World of Warcraft vs. RuneScape: Who Beats Who?

dude i wasn’t talking what good or bad in rs i was comparing them

Ilyaz thats what im doing too. I*m comparing them but to know which one is the best you need to know what the good and bad things is in the games, right?

Thanks for your comment Master kenth.
- Im for RuneScape too.

You’re right in you don’t need to download anything (at least not much) And that’s what’s nice about RS

You’ve got to be kidding me.
If you’ve ever played Runescape (and by this i don’t mean played til level 10 or something like that) then you will find out that Runescape quests are much more unique and nice to complete and work on. I stand my ground as i say that WoW quests is boring and non-unique. Most of the WoW quests is like: “Kill 20 monsters and bring back “something” … ” I must disagree with you here. WoW quests really sucks. But i really think that WoW has got a much better storyline and ofcourse with a good storyline they are able to create good quests. They’re just not as smart as RuneScape in making quests. That’s the way it is.

PVP.. If you knewhow many minigames/pvp/battlegrounds/arenas there is in Runescape then you wouldn’t write that. Runescape has every kind of player vs player game there is and you don’t lose your stuff here.

In the wilderness you’re able to kill people and take most of their stuff. Ofcourse there’s the risk of duying yourself too and that sucks. If you can’t risk anything in a game then there’s no meaning playing it. If a game is secure all the way it’ll get boring. And boring is surely the word for WoW.

Runescape own WoW in many ways but WoW has also got a lot of good things.

- Anders

I agree with the “If these two games was mixed right, there would be a powerful game” statement, because it’s true. Both games have their strongpoints, and weakpoints, but they’re both fun to play. I personally enjoy RS more, just because I’ve played it longer, but that’s just me.

Great article!

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RUNESCAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Im free player I’m callled Dani672

You’re very right in most of the stuff you say but stuff as “wow has not got better graphic”.. Um. I like runescape better than wow but WoW has got better graphic and better control.. Thats how it is.

It seem like you’re trying to make Runescape look better than it is. There’s no need for that. You think RS rock. I think RS rock and there’s not much more to it.

Im glad you took time to write this nice comment and give me your opinion.

Good to have another Runescaper on the team.

- Zawert (RS)

i think runescape is better and about the armor and weapons i think that runescape is better because if you have expensive armor evryone knows that and you can feel good about yourself knowing that everyone knows your rich. in WoW i think with so much armor nobody knows if youre actually rich or not and i think thats plain dumb any way great article man (except for the loads of errors lol =P)

SneakyGuest you’re very wrong. Everything you say is like “I’m not sure” and this means you aren’t really sure on anything.

Does runescape have crazy landscapes? yes: They got snow, forrest, desert, normal, cave. Everything.

Does Runescape have a huge world with a lot of islands and places you can sail to? Is this world actually BIG? yes: This world is so crazy big. I’m level 96 and have only seen bit more than half of it.

If you got to Level 7 you haven’t experienced anything in Rs.
Therefore none of your arguments is good.

2 skills sucks. They aren’t that deep my friend.

You can’t raid in Runescape. That’s right. How do a level 7 know that?

We got the Grand Exchange which is actually the same as Auction House in WoW.

Runescape ain’t got mounts. Unfortunatly.

Of and by the way. The list stops there. There’s nothing much more to tell.

But what is to tell is all the stuff Runescape has got that WoW HASN’T. You don’t know what it is if you didn’t read my article and if you’re a level 7 you might not even know what the names of the armor you can get. Lol

rs is better because u have emotes i don’t no if u have that in WoW

i think rs is much better..im now a free player but i was mem some time and it was really cool
my rs name is luxy50 (lvl 91)

runescape lover, player vs player in WoW is only DUEL?!?!?!!
yea ur biased my frnd way to effing biased. WoW mops the floor with runescape. for heaven’s sake u must aim its an mmorpg, not a mmolpg (massively multi-online labor playing game) cuz honestly from wat ur saying, runescape only has labor skills. farming omfg, wat is this harvest moon? gimme a break WoW has better gameplay, storyline,combat, and professions that are useful to ur player. i will admit runescape quests are fun and not repetitive, but how many quests does WoW have compared to runescape’s 200 and something? think before releasing a biased article

Thanks for your comment Billybob.
Sounds like a nice outfit. Add me ! : Zawert

Lol you don’t know what you’re talking about Vasilis. You’re going crazy. Count down you’re acting like a retard

i like runescape better because i’ve heard way more stories about people being addicted to WoW…which makes me wonder what type of people plays WoW. i’m not saying that EVERYONE who plays WoW is bad. just saying just saying….

AndersHegelund looking up at most of your other comments I’m very confident that you don’t know much about WoW at all.
Anyway I’m just going to point out some reasons why WoW is so much better than runescape…even if they’ve been stated in the article.
QUESTS: WoW has WAY more quests than Runescape ever has and with this high number there is bound to be some repetition, but there is also a lot of variety for them as well. This variety comes with the high levels of traveling you do and how many quests are affected by the different terrain that you explore. WoW also allows you to complete quests with other players which saves on time and eliminates boredom.
PvP combat: It is completely unfair to say that WoW’s PVP system is made up of only duels. The majority of highly-populated WoW realms are PvP realms(player vs player) where members of the opposing factions(alliance vs horde) can fight eachother in neutral areas. You may still participate in duels with your faction and the opposing one, but there is also that world pvp system as well as the numerous battlegrounds there are in WoW. You can only steal enough full rune sets in Runescape before PvP gets boring.
World Size: WoW wins hands down with a map size that destroys that of runescapes. Also, the coloring and display of the world map is orgasmic(especially on maximum display settings)
Travel: WoW has a high number of mounts(flying and land) which increase your travel time to get to a central point of every zone in WoW quickly and efficiently. In runescape all I remember is basic teleporting once you hit a certain level in magic. In WoW you can use devices to travel, gryphons(that any level can use), magic, running, mounts, swimming and more to get to where you need to go. Come on, in runescape don’t you wish that you could summon a helicopter and fly around doing barrel rolls in the air? and seriously, THERE’S MOTORCYCLES NOW!
Combat: WoW has a much higher variety with combat than runescape. You can use your professions to aid you in fighting and create weapons to bash the brains out of that little gnome who tries chewing on your ankle. You are free to move around as you fight and have complete control over what your character does(and you can create binds/macros to link different techniques together). Runescape just seems to have a certain number of attacks that you can do once you reach a certain level in the game which takes away from the excitement of leveling.
Character Skins: WoW has:
Dranei
Dwarves
Gnomes
Humans
Night Elves
Blood Elves
Blood Elves
Orcs
Tauren
Trolls
Undead
All these combined with different classes to go along with them
Runescape has just humans……

The hair and skin design is generally the same thing in both games with not much variety..but the races help in making characters more unique.

Professions: Honestly, when people complain about WoW having only 2 professions that you can use..it just sounds silly..I mean, I wish I could have more than 2 but in all seriousness, you only need 2. You have to take into account that if anyone could make anything then the economy of that server would become so messed up that many people wont be making any money for the professions they use. Also, most people just take the professions that more greatly benefit their race and class which adds to strategy in building a strong character.

I just want people to take these things into account before they start assuming that runescape is better because ‘WOW ONLY HAZ DOOLS’

Thank you.

Runescape wins not because it is a better game, but because you can play it for free. I’m not going to spend a small fortune to see whether or not I like WoW, even though I am sure I’d prefer it to Runescape.

The greatest strength of Runescape is that your friends can play too at no cost to them, and you can play as much or as little as you like and pay nothing.

Capn_Raynor / SwiftrTaylor (lol yes I registered two accounts as part of an experiment to see the differences between playing as a guy/girl. Obviously RS gameplay mechanics don’t care, but the player-to-player communication/respect aspect is markedly different.)

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(Skip to the bottom if you’re only interested in the quick summary)

Capn Raynor gets ignored, either that or called a noob. If I say anything for the most part it gets ignored. His friends list contains one guy who helped me and a bunch of random people who asked me for help once.

SwiftrTaylor gets listened to, respected, and gets free stuff. Only annoying part is the guys chasing me =P
Her friends list contains a bunch of guys who helped me out, plus a few clan wars friends.

Example:

I wanted to go to the wilderness for the first time. I had no idea how dangerous the wildy was or where clan wars was.

Capn Raynor asked for directions, got ignored. I had to go by myself, then got called a noob a few times for refusing to fight a level 120 (although finding my way wasn’t so bad because I tried it with SwiftrTaylor first)

SwiftrTaylor asked for help, and within a few minutes a level 90 helped me get there and gave me helpful advice about clan wars. Plus when I got there I wasn’t called a noob, just had people giving me friendly advice. I even got complimented when I hit a 3 on a guy with full addy armour =P

Some of the reactions could have been because I play each character slightly differently (I am equally vocal/helpful as both characters whenever possible), but in general SwiftrTaylor commands more respect, especially from higher level players. I think it’s more of a subconscious thing, guys tend to be politer to girls, except for the sad guys who ask me on a date (I either turn them down politely or tell them I’m a guy, depending on how evil I’m feeling at the time. Shockingly, me telling them I’m a guy doesn’t stop some people)

Playing as a guy gives the impression that rs is full of silent grinders and noob-bashers, with the odd friendly player. Capn Raynor has been called “noob’ countless times, and he’s also been called a “****” a few times too (no idea what the words were lol)
Oh, and I think I’ve been complimented once after I helped a player get some decent armour. Although he did try to scrounge 100k off me afterwards, so it wasn’t much of a compliment.

