Originally posted by
Captainmervil
The biggest difference between RS3 and OSRS is quite honestly just leadership.
If you go on X/Twitter and ask Mod Ash or any of the other mods how content or changes are decided upon you get quite a detailed response which shows they really take care before making said decision.
RS3 mods on the other hand you get the extremely poorly recieved *Hero Pass* that literally no one asked for and when someone like Mod Doom is questioned about what the next road map is going to be his response was " Hmmm, I don't know - after the last roadmap, you can understand my trepidation..."
Proof here - https://twitter.com/JagexDoom/status/1742911259287388330
Now im sorry but this shows a clearly differing stance on how the two groups view their community because OSRS constantly ask for feedback whereas RS3 is just content doing whatever they want and only removing stuff if it gets enough negative traction.
It's SO painfully obvious the RS3 devs/mods have absolutely zero respect for it's community and is surviving purely off of the back of whales and it's OSRS team to keep the RS3 version running.
It should come as a surprise to NO ONE that they have continued to make poor update after poor update when show such clear contempt for it's players and are so painfully clearly just clocking in for a pay check they are trying to prolong by jamming more nonsense into the game rather than creating a game that will last for another decade instead.
You've very rightly identified the biggest difference there, being that Mod Ash is Product Manager for Old School RuneScape, and I'm a Community Manager. Product Manager is a long ol' way up the ladder from where I'm sat! It would be a great privilege to get to Product Manager level one day, where I can have a much greater impact and make big, scary decisions about the general future of RuneScape - but I'm not quite sure I'm there yet!
I'm very sorry that you feel the way you do, but I still try my best even when I'm here at the grass-roots level with the community every day. I was singlehandedly managing the community during Hero Pass, with the other CMs out of action. I think I earned the right to make the occasional light-hearted comment about my experiences looking back at it. I won't hear any attempts to imply that I'm not committed, passionate and sincere in every interaction. It's just not true.
The Jmods on this project absolutely have respect for this community, and introducing the Community Hitlist project was one of the best things I could have done this past year. Seeing mods actively engaging with players, getting feedback, showing off their work early and pushing the game forward with loads of tweaks, fixes and QoL changes that players have asked for for years is an incredible show of commitment to this game's players and its future.
I'm always happy to answer questions about decisions and changes I have made, of course, but what I actually get to decide on is very limited. I'm still trying to get you, and the entire RuneScape playerbase, the answers you deserve, and I'm still hoping I can get them to you soon. Have a great day.
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