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Pikkupstix

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I was going to suggest this today, however it seems like to big a project. It says a project of medium size, so it might be a little too big.

Unfortunately, this is probably going to be on of few open ended questions, so we have to hope Jagex takes note now. We may not get another chance unless we are lucky and Jagex wants some suggestions on immersion

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I just hope Jagex sees all the support for scaling up the world.

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21-Jan-2015 02:22:54

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Theos

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While Jagex does not seem to be willing to invest in rescaling the game short term, long term such a project might be essential in keeping Runescape competitive. Rescaling the entire world could allow Jagex to rebrand the game, and effectively reach out to new players.

The graphical updates here and there are excellent. The map is relatively vast compared to other MMO's, still making it very competitive. I can certainly understand why Jagex would perfer to focus on various different pieces of content rather than such a large investment in one specific aspect, at this time.

I'd *love* to see Runescape rescaled, personally. I'd rather see something like this large of a project be focused on rather than a new skill, or city. It may take well over a year, but I wouldn't mind a year of minor ninja updates and the occasional quest for development efforts to be focused on something massive such as this.

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21-Jan-2015 02:44:42

Squallsy

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im not so sure scaling is the right word

i have heard from somewhere, but dont quote me on it please, that a large majourity of the world isnt shown, for example port sarim is vastly larger then it is, just not visible to the player, and as such theyd just be bringing the things into the game that the player themselves cant see

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21-Jan-2015 03:06:10

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Pikkupstix

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Squallsy said :
im not so sure scaling is the right word

i have heard from somewhere, but dont quote me on it please, that a large majourity of the world isnt shown, for example port sarim is vastly larger then it is, just not visible to the player, and as such theyd just be bringing the things into the game that the player themselves cant see

You may be talking about "Scale Theory"

It's something (I think) that was created by players due to various in-game and out-of-game instances where Gielinor is expressed as much larger than it really is. For example, one of the books mentions Edgeville and the Edgeville monastary being a day's walk apart, and a swamp to the west of Falador.

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21-Jan-2015 04:07:23

Jon Stryder

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idea #4418: Expansion of the Runescape surface land, by beee89
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Everything in Runescape is too close together. Expand the distance between everything and make things larger and more life sized making Runescape seem grand as it should be. With Html 5 and the draw distance increased we saw how things really are just right next to each other which, in fact, makes Runescape seem too cramped together and not as large as is portrayed to be. For example look at the so called mountains they are just small hills, the cities are small and just so compacted together, and even the trees are just too small our game characters are more than half their size. Everything needs to be scaled up to create a more portioned and life sized game world. –= MEGA Construction Rework =–

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21-Jan-2015 12:08:35

Jon Stryder

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Pikkupstix said :
I was going to suggest this today, however it seems like to big a project. It says a project of medium size, so it might be a little too big.

Unfortunately, this is probably going to be on of few open ended questions, so we have to hope Jagex takes note now. We may not get another chance unless we are lucky and Jagex wants some suggestions on immersion

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I just hope Jagex sees all the support for scaling up the world.

I think everyone is just ignoring the current criteria, and rightly so. It is up to Jagex to judge each suggestion and determine if it fits within the current development schedule, and enable them for support. If your suggestion isn't enabled, it will still be there next month to be considered when the criteria changes. And the month after that, and the next month, and the next.....

@Pikkupstix: If you do decide to submit a suggestion, I suggest posting a draft here first to get feedback on the scope and wording. Then when everyone is happy, post away. I also suggest you link back to this (established) thread instead of creating a new one in the suggestions forum (as I have seen others do) as this would waste the 65 pages of the support and discussion they have already gained. –= MEGA Construction Rework =–

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21-Jan-2015 12:13:21 - Last edited on 21-Jan-2015 12:15:00 by Jon Stryder

HeroicSnorro

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Well, I thought I heard some rumours that Jagex will start working on a huge project determined by us through RuneLabs somewhere near the end of this year. If we could get their attention to this and get enough support we might be able to pull it off anyways.

You'll have my support, that's for sure.

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21-Jan-2015 13:32:17

Jon Stryder

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Yes, there will be XXL Runelabs slots opening sometime in the future. But then all XXL ideas will have to compete for those slots, including all new skill and skill rework suggestions. The competition will be tough.

All the more reason to make this suggestion the best it can be. –= MEGA Construction Rework =–

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21-Jan-2015 14:07:53

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2020

Pikkupstix

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There's kind of the problem that Jagex wants it to be a big vague. It'll be hard explaining how the best way to go about this would be while balancing the unofficial limited number of words.

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22-Jan-2015 23:09:38

Jon Stryder

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Just explain what you want, and why you think it would be good for Runescape and the potential benefits to the player. Let Jagex worry about the 'how'. Then remember to include a QFC to a forum thread to contain more information, feedback and discussion about the idea (this gets around the 2000 character limit.) –= MEGA Construction Rework =–

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23-Jan-2015 11:31:30

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