Squeal of Fortune – Extra Spins

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"We don’t want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn’t affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape."

I understand that this one update does not single-handedly ruin the game, and I understand that Jagex is a company and must make money. But first of all, the gambling/chance aspect is a pretty big deal. Some people will definitely go broke over lack of self control with this.

And most importantly, I am just not interested in playing a game that in my opinion keeps disrespecting its own original vision. The world of Gielinor always had some frivolity tastefully mixed with traditional fantasy RPG elements, but the trend in new updates has been toward oversexed female avatars, trees dripping blood, cartoony armor, silly goblins interrupting Agility and other silly bobble-headed goblins offering the squeal of fortune. An occasional goofy element like evil trees, penguins, and the circus are fine, but at this point I feel like Runescape lost its vision. So for me, this was a monumentally bad update, and was enough to get me to cancel membership. I hope those that stay continue to enjoy Runescape, it is in many ways the same game despite these changes.