Read posted:

Oh gently caress I wanted to get in on the Tuska thing, I guess this is just a precursor to the main event though (?)

Professor Oak posted:

So for those of you who were on during the Tuska meteorite crash, we totally nailed it thinking it had to be taken to the airuts, we just didn't hit it within the time limit. Here is a screenshot from the RSOF showing what happens. This pubbie was smart enough to go to a Portuguese world and do it himself with no interruption.

http://goo.gl/u45gsQ

Voyaging posted:

The game was one of the first and one of the most unique sandbox MMOs. The in depth quests, massive skilling content, control scheme, combat system were all incredibly original. Now that everything is focused on efficiency a lot of that is lost, but at one point, between the community and the sandbox elements, I would say without reservation that this was one of the greatest games ever and probably a top 3 MMO ever (with WoW and EVE).

When this game was at its best I don't know if I've ever had more fun playing a game.

How Rude posted:

One of these days Pizza Lady is going to relapse and come back, mark my words.

Themata posted:

frag and I were talking earlier about Runescape, and how it was mainly talking to goons that made sticking to the game worth it. Then we laughed at how stupid it is to make south the new north, and I went back to being a Cool Pizza who will never play Runescape again, and he, a mega nerd putting more hours into Maplestory.

alphabrawl posted:

It was your posts that got me playing runescape! Shame my play time is late nights EST, I never see anyone on.

Read posted:

Jagex "fixed" a camera orientation bug by making changing the default orientation from north to south instead of actually fixing the bug.

Studio posted:

For realsies, Runescape sucks.

Sucked in the last decade, will continue to suck in this decade.

Spergminer posted:

Runescape has some REALLY good quests compared to many other games, which is usually what keeps the broke brained maxed idiots (like me) playing. It's like eating poo poo every day because you know the chef can make a real loving good crêpe suzette every third month.

Studio posted:

It does! And I like the writing on the rare chance that you'll see it. Except it's all still garbage

Soulhunter posted:

Magres posted:

I still want a gosh darn Floor 61 quest

Pina Coladas posted:

I thought you go there in that newish Zamorak quest?

Pina Coladas posted:

I thought you go there in that newish Zamorak quest?

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D&D Improvements

Distractions and Diversions are short, fun activities designed to give you a break from skill training, while offering some unique rewards.

The Ninjas have made a ton of tweaks and fixes to D&Ds this week, so take a good look over the list below:

Bork
Added to the D&D tracker.
Drop improvements – previously unlocked with Varrock armour 4 - have been moved to Varrock armour 3.
Varrock armour 4 now offers a daily teleport to Bork.

Champion's Challenge
XP and stats have been buffed.
The fights can be repeated weekly for an XP reward.
Losing a fight no longer locks the player out from the fight - so there's no need to get a new scroll.
Added to the D&D tracker.
Can be now be completed in EoC or Legacy.
There's a new title - 'Champion of Champions' - for defeating all 15 champions.
The deposit box is now a bank chest.
Scrolls can now be fed to a baby troll.
The lesser demon fight has been tweaked.

Court Cases
Now always rewards a mystery box.
Mystery box rewards have been made more worthwhile.
The XP reward has been changed to a combat XP lamp - Prayer and Summoning included.
A new title is available for those who have completed all cases: 'The Detective'.
It's no longer necessary to complete the tutorial to start receiving cases.

Evil Tree
XP rates have been increased for the top three trees.
Turns into a bonfire post-event, on which kindling can be burned, granting Firemaking XP determined by your level.
Roots go down faster when all four are active.
Roots respawn more slowly when three are active.
Rewards now scale based on Farming/Woodcutting level.
Spirit trees and the D&D Tracker are more specific on where the tree will appear.
The leprechaun's log-banking magic now works instantly, instead of just when the inventory is full.
It's now quicker to check the approximate health of the tree by examining it.

Familiarisation
Now occurs exactly every 2 hours.
The triple charm reward is now given by a consumable ticket, allowing you to choose when to use it. You can only carry one of these at a time.

Fish Flingers
The Barbarian Assault fisherman is now found near Otto's lake, close to the leaping fish spots.
New rewards have been added. Each of these costs 100 tokens:
Tacklebox fish teleport limit reset.
Fish Flingers entry ticket. Note that the cap of 15 is unchanged.
Extra fish caught with each success for 20 minutes. Note that this stacks with benefits from Agility and the shark outfits.

