#We need a Runescape themed Mmo
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i feel you i think jagex has 100% been making teamplay optional
toa was actively made to be soloable which I still feel like was a mistake
there is alot of reason to do stuff with other people but its a hassle and you always have to many also viable solo options
probaly just caters to wider amount of people having option to solo
Nothing wrong with group content needing people to do it with
i think its still important to have solo content but at same there needs to be group content as well
think new rat boss is gona be groupable but also soloable
they gotta gatekeep for sure it is an mmo some content should require ppl to clear or do
i agree that we need more team stuff, i dont mind a solo option but it just needs to be harder than the team version for a team environment to be a thing
but i guess from a design stand point solo is going to allow for the most accessible version of the content, which seems to be a focus of theirs
not having to wait for a team to be available , or being able to play as bad as you want without trolling a team seems to be a big thing for a lot of players
i feel like adding solo option is what makes it not be team content
if u dont need a team then whats the point
agreed i hate making teams to and i can see appeal for it but toa for example was a raid. i feel like thats bit far pushed to make it soloable
OSRS has never really been an mmo with much group content tbh
i do think we need more good group content (mass minigames dont count)
cox is obviously the best example even though it wasnt designed for solo
talking like you definitely need a team and solos would be something like solo tob
ye but thats key diffrence imo cox/gwd werent intended to be soloable at all so they tend to be harder as solo regardless
and im fine if ppl come up with ways to solo something that isint designed to be soloable
i dont mind soloing being possible as long as its significantly more difficult, or potentially less efficient
but designing it to be soloable from get go is just diffrent
afaik the main problem with toa is that there are barely any real group mechanics
thats probaly partially due to it also needing to be soloable
and doing it in a team is basically like doing several solos at the same time ie the mass skilling minigame problem
mechanics have to work in solo but also team that doesint mix well
i thought this was gonna be a meme but i agree kinda. people are really antisocial
its in a very memey way
but you know its true
They should think about adding world boss.
i think they mentioned adding one or had an idea from game jam
for a world boss in deep deep wilderness
its supposed to be a world boss
Ye, I saw that too. That’s cool idea
its where
u cant even tp out
holy clan control maccaroni
its really cool tho
i like the idea
But I don’t think first world boss should be in wilderness because otherwise it will be pvp content again.
https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/group-ironman-changes--group-boss-bash?oldschool=1
they had a whole group ironman bossing competition. but still nothing for clans and teams 
Not everyone will go there with all endgame gear
tbh breaches worked well in DMM
it just needs to be in a place a random noob might not get caught in
They should release world boss on next dmm and see how it go
Also, rework castle war
Castle was popular like maybe 6-7 year ago? I forgot, been long time. It was fun before but now look dead.
it should be, it creates competition for resources
Need more tob like content tbh
There’s a group mid boss coming out and then a solo (?) colosseum
No way this game should limit itself to group content. It should always be optional. Have you met the community? The new dungeons might have a group oriented feature, other than that, look at Classic WoW. It's dead and you can't do anything.
I have 1 friend who plays this game, and we mostly play solo until we do a boss together. Otherwise I'm asking if anyone wants to do bosses, and the answer is mostly the same. People don't actually care about group content, they just want good rewards and riches and people to show off to. Have you met people on the internet? They're degenerate. Kalphite King is a world boss in RS3 but good luck finding anyone for that now.
Start building a time machine to 2007 where there weren't just societal rejects on the internet, or reconnect with your old friends to do content. You don't want to do content with strangers who just argue or troll for content.
Mobile is the perfect opportunity to get people you know into the game, but playing with strangers ALWAYS sucked.
Go to World 301 Barbarian Village and fish there for a couple days and you'll remember what doing content with people you didn't know was like.
Ive grinded out multiple lfrs
i think its alright
only people who refuse to put any effort into the team and then whines usually call people toxic
for the most part
if you keep meeting toxic players, i think you're the problem
Well I'm happy playing solo and it still feels like an MMO to me, so maybe your idea is the problem.
