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Mod Ash

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Ohn03s:
"It is common to create huge bugs with a single typo. The RuneScape devs manage from time-to-time to prevent these huge issues. What is your secret to prevent this from happening?"

Luck and a good working relationship with the QA team.

I was trained as a QA tester back in 2004 before I got promoted to Content, so I started with a good grasp of how bugs arise and how not to make them. That's very valuable.

23-Jul-2010 22:49:21

Mod John A

Mod John A

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BigdaddyCOLS:


when is kudos island coming out?
when are you continuing the myreque quest series, i am so excited for it

will we get to see some more high content quests for magic and stuff?

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I can't give any dates for when such-and-such a thing is coming out, sorry.

I'm excited about the next Myreque quest as well, and that's being worked on at the moment.

23-Jul-2010 22:50:18

Mod John A

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Urindenile:

Do you know roughly how many players have completed all of the quests?

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Not off the top of my head. Only a small proportion of players have the skill levels to do all quests in the game, though.

23-Jul-2010 22:51:30

Mod Ash

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BadMarine:
"2) Has jagex chosen a time for the release of the clan updates Timbo has promised in the past.
Question 3) Is a F2p boss monster ever coming out?"

2. I'm pretty sure they're not finished yet, so it'd be premature to put a release date.

3. We really don't tend to pitch that many updates at f2p. Updates always used to be a members' benefit, and it makes a certain amount of sense to keep it that way. F2p can expect to see reworks and "improvements" to their areas and features, but please don't get your hopes up about a high-level Corp Beast equivalent for f2p. On the other hand, it's not my call, and anything is possible.

23-Jul-2010 22:52:22

Mod John A

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Red Flame:

1) What plans do you have to make the game more appealing to newer players?

2) Do you plan on making any old members ocntent f2p?

3) And finally, can we expected the next dwarf quest to come out this year?

EDIT: One more, lol.

4) I think keyboard movement would really help the game. Any plans for it?

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1) We have *all sorts* of plans, but I'm afraid I'm not in a position to tell you any.

2) I don't think we have any plans to make more members content f2p at the moment. We might do this in future someday, but not very often.

3) The dwarf quest *might* come out near the end of this year, but it might not be until next year, it depends how things turn out.

4) Not as far as I know.

23-Jul-2010 22:54:18

Mod John A

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juiz da paz:

1) Forgiveness of a chaos dwarf:
What links have zamorakian dwarfs, ogres e gnomes in this quest?

2) The chosen commander:
We will see zanik or the dorgeshuun in future quests?

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1) The link is quite complicated and the full story will not be revealed until the final dwarf quest comes out!

2) The Dorgeshuun quest series is finished. It's possible you'll see Zanik in future quests, but I don't think it's likely.

23-Jul-2010 22:55:36

Mod Ash

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juiz da paz:
"My arm’s big adventure:
if we can prepare the patch for my arm, we could make patchs at home or other places?
Love story:
What is a thingummywut?"

I thought it'd be a nice expansion to Farming if you could make additional patches using the advice in the book from My Arm's Adventure. However I must admit that I've never gotten around to doing anything about it, and I don't see a particularly urgent need for more special Farming patches. I suspect people would love more tree & fruit tree patches, but tree seeds are already pretty powerful for XP.

The Thingummywut appears to have been Summoned by Traiborn. Whatever it is, it scared the wossname out of three powerful fighters. I personally think it's more interesting to leave the mystery unsolved.

23-Jul-2010 22:56:08

Mod Ash

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Dead Cat Man: "Are you ever going to make a Free-to-play quest that could be descibed as challenging for those about level 80 combat..."

We mostly write updates aimed at the paying members. I think f2p has received rather a lot of updates in the last couple of years already.

23-Jul-2010 22:58:44

Mod John A

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FangrideQC:

1. Can you give us an information regarding the upcoming quest featuring th white knight hero? If possible, a name, and if not, any planned requirements or even a little plot hint would be wonderful. Thanks!
2. Where is world 101 hiding?
3. Any chance on any info about a new Dwarf quest, or is it too early?

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1) Well...I'd like to say something, but I'm not sure how much I ought to say. I won't say anything about the requirements, but the current planned title is 'Tome Raider', and the quest involves breaking the white knight hero out of prison.

2) That's not a question about the Signature Heroes!

3) I've said some things about the Dwarf quests in previous posts. I'm working on the next dwarf quest now, and it's got quite a complex storyline that'll shake things up in Keldagrim. After that quest there will be one more.

23-Jul-2010 22:58:45

Mod John A

Mod John A

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Dog Breth7:

I have always wanted to work for jagex because it sounds like a really fun job and i was wondering how long does it take to complete something like a quest? Such as how long did it take to make the new free played quest?

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Writing a new quest typically takes a few months, from the initial requirements meeting to the release.

23-Jul-2010 23:00:05

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