I'm 1 month into my 12 month premier membership and have made a request for partial refunding...
Edit 1: They responded that I can do it myself... so had to respond to request a refund, which was already the initial request...
It's not an official option, but just a request on my end.
I bought 6 months premier once and realized you don't get the loyalty points, so bought the 12 months, made a request and Jagex refunded the 6 months.
However, I think Jagex are pretty anal about the 12 months premier membership as you get loyalty points, which I don't think they can remove. However, I hope I get lucky with the request as I'm only 1 month in. It's gonna be really shitty if deny it, as that's £50 gone to waste.
Thanks for highlighting that this is an option.
I played for about 12 years and was really put off by eoc, and then all my friends gradually left, so quit for 7 years.
Back earlier this year on mobile only and was enjoying it but haven't logged in since this cluster fuck of an update. Hit them where it hurts - revenue.
It's important that players make this hurt more financially than HeroPass can bring in. If enough cancelled memberships happen they will see this kind of update crosses the red line for us and they will hopefully stop going in this direction.
I don't even know what the point is supposed to be anymore, I'm in the "Burn it all down" camp at this point. If Jagex needs to be motivated by taking away their profits instead of earnestly finding ways to make the game better, and this level of effort is needed to PREVENT them from making the game worse, I say let them go under.
Love this take. I am an OSRS player who is just keeping an eye on the drama, but I want the best for you guys. It will suck to see when Jagex halfway reverses this decision and claims to be the good guy, and all the players that canceled their memberships come crawling back just to get abused again at a later date
Basically, a guy (by the username 117) was working on an "HD plug-in" for the (only) third party OSRS client allowed by Jagex. It was *hotly* anticipated and in progress for years. It upgraded textures, smoothed animations, it just made the game look better but kept that lovely, hideous, OSRS graphical feel.
The *day fucking before* (or two days before, can't remember) the plugin was set to release, Jagex told him to cease and desist, **do not** release this plugin.
Their reasoning is that they were, now, after never mentioning this, *thinking about developing something similar* to be released in a few **years** and they didn't want a competitor.
The community. went. apeshit. I'm not claiming Hero Pass was in the same league btw, but it was the most egregious "Fuck you" Jagex could have given. To 117, to the excited players, to anyone who just wanted to provide something nice to the game they love, for free.
Community said "Fuck you, take it back," and memberships were canceled in record numbers (I've seen claimed, citation needed fs). And they did after a few days of serious, serious pushback. The plugin was released, and it's amazing.
Again, not in the same league, but I have a very, very familiar bad taste in my mouth with this Hero Pass debacle.
On a personal note, I'll say, as much fun as I have returning to both RS3 and OSRS every other year, both incidents I've mentioned have felt like additional "straws" on the camel's back of just being done with Jagex as a company. My wife asked why I buy premier every year and get four months out of it, my best justification is that "I just want to support the game."
That feeling has been eroding... Still excited for Sailing tho!
ETA: Some dude locked his own *nan* in a cage over the HD Plugin incident. Smh
A dude spent two years on his own time making an HD plugin for 07scape and the day before he released it jagex basically submitted a cease and desist saying "we're gonna make our own at some point and we didn't ask him to put all this effort in".
The sub went nuclear.
Lol.. damnit, that’s a huge pain/backstab somehow.. right? If I understand correctly.
With 07 that’s the time runelite didn’t existed right? (And before rs2)
This happened last year actually.
He had been posting updates as he went along so the hype train had been building for years.
Mods and devs were clearly aware it was in the making and could have stopped it at any time if that's what they wanted.
RIGHT?! And since, no offense, players aren't the savviest bunch, they'll be more likely to just come crawling back after the most milquetoast apology and change possible. Like, why negotiate with these bastards anymore? They've sucked the life from the game and need to be punished forever if they think they can get away with this.
Thanks for adding your voice to this. That’s a huge stand you took. I appreciate the support and the example you are setting for other folks who might need it.
Canceled 3 premier/monthly accounts, deleted the game (both rs3 and osrs) from my ipad and phone, will be uninstalling jagex on my pc when I get home today. I regularly spent 20-100 a month on ingame items (skins + bank space mostly, $10-20 on keys for my normal account here and there)
Been playing on and off since around 2004 when I found a little game called runescape on miniclip. Sad and frustrating way to end it.
Thank you so much for adding this. That’s an extraordinary stand you took. I totally understand how deflating it feels and how there are so many memories tied to it. Thinking back on how we started and now where we’ve come really adds to the impact. Best of luck to you, friend.
You mentioned removing it from your phone which reminded me that I hadn't left a review on the Play Store; turns out I can't, even though I've played a few hours on mobile with it. I'm wondering if they turned reviews off or something...
Voting with my wallet too. I've been playing for 16 years now and had a drive for max total experience. Got to ~4.7b total xp. I'm sick and tired of getting treated like a money bag by this company I'm out. Canceled my membership yesterday.
19 yo account & 3 years premiere — cancelled.
Can’t believe it but this thread finally got me to take the leap. Time to go get some chores done on my house.
I have 6 accounts 4 which regularly have members and 2 which use metrics. ABSOLUTELY NONE OF THEM will be subscribed any longer unless jagex learns their lesson. I have been playing since I was a child with my best friend I’m now an adult with disposable income and I’d guess I’m one of the real targets. This update just clearly shows how little they care about the content they produce and any “good” content will always be followed with an obscene cash grab.
I waited for jagex's response today.. and it was a hollow one at best.. I also cancelled my account is 20 years old and this is the first time i have felt that i needed to boycott.
It’s super hard to do! It definitely hits you hard when you’ve been apart of a game and community for two decades. Whether your boycott is permanent, short lived, or somewhere in between, I appreciate you voicing your support.
18 year old account, 4 year membership streak. I even was subbing to this game when I was taking months long, even year long breaks from it. Not anymore.
I just cancelled my Premier membership. I wasn't an active player, but I was looking to start playing again with the release of Necromancy, after hearing the good feedback. Hero Pass, however, changed my mind about returning to the game. I don't see a reason to play it if it will only cause headaches regarding FOMO and the need to spend hours upon hours of time and/or money to complete the Hero Pass. Those aspects of the game were the reasons I semi-quit in the first place.
I just came back like two weeks ago because I liked the changes they were making, then THIS sets it all on fire. I'm one year away from earning the 20 anniversary cape. Not subbing back up.
Just cancelled 16 year old account. I selected "Unhappy with recent update" as the reason. I have three months left of premier, maybe time to check out OSRS....Such a shame as was working towards 99 necro and remaxing but this has completely killed my interest in the game. After years of shitty mtx practices this is the final straw.
And my axe!
I also cancelled my second account that was billed monthly. My main on osrs is paid up through the year, so all I could do there was turn off auto-renew.
Just cancelled my premier. Long time lurker of the sub and very rarely make any comments, but this felt right. This update absolutely obliterated any motivation I had to continue playing.
20 year trimmed with a lot of playtime and capes cancelled, max non-virtual account with all inverted capes cancelled. Deleted app off phone, deleted jagex launcher.
18-year player here, premier membership across 3 accounts, cancelled all of them and specifically chose the "Because of a recent update" option when doing so. We gotta speak with our money, right?
the RS3 mods won't let me add a post showing my solidarity in canceling my membership as well. denied my post attempt.
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Also canceled my membership. Have been a loyal member since 2004. Held out hope for todays update. After reading through the post my mind was made up. It seems as though this is the direction they’re choosing and it is no longer for me.
Just canceled my mainscape account along with mine and my brothers iron accounts. This is unacceptable. There is no communication before making sweeping changes. Now they want us to wait an undetermined amount of time for them to "gather feedback". Nah.
Same. I was currently running three premier clubs (all ironmen/HCIM), was about to add a fourth but fortunately only subbed for a month on that one. Cancelled all of them after this debacle. I’ve played since 2003 on and off. Every time I have left for an extended period (months/years at a time) has been due to updates like this increasing the aggression of their MTX. I don’t plan on leaving for good but will only be back when I see Jagex is trying to do better.
