Could Runescape Survive Another Decade? 

Play War Thunder now with my link, and get a massive, free bonus pack including vehicles, boosters and more: playwt.link/j1mmy2023 -- Hope this little video stops your guys shakes for a bit, this was very different but I needed something chill after such a chaotic month of life. Looking forward to what you guys think about all the stuff talked about today. :) Take it ez

Jimmy finally got a POH IRL

Mid lvl dungeons/raids from 50-80 combat lvl range would actually be sick. Would give newer players something to do other than grind stats until they can do the cool shit. 100% needs to happen.

"This is a video game, and you're supposed to be having fun." THANK YOU

Love the goblin dungeon idea. Put a few waves, like 10 goblins, 10 hob goblins, 10 giant goblins and that boss goblin that attacks with 2 styles or something. Make it super entry level, and have it drop something a bit better than rune to fill the void between rune and dragon. Seems like a weeklong project, and nobody would care if it re-uses a dungeon layout from somewhere.

So if there is a dungeon boss placed in that goblin hut in Lumbridge, does that mean Sigmund was justified in trying to start a war against the Goblins?

Thank you for always being a voice for all sides of the player base. So many content creators wish the low-mid level players and game just didnt exist and take dev times its insane man. its one of the things osrs does better than any mmo imo

Regarding the gear switching, I feel like having a f2p ice/fire giant boss like Obor and Bryophyta where it uses "overhead prayers" similar to Kalphite queen might be a good way to get players introduced to switching gear during a fight. Have the monster be super weak to attack styles but essentially immune to the one it's praying against. That way players will bring multiple attack styles and learn how to switch mid-battle. Or have them throw objects like the demonic gorilla's/bear from getting ahead. Giving a boss one of these mechanics individually might help players recognise them in later fights where there's multiple mechanics happening at the same time.

Jimmy you are so correct on the low-mid level content for players. It's insane how much content is locked behind maxing. I'll never get to some things, so I have to watch creators do it instead of myself.

Man, I would absolutely love traditional MMO dungeons in OSRS. Even with strangers, they’re my favourite part of MMOs and my preferred way to level alts. A man can dream.

Jimmy should get hired by the devs as a consultant. Man is speaking to my soul

One thing I wanted to touch on - I REALLY agree with you that some updates need to let the devs creativity go wild. Varlamore would be a great place to do so. If adjustments need to be made after release, fine whatever, but I agree heavily that knowing exactly what we're getting before we get it takes away some of the magic. You're 100% correct that content isn't put out often enough for a playerbase the size of OSRS's. Polls destroy production times.

Never would have watched the Summit without this. Was a lot of fun, Jimmy. Gz on the new house.

When they started hyping the next new skill and said "this is the most requested skill in OSRS" i made my first twitch messaged "they are finally adding the sex skill" and i got banned immediately.

12:45 Most MMOs give you access to dungeons around level 15-20 I wish OSRS had low/mid level dungeons

It's weird to think that there's a very good chance that the old school team has seen this video and is taking J1mmy's opinions into consideration. Idk, just feels like they still REALLY care about the game/content they're making, and not phoning it in. Helps with my investment in it if I'm being honest

Love your takes J1mmy. I still find myself min/maxing stuff from time to time, but I've only managed to stay invested in this game so long by trying to know only enough about it to hold my interest. For me, tile marking and repeating the most efficient ways to gain exp turn my hobby into a job, not the adventure that I grew up loving and exploring.

Dude, having a mechanically challenging boss in the 50-70 range, and have it be free to play content, it would be a really fun into to not just that aspect of members, but a natural progression out of f2p.

dude I've been stuck in mid-game hell for so long. It's just bossing and/or slayer so you can get more money to get gear upgrades to eventually do the good content after like 500 hours. There needs to be some sort of dungeon or mid-level raid that's actually fun to do and not the same boring grind

Agreed, the adventure and discovery is a huge part of what osrs is.

My god I could watch you react to all kinds of stuff for hours. Please do more of this content, even if it's not Runescape related. I beg.

Absolutely spot on about not polling Varlamore, and just letting players experience it without knowing. That is so much more exciting over knowing every single little detail about it before release

I think they're really reluctant to release content without a poll because they have made huge mistakes in the past that have really damaged the game, community, and most important to them, their revenue. I totally agree that they should pull back a little bit on polling every single thing so we actually get stuff that is a surprise.

