RuneScape News

Big Ticket Prize Draw - March (Reminder)

Aliensvortex — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:11:39 -0500

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19-Mar-2010 - Big Ticket Prize Draw - March (Reminder)

Following the launch of our first ever Big Ticket prize draw, we’d like to say a massive thanks for the fantastic response we’ve seen!

As we mentioned at launch, we’ll be conducting the first prize draw on the 26th March 2010 at 3PM GMT. Don’t worry if you haven’t entered yet, though, as you still have a week to secure your chance of winning an all-expenses-paid trip to Jagex Studios here in Cambridge, England.

All accounts with valid membership at the time of the draw will automatically be entered (so signing up for a month’s membership today will guarantee your place in this month’s draw). If you have multiple accounts with membership, you’ll be entered into the draw multiple times.

Non-members are also most welcome to enter by sending a postcard marked with ‘Big Ticket Draw’ to: Jagex, Box 78, 23 King Street, Cambridge, CB1 1AH, United Kingdom. Your postcard must include the date of the draw you wish to enter, your account name and your contact details. If you are under 13, please only provide contact details of your parent or guardian.

We’ll be contacting the lucky winner after the draw with a message to their RuneScape inbox, so keep a close eye on your inbox to make sure you don’t miss anything.

Good luck, everyone!

Mod Hohbein
RuneScape Community Management

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The Blood Pact and Lumbridge Catacombs

Aliensvortex — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:17:44 -0500

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15-Mar-2010 - The Blood Pact and Lumbridge Catacombs

Some adventurers never retire, but, as they get older, they learn the value of teamwork. Veteran adventurer Xenia has seen some Zamorakian cultists take a prisoner into the catacombs beneath Lumbridge Church, but she wants another adventurer to join her before she heads in after them. Xenia was there when the catacombs were built, so she knows something about the dark secrets that they contain. If the cultists have discovered those same secrets, then their prisoner will be only the first of many victims. It's up to you to stop them.

The Blood Pact is the first free-to-play quest we’ve released in many years, not counting the tutorial and seasonal events. It's meant as a suitable first adventure for a brand new character. Completing the quest will reward you with a set of weapons and access to the Lumbridge Catacombs – a dungeon that’s also designed for low-level characters, full of new monsters to fight, which drop the collectable parts of a new costume item.

Mod John A
RuneScape Content Developer

Summary:

Where to start The Blood Pact:
Speak to Xenia in Lumbridge Church’s graveyard.
Requirements to complete The Blood Pact:
None.

In other news...

With the release of The Blood Pact, there are now 300 Quest Points available in the game. If you have the full 300 points, make sure you speak to Xenia again after completing The Blood Pact, as she has a special reward to help you show off your dedication to quests. Unlike the Quest Cape, the new item's requirements will stay fixed at 300 Quest Points even after new quests are released – once you can wear it, you can wear it forever.

Weapons with a high-enough slash attack can now cut through webs. These are items such as the whip, Dharok's axe, the dragon 2h and battleaxe, godswords, Guthan's spear and the staff of light.

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Free Player Forum Access Expanded

Aliensvortex — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:16:47 -0500

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15-Mar-2010 - Free Player Forum Access Expanded

Recently, we further widened how many free players can post on the RuneScape forums. All free players who have earned over 5 million XP are now welcome to post.

There should be an influx of new forum users to add to the current active forum users. We hope that all members and free players who already had access to the forums will give our new forum guests a warm welcome.

If you’re new to the forums, have a read of the Forum Code of Conduct and please check the Forum Specific Rules on the forums you want to post on.

Enjoy!

Mod Kelvin
Head of Community Management

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Bonus XP Weekend!

Aliensvortex — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:25:07 -0600

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12-Mar-2010 - Bonus XP Weekend!

The Bonus XP Weekend has now started! The next time you log into the game, your bonus XP modifier will come into effect. The modifier will begin at 2.7 times the usual rate of XP you would earn from standard training activities, and will slowly decrease down to 1.1 times over the course of 10 hours of in-game time (the modifier will not decrease while you are logged out or in the lobby).

A small ‘XP⁺’ button has been added to the interface on the left of the minimap, which will track how much extra XP you are racking up over the course of each session and what your current XP modifier is. The XP modifier will be in effect from now until approximately 12pm (GMT/forum time) on Monday (or the equivalent local time for your country; see this Time Conversion thread if you’re unsure what that is).