I and many others did not quit after EoC, I quit after SoF. I didn’t play for a few years.
They will always try to increase their profitability and Jagex in RS3 have gone the route of gameplay-altering MTX to do so for 10 years now driving players like us away each time they increase the aggression. It is not the only way but it is the way they chose.
I see so many apologists saying “you’ll be back” and I don’t see that as relevant. Jagex wants quarterly profits, if a lot of people unsub for even a little bit of time to let them know they are driving players away they will know where to draw the line on MTX. This is just the latest in Jagex’s many attempts to push MTX further and if it weren’t for people reacting like this and unsubbing, even for just a few months when these sorts of things happen year after year the state of MTX would be far beyond where it is now.
When their financial analysts look at the subscription number changes after updates it tells them clearly how they were affected by the update (this is an actual company after all) and it is very likely used to inform them of whether a future update that is similar will be profitable or unprofitable. Whether I am playing again next year does not affect the number of unsubs they will see immediately after this update to let them know how seriously much of the community is against MTX. Even though I have months left on my premier club, that’s money they made in January, they don’t see or care about that here in Q3, all they will see is I cancelled renewal after this hero pass update and that is the message I want to send.
As someone who only plays ironmen since the mode came out the update does not directly affect me but I want the game to remain around as long as possible and with unhealthy moves like this driving the people who care most about the game away I worry about how much longer it may be around if we don’t keep pushing back when harmful and unpopular things like this are forced upon us.
Major props for taking a stand, even tho as you say it doesn’t affect your characters. A lot of players are turning a blind eye to stuff like this because it “doesn’t directly affect them”, much like how a lot of short-sighted people don’t think little things set a tolerance threshold for bigger things irl..
I had my iron premier due to renew in a couple of days. Cancelled it. I used to pay it even though some months I wouldn't play at all so the option was always there. But with all the other quality games I have access to, won't come back unless they make some changes that are appealing to me.
I quit as well and probably for good.
The whole gind more and more of your life away on these mediocre events/ or yak tracks or the xp nerfs (making it even grindier) to stabilize the game and make it feel like "more" of a journey.. is silly especially because you can pay to win and lamp your skills via TH (treasure hunter). Just spend money
All these xp nerfs just make TH that much stronger.... just spend money
lets not forget that "Fresh Start Worlds" was a thing.. talk to me about the journey being too fast... just spend money
I dont have the same kind of time to play runescape like I once did.. its been over 20 years..
All of this: extreme grind (3-6/hr daily time sinks to catch up) or just spend money and p2w to get it done mentality has entierly killed my drive to play runescape. I dont have that kind of time any more.. forever behind definitely wont get the hero pass remotely close to completion... unless I just spend money
It might not change the outcome of runescape, it certainly doesnt mean im going to unsub from runescapes subreddit.
What it means for me though: is that, rain or shine, I get to no longer feel pressured to lose sleep over a game that is designed to keep you playing mindlessly. Or spend your hard earned money on something that virtually doesnt matter..
I currently live in a world of inflation and cant justify the amounts of time or money jagex is demanding thus leading to me actually quitting.
Theres no coming back a few years later... Jagex has shown me that: they will not change, they will keep trying to take more from me, and that the time and money I've already invested over the years into the game is not enough and will never be enough. There is no balance here.
This is just my take on the matter though and at the end of the day if I had the time sink into the dailyscape would I?
HELL NO!, imagine the kind of hobbies and talents you could develop practicing just 3hrs a day...
Going to be cancelling my yearly membership as well. Really sad to see this happening, as I just started playing rs3 after being a long time OSRS player just looking for a nice change :(
I play only 1 account but canceled it yesterday... honestly even if they remove this update completely i don't think i will re-subscribe. They did this so many times in past and I tolerated it but i think this was last straw.
For me its not only that its another mtx (i would be probably fine with that) but its another really toxic FOMO mtx ... and then they will do mental health week or something to make themself looks like they care.
To me the replacement of daily challenges by the hero pass system is a sign that they now shifted their focus from getting more new players to milking out the players that have already maxed out every skill. I'v seen this before in another mmo I played and I think this is only the beginning. In the mmo I played (Rappelz), the mtx started with cosmetic stuff but eventually the item shop included things like weapon upgrades, xp boosters, user name changes and more. My point being: it will prop only get worse. I recommend to listen to the advice of OP and quit your membership now before you sink even more money in this money and time consuming game. Remember that your time on earth is limited and there are better ways of spending it than staring at a computer screen anyway. Even if you don't feel that way, there are so many other games that are more fun and cheaper in the long run (some single- player rpg's come to mind).
What's crazy is I feel the same way. Account been a member so long I pay $5 total for osrs and rs3. Even in the breaks I took I never minded keeping the subscription running because I knew I'd be back. Don't think im coming back this time. Granted, being grandfathered at that price means they probably have been wanting me to cancel for a while because $$$ but regardless...I feel no desire to give them anymore of my money, and unfortunately no desire to play this game anymore.
Well, for me battle pass is not ok but nothing I would quit over. I just don’t spend anymore for half a year already.
Seeing all these people leave and numbers dropping might make me quit in the future at well.
Sad to see.
17 year main acc, iron and alt - all cancelled, refuse to even play osrs as don't want to support anything jagex related.
Plenty of other games out there.
canceled mine as well. i tried going back to osrs, but i was at giants foundry and i can't stand that grind lol. i actually want to thank jagex, i have so much free time now.
My 2 Members and my wife’s account will be cancelled as well. You pushed it too far for too long Jagex, Necromancy isn’t enough to keep people here with your predatory behavior. I’m also only a few months away from my 20 year cape on both of my accounts.
Quit this game over two years ago, I don't think I will ever come back. There are so many games out there that are actually fun and enjoyable and worth your time. Sometimes you have to step back and look at something from a different angle, and in this case, once I finally took a longer break, I realised how pointless this game actually is. I win more by having a walk outside, enjoying a nice cup of tea, petting my dog, reading a book, playing my guitar, or whtever else comes to my mind, and if i feel like its time for some gaming, there are hundreds of overwhelmingly positive games on steam, just pick one and enjoy your day. Escape, run!
15 year old account cancelled. Already haven't played in a few months despite subscription being active, was just debating coming back to check out necro and get my max cape back. Them priorities made the debate a lot easier
Same here dude, this update just killed my desire to play the game. I also have a 20 year maxed account that is super close to trim, but I am not going to finish now. It will just fade into the nostalgia vault now, and maybe that is just how it should be.
My membership just ran out on my main and alt, not to say that ive seen this coming, but I used to buy premier every year until a year or 2 ago, now im just using bonds whenever I felt like it, but now im not going to renew for a while.
Playing since mini clip went from osrs to rs3 was having so much fun. Now that I’ve got Zelda, Baldur’s gate, starfield, and more coming, I’m quitting my premier membership as well. I’ve spent a good amount on keys and other bullshit but screw it. Vote with my wallet. Got other things to do.
21+ years, gone. So much of the game was already feeling like a chore I did, just because I've done it for so long... but this MTX obsession is too much. I guarantee they would make more money if they put some good effort into character remodels, and made attractive cosmetics that people actually wanted to show off.
I also canceled, despite being a former whale (gambling addiction makes treasure hunter hell to resist). It hurts since I wanted master quest cape among other things…but I can’t support what jagex is doing anymore. I’m fighting withdrawal symptoms at times, but mostly I’m doing other irl things, trying to get in shape , etc.
Best of luck to others trying to quit the addiction
I have like 15 bonds, saving up for gold premier for next year, but I just lost all motivation when execs at Jagex continue to make asinine decisions like this
Account made in 2002 and I just finished wiping my computer of all RuneScape related programs/files. It was nice while it lasted, but talk about perfect timing from this predatory company since some big hype games literally just released. Time to no life Dark and Darker/Baldur’s Gate 3.
Just cancelled 12 months Premier subscription that'll be up in a month. I took a 2 month break and was planing to return this week end but i think i'm good.