You had me dying from laughter @30:46. "This doesn't feel like a video game anymore, it feels like this class project that we've all worked on together". 😂 Bros tired of their 💩 . 😂😭

33:50 Giving me Deathknight flashbacks from WoW, and I am all for it.

I wish somebody would make an essay like this about rs3, especially when Jim talks about not catering to the top 1% of players anymore. I'm with him when he says "fuggem"

So Framed invented Trailerblazer Leagues, and then J1mmy invented DMM: Apocalypse. And yet, Jagex won't let them keep the profit from selling plushies. Seems fair.

Grats on the new home, buddy. Moving is insanely stressful, glad to have you back.

I think they're doing extraordinary tbh making content for osrs is like getting a toddler to take medicine

First Settled and then J1mmy? Banger of a Thursday. Let's goooo people!

God dam it j1mmy you did it again making great content and having me sit through a 45 minute video essay on the summer summit which i already watched! well done.

Just add a raiding cape. Starts at bronze and goes up to dragon. For people who can't do fire cape or infernal. You upgrade it by doing all the low level raids. Add some level requirements for amulets and rings, and make low level raids give rings with low level requirements but decent stats.

Early and mid level raids would be amazing! I just got like 5 of my buddies to get into osrs and I'd love to do low level bosse with them

I don't currently play RuneScape, but I keep up with my favorite creators. Thanks for keeping people like me in the loop about the game like this. It was very informative and enjoyable as always!

“Someone’s gonna cut a hole in that Nieve” *Glough enters the chat*

j1mmy, twitch chat, and the summer summit, all in one video??? what a good day to be alive.

Really enjoyed this style of video, Jimmy. I haven't had the means to properly play OSRS for a few years, but I keep up with my favorite creators (hint, you're one of them), and I appreciate when they share thins about what is occurring with the game. Personally, I really liked all of your ideas and if any of them end up being something that is forged into the final products, that would be epic - especially about the new area. Glad your moving stress is seemingly done and I hope you, flutten, and the pets are well! Take care.

Runescape 3 quests are exciting but they basically destroyed the mystery and wonder when they killed Guthix and reintroduced gods back in the world while making the player this replacement of sorts for Guthix as the protector of Gilenor. I don't know how the OSRS are gonna handle these quests when the time comes, especially considering their position of wanting to keep Gods as background characters without any direct pressence on Gilenor.

as another lore goblin i am excited and intrigued with the fact that they've implemented xau-tak related content in dt2, not a path I expected osrs to take

I'd love the idea of repetable dungeons, and if they could somehow have world bosses scale with you individually that would be even cooler.

39:40 "Pokemon is a game where you spend 3 months making a perfect team, grind obscene amounts, abuse overpowered moves and mechanics and sometimes outright cheat and then go online and complain about how the game is too easy"

Jimmy ranting about high-level PvM was honestly super refreshing. Made me laugh.

Really happy to hear you got a house Jimmy. Very insightful video as always.

I like the idea of dungeons Jim. I don’t think as low as 20-30 level dungeons. Xp rewards and how easy it is to rocket up I think would invalidate those easy. Level 40-50 I think would be a good place to start the dungeon levels. Great video Jim.

Jim you did great with this video. Definitely agree the RS3 menaphos is the sort of skilling hub that osrs needs. People congregate to the Grand Exchange to buy stuff and then head off to do content but skilling hubs where people are encouraged to collectively do content, especially in the mid-game, would be "extraordinary."

Congratulations on the new home, J1mmy! It may have been stressful but I'm happy to hear of your success.

Congrats on the house, and thanks for diving into the depths of RuneScape to give us insight

Loved the video Jim!

this game is old as hell but still has a massive playerbase

plushies smh. I remember being in middle school in the early 2000s wishing jagex would make little customizable RuneScape action figures where u could buy little packs and snap armor on them :( lol they can make them like lego mini figures n make it random inside like armor packs "omg I got dragon armor" or weapon packs and stuff :( im 31 and still wish they would do this lol

J1mmy is the only channel where I watch the ads, you are genuinely so gifted at making mundane things funny and entertaining.

