Kaida23

link Apparently, everyone trying to download the new client at once is causing extreme load on the servers. Who could have seen that coming? :P Just be patient guys and gals and everyone will get their turn. Personally, I'm waiting a day or two for the demand to die down and maybe some of the first day glitches to be sorted.

Yeah, apparently in a ninja update not too long after I stopped playing. Sneaky buggers. :P So this weekend I got very little done, either in RS or in my attempts to get my blog caught up, as my youngest was extremely sick. He spent pretty much the whole weekend with a fever of 102 so there was a lot of YouTube, napping on the couch and a literal gallon of juice consumed. Tonight I have to finish washing his bedding so it's all clean for him when he comes over next weekend. Don't want him getting sick again. Although I did learn about the cremation ability (see, I'm still learning stuff) so I guess now I'm going ghost hunting for a bit before I train Prayer again.

NXT – RuneScape's all-new game client – is here!This means better RuneScape performance than ever before, and it looks great too – vast viewing distances, dynamic shadows and beautiful lighting effects.To celebrate, embark on Benedict's World Tour: a globe-trotting mini-adventure that's perfect for taking in the sights.NXT is available to download now - for everyone. Enjoy! How to Install NXTDownload the installer for your OS, then run it.RequirementsNone.For best performance, ensure that your OS and graphics drivers are fully up to date.We also advise experimenting with the Graphics Settings to find the best balance of performance and graphics quality for your hardware. NXT is designed to get the most out of your hardware, looks fantastic and runs smootly across the board. We've tested NXT extensively, but with millions of system configurations out there, it's inevitable that a few blips will slip through. If you have any issues, don't worry – just click the flag icon on the in-game chat interface or visit the forums, and describe the problem along with your PC spec. The team will get you up and running as soon as possible.Finally, we couldn't have got here without the legion of testers who logged in during our recent beta weekends, showering us with valuable feedback and digging out pesky bugs. Huge thanks to you all! Benedict's World Tour World-weary beast of burden Benedict Encumberyak is missing some important items, and needs you to visit various picturesque Gielinor locales to track them down – perfect for drinking in those glorious NXT visuals.There'll be eight of these accessible to free players, and eight more that are for members only. You'll get a small XP lamp for every four you collect, and a large XP lamp for collecting either all of the free items or all of the members' items.Log in using the NXT Client, then speak to Benedict by the Burthorpe or Prifddinas lodestone to get started. Have Fun! Thanks again for your awe-inspiring feedback during the beta – it really was essential for getting to this point. With your help, the NXT guys have achieved a great deal, but there's still work to be done. NXT's out in the world, but like any key element of RuneScape, it'll receive ongoing support and improvement.We'll continue to further optimise the client, and – of course – to bring you awesome new content that takes full advantage of what NXT can do.Have fun, and let us know what you think over on the forums!The RuneScape Team Solomon's Store | Royal Eastern Outfit Show the style and grace of an Eastern Lands aristocrat with the Royal Eastern outfit - an all-new arrival at Solomon's General Store. Head over to Solomon's now and bedeck yourself in exotic finery. This Week's StreamsEach week we stream developer Q&As, in-game events and more. Watch our streams and find a full streaming schedule over on our Twitch channel.Check our YouTube channel, too, for recap videos of streams you may have missed, a first look at the Eastern Lands, and loads more!It's all things NXT this week. Our spectacular new game client is here – and we want to shout about it!Tuesday, April 19th| 16:00 Game Time | Developer Q&A – The Future of NXTWe'll be taking all of your questions about your NXT experiences so far, what it will allow us to do for future development, and - of course - our future plans for the game client.Post your questions below about anything NXT-related on the forums, Reddit, or by using #RSDevQA on Twitter!Tuesday, April 19th| 17:00 Game Time | How to set up NXTFollowing that, our Player Support team will be hitting the PCs, showing you how to set up our new game client on your own computer, and troubleshooting any issues you may have making the switch to NXT.They'll also be giving out loads of in-game prizes, so don't miss out!Tuesday, April 19th | 20:00 Game Time | Shauny's NXT World TourShauny will be hosting his own NXT Grand Tour in the evening, showcasing