Playing as a girl gives the impression that rs is full of friendly players and a couple of sad perverts. So far I’ve only been called a “btc” (bitch) after I blew raspberries at the opposing clan. Also got called “Hottie” by about ten players, but that’s not an insult, more a sad reflection on how rs players lust after pixelated female characters.

On the whole, I think playing as a girl gives a better runescape experience. I do like being listened to / respected, and getting help is so much easier. It also takes some of the boredom out of grinding when it’s actually possible to have conversations with other players. The only drawback is that I’d much rather play as a guy, since I *am* a guy. But luckily there’s no drawback to playing two accounts, apart from having less time to devote to each. And the fact that I can’t tell if half my friends are on =P

Capn_Raynor / SwiftrTaylor

runescape rocks wow sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!! short and 2 the point

You’re damn right Nick

oh and apologies for double posting blood elves in my first comment that i made a few days ago

No seriousley you should! What you wrote to me seemed like an article to me
Do it!
Do it now!
Do it fast!

-Anders Hegelund

Haha Thanks a lot for your comment Seth!
Very nice comment. You got humor
I added you to my Triond profile. You’re my friend now, even if you don’t want to!

Well I think you’re right in most of this lol but you’re not so detailed lol. But i like the comment haha.

Thanks again!

Best regards,

Anders Hegelund

Personally, i like Runescape more. I guess it’s just because of the satisfaction you get from leveling up a skill or when you buy that rare piece of armour. I’d also like to point out that when WoW fanboys say “Z0mG whn u die u luse ur itms gwwwwdddd” it pisses me off. Losing items adds risk to the game and it serves as a punishment to players who arn’t strong enough to fight that particular monster. I don’t know what happens when you die in WoW so if anyone would like to fill me in i’d appreciate it.

Jordan/Moothead3 <– Runescape name =] Add me!

I’m sick of people like Seth assuming that dueling is the only PvP in WoW.

and btw Seth, you say Jagex has more games than blizzard?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment#Titles

Even if Jagex did have more games, it’s quality over quantity and either way Blizzard kicks Jagex’s ass.

Atleast play both games and get the full experience in each before making silly assumptions.

To Jordan C:
Thanks for the great comment Jordan.
I agree with you. All the way! nothing much to say

Best regards,

Anders Hegelund / Zawert (Runescape)

MMO-wise, Jagex has made many more than Blizzard. Blizzard has made many more games, but they’re RTS games, and we’re talking about MMO’s here

Losing stuff when you die is great. It stops people from just thinking “Hey, I can go do whatever, because if I die it doesn’t matter”. I don’t necessarily like how Jagex implemented it, but it’s a lot more “realistic” and dying has consequences, which I think is important. Of course when I die I’ll be a bit pissed off, but it encourages thinking carefully before going somewhere dangerous.

i think the author of this review is rather bias and clearly prefers runescape more than WoW, no offence mate, but you clearly add in more of the cons in Wow rather than its pros. nevertheless, eventhough you show a few likings in some areas in WoW, you do not show as much exuberance as you do fo runescape

one thing to say, when you said that runescape “didn’t win” at the part of deaths because you lsoe your stuff, you forgot to mention the good part for the attacker rather then the victim. this of course is that you obtain those items he/she lost. i think that’s awesome, i’d juust hate to be on the other end of that arrangement.

You’re very rightlollipoopoo

O and another thing: there are way too many expansion packs for WOW… wouldn’t it just be simpler to combine all of them in to one and leave it like that? It just seems a waste of money if not time just to have all those expansion packs!

And I have seen alot of people say runescape is better so I think the point has been proven too much

…now back to trying to get into the damn penguin clan chats lol (how the hell did they fill up so fast I wounder?)

i wasnt kiddin lol

WoW is

Sorry if it was a bit biased but it’s true :O

Wow < Runescape

Hey Smilez.
I agree with some of what you say but I think you look too much at Blizzard VS Jagex. If the question would be which of those two companies is the best it would of course be Blizzard.
I still don’t regret my article and I hold on to every word I’ve written

Thank you very much for your interest in this article and the comment you wrote Smilez.

-Best regards,

Anders

Disillusioned RS player… I don’t know is what you say it right. I do know that WoW isn’t more secure than Runescape and that it’s pretty much up to each person to say which game is the best. I think WoW id SO bad because you do the same and the same and the same and everything gets boring very quickley. I deleted the 2 other comments of yours. I don’t think it’s smart of you to post 3 comments and act like you are 3 persons. I can tell that you wrote them all becourse all 3 were written almost the same time.

-Best regards,

Anders

also why are you ignoring all posts that back up wow is it because you know you cant actually defend runescape against them? and lol wows soundtrack rapes runescapes side ways.

What??

IMHO WoW is better then Runescape
I have leveled to 92 on RS so I think I have experience in playing ( on Red Head 930)

I used to play RS for like 4 years ( took a pretty long break though) and I had to admit, I had fun. But when I was sitting at a bank, clicking over and over again for hours trying to get 99 fletching for my first skill cape ( yes i know fletching is easy but still) I realized… wtf am I doing playing this game??? I mean all you do is click around and stuff. Now my question is why do you have fun clicking things for hours? The answer is, you don’t.

WoW is different though. Getting to level 80 on wow is like 1/10 how long it takes to get to level 138 on RS. It’s alot funner with the ride array of skills, classes, races etc. Gameplay is more indepth and the PVP is excellent ( All though I loved pwning noobs for all their stuff, but that is not entirely possible on RS anymore…) with all the BG and arenas.

Im not even sure how I had fun playing rs now that i got WoW but all I can say is …. WoW FTW!!!! The sad part is that I would still be playing rs if I hadn’t gotten wow from my cousin =)

btw why are you defending rs so much? you stated in your article that you liked both the same. And although questing is repetitive at lower levels, once you hit 80 or whatever the level cap may be it is heck of alot of fun with all the raids and pvp.

But I understand why some people would like rs over wow even though I can’t really explain it. I guess it just the fact that i’ve played rs for so long.

Dieing in runescape is better than dieing in Warcraft, im a pker and i pla yboth games, i prefer runescape’s way because i get lots of money that way and i dont die all the time because i am not a noob, better than warcraft’s pointless dueling, both games have their ups and downs

I think your wrong about RS’s storyline, if you actually read about it, its way more interesting then that. There was the marajattt or whatever, and you no, Bandos, Armadyl are also gods of runescape. There was also god called Zaros. And u missed out the barrow brothers, there linked in with the story aswell. You missed a whole lot out of runescapes storyline.

People U gata be kidding me! wow owns rs by alot ! the only good thing rs has got is the pvp its fun making pures and stuff but wow owns rs.. by alot

God damn it people this article is getting a bit old and I don\’t have time to update it so ofcourse It\’s not up to date.

Thanks to KR-85 for the comment.

Well, I play WoW now, but i used to do Runescape, i’ll be fair to say that i went to lvl 42 in Runescape, and i know that’s not that awesomely high, and i know i only played free part, but i hope you guys don’t mind i give my opinion on both while i did? oh and my character’s name was Verxillion and i had the ermm.. blue gear.. forgot name haha

If you don’t want to read everything just scroll down and see what i said in total, or you can skip parts of my post.

Runescape:

Leveling up: Runescape is alot of farming to level up, that’s something i don’t like about it, but the quests are nice, too bad you can’t get very high level with the quests, and they’re pretty hard.

PvP: I didn’t do alot of PvP in Runescape except for abit of wilderness and i’ve been to the arena, but i didn’t understand it alot, i got in one fight and i lost it badly haha

PvEnvironment: I didn’t do any big bosses, but i’ve watched some videos of bosses on youtube when i played it, and i must say they’re pretty boring, they don’t have any spells that make them really unique..

Payment: Runescape is nice because it’s free, but if you play free you can get bored quick.
Then you can play payed, but if you pay in my country it’s half the money of WoW, and if you got the money, then you could just aswell pick WoW in my opinion.

World of Warcraft:

Leveling Up: Leveling in WoW is okay, you have times where you do get really really bored, because you only got boring quests where you got to walk alot, and this really gets worse each time you make a new character.
But now with the new expansion when you have 1 character of lvl 55 of above you can make a Hero character which starts at lvl 55, and then you’r past the boring part of the leveling and you can start at the fun part of the leveling immedialetely.

PvP: WoW has alot of cool battlegrounds, and different classes, talents and gear make it really fun as you’ll have to fight different every time, against another person, who will fight in a different way then the other one too.

PvEnvironment: WoW is Superior in PvE, the bosses are all 100% unique and all have cool special spells, at some you fight on vehicles, or drakes, or the floor crumbles beneath your feet, the ceiling comes down, and alot of stuff like that.
PvE in WoW also requires alot of dedication at some times, and you sometimes have to bring alot of potions, bandages, food and that kind of stuff, and you really have to work together.

Payment: Yes WoW loses here, badly.
WoW is double the money, or sometimes triple, and people say you’r crazy if you pay it, but if you got the money, and you want to play a fun game, why not?, i myself have no problems paying it and i’m 14, delivering paper in the village, and soon i’ll work in a store and it’s even less of a problem, and someone mentioned that why not just all the expansions in one? Well, that’s because Blizzard keeps developing new parts in the world, new bosses, instances, battlegrounds, arena’s, classes, races, mounts, items, gear, weapons, and loads more of stuff.

