Player tells how he went from noob to big boss killer in an MMORPG in 8 years

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The MMORPG RuneScape (Steam) is a life’s work for its fans: You can see this in the story of the player “Follow”: He tells on reddit how he went from being an inexperienced newcomer to a veteran who achieved the ultimate goal of finding every item , which the bosses in Runescape can drop. His journey lasted 8 years.

What did the player particularly achieve?

  • The player has completed the achievements “The Insane Reaper” and “The Insane Fallen Angel” in Runescape: This means that they have received all items from every boss in the game.
  • This is such a great achievement because there are a lot of bosses in RuneScape, with long loot tables and sometimes absurdly rare drops.
  • In order to achieve this achievement, you have to master every boss perfectly, have killed them countless times and have invested a total of thousands and thousands of hours in the MMORPG

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    “I was completely clueless, with no equipment or preparation”

    This is why the story is so special: On reddit, the player Follow says that he is by no means a born super gamer and boss killer, quite the opposite. He played Runescape for a long time until he was introduced to killing bosses in 2015. But then he felt completely overwhelmed:

    “I was completely clueless, had poor equipment and was not widespread. I barely survived my first Yakamaru kill. But the difficulty level decreased with each raid.”

    He really got excited about killing bosses when he had a lucky streak with the boss Vorago and picked up big items there. Now he invested 3 years in defeating every boss in the game and learning. Now it was time to get every item from the bosses.

    And that became more difficult because his 7-man group was broken by the boss “Solak”, who was much stronger than anything known before. But in the end he bit through it too.

    In the end, this journey lasted 8 years, 6 of which he actively played.

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    Terrible reflexes, often embarrassed – but in the end we made it

    This is his conclusion: The player says:

    “I play for the story. My reflexes are terrible and I really can’t multi-task well. My kills didn’t come quickly. I stumbled and died a thousand times.”

    Follow then lists bosses where he embarrassed himself and where he reached his limits, but says that in the end he always found ways to deal with the bosses and learn their mechanics and survive. Although he was never an excellent player, he improved immensely along the way.

    His lesson is: Even if you’re afraid of bosses, you should still tackle boss fights. You can do it. Just start small and work your way up slowly.

    This is a new way to learn what Runescape has to offer.

    These are the reactions: The community is enthusiastic about the story, the many details and the staying power of Follow:

  • People say this is really an inspiration.
  • You can understand how proud he must feel as an adult to be able to do that. This requires discipline and dedication that is admirable.

    • How high Follow’s performance can be assessed can be seen in our article about the player who was the first to find all the items of all the bosses in OldSchool RuneScape:

    Steam: After 22,000 hours, a player is the first person in the world to find all boss items in his MMORPG

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