some of his favourite areas. Prepare to be spellbound!Sunday, April 24th | 19:00 Game Time | PvM with Mod LeeMod Lee will be hosting some Community PvM goodness live on Twitch! [spoiler=patch notes] Graphical Players with the 15 year emote unlocked can now perform the 2007 variant.Kay Thanxby now wields her Gorgonite 2h sword correctly when in combat.The extreme heat of the lava hood was causing players' eyes to reject reality on their chat heads, this has now been fixed.Fixed an issue with the Mask of the Yellow Wyrm incorrectly showing skin colour on the player’s chat head.Players no longer stretch while using the revenant walk override with exquisite crossbows equipped.Players can no longer walk through a section of the gate between the Mort Myre Swamp & Canifis.Players no longer float in the air near the Morytania energy rift.Fixed a blocking issue with a chair in the Myreque base in Burgh de Rott.The jagged or raised up cliff faces to the east of the Digsite have now been bulldozed.Removed the extra blood pool from the Burgh de Rott underground crypt.Players can no longer remove the stairs into the Canifis bank.The Ghoul Champion now has knees.Tables in the Canifis pub no longer float.Veliaf has made his memorial a little sturdier, so players should find they sink a little less into the hard concrete.Fixed a graphical issue with bloodletters during the quest, The Lord of Vampyrium.There is no more 'sunshine' on the Canifis building roofs with dynamic lighting turned on.Stopped players from sinking into the ground on Red Dragon Isle.Players no longer reappear at the end of the Ariane's teleport override.Player-owned house banners no longer clip when wielded in Legacy combat mode.Fixed a Clan wars height mapping issue which made players sink into the floor.Fixed a graphical issue in the Varrock archery shop.Fixed some height mapping in Brimhaven dungeon.The dragon forge was running a little cool recently, causing some slight shrinkage issues with dragon armour. Worry not, dragon armour no longer has a small gap between the player's waist, and now correctly lines up!Fixed a hole in the wall in the tunnel leading to the Blood Altar.Fixed some discoloration on the dark cavalier.The dilapidated dragon perch in clan citadels has had some stretching fixed.Prevented Grimgnash's lower beak from getting stuck inside his own head.The strange power of Daemonheim-made dromoleather coifs acts a little funny. This power has subsided, and the stretching has gone along with it!Kamfreena in the Warriors Guild now sports a defender.Zombie tops no longer clip with the player’s body.Fixed an issue with a section of the short, full beard becoming invisible in certain circumstances.The museum curators have received complaints and, as such, have updated their display of the Giant Mole.Fixed some clipping issues with a water tank in the Elemental Workshop.The gilded kiteshield will no longer cause stretching if sheathed.The capoeira top now correctly shows the player's skin tone.Corrected an issue with the Outpost’s (near Ardougne) display cases blinding visitors who have bloom enabled.Corrected a very bright glow around the McGrubor's Wood fairy ring.Stopped the player's camera from jumping around when entering the Al Kharid mine via the agility shortcut.Warlord boots now change correctly to match skin tone.Removed some floating shadows that were hanging around the roof of Burthorpe Castle.Aviansie claw overrides no longer stretch with certain emotes.TzRek-Jad's chat head has been fixed.The Blazehound legendary pet now correctly performs its resting animation.Elen Anerth has had a word with the people who run the Max Guild, who have now updated the Invention banner's colours to reflect the skillcape more accurately.The revenant walk animation no longer breaks augmented salamanders.Players no longer sink into part of the walkway in the Hefin district of Prifddinas. Skills, D&Ds & Minigames As falling rocks can be a hassle when looting chests, the Barrows chest now has a right-click, quick-loot option once opened.Players can now view their Treasure Hunter options while having the promotion info interface open.Updated the description for disruption shield on the Livid Farm reward interface and spell tooltip to mention that it also works against NPCs.The Strange Old Man has now remembered how to dig at the Barrows mounds.Ironmen can now purchase void charms with thaler. Quests, Challenges and Achievements Fixed a spelling error with Vanescula's chat during the quest, The Lord of Vampyrium.Drakan's medallion will no longer use up a charge when teleporting from the daeyalt mine (Meiyerditch mine) or the ravenous ghoul cellar.Arboretum guards can no longer sneak into the nearby bank in Darkmeyer.Aeonisig will now correctly offer the free teleport during Darkness of Hallowvale.Corrected some grammar used when filling the crate with snails during In Aid of the Myreque.Updated the