Old School Runescape Dev Tracker

Originally posted by sloth-says-what

The concept of using marks to help make future runs easier, is fantastic, and I think future (Skilling) content should try to develop this. The best parallel currently in game is using MLM nuggets to help expand the paysack or getting access to the upper level.

Building efficiency early for future tasks is peak OSRS imo (Like unlocking proper teleports to do farm runs quicker, or completing diaries for the minor QoL buffs).

One thing I might've missed, are these efficiency items tradable? Non-tradable feels more osrs, but I know devs prefer making things tradable for the sake of selling them.

P.S. It'd be pretty interesting to take this concept and apply it to gauntlet to make it more appealing. Just minor QoL updates based on completions (or a point system developed, doesn't matter). Like having more consistency with T3 upgrades, additional time, faster resource gathering by a tick etc.

Originally posted by acoolguy93

My thoughts:

• What are your thoughts on interactive Agility content in general? Do you feel like it has a place in the game?
  • This would be a welcome addition.
• Did you like the mechanics of the three different traps we showed off? (Moving Flame Patterns, Dodging Projectiles and the Rolling Boulder)
  • I like them and the combination traps
• What do you think of the idea of combination traps to make the later floors more difficult?
  • Its great
• What are your thoughts on the penalty system where you will lose time from your clock instead of taking large amounts of damage?
  • I think this is good idea.
• What do you think about the balance between going for high XP/hr and choosing to sacrifice that XP for loot?
  • Not a big fan of this change simply because the rewards won't really be worth the loss in XP/hr and I do think it should offer both. My worry is if ...

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Originally posted by Just-My-Opinion-Dude

Hi Mod Husky, thanks for showcasing the WIP Hallowed Sepulchre today. To answer your questions:

1. I love the idea of interactive agility, agility is a pretty bland skill in it's current form so it's great to see some different styles of agility content being worked on. It absolutely has a place in game.

2. Sure, they seemed pretty cool.

3. Combining the traps is a cool idea. I think they will have to be synced together well though, I don't like the idea of having to wait for 30 seconds to get three traps to sync up in a certain way before I can even attempt to get across them.

4. I like the penalty system, I think losing time rather than health thematically fits agility.

5. I like having to choose between going for max xp and going for loot, although I think the xp gained from choosing not to go for the loot will have to be substantially higher to make it a worthwhile option. I assume the xp/h will increase dependi...

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Originally posted by 5150-5150

Just wanted to say:

Mod Husky, MVP

Originally posted by the1general

Hello Husky! Jebrim here. Loving what I’m seeing!

I like the traps, although I do think I might miss the fact that there are no actual obstacles to click to interact with. A big thing you did right here was design new types of traps/obstacles that we haven’t had to encounter yet in Agility. Existing courses have just reused the same old obstacles.

You made it so the fires couldn’t be run through by skipping a tile, but did you also do the same for the projectiles? There’s certainly two different philosophies behind this. You could block these so that it’s more realistic or you could allow people to try to time it properly to run through them. A problem I see with the latter is that it’s basically a 50% chance even if someone were to just click to run to the end and hope they get it. It’d be way too easy.

I hope the fires aren’t just going to be easy traps that just require a bunch of sitting still waiting for the next one ahead of you to disappear. Continual...

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Originally posted by dreadwraith8d

Risk vs Reward is fine, but if it's like PP where you can fail looting Urns 5+ times in a row I won't bother doing this.

edit: I worded this poorly, more so I meant that if it's possible to fail obstacles and be punished by getting no xp because you get unlucky, I think this will be dead content.

Originally posted by Thermald

What are your thoughts on interactive Agility content in general? Do you feel like it has a place in the game?

Yes. Anything to mix it up.

What do you think about the balance between going for high XP/hr and choosing to sacrifice that XP for loot?

I think the trade off could be larger

Originally posted by nostealyplease

Here's an abstract suggestion for good agility content:

Use agility training to teach the player how to play better with the tile/tick mechanics in OSRS

Walking/running around in OSRS is weird, and that makes it fun. In any other game, the Sotetseg puzzle would be an absolute joke, but in OSRS it's an interesting challenge. One mechanic you could use to implement something like that would be floor that shows where you're currently standing and where you just left. Something like wet shoes that show footprints that quickly fade after you leave the tile. Because animations are almost a tick behind, it's confusing to a lot of players when they see their dude running towards a tile, and it turns out they've actually been standing on that tile the whole time.

Edit: Speaking of which, you mentioned on the stream how running actually teleports you two tiles, skipping the middle tile, but that's not something a lot of players realize. A lot of them ...

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Originally posted by Sc2_PuGGy

1. I think interactive agility has a place in the game, but similar to other methods that require more attention (3-ticking, volcanic mine, etc.), I think the xp/hr needs to mirror that. If I have to pay mass attention for little to no benefit, most people will likely rather just run the same course over and over because it's very easy.

2. Yes, they look good.

3. As someone who would be able to hit the last floor, I think it the difficulty is most likely fine as long as I can consistently make it to the end once I learn the process.

4. Nice to not have to carry mass healing items and being ultimately limited by that.

5. Makes sense as long as the max xp/hr definitely reflects that. If the max xp/hr is only a couple thousand more than ardy (I am speaking about 92+ floors), then I am afraid it would be dead content besides grabbing dark graceful... personally, Id rather it be the meta.

6. Great idea, as long as ...

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Originally posted by madpigeons

What are your thoughts on interactive Agility content in general? Do you feel like it has a place in the game?

I like how you showed how the obstacles are tied together to feel like one long challenge. I think it could be fun if the reward for the difficulty was balanced.

Did you like the mechanics of the three different traps we showed off? (Moving Flame Patterns, Dodging Projectiles and the Rolling Boulder)

I think they are kind of basic but that can be a good thing. It would be cool to see something like the sotetseg maze as a puzzle to give players a way to practice it outside of ToB. Another idea is having a ghost that follows you extremely slowly and insta kills you when it finally reaches you, like the ghost in Spelunky where if you take too long exploring it forces you to move faster, giving you the looming threat feeling so you're less inclined to stand still for long periods of time.

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Originally posted by theatlantis_rs

Thank you Sween. It usually isn't a big problem because no one sabotages 24/7 besides this person and another one (who currently has stopped). So changing it isn't necessary, just take proper action against those who do it on the extreme level. Also, maybe Lanthus (the NPC in middle of Castle Wars lobby) could be typing something like "Sabotaging games is against the rules, please avoid doing so" every 7 minutes?

Originally posted by theatlantis_rs

u/JagexTyran u/JagexAcorn u/JagexSween

Originally posted by ILikeSugarCookies

Make Castle Wars a member game again. If he has to pay $5 every time he wants to come back I doubt it'll last long.

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Originally posted by emeldavi_dota

Random extra idea: put another copy of the giant bosses in the giant dungeon on Zeah.

Pros: increased value to zeah locked irons

Cons: devalues varrock sewers?

Originally posted by AssassinAragorn

Oh my God I love this so much

Originally posted by Aurarus

/u/Mod_West

Meant to share earlier but heard from a few places people find the place a bit too bright/ cartoony