Congrats J1mmy, you are the first youtuber who has made sponsored ads good enough that I will sit through them. Very entertaining and I like your style.

I love the idea of a Varlamore iron man but could see this idea being expanded to other regions as well. Similar to how in WoW where you start in different regions as a blood elf vs an undead, you could start as an asgarnian or morytanian, etc. and have region specific things to do before going to the rest of the world.

I like the dev test idea honestly. I truly agree that a lot of content should not be polled, or at least in a different manner like you suggested in one of your previous videos. I know its an unpopular take but maybe we should at least let them try and see what they have got.

J1mmy not so long ive been depressed out my mind. My childhood friend died not so long ago and I started playing this game it felst as it was making it worst though until I cam across you j1mmy ive been wacthing for 2 years now and youve made it better it feels as you gave me luck and I know this is just some random dude talking in a comment section no j1mmy you changed me You remind me of my passed friend J1mmy and I am just so lucky to have came across you cuz when I did, at the time I was depressed sucidal and lost It might just be a video game youtuber but it just feels as more than that I wish you had posted more often because every single time I wacth you Its a 18 minute break from life J1mmy you changed me and for all tge people who see this comment I wish you the best of luck in life because ive felt life and as bad as it gets youll come across someone who revives that feeling of life and how its intended to be. Happy J1mmy you are so important to me you feel like a brother as I bulid an invisible bond with you that you are completley blind too and is sad but its good to know that you are here J1mmy I love you (not sexually 😅) on the Realest of notes tho J1mmy you are a blessing towards me and I wish our bond wasnt just visible to me and I wish it was visible between us J1mmy youve helped me out of sucide and thats enough J1mmy I OWE YOU MY HAPPINESS.

probably the best online in video ad that ive never skipped, im impressed.

I haven't bought a full year of osrs ever this update brought me back and I jumped on the 12 months. So much good content coming

I think the void armor is a nice way to learn how to switch gear since its just the helm and weapon, but its not really used in many places

Congratulations on your first home bud. That's awesome!

Congrats on the house! Thanks for the video.

I wonder what % of players will never touch some of the endgame content solely because there’s no good jump from mid game to late game

I was genuinely smiling and laughing multiple times this video. Thank you Mr video man. Gz on the house and wife. We’re mad happy for you

Congrats on homeownership J1mmy! well deserved :)

This was a splendid time, thanks for hosting us Jim

38:00 Dragon Age allowed you to pick your starting race/class which altered your early game and how NPCs interact with you, I think that would be crazy to see. You could even tie in the major quest lines of certain areas (monkey madness for Keldagrim, Sins of the Father for Morytania, etc) as your prerequisite for leaving the region

honestly osrs needs a boss with teacher role like rs3's arch glacor is (customizable mid game boss to teach mechanics 100% safe with upgrades and a hard mode with high level upgrades)

I genuinely get excited when I see a new Jimmy video. Thank you for your content 🙏

I’ve said this once, and I’ll say it again, Jimmy is the only content creator that I don’t skip their ads. JS, also great video

Thank you for this. I play casually as well so I share a lot of your feelings on stuff. Why they cant just put new things in without a poll is baffling. Why would you not want new content in your game from nearly 2 decades ago?

J1mmy, we voted on sailing over other skills 5 months ago! We waited twice as long as that for your SOTE episode. I think you can give the devs time to work on sailing, and make sure it's really awesome!

Love you Jimmy, congratulations on the new house. This was great content. Keep it up.

i like the idea of dungeons scattered around the worlds. they really dont have to be grand or give expensive, bis loot. I think it would be cool if say killing goblins in lumb gave a chance to drop a key to their "hideout" which could be essentially a handful of rooms u would use combat and other skills to progress through to receive a bit of loot. Could do that with things like skeletons or guards as well and work up to maybe a lesser demon dungeon or green dragon

Also love your video essays like this, hopefully it does well because this is the kind of content I love to see from you! By Release is also great of course but hearing your take on osrs and rs3 is always refreshing, especially compared to reddit's general reeing.

I played War Thunder and I LIKED IT, thank you J1mmy!

I Really enjoyed this kind if vid Jim. Keep up the good work!