Reading all of the comments about people with long-standing accounts cancelling/not renewing, I do wonder whether that’s part of the plan.
Everyone who has been playing for ages and tired of the constant FOMO, push for additional money etc. leaving to make room for new players who think this is normal and fully engage with it.
It’s the norm for Fortnite, FIFA and other games soo I guess their plan is for RuneScape to go the same way.
I do feel sorry for the developers who want to actually make a good game and are probably being overshadowed by the MTX team being the focus all the time. I really love the lore of RuneScape but I will likely not be renewing in November either.
I sympathise. If heropass did one thing for me it's the following:
I just started in July (still f2p) Originally my plan was to play the game on f2p for a while and then becomming member later. I will not become a paying member anymore. Perhaps a bond once a year paid with ingame money, but I'm not spending my precious euros on Jagex.
Glad I didn't rebond my accounts I am not playing this shit until they just straight up get rid of hero pass and return the old daily challenge system. If I do rebond it will be to play osrs.
5.8b trimmed comp player here.
I also canceled, not really because I am against Hero Pass, which I am.
But because these kinds of MTX things just takes the joy out of the game for me.
I hate it whenever we had a Yak Track, and i just finished them as quickly as possibly, so i could go back to playing the game, and enjoy it, without feeling i missed out on cosmetics i wanted.
Usually after that there is 2-3 weeks I barely login, because the Yak Track race grows me tired, and I need to "recover".
Now we have something much worse and much more grindy, and being almost impossible to get all the rewards without using a lot of hours a day, if the streamers calculation about 1630 hours is correct, its 18hours a day for 90 days, if you want it all, before it's removed.
So it will either end up me me quitting, or ignoring the Hero Pass completely, which is hard as it get pushed into your face.
I really hope Jagex turns this around, it was bad enough with the mtx we already had, but as we all know, greed doesn't have a limit.
19 years of playing NostalgiaScape and quitting for a few months/years to play fun games.. What’s funny is right before the update I was considering going all-in again and grabbing Premier, and I’ll admit I recently bought some bonds to get the gold and some of the items stolen from me back, after Jagex sold our data to China and my long-forgotten Username was used to hack me (exceptional customer support btw having no investigation or item refunding like the Warcraft team does)….… I was in the process of maxing my account(finally), but my friend has been trying to get me back into Destiny 2 for raids and 3-man grandmaster nightfalls(so freakin fun and challenging), so this hard stance against community wishes is actually great timing 👌🏻
The process of unsubscribing was a little obnoxious this time, but I’ll happily cancel any RS plans to remind the Jagex team who pays the fucking bills. Thank you and all others canceling, you’re the only ones that truly love this game and care about its development direction.
Cancelled my premier as well. As much as I like Rs's unique gameplay this is just not right with me. Time to play other games who value me at least a bit more as a consumer.
~16 Years account quit. I played thousands of hours of RS2, tens of thousands of hours of OSRS, thousands of hours of RS3.
The game will forever hold a special place in my heart. But unless there comes a RS4 to throw a curveball down the road, these games are behind me.
One unexpected outcome from Runescape was it provided AFK dopamine via feelings of progression while studying for middleschool, highschool and college. And even after college while studying for career specific certifications.
What's funny is, most of the consistent players I've befriended over the years are still consistently playing, and aren't open to playing any other games. I kind of pity them, but I also understand. There's comfort in Gielinor.
I have been playing on and off since 2007scape was around, and I’ve been subbed here to keep my eyes on the game, kind of watching someone on hospice to see when they take their last breath. To me, Hero Pass was it, I tolerated Yak Track because at least I could play casually, but considering they are just going full blown battle pass at this point was enough for me to cancel premier on my account.
Sure I hadn’t touched the game since they released Zammy as a boss, but I was never into PvM, I was always a skiller, I was more into the lore and the backstory. I remember playing during the World Wakes and Guthix Sleeps, those magnitude of quests blew me away, but pretty much after the killed off Sliske, my interest in the game started to die as well.
Bosses became this huge influx of money that made everything overpriced. Even when I was playing at my peak during mid 2017-2019, I would consider myself a whale. The predatory MTX made me actually go on hiatus for years, and the only thing that brought me back was Archeology. That excitement died out quickly when I realized how slow that skill was. That was when I started to consider canceling, but there was some hope left, yet with the birth of Hero Pass, my hope has died.
RIP RuneScape, you’ll be missed!
Also taking a break. 11 months of premier left on this 17+ year account and the same on an alt which will be a good reminder of wasted money the next time I think about coming back. The breaks have been getting longer each time and the last was 3 years. With the blunt updates/responses I'm sure this will be permanent. Can't imagine what this game will be like in 3+ years - there may be nothing to even look back to!
Sad we’re all watching that MTX tumor grow in our beloved game…
Other players mentioned a partial refund you could get for your Premier(s) tho, so definitely check that out in some of the top comments^
WELL, I thought about subbing soon, but I'm not gonna.
They fucked up necromancy, and they fucked the playerbase with this shit.
Jagex will probably be dead in < 2 years with these changes
Yep cancelled 2 accounts today. Not really a sunk cost with me. I never played for the future I just enjoyed the game in the now. I’m maxed and yet my cash on hand is only around 200m and I have no rares cause I don’t treat the game like some long term investment. This game, it’s a temporary pass time and can give it up if I feel the experience or costs are not worth it. Cya jagex
Not sure yet to be honest. For a live service game, I’m thinking about trying Guild Wars 2. The idea of horizontal progression sounds interesting enough to explore. But I might take a break from live service for a while. I just got platinum on Elden Ring last night and I’m close in Sekiro. I also might jump into Baldur’s Gate 3. I’ve heard some great things about it. Thanks for asking. :)
godspeed man, it may be silly to some but real ones know what its like to have to walk away from something thats been part of your life for so long. Good on you standing up for what you believe in.
Cancelled my gold premier membership that was set to renew soon. Been playing since classic, have loved this game so much over the years. But this was the final straw. Stuff like this happens way too much and there is no sign of improvement at all, if anything it only gets worse over time. Its the same old story over and over. Good updates (like necro) end up getting overshadowed by idiotic blunders like this and leave a sour taste in the community's mouth. I am done. There are so many better games to spend my time playing. Better games to spend my money on that I would of otherwise spent on RS. Goodbye Runescape.
I haven’t paid for membership for a long time thanks to bonds. I was seriously considering just purchasing premier for the benefits and cheaper price and save myself some in game gold. Definitelyyyyy not happening anymore.
I will also be looking to cancel my mebership. It's a real shame as they done such a good job with Necro. Shame that's completely shadowed by this Hero Pass. 1 step forward and 2 back. I feel sorry for the DEVS who do put in effort for the updates. This Hero's crap definitely got forced by the shareholders and upper management. Money grabbing pigs
Until we meet again Runescape, you've chased your most loyal followers away.
"I'm doing my part!"
20 year old account. Just cancelled. If we don't vote with our wallets they will never listen to the community.
Unsubbing en masse is the only thing that will force their hand.
I won't be cancelling my premier because I'm halfway through and it's the only time I've ever given Jagex money in 15 years. I've got over 3000 hours clocked, so the 70 bucks i paid was worth it to me. However, i support this movement because of a quote from one of the Jmods in a random post from a few months ago.
(Not verbatim) "no we actually appreciate similar posts on issues. Typically, we wait until something takes over the sub Reddit before we mark it as a serious problem. After that we remove all but the most upvoted posts so people can enjoy the sub again"
Basically, keep making posts about this. Don't make multiple per person, but if you haven't yet and dislike the changes, go ahead and post it. Explain everything you have an issue with, and flair it properly. They'll likely take it down when they filter, but it flags it as a huge issue when it becomes the only thing you can see for miles in r/runescape
I already paid for Premier a couple of months ago. I more than likely will not be renewing it, this shit is getting old, and Jamflex has proven time and time again that they don't care about their player base.
think i’m at 17-18 years and did the same (thought i cancelled my alt years ago) doing my main was an extra step 😅, now onto my crippling Rust addiction.
