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30 Dec 2013, 05:19 PM Post #1 |
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![]() 2014's kicking off in style, with a massive update to Player-Owned Ports; a re-imagining of our Giant Mole boss; Hati Wolf; Slayer updates; and the launch of our Power to the Players poll system! ![]() Members only This year, we're giving you the power to decide what content we make, how we make it and when with Power to the Players - our new poll system. We’ve talked about it at length in our RuneScape 2014 - Power to the Players news post, but - in summary - we're going to give you multiple polls each month, where you can vote on a range of upcoming content, from the hugest updates of the year to fine-tuned usability tweaks. The votes will be members-only and will appear in-game and on the main website. Crucially, the winning option of each poll is guaranteed to make it into the game! We’ll also keep you informed as development continues on each of the projects, so you're involved and can give feedback as it's built. We're starting as we mean to go on in January, and running six polls on a range of hot topics:
This is the most important update of the year. You're RuneScape's heart and soul, and in 2014 and beyond, its future is in your hands. ![]() Members only The legendary wolves Hati and Sköll return, once again determined to ravage the Fremennik tribes. If you haven’t faced these beasts before, head to the lands north of Seers‘ Village later this month, where combat and skill-based content await! Take down Hati using your combat might, and drive Sköll from the lands - building a bonfire and calling great meteors to vanquish this fearsome foe. This year, the brothers and are joined by Eir the Valkyrie, whom some of you will have met during Blood Runs Deep. With the gods returning, Eir suspects the End of Things may be upon the world, and wants you to help her prepare by finding her spear and helmet. These can be gained either from Hati and Sköll, or from the Fremennik province divination colony. Each player can earn multiple copies on one of those pieces, and will need to trade with other players for the other. Hati and Sköll are aimed at players with mid-to-high combat levels, but busy worlds are often used by those less blessed with awesome combat skills to get all the reward, which include cosmetic items, bonus XP in combat, woodcutting, agility and new equipment rewards and bonus prayer and divination XP from the newly added Eir content. ![]() Members only Think you've seen all there is of the Wushanko Isles? Think again! Two new zones - the Shield and the Loop - are opening up to intrepid explorers this month, complete with new resources and trade goods. In these distant lands exist scrolls containing the knowledge of the powerful reefwalker's cape, Leviathan ring and Death Lotus darts - level 85 armour and thrown weapons. ![]() Three new adventurers join the Ports cast: the Trapper, the Chef and the Architect. Each comes with their own fully-voiced story, and can be accessed with at least level 90 Hunter, Cooking or Construction respectively. New crew, new ship components and a new random event round out the line-up for the easternmost parts of the Wushanko Isles, and the newly-arrived Trader will be on hand to convert excess resources into valuable trade goods. ![]() In total, there are over 300 new voyages being added across all of the zones, so there’s never been a better time to get your port up and running. ![]() Members only Veteran players will be well aware of the Giant Mole - the lurking menace that has terrorised Gielinor for many a year. However, we know many of you are yet to encounter the beast, and we want to be sure she's ready to face you. Let’s be honest – while the mole's "mud to the camera" special attacks are kind of fun, and the baby moles are undeniably cute, the content's pretty old and isn't up to our high, modern standards. All that changes this month. Very soon, the Giant Mole will be something you can really sink your molars into! ![]() Prepare to encounter the all-new, re-imagined, never-more-vicious! We've entirely reworked the graphics, combat mechanics and drops of this encounter - rebuilding the whole thing from scratch to make a boss fight worthy of today's RuneScape. We’ve listened to your feedback, reducing the amount of running required and added far more variety to the entire fight, giving the subterranean psychopath more attacks to play with. The fight is intended as an introduction to boss fighting, balanced around groups of players of approximately combat level 110, and offers a hard mode for three-man groups, or for solo players of considerably higher combat levels. Those who stand victorious can expect upgrades to the anti-dragon shield; farming potions which speed the growth of patches; and consumable roots which can remove nasty damage-over-time effects from their user. ![]() Members only Our intrepid Ninja Team are releasing a bunch of smaller, everyday changes to the Slayer skill this month, mostly focused around the slayer helmet and co-op slayers. All of these changes have been inspired by your posts and comments from our forums and social media. Many of these improve the slayer helm. First up, we're adding slayer gem functionality to the basic slayer helm. You’ll also be able to upgrade your slayer helmet to a level 70 item - with stats to match - and fuse slayer rings and ferocious rings to it to enjoy those handy teleports at your convenience. You'll also be able to get new skins for Freezy, adopt a brand-new, slayer-inspired pet, and unlock many new perks to enhance your co-op slayer kills. We’re also removing Smoking Kills as a requirement to earn Slayer points and access the Slayer Reward Shop. ![]() Free players and members It's another great month for costumes in Solomon's Store, including my personal favourite: the Grim Reaper's armour! We’re also adding costumes and teleports themed around the Bird and the Beast world event, and throwing some new retro armour into the mix as well. Make sure you’ve picked your side for the epic battle between Bandos and Armadyl, and do check out the RuneScape Companion app if you’d like to keep in touch with your friends when away from your PC. Take a look at this Silent's Spotlight video if you want to see it in action! Have fun! Mod Mark Design Director - RuneScape |
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30 Dec 2013, 08:39 PM Post #2 |
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Doesn't look like a bad month for updates honestly. The Poll system is something I definitely agree with and hopefully it'll make RuneScape a lot better in the long run. I didn't take part in any of the Hati and Skoll events that were ever around in the game, so I'm not familiar with these. But nonetheless, I'd really enjoy some Bonus XP :p Ports Patch 2 is also something I've been waiting for for a while but I actually expected it to be a little bit "bigger" as an update. It's still an update to PoP though. The Giant Mole upgrade is something that's been requested and needed for a very long time. It's been a very weak boss for a long long time. But honestly I don't think thats the boss they should be updating at the moment. Yes, they need to update it, but their main concern should be the bosses in the Wilderness, so that they could spice things up a little bit more there. The Slayer Updates are also quite interesting, but removing the Smoking Kills requirement doesn't seem right to me. I think that if players want to get the rewards, they have to bother themselves to do the quest even if they don't enjoy questing. |
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Sandstormer
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30 Dec 2013, 09:41 PM Post #3 |
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Giant mole looks like my guinea pig |
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Vanjito
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31 Dec 2013, 01:29 AM Post #4 |
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it's good they are reworking a boss for lower combat lvls, everyone should get to have fun bossing. slayer worked without smoking kills before,should work now as well. ports are new to me to comment. in all,not bad,not bad at all
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Razor159753
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31 Dec 2013, 05:31 AM Post #5 |
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i like the idea of the trader in ports but im guessing it'll be a ridiculous exchange rate like 40000 jade for half a bit of chi lol i hope you get those skoll boots or whatever they're called for double agi xp giant mole i'll probably only ever do in pvm weekends slayer update won't make much of a difference polling system should be interesting my opinions on the matter
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Dalten
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31 Dec 2013, 10:11 AM Post #6 |
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very excited about giant mole, since I need some new white lilies anyway :3 ports update also highly anticipated, especially that merchant npc! I was hoping for more weapons as outlined in the concept art, though. Hati & skoll are always fun, this one should be no different. polling system should be more convenient than checking the frontpage for content polls, and hopefully the results should reflect the community's wishes better
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