RuneScape Forum Archive | Behind the Scenes: May 2013

Shiva Arche

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Why are you putting so much effort into giving good xp rates in prayer? In this case it seems like you want everyone to get the protection prayers as fast as possible. We have ectofuntus which can give very cheap xp. I think herblore needs to get some minigames that provide some relativley slow but cheap/free xp.

About the farming; seems nice so far.

God alignments; make sure that it affects future quests and I'm happy.

01-May-2013 19:44:25

Ian Peregrin

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Promotions, promotions, some new prayer and farming content, promotions, more microtransaction galore, and maybe some story-related content, more promotions.

Still - no quests.

Proving Mod MMG a liar once again: The whole SoF/SGS galore grows like a cancer with at least weekly new moneymaking knickknack, and, of course, pay-to-win content to replace recently nerfed armor and weapons. (After all, that was the whole idea behind the EoC from the start.)

And, of course, *less and less* real content updates.

01-May-2013 19:47:12

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Soraz

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@Everyone whining that we were promised a new skill in early 2013... mind pointing out to me where they PROMISED that?

In one of the livestreams last year. But they didn't promise it they said it was scheduled for early 2013. So it could get delayed.

01-May-2013 19:48:29 - Last edited on 01-May-2013 19:50:02 by Soraz

Socker

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Although a few of these updates do seem interesting, what I always look forward to is quests. As I recently got my quest cape, I don't have a terrible amount that I want to strive for anymore. Even the Sir Owen quests would have been nice. I do hope that in June, we get several interesting quests.

01-May-2013 19:51:57

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lGuess Who

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Lol, i guess im not the only one that thinks may is poopy, does jagx even play runescape?

01-May-2013 19:58:08

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Daern

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@Everyone whining that we were promised a new skill in early 2013... mind pointing out to me where they PROMISED that?

In one of the livestreams last year. But they didn't promise it they said it was scheduled for early 2013. So it could get delayed.

Exactly my point. As far as I can tell, the new skill was never promised , but that's the word everyone seems to be using...

Jagex makes a point of never promising anything, they never give exact release dates of content, because plans do change. The bottom of every Behind the Scenes post contains this disclaimer:
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What is a 'Behind the Scenes' article?
Behind the Scenes is a sneak peek at the planned game updates that we hope to launch in the coming month.

This, however, is only a plan - not a promise - that a particular update will be released in a particular way or at a particular time. To get you the highest quality updates as quickly as possible, we usually keep on tweaking and testing right up until the moment before release, so sometimes things change or take a bit longer than expected. We aren't afraid to change our plan if necessary, as we will never launch an update before it is ready.

So stop whining about the new skill not being out yet. They never promised to release it in early 2013, that was the projected release date months earlier and evidently it got delayed a bit. It happens, that's life as a developer. It'll be released when it's ready.

01-May-2013 19:58:30 - Last edited on 01-May-2013 20:02:06 by Daern

Damork 14

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Why does Guthix not get an emissary? Just because he is dead does not mean his teachings are. Arguably he is one of the most important gods there is, both lore-wise and in-game. To me, this update is saying that all the Guthix-aligned NPC's and players are no longer relevant, which I find quite upsetting.

Despite the events of TWW, there is too much lore and philosophy surrounding Guthix to be simply undone at the drop of a hat like this. His desires considered, he still boasts great support among the community and trying to just marginalize such a major figure is a clumsy move.

I personally hope you will reconsider this, and let Guthix have, if not an emissary, then at least someone to keep the memory of him and his teachings. It's no more than right.

~D 14

01-May-2013 20:02:12