I'm roughly 2 months away from 20 year cape.
Cancelled my sub, reason: Unhappy with recent update.
I understand they're running a business, and it's only fair they try to make it as profitable as they can, but they need to also understand they're providing a service, and a very much completely non essential one at that, so their earnings depend ENTIRELY on the community they have. Hyper predatory updates like this hero pass are not welcome.
I've loved this game for near 20 years, most of my life, it's genuinely heartbreaking seeing it fall so low, thinking back on how much fun and good memories I have growing up and playing and making some lifelong friends on here. Seeing this update really makes me fearful of the future of this game.
I'm thinking of the same!! Just remaxed all my alts(4) and idk what to do my dailyscape was nuked along with my keys....
And im ok with that part being removed... but not this stupid P2W stuff or the fact u gotta do new dailys and 195 bossing hours for the fastest method in the hero pass, dont combine my daily challenges with a remake of yak track?!?!
Old yak track, (Sept 2022) took afk 262hours for the SLOWEST method... current pass is 190-1400hours
still gonna hit 120/200m necro on the main while membership last another month or so.. but i seriously wannaq "quit" or break for another 4 year... *16year vet*
Excellent. Cancelled my account subscription too. Left bad reviews everywhere possible.
A company like this shouldn't be only worrying about how to be even (because the already are) profitable, but improving the game and keeping the player base happy and the bond between game-player base healthy must be their priority.
This really settles it. It's high time to say farewell.
As a recommendation, even if Jagex wakes up from it's greedy dream of Mtxs and bad game ideas and remove the hero(bond)pass, don't return to this game. It's really not worth it guys.
I canceled the renewal of my premier from both of my accounts earlier this year due to the controversies and issues with the game back then.
I was thinking of renewing both subscriptions because I honestly like how Necromancy works, but the recent events have changed my mind.
Not only the controversial update, but the way the situation is being handled is the issue aswell.
As an ex-customer service agent it brothers me when I see something like "we are implementing a temporary solution" or "we are looking into this issue", the latter being towards issues that have been temporary fixes, but have since been forgotten, postponed or completely ignored.
Then there is the issue where direct and honest feedback (mainly the removal of the battlepass system) is ignored, when in reality no feedback can be ignored. (I am referring to a posted picture about a person's conversation with a Jmod)
The truth is that nothing can always be perfect or please everyone, and a company does everything they can to ensure profit, but it is up to the customers to draw a line which is not to be crossed. (that line is cleaely being drawn by the community at the very moment)
Anyways, 12 days remain and then I will have to find something else to occasionally sink a couple of hours to.
Probably more ppl will now quit than the amount started on release of Necro.
Sounds like Jagex strategy.
Ofc they dont do Runefest anymore, since noone likes them anymore.
Since Rs was first sold it was worth about 200m $ , today is worth 600m $ or more.
And keep in mind, thats all PLAYERS money.
If thats not enought for whoever wants more money, time to make them worth 200m$ again so they will see the pain and beg ppl to play :)
If you want to make the ultimate power move, go to a politician representative and tell them about what investors are doing to RS3. That will not only put spotlight on RS3 but will reverberate throughout whole gaming industry if governments begin regulating their greedy and insidious monetization properly. When adults or kids with willpower take a stand, new generation of uninformed and impressionable kids will replace them. That's how the greed is sustained and you won't outlast them by simply cancelling.
OP, I also have stopped playing completely, I'm a 20 year runescape Vet.
I have been able to stand by Jagex and try to understand there side of MTX but....
this is horrific, all memberships are canceled as of Yday.
ngl, yeah this shit sucks and is going downhill.. but i still enjoy most other aspects of the game. i’ll just continue playing and doing what i enjoy and not engage with the p2w content. it sucks, but i’m afraid rs will never get away from this horrible cycle. jagex is too far deep in the hole to ever truly climb out.
Played since 2005 april here, played every day from 2005-2010, then played in sprees from 2012 till eoc, quit till 2014 and come back for a few months once every other year
This is it for me though. Draconian asf system. Not good for the future of the game. I got starfield and baldurs gate 3 to play. And i play casually these days with anything anyways, no reason to come back unless they revert this disaster.
I just came back to the game after a very long break because of Necromancy. And immediately after they release a new skill, they decide that yes, let's ruin any potential player retention we've just earned with even more abusive MTX!
Seriously Jagex, what are you thinking? Are you even thinking? Well, there goes my plans to stick around for a bit post release...
I'm 1 month into my 12 month premier membership and have made a request for partial refunding... Edit 1: They responded that I can do it myself... so had to respond to request a refund, which was already the initial request...
Thanks for adding that - I honestly didn’t know a request like that was even an option. Please let me know how that shakes out.
I made a refund request 11 days into my Premier membership, it got approved!
Wait, really? I'm in the same boat. Did you make a ticket with Jagex support? I didn't think they'd refund it
https://support.runescape.com/hc/en-gb/articles/205981571-Refunds Could try requesting the refund.
I still have like 5 months on my premier so I'm gonna try this when I get home as well.
I am in the exact same boat and I didn’t know partial refund was an option, thanks for mentioning it
It's not an official option, but just a request on my end. I bought 6 months premier once and realized you don't get the loyalty points, so bought the 12 months, made a request and Jagex refunded the 6 months. However, I think Jagex are pretty anal about the 12 months premier membership as you get loyalty points, which I don't think they can remove. However, I hope I get lucky with the request as I'm only 1 month in. It's gonna be really shitty if deny it, as that's £50 gone to waste.
I'm a couple of months away from my Premier membs renewing and just went ahead and cancelled.
How does one go about requesting a partial refund? I’m 2 months into mine and would love to add a request on top of already cancelling the renewal
https://support.runescape.com/hc/en-gb/articles/205981571-Refunds This is the refund page I know of. Good luck my dude.
Thanks for highlighting that this is an option. I played for about 12 years and was really put off by eoc, and then all my friends gradually left, so quit for 7 years. Back earlier this year on mobile only and was enjoying it but haven't logged in since this cluster fuck of an update. Hit them where it hurts - revenue.
20 year old account also canceled
Thanks for adding this. It means a lot to me to see these responses. I hope you either fall in love with something new or enjoy your break. :)
I’m like less than a month from 20 and cancelled.
18 year account cancelled here
It's important that players make this hurt more financially than HeroPass can bring in. If enough cancelled memberships happen they will see this kind of update crosses the red line for us and they will hopefully stop going in this direction.
I don't even know what the point is supposed to be anymore, I'm in the "Burn it all down" camp at this point. If Jagex needs to be motivated by taking away their profits instead of earnestly finding ways to make the game better, and this level of effort is needed to PREVENT them from making the game worse, I say let them go under.
Love this take. I am an OSRS player who is just keeping an eye on the drama, but I want the best for you guys. It will suck to see when Jagex halfway reverses this decision and claims to be the good guy, and all the players that canceled their memberships come crawling back just to get abused again at a later date
I hope one day we'll have a "Fuck you, take it back" moment here like the 117 HD Plguin Incident
Explain? Will also search this one. Never heard about this one. :o
Basically, a guy (by the username 117) was working on an "HD plug-in" for the (only) third party OSRS client allowed by Jagex. It was *hotly* anticipated and in progress for years. It upgraded textures, smoothed animations, it just made the game look better but kept that lovely, hideous, OSRS graphical feel. The *day fucking before* (or two days before, can't remember) the plugin was set to release, Jagex told him to cease and desist, **do not** release this plugin. Their reasoning is that they were, now, after never mentioning this, *thinking about developing something similar* to be released in a few **years** and they didn't want a competitor. The community. went. apeshit. I'm not claiming Hero Pass was in the same league btw, but it was the most egregious "Fuck you" Jagex could have given. To 117, to the excited players, to anyone who just wanted to provide something nice to the game they love, for free. Community said "Fuck you, take it back," and memberships were canceled in record numbers (I've seen claimed, citation needed fs). And they did after a few days of serious, serious pushback. The plugin was released, and it's amazing. Again, not in the same league, but I have a very, very familiar bad taste in my mouth with this Hero Pass debacle. On a personal note, I'll say, as much fun as I have returning to both RS3 and OSRS every other year, both incidents I've mentioned have felt like additional "straws" on the camel's back of just being done with Jagex as a company. My wife asked why I buy premier every year and get four months out of it, my best justification is that "I just want to support the game." That feeling has been eroding... Still excited for Sailing tho! ETA: Some dude locked his own *nan* in a cage over the HD Plugin incident. Smh
A dude spent two years on his own time making an HD plugin for 07scape and the day before he released it jagex basically submitted a cease and desist saying "we're gonna make our own at some point and we didn't ask him to put all this effort in". The sub went nuclear.
