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Post by jatrix on May 31, 2007 11:27:34 GMT -5
It sucks. Badly. Here's why.
1. Graphics
3D isn't always great. Your character is a piddly little stick of nothing. The attack is just red splotch, blue splotch, etc... all the attacks are the same. Blah.
2. Multiplayer Connections
These suck too. Every area is "free gp pl0cs" and "pres 777 if u w@nt h0t gurlfrand". In the wilderness, powerful noobs kill newbies and take their stuff for enjoyment. Everyone there are noobs. EVERYONE. GP PL0X. And don't forget the hackers. And scammers. And the bad staff. Even AKs look godly compared to RuneScape's mods.
3. Play
OOBERGUI goes into battle. With a cow.
*Click* Attack. *Click* Attack. Always the same damned thing. Attack. Attack. Attack.
"YESSSS! I BETAED TEH CIWZ! I TAKE HIZ HIDE!"
Boring quests, need membership to do this, blah blah blah.
4. Membership
Don't anyone dare compare to AQ. AQ has a one time payment of $20. Guardianship 4evur. Just a year on Runescape costs you $60. Free members get barely any updates.
5. Items
Boring old items. If you die, you lose all but two. Sometimes 3, if you're lucky. Repetitive. "PUT ON BOOTS TO GAIN 50 STRENGTH!" "YOU HAVE GLOVES ON! +20 ENDURANCE!" How does clothing effect your stats? Is it magic? Magical Boots of Wonder and Hope! "OMGOMGOMG!"
Good Effects:
Um...er...fun? Nah...
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Post by RobertM on May 31, 2007 15:10:17 GMT -5
It sucks. Badly. Here's why. 1. Graphics 3D isn't always great. Your character is a piddly little stick of nothing. The attack is just red splotch, blue splotch, etc... all the attacks are the same. Blah. Still, its better than AQ. No matter what weapon you hold, it's held the same. In RS every class of weapon has its own way to be held, and its own effects on the players animations. Hell, the first time I saw someone running with a barrelchest anchor I laughed my ass off. Large swords sit on your shoulder when not in use, twinhammers have a nifty attack animations, Halberds bring some variation into the game, and special attacks are actually special. Not many people don't like a good ole DDS special. And as for the splashes, AQ is always a number so I don't see where you're going with that one. I like how each color means something different. If you see a green splash you know you better get to a bank fast. Lol, that sounds like f2p lumbridge. Thats why people avoid that area. Noobs are a part of every game. Most scams are pathetic and easy to avoid, plus you can report the scammer and never see him again. About the wilderness: Of course they do. The wilderness was designed to be the most dangerous area in the game. Newbies should not be in the wilderness, unless they are only carrying 3 items and don't get skulled. And I don't see what you mean about RS mods. RS mods are just regular players with a Silver or Gold crown, all they can do is mute people and report people, and they only do that if you're being --very-- bad. How long have you played? 10 minutes? Seriously, try killing the Daggonith Kings or a Black Demon by just clicking attack. Cows aren't really monsters, they're just there to get leather for crafting. Now AQ is just "Click attack""Click attack""click attack" or "click spell""click spell""click spell"...... I'm about to compare them (Le gasp!) Runescape is $5 a month. AQ is $20. But RS gives way more to members than AQ does to guardians. Not to mention it is possible to play RS for a long time without paying. After 2 days of AQ you can't login. I know people with 99 skills that stay free play the whole time. And this brings me to the unfortunate subject of Z-Tokens....they are expensive as hell and most guardians buy them at some point. You get bothered constantly about them in game and on the site. I consider RS to be better than AQ in free play, and they are about equal in pay to play. Lol, no. AQ has boring items. If you take away the graphics and specials they're all the same. One handed weapons that do damage and occasionally fly out of your hand and smack something. Overall, weapons and armors in AQ are all alike, but with different numbers. And about the boots: I want those. +50 strength is large for a weapon, boots are just insane  . Strength is just RSs way of saying damage, I can't think of any equipment that gives you stats...And there is no endurance. And no items give you more Hitpoints. There are potions, but there are things like potions in all RPGs. And about the death: You keep your 3 most valuable items, 4 if you have 27 prayer. With a bit of planning you can go into very dangerous areas with little risk. There is a technique called "3 iteming" where you go around carrying your three best items, and food if you want to (Food is easily replaceable) You are in no danger at all of loosing your stuff. Theres my counterpoints. |
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Post by jatrix on May 31, 2007 16:39:59 GMT -5
Ha! Hell no. AQ's graphics are way better. I don't mean weapons only. The monsters and scenery look better. Now, the splotches. You're wrong there. Sure, 3 colored splotches. Blah. AQ has 9 Different Element symbols. Don't forget each has 3 different kinds: Melee, Ranged, and Magic. That's 27 Different possibilites. Outclasses a red, blue, and green splotch anyday.
