![]() ![]() I legitimately made a revenant bot on dreamscape that ran 24/7 for weeks and ended up with over `700,000 rev kills and I still couldn't afford BIS gear, it's insanity.ĭon't get me wrong, I've played a couple custom servers that I genuinely enjoyed and had some unique concepts, but they still have one or more of the blatant donation farming issues previously mentioned. It's insane and somehow a lot of these servers will average 100-500 players who are more than happy to dump $100 a week for the numbers to get higher. There is not a single custom RSPS that doesn't eventually end up having such a ridiculous grind that it's practically impossible to reach end game without spending money.īorderline essential items requiring 1/10000+ droprates, being forced to kill x amount of npc's just to unlock the next tier even if you already have all the gear that your current tier of npc's drop, essential items locked behind group bosses that get spawned once every 2-3 hours, fucking mystery boxes or just a simple and cheap $200-$1000 donation for a custom weapon or gear that completely ruins progression because it literally 1 hits everything and sucks your cock for you. It really seems like with custom servers creativity has truly died, every server wants to be dreamscape. Dreamscape is obviously the most egregious example with completely insane drop rates and pay to win that would make EA jealous. That's not my only issue though, let's talk about custom servers. It's a profitable cycle in the short term but obviously isn't feasible in the long term and only serves to make your loyal community bitter and hate you. He genuinely doesn't understand why his community is jaded and toxic after wiping all their donations and however many months/years of progress they spent on their accounts. Hell, I'm currently playing an osrs RSPS (with a couple very minor customs) that apparently had a relaunch about a year ago and the "og's" in that community are so incredibly toxic that the owner complains that it's actively preventing new players from joining. Obviously not every private server can last forever but 6 wipes is definitely excessive. I was often the first to getting certain boss kills and drops in the eco during relaunch cycles and had multiple maxed ironmen accounts with bank values in the billions. ![]() And this was a server that I loved and knew completely inside and out. During the last 2 almost identical relaunches of this server I grew to be very jaded and toxic, often blatantly and publicly shit talking staff and actively discouraging new players from joining and playing. Over the course of about 3-4 years I saw it change ownership and relaunched a total of SIX FUCKING TIMES. I get why they do this, their "donation" shops are so fucked that their economies can't reasonably survive much longer than a year and it's so insanely profitable to force your whales to donate again while attracting new whales with the whole "NEW RSPS LAUNCH AMAZING CONTENT ETC." gimmick but I think it's hurting the entire scene as a whole and makes the loyal players of these servers incredibly jaded and toxic.įor example, I used to play a server called divine reality and I absolutely loved it. ![]() I've seen and played dozens of servers that are more than happy to take tens of thousands of dollars in donations just to shut down in a year and relaunch in the exact same state effectively wiping everyone's donations and basically telling them to get fucked. I'm one to pick one server I really like and stick with it until it shuts down. People can take their favorite game/MMO and modify it into their own creation that hundreds/thousands of people can enjoy, but it seems like everyone involved in the scene doesn't actually understand this nor care to understand this, they only seem to care about your money. Private servers as a concept are incredibly cool. Please keep in mind I play 90% of private servers as an ironman. I'm well aware this is very unlikely to change anything but I'd still like to get it off my chest. Hey guys, this will likely be a long ass rant post but as someone who's been in the RSPS scene on and off for over a decade now I have a lot I'd like to say and discuss regarding this community. ![]()
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