[2019] Love Letter to Mod Jack

Originally posted by SplendidWow

M&S rework. Wow, just wow. All I have to say is no single piece of content has blown my expectations quite like this. Years of your forum and Reddit presence, sharing your concepts and brainstorms, requesting feedback and making changes based on community suggestions has created something so profoundly engaging and almost bug-free. Thank you for this so much, Smithing has always been my biggest pet peeve in RuneScape, for over a decade. For the first time in forever my faith in the developers word that they value the skilling aspect of the game is restored (and let's be brutally honest here, since EoC the game's focus on combat and Slayer had me believing the gathering and production skills were afterthoughts to Jagex).

I think a long-lasting problem that was present in RS3 (and remains in OSRS) is that the players who enjoy RuneScape for its unique skilling and medieval economy simulation become sidelined at the endgame. I simply don't like bossing in RuneScape, I don't enjoy the fast-paced hectic risky action bar style gameplay here (in WoW, I main a healer and have since I started). So naturally the draw of RuneScape came from the skills. The ability to interact with the world and collect, gather and forage is what appealed to me.

Now for what I think is the first time, maxing a skill feels truly satisfying not just because you're finally done with it, but because you're excited to make money with it. Nobody thinks "I'm finally done reaching strength level 99, now I never have to train strength again" but everyone felt this way for Smithing.

So again, THESE are the kind of updates RuneScape 3 needs more of, so thank you.