it. It would also discourage account sharing for those who would try to grind 24/7, and it wouldn’t end your run to #1 if you have to take a day off.

Originally posted by Cope1010

I like it! But as someone who can only play 2-3 hours a day max, it kinda seems pointless to even try to compete against streamers and other people who can easily play 8+ hours a day everyday.

What if each account was limited to like 6? hours a day on the league gamemode? That way, it keeps it more about efficiency and less about who can dump the most time into it. It would also discourage account sharing for those who would try to grind 24/7, and it wouldn’t end your run to #1 if you have to take a day off.

Originally posted by 99AllStats

This seems really cool! Though I'm a bit unsure about cosmetics carrying over to the main game if they're only obtainable if you achieve a 'high score in the leagues'. For alot of players this is out of reach, and I'd hate to see people missing out due to the little free time they have. I hope everybody has a chance to obtain these cosmetic rewards in the main game. Other than that, I'm interested!

Originally posted by Forkward

Nowhere does it mention if this is a no trading mode. So won't the people winning this just be people that got fed gear and resources? (aka streamers and clans)

Originally posted by Tomsot

Can you say why it should be worth playing because currently it does not appear worth starting over?

Originally posted by Tomsot

I see, if I can buy them in the main game I am happy, but more so if they are like ornament kits rather than no stat cosmetics

Originally posted by Goldthumb33

Kinda bummed considering this isn’t a new game mode friendly for all players. Some of us have full time jobs and children, where some play runescape for a living. And I understand that it’s shit luck for some of us but a new skill or something could have been fair and exciting, not a race to the finish line. But good work on the creativity. :)

Originally posted by OSRSTone

Does this have to have rewards that carries over into the main game? I'd rather it didnt

Originally posted by OSRSTone

Does this have to have rewards that carries over into the main game? I'd rather it didnt

Originally posted by Tomsot

Can you say why it should be worth playing because currently it does not appear worth starting over?

Originally posted by AspiringMILF

Each league would have a different twist

would i be crazy making a comparison to path of exile, diablo3? the base game is basically the same, but every couple of months they start a "fresh leaderboard" with some kind of modifier for a few months. ie diablo recently gave every play a passive that made set bonuses take 1 less gear piece, path of exile currently has a tower defense thing going on, in addition to the core gameplay loop.

Originally posted by LothricsLegs

Idk man the problem with this and deadman mode is retraining the shit you already had to do (twice) now. For no purpose since its basically irrelevant to your main account.

Idk maybe its just me but once once i 99 a skill i generally dont want to do it again

Originally posted by Discord_Show

Group ironman mode too please

Originally posted by EthanRScape

Poe does this and it's amazing, could also be cool for osrs, if they are planning world changing stuff, which I doubt.

Expectations = demons take over and are everywhere except major cities, very easy to die, world feels totally different, gamemode feels fresh

Reality = iron man mode for EVERYONE wowww. I'll just play my regular iron man lol it's no different

Originally posted by FourOranges

Standard league (our current characters) is going to suck if this goes through. Ever since seasons/leagues were introduced for D3/Path, standard servers went completely dead. You'll find at most one or two players chatting in one of the general chats that everyone automatically joins. If you're one of the few types of people who can ignore all of that and play by yourself then that's fine but for players who actually enjoy the MMO aspect of walking around a bustling city and seeing people around them, it's definitely off-putting and deviating towards the newer and "funner" league where everybody else is playing becomes the norm. Standard league becoming a joke "dead" league is pretty much the general consensus of both communities. If we do have players that stay in Standard, splitting them from the seasonal players (after already splitting us from rs3 players) is going to cause such a huge divide between populations.

Honestly it'd work out alright if exprates are upped in this mode since I (and I can imagine a lot of other players) aren't even maxed on our mains yet so the stuff we're doing there could be done on the character that we've enjoyed improving over a long period of time. D3/PoE also have different classes to master too which adds to the replayability, OSRS doesn't really have anything close to that.

Originally posted by Lazypole

For this to work you really need to address the extreme bad habits of players. Actively rewarding players for missing sleep and punishing those with jobs is a fatal flaw. If its in game time, cool!

Originally posted by Discord_Show

Thank you for responding to me about it and knowing (possibly) less then 2 weeks after that, you guys would announce it at Runefest. <3