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| 1s | hello and welcome to this week's |
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| 3s | old-school QA I'm joined on couch by |
| 6s | from right to left we have mod G mod ash |
| 9s | on my right we have mod rock hello and |
| 13s | my Bruno hello we've got to say hello I |
| 20s | am of course mod gambit and I'm hosting |
| 22s | this week for the first time please be |
| 24s | gentle in the chat smiley faces and on |
| 29s | the chat we have of course mod R I so |
| 32s | any questions you guys have |
| 34s | send them his way and we'll try and |
| 36s | guess what those included so first off |
| 40s | just a quick reminder that premier club |
| 41s | is still active if you're looking for |
| 43s | details about that exclus sorry |
| 46s | exclamation mark membership in the chat |
| 47s | will bring that up |
| 49s | it's our currently best-value membership |
| 52s | package that we offer so take a look we |
| 57s | also have extra mesh so I cancel an |
| 60s | exclamation mark exclamation mark vinyl |
| 62s | for the vinyls which are now on the |
| 66s | merch store you'll see the classic |
| 67s | soundtrack and the orchestral collection |
| 70s | are available now and I think next week |
| 73s | we'll have them in local stores rather |
| 75s | than just on the merch store so have a |
| 78s | look at those as well |
| 80s | in the same news post you'll find |
| 82s | information on the Deadman permadeath |
| 85s | beta which is going out tomorrow in the |
| 87s | update that'd be a chance for you guys |
| 89s | to play around with the changes that |
| 91s | we've made and have a look at the |
| 92s | arena's absolutely so one of the |
| 98s | requests we had a lot for the dead band |
| 102s | finale was to bring 256 players rather |
| 105s | than 128 into the 1v1 section because |
| 108s | hey I guess people like 1v1 and why not |
| 112s | so we've had a go at doing it the thing |
| 115s | is with the best weather the world we |
| 117s | can't test that kind of thing in |
| 118s | certainly very effectively we want most |
| 122s | a lot of accounts and had a go but some |
| 124s | some think it's functioning but we'd |
| 128s | like your help |
| 128s | so tomorrow afternoon I think we're |
| 132s | looking at 3 o'clock |
| 133s | you TC yes that's correct cool um we're |
| 137s | gonna open up her one of the tournament |
| 139s | worlds the ones which don't safety |
| 140s | profile and you guys can hop on that |
| 145s | first-come first-served and while we're |
| 149s | not running it as a competition it's a |
| 152s | test |
| 153s | we're not they joke about people going |
| 156s | into this industry to play games all day |
| 158s | but sometimes testing is not about the |
| 161s | gameplay what we need is a lot of your |
| 164s | bodies in the Deadman world so that we |
| 168s | can see what have a coat handles 256 of |
| 170s | you what happens if it tries to move all |
| 173s | those people to the arenas are we going |
| 176s | to hit the infinite loop detector |
| 177s | because it's got too much code to run |
| 178s | and make it crash I think not but I'd |
| 181s | like to find out before the finale you |
| 183s | know so even if you don't get to you |
| 187s | know really play dead man you really |
| 189s | will be hoping there's quite a lot of |
| 190s | you and come along and play and be there |
| 193s | and hopefully we'll get the last 256 |
| 199s | through the 1v1 stages and you can have |
| 203s | a look at mod West's rather nice |
| 205s | graphics normally we just do a kind of |
| 208s | repaint for the bit for the different |
| 210s | finales because we don't need to spend a |
| 213s | lot of graphics time remake remapping |
| 215s | the whole thing for this one since we |
| 217s | needed 128 separate arenas for the first |
| 220s | round of it mod West has done a pretty |
| 222s | elaborate job and it looks to me like |
| 225s | he's taking some ideas from what he did |
| 227s | for PvP all-stars to make rather more |
| 231s | epic finale arena than we've had before |
| 232s | he's looked so women changed the design |
| 235s | a bit well um |
| 237s | previously we had the finale would take |
| 239s | place in a walled arena with you know a |
| 242s | fairly high walls he's got a new design |
| 246s | now that will hopefully give four other |
| 247s | better views I look forward to seeing |
| 250s | what you think of it and like I say it's |
| 254s | not like playing dead man you hit you'll |
| 257s | be doing it to test the thing to check |
| 259s | the functionality of the specific code |
| 261s | that's changed we're not trying to test |
| 263s | every other thing that's involved in |
| 265s | dead man like |
| 266s | you know the XP tracking the behavior |
| 269s | view log acting again it's a no save |
| 272s | world won the tournament worlds so every |
| 274s | time you log out then you'll get reset |
| 276s | completely and we don't expect to allow |
| 279s | login throughout most of the beta |
| 280s | because that's not the thing we're |
| 281s | focusing on this one yeah yeah that's |
| 285s | enough on that topic I'm happy to move |
| 287s | on in the chat if you will |
| 288s | great thanks a lot ash again exclamation |
| 291s | mark Vienna will bring up the post with |
| 292s | all the details if you want to get |
| 293s | involved with that so next we have |
| 297s | something that mod G has been working on |
| 300s | what you got for us and I have a soulful |
| 303s | lizard to show you guys I've been |
| 308s | working on this guy for a week I've been |
| 311s | here a week and it's really sweet thank |
| 316s | you |
| 316s | nothing I was looking good everybody |
| 318s | keeps saying cute and I'm like well at |
| 324s | least you be doing something beginning |
| 326s | the test is gonna keep now I mean that's |
| 330s | that from from what we've seen it's like |
| 333s | the fact that you've only been here a |
| 334s | very short while and you're coming out |
| 335s | well you've already got your first NPC |
| 337s | it's animating and stuff like that |
| 339s | that's a lot of progression in a short |
| 341s | time |
| 341s | Thanks thank you I was really excited |
| 343s | with this actually because sort of my |
| 346s | first day goes said right you're gonna |
| 348s | make a sofa lizard our idea is for it to |
| 350s | be like a salamander but you can kind of |
| 352s | do whatever you want and I took a lot of |
| 353s | inspiration from like geckos |
| 356s | you know like like leopard tail geckos |
| 359s | and sort of something a bit more like |
| 361s | thick and it's like sulfurous and a bit |
| 363s | chunky well we've certainly come a long |
| 366s | way in the graphics budget from the |
| 367s | sulfur clouds of the soul for my yeah |
| 369s | those I'm not they're not recolored |
| 373s | those are just vampires we kill one of |
| 378s | the vampires it turns into a cloud of |
| 379s | dust and goes away to rejuvenate |
| 382s | I didn't even repaint it those are |
| 384s | that's what you've got in the sofa the |
| 386s | color was already perfect for what work |
| 391s | well yeah we with Ghost and Alfie having |
| 395s | so much to do for the actual terrain we |
| 398s | had to kind of make do with what we've |
| 399s | got |
| 399s | this is definitely coming a very long |
| 402s | way for further on the mat course so |
| 406s | safe to say this is one of the first |
| 407s | things you've been working on since |
| 409s | joining us well yeah the first thing |
| 412s | Monday and have you found it so far yeah |
| 415s | I'm really enjoying it yeah the |
| 416s | optimization process was pretty crazy |
| 419s | with the new tools to learn but really |
| 422s | enjoying it yeah new tools tools have |
| 427s | been around for 15 years I've got some |
| 429s | ancient technology it's a chance to me |
| 430s | and powered by floppy disks and journals |
| 433s | in the day the spam on the stream will |
| 436s | be dev tools dev tools dev tools coz so |
| 439s | we were limited by what we could do in |
| 440s | 2013 by the lack of dev tools having got |
| 443s | that 2007 s always recreated for us |
| 445s | we've now got the problem that they are |
| 447s | 2007 tools and that's what they were |
| 450s | like sorry yes I think I've taught them |
| 456s | the phrase useless rocking about the |
| 458s | same way yes 20 2016 now how time flies |
| 463s | right so mod Rock |
| 466s | the other thing were the other highlight |
| 468s | of the updates |
| 469s | besides the permadeath beta and we'd |
| 472s | like to tell us yeah so a project that |
| 474s | myself and mod Lenny have been working |
| 476s | on for what seems like an eternity and |
| 479s | coming to you guys tomorrow is the |
| 481s | long-awaited collection log what this |
| 484s | will do is as you go through you kill |
| 487s | bosses and such essentially it'll track |
| 490s | what you get as drops and there are a |
| 493s | few small caveats with it which we have |
| 496s | explained before but I'll happily |
| 497s | explain again anything that is tradable |
| 502s | even if you own it even if you're an |
| 505s | Ironman it will not be displayed in the |
| 509s | system the reasons for that being that |
| 511s | if we were to do that kind of thing we |
| 516s | would be extending the whole project by |
