Fateful Cello

I started playing rs in 2005 and retired during the bot-pocalypse. Fast forward a few years to being spammed with Jagex emails "come back! We cleaned up the bots! Its a whole new game! We are now listening!" So this year I decided to give in, to try it. At least now there wouldn't be bots and Jagex would listen right? No. First day logged into the game, attacked by cyberbullies for asking what an icon meant. Then over Christmas, when most people are spending time with families, there were 3 concurrent events going at once that you had to log on every day for. One of these "events" had tasks so huge it ate up a whole day! Microtransactions. For every event they run, they make it so difficult either you no life it and do it 24/7 to hope to meet the deadline, or you pay to skip. Creative little thing most wont notice, I did. They did a "mental health" event, that was so tedious you had to do it for hours (god forbid you had to work or you know, take care of your family as most adults do) or pay to skip it. Really great for your mental health huh? Panic and get it done, dont do it and miss out, or pay to skip it on top of what you pay to play the game. I still remember what rs can do to a kid who's lost everything (yeah, Jagex, us old players haven't forgotten Maartin). So on top of microtransactions now being shoved down your throat, there's not a mod in sight! It used to be you'd see the crowns running around all over the place. Not anymore. There is actually a world where cyber (newer generations know it as "sexting") is prominent! That's the whole purpose of that world! I was appalled. Then, they used to have a chat filter which would filter curse words. Those who played back in the day knew creative ways around the filter, cause lets face it, we were all teens. However, now, there is zero filter in place and yet this is a "kid friendly" game. Not anymore. And this newest event of Jagex's is just the capper on the cake for me. Apparently their "treasure key" game, yes another microtransaction game, was glitched over New Years. Now mind you, 2 weeks prior, they ran a game called "clairvoyance" which featured glitching pixellated chests that you could see into. On New Years, they had a glitch which caused players to be able to exit out of the Treasure Hunter screen and get new rockets. Not exactly helpful if you accidentally clicked off the rockets because you didn't click the right hit box area. They are saying this caused a huge influx of money into the game. When 99% of the time you get xp assisting things from this treasure game, I find that hard to believe. You could buy 100 keys and only get these "stars" or "lamps" which apply to xp, but for whatever reason this glitch over New Years is a bad thing. Its a bad thing because it somehow hurts Jagex's bottom line. That's the only issue here. Their pockets. So what did they do? They banned people for their glitchy game and first it was a short ban, then to the same accounts it was a longer ban. All because it hurt their pockets. So I do not recommend this game. They are as money hungry as a lot of online games who have turned to microtransactions to fill their coffers, and listen about as well... they don't and blame the player for their errors. Has no one been paying attention to Bethesda Studios and their Fallout 76 flop and multiple lawsuits? Jagex is headed down that path, they just refuse to see it. Just because they're in the UK doesn't make them untouchable. I also find it interesting, that The BF. posted such an accurate review and was met with the same hostility you'd find in game. Its not a lie.