When I feel like doing a boss I ask people I know IRL
Mmo stands for multiplayer, and last i checked multiplayer isnt solo
i think the term u mean is
rpg
which could be for solo games like skyrim or something
Nah, go play sematics with someone else lmfao
or go make some friends
i go do group content with people lots
lmao
avoid people and not doing group content
"and talking about having friends" wtf
All content in OSRS is soloable except minigames and 2 quests
thats the complete opposite
i want group content so ur forced to make friends
to work as a team
yet ur playing solo and telling people to make friends
Meet strangers on the internet and call them your friends is piss poor logic
ironic
I play with chat off and it still feels like an MMO to me
If someone isn't saying some abhorrent disgusting shit they're talking about their fetish. I don't need to be forced to group with these people. Sure, future bosses and dungeons and raids should have an option to do with others. But saying, "go meet people" on the internet is laughable.
Never said it should limit itself to group content. There needs to be more group content is all. A good amount of people get into group bossing and raids and having a lil more variety is always good
For the most part its been solo content
It's why clans are a big part of the social aspect of this game
There's nothing wrong with that
What's wrong with that is when you don't have players to do it with
That's a make friends, join a clan, or use a specific discord server type of angle
There's so many resources nowadays
Good luck with that
I'm having good luck with that as are my friends and my cc lmao
We want more variety is all
Yet you want to come on social media and exclude people who play solo
I never said that
So you can feel special
You're going in a random direction
There's already so much solo content wws
Plus many are making iron type of accounts which are mainly solo
Most bosses are group content but only 1 person gets the loot. RS3 solved this by making group loot and auto-sellable drops with a coin split at the end, and people still found a way to scam eachother
That's just unfortunate
where is this victim mentality coming from?
You're not even sticking to your guns. You want more "pure group content" that can't be done solo because "this is an MMO"
its like saying a boss being solo only is excluding people who want to play in teams
You're confusing me and the other guy
You're agreeing with the other guy
people just want content dedicated to a team , so that the mechanics will be designed for a team
For the most part yes because but you're confusing our words
something like tob where it scales down to 3 people
Even then i want pure group content from time to time, i had no mentions of saying to destroy all solo content
Like GoTR where no one does the mechanics and 5 times out of 10 the game fails because everyone is a leech?! LMFAO
^ thats an example of mass bots + 200 people will never organise
but something like dmm breaches won't have that issue. or team content capped at a normal number like 10
Also no one said we want to get rid of solo content. There needs to be balance is all
^
I've done plently of solo content as well as team content and the latter is either dull or slacking
raids/group content isnt full of people tho, its like a select few in a group
so you know when to change teammates if one doesnt wanna try
/you dont get along with
"Seriously with all the new content coming out it's feeling less and less like a MMO and more like a solo play game that has people running past you. Whats up with so many content needing to be soloable nowadays"
- people run past you because you don't matter
- content needs to be soloable because the game dies when everyone moves on
- it doesn't feel like an MMO because millions of people aren't playing MMOs anymore
making something that scales caters to solo has had negative effects on recent content to be fair
People also run by and start up convos with people lmao
Like you do understand how an mmo works ye
get a life

groups of experienced raiders have noticed stuff like toa does not scale well and the mechanics barely change from solo to group.
wilderness bosses having solo variants nearly as good as multi have killed off activity for a lot of clans
youre probably 13
?
LOL
why am i even bothering
yeah this guy is trolling surely
i've never seen someone get so upset because people want to have group content
Legit no one said to remove solo content
The guy you're agreeing with did
they wanted team dedicated content
same way DT was 4 bosses dedicated to solo
you can have a mix over a year of releases
team dedicated content dies when people die
What
rephrase that please?