| 518s | six months to a year - in order to |
| 521s | accommodate all of that kind of stuff |
| 523s | so unfortunately Ironman will have to |
| 526s | get the items again if they want to |
| 528s | complete the collection log but again |
| 531s | that's only for the |
| 533s | tradeable versions also you'll see there |
| 537s | is all the untradable items like |
| 538s | minigames pets you can see on the screen |
| 541s | now the metamorphic dust if you've got |
| 546s | them or if you've used them so if you've |
| 547s | got they on trans mobs and whatever they |
| 549s | will automatically be filled in because |
| 551s | they cannot be traded with other players |
| 554s | yeah he got the back to their bosses |
| 557s | thing everything's on there there's a |
| 560s | few gems that I thought was maybe a |
| 563s | little bit mean but I put them in anyway |
| 565s | and also some things that I kind of like |
| 567s | to highlight some of the content the is |
| 571s | less used in the game known cooking is |
| 574s | on there for one good trying to get the |
| 577s | min cake the seed pod to the scarf and |
| 579s | the glasses the evil chicken outfit |
| 584s | which you acquire from sacrificing God |
| 587s | eggs in the wood cut and killed is there |
| 589s | as well which is fun while and then |
| 592s | we've got things like czars because |
| 594s | they've got a decent unique table |
| 598s | revenants general Slayer stuff so things |
| 602s | you get from superior's like the dust |
| 604s | and mist staffs etc there's probably |
| 607s | about 1100 items on this list yeah that |
| 612s | we've rather a lot of things if Lenny |
| 613s | were meant to be tracking all of the |
| 615s | ones that iron people already owned I |
| 617s | think he well I'm not sure what the |
| 620s | server would do if he tried that much |
| 621s | code on it or yeah I don't know there's |
| 625s | something else I wanted to say but an |
| 626s | outcome over I'll probably remember in |
| 628s | two minutes about the quantities of them |
| 629s | because the PS if I didn't okay so some |
| 632s | items will have a quantity capped at one |
| 634s | such as things like the castle walls |
| 637s | armors void and that's because generally |
| 641s | you can sell those back for reduced |
| 643s | costs and then buy the next one |
| 646s | therefore we capped it that way things |
| 648s | like trouble brewing you can buy as like |
| 650s | you'll go up to 255 because you can't |
| 653s | trade them back in and 255 is the |
| 655s | general limit anything that's considered |
| 657s | stackable like vials of blood scales etc |
| 659s | goes up to 65535 so |
| 665s | and there's definitely a lot to do in |
| 667s | there well thank you very much more rock |
| 671s | something has just occurred to me which |
| 673s | I don't think we have discussed yet is |
| 674s | have you got any plans for rewards for |
| 677s | players you've managed to somehow |
| 678s | complete the whole thing I will be very |
| 681s | surprised if someone completes the whole |
| 683s | thing because it contains every piece of |
| 684s | gilded and every piece of Third Age |
| 686s | possible from clues girls do complete |
| 690s | the whole thing you win a warm fuzzy |
| 693s | feeling of satisfaction inside all right |
| 700s | that question then of course I'm gonna |
| 703s | move on to the questions that have been |
| 705s | asked by the community the first one is |
| 708s | a bit of a touchy one but I think it's |
| 710s | something that did need addressing |
| 711s | it was the most up voted one on euro 7 |
| 715s | read it so burnt fish asks can we |
| 718s | address the recent polling issues the |
| 720s | poll until it barely fails spell book |
| 723s | drama is more apparent than ever because |
| 725s | of that is now more apparent than ever |
| 727s | that poll results should not be released |
| 729s | until the poll is closed |
| 731s | so this is something I did want to talk |
| 734s | about just to sort of clear the air a |
| 736s | bit I think the first thing we need to |
| 740s | say is our own sort of personal opinions |
| 742s | and beliefs on how the game |
| 744s | quote-unquote should be or what we would |
| 746s | like does not impact sort of well the |
| 751s | polls essentially we don't close them |
| 753s | early or close them late to try and make |
| 754s | a change happen the repoing was never |
| 756s | intended to make that happen it's not |
| 758s | like we've got the secrets shrunken icon |
| 762s | Illuminati paying those extra if we can |
| 764s | even small some players may seem to |
| 767s | think we have this special agenda on it |
| 770s | that said the players who objected to |
| 773s | the size change before because of the |
| 775s | skill gap in PvP their point was quite |
| 778s | legitimate yes my understanding is the |
| 782s | way we've left it at the minute |
| 784s | broken to looking at workarounds for |
| 787s | that as and when it's appropriate |
| 789s | because obviously the way went this time |
| 792s | wasn't ideal and |
| 794s | uncomfortable with us committing to that |
| 795s | one being on the next all of you would |
| 797s | like to it's not the thing we talked |
| 801s | about where it resizes but not in PvP |
| 804s | zones hmm is something I'm very happy to |
| 807s | work on sooner rather than later yes |
| 809s | well for me I seems like quite a |
| 810s | reasonable um fix quite quite fix for it |
| 814s | it's a compromise it does not deliver |
| 816s | everything that some people would like |
| 818s | and we regret that but it also hopefully |
| 820s | preserves something that's very |
| 822s | important to a lot of other people okay |
| 825s | I'm gonna move on to the second question |
| 827s | but hopefully alleviate some concerns |
| 830s | so settle down Willis asks could the |
| 834s | fire of unseasonal warmth s-- affect the |
| 837s | one from making friends with my arm be |
| 839s | expanded to the ice path requiring |
| 841s | desert treasure to be completed of |
| 842s | course to give us access to a new area |
| 844s | to kill trolls it could but I think that |
| 848s | would also make it the best area because |
| 850s | I had a look in there and it's really |
| 852s | open it's got quite a lot of trolls in |
| 853s | there right now you go to the otters Oh |
| 856s | to do it mmm mind if people who've done |
| 859s | that quest for those environments and |
| 861s | then built this thing which is quite |
| 863s | high five making got themselves a new |
| 866s | trolling area I mean unless you thought |
| 869s | it was like far too good I don't mind it |
| 871s | being a new thing to do yeah with those |
| 875s | miners mind it's just up to the |
| 877s | community don't do this like box I think |
| 880s | we'd have to look at it to see if it's |
| 883s | multi or single whether you can or |
| 885s | cannot but cannons there etc we could |
| 889s | restrict it if necessary |
| 890s | well quite and I think if we were to put |
| 894s | into the players would tell them exactly |
| 895s | what we'd do with the area remember to |
| 897s | change it cool so sort of maybe yes see |
| 901s | what the community think yeah I'm I'm in |
| 904s | Douglas says it's a singles area and |
| 905s | they ask the question okay there we go |
| 910s | des abolish asks well they say let's |
| 913s | discuss the development of an old-school |
| 915s | exclusive continuation of the ham |
| 917s | storyline it surprises me that there is |
| 920s | no low or mid-level ham Slayer master |
| 922s | even though law wise having a slayer |
| 924s | master to exterminate all the |
| 925s | is fitting with the faction or could one |
| 928s | of the low-level Slayer masters be a |
| 929s | secret ham member or sympathizer I quite |
| 933s | like this one actually |
| 934s | especially from a law perspective it's |
| 936s | funny what do we think doesn't runescape |
| 944s | have continuations for Xanax storyline |
| 946s | well they've got land of the goblins and |
| 948s | chosen commander and some content beyond |
| 951s | that we could have land of the goblins |
| 953s | we because it was nearly complete in |
| 958s | developments in August 2007 which was |
| 960s | our archive point which means we've got |
| 962s | the almost complete version of it it's |
| 964s | not completable at the moment we mod |
| 966s | Nexus how it had look at playing through |
| 968s | it in the repository and found that he |
| 972s | got a stock on the bit with a goblin |
| 973s | temple you just couldn't complete the |
| 975s | quest it hadn't been written right yet |
| 976s | but we would be able to finish it off |
| 979s | integrating into old school launched it |
| 982s | it's not been a very popular request |
| 984s | partly because it ends I think on a |
| 987s | crashing cliffhanger where's Anakin |
| 989s | sorry about the spoilers but it's been |
| 990s | around for quite a few years sonic |
| 992s | climbed into a box and the lid shuts |
| 996s | quest complete now for those who don't |
| 999s | like sonic berry much maybe that's okay |
| 1001s | oh but of all the things we could |
| 1004s | recruit we install the old school that |
| 1008s | one was quite low down the list I'm also |
| 1011s | available by the way path of glory which |
| 1013s | would give you I think walked terror |
| 1014s | birds and for some reason when we say |