Lol.. damnit, that’s a huge pain/backstab somehow.. right? If I understand correctly. With 07 that’s the time runelite didn’t existed right? (And before rs2)
This happened last year actually. He had been posting updates as he went along so the hype train had been building for years. Mods and devs were clearly aware it was in the making and could have stopped it at any time if that's what they wanted.
RIGHT?! And since, no offense, players aren't the savviest bunch, they'll be more likely to just come crawling back after the most milquetoast apology and change possible. Like, why negotiate with these bastards anymore? They've sucked the life from the game and need to be punished forever if they think they can get away with this.
Unfortunately, it's not the Devs that have a passion for the game that make this decision. It's money hungry CEOs and shareholders that do.
Just canceled about $500/yr worth of accounts&upgrades.
Thanks for adding your voice to this. That’s a huge stand you took. I appreciate the support and the example you are setting for other folks who might need it.
I completely agree. Thanks for adding this and voicing your support. It’s very encouraging and inspiring to see these type of responses.
I'm full into the "let jagex go bankrupt" camp now This company is a disgrace
Canceled 3 premier/monthly accounts, deleted the game (both rs3 and osrs) from my ipad and phone, will be uninstalling jagex on my pc when I get home today. I regularly spent 20-100 a month on ingame items (skins + bank space mostly, $10-20 on keys for my normal account here and there) Been playing on and off since around 2004 when I found a little game called runescape on miniclip. Sad and frustrating way to end it.
Thank you so much for adding this. That’s an extraordinary stand you took. I totally understand how deflating it feels and how there are so many memories tied to it. Thinking back on how we started and now where we’ve come really adds to the impact. Best of luck to you, friend.
You mentioned removing it from your phone which reminded me that I hadn't left a review on the Play Store; turns out I can't, even though I've played a few hours on mobile with it. I'm wondering if they turned reviews off or something...
The battle pass is the end of the game for me. 23 yr account and alts unsubbed. Won’t be long before it’s RuneScape: Shadow Legends
Cancelled my 18 year account & 2 alts also.
Voting with my wallet too. I've been playing for 16 years now and had a drive for max total experience. Got to ~4.7b total xp. I'm sick and tired of getting treated like a money bag by this company I'm out. Canceled my membership yesterday.
just cancelled premier sub as well. Hopefully they get the message and move back on this crappy update
19 yo account & 3 years premiere — cancelled. Can’t believe it but this thread finally got me to take the leap. Time to go get some chores done on my house.
Same here…..Premier account and all.
I have 6 accounts 4 which regularly have members and 2 which use metrics. ABSOLUTELY NONE OF THEM will be subscribed any longer unless jagex learns their lesson. I have been playing since I was a child with my best friend I’m now an adult with disposable income and I’d guess I’m one of the real targets. This update just clearly shows how little they care about the content they produce and any “good” content will always be followed with an obscene cash grab.
I waited for jagex's response today.. and it was a hollow one at best.. I also cancelled my account is 20 years old and this is the first time i have felt that i needed to boycott.
It’s super hard to do! It definitely hits you hard when you’ve been apart of a game and community for two decades. Whether your boycott is permanent, short lived, or somewhere in between, I appreciate you voicing your support.
Just cancelled all 3 of my accounts! I'm not paying a monthly sub for all this pay to win and microtransactions.
18 year old account, 4 year membership streak. I even was subbing to this game when I was taking months long, even year long breaks from it. Not anymore.
I also cancelled too, no more money for this shitty company fr
I’m wishing you all the best! Thanks for adding your support.
With you brother 👏 Cancelled both mine and uninstalled the game and their launcher yesterday
I just cancelled my Premier membership. I wasn't an active player, but I was looking to start playing again with the release of Necromancy, after hearing the good feedback. Hero Pass, however, changed my mind about returning to the game. I don't see a reason to play it if it will only cause headaches regarding FOMO and the need to spend hours upon hours of time and/or money to complete the Hero Pass. Those aspects of the game were the reasons I semi-quit in the first place.
20 year account, Premier account, baby whale (8-10k) spent and quitting. No more money from me.
I just came back like two weeks ago because I liked the changes they were making, then THIS sets it all on fire. I'm one year away from earning the 20 anniversary cape. Not subbing back up.
Cancelled my subscription for monthly. Felt great
Canceled membership as well, won't be playing until the revert/fix
Just cancelled 16 year old account. I selected "Unhappy with recent update" as the reason. I have three months left of premier, maybe time to check out OSRS....Such a shame as was working towards 99 necro and remaxing but this has completely killed my interest in the game. After years of shitty mtx practices this is the final straw.
And my axe! I also cancelled my second account that was billed monthly. My main on osrs is paid up through the year, so all I could do there was turn off auto-renew.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Best of luck to you! :)
Wish I had a recurring membership to cancel.
Just stop playing, the lower player count affects them too
17+ old account cancelled.
Not playing. I bonded my main and hcim for nearly 3yrs with ingame bonds. Also pretty burned out from rs in general. Bg3 has been a great time.
Whats bbg3
Big booty girl three
20 year account I won’t be renewing my premier that runs out next month
Didn't renew my membership which ran out a week ago and I don't plan on resubscribing anytime soon.
I just canceled mine too. I cant really afford to renew it anyways so with all thats going on i figured it'd be a good time.
I cancelled as well. After years I accomplished my dream of getting all 99s. I think it was a good time to close that chapter.
I was an off and on player but yeah its staying off until they remove their fingers from my wallet.
Just cancelled mine. I forgot to do that.
Just cancelled my premier. Long time lurker of the sub and very rarely make any comments, but this felt right. This update absolutely obliterated any motivation I had to continue playing.
I'm doing the same.
20 year trimmed with a lot of playtime and capes cancelled, max non-virtual account with all inverted capes cancelled. Deleted app off phone, deleted jagex launcher.
18-year player here, premier membership across 3 accounts, cancelled all of them and specifically chose the "Because of a recent update" option when doing so. We gotta speak with our money, right?
Cancelled mine last night
Thanks for adding your voice. I feels good to see so many standing in solidarity.
the RS3 mods won't let me add a post showing my solidarity in canceling my membership as well. denied my post attempt. https://preview.redd.it/oe1n6hvhvomb1.png?width=765&format=png&auto=webp&s=a82379dbb73573eef6ec3a9ab164be1e8fa4842a
Also canceled my membership. Have been a loyal member since 2004. Held out hope for todays update. After reading through the post my mind was made up. It seems as though this is the direction they’re choosing and it is no longer for me.
Just canceled my mainscape account along with mine and my brothers iron accounts. This is unacceptable. There is no communication before making sweeping changes. Now they want us to wait an undetermined amount of time for them to "gather feedback". Nah.
