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Valentines! & DXPW/Gameblast
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Jmod Love Letters
- 14th of February - 10:00-10:30 | 13:30-14:00 | 17:00-17:30 - Gametime
- World 2 - Lumbridge Church
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Gameblast 2020 Schedule- Not done in house but United Communities of Runescape
- DXPW Newspost - 48 hours this time instead of 36 hours.
Activity Pets
- A contingency update which exists to fill an update slot if something like scrapping Weapon Diversity happens again.
- If it doesn't happen it will be added in normally.
- It's not a large update taking the slot of another update, it's quite small and mainly outsourced.
- Adjustments are made to the initial concept art pieces to fit within certain rule-sets/tech limitations.
- The concepts made by us were communicated with the original artists.
- The 3D Models are outsourced that's it. The concept art is a design brief for them.
Jagex Concept Art
- Richie - The Classy Magpie
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Zez - Runescore Pet - We are still trying to decide on a rig to use for animations/proportions.
- The concept art for the rest have been signed off, but Zez has not yet.
Bonus Information
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Deer Model- Use this as an excuse to update other animals in the game.
- Bird models/animations could be reused but each are different sizes, for Richie's it could be used for other medium sized birds.
- Mune - The Area pet: There were 6 initial, but 2 more were made to fill other environments in game.
- There aren't as many aquatic regions so it might not be used.
- Anachronia is too specific and we prefer to be a broad region.
Mining and Smithing
Recent Changes - Whiteboard Graphs
S = Stamina, P = Performance
| Position | Graph | - | - | - |
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| Top left | Original | S: 100% = P: 100% | S: 99-1% = P: 90% | S: 0% = P: 80% |
| Middle left | Changed | Linear Decrease from 100% | Rockertunity activity = P: 60-75% | S: 0% = P: 20% |
| Bottom Left | Proposed Change | P: 100% = P: 100% | S: 99-1% = P: 90% | S: 0% = P: 20% |
Issues Discussions
- The proposed changed is currently in QA, ETA - Unknown.
- Since it affects the whole skill it needs a lot of testing.
- The right graphs had similar issues with the changed graph (Middle left).
- We wanted to really target those who were really AFK, but semi-AFK and F2P were heavily affected.
- Allowing people to AFK initially was done as an experiment and we probably won't do the same in the future.
- The above graphs are an example of what we discuss and why it takes time going over everything.
- From a designer point of view it doesn't make sense that there's not change between 99-1% stamina.
Stone Spirits
- Current Situation: There are no plans to change their system or function - what they do.
- It's not a Mining and Smithing problem, it's a drop table problem.
- We do agree getting a low valued drop is bad, but the fix is addressing the drop table.
- It isn't a high prioritized issue since there are numerous other low-value drops on tables.
- PvM is in an okay state, some bosses have their average value drop slightly, otherwise have seen an increase.
Q&A
| Topic | Response |
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| Camera Angle Forced Turn | We want more feedback as to why you want or don't want this. |
| Unfilter 1,000 Marks of War Message | Something we could do but we want to make sure it isn't spammy/annoying. |
| Flask Decanting | We've changed our stance to locking it behind the "A First Resort" Quest before you can use it anywhere. |
| Guido's bonfire in a bottle | No current plans to change it. |
| Armor stands in PvM Hub | No current plans. You can use Whetstone from Invention. |
Other Updates
Forums
There are no current plans to censor the forums, they've had a few pages updated. Another CM wants to do more on there as well.
PvM Hub - Achievement Garden
This was scrapped from the initial release since it would required a large amount of time and wasn't the core of what people wanted from a PvM Hub. So we prioritized the core: portals and convenience in order to get it out before Archaeology.
Maxed Guild Improvements
It's been bumped down in priority due to stuff in a lead up in Archaeology. There are places where feedback is being gathered to delicate bump its functionality, like an Invention workbench.
Araxxor Quest
Not in development. Osborne: "I'll put the script into discord."
"Not this week. We're hoping to give you all more info by the end of the month, but it's dependent on us getting a 'go'/'no go' date from our development team.
Watch this space!"
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