![]() ![]() ![]() It released a new blog post addressing Hero Pass feedback yesterday, September 6, promising shorter and more rewarding daily missions as well as a cleaned-up interface. Jagex hasn't been weathering the storm in silence. Seeing it added to a battle pass (which should be cosmetic only IMO) makes me a very sad Pi." "End-game combat was deliberately ringfenced away from MTX during my time at Jagex, including DTD's not working. Leaked! New upcoming elite skill: Bondbuying! (coming 2025) from r/runescapeĮven former Jagex dev John Pi has chimed in: "It's very disappointing to see this go through," he wrote on Twitter (X), sharing a post from Runescape streamer Sick Nerd, who lamented the boss-altering combat buff on the Hero Pass. "Thanks Jagex for helping me play the other games I bought over the past years by adding a terrible, predatory battle pass system," echoes a 4,243-hour veteran. "More avenues of monetization than a free-to-play game," adds a 1,127-hour player. "I love this game, but recent MTX battle pass type update is about to kill it," writes one Steam user with 1,828 Runescape hours logged. Steam has the most visible feedback of the bunch, but even Runescape's App Store and Google Play listings have seen some Hero Pass backlash. Microtransaction fatigue is a recurring theme in these player protests, and that's come through especially clearly in user reviews. Runescape's post-Hero Pass Steam reviews, which have plummeted to mostly negative against the game's overall very positive rating, sing a similar but visibly wearier song. It doesn't mean they don't mess up sometimes - but they certainly try to make it right."īringing us full circle, PCGamingScrump writes: "OSRS player here who’s canceled all my subscriptions. Old School's dev team is all about being open and transparent towards its players. "RS3's dev team isn't allowed to be as open or transparent with their players, and are always walking on eggshells. "I'm tired of you treating RS3 like it's a secondary game, when it used to be the main game," another Redditor writes, zeroing in on the competition between Runescape and OSRS. "Your standards should have been held higher over 10 years ago, but the second-best time to hold them high is now. Runescape's Reddit community, which now describes active users as "very angry, grr," is currently wall-to-wall Hero Pass feedback, with a good chunk of the sub consisting of screenshots or posts from players canceling their membership subscription. ![]() The direction that this game is going from r/runescape Under the Hero Pass, dailies are overall less impactful yet seemingly more time-consuming, with more emphasis on completing weekly and "special" Hero Pass missions instead, which has been perceived as a downgrade by some. Jagex says some players enjoyed the daily boost of XP, while others resented the "Dailyscape" FOMO urge to min-max every day. Others have pounced on the accompanying streamlining of daily challenges. There's even a buff to reduce damage taken in a specific boss activity, which some players have skewered as a balance overstep for a promo event. In addition to cosmetics like pets and outfits, the first Hero Pass, Underworld, includes boons to skills like Slayer and Woodcutting, and flat experience buffs of up to 15% for entire groups of skills. The presence of gameplay-altering items and buffs has also heightened pay-to-win criticisms. In the announcement, Jagex even affirmed that this is not its first rodeo: "With RuneScape’s prior attempts in this space, we haven't achieved the bar set by other Battle Pass systems." The Hero Pass is basically a new version of Runescape's (also troubled) Yak Track promo, after all, not unlike the way the pay-for-XP Treasure Hunt system replaced the poorly received Squeel of Fortune. "MTX is not content," reads one Reddit reply. Players bristled at the way it was described as a major update to Runescape, especially on the heels of the well-received Necromancy combat update, instead arguing that it's actually more of the same MTX mess they've seen before. Criticism of the Hero Pass runs deep and wide. ![]()
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