/u/jagexacorn Please get Mega Duck in OSRS :(
I do like the idea but I'd feel so bad killing a duck for their babies :(
I think we are going to have to ban you for duck murder :(
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The magic tree wasn't something we could do given the textures of the stars. I think Ry explained it better than me here: https://twitter.com/JagexRy/status/1238462283648507904?s=20
Could you guys please discuss reordering some priorities to better align with the current world events going on? Working on Bounty Hunter right now seems like a complete waste of time if resources could be focused on the clan system.
People are stuck home all across the planet and focusing on community and social aspects of the game would be extremely welcome right now. Plus, making progress on Group Ironman now while tons of people have more free time would bring in a lot of players similar, new and returning alike.
Please bring this up with the other JMods and ask the community for their priorities right now.
The engine team that has to make the clan infrastructure first is currently working on clans while the content team that can't work on clans until that infrastructure is in place. While they wait for that, they are working on content updates such as Darkmeyer, Bounty Hunter, and Poll 70. Don't worry though, once the infrastructure is in place I'm sure the content dev that is assigned to the project will jump right on it.
What’s the Lunar Isle teleport portal update? Lol
Specifically this question: Should we add a new travel option from Lunar Island to Rellekka for players who've completed the Elite Diary and no longer need to carry their Seal of Passage?
Gielinor Gazette: April 2020
Welcome to the April edition of the Gielinor Gazette! This month we’ll be updating you on everything the team’s been working on, including The Hallowed Sepulchre and changes to the Settings menu. Are you sitting comfortably? Then let’s begin!
Project Updates
Here’s a look at some of the projects that’ve been keeping us busy:
Darkmeyer: The sudden shift to working from home has unsurprisingly had an impact on development, but work continues to progress on the vampyre citadel of Darkmeyer and the accompanying quest, Sins of the Father. The team has been coping brilliantly, and we are confident that we will be able to deliver the update sometime this summer.
HiScores Hijinks: The load time of the HiScores system has been drastically improved. To do this we had to increase the minimum requirement to get onto a Boss HiScore table. We’re still monitoring the situation, and we’d like to decrease the killcount requirement over time – particularly for TzKal-Zuk.
Leagues: We've already made great progress on the design for the second League, which is something the team are all super excited about! We learned a lot from Twisted League last year, and we feel that the second League will address a lot of the pain points we heard about in feedback.
Early Game Improvements: We recently released the Gatherer Path into the wild and can now reflect on its impact on the early game experience. We're expecting to run a test with some Tutorial Island changes soon – but the team is currently focusing on a top-secret project which we hope will give players something awesome to engage with while we’re all in lockdown.
Clans: Mod Boko is just about finished up on the work to port the core of the Clans System to Old School - a major milestone for the project! Once the work is completed on Bounty Hunter and the Death Rework, we can start developing Clan content in earnest. We're also in the process of figuring out which cool features we’ll have time to work on before release so that we can deliver a really polished Clans System for launch.
Group Ironman: Group Ironman will be built on the same infrastructure as Clans, so unfortunately we can’t move the project forward until Clans is further down the line. The good news is that although there’s still some refinement to do, we’ve established the core elements of the design. We’ve also started to work on the HiScores support that Group Ironman will require.
A Kingdom Divided: The next quest in the Kourend storyline is still in the very early stages of design. Right now, we’re coming up with rewards, which will include a new selection of powerful Arceuus spells.
Achievements (PvM): We’ve started concepting a way in which high-level players can challenge themselves with fiendishly tough restrictions on boss fights and track those challenges in a way they can show off to others. Achievements would be a great medium for this, although they’re still very much in the concepting stage. We hope to move into development sometime after League 2. Achievements would run the gamut of difficulty, from ‘Kill the Giant Mole without taking any damage’ to ‘Complete The Inferno in under 70 minutes’.
Account Security and Log-in Issues: Ongoing service attacks and log-in issues are impacting other projects, including the Account Security work. We’re coming up with long-time solutions to these problems and reviewing what we can do to help players in the short-term. Stay tuned!
PvP: We're working through the tons of feedback you gave us in response to the proposals in last month's Gazette. We've made changes to our Bounty Hunter proposal, which you can find here.
Soul Wars: Last month we talked about our initial prototype for bringing Soul Wars to Old School. The community response was hugely positive, so we're currently working on turning that prototype into a playable chunk of content. We're currently investigating what changes should be made, if any, from the original Soul Wars. As always, if you have any suggestions, we’d love to hear them!
