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25 Mar

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Originally posted by RS659

Thank you! DM sent.

Feel free to drop me an inbox message too - Reddit Chat does not want to open today which is very annoying!

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Please drop me a message/inbox/PM with screenshots, happy to investigate this for you.

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Originally posted by errantgamer

Doom, I hesitate to tell you how to do your job. These are my takes from someone who never worked in CM

  1. be more proactive rather than reactive
  2. re-establish weekly streams with community engagement
  3. stop apologising for jagex's crap and don't promise shit you can't do. start winning small battles and present them as a win
  4. more youtube shorts snipping out the update notes. 1 a day will help accumulation and retention of players. Currently rs official youtube is full of ancillary crap shorts. make it more relevant

Happy to speak to these, if I can:

  1. When you say proactive, can you give examples? What kind of proactive communication are you looking for?
  2. When we do weekly streams, are you actually looking for community engagement? Or are you looking for communication, behind-the-scenes content, etc. There's a difference between, say, going on stream this Wednesday and handing out love letters and stroopwafels while skilling in the Easter Hub, than a stream where we talk with devs about an upcoming update. I think we both know that players may come into a stream with the wrong expectations and be disappointed - do you think there's an easy way to mitigate that? I'm always happy to stream just about any part of RuneScape, as I enjoy just casually skilling and chatting with players, but also appreciate that if I'm not at liberty to talk about a particular topic, then it's going to frustrate more players than it will entertain. Eager to hear your take on this.
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Originally posted by ewgrooss

I’ll believe it when I see it. We have had years of empty words. It is easy to communicate when times are good, but being able to communicate during bad times is what we need. Im glad you recognize what kind of speculation is created by poor communication. Personally it is going to take a lot of consistent communication to rebuild my trust before I’m willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.

I appreciate this point and I know you're not the only one with this perspective. I'd like to think that on a personal level I've been communicative consistently, even during "bad times" as you say, but I also agree that it's more about how we, as a whole team, communicate.

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hey, thanks for flagging this - this would have only been occurring between 8pm-midnight yesterday, for those with the in-game clock turned off

we'll have this fixed before next sunday!

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Originally posted by Lordroxas77

Where ectoplasm ritual?

We're shaping up to have the Ectoplasm into the game in the near future, subject to QA testing and the like. I don't want to give a concrete date because I seem to be cursed with uttering a date and it immediately hitting a snag and getting delayed - but yes! Soon.

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Originally posted by yuei2

Honestly I don’t think you should stress as much over it being concrete, people will be forgiving if dates shift around or content is shelved as long as you communicate it ahead of time.

Right now people are more concerned with knowing the general direction, not even specific dates or each content piece just what you guys want the big focus update to be. Like “big finale quest”, “new skill”, “area expansion”, etc….

If there is one thing you could deliver it would be letting us know what is the major thing to look forward for. OSRS was having a so-so year until varlamore but people were pacified simply by knowing that varlamore was coming so it gave them something to speculate on.

And if there is no big focus update this year, if you guys are trying out that feedback of “slow down and focus on fixing the game for a year” then that’s fine to but just communicate that to us. Because right now being in the dark feels worse than anything.

Totally valid point, and one I appreciate seems easy to resolve! I'm hoping we can speak to where we're heading soon, and how much more player voice will play a role in shaping that direction.

I can totally appreciate the frustration that players have about it feeling like we're not communicating as much as we should/need to/could do, and as a player myself I know that when a game feels as though it's going quiet, the space left behind is just room for speculation and catastrophising, but that's not the case here.

We've been taking on board so much player feedback and realigning to be more player-driven so we've been quieter on the "what" and the "when" while we work on this, but it's still front of mind. It's especially crucial for Mod Azanna and I who are obviously out here communicating with the players every day, hearing your feedback and stressing that same desire for visibility up the chain!

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Originally posted by Jchaplin2

Woah woah woah, does that mean there isn't currently a plan for a message this week? even thoough Keeper's last message explicitly mentioned a message in March?

There is a plan, but I want things concrete and confirmed so I can start communicating about them!

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Originally posted by Dry-Fault-5557

The fact that you don't have any mention of Keeper's upcoming message in this week's post isn't exactly inspiring confidence. Are we seriously going to repeat what happened on Groundhog Day again? Friday newsdump and then you're going to hide with a 3 day weekend. Say it ain't so. Please tell me I'm wrong.

https://preview.redd.it/sxc99r3mqgqc1.png?width=1372&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7c19fba43dd49d1f690355798caf711e05bb8d91

Been stressing this point to the team for the past week so I'd love to be able to provide the visibility to players - I'm personally very keen for us to be laying out the plans for what's ahead so I'm being a nuisance to the team about us making the commitment for this. I'll keep trying my best!

Edited: wording for clarity.

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22 Mar

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Everyones goals differ and are valid. Some folks are streaking telos and I am just happy I am making progress on Arch Glacor.

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Looks like the Culinaromancer is back in training


21 Mar

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Perhaps we should change our motto from "Play Your Way" to "Be the person you've always wanted to be".

I'm very glad you felt comfortable and safe to do this in Gielinor before taking that step in real life!

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Should be available in the 6th slot of the oddment store unless you already own them.

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Originally posted by UncleYimbo

Why did you leave? You obviously still care about RuneScape and the community, you're still here in the subreddit paying attention. So what's the deal?

It’s a really boring answer: Jagex was my first proper job and I had been there for sixteen years. Just felt the tug of trying out different things. But I still skulk about in the subreddit, wondering how things are going and wishing RuneScape the best.


20 Mar