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over 1 year ago - /u/JagexLight - Direct link

Hey there! The conversation online has been great so far - a tad stressful for us but so great to read through. I’m mainly responding to this post as I don’t want players to form an opinion on the basis of this clip alone. Plus, I want to stick up for Husky while he’s away. We do read posts and stuff like this hurts.

We have been trying to handle how a new skill has a lot of pre-conceived notions, specifically when players may have historical baggage from other skills. The clip you showed was just an error of wording from the stream that we forgot to clip out - we were just talking about Summoning earlier in the stream, so it was an easy mistake to make. Those watching the full video would likely have the context and know from how many times we addressed the question that was not what we intended to say.

We are human at the end of the day, we get nervous and may mis-speak sometimes. This project is SO exciting - also extremely nerve-wracking! Our lives have literally been dedicated to this project ever since it was greenlit. I hope you’ll forgive this and understand what we meant to say. If you might be inclined, please watch the whole stream to give us your feedback :D (shameless plug)

We are trying our best for you wonderful lot! Most of the stream earlier was about how Taming was different from Summoning. We have tried to pre-emptively address questions in our Pre-Recorded stream. Despite the error, we hope you’ll understand where Husky was coming from. And we hope we can address this feedback even more in the coming days! ☺️

over 1 year ago - /u/JagexLight - Direct link

Originally posted by KezzOSRS

Oh I don't blame Husky at all, this isn't meant to be an attack of any kind, more playful about the debate around taming. I genuinely love you guys and don't envy the position, I just thought this was hilarious because it shows to me that it IS fundamentally summoning (or shares far too much with it at least) in everyone's mind, not just the community's.

I did watch the video(s) in depth and I don't agree that it was differentiated from summoning enough to make sense in old school.

Nothing to forgive, it's not a blame, I don't see it as a personal thing in the design phase. I loved how you guys presented sailing and shamanism in the pre-recorded and am looking forward to the more live Q+A style.

In the survey, the idea of animal companions was quite well received. Are the issues you have with Summoning fundamentally issues with animal companions or something else to do with the skill? Be great to hear your thoughts!