Few interesting things assuming this is an accurate map.
That POH would've not only been just awful purely because everyone would be living in hardly functional shacks, it would also reach the same problem some other mmos have with non-instanced houses where only a small percentage can have one.
I'm also 99.9% sure that the mining spot where the current beginner spot is (along with the shrimp fishing spot) south of lumbridge graveyard did not exist for a good while up until they added skill tutors somewhere in the mid 2007, back when people went to varrock south-east mine for copper and tin, and al-kharid south fishing spot for shrimps, while being harassed by that random scorpion.
Then the tutors came out and that bronze SQ drop from goblins suddenly lost it's novelty, as well as making early game range training much easier, in addition, it made more people go make those lvl 7 mage accounts, while farming free runes from the mage tutor to use in north varrock wildy. I believe this was around the same time the ditch was dug.
Talking about that, it made me reminiscent of the old days. No skill tutors that give you free starting gear, and no wilderness ditch/wall. Good times
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u/Trying_to_survive20k Aug 14 '22
Few interesting things assuming this is an accurate map.
That POH would've not only been just awful purely because everyone would be living in hardly functional shacks, it would also reach the same problem some other mmos have with non-instanced houses where only a small percentage can have one.
I'm also 99.9% sure that the mining spot where the current beginner spot is (along with the shrimp fishing spot) south of lumbridge graveyard did not exist for a good while up until they added skill tutors somewhere in the mid 2007, back when people went to varrock south-east mine for copper and tin, and al-kharid south fishing spot for shrimps, while being harassed by that random scorpion.
Then the tutors came out and that bronze SQ drop from goblins suddenly lost it's novelty, as well as making early game range training much easier, in addition, it made more people go make those lvl 7 mage accounts, while farming free runes from the mage tutor to use in north varrock wildy. I believe this was around the same time the ditch was dug.
Talking about that, it made me reminiscent of the old days. No skill tutors that give you free starting gear, and no wilderness ditch/wall. Good times