Conclusion:
WoW beats Runescape in alot, except for payment.
So my advice would be: Can you pay WoW and you want to try out a new game? just try it.
Can’t you pay WoW and you still want to play a fun mmorpg? play Runescape.

Hope no1 is offended by this, and hope i’ve been to some good help to anyone.

Btw for people that don’t believe i play WoW (well, i did, stopped last month), you can search up my characters that are lvl 80, names etc down here

Troll Priest Xoriouz, server: Emeriss EU
Orc Hunter Sheherazade, server: Emeriss EU
Tauren Druid Xorious, server: Dragonmaw EU

I agree “RS” !

By the way I did get to lvl60 in RS and I’m currently lvl32 in WOW much harder to lvl in WOW

YTF is everone banging on about RS\’s McGrindfest. I love It!!

The warm satifaction of getting better at something,

Is wundefulls!

But Seriously WoW v RS = No contest…

Nooo! RS rapes WoW sideways and upways.

Haha. I like your way of thinking Scott. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Best regards,

Anders W Hegelund

interesting oppinion . which I pretty much agree with.

Zurak. You don’t know what you’re talking about dude :b

Petter. I got to level 70. goddammit :b But no you’re wrong. “The real deal” doesn’t start at level 80. Idiot?
It starts at lwvel 1. Many people play onle the noob levels cause they’re funny. Damn,
If you read my article you can see that theres a whole freaking bunch of battlegrounds/arenas and stuff like that in Runescape.

Kebab on you Petter.

Thanks a lot Savage!
I also think that RS is nice because you can reach it on most computers. You just havde to have internet. No need to download all kinds of patches and stuff.

i say that wow is better to me sure it has good graphics but graphics is not every thing wow is better TO ME because of the pvp system they have and the team work you need to make that happen and its not just “hit, they hit and ect.
‘ and the money system in wow beats rs instead of having 9mil and still cant afford that santa hat (not sure if a santa hat is more i think its 4mil XD) you can have 400g and buy one at wow now the quest thing wow does have boring quest and ruescape has some messed up qust that has nothing to do with anything wow the travel is MUCH faster which helps me because i dont like to walk and take 10 mins to get form org to the edge of out land when we can fly from org to crossroads and take 1min but the new wrath of the linch king really helps on the quest for wow now for you who say WOW SUCKS and thats it your mad because you cant afford wow so put somthing to prove your point then WOW SUCKS RS ROCKS

might i ask with whom you are with? it looks like your leening towards RS more, WoW and RS can’t be compard, WoW will win in everything, and by looking how you gave RS a bit more points, that tells me your a RSer. ( tell me if im wrong)

well, i can’t argue with you since you have an opinion witch i doubt i can change, but the fact is…NO browser game can be compared to a downloadable game let alone WoW, questing in WoW isn’t kill then get exp, it has some story, RS’s ( i have a level 101 account) quests are long and quite meaningless… although you could see it as being somewhat “meaning full”. point is, RS is a browser game (best browser game) and WoW is a downloadable game ( best downloadable game) although on this you could also argue about WoW and/or RS being the best at there category.

Well, I just want to say that the sound/music in WoW is a lot better then RS (WoW has real instruments, RS has electronic fake stuff).

AND

Theres a lot of new content in Wrath of the Lich King, which made WoW much more enjoyable. (Calendar, achievements, duel spec, new raids/dungeons/areas, and more)

I agree with you “Nobody”
The new stuff in Wrath of the Lich king is very nice. Makes everything very easy and smooth to use.
Also, as you mentioned, the sound really suck in Runescape, and it really ROCK in WoW. It’s very dramatic and it’s got the spirit. The runescape music is just.. silly.
By the way I love all the comments you guys write so I realle appreciate your second comment!

Best regards,
Anders W Hegelund

P.S. I forgot Player Killers in my list. I knew the list went on.

ok. So how would you know?
You don’t own runescape so can I see some proof that you know RS only got 200k active accounts?

Well. That’s a pretty good proof.

Well I’m glad to hear that

Yes. That’s right Senna. They keep updating the game and improving the graphic, and the game keeps being fun to play..
And I agree, the price is perfectly low.

I disagree Alan & “RS is SHIITTT”.. Weird name by the way.

rs rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow is bulls hit

No. I haven’t deleted any comments. Only those who acted stupid and angry, calling me bad stuff. I wouldn’t delete any other comments.

best regards.

Also Avatar is great for those who hasn’t watched it, GO watch it!

It has beaten titanic, Most best movie ever!

as i’ve said before, wow beats runescape.

but tbh i dont think its unfair… why compare an apple to an orange?

both games are good, DONT compare them if you like rs… its just wrong.. rs is a browser game, 5$ for a browser game is “beeped” up. why pay for a game that all you do is click?

i have a lvl 123 on rs (had, gave it away), it was fun for the first 2 weeks of members, then it got boring.

i have a lot of 80s in wow and im still playing it from before tbc. patches (updates) are actually good for everyone, you dont need to wait for a patch then get disapointed.

A.W.H if you made this thing, you should know some else already made something like this. (not sure who made it first).

seriusly, DONT compair them… its a crime…

Hello Fadi !
I agree with you, that you probably shouldn’t compare an apple to an orange. But I’m interested in knowing what people think of the two games. This was just as much a test, to see how people would react on each others comments. I see that people that drop by here, is very aggressive, and very focused on “protecting” their game. I’ve “protected” my game too. And I see that you do the same. Thank you so much for coming back. this is a great experience to me.

-And by the way. I’ve played to level 80 in WoW, and to 97 in RS. Not the best. Not the worst. But I got a feel of both games.

Exactley “WoW vs RuneScape #5″!
It is actually quite interesting. Thanks for showing your interest.

Best regards,
AWH

Not really?

Hey thanks for the numbers Pire! Very useful. I agree with you about rs. I like the \”awesome\” tech side of the game too.

Best regards,
A.

Sorry about the double post. Computer froze so I thought it didn’t post…

I agree Invincible97. That’s exactley why RS has got so many “players”- really, they’re just accounts. Np with the double post. Just deleted the “sorry” message and 1 of the doubled posts. Thanks for posting the video, but what did you want to show with it?

Best regards,

A.

i know i did miss a lot of stuff but i wanted to make it pretty brief

Just posted the vid for show I suppose. Earlier in the “arguement”, I suppose I could say, we talked about the boss fights. So I figured I would post this one, which is the best imo. By the way this is NOT my video. It was just a video I found on Youtube.com that had the best quality, and graphics up, etc. I just wanted to say that im playing RS as I type this. I’m cutting down Willows near Lumbridge, and I agree with Davepownsyou. It is a ton more rewarding when you get 99 in something and get to show off your Skillcape at the Grand Exchange.

Well, i have a theroy why RS gets better “marks” when its put vs wow. RS is a browser game, so you could click to a monster then go and surf the net. wow isnt, you need to be focused. thus rs players are more free to search for stuff like this.

WoW dosent have a high price, with todays salories 15$ isnt a lot, you also get HUGE content.

I agree too. You’ve got some good points. Both of you.

Good point Tyler… but the way you said it was terribal.

Well, for one, cheers im 13 too ^.^.

2nd, no one is a moron, they just beleieve something else.

World of Warcraft vs RuneScape, it should be illegal as i said before, but since you brought it up -again- i would have to say wow…

lmfao what kind of retards are you anyone who has ever been top level in wow AND runescape would know that wow completly destroys runescape in overall playability say uve been playing runescape for 3 years well you could play wow for like 8 years because of how much more fun it is …
the quests in wow pwn they r easy n some r unique jesus we arent asking for all like 50000 quests to be unqiue thats bs
wow pvp destroys runescape trust me id know
wows endgame destroys runescape because of how fukin trash the game is
i speak this all from my friend whos like 120 or something fukin retarded in runescape n hes only tried the wow trial n he fukin loves it anyone who picks rs has to be braindead

ffs, i love wow but stop trolling like that at rs… lets make something clear before you start trollin\’ on me, WoW > RS.

but dudes, your giving wow a bad name when you troll like that. geesh L2 be nice. say your points without being total dick heads.

PS : lol, i think ive made the most comments. FTW

I think so too Fadi…
Right after me ha!

I know Fadi ^^

I understand what you mean IAMBEAST!
There’s a lot of stuff missing in Runescape.. The stuff like you can’t hold over a weapon or a piece of armor and see it’s stats and requirements.. Thanks for commenting and showing your interest iambeast

Thanks
A W H

Hey that sounds great Bob!
Good luck then!

Thanks
A W H

Hi IAMBEAST,

You’re right. You always meet a ton of players who’s got the same outfit / armor or something else, as you! And this very bad.. I agree with you that it’s nice to see people run around in the World of Warcraft with different armor. Beginners always have different stuff, because drops are so very different, and I don’t think I can count all the different armor in WoW in one day. That’s what’s great about WoW. I still think the PvP games in RS is pretty good, but this is up to the individual person. I got to lvl 96 in RS by the way. I think you’re right when you say that RS is pretty much a game for middleschoolers, but this is only because there’s so damn many of them. They can’t spell, the don’t understand anything, they annoy people and so on. This is why I agree with you. Actually I thought the game was OK, but then I realized how annoying those N00bs were.
I don’t agree with you when you say that there’s only 100k-200k playing a day. This is a very wrong number. Believe me. Still, WoW has more players. I agree with that.