title and cosmetic override unlock messages in The Death of Chivalry to refer to the Customisations interface.Updated the interface used for the letter in Branches of Darkmeyer.Fixed a typo in the Call of the Ancestors quest journal. The Heart of Gielinor Challenge mode against The Heart's bosses now has a greater effect on the rare drop bonus rate.Fixed an issue where certain feedback messages were being displayed in the wrong parts of The Heart when attempting to summon reinforcements from the Ingression fragments.Corrected the entry for Wand of the Cywir elders in the Magic skill guide.Simplified the rock fall sounds in The Twin Furies boss room.Corrected a typo when handing in Seals of the Cywir.It is no longer possible to safe-spot Cywir alphas during the Helwyr encounter in The Heart.Anima core of Seren helms now have a chathead animation.Fixed the examine text on the glimmering scale.A dwarf no longer spawns on blocked tiles within The Heart.Added some blocking to an area near Sliske's necropolis in The Heart to prevent players walking into scenery. Other The Orb of Oculus' maximum range now scales with the draw distance setting when using the NXT client.The Orb of Oculus can now be controlled via an Xbox controller in the NXT client.Ironmen can now start standard respawn rate boss instances for free. Fast and Fastest, as well as Hard Mode God Wars Dungeon and Hard Mode Vorago will still incur a fee.The mirrorback special attack now reflects up to 3000 damage to enemy targets.The effect of the Natural Instinct ability is now cleared upon initiating a fight in PvP.Serpentine 2h crossbows can now be used with broad-tipped bolts or royal bolts to kill Kurasks and Turoths.The "missing" posters in Burgh de Rott now correctly say 'abductee'.Removed the rewards chest and Ajjat from the Heart of Gielinor event area.Kill and drop logs in RuneMetrics now work correctly for the God Wars 2 bosses and from looting the Barrows chest.Characters will now correctly face daeyalt rocks when attempting to mine them.The Meiyerditch miners are now facing in the correct direction.Fixed a typo on a right-click option with daeyalt rocks.Corrected a mis-spelling of 'granite' in Veliaf's Memorial to the Myreque dialogue.Astromancers around Gielinor have now been removed.Fixed a spelling issue when attempting to rejoin a Yakamaru fight in progress.Storm shard stacks now persist between phase transitions of most bosses and NPCs, not including Vorago. The stacks are still halved between Nex transitions and now also when beginning a fight against Araxxi.Fixed a double spacing issue in the name of the Paladin outfit in the wardrobe interface.Attempting to trade keepsake keys in Dungeoneering no longer kicks players from the floor and party.Ironmen gravestones now appear outside the instance entrances for King Black Dragon, Kalphite Queen and Corporeal Beast, should Ironmen die within.Changed wording when a gold accumulator degrades to dust.Removed a force walk tile north of Al-Kharid.Added quest and Defence requirements to Chivalry and the Piety variants in the Prayer skill guide.Level up unlocks are no longer cleared if the player clicks on the interface while still in combat.The level up popup no longer displays an incorrect skill or level upon gaining a level.Lady Deathknell now refers to a nearby bank chest instead of a deposit box.Broadcasts for 50, 100 and 200 million XP in a skill now work correctly on non-member worlds.Players can no longer place a clan vexillum inside a bank's healing area.The Berserker, Reckless and Maniacal Aura now all correctly give a warning message if active when an attempted aura swap happens at a bank.Added some missing blocking at the incandescent wisp bridge.Imps can no longer spawn on a tile in the river at Lumbridge.Resolved a game crash issue when dragging around the Adventures parent interface.Players who lose membership with Zanik as a follower can now dismiss her.Added blocking around Death's hourglass to prevent players being automatically walked away.Changed the tooltip wording for the equilibrium perk.Some of the Chronicle players were in slightly inconvenient locations. The stray Gorajo has had a word with them, and they've kindly vacated from the premises near Catherby and Karamja. Ninja Fixes Pyre log storage chests have been added near to the funeral pyres in Mort'ton. These allow players to store up to 30,000 of one type of pyre log at a time.Reassessed Mort'ton shades' combat stats.Loar, Phrin, Riyl, Asyn and Fiyr remains are now all stackable.Added the colour of the lock as a suffix to the name of the chests in the shade catacombs.Rewards are now placed directly in your inventory when cremating shade remains.Razmire now sells shade luring dummies. These may only be placed around the temple at Mort'ton and shades will prefer to attack these over destroying the temple.Timber beams, used in Shades of Mort'ton, are now stackable.

