Additionally RS updates have shifted runescape substantially over the years as well, you can’t let me”vanilla” RS2 and RS3 are near the same game. RS upgrades are free and OSRS gold the number has dwindled recently that is a discussion for different threads however the expansion debate does not have any true relevance.I expect we both agree that cash shops generally and being able to purchase currency is not a good feature. That aside you can’t compare the top 0.1% of runescape players utilising gold to purchase very minimal updates, (devalued by titanforging and split runs) for the world first raid to the average joe with 1.8k total and too much money to spare buying literal bis gear in most slots to blast through their aberrant spectre activity, bypassing all manner of gear development.
And just further on the addons argument is both osrs in the kind of runelite and wow at the form of curse forge+ support ui changes and runescape player QOL. Yet rs3 doesn’t encourage this and have monopolised on it by charging for the bare minimum.So if you’d like to attack runescapes features as a whole because of your political feelings towards actiblizzard as a whole, I can only see that as being disingenuous. I wholeheartedly concur that what J allen Brack and people in the top echelons do is disgusting for the human rights movement.
Nevertheless, yes BFA has been arguably the worst growth, we can both agree with this; mythic raiding is not fun with the way dumbed down my class is, buying mythic equipment runs Is Really an issue though not as bad as buying bonds and gambling for your bis, locking off aesthetic improvement by selling top quality advanced mounts and transmogs through the cash shop and RAF is unsatisfactory to say the least, hence why I (a avid collector) and 90 percent of the runescape playerbase detested the fact that BFA brought in more shop mounts this growth than previous ones united
Firms love money, ofc they’ll discover ways to market their match, they thrive and grow off of it. But the difference between WoW and rs3 is it’s within the context of every game. You say WoW triple dips but be fair, how is buying two years worth of’new material’ in the form of multiple raid tiers, dungeons and other expansion specific features exactly the same as having the ability to pull your wallet out and purchase your finest in slot equipment, the capability multiply and gamble your gold in a literal constructed in minigame AND directly purchase xp that Old School RS Gold in my eyes would be the worst as I value maxing/120s as the main progression in runescape.
