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Mod Ana

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Glad to see some of you got to listen to the podcast - it was really fun to do :) . After working on The World Wakes for so long it was nice to be able to talk about Myreque (even if it was only a little bit!).

In response to DoogleHallow - "Did anyone feel that Mod Ana was slightly unsure of where to go with the Myreque?" (Looks like quoting is broken at the moment :( ):

I'd agree with that, at the moment. I did have a very solid plan for the future of the Myreque series, but when I wrote that I wasn't expecting something as drastic as The World Wakes to happen :P ! There are some things I'm still certain about doing - the foundations of which have been lain already in the previous Myreque quests, but other than that there really is so much more freedom for the story now and it's something I honestly haven't had a chance to delve into yet (bribes for Mod Mark to let me work on Myreque next are still very much welcome, by the way!).

14-May-2013 14:20:02

DoogleHallow

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Whats his favourite cookie? I'll get right to work on it :)

My bad, i meant that the Icyene claimed rather than reclaimed Morytania. I have this timeline in mind:

Zaros (2nd Age) -> Drakan (3rd age) -> Icyene (1-820, 4th age) -> Drakan (820-present day)

I say the Stone of Jas was there out of speculation, I have been trying to build a timeline of its location. I have evidence to suggest that it was definitely used there, however I'm struggling to place it anywhere else in history. Give me a minute to draw up some more timelines for it.

EDIT: make that minute days. This is taking much more thought than I thought. When I'm finished I think I'll post it as a separate thread where everyone can pick it apart, and post a brief summary here right now. Basically, the Stone must have been in the Daeyalt mine either at the end of the 4th Age, or hidden there by Guthix at the beginning of the 2nd Age, where it was found by Zamorak and used to usurp Zaros.

14-May-2013 14:43:51 - Last edited on 14-May-2013 16:32:43 by DoogleHallow

Kiza

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To be honest I can't see anyone else that should work on the myreque quests, you seem excited, you have the knowledge, and you actually communicate with the community around this subject... so in my opinion (and many others) Mod Ana is the right choice to carry on that series.

I've never really been more of a lore/quest freak untill TWW was announced, I thought i'd better catch up on the lore, started reading up, doing the quests.. and only a few questlines were interesting to me (Myreque, Zaros, Mahjarrat & Temple Knights). I'd trust a good questline with someone who is excited about it & actually talks with the community, over someone who's just doing it because it's their job.

Hopefully you'll get to do the quest series, it'd be a silly decision for Jagex not to pick you though Mod Ana.

14-May-2013 14:49:06

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Mod Ana: It might be worth reminding Mod Mark that it's been almost a decade since the Myreque series began, and nearly 2 years since the its latest installment was released. That, and the series' popularity, surely warrant some more attention, no?

Doogle: I'd say that timeline looks right. Don't mash your head in trying to find the evidence for your theory!

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As an aside, Morytania in the RuneScape 3 beta looks awful. If you stand on the walls of Castle Drakan, you can see the whole of Morytania, but it looks as big as my old high school's sports field. They really need to bring the fog back and switch to late evening/night-time if Morytania is to retain its vast, scary atmosphere.

16-May-2013 16:02:58 - Last edited on 16-May-2013 16:11:16 by [#TWA99I4ZX]

DoogleHallow

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Mashing my head is what I do best. What I have come up with is this; the Stone could only have been there during the 2nd or late 3rd Age, it was only there briefly and it was used there, but not much. My theories as far are this:
It was found by Zamorak, then moved there as a place of safekeeping during the plot to kill Zaros. Zamorak used it to boost his power,leaving appropriate magical residue (bane ore), then it was soon taken by Saradomin to the Fist of Guthix cave.

It was stolen from Saradomin and used there briefly at the end of the Third Age by Drakan or Zamorak

Hallowvale was established sooner than we thought, Saradomin invaded at the end of the 3rd Age and stored the Stone in the mine until Guthix took it.

It can't have been placed there by Guthix at the beginning of the 2nd Age since that amount of time without use would have amounted to an essence rock, so it must have been moved there by Zamorak if it is indeed from this time period.

Perhaps make fog creep in as you pass through Sylvaria? Suitably atmospheric, and make it a darker shade of green. Eternal Darkness shouldn't look like mouldy lime green

16-May-2013 22:08:12

Balustan

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I have returned from the dark realm of forum withdrawal.

