Gathering RuneScape abilities were generally regarded as"prestigious" because of the fact they were slow, grindy, and OSRS gold were the epitome of RuneScape skilling. Say what you would like about how unappealing the previous methods might be, but at its core that's just what MMORPGs are about lol. That is what MMOs have always been around, even though they might not be the most played video game celebrity in this present day and age.

Thus, no, really, I'd say that"fundamentally" it is wrong to combine gathering and buyables. Standalone RuneScape abilities are nice (e.g. agility) but they are usually utility RuneScape abilities. Imagine if you could just throw money at runite rocks and double the pace at which you would normally obtain 99 mining. Would that be okay to most people? The nearest equivalent to this is going Telos and buying keys along with your profit to twist out a max cape... A quick search of this subreddit should inform you it is painfully evident how many gamers disagree with p2w-style MTX. Buying chronotes is not as egregious however, the ideas are nearly indistinct.

The degree differs, but the memory/energy relationship functions almost exactly as the artifact/material relationship. You get the xp. You need energies/materials to get xp. You don't get enough energies/materials to pay all your memories/artifacts, so you need to buy energies/materials from others to get max xp prices. Or, you may get energies/materials to market to others, or someplace in between.

Archaeology is not mining, and by the beginning it had been advertised as"a gathering and also a artisan RuneScape ability in one" They put it on the gathering RuneScape skillcape but it's obviously NOT a gathering RuneScape skill like mining or woodcutting. It is not a pure gathering RuneScape ability, but it was never intended to be a pure amassing RuneScape skill, and, aside from the amassing RuneScape skillcape, Jagex has described it as with a artisan part and a gathering component. It's not a (pure) gathering RuneScape skill, and that's okay. There's not anything wrong with Prayer or Herblore - there isn't anything wrong with Woodcutting or even Mining. Is there something wrong with a RuneScape skill that lies in between? Look, what do you consider the fact that Magic has non-combat charms?

The comments about how he believes are a bit unbased. This man has been a leading player in RuneScape since its induction and its only fair that he feels this certain way towards the so called"race" with the RuneScape skill because cheap RS gold that's all he's been doing for the previous ten years of his RuneScape career. In case you have previously been standing for SEVERAL decades and spent in game days 2000, you would feel the same way. RuneScape has improved in a way that feeds toward buyable quickness. His mind comes from a generation of RuneScape where xp speeds were 40k/hr and that he thrived in it.