Is Old School RuneScape still worth starting in 2026?

Genuine question, not trying to start anything. What actually changed my results was slowing down and reading the tooltips properly instead of rushing.

It behaves as expected on one account and not on another, same device. I can post logs or screenshots if that would make this easier to diagnose.

Quick correction to the above: you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

Slightly different take — the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Same boat here. check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

Report back once you have tried it.

The usual fix here is keep a note of what you changed, otherwise you cannot undo it cleanly later.

Let us know which part worked.

I went through this last month. the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

Good luck, it is a common snag.

Counterpoint: this changed for me after the last patch, so older threads may steer you wrong.

Had the exact same issue. the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Short version: that behaviour is intentional, even though it is poorly explained in-game.

This comes up a lot, so: the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.