Runescape adds a cash shop and Evolution of Combat due in a few months

[Jrgsubzero]

Been playing this again since my main decent comp broke and have been on a crappier one. (Hope I get it fixed in time for Planetside 2, among other games)

http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/Solomon's_General_Store

Adds costumes, weapon skins, titles, and animations for skills and other such stuff.





Hopefully somewhere down the line this means they'll drop the subscription in favor of more micro-transactions.

Also, that combat overhaul was stated to be added in September. I'm eagerly awaiting it as one of the last remaining open-pvp games will finally have decent combat.



For the usual occurrence of people hopping on when a game is posted, here's somethings you may want to know:

There's now a 14 day trial of member's with a completely over-hauled tutorial for new accounts.

First month of members is $2 right now (new accounts only and I -believe- it's still going on)

There's a refer-a-friend where you can get double exp in all skills for 7 days and/or up to level 30 in all skills. (If you want me to refer you send a PM)

There's bloom lighting, voice-acting in some of the newer quests, graphics getting better all the time really.

That's all, have fun guys.

[tiger1526]

I've been playing for the past couple of months, and will probably continue playing casually until EoC comes out.

The new combat is pretty terrible and is basically playing a extremely (and i mean extremely) clunky version of wow/generic mmo combat without being able to move, i personally think that runescapes slow turn based combat is something it had in its favor, theres a simple pleasure about watching a movie while farming or grinding slayer.

[Jrgsubzero]

I've been playing for the past couple of months, and will probably continue playing casually until EoC comes out.

The new combat is pretty terrible and is basically playing a extremely (and i mean extremely) clunky version of wow/generic mmo combat without being able to move, i personally think that runescapes slow turn based combat is something it had in its favor, theres a simple pleasure about watching a movie while farming or grinding slayer.

It does feel clunky for sure. I'm letting it slide since its beta though. Polish is usually the last stage.

[PinkiePie]

hahahahaha

[janii]

are they going f2p?
the game had a crapload of players around 2002-2005 if i remember well and now it turned to dust

[marcipaans]

are they going f2p?
the game had a crapload of players around 2002-2005 if i remember well and now it turned to dust

You're kidding right? Both F2P and P2P have always been more than well populated.