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Yeah when we add a new event to the list the exact timing of the events is likely to move around a bit due to how the system calculates what the next event is. Slightly unfortunate that this one happens so late in the day this time!

Should do yeah :)

Hey so worth stating purely my opinion (not necessarily the opinions of the rest of the team), but I feel that necro is overtuned mostly in numbers and would only need some slight tweaks to be better in line.

IMO burst is slightly too high for a style that has a large continual damage source and if you want that big burst you should be sacrificing the continual damage in some form.

To be specific I think death skulls and living death would be where i'd look to bring damage down. (potentially reducing Dskull damage slightly, LD's finger multiplier and maybe dskulls cooldown up slightly to stop you triple skulling)
Worth noting I only think these need very slight changes to bring the style fully in line.

There's other minor number tweaks i think would be positive for opening reward space for the style, e.g. conjure damage down slightly so you're reliant on choosing conjure positive gear if you want to play around them etc.

I can ask the team if we think that's a possibility, absolutely. I'll get that cat one day, surely...

Getting in here before Slicster asks about combat skills' level up jingles again.

Thanks Rubic - worth me clarifying, I thought the mob stat rerebalance (turoths and co) was going out today (5th feb) but I was mistaken and it's set for the next update.

As always somethings don't quite come across as I necessarily intend when read, so happy to answer anyones questions if they want stuff clarifying from the stream.

Worth clarifying because I can see it getting people confused. It's a little out of context reading it instead of watching and wasn't fully a serious suggestion nor was it fully jesting.

I genuinely think there are problems with resonance that affect combat and the wider game, but that doesn't mean it's going anywhere. I think the only time it'd be changed realistically is if we got to do a full defence book / shield rework of some form.

Find out what's ahead for RuneScape in February and March in this new letter from Mod Keeper .
Read about it here - https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/a=13/a-look-ahead---a-message-from-mod-keeper

looks like it should work, yeah.

I love this! I'm going to have to set some time aside to go through your whole portfolio because this painted style looks great! I love the lighting and shadows, and your use of colour, especially in the hair!

"Killed plenty of dragons before."

Lots of lovely and insightful comments here - as many wise people have said here, to many 'Scapers, it's more than a game. It's a whole world, filled with colourful characters (and not just the kind you find at W84 Portables) and amazing stories. Even folks here who haven't played recently but are still on the subreddit know that they're still here out of a deep-rooted love for the game, the world and the community. It's lovely to see.

As for you, u/Critical_Welder2273 - you won't need to be devastated any time soon, because we're not going anywhere. Personally I've only just really started my RuneScape journey, in the grand scheme of things, so I've got a long way to go yet, and I'm enjoying every step of it. I want my 20 year cape one day too!

Spooky, but certainly not intended! Our initial estimations are a shader compilation failure - could you let us know your hardware specs, and your graphics settings and the team can take a look at this a little more closely? Thanks!

That one's out of my hands as a content developer, alas, as it's an engine bug with how static world map elements are parsed, and new engines release on a relatively infrequent schedule (more monthly than weekly).

Had a poke at our ticketing system to see what's up. Looks to have initially been reported in May, investigated quite extensively (looks like it was quite a tricky issue to isolate) and then a fix developed in September. Given the defect's relative gameplay impact severity, it's flagged as minor priority, so presumably some more critical engine fixes have beaten it to the testing suite a couple times.

Looks like the fix has been QAed and ready to merge since early December. Wasn't included in the most recent (January) client update, so presumably it's waiting for the next full stack (server & client) engine release.

EDIT: Investigated further. It won't be in the next engine (releasing mid Feb), but is scheduled in for the one after that.

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Well, to challenge one point you've made there - the 30% figure was the expected number of players who would finish the pass without ever actually completing a Mission or deviating from their standard gameplay behaviours - the reception was very clear, and we in the Community team forwarded the feedback very directly to the team, but we were also very keen for players to get their hands on it first before we made any changes, because how it looks on paper and how it feels to play with are different, as with any change.

But, of course, that was almost 5 months ago now. Since then, could I ask if you feel that you have been blatantly ignored? Have there been changes that you have wanted to see come through the Community Hitlist or had feedback about the Combat Beta that you wanted to see implemented? Would be interesting to hear if anything has changed, and if not - what tweaks or feedback we can address in the near future!

When you say time and time again, do you mean the few days between us showing it to players and it going into the game? Because that was a very small timeframe compared to the project's entire duration from conception to implementation.

I can tell you one "thing" that was eager to hear feedback, and it was the team! I was here every day speaking to players, getting feedback and trying to negotiate that feedback all the way up the chain to the team so we could make informed decisions on what needed to change with Hero Pass. We were putting together Player Panels for feedback, which were going to be meeting regularly to help us refine proposed changes and improve the systems, and since then we've maintained a lot of that conversational structure with the examples I gave above - our swathe of Surveys including the Community Hitlist, the Combat Beta and coming to the players to ask questions are all part of the same ethos of being "eager to hear feedback" so I hope that helps ...