Goblin Flash Mobs
The D&D is now free to play.
Non-degradeable free-to-play level 55 combat gear has been added as rewards:
Gud raider axe.
Gud raider chainbody (power-type).
Gud raider shield.
Resource rewards have been improved.

Phoenix Lair
A new Level 84 familiar has been added:
Has a chance to burn 2 logs at once when using bonfires.
Requires 2 phoenix quills.
Uses the same scroll as the original phoenix.
Invisible +12 Firemaking boost.
Same quest restriction as the original Phoenix familiar.
Reborn mages no longer block movement.
Surge, Barge and Escape are now allowed.
10 quills can be paid to skip to the fight.
The branch harvesting animation no longer causes a delay.
Using unfletched twigs fletches them.
The cave exit's 'Look at' option has been replaced with a 'confirm' box.

Skeletal Horror
The XP reward now scales according to Slayer and Prayer levels.
Reset now occurs at the standard Wednesday weekly reset time.
The skeleton champion scroll and triskelion fragment have been added to drop table.
Always drops an elite clue scroll (as long as you don't already have one).
Added to the D&D tracker.
There's also a new title – the Distracted – for anyone who tries out all D&Ds featured in the D&D Tracker. You can find out which you still need to try via the preview in the Title interface.

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Death Rework

With your help in the beta, we've reworked RuneScape's Death system. There's now more freedom in how you reclaim your items and more leeway when things go wrong, while retaining the risk in your most dangerous adventures.

When you die – as long as you're not in the Wilderness or in a safe area – the following applies:

Items are now stored by Death when you die. He will look after them for 24 hours of in-game time. This persists across log-outs, so disconnects are no longer a danger. You will respawn in his office.
You will be able to claim back your items in exchange for coins, by sacrificing items eligible to be lost for their coin value, or a combination of the two, using a new interface.
Items that would have degraded on death, won't do so if reclaimed from Death's storage, as the penalty is now reflected in the buy-back mechanic.
If you choose not to reclaim items from Death immediately, your gravestone will spawn when you leave his office. Gravestone timers have been reduced, but this will allow you to reclaim items using the degrade-on-death mechanics you're used to.
If you choose to try and get back to your gravestone and don't make it, Death will still be holding your items.
You can return to Death within 24 hour in-game hours if you wish to claim some of your items back later. Be aware, though, that dying again will wipe the stored items – only the items and equipment you were carrying during your most recent death are stored.
Note that existing mechanics for items kept on death still apply. This includes extra items kept with prayers, divination items, and similar effects, including reductions for being skulled or being in a dangerous area.
Items you were holding when you died can no longer be picked up by other players.
In the Wilderness, or in safe areas, none of the above applies. Death mechanics in PvP situations are the same as they've always been, with the exception that a stack of items is now treated as a single item for purposes of item protection.

Other, smaller tweaks are:

You can now choose any gravestone appearance that you have unlocked. You will always get the benefits of the best one available to you, regardless of the chosen look.
Graves are now allowed in the Corporeal Beast's lair.

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Player-owned house servants will no longer get stuck when following players.

Off-hand blurite swords may now be stored in Keepsake boxes.

Players may now upgrade the machete on their tool belt with gem-bladed machetes.

The Seed dibber icon on the tool belt has been updated to match the recently updated inventory model.

The action bar will no longer be minimised during Ports random events.

Pillars around Morvran have been altered and some blocking removed, allowing players to speak to him without having to run around the outer edge.

Implings can now be caught in Puro Puro with a sheathed butterfly net.

Players can now check their completionist cape and trimmed completionist cape requirements under the 'Heroes' tab, along with a toggle to hide completed requirements.

An off-hand Armadyl crossbow has been added to Commander Zilyana's drop table.

Armadyl crossbows are now level 75 to be consistent with other God Wars weapons.

Stepping stones have been added south of Taverley's bank as a shortcut to the Taverley dungeon.

Terces posted:

God bless the Ninja team.

Even more Ninja fixes from today's patch notes:


Bless the gently caress out of them.

Simsmagic posted:

attn: pizza lady

Terces posted:

Jagex made a recent post about Runescape Team Changes:

Mod Osborne has been promoted to Lead Designer.
Mod Conor is now Senior Producer.
Mod Dean has left the building - Mod Drew is taking his position as Content Development Manager.
Mod Pips and Mod Mark are taking a backseat from RS and are working on something called Chronicle, "our upcoming RuneScape strategy card game." Looks like Hearthstone imo.