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It's a quiet one this week but that's because we've got some fun things coming up next week
Keep an eye on this week's livestreams for some insider news (࿐‿࿐)
It's a quiet one this week but that's because we've got some fun things coming up next week
Keep an eye on this week's livestreams for some insider news (࿐‿࿐)
Please, with all respect, update the game every other week. That way you don't have to do damage control as much, all that time typing the newsposts can be put in actual content development.
A lot of people could be up the creek if we delayed implementing bug fixes that might be impacting their game experience.
On top of that you don't want myself anywhere NEAR the game code, unless you want substantially more patch weeks in the future ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The first paragraph of the newspost shouldn't talk about next week's update. When you have nothing to say, say nothing. It's a patch week, okay. Straight to the point, no more intros for 14 year olds.
We reformatted the Monday post recently with the header tabs and the new names to change the way we deliver news. Part of calling that tab Game News is so we can also communicate announcements regarding the game coming later in the week, so you know when and where they will take place. We won't do this for every announcement, but it makes sense for certain ones.
It's been a common request for us to centralize information more, so this is part of that - we saw some promising viewership results that (so far!) seem to indicate it's helping a bunch of folks.
That still doesn't justify the lackluster weekly updates we're getting. It really feels like a slap to the face we're logging in and the game info is pretty much "sorry this week is empty but np we at jigglyflex promise a good update next week". Really not worth spending money for premier when nothing has changed.
Things take time to develop. Warden talked about this on stream a couple weeks ago, but not every week will have something significant to share, though most weeks will.
As a team, we're really focused on delivering new content on a monthly basis, plus multiple Ninja Strikes a month, plus any events that may happen. That means 3/4 weeks a month will usually have some form of meaningful update beyond a Patch Notes week.
In other words, there will be an ebb and flow - but meaningful updates more often than not.
Does this mean you'll be posting relivant info on site and not just reddit/twitter/discord? Because THAT WOULD BE AMAZEING !!!
We're working on that in part for sure. We're cooking up something at the moment that includes a collating some key J-Mod responses from around the web in a bit of a one-stop-shop for example.
We want to invest more time in responding in places like Twitter, Reddit and Discord, so we think it's best that we support that by making sure any interesting responses aren't missed.
We're also going to trial posting an announcement post for any content we reveal in a stream (including the VOD) straight after it finishes to help on that front too!
Out of interest, do you have any relevant examples of information you felt you had to go to those places for that you couldn't get from the website? Definitely would love any feedback on that front.
Honestly it's just difficult to take his words seriously right now. We have had more patch weeks than update weeks this year, so 3/4 isn't happening.
I miss the old days when we actually had weekly updates AND ninja updates instead of calling ninjas the update.
We only shifted to this approach around July. We realised that COVID's impact to production was going to really slow additive content so we re-imagined the plans to smaller but still beefy new content updates (targeting every month).
Since the switch, we're on track so far and we outlined the content coming in a recent stream. Rubic's TLDW post on it is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/ih6wnj/tldw_491_jmod_qa/
There have deffintly been hotfixes and bugs that I would have known about ages ahead of time. Most recently was a bug posted only to Twitter as well as its resolution. I couldn't quite pull that one up as my history is deep. But here's a link to a post asking for the same.
I don't know you as a mod but your response gives me some hope. I want runescape info on rs. Then social media. Twitter shouldn't be Runescapes platform. Runescape should be Runescapes platform.
Thanks for the feedback on this.
Mind, this isn't a huge issue for me, but often I'll follow links from here to twitter on stuff like drop rates, clarifications on content, that kind of stuff
Great to know. Hopefully our J-Mod response highlighting will help you there.
Things take time to develop. Warden talked about this on stream a couple weeks ago, but not every week will have something significant to share, though most weeks will.
As a team, we're really focused on delivering new content on a monthly basis, plus multiple Ninja Strikes a month, plus any events that may happen. That means 3/4 weeks a month will usually have some form of meaningful update beyond a Patch Notes week.
In other words, there will be an ebb and flow - but meaningful updates more often than not.
Worth flagging that if you haven't seen it already, Rubic's TL;DW is here for what we discussed around the content plan for the rest of the year.
I'm glad you pointed that out. So I had a debate with another gamer about MTX and that other gamer said "We got Archaeology, a new quest with another one coming, a new boss and GWD3 this year.
After I burst his/her bubble (it was a fine beautiful bubble, feels bad) that GWD3 is out next year.... that person fact checked and refused to talk to me as they were that upset.
So yeh, this isn't just "a quiet week" this is part of a much larger problem of quiet weeks where OSRS and the Live Ops don't seem effected by COVID. Thanks for trying to cheer us up though. Nothing in the TLDW is about September btw.
I think you've seen the impact across the gaming industry. Old School have had a similar issue and have had to rejig things a bit (as documented in the most recent Gielinor Gazette), and both games have a similar-looking release schedule to the end of the year.
We talked about the Penguins D&D update last week and its release on the 14th, and are announcing another piece of content to go with it tomorrow - that's the major update this month in a bumper update - in among the Ninja Strikes.
This is one example of information that belongs on the runescape main site:
https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/iofc29/mod_ryan_confirms_recolours_for_essence_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3Additionally all stream VODs should be linked on the main site. It pains me that I already miss out on stream due to living at GMT+12.
I also speak on behalf of my clan who doesn't/refuses to use social media. A lot of us are older players if that means anything to you.
Thanks for this.
For sure on that example, that'll come under us bringing those juicy nuggets of info from various J-Mods into one place. Great to hear this is something you want to see.
On the stream VOD stuff, our tech is a little old (to say the least) on the website so that may be a bit more difficult than it sounds. Something we'll take a further look at for sure though. We are going to try announcement posts with the VOD in it for the major ones though, so let us know if that helps.
Messages like these are cool - my problem with you writing that here is that this is should be on the main website.
We, as a community, need constant updates. Where are you at, what are the plans, what plans are getting delayed, how will things look moving forward (month by month basis).
The TLDW post should also not be on Reddit, it should be on the Runescape website (I don't know if it is, because with me having to check Reddit, Twitter, Runescape website, Youtube channels and the lord knows what else to actually get all the info, missing something is incredibly easy).
I'm aware it is made by Rubic (who, by the way, you guys should hire and pay because holy f**k his/her contributions are top dollar value - ) and not you guys, but you seriously need to centralize all relevant information, and in a timely fashion. MAX 24 hours after a livestream ends, a complete TLDW should be on the main website with just as much detail as Rubics TLDW.
That's the quality we expect.
Also, in another post just a bit further above you commented that Warden spoke on something.
The trust in Warden has been lost as he has failed to keep any of the promises made, and has also only contributed to us knowing LESS than the tiny TINY amount we knew before he took over.
Him commenting on anything honestly doesn't help at this point.
Thanks for the detailed thoughts. I think a lot of what we are working on will hit those notes so keep an eye out and keep this level of feedback coming for us.
I was going to comment about my thread from the forums, but seems I've been beaten. :P /u/JagexHooli - It would be great to work closer with Jagex on a type of thread to collate everything into a singular area. I've been running the Social Media News thread on the RS forums for over 2 years now, with some help from the community. It would be nice to have JMods come along and post, or link to their posts made on Social Media. Regardless of any outcome, whether this post is even read or not, I will be continuing to post on the forum thread, as there's been countless people posting on the thread about how they do not use social media, and use my thread to find out information from external sources.
Thank you for doing that. Admittedly, I need to spend much more time there too in general. Really appreciate the effort to fill a gap there for the forum community though (and the feedback).