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RuneScape, often shortened to RS, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by British developer Jagex and is programmed in Java.
RuneScape's graphics are criticised as being substandard. Because RuneScape is designed to run in a web browser, the graphics are implemented in Java, and therefore will never reach the standard of other MMORPGs, such as MapleStory, EverQuest or World of Warcraft. Jagex has made attempts to improve the graphics in the free cities.
RuneScape sometimes runs slowly and in-game "lag" is common. This is usually caused by playing RuneScape using older computers or slow Internet connections, although some players with good internet connections and good PCs still lag.
Tasks in RuneScape are often repetitive, often requiring users to repeatedly click in the same pattern to train skills. Jagex designed the farming skill with this criticism in mind, but their efforts to make it less repetitive were criticised for making the process of levelling too complicated.
Attempted scamming is common in RuneScape, although this is a problem throughout the genre. Scammers, or those players who perpetrate scams, use diverse methods to trick their intended victims.
In the middle of a trade, scammers can remove or replace items they are trading, hoping the victim will accept the trade without noticing the change.
Scammers can ask victims to join a clan but first request a display of trustworthiness in which victims are asked to give valuable items to the scammer to prove their intent.
Some players cheat by using automated bots or scripts to play the game for them. Jagex has taken various measures to prevent this. They introduced random events into RuneScape, many involving captchas that require a human response. In addition, Jagex has banned tens of thousands of accounts, and implemented a very advanced macro detection system; even so, a few players have still found ways to cheat. This problem is common throughout the genre.
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