| 1016s | that people stopped caring |
| 1018s | anywho we could also like the players |
| 1022s | actually asked about right something |
| 1023s | different heck we could have landed like |
| 1026s | goblins and then write something |
| 1028s | different to chosen commander where you |
| 1030s | get a leak out of the box in a different |
| 1031s | way |
| 1031s | use lockpick on box possibly or you open |
| 1036s | the box again and find that she's now |
| 1037s | been squashed flat or Schrodinger's |
| 1039s | annek tempting maybe you get an option |
| 1044s | for whether she's alive or dead then |
| 1047s | that's how you can take a go to a story |
| 1049s | on say one if you'd like to alive or two |
| 1052s | of you'd like her dead I'm curious join |
| 1057s | Han |
| 1058s | actually that that is a fair point if I |
| 1062s | know there's a lot of talk about between |
| 1066s | our law parity with runescape but that |
| 1070s | is genuinely a storyline that we could |
| 1072s | end at the quest that we have and then |
| 1075s | obviously they've gone for the human |
| 1077s | side we I mean so for the monster side |
| 1079s | we go the humans against monsters to |
| 1082s | build our story that way interesting |
| 1084s | it's a little inconsistent with her |
| 1086s | personality has revealed in the quests |
| 1087s | so far but maybe when she gets put in |
| 1089s | the box her head could get squished or |
| 1091s | something then she becomes a flat-headed |
| 1093s | goblin with some different ideas this is |
| 1098s | entirely serious escape content design |
| 1101s | live well it's up there with the |
| 1104s | conversation about how we the world just |
| 1106s | had a big bear space so we put a big |
| 1107s | bear in the big space we've never really |
| 1113s | contradicted rs.3 in any significant |
| 1117s | details so far even where edy worked on |
| 1121s | taste of freedom it tells a different |
| 1125s | story to what you got in legacy of |
| 1127s | series but it's the same shape the same |
| 1130s | [Music] |
| 1131s | kinds of characters doing similar things |
| 1134s | you can get the flail thing we were not |
| 1139s | trying to deviate too much in that point |
| 1141s | case like suc a case wasn't a bad quest |
| 1144s | what I'd regret is that we wouldn't be |
| 1146s | able to do chosen commander because that |
| 1148s | was my favorite quest of all time and no |
| 1149s | I didn't write it it was it felt like |
| 1153s | I've been playing quests for years and |
| 1155s | right see a few quests and suddenly I |
| 1156s | saw chosen commander and felt now I'd |
| 1159s | see what a quest could be could we make |
| 1161s | a chosen commander but from the ham side |
| 1163s | and hams chosen commander remarkably |
| 1168s | tempting I could see big high war god |
| 1170s | thinking a rather good idea to use these |
| 1172s | really really aggressive humans instead |
| 1174s | of the creatures he's used to moving on |
| 1179s | in the chat so I'm getting out to the |
| 1181s | next question |
| 1182s | border Falcon bolder Falcon asks if |
| 1185s | there's any talk of a new agility course |
| 1187s | in Zaire Maya ditch or possibly proof in |
| 1189s | the future |
| 1191s | any variety would be appreciated for the |
| 1194s | skill I think we've talked about all |
| 1196s | three at one point the mind each one's |
| 1198s | very appealing because that area has a |
| 1200s | lot of walking around on rooftops |
| 1201s | already and a great big long castle wall |
| 1203s | that reads me be it and let's face it |
| 1207s | there's a lot of dead content there |
| 1209s | possibly possibly a chance to include |
| 1212s | some agility related rewards if we went |
| 1215s | to Asia so I guess you work for making a |
| 1220s | lot of graceful KITT then I think with |
| 1226s | the agility and people that was talked |
| 1228s | about maybe doing something a bit |
| 1230s | different instead of having it like high |
| 1231s | maybe doing some kind of like |
| 1233s | underground or yeah yeah that's cool |
| 1239s | shake it like you have to crawl through |
| 1242s | trenches and get other things because if |
| 1244s | you put your head up too high then you |
| 1245s | get shot that or something I mean but |
| 1247s | basically we do want to do something |
| 1249s | with agility it go at the moment and go |
| 1251s | you go from 60 to 90 essentially it's |
| 1254s | ears as long as you've done the diary |
| 1256s | and just continue teleporting so relic |
| 1258s | er barely gets used mmm and the |
| 1261s | wilderness only gets used for a couple |
| 1262s | of levels yep if you decide to do it |
| 1264s | that way and don't want your marks of |
| 1266s | gray so there's definitely room for us |
| 1268s | to add some variety in there |
| 1270s | cool so from Ralph ickis if I'm |
| 1274s | pronouncing that correctly says if you |
| 1279s | make a new sea slug quest would it come |
| 1281s | with a new tier of temple Knight armor |
| 1283s | in brackets acolyte if yes if yes what's |
| 1287s | that news she could the armor Phil I'm |
| 1289s | considering that proselyte is |
| 1290s | ridiculously good when it comes to its |
| 1291s | prayer bonus I think we sort of agreed |
| 1294s | before we probably wouldn't add an extra |
| 1296s | tier to the armor but for me the |
| 1299s | interesting half this question is plans |
| 1301s | with the sea slug storyline people seem |
| 1305s | to want a lot of story in this ring I'm |
| 1308s | not complaining it's fun to write I |
| 1310s | think everyone except possibly Ciaran |
| 1312s | likes writing quests and he probably |
| 1314s | would if he wanted to you just tell him |
| 1316s | there's a boss in it well it did cross |
| 1319s | book at one point the idea for making |
| 1321s | friends of my arm is that I'd write the |
| 1323s | quest and he'd write the boss |
| 1324s | then he had a different project to work |
| 1326s | on so i wrote the boss but I didn't want |
| 1329s | a very hard one anyway so so one of |
| 1332s | Karen's penalties might have been a bit |
| 1334s | overkill um anywho we do like writing |
| 1339s | stories and I also know what the slug |
| 1341s | Menace developer had in mind for that |
| 1342s | storyline because he told me before we |
| 1345s | fired him so we can go there possibly |
| 1349s | not with the gratuitous torture |
| 1350s | cutscenes that he worked because that I |
| 1354s | I didn't see it myself but some pen |
| 1358s | stirred from Paul Gower that he'd got a |
| 1362s | cutscene of somebody strapped to a board |
| 1365s | in the temple Knights dungeons with a |
| 1368s | burly temple not just and as the camera |
| 1374s | pans away and the players left to wonder |
| 1375s | whether they've actually been helping |
| 1377s | the good guys on this yeah it was meant |
| 1382s | to be an invitation to consider just |
| 1385s | what they're doing in the services |
| 1387s | saradomin whether saradomin would |
| 1388s | approve and what it says about saradomin |
| 1391s | if he did runescape isn't that kind of |
| 1393s | fantasy game no content we've got that |
| 1402s | torturing the known thing in the morning |
| 1404s | Zen part what were you doing tickle its |
| 1405s | feet I think even who just threatened to |
| 1408s | you threatened to feed it now on |
| 1410s | something the developer wanted to write |
| 1412s | dialogue where you threatened to feed it |
| 1414s | nails in prince2 |
| 1416s | so that it would have diarrhea with |
| 1419s | nails in I don't recall whether mod mark |
| 1422s | allowed him to put that in the game in |
| 1424s | the end we said they didn't have you do |
| 1426s | it well now you know that I think I've |
| 1430s | heard that story about eight times and |
| 1431s | it still makes me laugh and cry at the |
| 1435s | same time or they thought it was a bit |
| 1437s | dot we had killed the unicorn in on the |
| 1438s | ground pass right material gasps asks |
| 1445s | can the team |
| 1446s | can the team add support for keeping a |
| 1449s | players first ninety nine cape untrimmed |
| 1451s | I understand there's no solution for |
| 1453s | players who have already trimmed their |
| 1455s | first 99 cape I would think this would |
| 1457s | be a good |
| 1458s | four players going forward and give new |
| 1459s | players and alts a way to celebrate |
| 1461s | their accomplishments I mean they |
| 1463s | already can just moderate it can't be |
| 1465s | done right there's my understanding |
| 1468s | yeah there is though there is a really |
| 1470s | awkward way of way it's not really that |
| 1471s | awkward it just requires you to have |
| 1472s | certain stats and know what you're doing |
| 1474s | but I don't like the fact that we're to |
| 1478s | get essentially be giving new people |
| 1479s | this way of showing something off but |
| 1482s | then everyone else that happened to come |
| 1484s | before them to help shape the game that |
| 1486s | they're now playing eccentric cetera |
| 1488s | maybe it's just giving them a middle |
| 1490s | finger and going now we've got something |
| 1491s | that you don't and it's like separating |
| 1494s | the community for no reason that's a lot |
| 1497s | of people who'd be excluded from it if |
| 1499s | we're excluding you all current |
| 1501s | customers with 99s that's a lot of |
| 1504s | people I'm sorry to exclude them from a |
