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26 Jan

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Originally posted by nessmaster

Will this apply to ironmen as well?

EDIT: to make sure i"m clear, the oddments piece.

Hey! Yes, Ironmen will get the oddments but not the keys.

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Originally posted by sheva789

@jagexJD im gonna miss you man... Thanks for everything you did on stream and behind the scenes, you always were a cheerful guy and fun to watch! I guess we could say you were a good boy:) definetly tuning in tomorrow, hopefully we get a good boy refference or two :) goodluck in your future endeavours

Thank you! And believe me, this isn't the last you've seen of Good Boy (tune in tomorrow...)

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Originally posted by Maridiem

Oh dear! Gonna miss your presence hugely JD! I hope your future career is fantastic and thanks for many years of streaming and fun. Good luck!

Thank you. I'll miss you all, but I'll miss seeing your avatar replying on Twitter. Hope you enjoyed the Lore stream last week!

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Originally posted by disdemdere

Awww... :( By far the best RuneScape live stream host. Best of luck to Mod JD in his future endeavors and Thank You!

Thank you, appreciate it!

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Originally posted by mrsana

This is so sad, tbh. I remember when I won a giveaway back in 2015 and Mod JD was the one that contacted me and sent me the goodies. You were also on top of things so this one hurts. We also conversed about a concern of mine like 9-10 months ago and you were so nice regarding the situation so I appreciated that. I still do, so thanks for all your contribution to this community and for communicating with me when I had an issue. I did send a follow-up about 21 days ago through DM here on Reddit so I am not sure if you got it or not :P.

In any case, I sure wish you the best in your future endeavors, Mod JD. You rock!

Thank you! (and apologies if I missed the follow-up! It's been a crazy last month or so).

Appreciate the lovely messages, but was just doing my job.

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Originally posted by Kelzan_Lienbre

jesus christ that hit like a rock, i cant even imagine my week without watching you on the runescape stream, best of luck with your new adventures! one of the mods that we will miss the most for sure

Thank you. I'm sure Mod Hooli and the team will more than ably replace me, but I appreciate your kind words all the same!

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Thank you for all the lovely comments. It's been a pleasure (most of the time).

Seriously though, as I mention in the loooooooong message, you guys have made my time here what it is, and thank you for making it something I'll always remember.

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Originally posted by ponkyol

Deathtouched dart :)

Ahh, of course.

Well, if you'd like to send a bug report about it so the request is tracked in our systems, I'd be happy to remove the Magic requirement from Family Crest when I'm allowed the time. (We don't do soft requirements for quests any more, but I could mention the blast spells in the combat description, if it isn't already.)

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Hi there ‘Scapers,

As many of you already know, we released an update yesterday that converted Rare Item Tokens into Oddments, as part of a migration of the Rare Items into the Oddments Store. When we decided to implement this change, we set out with a goal of maintaining the value of Rare Item Tokens vs the cost of Rare Items in order for there to be as little impact to you as possible.

While that ratio holds true, it's clear from your feedback that we didn't meet expectations. Frankly, we misjudged the value Rare Item Tokens held by not fully considering the opportunity cost to acquire them and we're sorry for getting this wrong.

After a thorough investigation since Monday, we have unfortunately confirmed that this is something we’re unable to resolve or change without entire server rollbacks – which would have even farther-reaching ramifications.

As an apology for this misstep, we’ll be gifting all players 15,000 extra Oddments to spend within the...

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Originally posted by Dorambor

Are there plans to return the quest paths through the activity tracker at a later date or is this a gone forever type deal? I really liked having all the quests up when I was out and about and seeing the appropriate order to do them in combined with the skill reqs was nice to have on hand. I know I can view all that info from the quests page itself but I don't think there's a way to pin say, the World Wakes to the activity tracker and have it fill in all the suggested requirements like we have now.

I'd like to recreate the quest paths after converting the path system to the new achievement format. (But can't give any ETA on that.) Good to know that someone finds it useful!

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Originally posted by ponkyol

Can you look at making some quest requirements soft again? Mostly the Family Crest magic requirement, as skillers could dart the boss because the magic level was only a recommendation, but not anymore because they can't even start the quest.

That sounds like a case where the Magic requirement could probably be removed from Family Crest, if it's not a hard requirement to progress.

Don't you need to cast each of the elemental Blast spells on Chronozon, and therefore need 59 Magic for Fire Blast? How are skillers getting around that?

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Originally posted by ImRubic

  • How much impact would these changes have on server/game performance?
  • Are future paths on hold until a the path system gets an overhaul with the new system?
  • How much impact would these changes have on server/game performance?

Sufficiently negligible that a player wouldn't really notice. The quest system's doing more direct calls instead of bouncing through the old achievement system, so slightly more efficient, but the quest system is far from being one of our more processing-intensive scripts.

  • Are future paths on hold until the path system gets an overhaul with the new system?

Devs can and do continue using the path system (eg the Archaeology tutorial path that was added). They aren't officially on hold (though personally before doing any future big path initiatives, I'd prefer to rewrite the path system, as the new data format is considerably more elegantly data-driven).

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Originally posted by MarkAntonyRs

If that were true at least some of these would be comp/trim reqs by now since we were told a year and a half ago that old/missing reqs would be added retroactively lol;

Mazcab wildlife reserve + reputation

GWD2 reputation (component blueprints (comp) title (trim))

Agent of the eldest outfit

Vanquisher outfit

Raptor outfit

Omens outfit

May or may not be title

Ravensworn title

Gold nomad cape

Max heist + cabbage fp unlocks

Shattered worlds abilities (comp) + outfit/pet (trim)

Sceptre of the gods

The survivor title + t3 dom medallion

Advanced fire cape

The distracted title

The tool title

The elite title

Unlocking expertise achievement (all abilities)

Max aquarium prestige

Unlock all 5 chisels (from statue monthly)

Own all elite skilling outfits (available in game and most alr have achieves)

The archivist title

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Can I suggest you point these towards the ninja team. I have neither the technical setup nor the remit to add comp requirements.

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Originally posted by Tkf530

You're telling me you enjoy an angry mob wanting blood almost on a weekly basis? Props to you then and to each his own.

Those are the challenging times, absolutely. The good times absolutely outweigh the bad though.

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Originally posted by Hellebaardier

I'm just going to assume everyone who leaves Jagex gets a goody bag full of oddments, a blue paper party hat and a stuffed animal of Bob.

Sadly not. I would love a stuffed Bob though...!

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Originally posted by [deleted]

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Thank you. /u/jagexhooli will be a more-than-able successor, I'm sure!

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Originally posted by tehdankbox

I really appreciate all the good things you've brought us, especially as a stream host which I've enjoyed a lot and certainly will miss! Thanks for everything JD, and best of luck in your new ventures!

Thank you! Means a lot. Quiz tomorrow?

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Originally posted by Kent_Knifen

Yikes, I hope this isn't in any way related to Jagex's recent acquisition by Carlyle...

Sorry to disappoint, but definitely not. I've been at Jagex for a long time (pretty much a quarter of my life!), and whilst I love what I do, another opportunity came along to try something new and I thought I'd throw myself into it. I had a pretty hefty notice period, so I knew I'd be moving on before Christmas.