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Thank you for providing detailed feedback on this. This is a great conversation to have, especially with what we've been saying about wanting to be more reactive to feedback going forward.

In general, what you've highlighted is a need to either have more in-depth conversations on feedback like this closer to releases and/or quicker reactions based on how you are finding the experience of something we've implemented. As others have mentioned in the thread, data does also tell a story so we need time for things to 'settle in'  - but that period of settling likely doesn't need to be as long as the time some of these have taken.

The reality is, with the amount of content we're producing, developers move on to their next projects quickly to ensure we're delivering major updates on the monthly basis.

These more complex balancing tasks of high end consumables are a significant time spend for development - they need to assess data and feedback against design intent,...

Just checked with Spear - looks like we had an issue with the streaming tech. :(

Usually it's a VOD we put live after the show for something like this, but it doesn't appear to have privately streamed to YouTube for us.

We'll see if we can get it up on YouTube tomorrow through another method but unfortunately it'll only be on Twitch for now.

It's very rare anything significant from Game Jam can make it in that fast.

Game Jam projects need to be approved and scheduled in production/testing alongside all the other work we're doing.

As a general rule, expect to see any major Game Jam projects we can bring to the game in the following weeks/months rather than immediately after.

Not necessarily the last update involving the Fort, but definitely the last content in the Fort Forinthry season.

And yes, Dead & Buried is next week. We'll be revealing it on Wednesday in a blog, with a small segment on stream dedicated to running you through the latest Fort Upgrade from the Quest.

(As there's a lot of story moments in the new Quest, we couldn't really do a whole stream reveal on it just because it would involve spoilers a-plenty. This will be more one for you all to discover).

Ah, turned out not to be something we could do and we didn't get the update on our end. Apologies for the miscommunication!

It'll be updated alongside the Soul Dye when that happens, unfortunately we couldn't do an in-game preview without the whole set being done.

We're looking into this - we've pulled it from the TWIR for now as that was the intention. It's possible it wasn't able to make it in for the build, but we're checking for more information now.

We will definitely show how a lot more of the Dyes will look once they are done.

We're working on the Mobile UI issue - it's an engine fix which takes more time, but the team are working to address it as soon as we can.

Timbo is spot on here. While we're being more open about the Skill itself, there will be a lot left to you to discover.

We're all huge fans of Skill launches being full of excitement and mystery - there's no world in which we would look to compromise that.

While there might be a little less mystery on the basis of what Necromancy is, as we want to give all of you a strong view of quite a unique style of Skill release, there is still a lot we're holding back on.

Quests, Bosses, Narrative, extensive looks at the City of Um, Abilities, Talents and Ritual recipes are just some of the many areas we won't be covering in detail.

It does. It starts fairly low, but gets bigger the more you progress (depending on the Talents you choose).

We revealed their name and gave a first look at them in the Cinematic Release Date Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpGFbcxzJ-k

Necromancy is treated a little differently in the sense of comparing 99s to 120 across Combat Styles. It's one of those times we put the design of the experience first to make sure it had that lengthy, beefy levelling experience that people loved about Archaeology.

120 will be comparable to 99s in the other three Combat styles in many respects, though obviously it may be more or less optimal than other styles depending on the situation.

99 Necromancy will still be a powerful level to have, but 120 is more about peak potency.

One added note on this -

Every Thursday in July, we'll be dropping additional Necromancy Insights. This one was a bit of a bonus one, as we wanted to give Rituals their time in the sun and detail them more - but future releases have videos alongside the blogs.

Expect plenty more looks at Necromancy in it's near final form - it's looking even better than the First Look footage!

I'll ask about this - I've not heard it mentioned but that doesn't mean it hasn't been thought of / considered.

There isn't a Bank Chest at the Ritual Site.

Yes it does.

If there was demand for it, we could certainly consider it. The idea is Necromancy will keep evolving and we'll see what players are looking for to guide us.

The variety in Necromancy comes from travelling to Um and across Gielinor training, questing etc - likely going to places you haven't been in years as well as the City (which becomes more alive - insert unalive joke here - as you level too).

Whereas Archaeology was more on an insular 'content' focused Skill, Necromancy has a lot of investment in systems and bringing something that works across 22 years of content. It's a different kind of Skill release in that respect, but with the same huge amount of effort behind it.

The later Rituals take a longer time to complete.

They are AFK in the sense that no interaction is required - but you'll be forgoing opportunities to gain extra XP or materials from the events that happen. It's very much a choice between 'optimal' or AFK rather than participate or fail.

We also have it in the TWIR and post a temporary Newspost just before it goes live and stays up while it's active (which is now gone as it's ended).

Not as yet. The team are working hard on this, but my understanding is it requires an Engine Update - which takes more time and testing. We're trying to get a fix out as soon as we can.