Well considering I had quite a good bit of fun while I was here, it couldn't hurt to give some feedback for why I didn't find this or any other remake I've tried worth my time.
1) There are plenty of servers that offer insane exp rates, op items etc and the ability to basically use cheat codes which for me doesn't make the game better. This game is an adventure and I think if someone really loved Runescape back in 2006 they would be willing to play with 1x EXP, higher defeats the purpose of the game, there isn't supposed to be an ending where you rack up all 99's in a couple weeks and you're done. If 1x xp is too slow for you then I don't know why the hell you play runescape, go play xbox or something where you can grind and be maxed out in a week or something. This game was great because you could login when you want, hang out and get some levels and each level mattered so much. You have to see it from the point of view when it was new and people didn't know every little detail, reaching milestones like 60 smith or 60 magic was a great accomplishment.
2) Honestly, I can't speak for every one, but I personally don't want to be playing an incomplete game. Let's just say you start off the game and get decent mid level stats and then a new area opens up.... well now you kind of missed that content because it's too low level or easy so you just grinded what was available before and the new area is MEH. Sadly there needs to be a fresh start where content is done and every week or month an article is posted of minor updates to the current world or quests being released in intervals. Quests don't all need to be done off the bat, it would be interesting to release some major ones weekly or monthly as a fresh kind of thing to look forward to.
3) Obviously advertise! like you said you are putting in tons of work and you'd like people to play and enjoy it right? Well I shit you not, there have been many attempts at 2006 remakes with 1x xp trying to bring back the exact game we miss. Well there were thousands of people posting, and keeping tabs on those daily until they crashed and burned lol. Runescape's current Oldschool version is crap, it's not what alot of people wanted or expected to be frank, that's why I left it not long after it's release.
4) There will always be those people who grind the game and have endless amounts of hours it seems. They will grind and grind to get those 99's instead of just enjoying the game. It's not about winning or losing it's about fun and adventure but what the fuck do I know lol. Anyway I think it would be cool to incorporate ways people can play and have fun without having to just worry about xp and levels, like host events at castle wars or something and if you don't want to come fine but xp is halved, or if you are on the same skill over 6 hours in a day xp starts to reduce because of character fatigue. Make it realistic who the fuck can fletch or wc all damn day irl lol your hands would fuckin bleed. OOh u lose hp cuz ur hands be hurting if u fletch over x amount of hours straight or something lol idk be creative.
5) This community is great, it's very welcoming to new people and that's one of it's strong points, but maybe restrict the weird and childish posts like I see alot. You know which ones.
6) Obviously you also need money to survive, and many other 06 remakes before making it to launch came up with ideas to get donators without unfair in game advantages. People who love the game will donate, they just want to be assured that the game isn't going anywhere or changing without their input, but this server has been very successful so that's another strong point.
7) The main reason I left is that there is no accuracy in terms of drop rates and the way monsters react in combat. When people are able to buy thousands of arrows underpriced and restock every 2 hours at one point I had like 30k arrows..... Not realistic and really undermines skills like fletching. You cannot expect people to stay when things are so fucked, there is no economy there are more "rare" items than players it makes no sense. I know many people put in alot of time but honestly there needs to be an advertisement for the server when more work is complete and you gotta advertise a fresh start with all of the features you are providing, have all the usual FAQ's already complete, and by that I mean the donator benefits, xp rates, drop rates being right, xp for everything released correct, etc.
If I think of more I'll edit this, but the gist of what I'm getting at is pretty much covered... Grasp the people first and then release the game, noone is going to stick around in a game that is this inaccurate. I really can't call it a remake sorry. NO OFFENCE TO ANYONE I REALLY LIKE THE PEOPLE HERE AND THE WORK BEING DONE SO DON'T CHEW ME OUT, THIS WHOLE POST IS OUT OF RESPECT AND MY HOPE YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL!