I'm talking to 3 fucking people at once LOL and theyre all talking about different things
Social Media
No? You're def just not able to discuss properly like a human
yeah bro your not a victim
Quite unfortunate
you just threw out a scentence that made no sense
fuck you and your group only content
when people die they are dead. poetry tbh
youre 13
projectinggg
you dont matter
whose alt is this
mobby
actually top tier meme material tbh
so your argument is that only solo content is needed so that when everyone who plays the game dies and your the last one left
you can pot osrs by yourself
LMAO
some 13 year old troll
you seem very desperate for us to be 13
Thanks for revealing yourself
i think he might be alting
king redditor and master of pretending to be an adult on the internet

he hasnt said a thing since that day
pretty odd
ANYwho
yeah tbh that account was made yesterday
just someone who can't socialise making alts, should probably ignore
the other dude said that dt2 bosses require max gear and is late game
i called him out on it and he got toxic
they probably can be called late game bosses tbh
but they do not requrie max gear at all
i think awakened ones are the end game ones... anyhow
off topic here
we want more group content!
riot for group content!
okay fair
but hydra is 95 slayer and it feels like a mid level boss
it just has a brickwall
of a skill requirement
i guess so
this i cosign though
more group , and personally more clan based events
no social interaction in a mmo
might kill the game in a sense
like as in everyone just keeps to themselves
yeah , most communities i found have been through discord. and only because i was looking for group content
yea but if there isnt enough group content...
in game communities are less of a thing when your journey is 80% solo
no need to look
yea but also no need for discord/meet up with other players if most content is solo anyways
besides just chit chatting while solo bossing
there would be a mix of solo content and group
dont think anyone wants to abolish solo content entirely
some of best content is solo ex. inferno solo chambers awakend bosses
they are desperate to be oppressed so they're acting like we want 0 solo content ever again
ye its a bit extreme lol dont think anyone saying that
i respect their opinion but strongly disagree
at that point go play some skyrim
this game is a mmo
ive been through toxicity my god learning tob was one of worst things
noone takes you on teams stand by board hoping to get taken for hours
0-50kc tob hell 
but it should exist imo
it reminds me of grinding out ranked in alot of other games
over 50kc and tob ebcomes a really good experience
xd
but then the answer to that is better team finding and match making systems
"Group content will kill osrs" meanwhile every popular game is group content
not gutting the content and making it solo
if you perservere you will get tob kc/like the content
yea but if people troll and grief people will just form their own parties
and if u cant stand it just dont do it
yeah , my issue was always finding similar skilled people at a time i was ready
and i just resign
that would fix nothing imo
i think people just need to step foot into it and give it a go
post 50kc there is a consistent level of skill which makes it fine
srsly
but 0-50 is just a nightmare
i dont disagree that its a nightmare
but the learning process really does make you know who to look out for
do u want the guy who grinded out their first 15 kc by carrying/going hard
or the guy that got 150 kc but his clan carried him while he sat in a cage
in general i hate that aspect of team content but its essence of it
anyhow a proper system isnt gonna solve if people just ditch
if they see a recent person they got griefed by
everyone is gona say carried and tbh noone gets through tob by themself
solo is very simple to see skill its all you
ye but if u were forced to solo like 40% p3 of verzik
you carried yes?
ye ofc u can get carried but like its a team effort
but thats also why its so good
everyone gona feel like they played their part better
teamwork is so fun when it works out
its easy to blame others instead of ur self in teams as an excuse is what im saying
Ive taken learners in the past where their first 25 kc was just sitting in a cage p2 verzik
so people grinding out from the ground up
def a difference
but yea thats with all pvp games
like any sort of team related game
thats the issue
but yet its the most popular genre so i dont think forced group content will kill the game
as long as theres a balance i think it works out
can do good solo content ideally while u wait to make teams/friends
i can agree with that
They should make a raid for group, the more player you got in party. The better rate of money making.
Not the rate in item drop but rate in money per hour.
Solo option is nice to have, especially when not many players are online
shud be like solo cox difficulty tho
if its solo it has to be hard
make it so its not meant for solos but u can manip the pattern to do the solo
RuneScape is labelled as an MMO, but in reality it doesn't really function like one. And to some extent, it shouldn't. It's a game where players deeply care about their progress, and don't want their own progress to be dependent on others (and vice versa; you don't want others' progress to be dependent on themselves). Which I think makes sense - you don't want to feel guilty, and want to be able to train on your own time.
I'd say that even though there should be more group content, it needs to always be solo-able somehow. I haven't really done any raids, so I can't provide a lot of input, but CoX solo being more difficult might be a good thing, might be a bad thing. I think there are pros and cons to that, and what choice is made has to be based on the content you're going for.
