Original Reddit post

Remember when Boaty and Faux pioneered the Ironman concept? Before the game made was created, this concept was an extra challenge to give some excitement to building your account, something new, rather than the usual grind money-buy gear, to really earn each item and level. I’m not here to say playing as an ironman is exceptionally hard, but the whole point of it is as a challenge. There’s a lot of talk about Bowfa/crystal Armour being a bottleneck, increasing drop rate or adding dry prevention. We all know about it. The “red prison”. I swear, as time has gone on from the creation, people forget that the ironman game mode begun as a challenge. Its so commonplace that there are plenty of people who have abandoned main play and are solely ironmen. You chose to play that game mode, that challenge. Complaining about struggling in your optional challenge is just… silly. This isn’t a ditch the game mode, play a main and buy a bowfa post. It’s just a reminder. That’s the whole point of being an ironman. If you struggle in the CG grind, then you don’t get a bowfa. There’s no need to adjust the content. Either play your challenge game mode and grind the item, or don’t. This game came a long way before bowfa came out, you will survive. submitted by /u/tablewithnolegs

Originally posted by u/tablewithnolegs on r/2007scape