JagexFrosch

JagexFrosch



22 Sep

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Originally posted by XyntakLP

If you honestly say that adding certain boosts to the normal game that are also on FSW would "give no reason to play FSW", that sounds like FSW just isn't good content and it's pre-existing boosts carrying the whole event.

I know that you as an individual and also basically all the devs didn't get a say or at least much of one in this strictly business decision but is feels weird when a game mod indirectly tells just the new content and game mode aren't actually that good.

That's at least how it seems to me. I truly hope that FSW is good and does as well as it deserves, however good or bad it ends up being.

Yeah that probably wasn't the best way to say "Boosts are exclusive to FSW."...Of course there are still other reasons to join FSW, such as rewards, and I personally am most interested in the new economy and what will come out of that.

I just meant to say that, as a new player or someone who wants to build up a new account, if both main game and FSW had the same boosts, there would be much less of a point to join FSW.

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Originally posted by rsLourens

I couldn't find the answer anywhere - will the inverted cape tokens be transferable to ironmen?

Yep :) Via direct trading!

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Originally posted by RS3_ImBack

Only on FSW or when FSW starts? Cuz if it's only of FSW then that's a big FU to the playerbase who don't want to participate

All gameplay boosts that appear on FSW are exclusive to FSW. If we added all of those to the main game, there would be a lot less of a reason for new players and lapsed players who want to build up a new account to actually join FSW.

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Originally posted by MarcGregSputnik

Ah neat. I’m gonna try and learn so many bosses! Have my eyes on raksha, ed3 and glacor! Should be fun. I am a noob as you can tell!

Just to clarify, there won't be free deaths right from the start of FSW, but they'll come in some weeks into the event :)

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Originally posted by BrotherRooster

Will we be able to trade the halos to our Ironman account? I noticed I’m not able to put an offer in on the GE, unlike the platinum nex tokens, etc.

It will be possible to trade FSW rewards to your ironman via direct player-to-player trading. :)

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Originally posted by Ashendant

So Luma is completely impossible to obtain on my main account and will never be obtainable in any shape or form?

Yes, it is intended as an indicator of "This account was definitely here for FSW.", as most other rewards can be traded to players who weren't actually involved.

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Originally posted by Ashendant

If I want to get Luma or the Halo of Returning on my current account is there a way to get it?

EDIT: Looks like the Halo will be Tradeable but not Luma?

Yeah, that's right!

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There will be free deaths on Fresh Start Worlds that start next Monday ^^'


21 Sep

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Originally posted by narnode762

Thank you for the response. I appreciate that you will discuss arch with the team, as if precision or focus is not doubled (or whatever the modifier is at the time in fsw mode), arch will pretty much be normal speed which is different from any other skill. The only way that's not true is if restoration and excavation xp are doubled/multiplied, which is not how I thought they'd do it but I guess that works too. Just really hope it's not neither.

Just had a check and restoration and excavation XP are multiplied, just like every other skill :)

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Originally posted by WateronRocks

Hey, could you clarify if the champions halo is exclusive as well, or just the halo of returning?

I could see the champions halo coming back every time, and the halo of returning being swapped for a new reward later on.

Ah sorry, forgot to mention that! Afaik, that's the plan, yes!

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Originally posted by DA_Knuppel

So I don't actually have to take part in FWS to obtain the inverted capes, since they will be released later on?

I thought this was going to be some special kind of event where we could unlock those cosmetics for them never to be released again, just like the highscore events back in the day. It's not even special if we can get the capes through normal gameplay later on...

The plan is to bring the capes and skilling pets back in some form in the future, as many players were upset at the thought of them being exclusive. Whether that is going to be through normal gameplay or future events, I don't know yet. However, the Luma legendary pet and the halo of returning are going to be exclusive to this event.

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Originally posted by narnode762

Can you please give us an idea on how exactly you plan to do this? We have never received a concrete answer, and when it could be literally anything between "fsw every year" and "eventually release them as the 200m variant," it creates a lot of uncertainty regarding whether some goals are worth trying to go for this fsw event for those of us who play mains and are after cosmetics.