I'd also be a bit skeptical about group content, solely due to how people interact with each other. There are lots of toxic or just plain weird players in the community (somehow), which I don't think is the fault of a normal player doing an activity. That makes it difficult to make friends in-game, especially with limited internal tools. So I wouldn't want players to feel forced to make friends, especially with certain kinds of players existing.
In short: solo + group content if it involves progression; group only content is ok if it doesn't; probably focus on further features for increased community communication, and add more matchmaking in activities.
make more friends then
or do LFGs
or use WDR
or just fucking play any of thr other five thousand bosses you can do solo
tob is mandatory group content and its the best raid jagex ever made
meanwhile toa was designed for solo and its unbalanced and has a low skill ceiling
the classic wow comparison is also stupid for obvious reasons
ive done thousands of runs
toxic players dont appear often
seeing how you havent even done that yet
how do you know
toa also proved that solo+group content mixed in was a mistake
My experience comes from participating in group content which isn't raids. So minigames auch as GotR, for example.
I might be using a loose definition of toxic, but generally the players I see talking in the chat are quite weird, and I honestly would not want to be friends with them based on what they say.
sadly theyre right, every time im in a spot where people are talking theyre saying something abhorrent or just weird. i turned off public chat over it. maybe the solo-only people should have siloed instanced worlds that way theyre cut off from the not antisocial people and the community who likes interacting with people can be healthier
public chat tends to be weird
when u look for like minded team content with team sizes that are like 4-5 mans at best
u can pick and choose your groups
mass skilling group content isnt exactly proper display of that since there is a standard needed to be met to even do raids
that standard needing to be met already filters out alot of weird people
wt and gotr is just a shit show
best part about raids is that you can go into lfr raids, pick and choose who you make friends with and just go with the same people you vibe with especially when team sizes generally are around 3-5 @reef salmon
That's fair. I know ToA has the Grouping Obelisk which helps form parties (don't know what CoX or ToB does but I'm guessing similar). I think that and other facilities needs to be more prevalent across the game in order to encourage players to form groups for group content (BA for example).
they both do but u kinda pick and choose ur teams
also having a standard helps
because most of the toxic griefers are undergeared
and also listens to no one
very easy to blacklist and avoid
forming a BA group is super easy though
you just go to room 1 and say what role you wanna do until someone invites you
until someone invites you
This is the difficult bit. And also the bit I think could do with more facilities (rather than just calling out roles)
Personally I don't think so. And I would rather less rely on things such as calling out roles, or clan chats, and instead rely on things more dedicated within the content.
For example, something like a Grouping Obelisk can help see what parties are being formed. It could also help in making parties of certain difficulties; perhaps some parties want to do a test run, for example. Or perhaps some players want to be automatically matchmade.
if ba had something like this it would still require calling out roles
like
you would still need to communicate with people to determine the role they're gonna do
Not if the interface were tailored to BA.
i guess?
in the end it works just fine the way it is though
and group content that isn't shit or basically just single player content is always gonna require actualy communication in the end
I don't disagree, but I do think it can be made more approachable, as I think the lack of approachability is probably what makes players backlash against group content a bit.
Solo gameplay tends to be more approachable, as all the pressure/requirements/etc. is just down to you, meaning you can go at your own pace, and learn at your own rate.
the problem is that this approach has resulted in a ton of group content which is not actually group content
like every mass minigame
not group content
it has also resulted in the spectacular failure of toa's balancing
If it's the case that there should be some content which is group only, I'd still say that there needs to be some way for that content to have some approachability that is of a similar standard as solo content.
In other words, I think there needs to be some work into making getting into group content easier for players. Otherwise I can't see why anyone would want to do content which is difficult to get into.
even if mass minigames were group only they would still be singleplayer content
mass minigames are singleplayer content because all of them require 0 coordination
most of them dont even have meaningful small-team modes
I agree based on what most of them are like
they would do it because the rewards are good
see volcanic mine for example
plenty of people do group cox or tob as well
That is literally what I was asking for
It’s been years
5 to 6
endlessly catering to people who are afraid of learning anything will just make you put out content which is boring and requires no learning
Last few years of content is all soloable
Yeah I was about the mention Volcanic Mine. That's great group skilling content, but is fairly unapproachable, I'd say.
