Actually shocked people will get their blood runes back. That's great
Massive effort from our Data team and devs to lay the foundation, glad we're going to be able to make good on most of the lost runes!
During the summit you said that we would be getting combat achievements for DT2 this week too but they aren't in the release notes. Is this a mistake or are we not getting them?
I think those are due next week, might have been a miscommunication for the Summit (or a misremembering) but they should be coming out Jan 31st!
What impact do these new combat achievements have on the thresholds for finishing each combat tier?
Same as any others do - more CAs in a tier increase the point threshold for that tier!
Cheers for the 10 hour rat video!
I used it as a placeholder while waiting for the actual links to come through and we figured we'd give people a little soundtrack for any upcoming gaming.
Nice update, looking forward to try this new boss out!
Is there any new info about the upcoming project rebalance blog?
No new info, it's in the works and will probably be occurring throughout the Feb - April period!
Looks really good fun, and I love the design!
Assuming there are no storage options for the rat-bone weaponry included?
Not currently, but it's something I'd for sure be able to pass on if needed for UIMs, the spines aren't super rare in any case so wouldn't be the end of the world if you need the extra space I don't think!
This looks to be a great update, so many of my friends with new accounts ask what boss they/we can kill and I tell them they have to grind to 80/90s and even then we can't group up for raids.
Here's hoping that they're able to get themselves levelled up and learning enough to tackle some raids with you before too long!
I'm glad that you're addressing the people concerned about losing the RSOF for clan recruiting purposes, but surely there's a better solution that doesn't involve a discord server? I really don't like how everything has to be connected to a tertiary platform these days
I think long-term we absolutely need to try and do more, though the Clan system's architecture is really complex and we're a little limited in what we're able to do. I'm hopeful that this is a short-term holdover and down the line we might be able to improve recruitment systems in-game, or expand the offering to a variety of platforms (like this one) so that clans can reach more people and make discoverability better.
Agree with your concerns though, have passed a lot of feedback over around the Clan system over the last year and we do have a pretty hefty backlog, just that it's full of non-trivial and significant work :(
PLEASE do not double down on leaving clan recruitment to third party social media and just calling it a day. Discord in particular, while amazing for communicating with your friends, is a chaotic trainwreck for parsing useful information.
Clans are an extremely important part of the game experience for a very large portion of the playerbase, the most significant way in which players can connect and socialize in-game (esp. pre-endgame content), and they deserve more respect than they're being shown here. I'm humbly asking as a staff member of a medium-sized clan that gained over half of its members from the forums that you at least consider adding some sort of in-game solution to clan recruitment.
Dropped another comment on this here in response to a similar comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/19eeb05/comment/kjc18yr/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Where Cannon Rat?
You're not ready for Cannon Rat...
Will there be a separate instance for ironmen/group ironmen?
Any player is able to make their own instance - shouldn't be exclusive to limited builds as far as I know. You can group up by just entering the 'normal' version, but XP rates have some diminishing returns as group sizes scale heavily, once your confidence improves then going it solo should prove the most effective (and I think the Instanced version is easier than the Public version)
Will GIM be able to enter an instance together?
Asked the devs about this one:
"The private instance version of the boss is considerably easier than the public version, so if we allowed multiple players to engage with the private instance version, it's likely to make the fight too easy for players (even if those players are all just level 50s)."
That being said, it should be long before finding a free world isn't too demanding, and your GIM buddies can find an empty world to play together or just join up with a couple of other people!
So it's not going to be f2p?..
No, although the original Game Jam concept was going to be aimed at F2P and Members, this was something that we changed during the conception of the project after GJ as we wanted to give a good alternative to NMZ & Sand Crabs instead.
Goblin, between you and me, will the awakened variants be on the CA's? I promise I wont tell ;)
Addressed this in a comment a while ago here.
Any news about those check shirts from the winter summit being on the store?
I need smol jad and smol zulrah doing a peep
They should be available in the next few weeks, we're just doing a second pass on the quality of them. We'll make sure to post when they're ready :)
god i sincerely hope the new "group bosses" in varlamore arent early game bosses. Non-raid group content is very lackluster at the upper end of the spectrum
I really want to see us nail a group boss that takes learnings from Nex/Nightmare and really hits the mark. I actually think some of the Wildy Boss Rework stuff did a pretty good job here (mechanically speaking), but hope to see the same and maybe develop a strong foundation/rules of thumb for overworld/surface group content!
Will this have also accounted for players who are currently f2p (mems expired/waiting for updates to resub)? Will I also get my runes back when I resub?
Assuming they'd interacted with the Vyre Well in the last 6 months, I think you should be fine. Variable should remain set regardless of your current Membership status!
When will sarachnis get its own instance?
Not opposed to this as a suggestion, though it's easier to find a free world these days I feel like Leagues IV was pretty rough for Sarachnis enjoyers. Maybe a low-tier diary reward?
So an instanced one is made to be easier?
My understanding is yeah, since the Public one is kind of designed for Groups while the Instanced version is balanced for solo players.
