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Behind the Scenes: May 2013

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FoulFowl UFO

FoulFowl UFO

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Looking forward to the farming update since I got 97 Farming Last Month.

And....Finally! Keepsake keys will work on weapons!
I set aside 2 keys that I had leftover just in case shields will also be keepsakeable, I've got my eye on that elusive
Guardian's Ward
from dung, it will match my
Seeker's Charm
quite nicely.
I was originally gonna keepsake my
Mithril Ceremonial Sword
from the Artisan's Workshop since you hardly see any purple weapons around, but since EoC, I've become a BadAss with my
Zamorak Godsword
, so I'll probably just keepsake that, or my
Shadow Sword
, or maybe some of the more silly looking items in my arsenal, like the Giant's Hand, Rat Pole, Undead Chicken, etc.
But if you can keepsake a weapon for every weapon type, that would be incredibly awesome! I'd keepsake my Zamorak Crozier since it's the greatest looking staff there is, (in my oppinion) and I guarantee that everyone of the Solomon's Forum will thank you for it!

For now, the God Emissaries mystify me. 8 Factions? I'm guessing they'll be:
Zamorak

Saradomin

Guthix
(Godless Faction)
Bandos

Armadyl

Zaros

But who are the last 2 Factions aligned with?
If one of them is the almighty
Marimbo
, I will be forever grateful!

This sure looks like a great month!

~
The
¤
UFO
Master

02-May-2013 00:10:47

Lofty Lady
Jan Member 2021

Lofty Lady

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The behind the scenes was ok. I may be getting a bit impatient on the new skill front too!
One of the q&a sessions remarked that there are 2 new skills. One will be released at toward the beginning of the year and the second to be at the end of the year.

So I wondered if the new skills were contingent upon the html release?
Is that why the first one hasn't appeared yet?


Ty! & Have a Lovely issue-free day!

Lofty

02-May-2013 00:15:28

Choco Bow

Choco Bow

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Let's play "Pin the solomon/squeal on the updates"!

The Nexus- Swamp monster Mask now available in Solomon's Store!

God Emissaries- Emissary Overrides now available in Solomon's Store! Transforming Emissary staffs available on Squeal of Fortune until _____!

Farmed and Dangerous- Increased chance of winning farming packs on the Squeal of Fortune this weekend!

02-May-2013 00:26:48 - Last edited on 02-May-2013 00:27:41 by Choco Bow

Anemos

Anemos

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So... another month of 'blah'.

The Nexus is low-level content, but it's prayer, so every bit helps I guess.

Emissaries sound interesting for those who like lore, but wouldn't it better to include them in... I dunno... A QUEST? You know, those things we've only had 1 of since the start of the year? Even if it was just another novice quest, it would give more people a reason to check it out, and the lore and other doo-dads would seem more like actual rewards than measly little hand-outs!

As for farming, this is probably the most promising update of the month, for all it's worth. It'll be nice at least trying something other than waiting on trees to grow.

But seriously. This HTML5 update had better be the best thing since sliced bread sprinkled with phats, what with all the time and money I can only assume Jagex has dumped into it. If it's so important that they need to go 5 months with only 1 quest and stall for time with week after week of SOF/SGS updates, then it damn well better be worth it.

02-May-2013 00:38:49 - Last edited on 02-May-2013 00:39:45 by Anemos

Caius Ballad

Caius Ballad

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It really looks like you guys are starting to run out of ideas, aren't you Jagex? :|

The only updates I am remotely looking forward to are the factions (which should have come out in January, along with TWW during this "year of lore&quot ;) , and being able to use my ornate katana as a 2h weapon.

Other then that, adding a new low-level and social prayer training method is really silly since prayer trains so easily at low levels anyways, and farming plants to get experience in strength and hunter? Why not go hunting or fighting for hunter and strength experience? It makes no sense at all.

Finally... you're telling me that by folding up a pair of lumberjack clothing and putting it into my bank, I can get a permanent XP bonus?

I won't go as far as to say these are bad updates per se... but they are so incredibly silly and unneeded, it's just hard for me not to roll my eyes.

The fact that I can count the number of legitimate and meaty lore updates this year on one hand still is concerning. ALso, don't get me started on the skill that was coming "early this year". If it comes out next month, it's the middle of the year at best... otherwise it's coming out in the later half of the year.

I'm trying to give feedback without sounding like a spoiled brat, but I have to ask you guys how you come about deciding such odd and out of the blue updates, especially with so much other stuff players want to see. I mean if you are lacking in employees, hire some more people so you can have decent updates... If you are running out of ideas, make some polls and threads asking for ideas.

Three good quests/lore updates a year is no good. I'm assuming you'll get two other strong lore updates out in addition to TWW, but who knows. Perhaps I am just looking for too much story and immersion in RuneScape, and should instead view it as just another game rather then an epic story.

02-May-2013 00:39:13

Simon Who

Simon Who

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how about something useful for all levels like a citadel update, we have had citadels for a good while now, yet no update and no new plots, its all well and good balancing out the high level content with some low level content, but what about med level players who are always left ou t of the equation

02-May-2013 00:45:20

MsKonnan10

MsKonnan10

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May will have no new Quests? Blah....!
What is left for the Questers amoung us? Disappointment again!

So questers just have to become skillers somemore...rather boring compared to questing.

OR, we can learn endless new combat methods, new armour ratings, figure out new combinations that work...my god, we are not interested in PVP!

Is anyone at Jagex working on a new Quest? You want player feedback, well there, you have it...we do like to see new quests, PLEASE!
The Clan Quest Grandmotha -
aka "MsK"

02-May-2013 00:57:52

Myah
Sep Member 2005

Myah

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The Farmed and Dangerous update looks quite interesting and it would be nice for high level farmers to have something new to farm.

The Emissaries sound similar to the achievement/tasks that we already have plenty of in the game. Though I am interested in more lore, I hope these emissaries will have an in-depth storyline and be more like mini quests rather than just tasks. It is good to see that skillers can get involved in this as there seem to have been an awful lot of combat updates recently.

02-May-2013 01:09:36

Ellimbor

Ellimbor

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02-May-2013 01:12:16

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