Jagex is legitimately scared of their own reddit and I think it’s becoming one of the biggest problems with this company and in turn, its games. They have become so obsessed with the reaction of a small but extremely loud portion of the playerbase that it feels like they can’t make a single game or business decision anymore without immediately looking at reddit to see if they’re allowed to stand behind it. RS3 Reignited is probably the best example of this right now. You guys made this. You spent the time, money and resources developing it. You made trailers, you took time out at Runefest to annouce it, you put all the pieces into play. Presumably there are people inside Jagex who actually believe in what they’re making and have a vision for what RS3 should be going forward. So fucking stand behind it. It feels like every single announcement for OSRS or RS3 comes with this weird nervous energy where Jagex is already preparing to apologize for whatever reddit decides it doesn’t like. I’m not saying don’t listen to the community, but listening to feedback and being completely terrified of upsetting reddit are two different things. At some point you have to have some confidence in the people you hired to make the fucking game. Make something and explain why you made it. Listen to the feedback and change things when the feedback actually makes sense, but stop acting like every angry reddit thread is a five alarm fire that requires an emergency response from the company. I’d genuinely rather see Jagex make a decision I completely disagree with and actually stand behind it than watch them constantly second guess themselves because Reddit might get mad. Have some backbone. Have some confidence in your own developers. Have an actual vision for your own game. You’re Jagex, you guys literally make RuneScape. Reddit doesn’t. Idk let the downvotes flow or whatever. This has just been so annoying lately and I’m bored lol submitted by /u/LushIsDrunk
Originally posted by u/LushIsDrunk on r/2007scape