Nice! Will Scurrius have CA's later on? Appears to be a great opportunity to introduce new players to the CA system.
Have just been told yes, they're already done, should be due soon (maybe even alongside the DT2 ones, though I'm not 100% sure on that)
I can't believe you've done this.
Sorry, DudeWithASlightlyReducedKD
Do the bone weapons degrade to dust (requiring new mace every time) or are they repairable with rat bones?
Is this really an item sink for rune maces!
No, initially plan was for them to be charged but we scrapped it in line with player feedback at the time.
New rat boss and still no Ratcatchers II smh my head
We're doing an in-office crowdfund through 2024 to afford J1mmy's Ratcatchers expertise for the most highly-anticipated sequel since While Guthix Sleeps.
Huge props to the team but imo bitchy players don’t deserve to be coddled. Next time let them cry and nerf the blood well (respective item/location/npc) as punishment 🤣
Appreciate the props but this is certainly one of the takes of all time, we screwed up massively - only right that we try to make good on our mistake, idk if you'd feel the same if you'd lost 1 million blood runes overnight, I know I'd be complaining too lmao :(
I’m a rare instance, I don’t cry over spilled milk. I see change/challenge as an opportunity for growth. But I do understand it would be frustrating, I’m just teasing that players should learn to communicate their emotions rather than just yell angrily on the internet. You guys are people after all, doing your best and trying to enjoy the game/life just like the rest of us. Best to you my friend!
You're a better person than me, I would be more than crying if my spilled milk was worth 200,000,000 GP!
stop listening to player feedback
this comment is a paradox
are you guys still considering increasing crystal shards from activities in prif like you mentioned on the shooting stars blog few month ago? https://i.imgur.com/hX6n6rP.png
I think those considerations are baked in to some of the Mining stuff from Project Rebalance since those conversations were what kicked it off.
When are we getting an update on the new mobile UI? Is that still coming or was it scrapped or something?
We'll have some more news on that soon, it hasn't been scrapped dw.
On the note of joining with a couple others, the video notes that an iron wouldn't get a drop from the group version. Does that mean if a prestiged GIM goes into the public instance (just for the experience of killing in a team when their group isn't on), they won't lose prestige for killing the boss since they won't be getting drops, unlike Nex/Nightmare? My group cares a lot about prestige and I want to warn them if it would be an issue.
(Also it means if a prestiged group were in the instance they'd need to teleport out immediately if they get crashed, since that's what they have to be careful of at Nex/Nightmare too)
Checked in with devs, GIMs don't lose prestige (since people can just pop in to the Public version and tap the boss) but GIMs/Irons/UIMs/etc. don't receive loot if others (or those outside of their group) damage the boss.
Does this mean irons can also group up with other people for this boss? Or is still running on regular xp/drop mechanics?
If you just want XP then sure! You won't be eligible for loot, so might be worth grabbing a Rat Spine or two first and then if you just wanna group up and chill go nuts, regular loot shouldn't come out to much so your opportunity cost is fairly low!
Hey mod Goblin! Do you have an ETA for the mlm rework?
Not at this stage unfortunately!
/u/JagexGoblin Did we ever get a projected release date for the forestry update? I keep buying twitchers gloves but never sure how much to bulk buy them in! Thank you
No timeline just yet, but I imagine we'll be talking about this in the very near future.
Would be awesome if a mod replied to me :D
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Question how does one know what the requirements are and how to even participate with these kind of events?
No requirements, though 43 Prayer heavily encouraged, then just head to Varrock Sewers and start blasting
Is that a requirement..? I don't think that I have interacted with it in 6 months but still have a gear tracking plugin that shows the original blood rune quantity even though I checked the well post update and confirmed I have 64k less than what the plugin shows. I currently only have 128k bloods in the well https://imgur.com/PyR2CNX
It's a limitation on us being able to safely/reliably pull that number, unfortunately. We don't 'constantly' store that number and it just updates when interacted with, querying every player in the entire game for a period longer than 6 months is extremely difficult. That being said, if you pass me your RSN I can see if there's anything that can be done, but can't make any promises on behalf of our Data team.
Would be awesome if a mod replied to me :D
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Are any changes to the DT2 bosses being considered still after the fang nerf? I remember someone mentioning improving arclight effectiveness against Duke. No worries either way - just curious - thanks!
Still wanting to pick these discussions up, I started doing some write-ups for devs to try and give them a stronger 'jumping off' point because they are slammed atm and want to try and make life as easy as possible for them.
Did they change the weapons from what was proposed in the blog?
https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/scurrius-the-rat-king---mid-level-pvm-boss?oldschool=1
They were all supposed to be 3-tick weapons and only usable on rats but are now 4-tick and instead give a +10 max hit against rats. It makes sense since you usually use 4-tick weapons in pvm so the change is fine but not being told about the change beforehand feels a bit weird.
Check the text under the 'Feedback Change' section in the blog you've linked for context!
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