For the Myreque there's a lot of issues and I believe it is time some are answered well in the next installment of the series.

I dunno which ones as there are a lot to choose from but I'd probably want Safalaan wrapped up, the Myreque to have a set back and Ivan's specialness to come out a bit and his clear relation to Vanstrom to start coming into play.

I also think now the conspirators need to play a larger role. Either they know the edicts are broken despite not understanding them and continue as though they are not broken and either pretend they aren't broken to prevent Misthalin from invading Morytania or they carry out the plan they needed their gods to return to do.

I'd really like to see them turn on each other though. I feel that their most likely motive was to escalate the war to gain something. Their gods returning was a nice byproduct ofc but not the main objective.

I'd also like it to seem like a significant amount of time has passed since we last helped the Myreque and they have been doing some stuff in their own time. Perhaps they could explain the lab as some extra dialogue that is not important but they discovered why or they could explain why the blood altar is broken despite being relatively new and how the lunar clan got their in the first place to build it (allowing the Myreque to learn of the secret passage perhaps?)

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On the stone I pretty much think in the 2nd age it was in Morytania where Zamorak was hiding it. He then used it to boost his power in his final confrontation with Zaros (explaining Zammy's survival) and then Saradomin teleported it away. Therefore Drakan wants the remains because they are from the stone.

I also think the next quest should continue ignoring the gods coming back but after that they should perhaps take an interest. Particularly Zaros and Zamorak. There would be too much going on though to add the gods now.

The one series I feel benefits from gods.
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17-May-2013 18:33:35 - Last edited on 17-May-2013 18:36:19 by Balustan

Balustan

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To be honest I can't see anyone else that should work on the myreque quests, you seem excited, you have the knowledge, and you actually communicate with the community around this subject... so in my opinion (and many others) Mod Ana is the right choice to carry on that series.

I've never really been more of a lore/quest freak untill TWW was announced, I thought i'd better catch up on the lore, started reading up, doing the quests.. and only a few questlines were interesting to me (Myreque, Zaros, Mahjarrat & Temple Knights). I'd trust a good questline with someone who is excited about it & actually talks with the community, over someone who's just doing it because it's their job.

Hopefully you'll get to do the quest series, it'd be a silly decision for Jagex not to pick you though Mod Ana.

The problem I think is we never see other quest developers talk about their quest series or projects like Ana does so we never see their excitement. I spoke with Paul Gower in game while he was working on ROTM and he sounded really excited about it however most of the community was unaware. I ultimately think ROTM was ruined a bit because people expected it to beat WGS and they tried to make it more epic than it should have really been with the dragonkin and all.

I feel due to the communication Ana has with us we can be sure she will not forget or ruin sections of the quests by making some ridiculous stuff happen unlike what has happened in other quest series (Sea Slug) or even in reworks (Demon Slayer). I know quests are harder to communicate about because you don't want to spoil the story but still communication is important. I feel all too many developers don't actually understand their quest series.

I am standing by my opinion that the one central storyline will eventually ruin questing though. Series will be rushed to be finished just so that storyline can take place.
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17-May-2013 18:41:13

Balustan

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I think
Saradomin
will be making war to Morytania, to get Hallowlands back

I feel like he has other priorities atm. Though I believe the conspirators could play a huge role in the godly influence of this quest series. They are both Saradominist and Zamorakian so could be interesting.

Ofc fighting between Saradominists and Zamorakians benefits only one faction and that is my faction, the faction of Lord Zaros! Tremble Mortals!
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17-May-2013 18:43:22

Kiza

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True, but I mean Mod Ana takes the time to come on the forusm to show her excitement/share her views & show she's read whats been said, other developers don't(or atleast dont shot they've read what has been said & reply to it). I'm hoping one main storyline wont kill them all, that would be a shame... as I feel a few storylines would join up...(not on the actual topic of those storylines, more along the God storyline you'd see a few from each storyline helping their God), so all should be okay (unles they try to make one quest joining all other quest series, which yes.. would ruin quests). Shame about quests the questlines/things im looking foward too dont look like they're coming for quite a while, which is a shame... when I'm not really interested in the Dwarf, gnome etc series.. but meh each to their own I guess.

17-May-2013 19:48:11

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