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Even if you don't want random events (why, they only seem to be good from what I've seen) you can just ignore them and nothing bad happens.

Even the glyphs of speed don't seem worth it over multiply, since more products each ritual = more products per hour anyway.

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over 1 year ago - /u/JagexAzanna - Direct link

To give some insight into the protection glyphs, they originally were aimed at reducing the special events as in earlier deigns they were more disruptive. So if you wanted to do more chill rituals they offered that option but from internal testing and design discussions the more disruptive styles of events didn't feel fun to engage with and were subsequently toned down.

Right now protection glyphs don't have a major identity (as failing a special event isn't massively punishing) and this is something we are aware of and keeping in mind.

over 1 year ago - /u/JagexAzanna - Direct link

I don't have personal experience at all the levels so I didn't wanna claim there is no punishment in case I wasn't aware of a later situation