Patch 1.3 has been a great success so far. There has been many quality-of-life updates and balancing changes that have made the game feel much more fresh! However, with patch 1.3's release, it un-whitelisted two mutator's that many community members have come to know as a staple of their RS2 experience: More Damage and Classic Mutator.
There have been multiple changes done to RS2 since release that have decreased the "lethality" of certain aspects of the game. These changes include:
- reduction of the area of effect of frag grenades
- reduction in the damage of many different caliber weapons, including 5.56 and 7.62x39, the two intermediate cartridges for M16 and AK
The above changes, and more, have made the game less of a hardcore experience. I can speak for many players when we say we like the more challenging, realistic experience that comes without these sort of changes. Multiple servers and communities have been running the More Damage and Classic Mutators for some time, and the players of these servers have come to know these mutators as core to their RS2 experience. With their de-whitelisting with 1.3 servers are not able to stay full. A LOT of people care about XP in RS2, even level 99's, and ranking has a material impact on what server they chose to play. Without whitelisting, the More Damage and Classic Mutator mods are dead and have no future. Some of the players that have come to play on these servers have even said they won't play the game without More Damage as they are used to this type of gameplay.
I know I speak for a lot of people when I say that we would greatly appreciate if the More Damage and Classic Mutator mod's were whitelisted. Please consider whitelisting these mutators.
There have been multiple changes done to RS2 since release that have decreased the "lethality" of certain aspects of the game. These changes include:
- reduction of the area of effect of frag grenades
- reduction in the damage of many different caliber weapons, including 5.56 and 7.62x39, the two intermediate cartridges for M16 and AK
The above changes, and more, have made the game less of a hardcore experience. I can speak for many players when we say we like the more challenging, realistic experience that comes without these sort of changes. Multiple servers and communities have been running the More Damage and Classic Mutators for some time, and the players of these servers have come to know these mutators as core to their RS2 experience. With their de-whitelisting with 1.3 servers are not able to stay full. A LOT of people care about XP in RS2, even level 99's, and ranking has a material impact on what server they chose to play. Without whitelisting, the More Damage and Classic Mutator mods are dead and have no future. Some of the players that have come to play on these servers have even said they won't play the game without More Damage as they are used to this type of gameplay.
I know I speak for a lot of people when I say that we would greatly appreciate if the More Damage and Classic Mutator mod's were whitelisted. Please consider whitelisting these mutators.