JagexJack

JagexJack



16 Apr

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Originally posted by Gamez_X

One big point i noticed in the stream was people really didnt like the initial look of the comp cape, mainly cus it was brown. So to help people see it better, i redid that slide but with the comp capes traditional red colour scheme

Really i think they should stick to the traditional colours for the default appearance and item sprites, otherwise it just wont sell very well to people as what we recognise as the comp cape

This is a great idea, thanks for this. We should have thought of it.

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I see where you're coming from, but the problem with this logic is that you can apply it to a lot of stuff in game. You got 99 RC after Runespan came out? Clearly you don't understand RC because you never did it "the hard way". You got 99 RC before Runespan came out? Well clearly you don't understand RC as it exists in the modern game.

Ultimately a totally non-ambiguous line is drawn somewhere saying "you have done this". You can't leech Telos, but I can't stop you from getting your IRL friend to do it for you.

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Originally posted by Remembership

Did I miss something? Are the areas and activity capes scrapped?

These are categories within the comp cape, but we never planned to make capes for them.

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Originally posted by UnwillingRedditer

I really liked the cape designs. Pleasantly surprised to see capes other than comp being recolourable.

However, it still feels like you guys are not getting the 'anti-group' sentiments. It's not about the difficulty of the bosses, it's about the fact that we are held back from game progression by a factor we cannot control: other people. Group PvM especially is a requirement of navigating discords and such, or having the right friends, rather than testing OUR PvM skill.

You guys constantly talk about "hard group PvM" and mention things like Telos as being issues too; while these are an issue to some, I agree, the biggest, by far, issue is and has always been, ever since Day 0 when Reaper was announced, the group aspect. Please, stop talking about it as if everyone that wants "Group" removed also wants "Difficulty" removed, we don't. I think if there was more understanding of this, some of the conversation might be more civil.

We were rushing through so we had time for the art, but in the very first stream we did on this I clarified this exact distinction. What's important to recognise though is what I said on this stream: different people think different issues are the important one. Group reqs is an important issue, but not the only one.


13 Apr

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Amen. Except the bit about news sites caring what I say.


27 Mar

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Originally posted by [deleted]

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He's not an executive.


25 Mar

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Originally posted by [deleted]

Jagex is a really weird company. They rush weekly updates with new content for the game, but are insanely slow on things like combat fixes, web updates, QoL changes, reworks, art updates, etc..

There's always more items, more quests, more skill levels to gain, more slayer mobs, more pets, more titles, more capes, more minigames, more more more

I understand that their metrics (both for financial gain and player retention) probably indicate that new content is their best tool, but IMO they really need to take a step back and just work on having a stable, unified, modern and workable platform in general. Quality > quantity.

Speaking as someone who just finished an eighteen month long project to change something, I can tell you that adding a new thing is vastly easier than changing an old thing. Actually changing something is very easy, but as your parent comment suggests, often has unintended side effects. That means 5x as much time spent in meetings, planning, playtesting and bugfixing as actually making the thing.


23 Mar

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Originally posted by dflame45

There's not one period in your post. Are you retarded?

I'm so sorry.

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Originally posted by HashTagDeeperino

Well hey there Mod Jack,

Not to give you flack,

But I'm worried, ruminating, and a bit discouraged.

Gonna fix it? I gotta wonder if you have the courage.

Major overhauls? Not that simple.

Fixes all seem to have a pimple.

AFK content is a bit too good,

Rewarding more than should,

It's a problem, at least to me,

Hoping that there could be,

Us, together, finding a solution

Hoping this ain't just noise pollution.

I'm not saying I have all the answers,

but this is one of the great cancers,

It's way too easy to AFK for ore,

Not too rewarding to actively mine for more,

Getting extra 20-40% and feeling sore.

You're gonna need a much bigger ore sink than that,

Huge, massive, just gigantic, so disgustingly fat,

Sink? Open up a landfill.

I'm gonna die on this hill.

Fill it 10 stories high - this shit is whack.

I worry ...

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Word.


22 Mar

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Originally posted by Hornetnews

You're welcome.

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Originally posted by oldspice16

Metal is low because tank armors blow

People don't care that smithing is slow, they just want drops that aren't so low

If you don't want boss drops to take a hit, give us spirits that aren't complete shit

Word.

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Originally posted by Hasaan5

Damn it jack didn't you say in the discord that you were going to wait until you've solved the issue before posting this?

What can I say? You're welcome.

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Okay, okay
I see what's happening here
We've added a new item and it's strange
You know how the drops make you feel
It's "annoyed"
And you think it's time for something to be changed

So comfortably sit, let's begin
Yes it's really me, it's Mod Jack, back again
I don't have a lot, no hair, no bod
But you're talking to a Jagex mod

What can I say but feedback's welcome
On the game, the skills, the drops
Just wanted to say it's always welcome
We don't want anything we do to flop

Hey
Why not push all the alch values high?
Inflation make us all cry
That's why
Why not replace them all
With something worth a bigger haul?
Cos the price of it would fall
Oh, what if we took them away
(abandoned)
And ore and bars and bars were back to stay?
That wouldn't help with a thing
(bad outcome)
Cos ore and bars are worth nothing

So what can we do abo...

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06 Feb

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Originally posted by Gaga_Lady

Can you answer either of these questions

  • Was this the concept for expansion 2?
  • Is this currently being worked on?

No.

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Originally posted by RS_Horrors

He could've shut it down (would be in their best interest to do so if this theory was not correct), but he didn't. Take that how you will

Why would that be in our best interests?


05 Feb

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Here's the "Military Forces of the Late Third Age" document for you:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vYuVUeImZWEiutDRw4_loK7r9gpugoctbgJm65L0XoM/edit?usp=sharing

edited: "Late" Third Age as others have pointed out


24 Jan

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Originally posted by monkeyskim

Not that I agree with Wacky over there or with the statement I'm posing next, but, it could be to just cover your ass regardless of the pain it caused to it.

It doesn't cover it though. If I wanted to cover it, we'd do a guaranteed content poll because then no matter what the outcome, it "wasn't our fault".

The reason we've done it in the way we've done it is that we want an honest appraisal of current opinion on the subject so we can work from that.


23 Jan

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Originally posted by WackyFarmer

hiding results on us just makes me think your gonna do changes no matter what... so w.e

If we were just going to do it whatever we wouldn't bother to do the poll. It was a pain in the ass.

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Originally posted by MHMRahman

I've noticed in the devblog that they've mentioned certain requirements that some players either can't or won't get. I can somehow understand having an issue with not being able to get a requirement necessary for comp for whatever reason, whether it be because the content you need to complete is too demanding for the computer you have, or maybe if you're a physically disabled player that is disadvantaged compared to other able bodied players that can use keybinds more quickly and effectively for harder content, or maybe you're colourblind and that prevents you from being able to do phase 5 of Telos because you can't distinguish between which beam is which. Accomodating for players with these kinds of limitations is acceptable, and should even be expected to ensure that all RuneScape content is as accessible as it can be to as many different kinds of players without harming the integrity of the content.

However, players that won't complete content should not be a c...

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This is why I worded it as "can't or won't" so we don't have to get into an argument about whether a given reason "counts" as not being able to. Say there's a player who says they have social anxiety and as such can't do the voice chat necessary to get boss kills. A lot of players will mock this and say "just do it" which makes it seem like they "won't" do the accomplishment, whereas they would say that they "can't" do the accomplishment.

I don't see any practical way to distinguish between the two in practice.