| 1506s | feature that's meant to be about |
| 1508s | celebrating their ninety nine there's a |
| 1510s | lot of strong knows in this hat I mean |
| 1512s | there's a few on the count just I was |
| 1514s | thinking about I was thinking about the |
| 1516s | untrimmed caves mmm and I was thinking |
| 1519s | what if all of the skill masters where |
| 1523s | you buy the cape from if after you have |
| 1525s | your second day then I have the option |
| 1527s | to sell the untrimmed version in |
| 1529s | addition so that you can't have it that |
| 1531s | means everyone will be able to have |
| 1533s | every version of an untrimmed cape don't |
| 1535s | they've owned the 99 yeah but therefore |
| 1537s | they're not showing off the fact that it |
| 1539s | was their first one that they managed to |
| 1540s | keep it which i think is the whole main |
| 1541s | point of sure yeah okay although I mean |
| 1543s | we just give a toggle for the trim like |
| 1546s | we did to the achievement one yeah right |
| 1548s | that makes sense to me right so we have |
| 1552s | an image for our next question asked by |
| 1555s | spine wielder from the rxwiki team he |
| 1558s | says seeing mod curse and mod rise |
| 1560s | passion for the dragon pickaxes are |
| 1561s | sorry for seeing their passion for the |
| 1567s | pickaxes old appearance has inspired me |
| 1569s | to make this picture I think players |
| 1571s | would have preferred the staff of Lights |
| 1572s | appearance before evolution of combat |
| 1574s | rather than post evolution of combat so |
| 1578s | here are the designs before and after |
| 1579s | along with the Special Attack |
| 1581s | anims yeah well it's worth for special |
| 1584s | attack ad and we didn't have any artists |
| 1585s | and the team back at that point so we |
| 1587s | were really quite limited to what we |
| 1588s | could do all right didn't we put stuff |
| 1590s | out on Twitter to design |
| 1592s | helped design this in the first place we |
| 1593s | did was it I can't remember who designed |
| 1597s | it but I'm pretty sure we went to there |
| 1601s | okay hmm I mean I'm not adverse to it |
| 1610s | but the problem is is that when you get |
| 1613s | people to go oh I like the old design |
| 1615s | and that's other people to go oh I like |
| 1616s | the new design and then you don't you |
| 1618s | can't please everyone unless you add in |
| 1620s | more ornament kits and switch between |
| 1622s | them right |
| 1623s | well it's whether we'd want to do |
| 1625s | something like that or not possibly get |
| 1627s | a straw poll for this I'm seeing a lot |
| 1628s | of yeses and a lot of nose in chat maybe |
| 1631s | we should ask if should the staff of |
| 1634s | light be changed to its old appearance |
| 1637s | can we have a third option on that for |
| 1639s | don't mind because I'm seeing several |
| 1642s | athlete chatter swirled low beams know |
| 1643s | how strong the views are it seems like |
| 1646s | some people are actually enjoying the |
| 1648s | fact of having a non winking on it as |
| 1649s | well mm-hmm is that another thing we'd |
| 1652s | like to and I think where it ties into |
| 1658s | would it be that the Ottoman kit is to |
| 1660s | make it look like the old version or |
| 1662s | have the old as the default and then |
| 1664s | Ottoman kit for the club I wouldn't use |
| 1666s | though the current version as it is and |
| 1668s | the older version be there yeah telling |
| 1671s | players whether you were in favor of us |
| 1673s | will not your item has changed its |
| 1674s | appearance if you wanted to go back |
| 1675s | again play this contents of it okay |
| 1680s | that's why in-game not buy from yeah |
| 1683s | Solomon stuff okay so while that pole is |
| 1688s | going move on to the next question from |
| 1690s | Baker if there was one feature you could |
| 1693s | implement from a different game into old |
| 1696s | school what would it be for me I think |
| 1703s | it has to like I'm a big RPG like JRPG |
| 1708s | fan and a RPGs as well for me I'd have |
| 1711s | to be something like Diablos rifting |
| 1713s | system okay |
| 1715s | Diablo 3 drifting system where it's like |
| 1717s | procedurally generated content |
| 1719s | almost like dungeoneering but not quite |
| 1722s | dungeoneering |
| 1724s | that would probably be the way I'd okay |
| 1726s | fair Rio any thoughts um we've |
| 1732s | desertified and i wasn't very popular |
| 1733s | but i do like the way that in games like |
| 1736s | The Witcher can have a New Game+ which |
| 1737s | is like you finish the game |
| 1739s | so for example you get night and |
| 1740s | everything and then you can just decide |
| 1742s | to start again on the same character but |
| 1744s | have like the same stuff and all that so |
| 1746s | maybe prestige system although it is |
| 1749s | quite unpopular |
| 1750s | prestiging a skill but would you do it |
| 1752s | at 99 or 200 mil 99 G so not like a |
| 1760s | gameplay mechanics |
| 1761s | feature so much but just introduce more |
| 1764s | colors because I mean you're making |
| 1766s | stuff in that the game has like a very |
| 1769s | limited range of colors to use so just |
| 1772s | add more I'd like a lobby I know that's |
| 1778s | controversial because I've seen it |
| 1780s | couple many streams before but reason |
| 1783s | I'd like it is that some the user flow |
| 1785s | of getting people into the game in |
| 1788s | between worlds and able to communicate |
| 1789s | with each other is you know not ideal |
| 1793s | but really not ideal we get requests for |
| 1797s | you know making you do things before you |
| 1799s | can log into the game for security |
| 1801s | currently can't do that because by the |
| 1804s | time we can run any code on you at all |
| 1805s | you inside the game I just feel would be |
| 1808s | able to influence a few things that |
| 1810s | people have asked for and smooth out a |
| 1812s | few things that people don't people just |
| 1814s | got used to being bad like browsing |
| 1818s | world let's watch out under friends I |
| 1820s | think would be able to improve a lot of |
| 1822s | things that people would appreciate and |
| 1825s | we wouldn't have to use the lobby in |
| 1828s | ways that players would resentence we |
| 1830s | like we wouldn't |
| 1833s | for example needs to well put fancy |
| 1837s | graphics in there that people don't need |
| 1838s | bulking out you downloads I think we |
| 1842s | could get something worth having in that |
| 1843s | regard if we have a lobby of course |
| 1846s | that's another large engine job and |
| 1848s | we're in scape run logging scripts on |
| 1849s | the in their website so when you get |
| 1850s | into the lobby lobby you'll basically in |
| 1853s | like a stasis where we can run login |
| 1855s | scripts and stuff truth be told I don't |
| 1857s | know |
| 1858s | that much about rs3 slobby but if I |
| 1861s | could have something that I've seen |
| 1862s | other games and have it work the way I'd |
| 1864s | like it so then I'd want one where we |
| 1866s | could and some one where we could even |
| 1870s | we couldn't edit their say game profile |
| 1872s | I think we could get some useful |
| 1875s | functionality out of it so the people |
| 1878s | saying well I'll leave the message of |
| 1879s | the week screen at the moment you're in |
| 1881s | the game while you're looking at that |
| 1882s | thing I'm very surprised players haven't |
| 1885s | been more in favor of us taking it out |
| 1886s | so that they log in and they're in the |
| 1888s | game immediately rather than with their |
| 1891s | screen blanked out and hoping nobody |
| 1892s | comes to attack them I think we did to |
| 1895s | say were in a few high intensity |
| 1897s | situations but I'm showing you you know |
| 1901s | the info which got about your membership |
| 1902s | your messages new inbox your bank pin |
| 1906s | status and message the week advertising |
| 1909s | our most recent update doing that in a |
| 1912s | lobby feels a lot more sensible to me |
| 1913s | he's and where it currently is if we |
| 1915s | would do it at all the people spamming |
| 1921s | by arielle |
| 1922s | we have a battle royale minigame but |
| 1924s | it's not a lot of people play it yeah |
| 1927s | and they know why yeah we also have a |
| 1929s | list of things we'd like to improve |
| 1930s | about it of all the things we could |
| 1933s | undertake we ended up deciding to spend |
| 1935s | the dev table on bounty hunter for 2018 |
| 1940s | rather than on well that one but the |
| 1944s | idea the list of ideas ain't going |
| 1946s | anyway so we can totally come back to it |
| 1947s | at a later month and I'd be quite glad |
| 1950s | to because there's a lot of work gone |
| 1952s | into that as you know and I'd be glad to |
| 1956s | rejuvenate it okay so the results of the |
| 1962s | straw poll are in we asked should the |
| 1964s | staff of light to be changed to the pre |
| 1966s | EOC version 34% of you don't care so |
| 1970s | that's about a third and then 31% voted |
| 1973s | yes but as an ornament kit and then as a |
| 1976s | straight yes we had 26% and only 9% |
| 1980s | saying no go through easily on a pole |
| 1984s | yes fairly the ornament kit would |
| 1987s | probably pleased to be able to say yes |
| 1989s | as well now get it |