Cancelled my premier same day the hero pass came out
Same. I was currently running three premier clubs (all ironmen/HCIM), was about to add a fourth but fortunately only subbed for a month on that one. Cancelled all of them after this debacle. I’ve played since 2003 on and off. Every time I have left for an extended period (months/years at a time) has been due to updates like this increasing the aggression of their MTX. I don’t plan on leaving for good but will only be back when I see Jagex is trying to do better. I and many others did not quit after EoC, I quit after SoF. I didn’t play for a few years. They will always try to increase their profitability and Jagex in RS3 have gone the route of gameplay-altering MTX to do so for 10 years now driving players like us away each time they increase the aggression. It is not the only way but it is the way they chose. I see so many apologists saying “you’ll be back” and I don’t see that as relevant. Jagex wants quarterly profits, if a lot of people unsub for even a little bit of time to let them know they are driving players away they will know where to draw the line on MTX. This is just the latest in Jagex’s many attempts to push MTX further and if it weren’t for people reacting like this and unsubbing, even for just a few months when these sorts of things happen year after year the state of MTX would be far beyond where it is now. When their financial analysts look at the subscription number changes after updates it tells them clearly how they were affected by the update (this is an actual company after all) and it is very likely used to inform them of whether a future update that is similar will be profitable or unprofitable. Whether I am playing again next year does not affect the number of unsubs they will see immediately after this update to let them know how seriously much of the community is against MTX. Even though I have months left on my premier club, that’s money they made in January, they don’t see or care about that here in Q3, all they will see is I cancelled renewal after this hero pass update and that is the message I want to send. As someone who only plays ironmen since the mode came out the update does not directly affect me but I want the game to remain around as long as possible and with unhealthy moves like this driving the people who care most about the game away I worry about how much longer it may be around if we don’t keep pushing back when harmful and unpopular things like this are forced upon us.
Major props for taking a stand, even tho as you say it doesn’t affect your characters. A lot of players are turning a blind eye to stuff like this because it “doesn’t directly affect them”, much like how a lot of short-sighted people don’t think little things set a tolerance threshold for bigger things irl..
I had my iron premier due to renew in a couple of days. Cancelled it. I used to pay it even though some months I wouldn't play at all so the option was always there. But with all the other quality games I have access to, won't come back unless they make some changes that are appealing to me.
I quit as well and probably for good. The whole gind more and more of your life away on these mediocre events/ or yak tracks or the xp nerfs (making it even grindier) to stabilize the game and make it feel like "more" of a journey.. is silly especially because you can pay to win and lamp your skills via TH (treasure hunter). Just spend money All these xp nerfs just make TH that much stronger.... just spend money lets not forget that "Fresh Start Worlds" was a thing.. talk to me about the journey being too fast... just spend money I dont have the same kind of time to play runescape like I once did.. its been over 20 years.. All of this: extreme grind (3-6/hr daily time sinks to catch up) or just spend money and p2w to get it done mentality has entierly killed my drive to play runescape. I dont have that kind of time any more.. forever behind definitely wont get the hero pass remotely close to completion... unless I just spend money It might not change the outcome of runescape, it certainly doesnt mean im going to unsub from runescapes subreddit. What it means for me though: is that, rain or shine, I get to no longer feel pressured to lose sleep over a game that is designed to keep you playing mindlessly. Or spend your hard earned money on something that virtually doesnt matter.. I currently live in a world of inflation and cant justify the amounts of time or money jagex is demanding thus leading to me actually quitting. Theres no coming back a few years later... Jagex has shown me that: they will not change, they will keep trying to take more from me, and that the time and money I've already invested over the years into the game is not enough and will never be enough. There is no balance here. This is just my take on the matter though and at the end of the day if I had the time sink into the dailyscape would I? HELL NO!, imagine the kind of hobbies and talents you could develop practicing just 3hrs a day...
15+ year account cancelled as well as my two alts.
Cancelled last night and don't plan on renewing until all the bullshit goes away.
It’ll never go away, the investors treat this as their personal stock, they want yearly 7% returns that’s why we get what we get
17 year account and alt, cancelled
Going to be cancelling my yearly membership as well. Really sad to see this happening, as I just started playing rs3 after being a long time OSRS player just looking for a nice change :(
I play only 1 account but canceled it yesterday... honestly even if they remove this update completely i don't think i will re-subscribe. They did this so many times in past and I tolerated it but i think this was last straw. For me its not only that its another mtx (i would be probably fine with that) but its another really toxic FOMO mtx ... and then they will do mental health week or something to make themself looks like they care.
Ironman checking in. I also cancelled my membership. Enough is enough. Peace y’all.
I joined in on my 20+ year account and my sub accounts as well, this is too much!
The rumbling it's coming !
Can you hear the rumble that's calling?
To me the replacement of daily challenges by the hero pass system is a sign that they now shifted their focus from getting more new players to milking out the players that have already maxed out every skill. I'v seen this before in another mmo I played and I think this is only the beginning. In the mmo I played (Rappelz), the mtx started with cosmetic stuff but eventually the item shop included things like weapon upgrades, xp boosters, user name changes and more. My point being: it will prop only get worse. I recommend to listen to the advice of OP and quit your membership now before you sink even more money in this money and time consuming game. Remember that your time on earth is limited and there are better ways of spending it than staring at a computer screen anyway. Even if you don't feel that way, there are so many other games that are more fun and cheaper in the long run (some single- player rpg's come to mind).
Cancelled membership on all 4 of my accounts today after reading the news post, I’m not giving jagex any more of my money. I quit.
Just started playing again last year and sad to have to quit again. No more membership/key purchases from me
16 year old account, I refuse to pay and play any longer until this Hero Pass system is removed. Give us back the dailies too.
What's crazy is I feel the same way. Account been a member so long I pay $5 total for osrs and rs3. Even in the breaks I took I never minded keeping the subscription running because I knew I'd be back. Don't think im coming back this time. Granted, being grandfathered at that price means they probably have been wanting me to cancel for a while because $$$ but regardless...I feel no desire to give them anymore of my money, and unfortunately no desire to play this game anymore.
Well, for me battle pass is not ok but nothing I would quit over. I just don’t spend anymore for half a year already. Seeing all these people leave and numbers dropping might make me quit in the future at well. Sad to see.
17 year main acc, iron and alt - all cancelled, refuse to even play osrs as don't want to support anything jagex related. Plenty of other games out there.
Cancelled mine yesterday. Was going to renew next week but glad I caught it in time. Been playing since 2006.
We as a community need to stand together against this nonsense
canceled mine as well. i tried going back to osrs, but i was at giants foundry and i can't stand that grind lol. i actually want to thank jagex, i have so much free time now.
My 2 Members and my wife’s account will be cancelled as well. You pushed it too far for too long Jagex, Necromancy isn’t enough to keep people here with your predatory behavior. I’m also only a few months away from my 20 year cape on both of my accounts.
Why is everyone cancelling? I’m out of the loop apparently…
As an OSRS player playing since 2007 I respect you. It’s truly baffling jagex has resorted to the lowest of lows for gaming. GG homie
Quit this game over two years ago, I don't think I will ever come back. There are so many games out there that are actually fun and enjoyable and worth your time. Sometimes you have to step back and look at something from a different angle, and in this case, once I finally took a longer break, I realised how pointless this game actually is. I win more by having a walk outside, enjoying a nice cup of tea, petting my dog, reading a book, playing my guitar, or whtever else comes to my mind, and if i feel like its time for some gaming, there are hundreds of overwhelmingly positive games on steam, just pick one and enjoy your day. Escape, run!
Cancelled billing on my alts, the main unfortunately has a shit ton of months left
Cancelled my account as well, played on and off since about 2009
20 year account… I have no reason to support this kind of behavior! I’m out
15 year old account cancelled. Already haven't played in a few months despite subscription being active, was just debating coming back to check out necro and get my max cape back. Them priorities made the debate a lot easier
Same here dude, this update just killed my desire to play the game. I also have a 20 year maxed account that is super close to trim, but I am not going to finish now. It will just fade into the nostalgia vault now, and maybe that is just how it should be.
My membership just ran out on my main and alt, not to say that ive seen this coming, but I used to buy premier every year until a year or 2 ago, now im just using bonds whenever I felt like it, but now im not going to renew for a while.
Cancled my nearly 20yo accounts yesterday. Todays response solidified that decision.
X2 memberships cancelled, my 20 year main and my ironman. Causal player who does not care for all the intrusion when trying to chill Scape after work
Playing since mini clip went from osrs to rs3 was having so much fun. Now that I’ve got Zelda, Baldur’s gate, starfield, and more coming, I’m quitting my premier membership as well. I’ve spent a good amount on keys and other bullshit but screw it. Vote with my wallet. Got other things to do.
