[2023] July Patch Week - This Week in RuneScape

We're working on the Mobile UI issue - it's an engine fix which takes more time, but the team are working to address it as soon as we can.

We're looking into this - we've pulled it from the TWIR for now as that was the intention. It's possible it wasn't able to make it in for the build, but we're checking for more information now.

Ah, turned out not to be something we could do and we didn't get the update on our end. Apologies for the miscommunication!

It'll be updated alongside the Soul Dye when that happens, unfortunately we couldn't do an in-game preview without the whole set being done.

Not necessarily the last update involving the Fort, but definitely the last content in the Fort Forinthry season.

And yes, Dead & Buried is next week. We'll be revealing it on Wednesday in a blog, with a small segment on stream dedicated to running you through the latest Fort Upgrade from the Quest.

(As there's a lot of story moments in the new Quest, we couldn't really do a whole stream reveal on it just because it would involve spoilers a-plenty. This will be more one for you all to discover).

"General Graardor and Kree'arra's bodyguards now have a chance to drop warpriest armour pieces."

The notes been updated, seemingly the bodyguards of Graardor and Kree weren't dropping the armour as intended and this has been fixed. Mobs in the rest of the dungeon were dropping it without issue.

It's very rare anything significant from Game Jam can make it in that fast.

Game Jam projects need to be approved and scheduled in production/testing alongside all the other work we're doing.

As a general rule, expect to see any major Game Jam projects we can bring to the game in the following weeks/months rather than immediately after.

I'm thrilled to hear that you're looking forward to (my, I assume) quest changes from game jam!

Only the initial development is done, though, and still needs to go through review, testing and localisation. Plus it's a biggie (I chipped away over 2.5 game jams at the implications of removing requirements from about 40 quests), so when it's green-lit I'm expecting QA to be at it for a while.

I hope that helps to manage expectations.

Incidentally the game jam preview post could only go into so much detail (particularly as we were mid-game-jam-week when the news post needed to be written up to be localised for Monday release).

So if you're interested, here's the full patch notes for my game jam contribution, to get a feel for the scope, and in case any of the changes raise concern: https://t.co/PNDDNMtQAX

Gah. Thanks for letting me know. This new-fangled discord thingy is a bit unfamiliar to me.

It's on the /r/runescape discord server. If you use this invite link, does it then work? https://discord.com/invite/runescape

Here's a fresh link:

https://discord.com/channels/303835144073248770/1082248049956507658

And if you find you need to manually select the channel, it should be under:

-LORE & QUESTS-

• lore-players-ask-jmods
  • unnecessary quest requirements

The channel was made by the lore discord admins, so maybe access is limited?

I'm unlikely to get more than one opportunity to poke at this particular issue, and players on the lore discord had done the research, I figured I'd be thorough and address all identified issues.

A short reworked quest like Druidic Ritual isn't much of an obstacle, but little quest requirements that aren't actually needed all add up.

That's the beauty of game jam. I can work on something that's caught my attention that would otherwise never be green-lit when you weigh the cost-benefits, but is hopefully worth fixing anyway.

Excellent point!

Personally I love quest requirements as a means of identifying goals and forging a path through the story and unlocks, but even after trimming the unnecessary branches, there's still loads of relevant reqs remaining to scratch that itch.