I see many, many, many people scammed on RS. Mostly in Lumbridge. Then, there are millions of scammers, you think banning one is going to make a difference? The Wilderness. I'm saying high levels pick on everyone. I have a friend who's high level and everytime he goes into the wildy he gets torn apart. The people think they're so cool, stealing from someone worse then them. I've heard of one particular person who freezes you then keeps hurting you till you're dead. The punks loot you and auction your items. Why can't they just beat up someone near their level?
First of all- AQ needs planning. Unless you use Undead Mutant. I understand that's what with RS, too. But the thing is, you can't stop. In AQ, you just wait until it's your turn to stop and do something else. But with Runescape, if you stop attacking, you're done for. All it depends on is how fast you can click. It's hard to change armor in the middle of a battle. Or a weapon. Or whatever.
I didn't bring up the matter of currency. Shut up.
Anyway. AQ is a ONE TIME PAYMENT. And Runescape does give more to members. I haven't seen an update for non-members in a LONG time. AQ gives it's free members a chance. They get a lot of stuff to do. Pay 20$, you get full access. Pay $60 in Runescape, you get temporary full access.
Hella wrong. Awesome stuff. Each weapon has something special about it. Something unique. Now, armors. Wrong again. Each armor is something great. They have different attacks and different moves.
I've seen stuff like that. And that was just mocking, btw. Now you're most valuable items. How would you like it if you died in AQ and lost most of your stuff? Just kept the shield, armor, and weapons of one of your uber sets? Everything else you work so hard for: Gone. Now, put it into things like this: Whoever killed you gets ALL that stuff you lost.
Not very great.
And that, is my re-response.
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Post by RobertM on May 31, 2007 16:53:48 GMT -5
You seem to be convinced that the free playing morons represent the whole game.
The idiot to good-person ratio is pretty bad in free worlds.
I payed for a membership and got my levels up, I have firsthand experience. You can't judge a game by ten minutes of playing. Pay the game $5 and try out a membership, its fun.
And why are you convinced you loose stuff? I've died plenty of times, the worst I've ever lost was some adamant stuff, and that was only because I was PKing and was skulled. Do you know about the bank? put your stuff in it and you can't loose it. The stuff you "Worked so hard for" is meant for training and mini-games most likely. Taking a Party Hat into the wilderness is just stupid.
And like I said, scams are easy to avoid and Jagex has a customer service department that looks over abuse reports and bans scammers. Its not as big of a problem as you make it out to be.
I'm going to reply to each of your points later.
