Definitely a problem of the sandbox mmo, I did the intro path later because it prevents progress in a quest, and it's a reasonable intro but still barely scratches the surface. Though the best thing you can do in RuneScape is just start doing something, so if it gets the ball rolling then job done!

You misspelled "fr00bs"

It's quite rough tbh, the initial layout is quite bad for burying stuff but how does a new player make a better UI without first experiencing the game for a while? Would be great if we could share UIs and release some beginner friendly ones.

@@krityaRS FACTS

Main and Iron are both enjoyable in their own rights.

@@krityaRS i mean like im coming back onto a main thats maxed etc lol and im clueless lol

It's amazing how quickly they start working once you're in the 90s. Just always top them off and go about your business. Great for something AFK to keep yourself from having to run courses for a year straight

Thank you :)

RS3 Ironman is an incredibly rewarding journey. I doubt it will be long before I revisit mine.

Long grinds can definitely lead to some burnout, I found some success by varying my activities, doing some stuff just for fun even if it doesn't directly contribute to a major goal can be a great refresher.

@KrityaRS yeah defs! I think the game was designed to be played this way, too. feels like things flow better. Have started playing osrs a bit more as of today. It might switch to Ironman for rs3.

I agree, sometimes the grind it long. But the key to RuneScape is level your stats all together for verity. Even if you’re at 90 & you’re pushing for 99. Level others to 90, so many players burn because they go straight to 99-120, or 85-99. Also some days I’ll do a money making skill method to break it up for the grinding. Important to remember there’s plenty of time after max, enjoy the journey. This method has kept me engaged and haven’t burnt out & I play every day for 2 years now.

Hope you have a great time, whichever game or mode you chose.

I would put the task in the same camp as BA and allow for grouping only to get any tasks completed that require it. Otherwise solo only. I didn't think about that until now because my only context for the DG tasks was Ironman which has a bunch of them swapped out.

Good to know, it's been such a matter of fact for me for the past couple decades that I didn't even think to check.

I hope your journey is going well :)

You must play 5 minutes a day

I knew it was an option, didn't know it was faster though, a lot of my remembered methods are probably outdated by 6+ years!

​@@krityaRS You can also downgrade clues to any tier at the NPC outside of the Grand Exchange. So you don't necessarily have to do methods that give Easy clues.

I have streamed RuneScape a couple times before, but never consistently. Once I organise a schedule for it I'll make sure to add the link to my channel/descriptions.

Would take quite a bit more effort to make a sandwhich though.

@@krityaRS Just get sandwich drops bro

1 episode every Sunday so will be up later tonight!

That's not far off, the tl;dr for it is that I noticed a lack of progression content around mains in RS3, most content is either ironman based or end game/latest update focussed. So when I returned to the game and started relearning it all I decided I would contribute to what I felt was lacking, capturing the experience of progressing in mainscape as a regular player, the thing that makes it unique as far as youtube content goes is that I made the journey as un-youtuber as possible. The rules are mostly there to establish that no boosting/MTX abuse is going to be happening as they would sour the experience imo. I highly doubt the concept will be interesting to everyone, I'm honestly quite shocked by what has happened the past week, but it's something I could only do as my first series starting on KZfaq so it's where I'm starting.

About 3 years ago was when I stopped playing my Ironman. I haven't played a main since before revolution was released.

It might do with how expensive these past 2 expansions have been! But I don't know if that's necessary for every player or just because my guild went for HoF.

There are no "barriers to entry" in any game except ones where you compete directly with other players (great example is SW Battlefront 2) A person's ability to learn a game is solely down to their own mental capacity and learning skills. The issue most people have is they're too used to instant gratification and hand holding in games. My gf had me play WoW for a bit and she was surprised at how I was easily able to do things that most new players would fail or die to. For me, I just play and apply my natural intuition to games and don't worry too much if I don't know everything right away. Then as I come across things that I don't know, I will look into it and slowly add to my repitoire of game knowledge.

yea its so difficult to get to max level (1 day) or to start engame content (the next day) and get enough rating to upgrade everything close to max (2 weeks). really difficult game