Before F2P was released on OSRS it seemed the game osrs playerbase had become stagnant, and with lack of action the clan world along with these forums were slowly becoming less active.
In present times, despite a couple of crash wars it seems the clan world has become stable again and IMO seems to be growing slowly. There are again 3 stable tiers of power that can be seen in F2P, the first being the top clans (ROT, VR, DI, DF, FOOLS), the second holding the mid sized world (TR, FSK, DFall, Ronin, Liths,) and the third being the smaller clans (THE, Poison, Exotic, Br, FoP, Tugas Legends). This third tier is where I believe there is potential for even more growth. With the release of F2P much of the F2P wild has become active again, this includes pures and open cc teams. This allows for a food chain that lets smaller clans pk and still find action without being hunted down.
The P2P clan world also seems to be stable and active. Updates implemented have created incentive for PvMers to enter the wild, and once again through chain reaction, smaller teams have opened and clans are being drawn into the wilderness to Pk.
The CWA scene has obviously surged to a point where your seeing multiple fights a day being posted, something never seen before in the clan world.
Even here on RSC it seems like topics are getting way more posts/views and general activity is up. To compare activity levels, go back 30 pages in the clan fights forum and it brings you to August, look at the topic sizes then and compare them to the first page you see today. You can definitely see an increase.
This brings me to my questions: Am I just being hopeful and imagining thing or are we really seeing a clan world growing in size? Where do you see the clan world headed next? And lastly would the eradication of crash wars increase the potential for growth?
In present times, despite a couple of crash wars it seems the clan world has become stable again and IMO seems to be growing slowly. There are again 3 stable tiers of power that can be seen in F2P, the first being the top clans (ROT, VR, DI, DF, FOOLS), the second holding the mid sized world (TR, FSK, DFall, Ronin, Liths,) and the third being the smaller clans (THE, Poison, Exotic, Br, FoP, Tugas Legends). This third tier is where I believe there is potential for even more growth. With the release of F2P much of the F2P wild has become active again, this includes pures and open cc teams. This allows for a food chain that lets smaller clans pk and still find action without being hunted down.
The P2P clan world also seems to be stable and active. Updates implemented have created incentive for PvMers to enter the wild, and once again through chain reaction, smaller teams have opened and clans are being drawn into the wilderness to Pk.
The CWA scene has obviously surged to a point where your seeing multiple fights a day being posted, something never seen before in the clan world.
Even here on RSC it seems like topics are getting way more posts/views and general activity is up. To compare activity levels, go back 30 pages in the clan fights forum and it brings you to August, look at the topic sizes then and compare them to the first page you see today. You can definitely see an increase.
This brings me to my questions: Am I just being hopeful and imagining thing or are we really seeing a clan world growing in size? Where do you see the clan world headed next? And lastly would the eradication of crash wars increase the potential for growth?