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Post by 123prince on May 31, 2007 17:11:14 GMT -5
I Agree with rob, although i havent been on since I got PKed by 5 lvl 90's when Im lvl 96...and lost half my Torag set....I agree, it isnt as fun as AQ/DF, But I like it, and I Agree with the points rob has given
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Post by RobertM on May 31, 2007 17:26:55 GMT -5
Ok, they do have more ways to tell your damage. But the scenery, monsters, armor, and weapons all have pretty crappy art and minimal effort in animating. Like I said: Lumbridge is full of noobs. And as I said above, Jagex is fast with the bans on scamming. And the "freezing" and "looting" is called PKing. Frankly anyone who can do Desert Treasure and cast Ice Barrage deserves to PK low levels. (The Freezing spell is an Ancient Magic spell and commonly thought of as the best one in the game) There is a big warning that tells you not to go in the wilderness! Don't go there unless you want to PK!! BTW- The wilderness only lets you attack someone who is: Your level + Level of wilderness (Bottom right of screen) or Your level - Level of wilderness So unless you are going far north, they can only attack people roughly the same level as you. Um...I haven't met a boss since the Void Dragon who needed me to do anything other than use the spell of whatever element he's weakest to. And Riiiiptide make the Void Dragon easy. Most creatures in AQ can be killed by just clicking attack or a spell. And when I train, I can look away to. But for the whole fight, I just click the monster and wait until I hear the death animation sound. As I speak, I'm killing moss giants. And I can't think of a reason as to why you're changing armor in battle. Ok, for one: You did bring currency up. And two: AQ doesn't even let free players log in. RS at least lets you play and level your skills whenever you want. And why do you think RS is $60? You know you can cancel whenever you want? $5 a month is not that much. I've payed $10 so far. Thats less than a Guardianship. Alot of people buy a membership for a month, try it out, train using members advantages, and prepare their bank. With a bit of knowledge you just took advantage of several members things that you can use in free play for only $5. I must stress it -again- it is possible to play RS entirely for free. AQ won't let you log in until you pay up. Eh, AQ does have alot of weapons. But most of them are junk and it's obvious which ones are best. In RS everything has its advantages and disadvantages. There's a weapon for each person. People who like speed can use daggers, people who like power can use 2h swords, people who like flexibility can use spears etc. As for the armor: RS is a bit lacking in fun armor until Barrows, but thats because armor has no effect on damage. The weapon does. Think about it: Why can a guy in a fire plate only attack once, but a guy in Golden armor can attack twice even though one just has different paint? Now thats an exaggeration. You never loose everything, it stays in your bank. If you get skulled you loose more, but thats the risk PKers take. PKing effectively takes alot of skill, and money. But the risk can make you profit. You make it sound like dieing is the worst thing that could happen and that it destroys your RS character. It doesn't, it often has very little effect because most people keep their stuff in the bank and don't bring a bunch of unnecessary stuff with them every were. And yes, whoever killed you gets some of your stuff. Thats why people PK. The wilderness is the area set aside for anarchy, betrayal, and killing. Its dangerous and meant for PKers to fight for profit. Not for newbies to go around and pick flowers and eat candy. @123price: Yea, PJers suck . but if you got skulled, you are marked as a PKer and therefore loose more than others. If you weren't skulled you would only loose the hammers, wich is fine because Torags's Twinhammers are shitty. A Dragon Longsword or Battleaxe is better |
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Post by jatrix on May 31, 2007 17:46:53 GMT -5
"Currency" as in in-game moneyz. I never brought that up.
Hm. Maybe I was wrong on Runescape. If my crappy computer accepts it, maybe it'll be worth playing.
Maybe. It just depends. SPiritWolf was playing with me when I started, and it was pretty boring.
Maybe I might go back.
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Post by jatrix on May 31, 2007 18:53:12 GMT -5
I rejoined. It's okay. Some girl kept following me through training. And that course was so damn long.
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The voice of reason dumbass
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Post by The voice of reason dumbass on Jun 1, 2007 0:52:34 GMT -5
You animate and do damage depending on the weapon you are wielding, plus there are specials. And the Jagex devs are updating graphics right now, such as this week's massive Varrock update.
Yes, mostly because AQ sucks.
You ahven't mentioned all the benefits of this, such as a realistic economy, clans, making friends, group pking, etc.
Yep, in the real world you can do the same amount of damage with an AK47 as a toothpick. And wearing steel armour doesn't protect you at all.
You only have to click once to attack a creature to the death. Shows how much you played the game, dumbass.
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Post by 22Jake22 on Jun 1, 2007 1:00:35 GMT -5
Wow, you really should get to know a bit more about RS before you compare the two.
Here are a few hints:
1. Get out of Lumbridge.
2. Now.
3. Read the fricken warning before you go into the wilderness.
4. Read the anti-scamming guides.
Don't complain about RS if you aren't willing to spend your time to even read the help, and don't disregard the warning on purpose just to complain about it.
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