Oldschool RuneScape aka 07scape

First of all I'd like to congratulate the RS Community on bringing the 07 servers back. This post is just a little (possibly balanced) view on the differences between the two servers: Evolution of Combat (EoC) and Oldschool (07Scape).

We'll look into the controls and gameplay, the benefits and draw backs, the future of each, and the current problems with each

First and foremost if you're used to EoC, you'll notice the 07Scape server is missing a few great improvements since the game began:

clan chat, guest chat, and that ilk are missing
clan extras are gone
Fixed screen only, no full screen
you don't have the quick buttons on the top of the mini map

• compass
• hp
• prayer
• energy/run
• summon

I love being able to click on the compass and bring everything to true north again, it's one of the simple pleasures in life. In 07Scape, I kept clicking on it and it was as if it were trolling me... evil evil thing...

I don't use the pre-chosen prayers as much as I'd like, especially since EoC, but for those who use it religiously, and know how to use prayer efficiently, they'll miss that greatly

The energy/run... I really really really miss that especially starting over... now it's a huge deal with 1 agility

Summoning - RuneScape made this button the best... it's so efficient... I love it

There are a ton of other things missing in the 07Scape server that I had seen in the RS Forums, but can't find them atm. I'm sure you can see that RuneScape has made a ton of improvements, the more you play 07Scape, then return to EoC, the more you'll realize.

Starting over in RuneScape... I just couldn't do it.

I know a lot of you out there quit RS because of the huge changes and the huge fails along the way, and RuneScape has made quite a few, I'll agree. I'm glad this new/old server appeals to you, and I know some of you are just visiting and loving the nostalgia, but for a lot of you, it's just nostalgia. For everyone's sake, I hope this doesn't go the way of RS Classic (RSC).

(Side note RSC is the original RuneScape with 2d graphics, extremely clunky controls, goofy looking graphics and very very very few but dedicated people in the worlds currently today... sound similar? See where I'm going with this? Thought so.)

Some people believe the game was ruined with EoC, but I beg to differ. It's been a combination of things. People expected the old things to be the same prices, the game play to stay the same, everything to be exactly the way it was with bigger, better, badder bosses... With the invent of newer bosses came the need for greater equipment, prayers, potions, and items that helped. RuneScape floundered along the way. I overheard a discussion in RuneScape this week about it not being EoC that started ruining everything, but it started with God Wars Dungeon (GWD). I'm not so sure. While some people crave things, others crave different things. This game has always had a mix of older players and young players... each thing appealed to different people. Imo, I think it might have started with instant gratification... People wanting 99's faster and RS gave in to this.

RS gave in to instant gratification...

yes, it's true...

Granted, this is a game about grinding... but moreso it's a game about pride. Sure, some show it by their 99's, or Hi scores, or their clan. But doing it, getting there, if it's instant, it doesn't bring value at all... thus came the fall... it might had been the 2xp weekends, or GWD, or EoC, or any number of things combined...

Because of 07Scape, people have been panic selling... prices in EoC servers have been dropping bad. People are speculating that this will stay this way because of people hating EoC so much, but it's not EoC. EoC is the culmination of all the changes... People now have a name behind the changes they can dub as evil and can therefore point their hate at that direction.

The future of 07Scape... there is no future for it. No more quests, no more updates, no more anything... it is what it is... granted, this might change, but I doubt it... there'll be a small team for it, but that's it. People went back to it for a reason...

The future of EoC is limitless... RS is working on fixing some things they knew they broke... food, armour, skills, also, RS is coming out with more skills... I'm sure this'll be a different post, but the maxers won't like this...

The long and short of it is, 07Scape is limited, EoC is still new, unexplored, and exciting... EoC will be fixed or JaGex will slowly go downhill... Prices will rise again, gameplay will be better than ever... I've heard so many things about the new things coming from EoC players and even the true blue 07Scapers... loving the new quest that's to be coming out soon (I'm one of the ones geeking out about this btw)

That's my 2 cents...