So it's good to see the devs mention in the last update that they want to tackle that
how is it unapproachable though
There’s a ton of volcanic mine discords
i feel like the way they're gonna make it "more approachable" is just by making it massable
and then it will just be miningtodt
That's the problem though - you shouldn't need to have a whole other application (Discord) just to have good group content
start a vm clan chat then
like yeah making groups requires coordination
thats unavoidable
There’s a giant discord dedicated the raids
A lot of people use it to find teams
I found plenty while learning
And they even teach it too
and besides
once you actually make friends in game
u no longer need discord to find groups
Doing public group content Is used to look for people that have the same interests as you

It’s very good
Typically people who throw out the “toxic” phrase usually don’t listen
And say they will do whatever they want
And then be surprised that nobody wants to go with them
My point is that the player shouldn't need to go to Discord in order to learn how to do group content like Volcanic Mine, nor socially interact with.
go in with some friends and figure it out then
As in: if the player has to do that, then it's a failure of the game, rather than the player.
I have done - and Volcanic Mine is great when you do!
Problem is getting to that stage.
yeah thats why i said take some friends and figure it out
or go to vm world and ask if anyone wants to help you
Communication in game is pretty difficult
Most people resort to third-party voice
Unless you rather have RuneScape Get voice chats
That's kind of my whole point. I don't have a problem with more group content. But the way to get players from whatever state OSRS is right now, to a state where players find getting into groups to be approachable and accessible - that needs to happen first.
Otherwise it's like trying to run before you can walk.
if they added a matchmaking board to vm everybody would still use the discord because nobody wants to team with people who dont know what theyre doing
And the problem with auto party like in a lot of MMO is that if I get trolled by one person and I see him again I’ll just leave
You would still end up going with people you wanna go with
That's fair - but then there needs to be a way in-game which helps new players understand what they're doing.
As far as I know, Volcanic Mine isn't good with this. And the BA tutorial is pretty shoddy.
Whereas GotR at least has a mediocre tutorial.
the ingame tutorial is never going to explain the meta strats
If I Que Into group Content, I will just assume that everyone already knows what they’re doing
And if they are trolling, I just leave
That will just create the same problem
Even if they aren’t trolling and they are new
It will seem that way and people might even blacklist them
That’s why discord servers exist so the people who are learning can let other people know they are learning
So they won’t get yelled at or at least as much
Then something like what's happening in the Discord needs to happen within the game. Otherwise I can't see anyone wanting to do group content that can only reasonably be done using some other program.
Either a solo version, or Discord-esque helpful facilities, or something else that I have no idea what would be.
jagex is not going to put explanations for meta strats into the game
especially because they often dont know how these work themselves anyway
its just the same as any other boss: you look up a guide on youtube or the wiki if you care about doing it right or efficiently
and else you just fuck around and figure it out yourself
I don't think you need to do that. I don't think players immediately jump to meta strats anyway. There's an "inbetween bit" players do before they do the meta.
anyway have the things you suggest ever worked in any mmo
Solo content has been destroying the game recently
That’s why we need some pure group Content
Being required to do your own part, makes it very satisfying
I don't really play any other MMOs, and I have to be honest - I play OSRS because I do like the "solo-esque progression adventure" xD
But I wouldn't mind seeing more group content, so long as it's approachable.
thats the trick, most group content is already pretty approachable. maybe with exception of tob if you dont have any tobber friends
It is already pretty approachable. You just have to approach it.
I’m not gonna lie
Someone told me they were going to teach me group content and they never got around to it
It’s been seven years
I decided just to look for it, and it was really fast
Yeah, see that’s the problem if you put a auto que System people will just leave if you’re not doing the thing
The problem with team based content is pubs can be a shitshow. And trying to find a consistent team can be a pain in the ass and also schedule conflicts.
