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Sinraptor
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Sinraptor

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Mycmbt lvl2 said :
Elev said :
I see most of the posts are about Dung being polled. Does no one know that the Raids planned for Zeah is going to be the replacement for Dunguoneering?

You mean the same Zeah that they discussed repolling in their live stream because with Mod Reach being gone it has been pushed so far back that it's basically a 2017+ pipe-dream?

Come on now. If you're genuinely looking forward to Zeah then at least acknowledge that this is a silly skill that will waste a decent chunk of dev time that could be invested into a new continent.

On the contrary, I think a new skill like sailing could compliment the new continent. They already said that Zeah would be out next summer with or without sailing, so working on sailing wouldn't affect when the new continent is released anyways.

07-Aug-2015 23:51:42 - Last edited on 07-Aug-2015 23:52:44 by Sinraptor

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Looks interesting and Jagex should go for it. I'm interested in the now rather than living in runescape's past glory. Make osrs a game worth playing for fun rather than nostalgia.

Just don't make it all about combat as so many updates often are. Focus on the skilling side of the game please.

07-Aug-2015 23:51:54

Mycmbt lvl2

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Sinraptor said :
Mycmbt lvl2 said :
Elev said :
I see most of the posts are about Dung being polled. Does no one know that the Raids planned for Zeah is going to be the replacement for Dunguoneering?

You mean the same Zeah that they discussed repolling in their live stream because with Mod Reach being gone it has been pushed so far back that it's basically a 2017+ pipe-dream?

Come on now. If you're genuinely looking forward to Zeah then at least acknowledge that this is a silly skill that will waste a decent chunk of dev time that could be invested into a new continent.

On the contrary, I think a new skill like sailing could compliment the new continent.

It most certainly would, but the reality is that Zeah still is going to be re-polled, and the hype from it has fallen so far off the radar with Deadman mode, and ironmen, and all that good stuff being so in the spot light, that I genuinely expect the re-poll to fail.

Let's be serious. Reach is gone and he was the man in charge of that job. How much work do we really think has been done there aside from Ghost creating the center-piece of the island (that statue)? Probably not a lot.

I just think sailing is not what the game needs right now. I was more interested in Artisian and I'm a very PvP/PvM oriented player. Sailing just seems a bit.... underwhelming.

07-Aug-2015 23:54:31

Cour

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My first impression was “Jagex trolls more than the players”.

Unfortunately, I don't think they are trolling this time. Sailing, in my opinion, would make a terrible skill. We already have Construction for a gold dump and I have the feeling that Sailing game play would feel similar to Temple Trekking (look it up, it is a real thing. Just very unpopular). I would say it would make a good Mini Game but lets be honest even that would be dead content in a few months. Just because Jagex offers shiny rewards that players want doesn't change the fact that this is a terrible skill idea. Vote “no” to Sailing. We can get these rewards in other ways.

Also, forcing PvP in a *skill” is just wrong. In my 10+ years of having a Runescape account I have NEVER once took part in PvP. I would like to keep it that way.

07-Aug-2015 23:55:04

Pendual

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Cour said :
Also, forcing PvP in a *skill” is just wrong. In my 10+ years of having a Runescape account I have NEVER once took part in PvP. I would like to keep it that way.
"When heading into dangerous seas" From the Dev Blog

Seems about as forced as the wilderness to me.

07-Aug-2015 23:59:34

Mycmbt lvl2

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Sinraptor said :


They already said that Zeah would be out next summer with or without sailing .

That simply is not true.

Below is a transcript from the live stream 2 weeks ago where the question to repoll Zeah was asked. Mod Mat K and Ash both agreed that with the fact that they've pushed it back over a year already it is worth repolling.



Can you repoll Zeah?

They'll be finding out how the community feels about it. They realize it's been on hold for 12 months and that they're not planning to release it for awhile. Mod Mat K will get with Mod Ghost and try to show us what we're going to be getting and then see what reaction comes.


There is no chance that it comes out next summer. Since their original estimate of Summer 2016 for Zeah release:

Mod Reach - Lead dev on that task - has been fired
Deadman mode has passed a poll and is being worked on
Ironman mode was worked on and launched
Zulrah, a new boss, was worked on and launched
2 new slayer bosses are being worked on
a major slayer update is being worked on
Achievement diaries was announced and completed
Resizable was announced and introduced
Grand Exchange was introduced

You think that losing their lead dev on that project and having all those above things that weren't on the radar when Zeah was originally conceptualized taking up dev time... you think they're still on pace for summer 2016? Highly doubtful

Being on hold for 12 months means it has barely been touched for 12 months aside from some graphical work by Mod Ghost. Zeah hasn't been looked at in a year.

08-Aug-2015 00:00:38 - Last edited on 08-Aug-2015 00:02:21 by Mycmbt lvl2

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