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Xaphan
Jul Member 2010

Xaphan

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In reference to the above post. TheSoutheast and Evil Me

I agree, this event was developed to fail on purpose.
There was no hard work effort put into this event at all, poor coding and lack of desire.

It looks like something from some "outsourced hired freelancers", that do not play this game at all.

Is this what RS is coming to, outsourcing projects for cheaper quality?
RS on a budget or dev team retaliating against boss decisions?

29-Dec-2012 12:06:32 - Last edited on 29-Dec-2012 12:09:01 by Xaphan

L M Jane
Sep Member 2009

L M Jane

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While you may have to tag a snowman first & people using cannons do not get the tag based on a cannon hit first, it is very disruptive & annoying to many. Tonight one person even set a cannon up inside the GE on the grass just to the left of the gate. I sometimes wish they'd remove cannons totally from the game. While I own one I hesitate using it unless it's a clan activity, since they are annoying for others & there are few areas now that you can't use them in.

Really Jagex I would have thought you learned after the Zombie event. Either make it so cannons can not able to be used during these events or at least place the events in several if not all the major places so the rest of us can have a shot at them.

29-Dec-2012 12:09:38

Aroha
Dec Member 2023

Aroha

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The entire Winter Weekends was a great idea, and every single one of them has been a lot of fun.

However, this one falls short. And by short, I mean microscopic. Why anyone thought this was a good idea is beyond me. They should at least spawn everywhere in RS, not in one tiny location every hour, and only 2 spawn at a time. Good luck competing with 200 other people to kill one mob with like 200 HP >_>.

29-Dec-2012 12:18:11

Prosecutor

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This was poorly anticipated. When hoards of NPCs appear in a single place, you can be sure that selfish individuals will want to undermine everyone else's experience with cannon fire.
Additionally, it is far too enclosed, making it difficult to compete with other players. I've been to the Falador area, and it is a very small space to fight against other players for drops.
Finally, limiting it to only one place per hour supports the arguments above, that it only encourages crowding and selfish behaviour.

Poorly developed, poorly anticipated, poor event overall. I look forward to the Annual RuneScape Awards poll.

29-Dec-2012 12:18:51

Kivinoid
Oct Member 2010

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How to improve the event:

1. Snowmen in all locations.
2. More snowmen in every location, spawning simultaneously.
3. Everyone who participates in killing particular snowman gets some loot.
4. Cannonballs don't harm snowmen.

29-Dec-2012 12:24:04

deegan567
Aug Member 2023

deegan567

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I showed up to one of these events today and I personally didn't like it. Laggy, pointless, and IMO was a lie. I haven't been against most updates and events but I really don't know about this one lol. They specifically say valuable drops but from what I hear top drop is like what 100k if that. The time and effort u spend trying to AT&T one of these things isn't worth it... I dot even see how anyone enjoys it. If u can explain that much go right ahead... As for everyone complaining about cannons it's a pointless argument they can't tag and aren't that big of a deal... Though they should have added more places to fight them.

Edit* okay so there are a few good drops if post above is true. Still doesn't change my opinion on how poorly this event is designed.

29-Dec-2012 12:42:59 - Last edited on 29-Dec-2012 12:45:13 by deegan567

Eleithias

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Nice, annoying, predictable, mobbable, cannonable event. Is there any way you guys could make it not feel so low-budget and annoying please?

Hati/Sköll events were good. This one is bad, and it's spreading bad cheer with people getting mad at each other over kill-stealing.

Even having them appear in smaller groups, more often, unannounced would be preferable. And I'm not saying that's even the best solution. It's one of which took me literally thirty seconds to think.

Oh, and I agree with everything "dreadedmonk" says, with the addition of venture capitalists suck.

29-Dec-2012 13:06:49 - Last edited on 29-Dec-2012 13:08:50 by Eleithias

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