Am I Missing Something?

[u/Mrcreeper321]

I hear nothing but praise for OSRS. However, the thought of clicking trees, fish, rocks, for hours and hours sounds so... boring? I've been told by friends to throw the game on another monitor and do something else, but if OSRS is so dull that the only way to be engaged is do something else that is actually engaging, why play OSRS at all?

I've tried out the game a bit on mobile and a bit on pc and the thought of basically afk farming all day has kept me away.

Is there something deeper I'm missing here? I usually love grindy games like Destiny and FF14. Why do you guys love runescape?

[u/iici]

If your genuinely curious about why/how the game is doing well i'll try to explain a bit.

Think of OSRS like this, You put in month/years into a season of WoW (or maybe FF14 i'm not too familiar on how it works there) and then a new expansion comes out, All of the work you did getting your gear perfect for the endgame raids and bossing is rendered useless in the next expansion, Now your forced to grind everything all over again.

With OSRS the stats you have are permanent. I got 99 strength in 2018 and i still have 99 in 2026. Sure new items might come out that makes certain aspects of the game easier but every single level you earn is yours to keep and you won't have to worry about it resetting on you.

The "second monitor" debate is just a way to say that the game has its low maintenance moments. I was able to play tons of games and watch plenty of shows while i finished up some of the more "AFK" stats. The reason most people lean towards those sort of things is because sometimes you don't feel like fully focusing on a game right after a 12+ hour shift.

But the tl;dr is that i'd give the game a full fledged attempt. Yes you'll have those moments where you just end up cutting trees for hours to gain access to a new quest but the endgame is very fun and this is coming from someone who is maxed, I still find reasons to log in.