Thanks for your long and interesting (and not hating) comment IAMBEAST! Glad you dropped by again-

Thanks,
A W H

Hey Fadi, I don’t understand your first line.. hm.
RS is really getting new gear all the time. I don’t think they fail here. And by the way, When did you last play? Full rune with d scimmy? That must be for pk’ing or something which is an old skill too. By the way, Highest level was 124. I think it’s something like 136 now. Not sure.

Thanks,
A W H

AWH me and you should play RS for a little bit someday. i mean definetly ill like it more with someone to talk with who isnt going to act like a little kid.
and Fadi.. GO EXECUTUS SERVER!!!!

To IAMBEAT: i got ALOT of lvl 80 char’s.. none of em are on executus, sorry =-[

i made a video on youtube to help people so now im helping ALOT of people (gearing / lvling theyre chars).

oh yea and AWH my RS name is roonicula

I agree. That sucks in RS ! ..

Hey dude. I’m too tired to write back to this one. I’ll do that later

Hell no, I’ll come back with something. Just wait my friend ..

A W H

Lion vs Tiger, i say Lion.

As for coolness, i say the lion :p, for speed and agility i give it to the tiger,who would win in a fight? a lion, its only job in the pride is to protect it therefore its more exp in fighting. it also has a stronger upper body. Im not even going to mention the mane ^.^

sadly, they killed the wildy. but have added a real dungion like wow! but its rewards are crappy at best. but its fun.

Fadi: The lion is probably bigger and stronger. But the tiger is fast and furious. It’s the winner

I have tryed the triel and it seems crap

i play runescape and world of warcraft and its totaly RUNESCAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

spencer: Well. You should try WoW. The trial IS crap.
Fadi: No you’re wrong! The Tiger is faster than the Lion. for SHURE. It’s proven, go check something like youtube..
Lachlan: Haha thanks for your opinion!
lol: Well.. If you say so ? haha..

Thanks all of you!!
A W H

well i just go on runescape and i saw theyre dungeons and partys now.. doesnt it seem like sometimes they copy WoW and put their own spin on it? i mean i love the dungeoneering its fun as hell

and tiger wins all the way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqzkNeo1Dpc

watch it :p

Lol for the people that say wow quests suck then try getting past level 10 for instance look at the dk starting quests you get to control a freaking dragon lol and also in wow the end game boots RS in the ass you don’t get bored.

i play runescape since 2005 and still playing im level 120 without summoning and 127 with it. and ive never got bored of this game because of the pk and friends pk in runescape for many of us its like another skill you want to be better on it and be the best on it and theres competition when you kill a guy you kinda feel good or exited because you get his loot or part of it.

and in wow you can’t get the items of another guy the game its kinda based on only kill monsters to level up and do quest to get exp to level up is the same thing and runescape have so many different skills and quest that you get involve in histories and etc..

i just want to say that i played both and rs is way better than wow. the only thing that wow has is a fantastic world and huge monsters and great graphics but rs is still better it will take time but rs will have so much better graphics you’ll see:D

I don’t see how any of you can take more interest in Runescape than you do in WoW. I had a character over level 100 in runescape… nothing changes as you level except for the ability to do more quests. In WoW, you have too much to do. The quests are based on story line. And yes, they do have those kill, kill, kill quests, but hose are the trash quests, the main ones DO follow a storyline. When you hit the max level, a whole new game comes out. You experience raiding. Not some crappy one-boss “everybody hit the guy as hard as you can before we all die” kind of boss. You have to plan and strategize and equip your team with the proper build. I just don’t see how Runescape can win simply because you can have more skills at once. The 2 major professions at one time thing in WoW forces characters to help and rely on each other. It builds an in-realm economy. In other words… WoW dominates Runescape…

Hello Porter. I see what you mean, and I agree with you, as you’ve got good arguments. It’s true that WoW follows a story line that most of us know already (from Warcraft 1, 2 and 3) but so does Runescape. We just don’t know the story line of Runescape very good yet, because it’s not in focus as the Warcraft story line is. However, it’s true that both games has got a lot of “trash”-quests that doesn’t give you anything but XP and/or reputation. But both games does actually follow a story line.

Thanks a lot for writing such an inspiring and long comment. Thank’s for taking your time and showing your engagement Porter

Best regards,
A W H

I think runescape wins because the WoW quests are too boring. KILL THAT THING AND TAKE ITS TAIL! things like that while runescape has things like kill that thing to get the item to unlock that passage and save that guy and kill the remaining monsters.

True, Lolol

Good comparison article. Glad you’re not one of those people who are like “OMG. Runescape is for dorks blahblahblah. Only the l33t play WoW.” or vice versa. Bravo.

*If you ever play EVE Online

Haha. I liked that comment. Cause’ I actually agree with this angry d00d.. It’s true that the q’s has become much cooler and better.. and more interesting.
Nice to see some engaged people here!

Best regards,
A W H

Runescape- romeo and juliet, rune,addy, no diverse classes every1 is the same, no mounts( huge downfault), since it is free little kids find it awesome to play wit hkids my age.

Wow- Ive played for years im not poor i can pay 15 bucks, Organized pvp,stealth,different abilities (gash,stealth,arcane shot) its never ending, a player based economy( not comunnist like runescape) blah,

in rs i cant eve see my lvl 71’s mouth,nose,ears, in wow i see my orc hunters whoel body feature, the gear plot is amazing the dungeons and epic history is amzing

once you understand gaming u will love World of Warcraft rated #1 mmo ever made.

i think runescape is better there is more quests,more skills, more fun u can be a human! not a re**rted creature, if you tried rs for a high lev you would learn that it is better especially if youre a mem.

centaur, wrong wrong wrong wrong. sit there in your wrongness and reflect on how wrong you are. there are waaaaaaaaaaaaay more quests in WoW haha. And i was a lvl 105 member and from my experience… i liked WoW better. and ocme on AWH here is trying to make and intelligent article so just leav a comment say RUNESCAPE!!! or WOOOOOW!! give some reasons

Good to see that some people doesn’t want to let this war fade away! I say Runescape still has a lot of stuff that WoW could learn from!
And yes: IAMBEAST, you’re so right. Reasons. We need more of those. Not only from me, but from every WoW or RS fan…
Thanks for your opinions guys.. You saved my day again :p

Best regards everyone!!
- A W H

Yea that’s true but unless you’re on a PvP server, you can’t just attack people if they haven’t clicked the PvP ON button. Kind of like the same “border” you have to cross, just in form of a button. It’s not right that you cant attack the guards of the other “factions” in RS. you can kill the goblin guards and the Obsidian guards and lots more. But yes it doesn’t really make sense that you’re able to kill your own guards.

Thanks for showing your interest in my work Frikkn,
Best regards,
A W H

Hey Fadi Thanks a lot for your engagement!
Hmm. Not to brag, but I’ve always been able to talk to girls. Unless they’re like super sweet or looking super hot or something crazy like that

Who is the girl, first of all? Where do you know her from?

he disapeared.

Um… you guys need to realize that there’s a reason WoW is more expensive than RS. If WoW were free to play for all features, I could almost guarantee that most RS players would switch to WoW. Again, if RS cost 15 dollars a month just to play period, WoW would still have a tremendously bigger fan base. Also, are there RS conventions, commercials, and products outside of the game itself? I don’t think so. For WoW, there are conventions, action figures, t-shirts, any sort of merchandise you can think of, plus a trading card game. Runescape only exists in it’s little browser home. Not to mention that wow generally gets better reviews, and they actually have articles on it in game magazines. Positive ones, i might add. There are wow advertisements, articles on popular mmo websites. And on IGN.com, WoW is referenced in many of their “lists” if you know what i mean. E.G., top video game villains, etc. Very few people haven’t heard of WoW compared to RS. Comparing RS to WoW is like comparing a great white shark to a goldfish. One is much more powerful, vicious, and faster, while the other is small, slow, and couldn’t hurt a fly. Also goldfish are more liked by kids, while sharks are cooler to adults and teens. You do the math on which game i’m referring to as the shark. I’ve tried Runescape, probably the only game i’ve ever hated, with wow, i loved it from the start. You say you’re not biased, yet you like every comment that defends runescape, don’t like every comment that defends wow, and with the neutral comments, you say thanks for your feedback or whatever. I know that you’re free to have your own opinion, but i’m just in total awe that some people actually prefer RS to WoW. I mean come on!!! There’s a reason WoW is known all over the world. But this is just my opinion. You’re free to your own beliefs.

First, thanks a lot for your long and intense comment. I like some of your opinions, but not all of them. Think about it: Why am I actually here? Am I here to make money? No.. Am I here to make people angry or provoked? Not really.. I’m here because one sentence that you wrote:

“I dont see the reason why people always try and establish a game’s dominance when the cold hard truth is: Both have good points and bad?”

These good and bad points.. I want to know which of them dominates in which of the two games, and I want people to tell me their opinions on which of the categories in the games they like.

As you stated, both have good and bad points. So even though, lets say both RS and WOW has a good graphic (even though it’s very different) Which one of these does people then enjoy the most? I don’t think there’s any need to discuss which of the two graphics are the best. Do you get what I mean?

Well, thanks again for dropping by and leaving a comment,

Best regards,
A W H

Yea that’s right. It’s been here for so long.. Nowadays I rarely get comments and not that many views either, but that’s ok. I don’t play any of the games anymore either and I’m at the second year (out of 3) in a kind of highschool.

