Quiksilv3r

Jul 22 2006, 10:40 AM | Post #1

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Well, as the months pass, we see newer, better, and more in depth content being added to RuneScape. However, is this what RuneScape needs? In my opinion, although this is important to capture new audiences and keep game interest high, RuneScape's infrastructure needs to be changed. Not revamped, but altered.

Examples:

At the moment, RuneScape is host to OVER 25 mini games. Some of these include Tears of Guthix, Pest Control, Castle Wars, TzHaar Fight Pit, Gnome Ball, the Trawler, and Barrows.
I believe that it's excellent that Jagex has chosen to include Mini Games into their main game of RuneScape, however, what use are these mini games? Some of these mini games are lucky to have 10 visitors an hour!

The Games Room, The Rogue Den, Rat Pits, Temple Trekking, Gnome Ball, Target Practice, Rogue Trader...how often have you played these mini games? How many have you even heard of? I belive what Jagex needs to do, is make slight updates to these mini games. Perhaps make them easier and more feasible to play(Temple Trekking), perhaps give the player more control(Rat Pits), make the reward greater(Gnome Ball, Trawler) or perhaps, put it in a more accessible place(Skull Ball). These are simple things that Jagex can do with the current mini games to help diversify and spread the population of a server.

Secondly: Skills/Activities and the towns pertaining to them

There are certain towns in RuneScape that are synonymous with certain skills. For example, we think Seers, we think, "Hey! Woodcutting (or Fletching!)!"

However, there are places in RuneScape where players go only when they must, for the towns serve no significant purpose.

Rimmington
Gu'Tanoth
Nardah
Lletya
Rellekka
Miscellania
Etcetria
Trollheim
Tree Gnome Village
Gnome Stronghold
Draynor Village

Why is it such? Why don't players gather at these places? There's three simple answers. Accessibility, Resources, and Bank. Now, a couple of these towns actually have a bank. Etcetria, Gnome Stronghold, Nardah and Lletya all have banks. However, they are all out of the way. The ones with any close proximity to a major town are Rimmington and Draynor Village. Gnome Stronghold is relatively close, but not that close. Moving along, these towns/villages dont have the proper resources inside them to be worthy of players residing within them. Now, recent updates such as construction have made the towns of Rimmington and Rellekka MUCH more accessible, but it is still difficult. Lets start with Lletya.
Lletya actually has a bank, but it is so far in the corner of the RuneScape world, it is hardly visited. It CAN be teleported to with Elf Crystals however. So why don't people go to Lletya? Simply because it is not worth going there. The bank, positioned in the corner of the small town, is distanced from most everything except a cooking range. Skilling wise, there is a much more convenient cooking FIRE located at the Rogue's Den. In regards to other skills, there is a spinning wheel, archery shop and a water source in the town, however, other towns are much better candidates for these activities.
Therein lies a problem. "Other towns are better suited for different activites." What Jagex needs to do with this, is spread out the importance of these towns. For example, in Al Kharid, don't make the closest Furnace(to a bank) and closest Tannery(to a bank) in the same town, split it up between two towns! Varrock, don't mix the most accessible Rune Essence mine with the closest anvils(to a bank) in the same town! Split that up as well! The addition of a bank to Lumbridge has made Lumbridge a better town for more advanced players, but ever since the removal of the option to duel anywhere, Lumbridge has essentially become abandoned as a town.
This goes for Ardougne as well. Ever since the switch to Runescape 2, Ardougne has slowly been withering from the "plague" we can say. Besides being the LARGEST town in RuneScape, Ardougne boasts theiving stalls, accessibility to a farming patch, two banks, an east and a west side, two mansions, a castle, and many MANY places to thieve. Ardougne instead has become a hub of transportation. Many people come to Ardougne to just instead travel elsewhere, be it the Fishing Guild, Brimhaven, Legends Guild, or even the farming patch north of Ardougne. What Jagex needs to do is bring the "pizazz" back to these towns, to hopefully have them populated again. It's great that Varrock is a free world trading post! It's great that Falador World has become the P2P trading post! It's excellent that Pest Control has become a training source! But perhaps the players are too clumped. Too many players are trying to attain the same goal, which means that the skills are massively unbalanced, but that's another story

In conclusion, what Jagex must do is alter these towns so they can be more popular. This will keep people traveling all over RuneScape, always having something to do. It will be more beneficial to the players and more beneficial to Jagex as interest in RuneScape will be kept. My two cents.