To get a clearer idea of what actions will and will not be modified by the Bonus XP Weekend, and for more information in general, please read this developer blog and this forum thread.

Enjoy!

The RuneScape Content Team

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RuneScape Q&A – Player Support

Aliensvortex — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:50:52 -0600

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11-Mar-2010 - RuneScape Q&A – Player Support

It’s time for the final Q&A session in this batch, this time with the Player Support team. We’ll be holding a live Q&A session starting at 8pm (GMT/forum time) tonight. Questions posted on this forum thread will be answered on this forum thread.

Unfortunately, we’ve been unable to prepare answers to those questions previously asked in time to be posted before the live session. We shall aim to get these answered and published as soon as we can.

Mod Kelvin
Community Management

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Big Ticket Prize Draw - March

Aliensvortex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:21:34 -0600

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10-Mar-2010 - Big Ticket Prize Draw - March

We recently launched the Big Ticket, which gives our players a chance to win one of 24 exclusive invitations for an all-expenses-paid trip to Jagex HQ here in Cambridge, England, where you and a group of fellow Big Ticket winners will get the chance to meet the people behind RuneScape and generally have a whole lot of fun.

As announced in our Big Ticket launch post, there are a number of ways to bag yourself a Big Ticket. One such way is by entering one of our prize draws, the first of which we’re holding on 26th March 2010, at 3pm (GMT/forum time)!

How do I enter?
All accounts with valid membership at the time of the draw (3pm GMT on 26th March) will automatically be entered (so signing up for a month’s membership today will guarantee your place in this month’s draw). If you have multiple accounts with membership, you’ll be entered into the draw multiple times.

Non-members are also most welcome to enter by sending a postcard marked with ‘Big Ticket Draw’ to: Jagex, Box 78, 23 King Street, Cambridge, CB1 1AH, United Kingdom. Your postcard must include the date of the draw you wish to enter, your account name and your contact details. If you are under 13, please only provide contact details of your parent or guardian.

When will the next draw happen?
When we announce the winner of a prize draw, we’ll also announce the date of the next draw. Prize draws will take place at the end of each month and the news announcing the winner will appear a few days after the draw itself.

How will I know if I win?
If you win, we’ll contact you via your RuneScape message centre if you enter the member draw, or using the contact details you supply if you enter using our PO Box address. We’ll also announce the winner of the prize draw with a newspost a few days after the draw.

You can find a complete set of terms & conditions here, and don’t forget to check out the Big Ticket forum thread for more information and the dedicated FAQ.

Good luck, everyone!

Mod Hohbein
Community Management

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New Items in the Jagex Store

Aliensvortex — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:04:26 -0600

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08-Mar-2010 - New Items in the Jagex Store

Four awesome new items have been added to the Jagex online store, and are available from today. Continuing with our plans to stock the online store with more stuff, check out our latest additions:

Kree’arra mouse mat
The two new mouse mats feature some of our favourite pieces of concept artwork. This familiar image is of Kree’arra, general of Armadyl's armies, performing a swooping dive bomb attack.

Red dragon mouse mat
The second of the new mouse mats features some very recent concept art of a red dragon. This will let you always keep it in sight, so maybe you won’t be as scared next time you come face to face with one.

Runes mug
The runes mug combines the powers of all the runes imprinted on the outside, to make your coffee that extra bit delicious. (Humidify and Superheat spells not included.)

Poison Arrow stein
Fancy a Ranger's Aid? Now that’s what I’m talking about. Doff your Robin Hood hat to Marion and fill your ranger boots with this stein glass imprinted with the Poison Arrow logo.

Head over to the store now!

Mod Dan H
Business Development

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Armies of Gielinor Story Competition

Aliensvortex — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:02:01 -0600

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08-Mar-2010 - Armies of Gielinor Story Competition

In this, our latest story competition, we want to hear tales of endeavour inspired by one of the two, great single-player campaigns in Armies of Gielinor: “Zamorak Returns” and “Saradomin Strikes”.

To enter the competition, choose which campaign you’d like to write about and then use your creative writing skills to come up with the best short story you can in no more than 400 words. Once you’ve written your story, send it to competitions@jagex.com, with your account/display name, and either “Zamorak Returns” or “Saradomin Strikes”, in the subject box.