Best regards,
Blu

Did anyone see that in Wow guards acctually defend you when in Rs u kill ur own guards? Lol

ok first of all i disagree to what you mean about quests in wow, in wow you quest to get level, now will you be so friendly telling me how you level up in runescape? u stab the same goblin about 1000 times, gratz you leveled up.
and also you couldnt have played wow that much cause if you think the quests in wow is all about killing the same monsters over and over, your dead wrong. there are above 5000 different quests in wow, there are daily quests where you earn gold and tons of instances (dungeons) wich also includes quests. and as everyone knows wow has better graphics, better gameplay, more content, more players, better proffesions, more items, more classes, more races, better pvp content. i wouldnt be paying for rs when i can pay the double and get a way better game. maybe i sound like a fanboy but, comon. if you prefer runescape you are just sticking to the crap you already got because you are afraid to try something new. in my opinion runescape is like a big grind to get to highest level wich may take you some time. i have a 76 in runescape and 2 lvl 80 in wow i could still level a new one up just for fun cause you know what? blizzard is changing their content from time to time so wow is more varied than runescape aswell. and runescape kind of digged their own grave when they removed wildy. peace out and no offence guys but wow is simply better, you must be dumb if you think something else.

Gosh,people are being such fan-boys. If you can afford the price…play wow. It’s really just a version of runescape. If you can’t afford WoW,but you can afford runescape then play runescape. Runescape is just like WoW in certain cases. The differences between the 2 are so incoherent it’s ridiculous how you guys are only paying attention to the unimportant parts.

Sure,how you level up skills is different. Same thing with quest. Including PvP or the blizzcon or the amount of items. Basically,they are really just the same. Both are unique because of what direction they decide to take the game. Runescape is staying browser accessible because runescape’s goal was to stay a browser game so people could play it without downloading. WoW,I’m sure,is constantly updating so it’s players will not get bored. Take out the constant updates. And boom…you lose like half of their players.

Vrey much of what you say is true anonymousx. I don’t feel like discussing anymore. But why don’t you use a name?

Regards,
Blu

Sorry for a second comment, but 3rd is about being creative, and wiki lists. Fifth is about better classes. Its jsut a strange mixup of thoughts. But I think I got my point across.

Dfl.

Dungeons and storyline. WoW has the most immersive dungeons I have ever seen in any game. Even Deadmines, a low level dungeon has its own storyline. The home and headquarters of an infamous and brutal gang of thieves, murderers, and traitors? Run by a former noble of stormwind? That’s Deadmines. One of the first instances you see. Now imagine the high level ones. Ulduar, for example. Epic storyline.

While I’m on the topic of storyline, I’d like to point out that Warcraft has 3 other games and at LEAST 6 full-length novels behind it. I have not seen a single RS book or game (aside from RS itself, of course.

Also, I recall someone here pointing out that the only story in WoW is the 2-3 minutes after you first create your character. Specifically, I’d like to point out that this person is woefully wrong and clearly does not know what they’re talking about. The storyline of your race, their cultures and their values, are expressed quite clearly throughout the starting zones, and even for a short time after that.

At level 70 in Northrend, too, a broader storyline involving a betrayal of the horde by grand apothecary Putress is played out through a questline. This event even had it’s own cinematic cutscene and an assault on an actual horde capital. Epic enough? For me, yes, and I don’t believe ANY game, not just RS, could compete with such deep and detailed lore.

If I come across as angry or degrading toward RS, I don’t mean to. RS has it’s good points as well, but I personally believe WoW has a better storyline overall.

Thanks for reading, have a good day.

are you kidding me h k .. how much money does world of warcraft make a day? 50million??? yea i guess cuz they only absolutely care about money only while runescape care about the players have fun 80% in WoW you can only play 10 days hahah very funny it’s like pay to play,,no money no honey haha lol….

Borktheorc — Overall you may think Runescape is more fun. However, regardless of the fact that Blizz makes a lot of money from WoW, it doesn\’t make it a bad, boring, or monotonous game. In fact, why do you think they require so much money? It\’s because they have so many employees constantly designing new additions to the game. The have to pay so many employees to provide such excellent customer service and add fun and interesting new content to the game (Contrary to what many people may think, I do think WoW is really expensive and that Blizzard is really greedy, but that doesn\’t mean WoW is a bad game, because it IS really fun). Also, do you know why the Troggs look so absurd? Neither do I from a lore point of view, but I do know that Blizzard chose to make them like that. How about Murmur or Ragnaros. Do they look silly? Or Yogg-Saron? C\’thun? Onyxia? Anub\’Arak? Ethereals? The list of cool-looking bosses and creatures goes on and on.

Buffy — Your utter lack of logical reasoning and nigh-nonexistent mastery of the English language support my opinion of you as an 8 year old who can\’t afford WoW. So let me put it this way: if you can\’t talk and reason like a human being, go home, back to the cage your parents locked you in all your life. None of us want to listen to your pathetic argument.

Anyway, sorry for the wall of text. I\’d post something more relevant to Runescape vs WoW, but I\’m tired of typing and I want to go do something else. Thanks for reading and I hope everyone had a happy Halloween.

Very nice article!! –> WoW.

You say WoW’s only PvP is by duelling but there is also open World- PVP like the wilderness but then much bigger (and ofc arena’s and battlegrounds so there it should be WoW > RS

Hi H K. I’m sorry I didn’t write anything to you but I’ve had this article for over a year and it’s beginning to be boring, but you seem really nice compared to those idiots who just type a lot of spam and has got no arguments for their answers. I’m so happy you liked the article. I haven’t heard that on this article for a loooong time. It really took me long to go trough all those things and this was just my opinion back then. I’m really glad to hear yours too and of course I understand.

Since I wrote this article I’ve been playing both WoW and Runescape some times after. Manyt hings have been changed in both games and in fact, I hate the new thing that Blizzard did to wow. Nothing is the same.. (abilities and talents I think).

Best regards,
Blu

- H K you rock.

BluSphere — I personally like what blizz did to the abilities and talents overall. I think it adds a wonderful new depth to lower level characters, getting a new and fascinating ability at level ten.

However, there are some things I don’t like, such as the fact that you only get a talent point every other level. For example, I just got my DK to level 74! Hooray! So, what did I get for all of my effort…?

… Nothing. Not ONE ability, talent point, new piece of gear, nothing. Leveling up and gaining nothing? Great way to break my momentum Blizzard, now I really don’t feel like leveling my DK anymore because I barely get anything in return. Leveling up at high levels should be more rewarding than at low levels, right? Since it requires so much more time and effort? Well, on the contrary, leveling my nublet lock from 10-20 was so much fun, getting to try new spells every other level and getting new talent points in between. It encouraged me to keep going and getting stronger.

Anyway, back on topic… Yeah, there are some pros and cons to the new system, but I really like all the new talents and abilities, at least while they’re still exciting.

So yeah, there’s my personal opinion. I’m glad you noticed my comments and responded… It’s good to feel like someone actually noticed and seriously considered my comment, instead of just flaming and spamming like a majority of the people on the internet.

To intelligent people like BluSphere! *clink*

how can you even compare these games ?
runescape is a flash game, compare Guild wars and wow or something.. it doesen’t make much sence.

Amazing post!
I really think that Runescape is better, as a thirteen year old boy I need to relax from school sometimes. I’ve got ambitions, so I work alot at school. I think it’s nice to come home and play a game I’ve been playing since i was 7-8 years old. WITHOUT paying 15 dollars a month and BUYING a game.

Lol my mistake..the two above posts were mine. I didn’t know it posted the first one. It said there was an error..Sorry. Just ignore the 2nd post.

First: No I don’t “bash” everyone with disagree. Take a look at earlier comments of mine. I agree with pretty many people. Both Runescape’rs and WoW’rs. Agumentation accepted, right?

Well. For your next question. Statement. You say that I don’t state why I am disagreeing with “everyone”. Listen up friend, I wrote a whole article. I don’t think I have to state my opinions once again. I wrote this article long ago but it’s not actually my problem if you guys haven’t read it. I’m sure that most of you check the intro of this article and then just scroll scroll scroll down to the end and write your opinions without even checking mine. And that’s completely alright with me. Just don’t tell me that I don’t give my opinion or state why I disagree with you – If I do.

When this serious and angry part is over I want to thank you for writing such a long and heartfelt comment. I’m glad that people haven’t given up and that you still fight for your side. It’s really interesting and I agree with many things that you say about World of Warcraft. – Yet I’m not going to tell you WHAT I agree with, because you probably already know after reading my entire article, right RSsuX453

By the way. I’m sorry you had to re-write the whole thing but I’m glad you still got the original comment posted. I’ll just delete the second one which you told me to ignore.

Best wishes,
BluSphere

Did you even mention the raids? Also, there is no good/evil in WoW.

What’s funny is that I still play rs. That’s how ring my life is right now.

runescape rocks!!!!!!!!!!! runescape rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WoW just shoots everything I love on a RPG game. I like its interface, raids, battlegrounds (PK grounds with strategies), boss fights, and the updated quests are fun.

RS is also good especially the quests Its way better for me than WoW but I just dont like how you control you character and the Hit, your turn, Hit, your turn combat doesnt really ring the bell for me. Ive played many RPG games with highly detailed and interactive battle system and I see WoW with this, so I go for WoW.

I think you guys (tae chan, Wow=rs2, & RPG) has got some good points. Both games are very great but it can be hard to compare them. They’re very different and I’ve come to know that it’s a personal question really. If it’s not: then World of Warcraft seem to have the best graphics and visual stuff like that. Thanks for the comments!

Best wishes and Happy December,
BluSphere

I’m glad you understand and that you’re able to see it from both sides. I agree with you. – and yes it must be hell of a lot work with the Java scripts! .. Damn.

