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Mod Jane

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Ask your Questions!

You may use this thread to ask your questions for the Live Forum Q&A with the Content Developers and Community Management Teams .
This thread will open shortly before the Q&A is due to start and you will find the answers in dedicated thread that will open in this forum Friday 13th!
I hope you get your questions answered, have fun! ^_^

UPDATE:
Hi guys!
We'll be taking a short break and will be back with the Developers behind the Fremenik Sagas II and The Runespan!
See you at around 8pm forum time!
This thread will be opening shortly, please bear in mind before posting your questions Mod Pi and Mod Giragast will be unable to answer any questions regarding the Squeal of Fortune as they are only here to answer any questions you may have regarding:
The Fremenik Sagas II
The Runespan
Should you have any questions relating to Community Management, Mod SteveW and myself will be on hand through to 11pm forum time!
We hope you enjoy!

Mod Jane - Community & Events Director
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13-Apr-2012 19:55:33

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2022

Ivan Strife

Posts: 5,117 Rune Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

@ Either of the Devs - It hasn't been posted in the BTS but can we expect to see the Lily of the Valley event return this year near the end of April?
Secondly is it possible that the Lily of the valley we obtain through the event could be kept as a non-tradable holiday item? Instead of it vanishing after the event is removed? Please! I beg of you please!!

It would only be obtainable once per year similar to Hati gear. That's fair enough isn't it?
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@ Mod Pi - Any chance we will ever see the attic in the wizard tower again? I really wanted to dive into those massive piles of books. Also what was your favorite part about making the X-mas event?
@ Mod Pi - Will training in the Runespan be comparable to training say Ivy or mining at the lava flow when it comes to Runecrafting? Or will it be more like playing a mini-game/ livid farm type activity?
Also will we receive strange rocks from training in the Runespan?

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13-Apr-2012 19:55:37

Nemokins

Posts: 1,111 Mithril Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

Hi content developers! Very excited to see you

@Mod Pi: Got a few questions for you as runecrafting is my favorite skill!
1: Runespan is supposed to be the next big runecrafting training method that focuses on exp more than cash, however does it compete with current runecrafting methods? At level 19 its possible to obtain 30k exp per hour via steam runes with profit...towards higher level its possible to obtain around 60k exp per hour with zmi-altar. Will the runespan be able to match these because if not then the content I feel could be outdated to most players once the rewards have been unlocked.
2: Secondly, this next runecrafting pouch! I am soooo excited for it however, it holds 18 essence, it has to have a higher requirement than 75 runecrafting due to the last pouch...will it degrade extremely quick? I know we can however boost its lifespan via repair pouch spell.
3: Will the rewards from runespan actually help within the activity? I look at dungeoneering and see very few that actually help within an actual dungeon and this is what props this question

Thanks so much for this Q&A! Like I've said I'm nervously excited for your update Mod Pi! However I'm secretly confident that with your J-mod name relating to numbers that this will all go smoothly lol
Also got a question for Mod Girgast!
1: Great job on the Pit D&D! Its fantastic. My question is concerning the new fremnick saga though, are these leading anywhere? My interest in lore isn't exactly much unless it concerns something like the penguins, so will we see a decent reward from these other than experience? (the reward doesn't necessarily have to be from the next immediate saga, but the sagas in general).
Thanks <3
Have a good night guys!
~Nemo

13-Apr-2012 19:55:48

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13-Apr-2012 19:55:59

Maniac379

Posts: 4,723 Adamant Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

1) 1. You guys both seem like newer developers, what’s it like joining the development of Runescape as a new Jmod. Are you able to start projects that you want, what freedom do you have?
2) 2. How are projects split up, is it something like 3 people per project or something. It seems to me that the development team is way to spread out and thus the updates takes a long time.
3) 3. I imagine the Runecraft update will improve the overall skill xp rate, as a 99 runecrafter I am ok with this but I must say*this makes the great orb project seem even more useless. Do we really need two runecrafting minigames? What spurred this update to be by itself instead of doing something with GOP
4) 4. One of you who developed The Pit, although a very short and albeit rather useless piece of content. Not to sound rude, I like the idea. Well I’m sorry. I wanted to say that I really liked how myself as a 99 agility player could get the item much faster. Can this type of thing get pushed to other content? I still think I should get strange rocks faster if I have a higher level, same with those small xp boost outfits.
5) 5. Estimated number of content updates currently? Ratio of quests/bosses/minigames/small improvements/etc?
6) 6. Why does Make-X come up with only one item in inventory
7) 7. Can smithing and mining get a use again, runecraft was outdated training wise but smithing and mining have no applicable use. Mining rune is only useful due to alch values, it’s outdated money source tbh. Flasks was a step for mining but one niche use does not a skill make.
8) 8. Lag (Other Q&A answered this, I’m just expressing my annoyance)
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13-Apr-2012 19:55:59

Mar

2018

Gbsguitarboy

Posts: 161 Iron Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

First of all, I’d like to thank you guys for taking time out of your very busy schedule to answer our questions

1. Do you have an ETA for the eastern lands and kudos island?
2. Last year i kept hearing that 2012 would be a year full of construction updates. When are we going to see things like new rooms? also, just a suggestion: I think the quest all should have more hotspots to really show off our quest accomplishmenta

3. My favorite quests in the game so far have been the Dorgeshuun series. Would you ever consider making a 6th quest. Going on one last adventure with Zanik would be awesome!
4. And finally, can you give us a sneak peak into what you are planning for may and june?

Thanks all!

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13-Apr-2012 19:56:16

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