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Ajax Grendel
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JackDaniel said :
Ajax Grendel said :
Also while all this sounds good in the written word, what about logistics? There's still no real timetable on Zeah even..or is there?

At the rate and current constraint of the content DEV team in OSRS ...we will probably see sailing in about late 2016- early 2017.

Not worth it. But I guess if it passes, it passes.

I'm indifferent on my vote for now, but probably giving it a no.

Did you even read the post? It said they are hiring TWO NEW DEVS to the team. Zeah is expected in June of next year. You also didn't read the part about their schedule, indicating the BIG projects they are working on are...big.

June is pretty far out. I'll admit I only skimmed the opening post, wanted the main premise. Timetable dates are just that - timetable dates. Subject to change. Adding another massive project on top of that just adds more strain.

Like I said, the idea doesn't interest me. It's up to the community. I'll go with the flow if it passes but I'm probably voting no.

It's not the idea of a new skill that puts me off.

07-Aug-2015 21:01:43

Rare Shapes

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I hope this is a joke, if this is being polled i'll be the first one to vote no. why wont they just leave RUNESCAPE 2007 as it is, or better as it was back in 2007. I like the minor updates like a few new bosses, the grand exchange, the pets, etc. But this is just getting rediculous now. I hope Zeah gets a repoll aswell. I dont want such big changes to Runescape 2007. Its just like RS3 all over again. are they really gonna destroy what people loved for the second time ? They should think why they brought back the 2007 servers at first. Because people loved what it was back then. I really hope Runescape 2007 Staff reads this. I think 80% of the Runescape 2007 community thinks the same way. Thank you.

07-Aug-2015 21:09:38

Ajax Grendel
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Primero said :
This sounds awesome, Man i already know people are gonna be scared of change and say OMFG EOC for some reason and vote no, i wish they could just not poll some things and just implement it... If this poll doesn't pass then i really have no hope for oldschool as it shows most of the player base is hell bent on voting no on anything not catering to NMZ products.

The devblog was really good and good information provided which is very nice, again i hope this passes this is a REALLY good idea.

I also hope it stays a skill in which you need to level to progress

Defeats the entire premise OSRS was founded upon to just suddenly add things (especially major content) without a poll.

I'm glad this is being polled, as it should be. If the community can get behind it, so can I. But if it votes no (which I reckon it probably will) - I can get behind that too.


Not all things I voted no to I haven't come to like (Grand Exchange for instance). I'll be giving Deadman mode a shot too even though I voted no.

07-Aug-2015 21:10:19 - Last edited on 07-Aug-2015 21:11:02 by Ajax Grendel

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Anger Alt said :
If it fails a poll as a skill. Would it be possible to re-poll it as a minigame?

Wondering this as well. I always quite liked the idea of sailing in Rs, but it doesn't have to be a skill for me personally. Really hope you guys will consider changing it to an activity if community doesn't like the idea of a new skill :)

07-Aug-2015 21:10:26

Ajax Grendel
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Ghostkool said :
Anger Alt said :
If it fails a poll as a skill. Would it be possible to re-poll it as a minigame?

Wondering this as well. I always quite liked the idea of sailing in Rs, but it doesn't have to be a skill for me personally. Really hope you guys will consider changing it to an activity if community doesn't like the idea of a new skill :)

For some, not all, there's a negative stigma attached to it being a skill as well.

I'm partly guilty of this. If OSRS is getting a new skill I want it to be better than good. It has to be great. Sailing is decent .Having given the whole first post a thorough reading to be better educated, it's not horrible.

Still though, it'd probably have a better chance at passing a poll as a mini-game.

07-Aug-2015 21:12:49

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Early next year for Sailing is too soon!
If it's going to be an actual skill I would like to see a lot more time spent on it as well as our ideas so it's not rushed. People should realize too this is a very rough draft of the new content, so there's plenty of time to discuss and make changes for it. :)

I don't want us to make the mistake that Sailing really should've been a minigame instead of a skill as the end result, like Dungeoneering was. This is why we need to do this slowly and carefully so it's smooth sailing.

As far as Zeah goes, I could care less if they have to push it back to make sure Sailing (the steppingstone) is fully ready beforehand. Tbh, I could care less if they scratched Zeah completely and replaced it with Sailing, but I know Zeah was already polled and passed.

07-Aug-2015 21:14:06

Iced Earth
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Honestly I have mixed feelings about this. I like the aspect of mystery and exploration, as well as the randomly generated feature. I think that's the kind of thing that drew me to Dungeoneering straight away and is the coolest part about it.

However, I feel that this sailing skill should stay in the history books as a joke skill and shouldn't be designed. I wouldn't take the skill seriously if it actually got released, but maybe I would eventually.

I'll reserve my judgement for future updates on this though. Overall, pretty mixed opinions at this early stage. Iced Earth \m/
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07-Aug-2015 21:14:07

Git Gud M8

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Please don't take something like Sailing and make it real. It was a joke back in the RSC days and that's where it needs to stay. If you guys want to make a new skill make something unique sailing sounds boring even in the dev blog.

Sounds like an add-on to Construction which btw you should do. OS Status: Nothing atm.

RS3 Status: 120 Slayer done now onto figuring out what I should do next.

07-Aug-2015 21:17:40 - Last edited on 07-Aug-2015 21:18:44 by Git Gud M8

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