The deadline for sending us your entry is 23:59 on Monday 29th March. The story competition judges will then spend the week locked in a room until they’ve uncovered the most engaging and exciting stories for each campaign. Once the judges have decided on their favourite entry for each campaign, we’ll announce the winners and award the authors with lifetime membership to both RuneScape and FunOrb, plus some exclusive signed artwork based on the campaign they’ve written about. Two runners-up (one for each campaign) will receive 12-months of RuneScape and FunOrb membership.

We have a dedicated thread for the competition that has full rules, terms & conditions and an FAQ. You’ll find this thread on both the RuneScape forums here, and on the FunOrb forums here.

We wish you the very best of luck!

Mod “Tell me a Story” Craddock
FunOrb Community Management

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RuneScape Machinima Competition 2 – Results!

Aliensvortex — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:13:05 -0600

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05-Mar-2010 - RuneScape Machinima Competition 2 – Results!

The poll is closed, the votes have been counted and verified, and the winner of the machinima advert competition (and our first ever Jagex Big Ticket) is...

Gameboy1100!!

After a week of intense voting, you’ve voted Gameboy1100’s video – Lumbridge – as the most accomplished RuneScape advert. Indeed, stakes in Bob's Brilliant Axes have increased tenfold since the video went live! Congratulations, Gameboy1100, you win the first ever Big Ticket!

A huge congratulations and well done also goes to our four runners-up – Evil_Yakuza, Runet00b, King_of_rs14 and Tyrutu – all of whom will receive a lifetime RuneScape membership! And, of course, another huge well done to all of our remaining finalists for making it this far!

It’s been an incredible month of creativity and, once again, we’d like to take a moment to offer our sincere thanks to everyone for taking the time to enter this competition. If you didn’t win, don’t be disheartened! We’ll be using various videos submitted from the competition in future Jagex video-casts and we’ll also be releasing a compilation video of some of our favourites.

If you are still hoping to get your hands on a Big Ticket, there will be more opportunities to win one in the coming months. You can find out more about how by visiting this forum thread!

Mod Hohbein
Community Management

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Price Promotion: PayBySMS with Paymo in the United States

Aliensvortex — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:09:17 -0600

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05-Mar-2010 - Price Promotion: PayBySMS with Paymo in the United States

We are excited to announce our new payment partner, Paymo. Paymo offers a quick and convenient way to pay for your RuneScape membership by sending an SMS/text message.

To celebrate this new partnership, we are offering a special promotional price for SMS payments of $9.99 for 1 month RuneScape membership.

Paymo is available on the following mobile networks:

AT&T
Cincinnati Bell
US Cellular
T-Mobile (now supported!)
Virgin Mobile
Cellular One
Nextel
Boost Unlimited (now supported!)
Boost (Prepay) (now supported!)
Sprint
Alltel
Verizon (now supported!)

FAQ:
When will Paymo be available in my country?
Our partnership with Paymo is currently only for the United States, however we are looking to expand to more territories soon. To find out when you can purchase RuneScape membership via Paymo in your territory, keep an eye on the news.

Why does membership paid by SMS cost more than by credit/debit card?
Our players are free to choose whichever payment option represents the best value and convenience for them.
While credit/debit card is our recommended, best-value option – some prefer the convenience of paying by mobile phone. As the mobile operators charge a high fee for paying in this way, we pass this ‘convenience cost’ on.

Can I still pay using Surfpin?
Yes, Surfpin will continue to provide a PayBySMS and PayByPhone service for us.

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RuneScape Q&A – Community Management

Aliensvortex — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:08:34 -0600

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04-Mar-2010 - RuneScape Q&A – Community Management

Today’s Q&A session is with Community Management, covering everything to do with community events, competitions, forum/player mods and the like. Mod Paul M and Mod Steve W have fielded the questions we’ve received so far, the answers to which have been published in this forum thread.

There will also be a live Q&A session with the Community Management team starting at 8pm (GMT/forum time) tonight. Players will be able to ask questions on this forum thread; answers will be posted on this forum thread.

Mod Paul M
Community Management

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Changes to the Hitpoints Skill

Aliensvortex — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:50:37 -0600

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03-Mar-2010 - Changes to the Hitpoints Skill

Today, we have made significant modifications to the Hitpoints skill, the most important of these being that all ‘hitpoints’ are now multiplied by 10 and renamed ‘life points’, and the name of the actual skill being changed to Constitution. The numbers you see will be bigger, but they will still affect things in the same way.

It’s important to note that this will not change standard combat or the way you play the game.

