Members’ Loyalty Programme – The New Batch

Alright guys, I've been monitoring the last few threads and their replies, and it's about time something was mentioned.

As the original staff member who used to run the RuneScape Updates forum said....

If the update does not interest you or does not affect you in any way please do not tell everyone by posting it on the topic.

He did this to prevent people from getting high post count just by saying things like, "Stupid update" and such.

As for me, I don't mind negative feedback towards the updates, but if you are going to post something negative, please expand WHY you are posting it. "This update sucks" and other posts similar to that is just the kind of stuff Bug was trying to prevent and I would like to honor the rules he set for this forum. If you have an issue with an update, tell us why; constructive criticism and feedback is what helps, not blatantly insulting things without really saying why you dislike them.

This is just to help keep the discussion healthy. It's kind of a mood-killer when people come in, post how crap an update is, and then leave without expanding on it. This isn't really directed at one or two people, just everyone in general.

Thanks for your understanding.

Now, on topic about the update: I think new reward items are always nice, but the wisdom aura is a little crazy. 40k points for a 2.5% exp boost, 30 minutes every 24 hours? Most of the skilling outfits you wear (lumberjack, gold mining suit, etc.) give that same bonus. I definitely don't think it's worth 40k points.

However, the other stuff does look pretty interesting. I haven't had much time to read about the other new auras or check them out, but it's nice they keep releasing new content for it. Gives us more of a variety of things to buy to customize our style of gameplay a little better.

Shay,

The thing is, that when you expand it sometimes turns into a blatant rant rather than constructive criticism.

I think people are feeling robbed by JaGeX, you really ARE paying to get extra items in-game, and that is RWT, plain and simple. JaGeX are setting rules and breaking them.

I think everybody feels let down by at least 1 update per month (personally I only ever find 1 update per month to actually take an interest in).

Alot of the content that gets added is also dead within a few weeks, allowing the bots to take it over.

JaGeX is plainly milking the players even further by adding these 'upgraded' auras and such, we all have to wonder where this money is going.

I'm not asking for a full-scale post that covers every aspect as to why people are upset. I agree that would be just a full-on rant. It's just that when people come into a thread, post, "wow this blows" and then they leave it at that-- why not put in some thoughts to why you feel that way? I mean, your post right there just described how you felt about it. That's all I'm asking for. I'm not asking for everyone to be happy with Jagex or their updates; everyone has their own opinions and I respect that.

Personally I dont feel people should have to dig deep within themselves to comment on a forum post. We're not being graded after all. When someone says something sucks, I can typically understand where they are coming from. I dont feel an explanation is necessary.

If I think something sucks, thats it. I think it sucks, and really dont have anything else to say. I dont want to have to spend extra energy on a topic that I think sucks and dont want to spend 2 more seconds thinking about it.

Perhaps thats just me though. Feel free to disagree.