| 1992s | means that they have to get an item to |
| 1993s | use it that's given that whenever we |
| 1996s | change items people tend to ask for a |
| 1998s | toggle to have it back again the |
| 2000s | ornament kits approach does seem better |
| 2002s | cool so maybe we'll make a note of that |
| 2004s | one and put it in a pole sometime right |
| 2009s | so next question from black odd some odd |
| 2014s | names come in and today that's black |
| 2017s | Otter says so right now you guys try to |
| 2019s | release around three big updates every |
| 2021s | year updates that are usually new and |
| 2023s | exciting content I also noticed I've |
| 2027s | also noticed that every week we seem to |
| 2029s | be getting backlog creep with the team |
| 2030s | saying add it to the backlog only for |
| 2032s | the thing to never be heard of again |
| 2033s | with that in mind what would you think |
| 2036s | of skipping one big update one year and |
| 2037s | instead doing a huge backlog clear up |
| 2040s | I'm sure that one big update would not |
| 2042s | even come close to clearing out the |
| 2043s | backlog but a lot of minor tweaks and |
| 2045s | small fixes would come a long way in |
| 2046s | making old school more fun it's true |
| 2048s | that they wouldn't clear out the backlog |
| 2050s | and but think about a backlog is that |
| 2052s | every idea and we'll probably see some |
| 2057s | hundred ideas on a typical day just |
| 2059s | browsing social media every idea |
| 2061s | conceivably would go in that backlog and |
| 2064s | not all are worth it yeah I mean |
| 2069s | whatever idea you're thinking of that |
| 2071s | you know it's worth it it's definitely |
| 2072s | worth it to you and it's probably quite |
| 2074s | a good one because if you're watching |
| 2075s | this stream you're probably quite a DIN |
| 2077s | enthusiastic player and have some decent |
| 2079s | ideas whereas some of the other stuff |
| 2083s | that comes through maybe not so much so |
| 2086s | the aim of the aim is not to clear the |
| 2089s | backlog or deliver everything that |
| 2090s | players had ever wanted or ever thought |
| 2092s | of especially when they don't agree with |
| 2094s | each other we would like to be able to |
| 2097s | do more one of the things we're doing is |
| 2099s | getting more staff in and thus we hoped |
| 2103s | there'll be fewer problems where we have |
| 2105s | to say well no artists available we've |
| 2108s | got one and we've got hopefully more |
| 2111s | devs or at least one more in the |
| 2113s | not-too-distant future we've been |
| 2117s | interviewing quite a lot but you know |
| 2120s | even canceling one big update which |
| 2124s | there's some side effects to that by the |
| 2126s | way we hope could be he'll come back to |
| 2127s | it's not gonna get you a huge amount it |
| 2130s | would be a bit like the equivalent of |
| 2131s | having like know another qual month and |
| 2136s | you know maybe you get another 30 things |
| 2140s | out of that which tend to be rather |
| 2141s | small things that's not necessarily a |
| 2145s | big awareness the player was hoping for |
| 2148s | when pitching this also take for example |
| 2155s | [Music] |
| 2157s | the big launch we have in January now |
| 2161s | there was a year where we old school had |
| 2166s | a big launch at the start of January and |
| 2169s | due to the way scheduling worked out |
| 2171s | that year our s3 didn't have something |
| 2173s | scheduled for the beginning of January I |
| 2175s | think they did it like but maybe five |
| 2178s | weeks later we know that for seasonal |
| 2182s | reasons people tend to come in for |
| 2183s | Christmas so plenums go up and in old |
| 2187s | school we observed that the player |
| 2189s | numbers kept going up between Christmas |
| 2192s | and launch of our new update because |
| 2195s | people had something to stick around for |
| 2196s | our s3 at the same time I mean they've |
| 2200s | got some great content coming but it |
| 2201s | wasn't coming in early January |
| 2203s | their numbers peaked at Christmas and |
| 2206s | they went but and start to come back |
| 2207s | down again because there wasn't |
| 2208s | something to encourage people to stick |
| 2210s | around for the difference that makes is |
| 2213s | considerable a different shot no thank |
| 2216s | you and so it is disproportionate to the |
| 2223s | amount of time spent on the content just |
| 2225s | doing it at the right time and making it |
| 2227s | something that is appealing I hate to |
| 2231s | say that we need to do things that sound |
| 2236s | exciting rather than just grinding |
| 2240s | through the backlog because some of |
| 2242s | those mundane things are worth having |
| 2244s | but the effect for us as a business is |
| 2249s | very very strong compared to the |
| 2253s | Meredeth time spent on it |
| 2255s | so those three points in the year |
| 2258s | they're not just chosen because we |
| 2260s | thought three was a good number three is |
| 2262s | a good number especially we're 70 before |
| 2263s | it but we it's really quite important at |
| 2268s | the moment and I'm afraid we're not so |
| 2271s | easy to be able to move away from caring |
| 2272s | about that stuff but with more staff |
| 2275s | around I do hope we'll be able to get |
| 2277s | through more the backlog especially um |
| 2279s | all the interface work that some our |
| 2283s | former colleagues then me and aired and |
| 2286s | Mars and West were working on for mobile |
| 2292s | that's at least trickling to an end |
| 2293s | there's a lot of fixes still to do for |
| 2296s | mobile but that's been occupying a huge |
| 2298s | amount of time from the team for well |
| 2300s | over a year with that freeing up we've |
| 2305s | been able to get a bit more of gameplay |
| 2307s | stuff out of them again which will |
| 2310s | hopefully be an improvement I mean we've |
| 2314s | been saying that we've also got the well |
| 2319s | we do a quorum on every February and |
| 2321s | generally all of our stuff the core |
| 2324s | month comes out of the backlog anyway so |
| 2327s | we essentially doing alongside the three |
| 2329s | updates I mean I wouldn't necessarily be |
| 2332s | averse to doing another core month later |
| 2335s | in the year they're very like popular |
| 2338s | I like cual months what I'd like when we |
| 2340s | split team into three you know live |
| 2341s | operations high-value and it's the |
| 2344s | projects one what I'd have liked is that |
| 2346s | live ops could be if actually doing qual |
| 2349s | month all the time in practice we'd be |
| 2353s | needed for other things so that's not |
| 2355s | been possible and in the absence of a |
| 2358s | group that has focused on PvP we've been |
| 2360s | having to work on that sort of thing |
| 2364s | based on our users recent blogs but |
| 2368s | that's the goal to be able to be |
| 2370s | delivering a trick all of these things |
| 2371s | all the time rather than even to clear |
| 2373s | the backlog in great big annual purges |
| 2377s | right while we're on the topic of |
| 2379s | updates I've just been told that the |
| 2382s | chemists release date has been changed |
| 2385s | we're pushing it back to January 10th |
| 2387s | not the best news sorry guys but |
| 2390s | that's just sort of the case I'm sorry |
| 2396s | I'm been told it's essentially because |
| 2398s | the nature of the project and the size |
| 2400s | of it we want to make sure it's as good |
| 2402s | as it can be for you guys you can have |
| 2405s | to wait one more week I'm afraid but the |
| 2407s | flipside is that's an extra seven days |
| 2409s | to get your Slayer up to 95 that's a |
| 2414s | positive spin on it I guess that'll eat |
| 2418s | some skillers who are away around the |
| 2420s | third for a tournament they're going to |
| 2422s | so they'd actually probably they might |
| 2424s | be happy about this one yeah as a gambit |
| 2428s | said stuff like this happens when we |
| 2429s | what we just it's just a case of us |
| 2431s | wanting to make sure that we can put out |
| 2433s | the project that you guys want in the |
| 2435s | best possible manner and if an extra |
| 2440s | week needs it it needs it it just means |
| 2442s | we can get what you guys are expecting |
| 2445s | it's this particular year the way the |
| 2450s | national bank holidays fall around |
| 2453s | Christmas means that a lot of working |
| 2455s | days taken out and that means that |
| 2458s | trying to deliver this of what's |
| 2461s | effective the second working day of the |
| 2463s | calendar year is riskier than the usual |
| 2467s | where we've you know had like three days |
| 2470s | in the office poor hand in two days in |
| 2471s | the office before hand that's a chance |
| 2473s | to deal with last-minute things also |
| 2476s | over the winter holiday which we have |
| 2479s | it's a much harder risk of staff illness |
| 2483s | travel disruption the kind of things |
| 2486s | that just take out a day of dev time or |
| 2489s | more without a lot of people around to |
| 2491s | pick up the slack so trying to guarantee |
| 2497s | the third was always a little bit risky |
| 2499s | I think the 10th is a lot more reliable |
| 2503s | yeah you can see people in the chat |
| 2506s | being quite very understanding it's it's |