It really just filters out all the players that don’t give a crap
tbh
People that do give a crap will end up in the same team
So people who don’t care or vibe with people who don’t care to be efficient
And people who do care with people who do care
There is also the aspect of people wanting to be alone among others.
Like being at the office. Doing your thing by yourself, but also having people around you. Those may also be doing their own thing by themselves, and the others working together.
well thats what the past 5 years of updates are for
Im asking for more pure group content

just this once jagex
The MM part of MMOs IMO has been dead for years in general.
we need some of it
doesnt mean everything has to be soloscape
Tob is popular for that reason, thats why barb assault is popular
Barb Assault is popular?
I feel most people there just go in for the Diary and Torso and leave.
I personally do like Barb Assault. Not enough to be a tryhard for it though
people who get into it really get into it, we definitely need some pure group teamwork content sprinkled in here and here. Its why pvp games are so popular, its all about that teamwork even if its a bit stressful
That's always the downfall of team based games and content
theres like max barb assault discords and even casual ones too
But it is popular, i think its fair to have a balance
otherwise if its soloscape you might as well go play skyrim or something
While I agree, imo the best path forward is to allow soloing most content but give a clear advantage to forming teams (ie. group toa should be 1.5x purple drop rate or more compared to solo)
the problem with this is that it heavily restricts your design space to things that can be done solo
it should be made as a teamwork raid first
solo second
solo should be far harder like how cox is
and with much less odds of gp
#1184973677272514571 message not all think so

smh mh
i sitll cant believe how personal they took the idea of needing a team lol
didnt he also tell me to get a life and make some friends, and then proceed to tell me being a loner is good...
speaking of being a loner and not liking other people i know it’s for server load or whatever but every time i join a populated world and the game tells me “there are a lot of people here, consider switching to a quieter world” i laugh
same
love going to an ardy knights splash world as two turbonerds talk about eugenics while stealing gold pouches 😌
i dont mind group content and I do actually do them but usually i go with people with standards
so usually toxic mfers already get weeded out
yeah
its always such a meme when ppl start up and they ask if there are things they can do with others
and its p much a no every time lol... we really need group content
yep, for an mmo the game's too solitary
either its mass content or its solo
but no team content

and team content recently feels like solo+
even if its meant to be team usually ppl find a way to solo it and if its remotely consistently soloable ppl will tell you off for asking for ppl to run with lol
now taht you mention it goofy ass idea
have a gauntlet like thing where you need to do it as a duo/trio preferably for me duo where you work on like two different maps and then tp to the same room to fight a boss
could have enhanced crystal seed be 1/250 so the ironmemes can stop going as dry too
tho them working together is worse than going dry
just make the solo level like
55 minutes
of perfect tick eating like tob
to prevent solos

would be hilarious but
all you have to do is that each side has unique things that are required to do it
alternative is gutting your dmg or just deny entry as you should and let the sweats cope
sounds a bit like dungeoneering, which did make an appearance in the yearend survey
if dungeoneering were added as a team minigame it could be fun
never played rs3 and whatnot so i wouldnt know
but since gauntlet is a thing and ppl red prison hurpudur
its kind of like 2 birds with one stone imo
i am ready to be crucified by the nors3 people😌
without affecting stuff too much
ay thats me 
lol
People tell them to just grind all quests and train for 50-100 hours before doing meaningful content with friends
was almost 1k hours before toa was a thing
but its still a couple hundred if not more for new players
i wonder why this game is full of people with no friends 
I guess back in the day , pest control or BA would be the first time you get to play with others
Since people used to camp that for fun
Or Castle wars
back in the day you could also just talk with ppl anywhere more or less
True
like old old rs was basically just a chatroom
pest control is mass so wouldnt count it BA is shite if its randoms sadly
as is worthless in my eyes
basically rs is a MUD, not an MMO
I mean back when torso was BIS
except ppl dont talk anymore nowadays
Ba had higher levels and lower levels all running
But yeah , these days you're not gonna be playing with late game players unless it's raids or nex
reasons cox was hard to solo was it was never designed to be solo. just give options but no cateing to solo and itll probaly end up hard imo.