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Runescape used to be a social game, and when mini-games actually had good rewards people flocked to them to grind or sometimes to have fun. Over the years RS has become a bigger grind-fest but more importantly, much less social. And not just that, but also everyone keeps to themselves, does their own thing, and rarely do people get together besides when there is something like the Fayre going on. Even with its ridiculous lag during Happy Hour, its great to see so many people in one place.
"Back in my day" tons would gather in Falador to sell their goods, later that changed to the Grand Exchange, where you would always see tons of people. Then they made it 4 separate banks, which some people liked but it drastically lowered how many people you interact with right away. And then finally they made Priff and the Max Guild.
Now there is nearly no one at the Grand Exchange. There are also Very few people at Priff itself at times. The only exception being on high population worlds or peak times. People are all split up, no one sees the different groups of people such as high levels and low levels.
My main concern is that Menaphos will do this again, it is meant for the mid level players, so it will further take people away from Grand Exchange (the meeting place of ages). In the beginning there will be tons of high levels there for slayer, or to re-comp, but eventually they will go back to Priff. What will be left is 3 main areas of gathering, instead of 1, and yet again further anti-social behavior.
TL:DR; I think Menaphos will make mid level players gather there instead of GE, further reducing the amount of players you see during your adventures. This can lead to anti-social behavior and that's bad for the future of RS.
Everyone is split up, doing their own thing, and Menaphos will make it worse.
[Suggestion] Perhaps we can drastically lower the amount of worlds available, while simultaneously increase the caps to maybe 2500? Far too many worlds have less than 500 players at any time. (And also update popular places like Kuradal's dungeon to accommodate more people)
Post text: I for one play RS for the social aspect. I understand many people don't and simply wont care about this, but I do, and to me splitting people up even more will hurt the game, and my enjoyment.
Edit: I'm not saying Menaphos is bad, I'm referring specifically to the aspect of further splitting people up, nothing more.
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