The best way to describe these changes is with a few examples:

Example 1

Before today’s update:
A player has level 75 in the Hitpoints skill (this gives them 75 hitpoints).
The player has a max hit of 34.
The player is fighting a lesser demon, which has 79 hitpoints and a max hit of 8.
The player is carrying some lobsters, which heal 12 hitpoints each.

After today’s update:
A player has level 75 in the Constitution skill (which gives them 750 life points).
The player has a max hit of 340.
The player is fighting a lesser demon, which has 790 life points and a max hit of 80.
The player is carrying some lobsters, which heal 120 life points each.

Example 2

Before today’s update:
Two players are in PvP combat.
Player A has 21 hitpoints and a max hit of 7. He is carrying chickens, which heal 3 hitpoints each when eaten.
Player B has 92 hitpoints and a max hit of 45. She is carrying manta rays, which heal 22 hitpoints each.

After today’s update:
Two players are in PvP combat.
Player A has 21 Constitution (giving him 210 life points) and has a max hit of 70. He is carrying chickens, which heal 30 life points each.
Player B has 92 Constitution (giving her 920 life points) and has a max hit of 450! W00t! She is carrying manta rays, which heal 220 life points each.

Example 3

Before today’s update:
A player falls from an Agility shortcut and takes 4 damage. When the player takes damage, the amount of damage they take is subtracted from their current hitpoint total. Their current Hitpoint skill level also decreases by the same.

After today’s update:
A player falls from an Agility shortcut and takes 40 damage. When the player takes damage, the amount of damage they take is subtracted from their current life point total. Their Constitution level is unaffected.

As you can see from the above examples, your basic stat remains the same, but the amount of hits you can take (that’s ALL damage, not just from combat) have been multiplied by 10. Equally, the damage you deal has also been multiplied by 10, and all food will heal you 10 times as much.

Your current life points are displayed in the status globe at the top-right hand corner of the screen, next to the minimap. When you take damage, this number will go down, NOT your Constitution stat.

The Constitution skill on the stats interface is in the same place that the Hitpoints skill stat used to be (at the top of the second column of skills; however, your current Constitution level does NOT reflect how much damage you can take – you’ll have to look at the life point display next to the minimap to see that. The skill icon for Constitution is the same as was used for Hitpoints.

This news outlines what has changed with this update; if you’d like to know more about why we have implemented this update, please read this blog.

Mod Mark
RuneScape Lead Designer

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Improving Success when Smelting Iron (Free and Members)

Aliensvortex — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:50:07 -0600

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03-Mar-2010 - Improving Success when Smelting Iron (Free and Members)

Previously, when smelting iron ore, there was only a 50/50 chance that it would result in an iron bar (the rest of the time it would just be lost). Now, that success rate has changed so that, at level 15 Smithing, you will succeed 50% of the time, and from level 45 Smithing onwards, you will succeed 80% of the time (gaining an extra 1% chance of success per Smithing level earned in between).

Free players are more likely to have interest in this update, as members have access to rings of forging, a limited-use item that grants 100% success when smelting iron, but this change benefits everybody.

Mod Hew
RuneScape Content Developer

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Shattered Heart

Aliensvortex — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:49:00 -0600

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03-Mar-2010 - Shattered Heart

While you're out and about practising your non-combat skills or wandering around your house, keep an eye out for ‘strange rocks’. These will usually appear in your inventory and will be of interest to the archaeologists at Varrock Museum.

As you deliver each strange rock to the museum, your discovery will start to take shape; you’ll have the opportunity to gain a little more Kudos from your peers; and you’ll also get some extra knowledge in Agility, Construction, Cooking, Crafting, Farming, Firemaking, Fishing, Fletching, Herblore, Hunter, Mining, Runecrafting, Smithing, Thieving or Woodcutting (depending upon which skill you were training when you discovered the strange rock).

The museum archaeologists encourage you to train each of the skills listed above, as only then will you be able to find every piece of...whatever it is you’re finding. Indeed, it may well be a good time to train a wide variety of skills, so as to gather resources in preparation for future skill training or the upcoming Bonus XP Weekend (starting Friday 12th March).

You can also learn something of Dahmaroc, a Second Age mage who was cursed in a battle over the limited supply of runes in those dark times. With diligent study, this could lead to another reward, this one of more solid and permanent construction...

If, for any reason, you'd prefer NOT to receive these strange rocks while training, you can talk to the archaeologists to toggle their appearance off (or back on) after taking them your first strange rock.

