Old School Runescape

Old School Runescape Dev Tracker




23 Apr

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Hi there! I rarely appear on reddit to make posts, but as this fall right into my alley I felt obligated to at the very least acknowledge your analysis.

First off, well done! There are some good points made in your very long doc (I did not read it all to be frank).

The Old School Art style is very difficult to understand and explain yes. It has been my focus in the past year to deep dive in and figure out. I've come to roadblocks, done 180's midway through, taken a complete different direction to it until I have come to some conclusions.

The style of Old School is created by the hands of many different inputs, in the very early ages many of the art assets where in fact done by content developers.

Imagine this – You have planned to do a painting, you have not really decided the motif yet, but you are thinking it should be a medieval fantasy castle on a grass plain. Now you leave that painting not even half finished. In fact, you the person who ...

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Originally posted by MarqMaquette

Thanks for the reply, just wanted to offer a suggestion to keep 150 as 150, but I am sure the quest will be great because your track record is great.

Yeah the quest that was to be quest 150 has moved back to the point where I expect it to be 152 at the minimum now so unfortunately either way it wouldn’t work. I think that’s okay though. I wouldn’t want us to delay every other quest just to keep the same quest 150.

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Originally posted by MarqMaquette

Would it be possible to just make A Night At the Theatre a mini-quest instead?

I guess, but there’s not really any reason to. It won’t change anything about quest 150. Besides, as mentioned in the blog, the Theatre of Blood story will play a part in the Myreque finale so I think that alone warrants it being a quest over a miniquest.

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Originally posted by BioMasterZap

Fair enough. It just reminds me of the last 150th quest and how disappointing that was. I mean The Chosen Commander was a nice quest, but it didn't live up to the hype of RFD or such. It will be sad to see OSRS miss the mark after planning to fulfill it. It might be worth at least mentioning in the Kingdom update post that it is the 150th quest but not the one that was originally planned for and the original one is still upcoming for anyone who was looking forward to it. Interesting to see what quest got moved up though; it has to be kinda important if it was worth messing with the 150th quest.

Yeah I totally get the disappointment. I wish I could talk more about the schedule changes but we're not quite ready to announce them yet. As sad as it is, I do believe the right choice was made regarding the piece of content that we're bringing forward. I'm sure most people will agree once we announce it.

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Originally posted by BioMasterZap

I think it is a bit of a mistake to make the 150th quest not actually the 150th quest. I'd rather see A Night at the Theatre made the 151st and come out later this year than miss the milestone.

The quest that was planned for quest 150 has been moved back due to another project being pulled forward. Can't really say much more regarding that project at this point but more will be revealed soon.

The important thing to note is that the change to quest 150 was completely separate from this content. Even if we didn't launch A Night at the Theatre and instead kept A Kingdom Divided as quest 149, the original quest 150 still wouldn't fill that slot at this point due to the schedule changes.

As the person who pitched the former quest 150, I was pretty sad to see it move myself. At the end of the day though, A Kingdom Divided is still a notable quest. I'd also rather we not try and rush out the other quest just to hit what is ultimately an arbitrary number.

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Originally posted by Burdenedd

What's up with A Kingdom Divided release keep getting delayed? And how would a ToB quest proposed today which doesn't even have details about mechanics is going to be prioritized over the quest which has been polled months ago? I understand that the Kingdom divided quest requires reworking and testing with new spells, but doesn't seem logical how the new ToB quest will come in first.

A Kingdom Divided hasn't been delayed. It was always planned for summer. This proposed ToB update is just smaller to develop so will come first if it passes.

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Originally posted by Slayy35

How will the quest's death mechanics work for Hardcore Ironmen?

It just says that the 4th wipe will mean death for the party, does this mean that a HCIM can die up to 4 times within that encounter or will the first death kill him like in Normal mode? Considering it's Story mode I hope it's the former.

Basically, within Story Mode, you'll have 3 lives that will be a safe death and you'll respawn within the Raid and try again, but if you die a 4th time, it will count as normal death. I hope that helps!

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Originally posted by Solo_Jawn

So does that make A Kingdom Divided quest 150?

Currently, A Night at the Theatre will be quest 149 (if it passes) and A Kingdom Divided will be quest 150. The quest originally planned for quest 150 will still go ahead but it's been pushed back to allow us to focus on other areas.

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Hey, the 950m you sold on the 9th of February is what got you banned for real world trading.

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Originally posted by lnuw

Since you're open to polling cosmetic updates for the Slayer helms, why not poll recolour options for the Blade of Saeldor? Players have been asking for this for over a year now and you just keep ignoring this simple request.

Hello! Sorry for the wait on this one, I've just got confirmation from Mod Husky we can add this into Poll #75! Sorry we missed it, it's my first Blog/Poll so I got a bit overwhelmed with all the questions, please take a look the new Question #16 and let me know what'cha think! :D

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Originally posted by milkiii

In one of your most recent Q&A streams you mentioned that you could (would?) add a proposal for recoloring the Blade of saeldor with the color crystals. Is there a reason why was it left out?

Hello! Sorry for the wait on this one, I've just got confirmation from Mod Husky we can add this into Poll #75! Sorry we missed it, take a look the new Question #16 and let me know what'cha think!

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We made some changes based on feedback regarding the fight being annoying when you don't have someone immediately to fight...but if these are the wrong changes, we are more than happy to make further tweaks.

We decided we'll monitor this feedback over the next coming days and see if players like it or not. So perhaps we could organise a quick Discord group chat to discuss feedback with you, the LMS Community?

My Discord name is Mod Light#1353 - so if you (LMS Community) shoot me a quick message there we can hopefully discuss and change the spawn locations if you all prefer it that way. :) Let me know!


22 Apr

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Originally posted by GPSMcAwesomeville

I’m having the same issue since yesterday

EDIT: it is now resolved for me :)

yay hope you like the blog :)

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Originally posted by Gettle

For the Vanguards change I am a fan of the xp drop counting as damage when the vanguard is starting to go down, but not a fan of being able to constantly do damage while the vanguard is down. It sounds like the poll question means you can damage it all the time it is down and transitioning, am I correct in thinking this?

Hey guys, very sorry for the confusing wording of the Blog. I've spoken to Mod Husky and we've tweaked the explanation a bit. Let me know what you think, and shout if you have any questions:

'We can also allow pending damage on the Vanguards at the moment they transition to instead carry through even if they are transitioning, so you can kill them faster. If this change is implemented, the damage will occur once the transition finishes (similar to pending damage on Zulrah). Be careful though, as this pending damage can still trigger a reset once the transition is over!'

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Originally posted by ArtillerySr

Will you auto throw the fishing explosive at Kraken if you left click it while they are in inventory?

The way we're proposing it is that you use the potion > whirlpool > tentacles and Kraken wakes up > goodmorning tentacles and Kraken :)

Players will need to click twice though for this process it won't be a 1 click process. Hopefully makes sense and happy Kraken hunting!

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Originally posted by HectorTheMaster

Autocast crumble undead on skull sceptre!!! YES!

wooo!

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Originally posted by Trumps_Brain

@ u/JagexLight

" Sarachnis owners, how do you fancy having your very own orange or blue version of the Sarachnis pet? "

Shouldn't it be "Sraracha owners, how do you fancy having your very own orange or blue version of the Sarachnis pet?"

Thank you sir/ma'am! Fixed ;-;