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ftblkd2004

Jul 22 2006, 04:04 PM | Post #2

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Draynor Village does have a significant purpose, it is packed in world 66 and 99 with law runers

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CP Lewis

Jul 22 2006, 05:19 PM | Post #3

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Also draynor has a bank and it is neatr a herb patch and some where to steal herbs, it's used alot.

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Mr_Krusty1

Jul 22 2006, 05:20 PM | Post #4

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^Thats true, and I also think that Relleka should have a bank, even though they have that wizard, but he takes everthing off you. My reason for having a bank in Relleka is to be able to get more food and store goods that you get from the slayer dungeon. Much better than teleporting to Camelot and walking all the way back right?

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Baakalor

Jul 22 2006, 06:55 PM | Post #5

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Draynor Village has no significant purpose??? I think the majority of P2P players would disagree with you. I use it alot for various things.

You make some good points but that one is a misstep I believe.

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BluEz

Jul 22 2006, 07:34 PM | Post #6

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One of the biggest problems is the lack of xp for playing a minigame. Just simply upgrade the xp to make it well worth it to play and im sure there would be a lot more people playing. Most of the citys have no advantage of being there, if they took each city and gave it an advantage to do a certain skill or task there then that would populate some of the more useless towns.

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Slim50

Jul 22 2006, 07:39 PM | Post #7

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since when has lumby had a bank...? Are you getting the Draynor bank confused with Lumby territory...?

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Axis Of Evil

Jul 22 2006, 07:46 PM | Post #8

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QUOTE(Slim50 @ Jul 22 2006, 01:39 PM)

since when has lumby had a bank...? Are you getting the Draynor bank confused with Lumby territory...?

Recipe for Disaster unlocks a bank in Lumbridge basement.

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Slim50

Jul 22 2006, 07:47 PM | Post #9

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oh...*sigh* i really need to do that -.-

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Dilbert26

Jul 22 2006, 10:47 PM | Post #10

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Lletya: You can light fires to cook right in front of the banker, very nice spot to cook. It also sells some nice items in the shops that arent found elsewhere. It also had a great spot to pick flax.

Yanille: Yanille is the closest (or i think) anvil in runescape. Even closer than varrock is. It is also home of the magic guild, along with blue dragons nearby and even ogres.

Draynor Village: Good spot to cut norm trees or willows. Great place to bank when you are law running. You can also theive seeds there and it is close to 2 herb patches.

I understnad what you are getting at though and agree with you. Would be nice to have more use out of the smaller and deserted cities.

Mini-games are simple to fix though. A better reward is all we need. That is why pest control is so popular. It's a fun game with a great reward, what else could we ask for.

This post has been edited by Dilbert26: Jul 22 2006, 10:48 PM

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vadeka

Jul 23 2006, 05:09 PM | Post #11

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omg Lletya was my second home when I played RS, it has like 3-4 magic trees very close there are rarely cutted. The town just looks awesome, its the only town with elves!!!

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monkey

Jul 24 2006, 08:19 PM | Post #12

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Lleyta- FLAXFLAXFLAX, but keep that on the DL. You also get to hear somewhat humourous conversations between people. I do believe it was here or Rogues Den I heard the tragic story of some 108 and how her RS boyfriend broke up with her. It was funny. True story. And it is just a generally cool place to hang at lvl 40.

Gu'tanoth- It's a town? and even if it isnt, it does have lots of nice ranged xp waiting to be killed. and my noob is named after it. shhh.

Miscellania- Who doesn't take care of their kingdom?

All the Gnomey places- Can you say transportation for all us poor kids please, laws ain't cheep. Thats their use. Honestly, I don't know how i could have gotten half my cross world quests done in the time i did them without those lovely towns and their gliders/trees.


The rest of them- I could say random stuff but it's been too long since I have played to be honest.

To the spacing out the population bit, I am perfectly happy to have alching spots free of spammers/annoying people/beggars/everything else this game has gone to. I vote for encouraging people who aren't playing this games for fun to stay in those crowded places. Pardon my whilst I leave to go rebuild that temple in the swamp.

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