They told us that's what they wanted, so we did it. Two years after launch, RuneScape developer Jagex wanted to revamp the game with a new 3D engine. Dubbed "the biggest update ever," it would also include basic features like allowing multiple players to fight an an enemy at the same time, and trading between banks.
You'd think every player would be on-board with those, but some enjoyed the "purity" of RuneScape. And thus, RuneScape Classic was born. Existing alongside modern RuneScape , Jagex suddenly found itself supporting two versions of the same game. Though most players moved forward, enough stayed behind for Jagex to keep RuneScape Classic around—even today.
Some things don't change, like the basic building blocks of the world itself. When the engine is updated, when the visuals are overhauled, it's built on the same framework as before. Here, for example, is a comparison of RuneScape Classic and the latest version of the game:. Images courtesy of Jagex.
On the left, RuneScape Classic from On the right, RuneScape in Today, less than 1, people play RuneScape Classic — the servers show players on right now, as of this writing —and Jagex intentionally limits how many can participate. There was also a great number of "wine pures" who were pures that decreased their attack level below 8 using the wine trick in order to gain pure attack experience from hitting dummies in Varrock.
A slight advantage can be gained in the sense that their hp levels would be lower than traditional pures, while their strength would be higher. If they hit first in combat, they would be able to hit 1 to 2 damage more, and thus have a greater chance of 3-hitting somebody.
With the RS2 update, the functionality of dummies was removed as it looks at your maximum attack level rather than your current. Also, player-killing was not limited to the wilderness at first. The only place where players weren't subject to attack from other characters was in Lumbridge, or if they designated themselves as NPK's non-player killers. The second option could only be changed twice, and it was eventually taken out of the game.
Duelling used to be possible at any location at any time provided that both duellers were in a members world.
All the player had to do was right click on a player, and "Duel" would be an option along with "Walk here", "Follow", and "Trade". It was often used as a cheap and easy way to return to Lumbridge , since dying in a duel would send the player back there, but if nothing was staked, nothing would be lost. This made Lumbridge a hotspot for duels. Many players have complained about the removal of this feature, which was removed because with the introduction of running in RS2, players could now run during any point of battle without ending the battle.
Players would be able to fight all around the world, or bank the staked items if it was not moved to the duel arena. One more thing players liked about the ability to duel anywhere in the world was that if someone came to take over your spot, you could challenge them to a duel for who gets to stay there for the spot instead of switching worlds to find a less crowded area to train.
RuneScape Classic has 50 quests. There are 17 free quests and 33 members quests. No new free quests were released in RuneScape Classic after membership was started on 28 February and since then there have been only 3 new free-to-play quests released in RuneScape. The quest journal lists the free quests in alphabetical order, but the members quests in chronological order. Legends' Quest is quest number See listing of quests.
New quests in RuneScape Classic were very difficult to complete shortly after release because only one player can talk to an NPC at a time. This resulted in large crowds in the quest area. Jagex tried to negate this by adding duplicates of key NPCs in the quest. Busy banks were similarly difficult to use for the same reason, as only one player could talk to a banker at a time.
A major complaint of those who remain loyal to RuneScape Classic over RuneScape is that there are too many players who use macros to make playing it worthwhile. These players regularly complain to Jagex to do something about the problem, but as Jagex considers RuneScape Classic to be, more or less, an abandoned project, they are reluctant to allocate resources to combat the problem.
Jagex, however, has posted on the RuneScape website that macroing will not be tolerated on RuneScape Classic. Another complaint was that the segregation of RS1 to only allow member-made players who chose to stay F2P in classic was unfair now that they have to buy membership in order to keep their items and account.
However, Jagex has stated before in a Behind the Scenes article for January that they were planning to add them in , although this never happened.
A player-run wiki was created years later. Originally, there were classes from which players could choose. This feature was removed in early July Tutorial Island was released in the following September. Depending on the class chosen, new players would start with a higher level in the appropriate skill at a compensation of lower skill levels in other areas.
For example - a miner would start with level 5 mining, but they would also start with 9 Hitpoints. After the class system was removed, all new players started out with a bronze axe, cooked meat, and tinderbox. RuneScape Wiki Explore. Ranch Out of Time Primal feast. Skills Calculators Skill training guides. Ongoing tasks Pages that need improvement Pages that need completing Pages that need updating Pages that need cleanup Images needing retaking Images needing transparency.
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