I think, as a community, the way OSRS players direct new players is counteractive to getting new people to try the game and sticking with it. It seems like everyday there is at least one post of people saying they are new to the game that pops off and every time it feels like the same things get said: Follow the optimal quest guide, use the wiki to figure out exactly what you should do. As someone who only recently started playing the game (about 2-3 years ago now) and has ZERO nostalgia for the game having never played it growing up, I feel like this is horrible advice for a new player. OSRS is at its strongest when you can learn how to form goals for content you aspire to do and then work towards and achieve those goals. That is what makes the game, and the number go up part of it, so damn addicting. If you tell new players just to follow optimal guides and do quests without them understanding why they are doing it, they will feel like they are doing things aimlessly (especially because of quest helper and the fact so many of the beginner quests are very old and really have not aged well, especially if you are coming from other games). I think the way we should approach new players coming to our game is to ask them what they want to achieve by playing or helping them learn how to set good goals. OSRS has so many different ways to play and is filled to the brim with so much content that by just pointing to OQG and saying “do that” does such a disservice to what players can actually experience in a game with the size and scope of OSRS. Anyway just my ramble, people should tell me what they think or to explode or whatever cheers :) submitted by /u/CoolOriginalName
Originally posted by u/CoolOriginalName on r/2007scape
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