Random events: Something everyone has an opinion on, and I guarantee
you that almost everyone’s opinion is negative. That is because people see them
as an annoyance because it “interrupts” whatever activity they are doing. Well
yeah, that’s actually the point of them. Well, not to be annoying, but to interrupt
your task. You see, Random Events were added to the game as an attempt to deter
bots. However, we all know (and see) that the bots that cheaters design are designed
to solve randoms so they can continue to bot. So, in retrospect, the Random
Event implementation didn't really work all too well. On the contrary, they
must have worked somewhat because
Jagex decided to leave them in the game even though they clearly weren't working
well.
Although that’s how most people feel about Random Events, I
am the polar opposite in opinion. Random
Events for me is a positive thing. It pops up, sometimes teleports you to a mysterious
place to perform some tedious task, or sometimes you just have to talk to them.
Other times they attack you and you can either kill them or run away from them.
For me, it’s a necessary part of the game to be able to continue on with the
tedious task I was doing before the Random Event appeared. I always tend to get
Random Events at the perfect time: Right when what I am doing is getting
boring. They provide me with a little ‘escape’,
if you will, from the task, and refocus me on it when I come back.
Okay, fine, I will agree that the rewards could be a little
more, well, rewarding. I think if the
rewards were better, less people would despise them so much. Maybe they should
all work like the Maze Random Event; the faster you finish it, the better your
reward is. Or maybe, the more you finish
successfully (and in good time) the higher your rewards are. But I think we can
all agree that the rewards aren't really the best.
I just feel that Random Events Could be utilized more to
create a more user-friendly interruption to the player’s gaming time, which
some people do take very seriously.
Happy '07 Scaping!
-Robert H
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