21+ years, gone. So much of the game was already feeling like a chore I did, just because I've done it for so long... but this MTX obsession is too much. I guarantee they would make more money if they put some good effort into character remodels, and made attractive cosmetics that people actually wanted to show off.
18 years canceled 3 accounts. /shrug
I will cancel my rs3 as well. This is too far!
Also cancelled. Unfortunately have a year subscription till Jan. Never the less, I'm not playing anymore.
I also canceled, despite being a former whale (gambling addiction makes treasure hunter hell to resist). It hurts since I wanted master quest cape among other things…but I can’t support what jagex is doing anymore. I’m fighting withdrawal symptoms at times, but mostly I’m doing other irl things, trying to get in shape , etc. Best of luck to others trying to quit the addiction
Time to vote with your wallet! Good on you, plenty of more games and other activities to spend your time
I have like 15 bonds, saving up for gold premier for next year, but I just lost all motivation when execs at Jagex continue to make asinine decisions like this
Account made in 2002 and I just finished wiping my computer of all RuneScape related programs/files. It was nice while it lasted, but talk about perfect timing from this predatory company since some big hype games literally just released. Time to no life Dark and Darker/Baldur’s Gate 3.
I also cancelled after about 20 years
Just cancelled 12 months Premier subscription that'll be up in a month. I took a 2 month break and was planing to return this week end but i think i'm good.
day it droped i did the same for my main ( 20 next month) and ironman i started this summer.
Been playing since 05. Canceled a while ago.
Nearly 20 here as well. Also canceled.
Reading all of the comments about people with long-standing accounts cancelling/not renewing, I do wonder whether that’s part of the plan. Everyone who has been playing for ages and tired of the constant FOMO, push for additional money etc. leaving to make room for new players who think this is normal and fully engage with it. It’s the norm for Fortnite, FIFA and other games soo I guess their plan is for RuneScape to go the same way. I do feel sorry for the developers who want to actually make a good game and are probably being overshadowed by the MTX team being the focus all the time. I really love the lore of RuneScape but I will likely not be renewing in November either.
I canceled my annual subscription too tho it still 2 months from expiring.
Can you cancel and continue playing? Because I want to decide when to renew?
You can still play with the days left until the renewal date. It just means that it wont auto-renew if you cancel.
Cancelled mine the day HP came out.
19 year old account unsubbed
8 days ago I cancelled and got hate from jagex boot lickers, No one is laughing today.
I sympathise. If heropass did one thing for me it's the following: I just started in July (still f2p) Originally my plan was to play the game on f2p for a while and then becomming member later. I will not become a paying member anymore. Perhaps a bond once a year paid with ingame money, but I'm not spending my precious euros on Jagex.
Whenever is running things behind the scenes has no idea how to run a business lmao
Glad I didn't rebond my accounts I am not playing this shit until they just straight up get rid of hero pass and return the old daily challenge system. If I do rebond it will be to play osrs.
I canceled pre menophos update and have not looked back since. I knew shit was going to get worse one day and good to see I was right in the end
Canceled mine as well.
Imagine spending money on RuneScape KEKW
5.8b trimmed comp player here. I also canceled, not really because I am against Hero Pass, which I am. But because these kinds of MTX things just takes the joy out of the game for me. I hate it whenever we had a Yak Track, and i just finished them as quickly as possibly, so i could go back to playing the game, and enjoy it, without feeling i missed out on cosmetics i wanted. Usually after that there is 2-3 weeks I barely login, because the Yak Track race grows me tired, and I need to "recover". Now we have something much worse and much more grindy, and being almost impossible to get all the rewards without using a lot of hours a day, if the streamers calculation about 1630 hours is correct, its 18hours a day for 90 days, if you want it all, before it's removed. So it will either end up me me quitting, or ignoring the Hero Pass completely, which is hard as it get pushed into your face. I really hope Jagex turns this around, it was bad enough with the mtx we already had, but as we all know, greed doesn't have a limit.
I left permanently when the avatar refresh got cancelled
19 years of playing NostalgiaScape and quitting for a few months/years to play fun games.. What’s funny is right before the update I was considering going all-in again and grabbing Premier, and I’ll admit I recently bought some bonds to get the gold and some of the items stolen from me back, after Jagex sold our data to China and my long-forgotten Username was used to hack me (exceptional customer support btw having no investigation or item refunding like the Warcraft team does)….… I was in the process of maxing my account(finally), but my friend has been trying to get me back into Destiny 2 for raids and 3-man grandmaster nightfalls(so freakin fun and challenging), so this hard stance against community wishes is actually great timing 👌🏻 The process of unsubscribing was a little obnoxious this time, but I’ll happily cancel any RS plans to remind the Jagex team who pays the fucking bills. Thank you and all others canceling, you’re the only ones that truly love this game and care about its development direction.
Cancelled my premier as well. As much as I like Rs's unique gameplay this is just not right with me. Time to play other games who value me at least a bit more as a consumer.
~16 Years account quit. I played thousands of hours of RS2, tens of thousands of hours of OSRS, thousands of hours of RS3. The game will forever hold a special place in my heart. But unless there comes a RS4 to throw a curveball down the road, these games are behind me. One unexpected outcome from Runescape was it provided AFK dopamine via feelings of progression while studying for middleschool, highschool and college. And even after college while studying for career specific certifications. What's funny is, most of the consistent players I've befriended over the years are still consistently playing, and aren't open to playing any other games. I kind of pity them, but I also understand. There's comfort in Gielinor.
Canceled my 18 year acc as well.
I have been playing on and off since 2007scape was around, and I’ve been subbed here to keep my eyes on the game, kind of watching someone on hospice to see when they take their last breath. To me, Hero Pass was it, I tolerated Yak Track because at least I could play casually, but considering they are just going full blown battle pass at this point was enough for me to cancel premier on my account. Sure I hadn’t touched the game since they released Zammy as a boss, but I was never into PvM, I was always a skiller, I was more into the lore and the backstory. I remember playing during the World Wakes and Guthix Sleeps, those magnitude of quests blew me away, but pretty much after the killed off Sliske, my interest in the game started to die as well. Bosses became this huge influx of money that made everything overpriced. Even when I was playing at my peak during mid 2017-2019, I would consider myself a whale. The predatory MTX made me actually go on hiatus for years, and the only thing that brought me back was Archeology. That excitement died out quickly when I realized how slow that skill was. That was when I started to consider canceling, but there was some hope left, yet with the birth of Hero Pass, my hope has died. RIP RuneScape, you’ll be missed!
DO BETTER JAGEX 👏
Also taking a break. 11 months of premier left on this 17+ year account and the same on an alt which will be a good reminder of wasted money the next time I think about coming back. The breaks have been getting longer each time and the last was 3 years. With the blunt updates/responses I'm sure this will be permanent. Can't imagine what this game will be like in 3+ years - there may be nothing to even look back to!
Sad we’re all watching that MTX tumor grow in our beloved game… Other players mentioned a partial refund you could get for your Premier(s) tho, so definitely check that out in some of the top comments^
I didn't have to because my membership lapses the 8th and I'm not renewing!
I quit playing as well. The mtx ruined the game.
WELL, I thought about subbing soon, but I'm not gonna. They fucked up necromancy, and they fucked the playerbase with this shit. Jagex will probably be dead in < 2 years with these changes
Yep cancelled 2 accounts today. Not really a sunk cost with me. I never played for the future I just enjoyed the game in the now. I’m maxed and yet my cash on hand is only around 200m and I have no rares cause I don’t treat the game like some long term investment. This game, it’s a temporary pass time and can give it up if I feel the experience or costs are not worth it. Cya jagex
I miss the daily challenges. They added variaty in a rewarding way.
My 16 year old account got banned for botting OSRS when I didn’t even play ORSR, deff won’t be creating another 😂
This is awesome. If we can all come together and boycott the BS, perhaps there will be some change
See ya in a week
Whats your next game of choice? Too many are similar with fixed quest progresses.