Thanks for the comments friend.

Best regards,
BluSphere

Runescape
Pros: free, lots of skills, not repetitive, membership is cheap, browser, no download, fast
Cons: bad graphics, immature people

WoW
Pros: good graphics, lots of quests, big world, lots of skills
Cons: breaks down often, very expensive, have to buy the game, too easy to level up, can only have two skills at a time, very repetitive

I think runescape is a lot better game. Most of the people who hate runescape probably did not go past level 60 so they had no fun. Many of you think that a lot of races is good but that means
you are limited to certain things but in runescape you can do everything. There are bad graphics in runescape but gameplay is better than graphics and the graphics are being updated. Also, the quests in WoW are very repetitive but the ones in runescape are all unique and fun. And no, runescape is not a kiddie game. So far I have not encountered any immature people but I do not get why you cannot just ignore them. Also, in WoW you level up too quickly so you can only have fun leveling up for a little while but in runescape it is actually hard to level up and runescape is more challenging. The big reason that runescape is better is that the membership costs 5 or 8 dollars a month while in WoW you have to buy the game and pay 15 dollars a month. Oh, and lets not forget that in WoW it breaks down a lot so you are wasting your money when you cannot play. However, like my previous comment stated, you should play runescape and try the 10 day trial for WoW and see which one you like. But for runescape, try to get a higher level before quitting because it is a lot more fun when you are a higher level.

I’m sorry but you guys either are ten year olds ranting on how you never got to play WoW and switched to Runescape by default. So what if many of the WoW quests are just get this and come back, at least you can team up and do it with a friend!!! Every fricken runescape member quest I did required me going on runescapewiki and reading an article for half an hour before actually starting the quest. You guys are probably just poor and lazy to get WoW.
In WoW there are around 50,000 thousand more ways to PvP on different maps, classes, races and arenas. In Runescape all I remember was the Al Kharid Arena and Stealing Creation, Bounty Hunter sucks as of now. In Runescape everone has the same goddamn weapons and armour to fight with (and skills)!!!!! That means you either have to 1. Win by luck 2. Spam your food before you die. As a rogue in WoW you have to time your cooldowns, make evasion manuevers, and guess what? YOU CAN’T SPAM YOUR SHARKS! Awwww that offends half the ten year olds on this forum… You guys serious? This is how big WoW is compared to Runescape: Runescape- [ ] members ] WoW- [ (that's big) ]
In WoW the prices actually make sense!!! Your not paying extreme amounts for yew logs then losing all your money after you make all those yew long bows. The ore in WoW costs less than the metal bars!!!!! WOW THAT’S LIKE REAL LIFE KIDDIES!!!
As for lore… I’m sorry Runescape has no lore. All I remember was those gay Runescape Gods Videos that weren’t that funny in the end because all it included was three homeless fags that masturbaited in their basements. WoW lore? Dude I could go on for HOURS! There are pages and pages and pages of just complete lore from not just WoW but from Warcraft 1, 2, 3. People have on the street arguements about this kind of stuff.
In Runescape everyone has the same fricken armour, skills, weapons quests, places and etc. Guys the only skill I remeber was to spam Ice Barrage on the Lowbies while spamming your food. If half of you started playing WoW this second most of you would die in utter confusion because of all the things you would have to remember. In Runescape if I saw a guy charging with his dagger I would immediately know that he would hit 230’s on me and I would run. If I saw a priest and warrior standing guarding a flag, 1. I would grab my buddy 2. Evaluate the situation 3. Take out the priest first and allow my DK buddy to handle the warrior 4. Make sure of the use of the cooldowns both of them and us use 5. Eliminate the priest first so no healz will be used. 6. Oh crap my dk died so vanish and repeat! or Priest is down time to get your DoT’s on that Warrior! Ice Barrage and food… That’s all you need to know.

So kids, actually play both games first before making your extremely bias comment…

Thats right. Double post for the emphasis…

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hey i think rs could beat WoW any day. wow is the worst game i have ever played on MMORPG and it is terrible. rs was alwys better in everything there is but on wow you can be an engineer which is to fancy
seeya

i like runescape a lot have not tried wow but it looks cool …. but i like rs for all the things that jagex has provided for us from the money making to the skilling soo that is kinda my opinion cuz i havent tried world of warcraft sooo ya.

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@Splinx, am not sure if you are talking to me (since mine was the post before yours) or to Blusphere, but I think you\’ll find that I said part of the reason I prefer Runescape is BECAUSE it is less social. Or, rather, that there is less in that you need to do along with other players to be able to succeed. Plenty opportunity for being social if that\’s what you WANT to do, but you very rarely NEED to. And that suits me!

The bads bout runescape… You lose your armor when you die, horrible horrible graphics, long ass leveling, only can make one charecter for an account, can only kill ppl in a certain level range, have to click to move around, few attacks, can get viruses from playing the game, account hacking 10times eazyer, super long questing, limted custom creation, and not enough armor or dif armor creation, the amor looks toatally horrible, pvp is a fail in the game, pve is a double fail in the game, no real story to the game, and a bunch of 6th graders play it… Bads bout wow… 15 bucks a month, consumes your life, gets alil boring “all games do tho” only two professions but only need two cas it makes the economy in the game.. and thats it… the good with rs… Its a fantasy mmo game to help kids practice for a even better mmo game such as wow.. high level cap… many many professions.. and thats it… goods bout wow… tons of acheivements, insain and intense pvp and pve action… way better graphics.. has a story line to almost everything you do… mounts … social economy… two fraction sides to no who ur against and enemys with.. less hackers in the game… less chance of a virus… better custom creations… better amor styles… tons of more moves and effects… tons of new things to acheive and to strive for… diffrent charecters you can try dnt have to be just one charecter everybody is… rounds and set up places for certain levels to go against each other… chat can be filtered if wanted… pro gamers play wow along with colleges make gamers and game desighners test on wow…. alot more people in the game with tons of more relms…. Wow has been in the top 10 of mmos of the past sense it has came out… always in the top three… rs has been in the top mmos two times but hasnt been for 2010 2009 or 2008… but wow has… rs is a fun fantasy game.. but wow has over ranked rs in many ways with pro gamers to prove it with the money to prove it with countries to prove it and game devolpers as well…

Okay, I played runescape until level 87. So you can’t say i didn’t experinance anything. I found that runescape got very boring. I got hacked once, got my 200m back. Hacked again. Jagex has awful security. I didn’t bot, or go to any private server. I got hacked straight from their website!!!!!!!! And i am fairly new in WoW, (lvl 10) and i find it FAR more enjoyable than runescape. It just is so much bigger, diverse, there is nothing quite like WoW, nothing as amazingly fun. I am not one of those wusses that lost their stuff and quit because i am too lazy to get back. I did my fair share of work. I just love WoW, and im not saying Runescape sucks, it gets 2nd place in MMORPG games. WoW deserves first, though. It is just so much more enjoyable, and complex for me. And trust me, most of the people saying “Runescape pwns WOW soo hard!” or the other way, havent played both. I encourage you to play both, getting to a decent level in both games, and tell me how you feel. GGGGGOoooooooooooooo WoW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, I played runescape until level 87. So you can\\\’t say i didn\\\’t experinance anything. I found that runescape got very boring. I got hacked once, got my 200m back. Hacked again. Jagex has awful security. I didn’t bot, or go to any private server. I got hacked straight from their website!!!!!!!! And i am fairly new in WoW, (lvl 10) and i find it FAR more enjoyable than runescape. It just is so much bigger, diverse, there is nothing quite like WoW, nothing as amazingly fun. I am not one of those wusses that lost their stuff and quit because i am too lazy to get back. I did my fair share of work. I just love WoW, and im not saying Runescape sucks, it gets 2nd place in MMORPG games. WoW deserves first, though. It is just so much more enjoyable, and complex for me. And trust me, most of the people saying \\\”Runescape pwns WOW soo hard!\\\” or the other way, havent played both. I encourage you to play both, getting to a decent level in both games, and tell me how you feel. GGGGGOoooooooooooooo WoW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

while i must agree with some if not most of the statements you made, i have to tell you you are quite wrong. as in runescape, warcraft has a ranged aspect in combat. however in runescape you can, in fact, use bows as well as crossbows with enchanted bolts which hold special abilities depending on the type, throwing axes, darts, holy water, throwing knives, obsidian rings, swamp lizards, chinchompas (explosive guinea pig things which hurt multiple people at once) javelins, slings (sling shots) hand cannons (sort of like a gun? i think) and a bazooka looking launcher that fires goo. and even a cannon you can set up that rotates blasting everything within a given radius of it hitting higher than most players are able to. in runescape as ranged weapons. most of these which may be poisoned, poison+ ‘ed or poison++ ‘ed by the herblore skill

