r/runescape • u/JagexAnvil • 11d ago
News - J-Mod reply Reignited: Where We Go From Here
We are re-evaluating RuneScape Reignited.
Let’s not mince words here. We have made you, as existing players, feel like you are no longer our focus. That’s entirely on us and of our own making, and it’s only right we open by saying sorry.
Reignited, as an intention, comes from a good place. We want to deliver on our promise to grow this community and find a way to turn Restoration into that reality.
An option to play with a fresh economy and progression is a big draw for new and returning players. We’ve seen its potential play out with the reach of the announcement and intent to play comments across social media, which have far exceeded our initial expectations.
But none of that matters if it comes at cost to you. We missed our mark on making Veterans a clearer part of this idea. Not just in the execution, but how we revere your accomplishments, champion your legacy and ensure you benefit from every player who comes through the door.
What We’ve Heard From You
While not comprehensive, we’ve heard these main concerns in your feedback:
- As a Veteran character, you will no longer matter. New players are seen to be more important than existing players.
- Veteran worlds will atrophy if the playerbase shifts to Reignited worlds.
- By splitting the community, what you believe is an already small playerbase will be overly fragmented.
- That Veterans are considered tainted for being part of a previous era of RuneScape through no fault of your own.
- The restrictions placed on how Veterans and Reignited characters can interact with one another do not feel good.
- Untradeable items and cosmetics that are locked to your Veteran account feel cut off
- Reignited is pressuring you to restart your character to keep playing and remain relevant, whether you want to or not.
- Needing to pay for a new character subscription does not feel good.
What We Will Do Next
The future of Reignited needs to be a shared belief between you and us.
Right now, having seen the potential to grow our community, we’re exploring a heavy set of revisions to Reignited based on your feedback. But let’s be clear: this is something we want to put in front of you to see how you feel first, and every option for what we do with regards to Reignited remains firmly on the table.
We’re reviewing a lot of possibilities right now, but let’s run through some of our main considerations.
We’re looking at more ways for the progress of a Veteran to remain intact and be represented meaningfully while not destabilizing the new things that make Reignited exciting for other folks.
Similarly, we will focus a lot of our time on ensuring that a hard split in community does not persist and that our existing players will be able to enjoy RuneScape alongside new players.
Separate to the split, we’ve also heard the concerns around requiring separate Membership too. We’re currently exploring possibilities and we’ll let you know if we can make changes.
It all ties together, but we ultimately want to remove friction that our veteran players may have engaging with or co-existing alongside Reignited. This is hugely important to us and is something we will keep coming back to.
When You Will Hear From Us Next
We will get our proposals in front of you by the end of this week to get your feedback. Where we go from there will be based on the conversation we have next together.
Before we close, we just want to say one last thing out loud: you are always our priority. Our 2027 Roadmap was designed to be a love letter to you; from content you’ve always wanted to see, through to the Road to Restoration releases we focused on.
When you next hear from us, it will be a Reignited with that same level of care and devotion to you.