Settings Menu Overhaul
As Old School RuneScape has grown over the years we’ve added more and more features to the game, and as this list grows players want the ability to toggle each on and off. Each time a toggle is added to the game's current Settings menu, it becomes a little more bloated. We often end up putting options in weird places just because that’s the only place with space! We’ve also noticed that the categories aren’t really that intuitive – for example, the option to turn unlock messages on and off is included in the Audio menu.
The solution? To completely overhaul the Settings menu, tidy it up, and make it so that newer players can find the setting they’re looking for in the place they’d expect to find it
Step one is to create more space by changing the menu from a side-panel to a modal interface that will pop-up in the middle of the screen. This menu will be sliced into clear, understandable categories that accurately describe the settings within them – Display, Audio, Chat, and Controls. At the top of the panel will be a search bar which you can use to jump straight to the setting you’re interested in.
Of course the most important options, like attack styles, will stay on the side-panel where you’re accustomed to finding them.
Before going ahead and changing such a key part of the game, we wanted to gather some feedback. What would make or break the settings menu for you? What can we do to help make it more intuitive? Which settings do you use most often?
Let us know your thoughts on the official forums, Discord, Twitter or Reddit. We’ll keep you updated as we continue to refine the design in the coming months.
Dev Insight: Hallowed Sepulchre
The Hallowed Sepulchre is a brand-new Agility minigame, where you’ll use your wits to clamber over obstacles and dodge traps as you seek the treasures of an ancient Saradominist crypt in the heart of Morytania. It’s a super cool idea – but how did we bring it to life?
- Step One: Inception
- Step Two: It’s a Trap!
- Step Three: Creating the Sepulchre
- Step Four: Rewards!
- Step Five: Preparing for Release
That's it!
Hopefully this has provided some insight into the development process here at Jagex. We hope you’ve enjoyed reading, and we’ll see you again next month for even more behind-the-scenes news!
Don't forget all the things in each of those steps in the Hallowed Sepulchre need to be expanded as they contain some good information too!
ETA on this one?
Herb Sack from Tithe
Hoping for next game update if it passes testing :)
It's being fixed now however it might take a few minutes to show up in the game as being changed :).
Didn't you forget about the new quests that's coming? Wasn't that in the poll as well?
Technically the Sins of the Father Quest wasn't in Poll 70 but that is still happening!
I have it in my inventory along with 1006 shards and it says I do not have the required materials to make anything. My blade has 17,199 charges to be precise idk if that could effect it trying to round down
You will also need 82+ in both Crafting and Smithing to make the blade. We've changed the wording on the message in game to be a little more helpful about what you might be missing to make the blade. I've also updated the blog accordingly.
blade charging doesnt work??
Make sure when trying to charge it via the crystal singing bowl you have it in your inventory rather than wielding it and let us know if that works for you. Fingers crossed!
What things are left to be updated from that poll?
Tangleroot models
Inquisitors Set Effect
Sawmill Changes
Deposit Box Quantity Buttons
Herb Sack from Tithe
Viggora's, Thammaron's, and Craw's Ether Conversions
More tasks from Krystilia
Quest Reward Retrievals on Perdu
Divine Battlemage and Bastion Potions
Hammer in Crab Room at CoX
Superior Monster Crystal Shard Drop changes in Iorwerth
Seeds Pickpocketed from Master Farmer in Seed Box
Lunar Isle Teleport Portal
Mr Acorn whats the new droprate on the mossy keys?
1/150 normally, 1/100 in wildy and 1/50 on task
Since the unlimited charge version of the blade of saeldor is recolored. Could we possibly get a prism added to the gauntlet as a rare drop that allows you to select between multiple colors similar to mutagen from zulrah?
What recolours are you thinking of? Happy to pass the suggestion over to the team.
im trying to make the new blade. I have 1k crystal shards and a blade charged with 17k charges but its saying i dont have the required materials. I assume because its not uncharged its not working but the blog said we would get crystals back for the charges, but i cant make it?
Are you wielding the blade by any chance? You must unequip it and then sing at the bowl.
Amrod's trade option is buggy. Standing outside the house and clicking trade will result in attacking him. He's now dead. Please fix this.
Edit: I'm currently wearing a crossbow, and end up killing him each time.
This is being hotfixed now might take a few minutes to show the changes of course :)
Inquis set effect when?
Hoping to get that out in the coming weeks. Mod Maylea has just started the development work on it yesterday.