Mod Maz
RuneScape Content Developer
Queen of the Squirrels

Summary:

Where to start Shattered Heart:
Once you've discovered a 'strange rock', take it to the archaeologists at Varrock Museum.

Requirements to play Shattered Heart:
There are no requirements to play Shattered Heart, though you will need to train all non-combat skills to get the most out of it.

In other news...

The members' skill-total world requirement has been increased from 1000+ to 1500+. The free players' skill-total world requirement remains at 1000+.

TzTok-Jad now has a second animation played on him when he's being healed. This will be shown at the same time as his usual animations, so won’t interfere with the fight.

When infusing granite lobster pouches (level 74 Summoning), you can now use any size of granite, not just 500g blocks. Equally, when infusing praying mantis pouches (level 75 Summoning), you can now use any colour of ‘flower’ (whether grown from mithril seeds or bought), not just red flowers.

When buying poison chalices from Stankers at the Coal Trucks, or climbing boots from Tenzig in Burthorpe, you’ll now see a shop interface instead of having to click through chat.

We've added five microtutorials to the advisor system for Agility, Hunter, Slayer and Thieving, and more information has been added about a number of members' items and locations.

RuneScape's minigames have been renamed to 'Activities' and all references to 'minigames' have changed in accordance (predominantly on the Knowledge Base, but also a few in-game references). Some of this content has been reclassified as Distractions & Diversions, skill-based tasks or areas (on the KB); the content itself has not changed.

Strykewyrm and other Slayer changes:

You can purchase the ability to be assigned ice strykewyrms from Slayer masters (using Slayer points after completing Smoking Kills).
You need to be wearing a TzHaar fire cape to cause 2x damage to ice strykewyrms with fire spells (without it, fire spells inflict 1.5x damage).
The TzHaar fire cape adds +40 damage (see other news about changes to the Hitpoints skill) to all attack types when worn to fight ice strykewyrms.
Ice strykewyrms may cause you extra damage if you're not wearing a TzHaar fire cape.
Strykewyrms should no longer lose focus on the player they were attacking.
You can now block a 5th task if you have more than 250 Quest Points.
You can purchase the ability to be assigned aquanites by Kuradal.
You can now purchase the ability to deal killing blows faster to those Slayer creatures that require them.
The crystal chime now has an auto chime feature, which should help when fighting warped terrorbirds and warped tortoises.

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RuneScape Lobby/Login Changes

Aliensvortex — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:48:10 -0600

This news was taken directly from runescape.com.

03-Mar-2010 - RuneScape Lobby/Login Changes

From today, when logging into the game, you will notice that the Welcome Screen has been replaced with what we’re calling the RuneScape Lobby.

There are several things you can do in the lobby before you enter the game. You can see which worlds your friends are playing on; you can chat to friends or enter a Clan Chat; you can switch worlds and set your favourites; and you can change your display options. The lobby adds no additional clicks to getting into the game.

When logging out of the game, you will re-enter the lobby and stay logged in for up to an hour (though you can fully log out by clicking on the ‘X’ at the top-right of the lobby). As you don't need to enter your password to go from the lobby into the game, this should make things much more convenient when you want to change worlds or take a short break.

Mod Hope
RuneScape Content Developer

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Cheating and Exploits

Aliensvortex — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:02:00 -0600

This news was taken directly from runescape.com.

02-Mar-2010 - Cheating and Exploits

The recent cheating that occurred and the abuse of an exploit has been dealt with very seriously. We have excellent systems in place to catch and detect players who abuse bugs and have taken appropriate measures.

We have now banned 68 accounts PERMANENTLY, with another 48 receiving temporary bans. There are a further 117 accounts which have been temporarily banned while undergoing further investigation. These will be dealt with very shortly.

To give you some idea of the players involved, here are the ten highest-level players banned so far (based on total skill level):

2,376 total level (520 days of in-game time)
2,308 total level (477 days of in-game time)
2,210 total level (365 days of in-game time)
2,179 total level (1,004 days of in-game time)
2,131 total level (394 days of in-game time)
2,105 total level (202 days of in-game time)
2,102 total level (274 days of in-game time)
2,096 total level (448 days of in-game time)
2,022 total level (337 days of in-game time)
2,021 total level (275 days of in-game time)

We’d like to remind everyone that using macros and abusing bugs is NOT tolerated under any circumstances, and we will ban ANY accounts that have been cheating.