| 2508s | it very much is a case that we love the |
| 2510s | game as much as you do and all we want |
| 2513s | to do is essentially provide you with |
| 2515s | the best thing that we can and in this |
| 2518s | case it just means we would like an |
| 2520s | extra week to do it and that's what |
| 2521s | we're doing so you guys are more happy |
| 2524s | lots of smiley faces in chat now that's |
| 2526s | nice also mod Karen is dying so if |
| 2528s | everyone can set him some love on |
| 2529s | Twitter I should appreciate what's |
| 2531s | happened to it if not very well it's you |
| 2534s | in today I think you have to write |
| 2537s | before he infects everybody it's not |
| 2539s | manfully right so I'll continue on with |
| 2544s | the questions we have a second question |
| 2546s | from dears abolish who asked the ham |
| 2548s | question maybe all the law stuff is |
| 2550s | movies of my bias as much as the players |
| 2555s | but they ask when are you going to add |
| 2558s | in more quests and more moderate / |
| 2560s | there's eros law the measure at are some |
| 2563s | of the most interesting characters in |
| 2564s | runescape and xerus is one of the most |
| 2565s | interesting gods the quest line can go |
| 2568s | in a different direction for old-school |
| 2570s | for example sliska could already be dead |
| 2572s | this horrible character gosh i could |
| 2575s | awaken before the ritual of rejuvenation |
| 2577s | and there could be a third measure out |
| 2578s | faction the desert pantheon cashie jalan |
| 2582s | I'm sure I'm not saying is right and |
| 2583s | Tamar Cal could all be part of this |
| 2585s | faction alternatively they could be an |
| 2587s | old school exclusive measure at |
| 2588s | stationed on Isaiah when it comes to |
| 2593s | quests and law for old school and |
| 2596s | runescape personally I'd rather go the |
| 2599s | way that where we make her own stories |
| 2601s | like we have Zia we are built like we |
| 2605s | are building our own quest system we |
| 2606s | have ideas on what we want to do with it |
| 2608s | and that's something that runescape |
| 2610s | hasn't got although we can do quests |
| 2612s | that they have done and those kind of |
| 2615s | storylines a lot of people already know |
| 2617s | that because the law exists coming from |
| 2619s | the other game I think personally I'd |
| 2622s | like to see us do more outside of what's |
| 2624s | already been done so that we can provide |
| 2627s | you guys with something different do we |
| 2630s | do we feel the same that we'd rather wha |
| 2631s | pave our own way with the with the lore |
| 2633s | in old-school I'm just trying to |
| 2635s | remember what mod West's pitched is a |
| 2637s | sequel to desert treasure because it |
| 2639s | certainly touched on some desert |
| 2640s | Pantheon's stuff and was and if it |
| 2643s | involves a sequel to desert treasure and |
| 2645s | it's bet that badger ought to be |
| 2646s | involved hmm so sort of yes I suppose |
| 2653s | the answer something we definitely |
| 2655s | consider |
| 2656s | so SM Dragon asks with the addition of |
| 2660s | Kebbell slow LANs achievement Diaries is |
| 2662s | there anything that we can unlock prior |
| 2664s | to the release to help us so how can I |
| 2667s | get ready I don't think we're putting |
| 2670s | tracking him beforehand for any of the |
| 2671s | tasks so they've had a few questions |
| 2674s | lately about whether Slayer points used |
| 2678s | by the new Slayer master will be the |
| 2681s | same so their points they can already |
| 2682s | get because if you've got lots of Slayer |
| 2685s | points then you can you know get lots of |
| 2686s | tasks and try to get the one you want |
| 2688s | which means saving up lots of slayer |
| 2690s | points in preparation for an update I |
| 2692s | don't actually know the answer to that |
| 2693s | one I've tended to suggest people try |
| 2695s | and Bob Monroe who is doing a lot of the |
| 2697s | Slayer programming for the update but |
| 2700s | maybe saving up all the Slayer points |
| 2702s | wouldn't be a bad thing and hey worst |
| 2705s | thing if they turn out not to be useful |
| 2707s | they're not gonna do you any harm and |
| 2709s | you'll have a better slay it level could |
| 2712s | also get the obvious things like all the |
| 2714s | Zeya favors always that's going to be |
| 2716s | useful guessing high stats for things |
| 2721s | like redwoods they're probably going to |
| 2722s | be included that's a lot of stuff ik |
| 2725s | yeah kind of vehicle kind of have a look |
| 2729s | through the dev blog that we released |
| 2731s | and have a look at what kind of content |
| 2733s | and levels and stuff there's game |
| 2735s | pitched and then stuff that's already on |
| 2737s | there like looking at the factions and |
| 2739s | the favored system etc will probably |
| 2742s | give you a good idea of stats and levels |
| 2745s | and stuff and then we'll throw some |
| 2746s | things in there yep |
| 2747s | you don't know about Kiki cool so cold |
| 2752s | weather says for the older devs as the |
| 2755s | panel and the player base knows the |
| 2757s | zamorak God Wars dungeon is considerably |
| 2759s | harder than all of the others while |
| 2761s | simultaneously having the worst rewards |
| 2762s | at least on release the question is why |
| 2765s | was it released that way she's maybe a |
| 2768s | bit broad but what it's worth the way |
| 2771s | the the raincoat suits Thoth does it's |
| 2775s | enraged attack is not what the developer |
| 2779s | intended I never has been and I ran into |
| 2784s | this when we were bringing it into old |
| 2786s | school and I was going through his code |
| 2788s | and |
| 2789s | importing his graphics and his code and |
| 2790s | trying to work out try to cloudy a few |
| 2792s | things up and fix the issues that we |
| 2794s | knew about from the previous launch but |
| 2797s | some while we were dealing with things |
| 2799s | like safe spots by making all the rooms |
| 2802s | rectangular rather than having things in |
| 2804s | the doorways like the original launch |
| 2806s | did where people could always safe spot |
| 2808s | Bandos I was trying to avoid changing |
| 2812s | any of the mechanics of the bosses from |
| 2814s | what people remembered from back in the |
| 2816s | day especially accord was was always |
| 2819s | pretty darn popular back in the day so |
| 2820s | redesigning the bosses felt like no one |
| 2823s | was gonna thank us for it anywho |
| 2826s | what's going on with krill is meant to |
| 2829s | be that some he tries an attack he |
| 2834s | detects it you're blocking it with |
| 2835s | prayer and he counts up and after a |
| 2839s | random number between seven and twelve I |
| 2841s | think it was meant to be he does the |
| 2844s | arrange thing so if you were fighting |
| 2846s | him solo you'd remember after a certain |
| 2850s | number better turn the prayer off and |
| 2851s | let him hit me properly otherwise who do |
| 2853s | the enrage thing that's what the |
| 2856s | developer was aiming for as far as I can |
| 2858s | tell from the comments and the code and |
| 2859s | you can't always tell but there are |
| 2861s | comments on this occasion what he |
| 2863s | actually wrote was that krill counts up |
| 2868s | every servant tick rather than every |
| 2872s | attack and then tries to do the enraged |
| 2876s | attack but won't succeed if the server |
| 2880s | tick at which he tries to do it doesn't |
| 2882s | match one of the ones where his attack |
| 2884s | speed allowed him to hit you so it's |
| 2887s | really unpredictable when he's when his |
| 2891s | permitted attack rate will coincide with |
| 2894s | the random number that he's trying to |
| 2897s | get so matching the counter that's been |
| 2900s | cattle conservatives and the Skrill is |
| 2903s | not like he was trying to be but he has |
| 2907s | been like that since 2007 so I think |
| 2909s | Jolley carefully before reprogramming |
| 2912s | him even it would be quite easy also |
| 2914s | it's a multi-way area so I'm counting on |
| 2917s | the demon based on how many times you've |
| 2920s | blocked him isn't entirely appropriate |
| 2922s | any |
| 2924s | hey whoo that's one of our krill um we |
| 2927s | could I think if we made that change you |
| 2929s | would get easier we can also stick more |
| 2932s | custom stuff on him if people have |
| 2933s | particular things in mind which is more |
| 2937s | my preferred way of going about it |
| 2939s | when I asked our resident PV Emma do you |
| 2941s | even agree that mm is the hardest of you |
| 2944s | it's definitely not the hardest I think |
| 2945s | it's one of the easiest right I also do |
| 2948s | think that no that is the hardest but is |
| 2950s | some of the worst loop you get like the |
| 2953s | good things you get from Sammy is he has |
| 2955s | another Hofstra the spear and the toxic |
| 2959s | stuff I mean the Spears are like 14 then |
| 2962s | the Dead's like 6 - hey yeah but if you |
| 2965s | compare it to the band off switch yes |
| 2966s | facets chest plate and then sourdough |
| 2969s | minutes drops ACB sorry gods odd they're |
| 2972s | really like much more expensive all |
| 2974s | right so the loot isn't great which |
| 2977s | makes it not as good but it's definitely |
