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Os Thaddius

Os Thaddius

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Finally, and most importantly, we need a name for this new continent. If you have ideas, feedback and suggestions, please do send them to us through the usual channels. Forums, twitter and our community mailbox, oldschoolcommunity@jagex.***.

Mods Alfred, Ash, John C, Mat K, Reach, Ronan & Weath
The Old School Team

New Continent Name:

Lydam**


Armadyl reversed.

01-Jul-2014 05:33:43

Sticky boy

Sticky boy

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ayee sounds ****! I think there has got to be a whole lot of new monsters, like 0 of the monsters on gilenior are the same as the new continent. A bunch of new quests is awesome too. I think that a lot of this contient has to do with fishing, try adding some new things like u know a mountain, and at the top a great rewards but to get to the top u have to complete skills and challenges. the new continent should be called 1mill07!=]

01-Jul-2014 06:05:47

Rev IV

Rev IV

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Continent Name: Potentia.
Potent means 'having great power or influence'
Also has the main letters of potential, which this continent should have lots of.

I suggest to not get too fancy, think of the current cities and their structures, don't stray from these concepts too much.
Don't add any OP things in the cities to make them not become dead content either, this shouldn't happen.

Maybe add a second wilderness though, which consists of a few more minigames and different dragon races, like Molten Dragons, etc.
Since this is a second continent, there could be loads of different materials as well. Quests are always essential, make a respawn pub there possibly.
I'd like to see lizard men and see a continuation of the dragonkin storyline maybe.

I agree, this is probably the greatest idea you've thought of so far. So much potential!

01-Jul-2014 06:10:45

Transcendent

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I'm excited for the new continent and the possibilities. I hope Jagex will include a lot of non combat updates, a lot of players are not into combat at all and play for the non combat content and would like to be able to earn GP through non combat skilling equal to or better than someone can through combat.

I have some idea like a Monkey Puzzle tree with a whole forest which is like a maze and lets you use and train agility, while finding your way to shops in the trees, and underground tunnels with resources and monsters below, if you can figure out how to get to them.

I'd also like to see a mountain where dragons fly in and out of, and players can find dragons in their lairs sleeping and thieve from sleeping dragons, trying not to wake them up, and gaining such things as dragon bones, bones from what the dragons ate, gold coins, gems, dragon scales and hides, ancient armour and weapons from warriors the dragons ate, and dragon eggs so you can hatch baby dragons and make special potions and food.

I would like to see more types of herbs and trees for farming and woodcutting, and rarer fruits to harvest that grow randomly on an island with beaches you can dig on to try and find treasure pirates may have buried there.

I'd like to see some new species and hunting and thieving options, where you can gain items worth a good amount of GP.

One Idea I have for hunting is insect collecting, and a museum where you sell the insects you collect if it is one they do not have yet. Some insects should be common and easy to find, while others would be rare and require luck and high hunter levels. Insects would be caught in several ways. Butterfly net, water net, searching by turning over rocks and logs, finding them landed on trees and catching them with your hands, and some might require insect poison to stun them and gloves to handle them. I think it would be fun trying to catch every insect and fill the museum. The insects would also have uses in herblore. Hi.

01-Jul-2014 06:14:26

xXancientXx

xXancientXx

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I would like to have a live chat with a mod one time in my life... So much to say! but hey, that would be too hard.

Here's my idea: RuneScape oldschool was great because of the roleplay possibility and it's communty response.

Back then, it was all about being saradomin or zamorak followers . We didn't care about the gods, the gameplay was more relevent than the lore. Players would wear sets to fit evil or good paths, they would go barbarian with the dragon axe and berserker helmet...

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RuneScape is sadly all about levels, and most often, with mechanical terms. If you want to look like a viking, you must have 45 def and do this and that quest. What if you were born Viking?

... What if players, when logging into the Wild Lands of RuneScape, would start a new character each time? It dies, who cares? They'll make a new one! (preset possibility)

Make us explore vicking adventures, knight wars, merchant life, and more!

If you make a new continent, make a new game! RuneScape items and way of doing things is really awesome, but most often, they're used in a very mechanical way!

Players often play like this: "I get X amount of XP when doing this, and if I train for X amount of time, I will have level X, which will grant me acess to X item that will give me +X to my stats whill will let me have a higher xp rate"

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Ever heard someone go like "Hey! I catched a fish!" and the other replying "I got 100K of those"? Sometimes, greed goes really far. But what for? For GREED! And RuneScape is all about it! Make all players good at gathering ressources, so we get tons of them and fast! Who want to wait 30 minutes to only mine 100 coal?

Make merchanting an activity! Have them hire guard the ressources they go sell to the main lands! (ressources being on islands / caverns) [merchants buy on spot and bring the stuff to their NPC buyer]


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This post was totally improvised on long thought thoughts. Most ideas are general ideas to explore. Feel free to contact me.

01-Jul-2014 07:22:08

xXancientXx

xXancientXx

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other ideas to explore:

Choice of god to follow upon character creation (Ex.: Zamorak follower)
> grants access to all evil stuff
< Spells, armors and all the stuff you do is evil!

Multiple characters on one account (different levels / banks)

Way of life possibilities: bandit, necromancer, merchant, nature specialist, knight, wizard student, viking, soldier, etc.

If multiple characters can be an option, give the possibility to live other lives than human (monkey, gnome, elf, troll, orc, vampire, etc)

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Little note: RS currently has a vast lore and quests that get you in the game, but... Players always end up doing it in a non roleplaying way! Example: cook assistant quest, while wearing full dharok. No, just no. Make armor sets for duties, and let players go like they want when on their own. But don't always leave them on their own! Make us follow the roleplay path!

01-Jul-2014 07:22:18 - Last edited on 01-Jul-2014 07:37:29 by xXancientXx

xXancientXx

xXancientXx

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Thank you Jagex for noticing that adventure and exploration is a great deal in RuneScape, and to involve the oldschool community in your search for adventure!

I don't like the trend to involve players into the wheel of creation, beccause I think artisans are way better than kids dreaming of being able to fashion stuff... Okey kids inspire us to do things for them, but you guys should be the one holding the boat. Please be clear about the fact that Jagex is the one creating the game, and that we are only here to inspire you guys.

The way developpers see and integrate player ideas is sometimes so much different that players ask themselves how creators get there... So no illusion please! You guys are making your RuneScape, and we are only witnes!

01-Jul-2014 07:38:02 - Last edited on 01-Jul-2014 07:49:59 by xXancientXx

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