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Usually I hear bad things about Jagex, I’m surprised they have a system in OSR where they don’t make changes without user approval
by armchairhacker 4y ago
Usually I hear bad things about Jagex, I’m surprised they have a system in OSR where they don’t make changes without user approval
- Macha 4y agoOSR exists to to serve their legacy userbase it feels like, who are older and therefore more likely to purchase subscriptions (so they feel it's worthwhile from a business POV) but also more likely to be put off by the level of microtransactions they wanted to put in RS3. So after some very vocal criticism, the "by vote only" system was basically put in because it was the only way what became the OSR community could trust them.
- xboxnolifes 4y agoAs a current player, I feel a lot of the bad things talked about Jagex are more on the management side rather than the development side. Most of the known OSRS devs and community staff are held in pretty high regard, and my limited interaction with the RS3 community suggest some of the same. The most regular complaints are about how many microtransactions are in RS3, how poorly the devs are paid (though, that's also the video game industry as a whole), and specific events that seem to be very much streamlined through by management and then later patched up after community backlash. Some changes do get into the game without player approval. The idea behind them is that some changes are necessary for the long-term integrity of the game (in-game economy, gear balancing, etc). They are always controversial.