I quit'for great' following RS3 hit as RuneScape went downhill for me. Afterwards I came back into OSRS, but I was dismayed to see all of my years old would be discarded in OSRS and I would need to start at level 1. All things lost, all progress and RuneScape 2007 gold quests reset. It just didn't seem worthwhile. I was the 12 to 18 year old who could spend their time playing all day, daily, I'm a busy graduate student today. I didn't like RS3 with my character, and so I quit again. Until today.

I'd a knee-jerk response of everything moving assuming that it would lead to items being pay-to-win, As soon as I discovered that you can purchase bonds and sell for in-game gp. But little did I know I was. But not actually, if anything it allowed me to have fun using RuneScape. I forgot how dull RuneScape could be, and costly things may get.

As an instance, training Magic requires purchasing a slew of runes. Runes cost a great deal of money, and without it you would want to grind for hours in some way or another. Plus I feel like I am more in a"catch-up" mode than being a newbie who is going through this for the very first time who desires the'adventure'. I spent quite a little of the gold and I can definitely say I made my experience pleasurable, and I have no regrets. Plus, the genuine in-game needs to use certain items, like magic, attack, defense, range, strength, etc. requirements prevent you from getting all the best gear and wearing them, meaning that I feel like I've a gigantic decoration ahead of me, rather than feeling as"I just need to grind to level X so that I can then start grinding level Y to get some gear Z to grind...", etc.. I honestly love it.

I will honestly say I am loving RuneScape again. It is extremely enjoyable to play especially when you can actually get much better equipment early on that lessens the quantity of grind and time you have to put in. Does anyone else have a experience? Thanks. Forgot to mention the higher in level you go, the more expensive things get; the quantity of gp I'm willing to buy is limited, but the end-game multi-million dollar gear is stuff that is far out of reach. So I'll still be farming gp the normal way after I have to purchase loot that is worth tens of millions, but I see it as a'shortcut' to the get to this point where I can farm gp like that.

I can see both sides. Adding ironman style has improved my interest in RuneScape. Some individuals, like you, just want to have the things and do the high level material. Other people, like me, such as performing the grind and earning the items as that gives me a feeling of achievement. In the end they are both good strategies to play and neither really affects the other. In fact when I play my pseudo ironman account (not formally ironman just so I can sell items to manage bonds) people like you are the only thing that maintain my playstyle possible! Also people purchased gold online anyway, all that adding bonds did is put in a way to do that benefits the community as a whole.

My rule of thumb would be I purchase bonds to convert to GP, but the GP could simply be used to buy stuff that empowers me to to do content. I can't buy gear with it, since this is accomplished through end game content and bossing. As you said, I buy runes, arrows, darts, planks for building coaching, bones such as prayer etc.. But equipment itself has to be earned - that way, there's still a sense of progression and achievable goals.

I buy bonds on my accounts. I played with much every day. From the time eoc came and murdered RuneScape for me I had been maxed combat and had a great bank of about 300m OSRS Gold For Sale, I was content with that since I never staked it had been earnt through grinding slayer. On and off for a few decades then completely stopped playing rs about 2015, recently come back and joined old school lately with lockdown I'm playing alot more and I don't care if people flame me for buying bonds lol. I did my mill a decade back, if I could skip some grind to enjoy higher grade content I will.