| 2979s | not the hardest bus you could easily |
| 2981s | stay there for like a full tusk of Sammy |
| 2983s | got great demons okay not that hard you |
| 2988s | heard it from what Bruno cold weather |
| 2990s | needs to get good so I'm going to ask |
| 2996s | this question despite Rock's |
| 2998s | protestations just as it's a mod right |
| 3001s | imagining the chat today Carrie asks is |
| 3005s | there a plan for the new Dragon pickaxe |
| 3007s | ornament kit that mod curse showed on |
| 3009s | Twitter the answer to this is or written |
| 3012s | for me um so I'll just get through it |
| 3014s | quickly now you can see it there I think |
| 3016s | it looks gorgeous |
| 3017s | I've always liked that model so Raya |
| 3021s | said we have some rough plans but would |
| 3023s | welcome any suggestions where you would |
| 3024s | like this to come from please send them |
| 3026s | to add jagex curse |
| 3028s | what curse getting the Twitter plug this |
| 3030s | week shall we I spoke about with this |
| 3037s | this with him earlier and the reason for |
| 3040s | doing this is that some people prefer |
| 3042s | that model to what we've actually got |
| 3044s | in-game no turn around so I just prefer |
| 3048s | the wrote what's wrong with just the |
| 3049s | regular pick generally I think the |
| 3053s | regular dragon pig actual expand the |
| 3055s | bear |
| 3055s | oh ma Alfie I think it was cable with an |
| 3059s | interesting design that was like a |
| 3062s | dragon's face asks the end of the |
| 3065s | pickaxe so that when you smash it into a |
| 3067s | rock you've got some poor dragons than |
| 3069s | those being just moving on Greggy asks |
| 3080s | what are your thoughts about adding new |
| 3081s | spells to old school wherever that's |
| 3084s | sorry whether that be combat or |
| 3086s | utility-based for the different spell |
| 3088s | books like a sandstorm like if it fits I |
| 3095s | mean we added a whole arc a spell book |
| 3097s | that's a lot of spells we did surges |
| 3101s | with dragon slayer |
| 3102s | - yeah we've got geomancy that's new |
| 3105s | right I think if the content warrants it |
| 3111s | and there's something that can good can |
| 3112s | come of it and the spells have a use |
| 3113s | then there's no reason not to |
| 3115s | mhm it's a fairly vague question without |
| 3118s | specifying what the spells would do it |
| 3120s | is like if we decided to include what |
| 3124s | the player meant was lots of combat |
| 3125s | spells on the lunar spell book for |
| 3127s | attacking people with then that probably |
| 3129s | wouldn't be the way we'd go hmm |
| 3133s | every spell book we have has its kind of |
| 3136s | niche I mean the arc is one could do |
| 3139s | with a little bit of love they get me |
| 3140s | wrong the only thing that is really used |
| 3142s | for is making barrows teleport tabs and |
| 3147s | resurrect resurrecting not useful in |
| 3149s | solid heads so if I know mod West has |
| 3154s | had a design to do with updating the |
| 3157s | Archaea spell book I mean I'd be happy |
| 3159s | to get some recommendations and stuff |
| 3162s | from players as to what we can add |
| 3164s | towards the okay a spell book to make it |
| 3167s | a little more useful reasonable I'm |
| 3173s | gonna move on to some chat questions now |
| 3175s | with of getting towards the end of the |
| 3177s | stream so I want to get these in |
| 3179s | skittles asks can you make it so that |
| 3182s | you have the ability to upgrade all the |
| 3184s | furniture in the costume room similarly |
| 3186s | to the pools we can go up to the next |
| 3188s | tier |
| 3189s | so please make it so you don't have to |
| 3191s | remove the items and can be able to |
| 3192s | upgrade it with them inside you can see |
| 3196s | well that's an iron no that would be a |
| 3198s | nice thing to do from what I know I |
| 3200s | think even at the one before the top |
| 3203s | tier you can only sport like put in |
| 3205s | three or four yeah it's not great so |
| 3207s | it's not great but at the same time it's |
| 3209s | not a lot of items you have to remove |
| 3211s | but the upgrade system is much more |
| 3214s | suited for yeah yeah the devil made poh |
| 3218s | mostly didn't let you change your |
| 3220s | material to a completely different |
| 3221s | material by just bolting more stuff on |
| 3224s | where you can upgrade things like in a |
| 3227s | workshop it's like adding a vice to the |
| 3231s | table we already have adding steel rims |
| 3234s | to the table we already have rather than |
| 3238s | saying well this oak thing if I put this |
| 3241s | plank on it the whole thing is now made |
| 3242s | of mahogany that said well that was the |
| 3247s | pattern and has been fairly consistent |
| 3249s | about poh we can just say stuff it plays |
| 3253s | want this and let them upgrade because |
| 3256s | it really is quite frustrating if you've |
| 3258s | got going for the middle tier to the |
| 3260s | upper one and we wouldn't have I don't |
| 3262s | think we'd have any issues to do with |
| 3263s | variables if we let them upgrade it |
| 3265s | because none of them are really changing |
| 3266s | like with the outfit variables that are |
| 3268s | used when you put items in the barrels |
| 3270s | be fine and the upgrade system since I |
| 3272s | had to do some stuff to it to allow the |
| 3276s | cult altar with it's very very weird |
| 3279s | upgrading behavior since then this be |
| 3283s | fine |
| 3283s | coop so it sounds like we'd be up for I |
| 3286s | think the chats fairly positive about it |
| 3288s | as well so something to making for a |
| 3289s | backlog one for the head of that backlog |
| 3293s | arm asks has there been any explanation |
| 3296s | as to why certain creatures which are |
| 3298s | classified as demons blood fells and |
| 3300s | hellhounds for example while they're not |
| 3302s | susceptible to the special passives of |
| 3304s | our Clyde / dark light / silver light |
| 3308s | are naked while they considered demons I |
| 3311s | get how the think there would be because |
| 3314s | I felt like demonic things like from |
| 3316s | zamorak but they're not demons of evil |
| 3319s | yeah I want those like demons in the way |
| 3322s | of like |
| 3322s | Grady means lesser demons that even |
| 3324s | after demon in the name so not pure |
| 3326s | enough demons to be affected by the |
| 3328s | effects I guess they all quite in most |
| 3331s | aspects |
| 3333s | I mean people occasion you wonder why |
| 3336s | can't a hellhound be killed for a dog |
| 3337s | task or vice versa |
| 3341s | well I know it's got four legs and it's |
| 3344s | kind of canine but it's quite different |
| 3349s | won't be to a verse that to be honest if |
| 3351s | lower level players want to go to a |
| 3353s | hellhound possessor they're 112 combat |
| 3357s | something like that well they're from |
| 3358s | their safe spots everywhere if we wanted |
| 3360s | hellhounds to work as hellhounds and as |
| 3363s | demons and as dogs we'd have to change |
| 3366s | the slavery structures I don't three but |
| 3368s | we could do it |
| 3369s | I don't think Dena's are covered I think |
| 3370s | it was just more you case for you adding |
| 3372s | demon Bane to them at such birth |
| 3375s | allowing how has to be killed for a |
| 3377s | dog's task hmm it's a hound who's being |
| 3383s | assigned dogs that kind of level it um |
| 3385s | yeah I think they're Buster's just being |
| 3388s | doing surreal does yes he does |
| 3393s | oh I don't know how far it goes after |
| 3395s | that though with it even Monica it's |
| 3397s | probably reason it probably stops around |
| 3399s | there yeah probably goes to always you |
| 3401s | she doesn't know whatever she has called |
| 3403s | yeah kind of fish iris used to just go |
| 3405s | to Rd and range the ones through the |
| 3406s | fence hmm yeah yeah the prey and I had |
| 3409s | to kill I mean the best places in desert |
| 3411s | yeah like I said if you could go to |
| 3414s | almost go to the desert if you could go |
| 3416s | to the evil Steve and go kill the |
| 3417s | hellhounds or whatever then yeah I see |
| 3421s | that as an improvement really so we have |
| 3424s | a question from digi are you planning to |
| 3428s | do anything about the current death |
| 3429s | mechanics anytime soon |
| 3433s | then about soon we haven't put a date on |
| 3436s | it but that vlog what you guys wrote I |
| 3438s | understand we'd likely have another |
| 3440s | draft of it before we try programming |
| 3442s | anything yeah I think they're definitely |
| 3444s | ironed out first but it is on our minds |
| 3447s | and in the works potentially well so was |
| 3453s | that that was just on our screen it |
| 3454s | wasn't a little |
| 3455s | don't expect it soon necessarily but it |
| 3458s | is something on our minds but it would |
| 3459s | definitely go through the feedback |
| 3461s | process additionally so you were happy |
| 3463s | with it we were happy with it before any |
| 3464s | changes were made yeah it was a few |
| 3467s | things you guys weren't happy about in |
| 3468s | the last one so Pollachi 2 asks are |
| 3473s | there any changes we could make to |
| 3474s | improve the fishing trawler minigame I |
| 3477s | think it says come up before |
| 3479s | it relies on spam clicking and the XP |
