RuneScape receives its first ever expansion pack
There's no disputing RuneScape was/is one of the most popular browser MMOs available, and it's seen its share of users come and go over the years, but there's one thing it hasn't seen just yet: an expansion pack. That's all about to change with the release of Lost City of the Elves, the very first content addition of its kind for for the 13-year-old free-to-play title that inspired many (including yours truly) to delve deeper into the genre. And with the introduction of the expansion comes the end of a quest that loyal fans have been undertaking for over a decade. Elf Quest is soon to be no more, with Plague's End, a brand new quest to sate players' thirsts for adventure, on the horizon.
Lost City of the Elves takes Runescape faithful on a journey to the land of Prifddinas, the largest city ever conceived in the game. Given players' penchant a for hardcore exploration even back during the adventure's original conception, this should be incentive for players both new and old to either return to the richly-detailed world Jagex has created or begin fresh as newbies.
The update is being rolled out in three parts since it's of such a large scale, however, adding parts of the game now, a third in September, and the final third of content in October. Players can expect additional mini games, new skill training methods, weapons and armor, and even a max guild social hub for those who have everything -- completionists, if you will.
The Plague's End initiative is a huge undertaking for Jagex, especially given the game's apparent ability to have coasted by on one massive area and quest to explore over this last decade or so. Jagex could easily have left well enough alone, but offered a brand new slice of content instead, which is impressive.
Will you be checking out the updates as they go live?
By Brittany Vincent
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The majority of people from my age (20) have all played this game as a kid and for some reason they hate on it for now "cause it's for kids" eventho over 75% of the people i know ingame are 18+.
Anyway,the game has been getting alot of hate since the release of EoC (=Evolution of Combat) 2 years ago,if you dont know what this includes I suggest you to youtube "pre eoc",the most boring,click and wait,combat system you can imagine got replaced for a combat system with abilities and requires a certain amount of skill now to get the best combos off.
The people that disliked this have been crying ever since the release now,jagex gave them an 07 server from way back in the day AND added an interface into the livegame with the pre-EoC combat system and interface and still they complain.
As a RuneScape-veteran that has been playing this game for nearly a decade I think it's safe to say that all wankers and wannabe-pkers and all other vermin either play 07scape now or have moved to other games so the community is actually very enjoyable now compared to the past,so just give it a shot.
Guess what...absolutely every Membership Monthly Sub, Member Items, etc are 100% acquirable in game without ever paying real cash.
Check out Bonds(Selling for 6.5m each roughly on the CoT) - each one grants you 15 days free membership.
Go beside varrock, kill some Cock'la'roaches for rune scimies and other valuables, then go and sell them at -5% to -10% the CoT standard value, and after a day or two you'll have 1 month free membership.
I did it beginning of the year - spent two days killing roaches when I seen Bonds were added for nonmembs to become member... Now, I have a year of membership and 500m in gold with twice that in gear after only playing as a member for a month almost 2 and not logged on since.
So guess what you noobers, QQers, and dafts... Membership is Free ! As are loyalty points, etc...etc...etc.
Troll on!
To those who dont know, bonds are these f2p things that lets you get 14 days of membership for free.
These bonds can be aquired via playing the game or paying with irl cash!
So this whole game is pretty much free if u manage to get 6m+ every 14 days and with that in mind, this is the most free to play kind of browser game out there! Cuz like i sed, if u work hard enough to get 6m b4 ur bond runs out u could jus buy another one and enjoy 100% of the game without spending a penny!
Please stop advertising games that cannot commit to a free-to-play model. Or have the decency to label them as "demos".