Show me your Skills
RuneScape’s skill based
progression method means any player can be a master mage, warrior, and
craftsman at the same time though this would take quite a bit of
training on all three fronts. The beauty of this system is that it
leaves you free to try a little bit of each style and see which you
enjoy most. There is no need for multiple characters and players are
free to hop between Free Runescape game servers almost instantly with the same character
& items attached. Of course every system has its downsides. Since
experience points in each skill are rewarded per use, people find the
most efficient methods of raising skills even if they are silly and
repetitive. After seeing a group of players slaughtering groups of
respawning cows I inquired as to what was going on. The response was
that this was the best way to work up attack skills for the first two
dozen or so ranks. This form of progression almost forces people to use
automated botting programs which are a huge recurring problem for the
developers.
At first many of the crafting and resource gathering skills didn’t
interest me but I whenever I grew tired of hunting, I found myself pull
out the old pick axe and go mining. Eventually I discovered just how
in-depth RuneScape’s player run economy was. The RuneScape Wiki even has
a constantly updated ‘Common Trade Index’ which represents the price of
a pool of common resources such as coal, gold bar, steel and so on.
There also exists a large market for difficult to obtain items and I’ve
met people who log onto the game only to trade and collect these items.
The byproduct of this much interest in the game economy is a ton of gold
sellers and other undesirables trying to pawn money making or cheating
guides both online and in game. Of course RuneScape has plenty of
content for those seeking to make their fortune through adventure rather
than astute business transactions. There are dungeons to clear, haunted
mansions to explore and a huge wilderness to tame but most of this
content is locked away, only about a third of the world can be explored
for free with the rest requiring a subscription ($5/month) to access.
Kid Through Adult
Free RuneScape Game has the inaccurate
label of being a kids game but this misconception is shattered the
first time you fall in combat. Upon death, players respawn in a safe
location but all the equipment and items they were carrying drop where
they died. This fact, along with the existence of open pvp zones and
servers, makes RuneScape far more ‘hardcore’ than many recent MMORPGs
including the mega hit World of Warcraft.
Besides the limited free to play features, the only other problem I had
with RuneScape was the absurdly limited backpack space. All players
have 28 item slots and only some items are stackable such as arrows,
gold, and runes (spell reagents.) If you plan on leaving town adequately
armed, you’ll need a few tools, some food (for healing purposes), runes
and other items which severely restricts the slots left for loot. If I
could ask for one improvement to the game, it would be more free
features but considering the success the game continues to enjoy, that
doesn’t seem likely so my next request would be for more bag space.
Final Verdict: Excellent
RuneScape
has withstood the test of time and continues to offer some of the best
browser based gaming experiences available. Constant updates, a huge
community, open PvP, a player run economy and a unique progression
system all add up to make RuneScape the great casual browser-based
success that it is.
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