Not sure yet to be honest. For a live service game, I’m thinking about trying Guild Wars 2. The idea of horizontal progression sounds interesting enough to explore. But I might take a break from live service for a while. I just got platinum on Elden Ring last night and I’m close in Sekiro. I also might jump into Baldur’s Gate 3. I’ve heard some great things about it. Thanks for asking. :)
Honestly, why not just switch over to OSRS? At least that way you can keep your membership and still play.
godspeed man, it may be silly to some but real ones know what its like to have to walk away from something thats been part of your life for so long. Good on you standing up for what you believe in.
I play through buying bonds with GP. I'm not renewing my membership when it runs out
Cancelled my gold premier membership that was set to renew soon. Been playing since classic, have loved this game so much over the years. But this was the final straw. Stuff like this happens way too much and there is no sign of improvement at all, if anything it only gets worse over time. Its the same old story over and over. Good updates (like necro) end up getting overshadowed by idiotic blunders like this and leave a sour taste in the community's mouth. I am done. There are so many better games to spend my time playing. Better games to spend my money on that I would of otherwise spent on RS. Goodbye Runescape.
I'm playing until my membership is up in October after that I'm done, already cancelled the renewal
I cancelled my membership earlier this week
I haven’t paid for membership for a long time thanks to bonds. I was seriously considering just purchasing premier for the benefits and cheaper price and save myself some in game gold. Definitelyyyyy not happening anymore.
I will also be looking to cancel my mebership. It's a real shame as they done such a good job with Necro. Shame that's completely shadowed by this Hero Pass. 1 step forward and 2 back. I feel sorry for the DEVS who do put in effort for the updates. This Hero's crap definitely got forced by the shareholders and upper management. Money grabbing pigs Until we meet again Runescape, you've chased your most loyal followers away.
"I'm doing my part!" 20 year old account. Just cancelled. If we don't vote with our wallets they will never listen to the community. Unsubbing en masse is the only thing that will force their hand.
Moving to another game even though i have 5.8
20 year old account and alts canceled and not looking back! Here's to a better future wherever life decides to take us!
I won't be cancelling my premier because I'm halfway through and it's the only time I've ever given Jagex money in 15 years. I've got over 3000 hours clocked, so the 70 bucks i paid was worth it to me. However, i support this movement because of a quote from one of the Jmods in a random post from a few months ago. (Not verbatim) "no we actually appreciate similar posts on issues. Typically, we wait until something takes over the sub Reddit before we mark it as a serious problem. After that we remove all but the most upvoted posts so people can enjoy the sub again" Basically, keep making posts about this. Don't make multiple per person, but if you haven't yet and dislike the changes, go ahead and post it. Explain everything you have an issue with, and flair it properly. They'll likely take it down when they filter, but it flags it as a huge issue when it becomes the only thing you can see for miles in r/runescape
I already paid for Premier a couple of months ago. I more than likely will not be renewing it, this shit is getting old, and Jamflex has proven time and time again that they don't care about their player base.
Are you gonna come back in 3 months when this event ends?
think i’m at 17-18 years and did the same (thought i cancelled my alt years ago) doing my main was an extra step 😅, now onto my crippling Rust addiction.
I'm roughly 2 months away from 20 year cape. Cancelled my sub, reason: Unhappy with recent update. I understand they're running a business, and it's only fair they try to make it as profitable as they can, but they need to also understand they're providing a service, and a very much completely non essential one at that, so their earnings depend ENTIRELY on the community they have. Hyper predatory updates like this hero pass are not welcome. I've loved this game for near 20 years, most of my life, it's genuinely heartbreaking seeing it fall so low, thinking back on how much fun and good memories I have growing up and playing and making some lifelong friends on here. Seeing this update really makes me fearful of the future of this game.
I'm thinking of the same!! Just remaxed all my alts(4) and idk what to do my dailyscape was nuked along with my keys.... And im ok with that part being removed... but not this stupid P2W stuff or the fact u gotta do new dailys and 195 bossing hours for the fastest method in the hero pass, dont combine my daily challenges with a remake of yak track?!?! Old yak track, (Sept 2022) took afk 262hours for the SLOWEST method... current pass is 190-1400hours still gonna hit 120/200m necro on the main while membership last another month or so.. but i seriously wannaq "quit" or break for another 4 year... *16year vet*
Excellent. Cancelled my account subscription too. Left bad reviews everywhere possible. A company like this shouldn't be only worrying about how to be even (because the already are) profitable, but improving the game and keeping the player base happy and the bond between game-player base healthy must be their priority. This really settles it. It's high time to say farewell. As a recommendation, even if Jagex wakes up from it's greedy dream of Mtxs and bad game ideas and remove the hero(bond)pass, don't return to this game. It's really not worth it guys.
Apes together strong
16 years old account and cancelled the subscription
20 year account also cancelled. I have better things to spend my money on.
I canceled the renewal of my premier from both of my accounts earlier this year due to the controversies and issues with the game back then. I was thinking of renewing both subscriptions because I honestly like how Necromancy works, but the recent events have changed my mind. Not only the controversial update, but the way the situation is being handled is the issue aswell. As an ex-customer service agent it brothers me when I see something like "we are implementing a temporary solution" or "we are looking into this issue", the latter being towards issues that have been temporary fixes, but have since been forgotten, postponed or completely ignored. Then there is the issue where direct and honest feedback (mainly the removal of the battlepass system) is ignored, when in reality no feedback can be ignored. (I am referring to a posted picture about a person's conversation with a Jmod) The truth is that nothing can always be perfect or please everyone, and a company does everything they can to ensure profit, but it is up to the customers to draw a line which is not to be crossed. (that line is cleaely being drawn by the community at the very moment) Anyways, 12 days remain and then I will have to find something else to occasionally sink a couple of hours to.
Probably more ppl will now quit than the amount started on release of Necro. Sounds like Jagex strategy. Ofc they dont do Runefest anymore, since noone likes them anymore. Since Rs was first sold it was worth about 200m $ , today is worth 600m $ or more. And keep in mind, thats all PLAYERS money. If thats not enought for whoever wants more money, time to make them worth 200m$ again so they will see the pain and beg ppl to play :)
If you want to make the ultimate power move, go to a politician representative and tell them about what investors are doing to RS3. That will not only put spotlight on RS3 but will reverberate throughout whole gaming industry if governments begin regulating their greedy and insidious monetization properly. When adults or kids with willpower take a stand, new generation of uninformed and impressionable kids will replace them. That's how the greed is sustained and you won't outlast them by simply cancelling.
cancelled as well. lately ive only been returning for major updates anyways and my breaks get longer every time. my money is better spent elsewhere.
OP, I also have stopped playing completely, I'm a 20 year runescape Vet. I have been able to stand by Jagex and try to understand there side of MTX but.... this is horrific, all memberships are canceled as of Yday.
I did the same!
Canceled mine too
10 year account cancelled
Hell yeah
I’m out too they do too much these days
ngl, yeah this shit sucks and is going downhill.. but i still enjoy most other aspects of the game. i’ll just continue playing and doing what i enjoy and not engage with the p2w content. it sucks, but i’m afraid rs will never get away from this horrible cycle. jagex is too far deep in the hole to ever truly climb out.
Played since 2005 april here, played every day from 2005-2010, then played in sprees from 2012 till eoc, quit till 2014 and come back for a few months once every other year This is it for me though. Draconian asf system. Not good for the future of the game. I got starfield and baldurs gate 3 to play. And i play casually these days with anything anyways, no reason to come back unless they revert this disaster.
Maxed 20 year old account also cancelled my membership
I just came back to the game after a very long break because of Necromancy. And immediately after they release a new skill, they decide that yes, let's ruin any potential player retention we've just earned with even more abusive MTX! Seriously Jagex, what are you thinking? Are you even thinking? Well, there goes my plans to stick around for a bit post release...
I've done the same thing the second I saw the update