Mod DC
Investigations into the Community Team

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Bonus XP Weekend: Save the Date!

mangleman — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:15:42 -0600

This announcement was taken directly from http://www.RuneScape.com

Save the Date! by Mod Knox 26-Feb-2010

On the weekend of the 12th of March 2010, we will be running a "bonus XP weekend" for RuneScape members. This has been officially announced in our newsletter (if you haven't already, then sign up for it here).

We've put together this blog as more of an FAQ to answer any questions about the weekend and we will be around on the forums to answer any questions that come up.

Moderator note from Mangleman: We usually do not post things other than "Runescape News" from the official site, but this is an OFFICIAL announcement that was purposely "quiet" on the Runescape.com main page (to try to get you to sign up for the newsletter). This is one of the biggest events in Runescape history, and everyone should really read the details.
Please read the details by following this link

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RuneScape Q&A – Audio Team

Aliensvortex — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:20:41 -0600

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25-Feb-2010 - RuneScape Q&A – Audio Team

It’s the Audio team’s turn for a Q&A today, with responses from team leader Mod Ian and some of his team.

Questions covered in this Q&A relate to anything and everything to do with RuneScape’s music, sound effects and audio-related projects. We’ve posted the questions and answers on this forum thread, so you can discuss the answers.

Mod Ian and company will be fielding the live Q&A session on the forums today, starting at the earlier than previously stated time of 4.30pm (GMT). Players will be able to post questions in this thread; answers will be posted in this thread.

Mod Kelvin
Head of Community Management

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RuneScape Machinima Competition 2 – Vote Now!

Aliensvortex — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:17:36 -0600

This news was taken directly from http://www.RuneScape.com

24-Feb-2010 - RuneScape Machinima Competition 2 – Vote Now!

Last Friday, we closed the RuneScape Machinima advert competition after receiving literally thousands of entries. Having spent many, many hours reviewing those entries, we’ve picked ten finalists, which show off the RuneScape community’s creative advertising talent. Our job is done; now it’s up to you to determine who will win an all-expenses-paid trip to Jagex Games Studio!

To watch the finalists’ videos and then vote for your favourite, head over to our YouTube channel here, then over to our latest poll where you can place your vote.

We wish the best of luck to all our finalists, and a huge thanks to everyone who submitted an entry.

Mod Hohbein
RuneScape Community Management

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Impetuous Impulses Improvements

Pineapple — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:47:13 -0600

This news was taken directly from runescape.com (see original news post).

22-Feb-2010 - Impetuous Impulses Improvements

There is a bit of hubbub in Puro-Puro, as implings with new tastes come and join the already unruly crowd. The spirit implings (level 54 Hunter) are keeping an eye out for those tasty charms, pouches and secondary Summoning ingredients; zombie implings (level 87 Hunter), despite claiming to be after braaains, seem to carry rather bonier loot; and the greatest of clamours is reserved for the very rare appearance of the rulers of them all, kingly implings (level 91 Hunter), who have a taste for all kinds of luxury and riches (including a fittingly regal new outfit).

To the keen hunter, rewards should no longer be the sole reason to take the time to net the little blighters in their home plane, as they now give a generously improved amount of Hunter XP when caught. Watch out for the imp defenders, though!

Elnock Inquisitor seems unperturbed by all this, but is prepared to give you a little extra help. He’ll stretch to sell you a few of his empty impling jars every day, in case you accidentally used your last one, and will also store a butterfly net, some imp repellent and a fair amount of empty jars for whenever you next decide to stop by.

Meanwhile, on Gielinor, the greedy implings seen flying around are getting tired from all their wandering, so you can now grab them with your bare hands (much like barehanded butterfly catching). It’ll be trickier to catch them this way than with a net, but it can be done (and gets easier the higher your Agility level), and if you achieve this feat without even having a jar to hold them in, you will just get the loot and the XP directly. Hunter XP for catching implings outside of Puro-Puro has also been greatly increased.

Finally, if you’re lucky enough to come across and enter one of the wandering crop circles (i.e. not the one in Zanaris), you will benefit from a farmer’s affinity bonus, which will let you push through Puro-Puro’s magical wheat faster for the next thirty minutes.

Time to go and help control the seemingly infinite influx of implings!

Mod Maylea

RuneScape Content Developer

In other news...

The Orb of Oculus’s aim mode should now be a fair bit smoother, which should allow for some great camerawork.

Duradel now has a small chance of giving ice strykewyrms as a task, but they're quite uncommon. Kuradal is still your best bet by far if you want to fight them.

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