A redditor had a crashout after Jagex nerfed the XP rates for Sailing describing it as being permanently left behind.
All that talk about “the golden age” and “your time matters” just went straight out the window.
This update has shown that my time—and a lot of other players’ time—is not equal.
“Let’s release a huge new skill right in the middle of the holiday season for our main playerbase. Couldn’t log in because you were with family? Too bad—enjoy being permanently behind while anyone who no-lifed it hits endgame.”
And now we’re watching XP rates go down and drop rates go up after those players already cashed in.
As usual, the rich get richer. All the joy and hype I had for this skill just got ripped out from under me. Time to dock my ship and go back to the normal slayer grind. Might even raise my cannon with everyone else.
Signed,
A former Sailing doubter who became a full supporter…
and knew it was too good to be true
EDIT:I want to clear this up my main frustration is not regarding gp or anything else. It’s the fact of the timing of this nerf and years of development. Then to nerf it this hard this long after release is ridiculous.
SECOND EDIT: I completely understand the nerfing of the crystal(honestly don’t understand how that passed testing). It’s the nerfing of the salvaging and only a small increase to a method that isn’t used and probably will not be used for higher levels(I can be proven wrong). This game has always been about polling and this seems like we don’t have a say and are being told to like it. This is a slope that feels a lot like when EOC came out and we were told there’s no going back. If this can happen for this then what’s next?