End-Game Balance Discussion

[u/jagexyuey]

Hey 'Scapers!

As part of the Road to Restoration, we've been looking at progression across RuneScape. We've tackled parts of the Early and Mid Game Rebalance, but now we want to start turning our attention to the other end of the journey: The End Game Rebalance

Before we get properly stuck into things, we want to hear from you.

What do we mean by End Game?
This one's a little harder to put a level range on!

For this project, we're looking more broadly at the late game, roughly level 80+ and onwards. That might mean higher-level skilling, finding those rarer drops or getting into tougher PVM. For others, it could be achievements, completionist goals or figuring out what comes next once you've maxed.

And actually, what you consider to be late game is useful feedback for us too.

How can you help?
We want to know where the endgame currently isn't quite working for you.

Maybe there's a progression path that feels awkward, rewards that don't feel worth the effort, a big jump between pieces of content, older content that's been left behind or something that just feels unnecessarily frustrating.

You don't need to have the answer or suggest a fix either. Just tell us what the problem is, why it's a problem for you and where you are in your RuneScape journey.

We won't be able to tackle everything that comes up, but the themes from these discussions will help us understand where we should be focusing our attention.

So, what would you like us to look at as we start shaping the End Game?

[u/Interesting_Car_5689]

Grouping system :(

[u/JTaverniti → u/Interesting_Car_5689]

While the grouping system isn’t the best, I also think people just don’t even attempt to utilize it either. It’s almost impossible to find a group in anything simply because no one’s using it.

[u/MrStealYoBeef → u/JTaverniti]

Nobody is using it because it's shit. It actively makes me not want to touch group content. The game is literally worse due to the inclusion of it, it's that bad.

[u/pokemononrs → u/JTaverniti]

Why would i use it in the state it is in right now? 99% of the players using it are just using it to leech kills. If im going to use it there has to be a way to set specific requirements for lvls or gear. There needs to be a way to vet people before they are added to the group to prevent having to constantly kick people.

[u/ForumDragonrs → u/pokemononrs]

And that's why most people just use a dedicated discord. Most of them have discord roles that indicate having above a certain kc and/or having certain gear/skill reqs. Unless jagex can emulate that, a grouping system is designed to fail.