Today’s RuneScape Update Makes The MMORPG’s Original Combat Styles Easier To Learn

A new update dropped in RuneScape today, continuing Jagex’s plan to modernize the free-to-play MMORPG. Today’s update focuses on modernizing the game’s combat, making it “more intuitive and easier to learn” and creating a “simpler, but deeper, harmony between abilities.

One of a series of updates Jagex plans to implement throughout RuneScape’s 25 th Anniversary year, the Combat Modernization update is the result of running betas over the last three months, where they modified the power of player abilities, corrected timing, and implemented changes in other areas. The update follows previous Road to Restoration updates, including an improved UI and the rebalancing of the early game experience.

This won’t be the final update in this project. Jagex has already announced an update dropping later this month that will remove a lot of the daily activities players see as “chore-like”. Later in the year, players can also expect an update that will introduce changes to the surface world intended to bring “unity to the in-game environment”, as well as a visual overhaul for player characters. And, sometime in the Spring, RuneMetrics will be made available to everyone for free.