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Jagex - EoC Flop (RuneScape update question & call to action)?

This post is to help RuneScape players who dislike EoC and have been ignored by Jagex on the forums. Since Jagex refuses to listen to us in forums, we must find other means to impact their decisions. Recently an investment firm called Insight Venture Partners purchased a majority share in Jagex stock. I have begun sending them emails, and encouraging friends and family members to do the same.

Their email address is growth@insightpartners.com

A sample email is:

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Greetings to you at Insight Venture Partners,

It has recently come to my attention that your investment firm has purchased a large share of stock in Jagex, the owners of a relatively popular online game called RuneScape. Recently they have released an update called the Evolution of Combat (hereafter referred to as EoC). The consumer base was assured ahead of time that this impact would make minimal changes to the game.

The official Jagex-approved fansites (http://www.tip.it/runescape/ - www.runehq.com - http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/RuneScape_Wiki - just to name a few) have run polls recently to discern the percentage of players who enjoy this update as opposed to the percentage of players who dislike this update. In all cases, a majority of players have voted that we dislike this update. I, personally, will no longer be paying for access to their content as a result of this. I also know several family members and many other online friends who have decided to stop purchasing this content as well. Adding those numbers to the thousands who have voiced disapproval on forums and cancelled recurring memberships, it appears that Jagex may cease to be a profitable investment in the near future if a compromise is not reached with the player base regarding this update. Feel free to browse the polls on the Jagex-approved fansites I have listed, or to browse the RuneScape forums themselves at this address (http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/c=0IvTE8PzVv... and see the responses yourself, to gauge the effectiveness of your recent investment.

I will be sharing this email address with my friends and family members, in the hopes that enough people will be contacting the investors of Jagex to help make a difference. The company itself has stopped responding to their consumer base in the forums, so we have been forced to seek other methods of influence.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

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Will you help us to get our old game back? Do you like people stealing item drops from your hard-won kills? Do you like a level 4 NPC killing a level 180 player when neither combatant has armor or weapons? Are you willing to take action?

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  • 8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    http://www.runescapefails.com/

    Oh believe me, we're working on it. I'll be damned if Jagex wasted 10yrs of my life because I can cause 10yrs of pain back!

    Source(s): www.runescapefails.com owner
  • 9 years ago

    First of all, eoc sucks, it has been blatently forced upon us against the majorities will.

    i have been a paying member for 7 years, i tried the beta several times and hated it, i hoped they would not go live with it, but they did, which killed the game for me, i tried it a few times but still hated it, so i canceled membership, i had purchased a 6 month membership in september, since i will no longer play my beloved runescape, i asked for a refund of my unused time remaining of 3 months 15 dollars u.s. as i didnt purchase this garbage update, i was told there will NOT be a refund, even though this update changes the complete mechanics of the game, in turn making it a game i would never had purchased in the first place, jagex could easily open up a few servers for us long time players that have paid thier salaries for the past 10 years, but they wont listed to us veterans or admit they messed up, i was an avid player with 6 level 99's, all but one skill over 90, quest point cape, lava cape etc. i have absolutely no desire to play this game anymore, and i wont play anymore unless the roll back this failed update, or open up some servers for us eoc haters, another thing i changed my name to 'nerf the eoc' and they changed it back to 'danny boat', so i changed it to 'eoc rubbish' and im sure they will change it back again, they wont admit they made a HUGE mistake, they could at least give us a refund since they ruined the game for us, but they wont, runescape is the only mmorpg game i cared to play, i hate wow and other such games for the same reason as i now hate runescape, complicated combat. runescape was a game i could relax and play after work and didnt have to do a lot of complicated junk, also i have never afk trained, so dont think thats why i liked it as it was, i enjoyed the simplicity of combat, it worked for me. and a lot of others appearently,

  • 8 years ago

    True, the eoc makes runescape sucks.You can see the people playing runescape is becoming more less and less and less. Even the mems are quitting ( including me) . The newbie who once called noob is now suddenly is a pro. This type of fighting is driving me insane. Even the store is making me sick, the rubbish brutal weapon. The once famous god weapons and all ( i own 2 of them ) is now like worth nothing ( the solomon's general store and all those rubbish shops ). Now... if you go to ge( grand exchange ) or anywhere, you can see scammers all around runescape. Before the eoc, i always merchant and training for combats, magic, woodcutting and all the other skills. But now, the training worth nothing, NOTHING. I have plenty others reasons but... this is enough to make everybody says that eoc sucks.

  • 8 years ago

    RS has always been different, fun to play, complicated yet simple if that makes

    any sense. Now its just like any other game out there. Sorry Jagex, unless you

    can provide a few worlds with the old RS, this "member" (subscriber would be

    a better word) is will have to move on. Like you said, everything changes: I just

    hope you are ready for the change. No threats, no insults, just saying it like it is.

    The fun is gone.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Count me in on doing my part. And I will also spread the word. That is the most important thing to do right now. Remember Jagex owns 49% of Runescape and Insight Venture Partners owns 51%. So let’s let http://www.insightpartners.com/ know how we feel! RAWR!!

  • 9 years ago

    i have played rs for many years ,and loved the game,because it was more simple to play than any other morg game.it has so much content even i havent learn't everything on this game.

    However this eoc has destroyed the entire game and the community with it.

    Lastly may i also say that the disabled people in this game(i am not one of them) have been totally over looked as i have heard from many that they cannot play rs any more because of the eoc changes(they cant manage even simple moves),that to me is the last straw!!!!!

    Disgusting behaviour from jagex ..shame on you

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    are you freaking kidding me? if your gonna send an email to them, send it about the stupid squeal of fortune/solomons store!! im sick of the stupid pop ups, it doesnt make the game have the feel, and the oec is fine!! Use idiots dont understand why they released it, bosses, became so simple, their was nothing you can do to a boss, nothing to make it harder, pray, pot and attack with chaotic was the main thing.. now they have much more differences they can do which will be seen in the new gm quest coming out in a few days, use are just annoyed that your d claws, god swords specials and stuff is gone, but i do agree with the tagging system stealing your kills

  • 9 years ago

    Jagex is a Limited liability company. They can do whatever they want with Runescape, rather the fanbase likes it or not.

  • 8 years ago

    @ nin

    Yes, they can do what they like. However, if enough of their paying consumers are no longer willing to pay, and if we voice the reason we are no longer willing to pay, the company will either be forced to compromise or go bankrupt. No paying consumers = no income.

    Sent my messages in. I encourage the rest of the people who see this to do the same.

  • 9 years ago

    Email sent, the heart has gone out of the game now, its just not a happy place to be anymore,

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