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Why does Jagex hate libraries?

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Rondstat

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I think just a couple of lore books are enough to justify a library. Like we got with Lletya, or Robert the Strong's library.

But, more than that, I'd just really like to have a library environment. Not a couple of plain bookshelves in a tiny room in Varrock Castle. But something that gives you the same feel as a museum whose lifespan has surpassed humans. Vaunted ceilings, great piles of musty tomes, shafts of light catching the dust on old armchairs and faded paintings. Narrow passages between shelves, cavernous nooks. A REAL library.

I'm really hoping we get something like this in Menaphos. Maybe they could include something that would make it a more attractive place to visit - like a study station that acted like a different portable at different parts of the day, but had limited daily use? I don't know, and utility is not super important to me. I just want to see a library.

12-Oct-2016 14:46:24

Solanumtinkr

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I wonder just how many shelves we could actually fill if we put a copy of every book we've read or found, every adventure and all the knowledge we've encountered ect. I bet that would make quiet a library. The purpose of adventure is to shine light into dark places,
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13-Oct-2016 18:33:27

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ZAmorakZaros

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It is Reldo's secret evil plot to have a monopoly in Gielinor's library and knowledge business NO
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20-Oct-2016 07:30:09

Solanumtinkr

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At the end of the day it id down to time saving. They don't have the time it would take to write as many fact checked "lore books" as it would take to fill a single library. Let alone 5 or more. The purpose of adventure is to shine light into dark places,
Poke monsters with a sharp stick, Then steal anything that isn't nailed down!
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21-Oct-2016 20:27:03

A Mighty

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If Jagex is too busy to create stories, they should have us lorehounds create stories that describe obscure lore or hint at quest plotlines and insert them in random bookshelves. Could get some players who read them interested in lore...

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29-Oct-2016 00:42:59

Hguoh

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A Mighty said :
If Jagex is too busy to create stories, they should have us lorehounds create stories that describe obscure lore or hint at quest plotlines and insert them in random bookshelves. Could get some players who read them interested in lore...

This seems like one of those well-intentioned but poorly thought out ideas.

Yeah, this would flesh out certain points of lore and fill out the shelves of the world, but it would also write Jagex into a corner as they now need to take into consideration both the lore that they write and however many of the stories they decide to add in. It collapses what is essentially a Schrodinger's cat situation into one specific resolution rather than leave it flexible to the needs of the story writers.

29-Oct-2016 02:49:36

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