The cakes look great! I also can't believe that "Future Man" from another subreddit plays RuneScape too, nice to see you. :D
This is an intended design feature to allow players who have progressed through Archaeology, to the point of being able to make Binding Contracts, to be able to sell the familiars to those that haven't and make money.
This is not true.
The cost of General Research increases with your level and each site has a modifier related to the level required to start there.
Just to try and allay any concerns, the rewards are designed to be specifically very minor. We're very aware of the race to 120, in particular there are some elements of the skill that happened to coincide with good design for the race, and know that we don't want to have a major impact.
I don't know if I'm allowed to say exactly what there is but its something you could earn in-game normally within 10mins (and this number goes down the higher level you are).
Is there a benefit then to giving artefacts to the museum if it only rewards 60% of the chronotes that collectors give? Or is it just designed to be a sink for your duplicate artefacts, since collectors won't take them?
There is an associated achievement for handing in restored artefacts to the museum if that's you're thing but its intention is a sink for surplus artefacts.
I just took a screenshot of where you say the tree's missing, I don't see anything wrong?
You know me too well.
Bring it /u/idontlikerootbeer! J-Mods can't fight in the Duel Arena but we could settle this over in FFA Clan Wars?
Glad you enjoyed the talk! It was awesome to talk about and help work on the design for Elite Skills. :D
Good fight! This was an absolute blast, glad I took part. Don't worry about the hundreds of trees that will be removed as a result.
Here's an album of some of the screenshots I took plus proof! http://imgur.com/a/tkSBd
(grumbles) Pesky 'scapers and their Mystery Goldberg Machine.
We haven't heard anything regarding an on-going duplication bug with the GE. I'd be happy for you to message me reproduction steps so that we can take a look into it straight away.
Will the chronotes themselves be tradeable?
Yes, Chronotes are tradeable.
Will invention be required for the Archaeology Elite skilling outfit like the rest of them are?
No, it is purchasable from the Chronote store.
Which of these can we augment?
Dragon, Crystal, Imcamdo, Time and Space as well as the Hero Mattock
Questions to Mod Timbo perhaps: /u/jagextimbo How confident are you in chronote balancing? Will the chronote sources provide high enough inflow to meet the demand? Do you intend there to always be a chronote shortage in the economy so that the skill stays profitable? Do you think the chronotes are the bulk of the profit from training Archaeology, or is it the soil/materials?
There is a deficit for players with regards to Chronotes, it will be difficult for you to get all of the latest unlocks from the store and keep up with General + Special Research AND changing relics. The intention is that if you want to be the at the cutting edge as soon as you unlock items, you will have to spend (and spend big) in order to maintain that edge. If you're smart with how you train, and don't mind a delay in how you obtain items or not being at 100% efficiency, then you should be relatively self-sustaining.
The design for Chronotes has risks attached but thanks to our longevity testing, we've mitigated as best we can. Chronotes should always be in demand for players training Archaeology and those using relics, this is exacerbated for the initial months of the skills as players racing for 120 (or wanting to finish the skill quickly) will need even more than they could hope to earn to cover research, consumable buffs et al.
It's a slight tangent but the income of Chronot...
Read moreBenches??? Timbo!
Benches!
If they hotfixed it to say barrows item x1, why couldn’t they hotfix it to say barrows totem x5?
Because there is a chance to get a random Barrows item, the fallback for failing the roll is the 5 totems.
There's also a bonus round: https://twitter.com/JagexTimbo/status/1225111217754333184
u/JagexTimbo looks after these for rs3, I do not know if he does osrs aswell?
I do not.