RuneScape definitely preys on those with addictive tendencies like myself

I've been sucked back into RuneScape as bad as I was RS gold when I was a kid. I find myself needing to devote my free time playing all, and when I am not playing I'm thinking about it. Even worse is that with all the recent outbreak I have been working in the home, and that I find myself enjoying during working hours, which is causing my operation. I know that being part of RuneScape again has detrimental effects on my life and well-being, but I feel exactly the same itch. That's how I know it's an addiction, at least for me personally. I really do believe that dependence is contingent upon the individual. I am actually a person with tendencies, and I know others like me, but I know loads of people who may moderate themselves just fine and have no difficulties with dependence.

That having been said, RuneScape definitely preys on those with addictive tendencies like myself. I believe that Jagex is mindful of the addictive attributes of RuneScape and engineers it to be just so. That is no different than many other products and games on the market. OSRS is a dressed up version of the experimentation in which the rats were allowed to pull on a lever for direct brain stimulation. It is extremely simple. Not necessarily easy, but simple. The main reason I say that is because of the quantity of time necessary to advance as you get into RuneScape. I understand that there is a skill component to RuneScape once you get to endgame content, but your accomplishments and levels in RuneScape primarily just rely on how much time you put in to it.

You can perform the identical activity for a skill from level 1 all the way to level 99 although it would take an incredibly long time. At the same time that you would then technically be a master of the skill according to your level in RuneScape, you would not have heard anything or enhanced your abilities at all. I think that's what makes RuneScape so appealing, and your Urban Dictionary definition touched on it. The path to progression and achieving your goals is right and straightforward in front of you, all it takes is the time. Click a single button on your mouse thousands if not tens of thousands of times and you'll be a master adventurer/chef/farmer/anything. Obviously real life is more complex than this, so why bother? By clicking a mouse, I can attain greatness.

I say all of this as somebody who has fallen victim. Your post and comment are making me understand I'm never really having fun while I am playing with OSRS. I'm only working toward goals that are vacant. And the greater the levels go, the less rewarding they appear to be for me. Realistically I'm going to pull the plug on it. I keep trying to convince myself I can be the sort of person to love RuneScape in moderation, just playing a few hours a week, but deep down I know that is buy OSRS gold not true. Not only but because RuneScape is simply not designed to be played especially the further along you get. I don't doubt that there are a number of individuals out there who have the capacity to play and enjoy RuneScape all they want with no unwanted effects on other facets of their life, but that's not me. And I am willing to bet most people playing RuneScape are experiencing the way to it I am.