| 3481s | earned is atrocious I'm also going to |
| 3482s | throw in I remember questions so on our |
| 3484s | saying um can we improve the the times |
| 3487s | that they go out as well if you miss one |
| 3488s | you're waiting ten minutes that would be |
| 3491s | problematic because it's not instance so |
| 3493s | that each game will can only handle one |
| 3495s | right line hmm could we just make them |
| 3499s | shorter and then would you increase the |
| 3503s | XP might not increase the items you get |
| 3505s | from it but you'll get XP it'll be a |
| 3507s | faster angler outfit mm-hmm that might |
| 3511s | be a decent solution then it's also been |
| 3513s | suggested that we made the afk time |
| 3515s | we're a little bit harsh in there hmm |
| 3517s | yeah I think at the moment if you get a |
| 3520s | full bar after having done it you can |
| 3522s | idle for five to six minutes when you've |
| 3525s | got a 12-minute minigame that's not |
| 3528s | helpful well unless you're the person |
| 3530s | afk of course but yeah I see somebody |
| 3536s | complaining it devalues their angular so |
| 3540s | the oxygen sort of maybe yes decreasing |
| 3542s | the time might be I think appropriate |
| 3544s | way to fix there were definitely things |
| 3545s | that we could approach the community |
| 3546s | with to make that piece of content more |
| 3548s | useful and enjoyable Matt had quite a |
| 3550s | few ideas about it back in the day I |
| 3552s | forget what they were but we've probably |
| 3555s | still got his blog available somewhere |
| 3557s | I'm gonna try and squeeze in one last |
| 3559s | question I appreciate we're about to run |
| 3562s | over time good one um so the last one |
| 3564s | from the chat oh you got a good one |
| 3566s | Oh blimey okay I quite like this one so |
| 3571s | from cell ste we have why not give us a |
| 3574s | token upon getting a duplicate pet drop |
| 3576s | this token would be untradable but could |
| 3577s | be spent at pro Vita the pet insurance |
| 3579s | lady which would either let you insure a |
| 3581s | pet to save 500k or redeem it when |
| 3583s | you're getting a pet back which normally |
| 3585s | costs one mil so instead of getting |
| 3587s | nothing you get some people |
| 3589s | 500k rml so yeah I mean I think I |
| 3593s | usually came to me with this one as well |
| 3594s | why asking boy I thought about it |
| 3596s | earlier in the week because he saw the |
| 3599s | thing I'm ready as well and the pet |
| 3602s | you'd I think a common misconception is |
| 3605s | that if you get the pet or get a role on |
| 3608s | the pet you lose out on something else |
| 3610s | but that's not true |
| 3613s | everywhere I can think of the pet is an |
| 3616s | additional role yeah so not only are you |
| 3619s | getting the item the reward you're |
| 3621s | getting the pet as an extra so |
| 3624s | technically you've lost nothing by |
| 3625s | getting it and probita in itself is a |
| 3628s | cash sink and intentionally so I would |
| 3632s | hate to bring something in that then |
| 3634s | reduces such a thing sigh okay so as far |
| 3639s | as that says you'll make sure nothing |
| 3641s | cuff does wind up do it a lot of size |
| 3643s | got this you know we got the next thing |
| 3644s | with the unsired that some behavior that |
| 3647s | makes it a little bit odd I'm so I see |
| 3651s | one that would end up being different |
| 3653s | it's like a very very very role as beat |
| 3656s | as happened but you only know because we |
| 3661s | told you and if we hadn't told you you |
| 3664s | wouldn't necessarily feel that you |
| 3666s | deserved to be given 500k or meal worth |
| 3669s | of value for it and we could go in the |
| 3672s | other direction by just not telling you |
| 3674s | I think in fact players originally asked |
| 3676s | for the message to be put in because I |
| 3677s | don't think it was including on me it |
| 3679s | wasn't you had funny feeling no it would |
| 3682s | be you have been followed and it is |
| 3683s | called into your backpack and then was |
| 3685s | it 2016 maybe think so we added in the |
| 3689s | fact that you have a funny feeling you |
| 3690s | would have been followed I can see it is |
| 3691s | fun to know but it doesn't necessarily |
| 3694s | mean that it has to be worth that kind |
| 3696s | of value also means we can track how |
| 3698s | many pet roles you've had on the |
| 3699s | collection log yeah which is because |
| 3701s | today I've got two sock pits just to |
| 3704s | trying it out thanks probably that we're |
| 3706s | past six but I really would like to |
| 3709s | answer the group Ironman question if |
| 3712s | that's all right absolutely is it's a |
| 3713s | popular question mmm so what's the |
| 3717s | answer anyway |
| 3719s | ask you be aware the engine teams we |
| 3722s | worked |
| 3722s | the mobile thing for well over a year |
| 3724s | and that's been their top priority we've |
| 3726s | not be able to get we'd not be able to |
| 3728s | ask them to a whole lot of other stuff |
| 3729s | on the side while that's been going on |
| 3731s | that's sure we've launched mobile that |
| 3736s | doesn't mean it's finished after all |
| 3738s | considering all the things people right |
| 3740s | in saying that were wrong with it will |
| 3741s | need changing about it'll need fixing |
| 3743s | about it will aspect ratios on tablets |
| 3745s | aren't very good so things overlap with |
| 3747s | other things these are things that are |
| 3750s | that do need solving so the engine teams |
| 3753s | still on that kind of stuff I think |
| 3755s | somewhere in the list is some Bluetooth |
| 3757s | keyboards quite a popular one that |
| 3760s | because mmm I hate talking on a mobile |
| 3762s | device I imagine some of you do too |
| 3766s | means that the engine team is not free |
| 3768s | from mobile yet which means that can |
| 3771s | they do everything they need for group |
| 3773s | Ironman it's quite a big backporting |
| 3775s | project well we can't realistically |
| 3778s | expect to be doing that at the same time |
| 3780s | so we'd like group Ironman because you'd |
| 3783s | like group Ironman and from our point of |
| 3785s | view it's kind of harmless I don't see a |
| 3789s | downside to it existing so sure we'd |
| 3794s | like it but we can't commit to a time |
| 3796s | for it because we can't even commit to |
| 3799s | when they'd be able to start the work |
| 3800s | never mind where they'd be able to |
| 3801s | finish it and I don't like giving a date |
| 3806s | if we can't be pretty confident in it |
| 3808s | that's where you get winter 2017 from or |
| 3812s | indeed the 3rd of January so no we don't |
| 3815s | have an enhancement on that one but we |
| 3817s | do know you want it and we'd like to |
| 3818s | give it to you because why wouldn't we |
| 3821s | the engine team are very aware that is |
| 3823s | something it is something we want a new |
| 3825s | guys want and the good thing is is that |
| 3828s | as and when they do get around to it |
| 3831s | also enables things like I know a lot of |
| 3833s | the code that we use for the group |
| 3835s | Ironman would also be relevant in clan |
| 3837s | systems yes well why know how some of |
| 3840s | that would work but that seems to be |
| 3842s | with it and that's what we've been told |
| 3843s | I learned that give this boat about |
| 3846s | group I'm a bit now I'm sure they were |
| 3848s | gonna do so that that also allows us to |
| 3850s | redesign things like the duo Slayer |
| 3852s | system that is pointless in our game |
| 3855s | right now |
| 3856s | and loses it on logout if we get this |
| 3859s | thing that drops describing then we'd be |
| 3860s | able to make them persist over logout |
| 3861s | and then it would be then it'd be more |
| 3864s | worth putting features on because at the |
| 3866s | moment if it became useful then that |
| 3867s | logout thing make it really annoying |
| 3869s | yeah they're definitely aware it's a |
| 3871s | high priority for us but remember the |
| 3873s | engine team serve the business not just |
| 3876s | our product but they're definitely aware |
| 3880s | that it is something we want and we do |
| 3881s | keep trying to prod them to see what we |
| 3883s | can get when we can get it yes if they |
| 3886s | not they haven't heard that you wanted |
| 3887s | it um and especially when you've got a |
| 3890s | thing like well clans which is where |
| 3893s | this is going which ties into |
| 3895s | cross-platform chat stuff that are links |
| 3899s | into our s3 that's bigger than the usual |
| 3902s | engine stuff because it's got to happen |
| 3903s | to both products at the same time |
| 3905s | coordinated and they also have quite |
| 3908s | high priorities which probably involves |
| 3910s | I'm getting a mobile version because |
| 3912s | their customers wanting to some of the |
| 3915s | same people is you may be okay I think |
| 3919s | you've got to wrap up yeah I think about |
| 3921s | was it there's the answer for the group |
| 3923s | Iron Man question that's where we're at |
| 3924s | with it at the moment um its mobile to |
| 3926s | thank everyone for joining me on the |
| 3927s | couch this week and thank you guys for |
| 3929s | watching we'll catch you in the next one |
| 3931s | oh right |