[2020] So please tell me its time to get our pitchforks out and demand some fucking answers!

Originally posted by WateronRocks

The Jmods who work on RS are ridiculously good

I hear you say this but I havent seen the proof. They give quite the opposite impression...

Originally posted by Mercuriaelis

From a loved and cherished community communicator to a die-hard apologist for one of the most greedy gaming companies in the UK. How sad.

Originally posted by ExtremeHunt

But on what are you basing "The Jmods who work on RS are ridiculously good" also on? Is it "they work hard", "are passionate", "are good programmers"? Having a grasp of a couple concepts of good programming concepts is also important and knowing when to use them, stuff like design patterns, the SOLID and DRY principles are very good examples of this.

So who would have thought that 6 years later after EoC, the player title system was written so badly and in an unsafe manner that it even could corrupt player safe files, that it had to be disabled and be rewritten from scratch?

Being a developer isn't only a job, it's constant learning from new technologies and adapting them. Every company does it differently and Unity is no exception. I am sure you may be aware of Unity also adapting and being innovative, like the Data-Oriented Technology Stack (DOTS) within Unity, which required to rebuild a hefty chunk of the game's engine for the better.

This is what I lack from the devs. They usually don't do things for the better or rather the longevity for the game. At some point developing any kind of content will take weeks and weeks due to technical debt, while maybe years ago this could have been just a couple hours. It's doesn't matter if it's legacy code or spaghetti code, cause even we programmers came up with design pattern to help with rebuilding a part that's legacy or spaghetti code, it's called the strangler pattern. As the name suggest it's build on top of the old code, replacing like bits and pieces until there's no more legacy/spaghetti code, effectively strangled as there's only modern code now.

With such kind of devs a player model rework or a more generic way to go with dyeing armour or weapons could actual feel really close. With the current I do not feel this way, they may be passionate, but if old remains old and buggy and new feels 50/50 buggy isn't also a great player experience. A lot of stuff feels outdated while brand new content/area's is pumped out, which shows a lot of inconsistencies with the game, south Falador, Varrock or Ardgoune farm are prime examples.

Originally posted by Shaunyowns

I'm all for constructive feedback but let's be real here

either jmods are severly slacking off at home and not doing any actual work or i dont know,

I'd very much disagree with this, it's likely they are doing some stuff but for some reason they're not allowed to talk about it. The Jmods who work on RS are ridiculously good at it, and don't get near enough credit for how much they have to actually deal with when it comes to the game.

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I can agree with some comms being off, etc because I'd love to know when's the next big update and I loved keeping up with BTS, showcase streams, etc but I'm pretty sure Jagex know this from posts and are hopefully trying to sort something around it.