Runescape players with a nostalgic bent will want to check out the newly opened 'old school' servers. Old School servers roll Runescape back to a 2007 version with improvements for today's gamers.

Your passion and drive has brought Old School RuneScape back into existence, and it's the community as much as the game itself that provide our fondest memories. So far we've done our bit bringing back the servers, but now it's up to YOU to make it a community - enjoy the game, help your friends, be kind and considerate to your fellow players, and as always, please give us your feedback. Let's all get involved in building an awesome Old School community together.

Find out more about Old School servers on the Runescape site.

great now give the goldspammers more reason to spam ur ass of, my spambox now isnt full enough ....

One more company gonna give this "classic" thing a try huh?

Originally posted by TribeofOne
i have no clue what the difference is between 2007 RS and 2012 RS

Mainly graphics and the combat system. And they made the famous RS grind slightly easier. It still made me quit though ^.^

Originally posted by sacredfool

Originally posted by TribeofOne
i have no clue what the difference is between 2007 RS and 2012 RS

Mainly graphics and the combat system. And they made the famous RS grind slightly easier. It still made me quit though ^.^

This version of 2007 RS doesn't have the auction house either I believe... if that's the case that truely is when runescape was best and purely community driven.

I'd also like to add, you need to be a member to vote in that poll, they have over 340,000 votes already... so we know Runescape after 10 years still has well over 300,000 subscribers...that are active and willing to vote in a poll, they are definitely in the 500k-1mil range overall.

Second most successful MMO all-time next to WoW, that's for sure.

2007?

I remember playing way back in like...2005? or am i mistaken? were there even older servers versions?

Originally posted by Nitth

2007?

 

I remember playing way back in like...2005? or am i mistaken? were there even older servers versions?

Game came out in like 2001 or somthing like that, i beleive 2007 is before they brought out the AH and Fast skill gain stuff.

Originally posted by Pivotelite

I'd also like to add, you need to be a member to vote in that poll, they have over 340,000 votes already... so we know Runescape after 10 years still has well over 300,000 subscribers...that are active and willing to vote in a poll, they are definitely in the 500k-1mil range overall.

 

Second most successful MMO all-time next to WoW, that's for sure.

 

If you're going by numbers there are other games out there that have a playerbase that large and larger too... 

Originally posted by Razeekster

Originally posted by Pivotelite

I'd also like to add, you need to be a member to vote in that poll, they have over 340,000 votes already... so we know Runescape after 10 years still has well over 300,000 subscribers...that are active and willing to vote in a poll, they are definitely in the 500k-1mil range overall.

 

Second most successful MMO all-time next to WoW, that's for sure.

 

If you're going by numbers there are other games out there that have a playerbase that large and larger too... 

  No, there's no other MMO on the market currently with 1 million subscribers other than WoW, Runescape has been over 2m at one point and has maintained 500k-2m for many years.

WoW is in a league of it's own though, but still Runescape is no doubt second most successful, between Runescape and Runescape classic theres currently 195,000 players online, I remember when it would get as high as 270,000 people online at one time. It's a very big MMO and has remained that way for many years.

Originally posted by Pivotelite

Originally posted by Razeekster

Originally posted by Pivotelite

I'd also like to add, you need to be a member to vote in that poll, they have over 340,000 votes already... so we know Runescape after 10 years still has well over 300,000 subscribers...that are active and willing to vote in a poll, they are definitely in the 500k-1mil range overall.

 

Second most successful MMO all-time next to WoW, that's for sure.

 

If you're going by numbers there are other games out there that have a playerbase that large and larger too... 

  No, there's no other MMO on the market currently with 1 million subscribers other than WoW, Runescape has been over 2m at one point and has maintained 500k-2m for many years.

 

WoW is in a league of it's own though, but still Runescape is no doubt second most successful, between Runescape and Runescape classic theres currently 195,000 players online, I remember when it would get as high as 270,000 people online at one time. It's a very big MMO and has remained that way for many years.

Runescape is not that big. They never had 2million subs or anything close to that. That's what they report as the total accounts made. Look at the ladder and see how many accounts at the bottom never even had one level up.

Originally posted by LionShard
League of Legends. And yes, it's an MMO. Then you have recent TERA going F2P and stuff. Runescape was never that much of a great game anyways....

It may be an mmo but it's not an rpg.