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Christofer

Christofer

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Hi there, when creating quests, do you sometimes focus on the difficulty and amount of complexity in the quest rather than the fun and exciting parts of it? (A quest for example could be Mourning's End Part II, seems to be nothing more than a large puzzle with lots of repetition and annoying shades).

23-Jul-2010 21:02:39

Fziz

Fziz

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Hey
Will bows and arrows ever be updated graphically and performance? Compared to a Rune Crossbow they are extremely weak, but I hate crossbows! I've got over 43m ranged exp now and I've used my trusty crystal bow for about 90% of the exp. So my questions are,
1) will the bows be updated graphically, like a new look? or even wielded in the Left hand (like it should be if you're right handed)
2) will there be any new bows? I know about the Dragon Crossbow but I would like to see new Shortbow/Longbow/Composite bow
3) will arrows ever be given higher range strength bonus?
4) any plans to update the crystal bow? Maybe in the new Elven quest?
Thanks, Fizz.

23-Jul-2010 21:02:40

Rin Tsuchiml

Rin Tsuchiml

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I know im about to ask u alot of questions but bare with it so i can get it off my chest.
1) Wat r u going to do with Tutuorial Island? i doubt ur keeping it on the world map just for show.
Open it up for us us older player miss our old stomping ground.
2) Quest Replay is a must! u can replay any quest u want but u wont get the rewards got it but to see how it change would be nice to see.
3) Though it probally will never come out in this runescape but 1st person view would look so sick!
4) Can u increase the clothing options? u never s any1 walking around the game with out any kinda armour. No1 is just walking in casual clothes.
5) How about saving Max hits into the adventures log, then organize it between Weapon and such.
6) Can u upgrade the Bank organization? Abc order. Armour type? Most to least?
7) How about renaming the 2h weapon to there real world name Claymore. All Claymores weilded with 2 hands i w*kipedia'd it so dont doubt meeeeee. =P
8) ....Special bar really is unfriendly to ppl that use Ddps...they use 25% of the bar but they have to w8 4 the bar to go up to 30% which i kinda feel is a little unfair so change the Spec bar from 10% at a time to 5% then fix the time accordingly.
9) Wat the hold up with holding out on the Wilderness Diary...and while ur at it make a Gnome area Diary. Dont tell me u will leave the diary armour without the Legs and Amulet
10) How about making the in-game map bigger or at least where u can zoom in and zoom out?
11) Wats up with the Dwarf Cannon hitting multi monsters in single Combat zones? Unfair much?!?
I now pretty much all of them r requests but just getting feedback on sum of them would be killer!

23-Jul-2010 21:02:44 - Last edited on 23-Jul-2010 21:05:49 by Rin Tsuchiml

Darelzel

Darelzel

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First off, I'm a big fan of quest storylines. Some players are only in it for the rewards, but my favorite quests are always the ones with good or entertaining, stories and characters. And yours are among the best.
Mod Ash -- I always thought the Wise Old Man was one of the most interesting characters in Rs. He's not just your 'stock character' seen in so many other fantasy adventures. He's also a retired adventurer who seems to share some of the more materialistic qualities associated with RuneScapers. Add to it his attempting to deny the existance of other gods besides the Saradomin/Guthix/Zamorak trio, and you've got one of the more complex characters out there. How much of the Wise Old Man's personality and story did you have in mind when you introduced him?
Mod John A -- The Dorgeshuun quest series is among my favorites, with likeable protagonists (Zanik), memorable antagonists (Sigmund, Bandos), and good supporting characters (Oldak, Grubfoot). I could go on about it all day, but I have a few questions. First off, Juna seems to have a very strange interpretation of Guthix's will. Wouldn't Guthix be against Bandos' use of an avatar? After all, he forbid the gods from direct intervention in the world at the end of the God Wars. Isn't the whole 'Bandos amulet' thing Bandos' way of trying to do an end run around the Guthixian edicts? So shouldn't Guthix approve of us opposing Bandos? If you ask me, Bandos was threatening to unbalance things.
Anyway, I loved the whole series, and Chosen Commander was great. You definately saved the best for last.
Question for both of you: Did you both co-write the Wise Old Man's conversation with Zanik?
I have more questions, but I don't think you'll be able to answer them all.

23-Jul-2010 21:02:46

Robo Hobo

Robo Hobo

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Hey John, just one question for you:
This might be long, but its been something I've been wanting to know :P
During the quest 'Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf' we find out there is some kind of alliance between
the Red Axe and some gnomes from Arposandra, I was wondering if this 'alliance' goes deeper than we think,
what I mean by that is if it continues down a chain of alliances between some of the main antagonist
groups. Example is, Red axe working with penguins, some of the penguins are under control of the sea slugs.
And how the Red axe is working with the gnomes, and the gnomes could have conections with the dark elves (using
their poison waste as their 'plague') who are working with King lathas, to the sinclairs-- etc.
1) To the point - My question is, eventually will some of the antagonist groups (namely red axe) make a chain
of alliances with all the other evil gropus and a combined effort to either take over the world/elimanate the
human race/or simply focus on eliminating us? because it seems like we're the ones who keep foiling their
individual plans :P
If not, what do you think of the idea of that happening? :o
Thanks :D
You can only fully appreciate a story when you experience it through the eyes of one of its characters.

23-Jul-2010 21:02:55

Admiral Jacc
Jan Member 2009

Admiral Jacc

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By the end of 2010 can we expect to see the Myreque quest 5 and can we expect a new quest line entirely with a grandmaster started soon?
Edit: also just wondering will there be elemental dragons any time soon ive been looking forward to them similar to frost dragon but they each only use melee and their respected spells and possible ranges and obviously dragon fire

23-Jul-2010 21:03:01 - Last edited on 23-Jul-2010 21:06:51 by Admiral Jacc

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