as for having a pet fight with you on WOW, on runescape, there are almost limitless possibilities for the summoning skill, not all of the familiars are like a gay ass beaver or a minotaur. you can summon the unicorn stallion which heals you while in battle. or the dreaded steel titan, which has a higher max hit than even a top level player (and is easily 5X the size of a player on runescape), to literally rape, fist, sodomize, violate, destroy, and take a massize steaming sh!t on anyone who makes you mad. and about the items thing, i wouldnt even cover this but this is what most people who play warcraft say they think is “bad” about runescape. when really, this aspect very well could be the one biggest thing runescape has against WOW, PWI or any form of legitimate WOW killer out there. what fun is “pking” if you dont lose your items?? two people fight and nobody dies, so who wins? id say they both lose for wasting their time fighting with no form of profit reward. and some people (who are good at the game of runescape) such as myself being level 131, have the ability to actually turn a GREAT profit off of other players in the wilderness. on WOW if you duel someone with epic gear and win, you walk away just as broke and ill-respected as before, where as on runescape, you stand a great chance of walking away with anywhere from 1 coin to literally 500m in cash (not likely), a realistic profit would be anywhere from 120k-20m though 5-600m is possible thought highly unlikely, as most people would choose not to risk that much of their loot! so on runescape you have a chance of walking away with some free not-earned cash as well as the respect that this brings when others see your adventurer’s log. but you could also lose that much if youre not well enough prepared prepared to fight in the given situation you may be put into (like if you are in the deep wilderness wearing ALL melee gear(bad idea) and a mage attacks). this makes it a gamble, and requires runescape’s pkers to actually develop a certain level of skill for pking unlike WOW pkers who can run around fighting random people and knowing they wont die and lose items. sort of just just bullsh!tting til you kill someone by accident knowing that when you die there are absolutely no consequences. WOW just makes pking pointless and too EASY. honestly. there’s no real argument here. pking on wow is very interesting, and fair fun for a time-killer. but having high risks brings the pvp aspect to a whole new level. literally. because when you die, you lose it all, everything you worked so hard to get, while some smug 80 pound nerd walks away with a fortune (which you earned) in his pack. on wow, when you die, you say “cool i guess i just died” and walk away with all your stuff. its really just a “now i know i am able to defeat you in a friendly risk-free duel” kind of thing with warcraft. pretty pointless, yes. i know. so does the whole world. jagex knows this too. which is why after level 20 wilderness, you cant teleport (to prevent people from running from a fight like a noob when they’re about to die) this is where the real risk is, deep in the wilderness where the ground is charred black and the faint hearted dare not go. on runescape, you get the thrill and adrenaline rush of a high risk situation as well as the possible outcome of turning a great profit from the risks you took!
i thought your article was fairly well informed i just thought id add this it may be due to updates that you didnt cover some of this, but some of this i know you just didnt cover.
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only thing i say WOW has on rs is, yes most definitely, and without a doubt in any WOW or Runescape player’s mind, movement and graphics. as on WOW you have free Keyboard-style movement paired with graphics than dwarf even runescape’s high detail graphics by comparison, while on runescape you move via clicking on the ground where you wish to walk. or clicking on your enemy and controlling the fight indirectly by way of switching weapons, eating, using prayers using potions, switching comat styles, switching attack styles, using special attacks (which dont just do more damage, some may freeze your opponent, negate your opponents prayers, as well as lower your opponents attack, strength, defence, ranged, mage or prayer) or hit multiple times like the dragon dagger’s special attack which causes you to hit 2 times in 1 turn and uses 1/4 of the special bar. meaning out of 4 normal hit turns, in stead of hitting 4 times you will hit a whopping 8 times! and when paired with super poison this can become a very deadly attack. or the dragon claws. i dont know the specifics of how this weapon’s special attack works, i just know its one of the most feared weapons in the wilderness because of its deadly special attack which uses 1/4 of the bar and hits 3 times while at the same time boosting your damage on the first and second hits then averages those 2 hits for the 3d hit. not to mention the barrows sets special efects. karil- not sure ahrim- hits randomly lower enemy’s agility dharok- when hp gets low your strength fking skyrockets (ive seen people hit 990’s with dharoks) verac- hits have a chance of hitting thru prayer or armor one (i forget) torag- not sure so battling on runescape may be little more complicated in fact than WOW. you just barely scratched the surface.

What?? Quests are so important!

When you’re done getting your skill levels up and training as well as getting to the max level, there’s not much more to do than questing. Personally I think questing is the best and most fun thing to do in both games. However, WoW doesn’t have very good quests. I think that’s why they made the “achievements” section in the game : to keep people occupied, because of their poor quality quests.

Best regards,
BluSphere

WoW is better for one reason and one reason only.

[Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]

I rest my case.

First of all, great article!

But I just wanted to add a couple of comments.

First of all, the price. Even though WoW costs $15 a month, and all four games cost around $100 in total (if you buy them in a package), you get the option of creating up to 50 characters in total, whereas Runescape costs around $7-8 a month currently, but can only create one character. So you CAN actually save money by playing WoW, but only if you take advantage of having many characters at once (THOUGH it is unlikely).

Also, I would like to add a comment about the people who have only played the 10 day trial of WoW. The trial barely even scratches the surface of what you can do in WoW. You don’t get enough time to do any modern dungeons, raids, any “good” PvP (you only have enough time for 1v1), or anything. You don’t get the real taste of WoW in the time of the trial.

So for the people who are trying to compare RS and WoW, but only played the WoW 10 day trial, you shouldn’t even comment.

Thanks for reading

Only kids play runescape. as I go through the comments I see that the spam reactions are from kids that play Runescape, that is also a reason why I play WoW. But I must admit that the quests in runescape are better and more fun.

Runescape and WoW succeed in different gameplay subjects. Let’s set some ground rules — Graphics has no influence over gameplay except for the urge to play, it doesn’t prolong your desire to play though.

Quests:
I would say Runescape beats WoW in this subject. If you don’t believe me, become a member on runescape and do all the quests without any help. They’re so damn hard even I had to use the quest guides. WoW on the other hand gives fairly easy tasks such as: Kill Ten Boars and Collect Award, althought they can become much more daunting…. Runescape wins in this subject in creativity and integrity.

Skills:
WoW would most likely beat Runescape in this subject. No such thing as learning everything. Runescape messed up on this part beacause everyone becomes overly powerful when they max all their skills. With WoW, you only get 2 professions, severely limiting how powerful you can become, and with the right setup, you can kick ass. WoW wins in this subject hands down.

Sound Track:
This is a tricky debate. Runescape tries their hardest on coming up with new songs. But what’s interesting is how you earn the songs through traveling. There’s a cool emote as well when you unlock all of them. WoW doesn’t seem to offer this option but their songs are good as well, including songs that put your heart in a daunty tune. WoW and Runescape are tied.

Emotes:
WoW has more emotes than runescape itself. Runescape is constantly coming up with new emotes but are still slightly behind. Im not even going to go into details with this one because there’s not alot of debate over it. WoW wins in this subject.

Minigames, Arenas, and Other Fun Things:
Runescape is composed of many minigames but, on the other hand, WoW has, for some reason, no minigames at ALL. WoW is severely limited to Arenas and Battlegrounds, but has no feeling of risk. Runescape has an arena where you can stake your items and the winner collects all. Runescape also has a wilderness, where you can be subjected to other player’s attacks and you risk losing all of your items except for three valuable goods. WoW has more exciting gameplay when it comes to Arenas and Battlegrounds. WoW and Runescape are tied here, but Runescape wins in the feeling of “RISKING YOUR ITEMS”

Fighting:
Fighting is Runescape is boring. It’s all hit, defend, hit, defend. There’s no excitement except watching while your very brains steeps through your ears. WoW is more of a challenge because the wrong move or button could end your life. Runescape undeniably has the worst setup for magical abilities. You can only use one spell and you must wait before you can cast another. WoW’s spells, when perfected, can cause deadly damages that could possibly drop someone in a couple of seconds. WoW would win hands down on the subject of fighting.

Cost:
With the economy we live in, cost is a major factor regarding when and where we can play. WoW asks for a monthly fee of 15 dollars a month whilst Runescape asks for a mere 5 dollars. With an extra plus on the side, Runescape is a browser game, therefore there is no need to download anything except for a Java app, which most computers have alloted in their systems, making Runescape playable anywhere. WoW requires time to download because the items and maps are so immensive, and with a major downside, you must pay for each expansion pack up to 100 dollars. Runescape wins this subject.

Race and Story Line:
Both games have an interesting storyline and both have multiple races alloted in their game systems. WoW earns some credibility for making their races playable while Runescape, sadly, is limited to a single race, humans. The storylines in Runescape are interesting but the facts that must be collected are overwhelmingly too much. WoW goes at a pace where you can take all the information in while enjoying the game. WoW would win this subject only on the playable races, but for the Story lines, we can assume it’s tied.

WoW and Runescape are too complete different but similar games. I have no intentions of comparing because both have their weaknesses and Strengths. They both offer exciting gameplay that can and will diminish after a few years of playing, but may return by nostgalia. If Jagex and Blizzard were ever able to integrate, which might not ever happen, they could create a game that would blow our minds by using small details from both games.

WoW and Runescape are not going to be compared by me alone, but rather, by the people who prefer the games themselves. I have witnessed WoW and Runescape but I lean towards none. Overall, im not interested in either. These games are meant to be played for fun, not to be trolled because people are willing to “protect” their game as if it were “their god”. Enjoy both games, experience each game, and lean towards what completes you, but do not use your opinion to cast out the people who lean towards their own.

Runescape and WoW succeed in different gameplay subjects. Let\’s set some ground rules — Graphics has no influence over gameplay except for the urge to play, it doesn\\\’t prolong your desire to play though.

Quests:
I would say Runescape beats WoW in this subject. If you don\\\’t believe me, become a member on runescape and do all the quests without any help. They\\\’re so damn hard even I had to use the quest guides. WoW on the other hand gives fairly easy tasks such as: Kill Ten Boars and Collect Award, althought they can become much more daunting…. Runescape wins in this subject in creativity and integrity.