You had my Like at "Adobe stock movie theater" 😂

The sailing and and the other area expansion almost makes me want to start playing Old School again. RS3 player. And I’m getting me a Bob the Cat plushie 💜 Can’t wait

I think the region locked Varlamore idea would be a huge breath of fresh air especially for a new region release. Even just what we have of Kourend right now could support this idea

I love the idea of dungeons, more bosses and raids, I do think having good low level rewards is difficult as there are so many armour tiers already, but I think once you hit 40-70 there is suddenly a lot more room for cool dungeon loot.

Congratulations on your new home J1mmy!

Ah yes J1mmy truly living up to his content creator status by perpetually moving home and talking about moving home in his videos.

I had a whole long comment about DT2 and WGS but deleted it because I felt that this is more important to say: I spent over 100 (maybe 200?) attempts to complete the inferno, and was trying to grind towards completing a lvl 500 ToA. I agree that this game lacks late game, challenging content. If I were more devoted to this game, inferno and ToB would definitely not be enough. edit: nvm J1mmy thinks taming would be a benefit to OSRS I no longer agree with any of his opinions

Your points on early level dungeons/raids is 100% spot on. My friend got me to make a group ironman with him which I've been enjoying. I'm used to WoW where I can run dungeons or kill rare mobs at really any level above 15-20 even in hardcore mode and get at least *something* from it. In OSRS the time investment needed between early game and late midgame where you can start PvMing consistently is *huge* and there's just not much in between that teaches you combat skills you'll need for high level PvM or rewards you for training combat. Unless you count killing Obor a few times just cause you had the key and high alched the drops

Well this was about the most comfy video I've ever enjoyed. Thank for that :D

One of the most frustrating things about being an OSRS player is the part of the player base that wants nothing to change, ever, because of the fear that it will somehow devalue their playtime. The truth is, for an MMO to exist, it MUST produce new content. New content = new players = more dev money = more and better content. Without that cycle, the game becomes “completed” = players leave = less money = no content = dead game. I also think the player base as a whole needs to trust the dev team more. The days where OSRS was being run by a three person team is long past us, and Jagex realizes this. That’s part of why the dev team has been expanding more and more every year. I think the game would be much better off if we gave the necessary freedom and trust to the dev team to just make content for us. I don’t really care about specific exp rates, I don’t give two shits about the fine details of how something looks, and I certainly don’t care if content comes into the game that’s not focused on the top 1% of players and gets called “dead on arrival”. That’s not why I play the game. I enjoy all kinds of content, I like having choices for different things to do in the game, and I think giving the dev team the trust and freedom to let their creativity run wild is going to bring more content more quickly. Frame of reference: I’m a 2100+ total level main account with more time played than I’d prefer to admit

As someone who can do Inferno, Toa 500s, awakened bosses etc, I'm perfectly happy with the difficulty of the current things, to complain things are too easy is just a you problem, it's like Settled making the game harder for himself by restricting himself, he doesn't demand harder content he makes the content harder.

Always the voice of reason over here on the channel. Thinking from all player sides, and pitching ideas that are good. 🤙🤙

If anything, not knowing what's coming would BRING nostalgia. Being able to adventure anew rather than fuckin sweat it out and rush content, sucking any fun out of Varlamore

sailing bad

One day I hope to see OSRS be unshackled by the limitations of polls. I want to see Jagex be a real game dev company. At best they still feel like teenagers sitting at the kids table and despite their tenure and being in the top 10 most populated MMO's, they still feel scared to make healthy changes to OSRS.

Great video. Congrats on the house, and looking good Jimmy

Jimmy I've always enjoyed your videos but this is the one that got me to subscribe. Excellent, reasonable takes that are clearly made with the health of the game and the players in mind. Well done beast

I could listen to this guy talk all day. Love the video Jim!

Good job J1mmy, this was fun

Going from Runescape to FFXIV and having dungeons force me into coop content, teaching me fight mechanics along the way, was such a great experience. Id love that i osrs

the war thunder ads are amazing. you're a genius. also great vid!

point ur making about early simple dungeons with demi bosses is spot on, especially with untradable minor inbetween upgrades. Hopefully Jagex is paying attention;)

Love that chat in the bottom- makes streams 100 times better

Yes Jimmy. GOBLIN DUNGEON! That is the best idea

Thank you for your videos J1mmy