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r/runescape•
Badmann

How come..?

Question

I'm really annoyed by this weeks update, and not because it even effects me in the slightest.

I'd like to know why all this skill resets etc can be implemented, but because some of us told Mr EX back in july 2015 that we didnt want to deiron ever - that we cant have a reset for that...

It was an option selected 8 years ago, it was a completely different game back then, when hacked accounts was an alarmingly common thing -many chose the option for protection from this being done without our blessing - but now 8 years later we are held to this decision

I know im not the only one that feels this is ridiculous...

Posted Mar 27, 2023, 10:54 AM UTC

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VANtheSven:Guthix: the True World Guardian•

Pretty sure it isn't impossible to do, but giving you the ability to reset a permanent iron status kinda makes it not permanent 😅.

The xp reset is (mostly) for accidental xp gains. The iron lock was a conscious decision made.

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BadmannOP:Ironman: Ironman•

I get what youre saying but, it was a conscious decision made 8 years ago amidst many accounts being hacked and deironed by the hackers, also made before so many changes were made to the game mode and the game its self

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pokemononrs:Max: Maxed•

I couldn't disagree more. The thought of losing my status to accommodate someone who flat-out asked to stay an iron makes no sense.

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sawyerwelden•

I could see someone wanting to no longer be an iron, there's a lot more upkeep now right? Div wasn't even a thing back then

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pokemononrs:Max: Maxed•

I can too but I can't see sacrificing the safety of the many to accommodate the few that's my point.

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Fren-LoE:Comp: Frenguin•

"I made a permanent decision without thinking hard about how it would impact me years into the future, and now I'm upset because I didn't think hard about how it would impact me years into the future." - The system is working exactly as intended. That's my first point.

The second point is that if you really want to de-iron just make a main, load it up with cash and within 6 months you'll be back to the endgame on a main.

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Sylthrim:Ironman: Trimming Armour•

I like that it is permanent. Otherwise hackers again can deiron hacked accounts even if the player chose to never do it. Also, you should have known what you were getting yourself into when they said it was permanent.

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BeepusSaurus•

Not saying it's impossible, but resetting accident exp gains - or exp gains in general - implicates way less questions than reverting your iron status back. Do you simply get your status back and keep progress made during that time? Probably not. Do you reset to a certain state of the account? Technical more complex than exp resets. Can you only reset if you didn't progress at all in that phase, because we only do that for hacking situations? And probably alot of better questions than I've been asking.

Trying to say: I don't actually see the parallels between those 2 topics. Plus as others said, it's kinda implicated by the game mode itself that you can't revert that, but thats just an opinion.

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Quiet-Hearing-3266•

You have it backwards. OP wants to convert their iron back into a main because they don't want to deal with the newer upkeep and such of an iron and likely feels their accomplishments are devalued by being allowed to pvm with mains.

Personally I fully disagree. There is a pleasure in sustaining an account yourself AND being able to play with your friends. If it doesn't appeal to you, make a new account and drop everything over.

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BeepusSaurus•

Uh, I'm not quite sure if I understand you correct, as you can convert your iron into a main? Thus I thought it was about de-ironing and now getting back to be an Ironman?

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Quiet-Hearing-3266•

Yes, you can do that at Mr. Ex. But there is an option to turn that off permanently which was added to prevent people accidentally doing that or getting hacked and having a hacker reset their iron progress. OP wants to convert back to a main but has the option off. This complaint has been lodged a lot since God arrows and irons pvming with mains.

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BeepusSaurus•

Ahhh thaaankss for clarifying. This makes my post unnecessary of course.

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