Thanks for all the discussion. I'll clarify a few points...
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the effect of the special attack shouldn't work once you unequip the staff, if it's like the SoL
Correct.
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From what I understand the only way to access these 'cool new potions' is to do Nightmare Zone, no?
The ingredient would be tradeable, as specified in the blog. Perhaps you could cooperate with a player who's been playing Nightmare Zone but who doesn't have the Herblore level required to use that reward, for your mutual benefit.
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Or have an interface with various colours to choose from like the clothes shop, so people can choose thier own colour trim.
We might be able to offer a selection of trim colours, but we would not be able to give you a full colour-picker like you get in the customisation menu in Other RuneScape. The game engine of 2007 didn't have support for dynamic recolouring on the fly like that. However, switching between 2-3 different colours should be feasible.
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One thing tho. With the new staff, couldn't you just take a staff and the saradomin sword and combine them together? thats pretty much what the old SOL was anyways.
Sadly not. No model editor + no artist = no merging of two models.
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Why is NEW content being added to an OLD version of the game?
Jagex, y u do dis
People keep asking for new content in this version of the game. So what we do is we offer content in a poll, and only develop the stuff that gets 75% support. That way, it's strongly biased towards keep the game unchanged unless the vast majority of the community votes in favour of the update.
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I think there is a growing number of players coming to the conclusion that they don't like the design of the staff of light that was presented in the Dev Blog, but would rather it be a close concept to either a currently existing staff that isn't one of the basic elemental staffs, or have it be a combination of two staffs that aren't elemental staffs.
I'll do a little experimenting with recolouring the Ivandis staff and Anger weapons, and post pics if I can get anything that looks decent. I agree that the wand pic in the blog looks a bit like a flaming marshmallow. Sadly, as mentioned above, we can't combine models.
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The Halloween event up for poll.. I understand you've said if it doesn't pass you'll find a way to get those holiday items out to players as promised, but I'm wondering about that black (Halloween) mask.
I'll need to check that one with Mat K, but I think the black Halloween mask would simply be scrapped.
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At least make it a nice blue colour (aka one of the deeper/darker blues on the back of the cape). Why red?
To make it go with dragon kit, really. But dark blue seems more popular.
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I like some of the other NZ rewards, but think it has little to do with slayer - and maybe the black mask (e) could come in the game another way?
There've been calls for some additional Slayer features for a while now, and with GWD and PvP worlds queued up, it's probably going to be quite a few weeks before we get a big Slayer update into a poll at all.
Since there'd been calls for Nightmare Zone to imbue those rings to improve their properties, we've gone down the same sort of route by letting it upgrade crystal kit and the black Slayer masks. You'll still be doing the hard work of obtaining the mask from the same activity as before; NZ just makes it a little more powerful for you.
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How about the staff that Necrovarus is holding? I think that one looks pretty good.
But it's green!
I think I'd like to prepare a load of alternatives, post the pics on the forums, and run a survey.
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