Skills:
WoW would most likely beat Runescape in this subject. No such thing as learning everything. Runescape messed up on this part beacause everyone becomes overly powerful when they max all their skills. With WoW, you only get 2 professions, severely limiting how powerful you can become, and with the right setup, you can kick ass. WoW wins in this subject hands down.

Sound Track:
This is a tricky debate. Runescape tries their hardest on coming up with new songs. But what\\\’s interesting is how you earn the songs through traveling. There\\\’s a cool emote as well when you unlock all of them. WoW doesn\\\’t seem to offer this option but their songs are good as well, including songs that put your heart in a daunty tune. WoW and Runescape are tied.

Emotes:
WoW has more emotes than runescape itself. Runescape is constantly coming up with new emotes but are still slightly behind. Im not even going to go into details with this one because there\\\’s not alot of debate over it. WoW wins in this subject.

Minigames, Arenas, and Other Fun Things:
Runescape is composed of many minigames but, on the other hand, WoW has, for some reason, no minigames at ALL. WoW is severely limited to Arenas and Battlegrounds, but has no feeling of risk. Runescape has an arena where you can stake your items and the winner collects all. Runescape also has a wilderness, where you can be subjected to other player\\\’s attacks and you risk losing all of your items except for three valuable goods. WoW has more exciting gameplay when it comes to Arenas and Battlegrounds. WoW and Runescape are tied here, but Runescape wins in the feeling of “RISKING YOUR ITEMS”.

Fighting:
Fighting is Runescape is boring. It’s all hit, defend, hit, defend. There’s no excitement except watching while your very brains steeps through your ears. WoW is more of a challenge because the wrong move or button could end your life. Runescape undeniably has the worst setup for magical abilities. You can only use one spell and you must wait before you can cast another. WoW\\\’s spells, when perfected, can cause deadly damages that could possibly drop someone in a couple of seconds. WoW would win hands down on the subject of fighting.

Cost:
With the economy we live in, cost is a major factor regarding when and where we can play. WoW asks for a monthly fee of 15 dollars a month whilst Runescape asks for a mere 5 dollars. With an extra plus on the side, Runescape is a browser game, therefore there is no need to download anything except for a Java app, which most computers have alloted in their systems, making Runescape playable anywhere. WoW requires time to download because the items and maps are so immensive, and with a major downside, you must pay for each expansion pack up to 100 dollars. Runescape wins this subject.

Race and Story Line:
Both games have an interesting storyline and both have multiple races alloted in their game systems. WoW earns some credibility for making their races playable while Runescape, sadly, is limited to a single race, humans. The storylines in Runescape are interesting but the facts that must be collected are overwhelmingly too much. WoW goes at a pace where you can take all the information in while enjoying the game. WoW would win this subject only on the playable races, but for the Story lines, we can assume it\\\’s tied.

WoW and Runescape are too complete different but similar games. I have no intentions of comparing because both have their weaknesses and Strengths. They both offer exciting gameplay that can and will diminish after a few years of playing, but may return by nostgalia. If Jagex and Blizzard were ever able to integrate, which might not ever happen, they could create a game that would blow our minds by using small details from both games.

WoW and Runescape are not going to be compared by me alone, but rather, by the people who prefer the games themselves. I have witnessed WoW and Runescape but I lean towards none. Overall, im not interested in either. These games are meant to be played for fun, not to be trolled because people are willing to “protect” their game as if it were \\\”their god\\\”. Enjoy both games, experience each game, and lean towards what completes you, but do not use your opinion to cast out the people who lean towards their own.

I personally find it baffling that there can honestly be any logical comparison between the two. I mean, RuneScape is made by Jagex, a small, independent developer without the resources to make a retail game. It was built in Java, which is the same programming language as many of the mobile phone games use.

This contrasts with Blizzard’s multi million pound, custom built game engine, which has 6 years of development from a dedicated team behind it.

The control system doesn’t even compare, Runescape is essentially a point and click adventure. Both used turn based combat, but WoW has a much more interactive combat system.

It baffles me that people think that having as many skills to level as Runescape do is a good thing, it is said that Warcraft is incredibly grind based, but to level 20 skills requires days upon days of the same repetitive tasks over and over.

To an extent, I agree with the Runescape quests being more unique, but there are less the 100, that’s less than Warcraft has in one zone. This and the fact that game is built differently, WoW uses quests as a way to become ready for the end game, which surpasses RuneScape without question. The raiding and PvP in World of Warcraft are lightyears ahead of what RuneScape has to offer, and it feels like there is an end goal, something not true in RuneScape.

In terms of storyline, there is no contest. World of Warcraft is to many people all Warcraft is. But if you take an interest in the Lore, there are 3 RTS games, comic books, an extended series of novels, and a feature length movie in the works. RuneScape’s storyline is awkward to find, and really not very engaging, the quests don’t tie together as a rule, and the Lore of the gods doesn’t really seem to make it’s way into the actual gameplay.

I don’t see how people can ever really say that RuneScape is better than WoW. Whether you dislike World of Warcraft for whatever reason, I don’t think anyone can say that RuneScape is actually a better game. You may individually prefer it, but 12 million subscribers don’t lie.

It does have it’s faults, I can think of many things in WoW I’d like to improve, but to objectively say that a free to play browser based game is better than the industry leader is daft to say the least.

I’m not expecting anyone to read all this, I’m just writing this all down for myself to choose between these two games, because I’m not planning to pay for both at the same time. It’s easier when writing down what I like or don’t like about it. I’m gonna write down everything I don’t like about it, to then see which one has the least of it.

My membership in runescape has just ended and I can’t seem to choose between both games now. I have played both games for quite a while. I’ve got 4 85’s on WoW and a lvl 104 with about 1720 total level with a 99 on Rs. There’s just… Each games has its own strengths and weaknesses that it’s so hard to choose between both.

Things I don’t like:

WoW: First of all, leveling to 85 can be quite boring. All the quests seem different, meaning different monsters, different zones and stuff. But eventually they’re always about the same. E.g. talking to someone, killing something, killing stuff, etc. and eventually from WoTLK on some siege quests, flying quests and other stuff that repeats often. Then the other way to level is by or going for random dungeons which can also be quite repititive, or doing random battlegrounds, although they don’t give a lot of experience compared to questing. Then when you’re 85, you can choose whether you go for PvP, do battlegrounds, gather PvP gear and then go arena, to then get even better gear and get a good rating. Or you go for PvE and you keep repeating the same boring hc’s, until you finally gear up enough to raid a bit. Further on, combat is nearly the only important thing in WoW. Sure, you can level professions, but you max it really easily, and then you’re done. Or you should go grind whatever kind of recources to then sell. Fishing, cooking… Only good for achievements, and perhaps to set up a feast. *cough* i own a feast, yay, now the whole raid will love me! *cough*. A positive thing is that there is quite some difference between classes, so you can just change when you get bored, and use a whole different playing style, but I’m trying to stick to calling the negative thing about the game.

Runescape: In general, all skills are boring. They all have something repititive you have to do. And then they’ll always have a period of time you have to wait, until you do the same kind of clicking again. I’d say only the dungeoneering skill doesn’t have the same repititive clicks, but then, people find this skill quite boring, and it’s more like a minigame. You’d even start wondering why people bother training skills, since they don’t bring any fun to you. But yeah, people want to be better than others, and if they can show off their amazing runecrafting skillcape, or even their max skill capes, combined with their white partyhat and third age gear, they’ll have the “fun” they need. But to do that, you have to train boring skills. The only thing that is fun about it, is having the thought that you’ll ever have a high level to be able to show off. Doing quests in runescape can be quite fun, if it isn’t for the load and loads of running you have to do. Combat is quite disadvanced and you’re just meant to click a monster, wait for your own health to go down, and eat some food. Or drink some potions. For higher leveled monsters you can have a strategy, but it’ll never be like the strategies on boss monsters in WoW.

So, people just play so they can brag, right? Then runescape is better for that, since people can see your skills, your wealth, and so on. In WoW, you just brag with a rare achievement or the achievement of completing a raid. Or you gotta be really rarely good and get some gladiator achievement or perhaps a “realm’s first” achievement. But I think, if you want to play purely for fun, WoW is better, since it gives you something to actually do, that you don’t have to wait for. The negative thing about this is that there isn’t a lot to do. quests, dungeons, battlegrounds, arena, raids. meanwhile, professions, if they aren’t maxed yet (or you just make things to sell, but that’d be a lot like runescape). Eventually, these things also get really repititive and you get tired of it.

I think I’m gonna stick to runescape because I’m tired of repititive dungeons, battlegrounds and quests that are the millionth time to do, while runescape offers quite a lot of different skills. But they’re just… quite boring.

Perhaps I should choose neither of these two games, but then what do I take? I’ve lost my gaming addiction quite a while ago, and now I get bored all the time. And I’m too lazy to get a life, so I can’t stop trying either.

My daughter loves Runescape.

I’ll definately check it out “SWTARG”

Haha I know! This article is so crazy. It was one of the first I ever wrote and I haven’t been able to write something this attractive since. I should probably write some more about world of warcraft or vs or runescape or something like that. And I am actually.. But it’s hard to know what good to write about. right?

Thanks for the comment! I’m glad you liked this.

Best regards
BluSphere

WoW is better because there are many places in azeroth and outland. WoW also has mounts while runescape doesn’t and also have any of you damn people know there is now a free version of WoW?!!! Named starter edition!!! And there are awesome creatures!!!! Bosses! And good graphics while runescape look a bit like an 8-bit! And only has the amazing quests to the arrogant premium users!