Also, I would like to ask you to make sure that the xp modifier applies to archaeology properly. On dxp in the live game, archaeology precision (faster artefacts) is doubled but focus (material speed) is not. On the main game this makes sense because you can buy materials and it's a worthwhile tradeoff. But on fsw, the focus should also be doubled so accounts don't end up having to ironman 2-4x materials for their sped up artefacts. This would make archaeology significantly worse than other skills relative to the normal XP rate. Another way to do it is to allow the modifier to apply to restoration...

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Hey! Since I'm not a product manager or the like, I unfortunately can't tell you how exactly the plans for future FSW events or re-releases of FSW rewards currently look like. I'd imagine that this would partly be informed by the performance of this FSW event. Either way, that decision is above me.

In regards to arch, I'll discuss this with the team! I believe, there is currently no doubled precision or focus (I might be wrong though), but there will be a chance for doubled material gathering later in the event that will hopefully help with gathering materials. Either way, I'll discuss this with the others!

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Originally posted by FSW_RS

Will the inverted cape unlock token provide both the untrimmed and trimmed versions independent of how many 99s you have, or will it require the account using the token to not have obtained more than one 99 in order to get the untrimmed version?

Also, will the FSW account retain the ability to have the inverted version of the cape even if the token is traded away? Thank you for your help.

Once you use the token, the account you used it on will forever be able to buy inverted capes of that type, so you'll be able to buy trimmed versions once you've gotten your second 99.

And yeah, the FSW account will retain the ability to buy inverted capes :) So you get inverted cape buying abilities on 2 accounts (unless you trade your tokens away of course ^^)

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Visual bug, currently fixing that :)

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Unless anything has changed over night somehow, this is a visual glitch only that I'm currently fixing :D So they don't actually have the new pet skin unlocked.

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There will be separate 99 and 120 tokens and you'll need to trade the 120 tokens to your main to get the 120 cape variants.

We are currently planning to bring the inverted capes back from time to time, since a lot of players won't be able to get all cape variants in the ~4 months that FSW will be running.


20 Sep

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Originally posted by z3m0s

Thank you so much! You're incredible, I really appreciate your help! Just about busting at the seams now to get my hands on Fresh Start Worlds! I need someone to wipe my brain until this week is over so I can get some work done before the worlds open haha

Thank you! I'm happy to help ^^ Glad you're looking forward to it!

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Originally posted by z3m0s

Thank you! I await patiently haha

Another question I'll throw in if I'm not already pushing my luck :P I was curious if Quest XP rewards were going to be altered at all during the Fresh Start Worlds! Hope you're having a great day!

EDIT: Oop, I'm a ball of questions! Sorry, little one this time. I was just wondering if it had been confirmed at all that the boon of Defense armor was going to include a full set, AKA boots / Gloves etc. Thanks again!
EDIT 2: Sorry, another! I was curious whether death costs were going to be adjusted at all for Fresh Start Worlds to allow for new players to experience bosses without as much difficulty, at least while the economy is beginning perhaps!

Hey! I had a look at referral bonuses, which will be backlogged like you speculated :)

Quest XP rewards, XP from lamps etc. won't be affected by FSW XP boosts, like during DXP.

The armour will have the common five pieces (head, torso, legs, hands, feet)!

Death costs won't be adjusted, but there will be free deaths from a certain point in the event timeline :)

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Originally posted by wrightkovich

Also (and I am sure i'm a minority here) this will work on mobile right?

Yes :)


16 Sep

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Originally posted by z3m0s

Hiii again, hoping I can still get some more questions answered here!

I'm aware accounts that have entered the live game cannot play on Fresh Start Worlds and you said in another reply here to Mage_Girl_91_ that you cannot prepare a character ahead of time on the customization screen. Are you however able to of logged into the lobby before? I'm worried I'll log in too early with timezone differences and brick my new account because I was too early for the lobby prompt. Am I able to utilize a new account that has not yet logged into the game, but has lobbied previously? So I'm not stuck creating another account needlessly if I jump the gun.

I'm also curious on the topic of referral bonuses if they're at all usable? (I assume not) But in the case they're not, is this something we'll have backlogged until after the 8 week competitive phase like the Treasure Hunter Keys as you mentioned in your original response.

Thanks again for the great work! Might have even...

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Hey again :)

I didn't work on the lobby bits of this project, but from what the others have told me, it sounds like you can make a character and never log in, and then make them a FSW character with your first login. I'm not 100% on this though.

I'll have a look at the referral bonuses question on Tuesday next week and get back to you then ^^