Spent the weekend caring for my son who had a fever of 102. Poor little guy, you never saw a kid so miserable. :( Fortunately there was no vomiting, just lots of YouTube, napping on the couch and a literal gallon of juice consumed. Seriously, he drank nearly 4L of the stuff (which for our non-metric friends converts to a gallon ;)). Hopefully he feels better tomorrow.

Hey Adib, good to see you too. I am getting back into the game and I even rejoined TFS. Been having lots of fun. :thumbsup:

Banned because I've just returned and wish to exercise petty authority.

Hey freebies! :D I'm so glad to see this topic is still going. I see that there have been a lot of changes in my absence; KBD, high scores return, veteran capes, mystic gear...so many things I never thought we'd ever have. So how is the F2P community doing? How many of you are still here and playing?

Thanks for the info, but this question was answered long ago. Locked.

Come to Ottawa and I'll say "aboot" all you like. ;)

Pixie dust. Then it's second star to the right and straight on 'till morning.

Thanks guys. :D Just a quickie today blog lovers. It seems every time I log in to the game now I discover something new. Last night I found out that while I was gone veteran capes were made available to free players! And guess which free player has an account that's been around forever and a day? I'll give you a hint: ;)

Welcome back. :D

Hey Hedge! Good to see ya. :)

Hey Mish, good to see you're still here. :) So I've re-read my entire blog (yes, the whole thing) and you're right, it's really missing something without the pictures. I guess I'll add that to my list of things to do. I did discover why I have so much leather though, apparently I had a crazy idea of getting all my non-combat skills to 90. I did some calculations and that won't be enough leather to get me to 90, but it will get me to 80 or so. Guess I'll have to stop there and do something else for a while. That'll have to wait a bit though. Last night I rejoined TFS and lo and behold today is the beginning of a skilling competition so I'll be woodcutting for the next couple of weeks. \:D/ I've not forgotten about my mega update that was interrupted by my vanishing act. I found the hard drive with all my pictures on it and it even has all the old pictures that are missing from my blog. All organized by skill and event. Apparently I used to be a lot more organized. :lol: The mega update may still be a while as I have nearly 100 pictures to sift though, but it will be coming. I'm hoping I get you all up to date sooner rather than later, I'll just have to leave out some of the flowery prose and storytelling I was planning on because frankly I just don't remember exactly everything that happened any more. But after that things will get back to more like the way they were. Promise. ;)

After two years I return to find I still have 0. I guess it's hard to get warnings when you're not posting. :P

Best poll ever. I'm laughing so hard at this right now. Well played. :lol: :thumbup:

Your Tip.ItSpace account still works? Dag. I lost the password to mine years ago. It's something everyone's guilty of at some point or other. Also, some of the busiest posters were also some of those who got in the most trouble (I'm looking at you @Arceus, you bad apple :lol:). Not all mind you, but some. They pushed discussions forward and sometimes they would descend into arguments which would sometimes drunkenly stumble into rule-breaking territory. Goodness knows I dealt with enough of them before I left. Mrs Chips said earlier that the staff and mods here were corrupt and working against the community, and except for obfuscator taking bribes ( :P) I know that we weren't and most of you know that we weren't (Kim dealt with that wonderfully already so I really don't want to get into it again, but bear with me here). Unfortunately there were some who we would give warnings/suspensions/bans to who certainly felt like that and, yes, some of them left for what they felt were greener pastures with looser rules. Some just moved to different sections of the forum with looser rules (some are still there!). I still remember a point a several months after I became a mod where thing seemed to quiet down nicely (for us anyway) and the worst things we had to deal with were spambots and the odd infraction. Maybe we were too late though. Maybe the damage had already been done and once we got things quieted down again, too many people who didn't like seeing that kind of stuff on the main discussion board had already left never to return. It's hard for me to speculate having been gone so long, but from what I understand Jagex has stopped fansite support and that certainly wouldn't have helped us any either.

Having recently returned myself, I'm quite surprised at how quiet it is. Perhaps the traditional forum is simply coming to the end of its natural lifespan. Social media, wikis, even Reddit all seem to be supplanting them. I'm not sure if that's better though. All these sources are quick, easy, accurate...and utterly without heart. How much connection do people get with their fellow players reading someone's Twitter feed? What unexpected stories or laughs are to be had editing a wiki? What (some third clever thing I can't think of right now) Reddit? It's a reflection of society. Efficienados were merely an extension of our rapidly changing world. Everything's stronger, faster, lighter, fewer calories, "tastes great, with just a hint of bacon"...what happened to more, better and fun? Oh god, I sound like an old person longing for his youth. I better stop here before I break into a rambling story about walking to school, uphill, both...AHHHHH! :lol:

Thanks for you kind words everyone. It's nice to see folks still remember me. :D Pauls' been AWOL longer than I have. :lol: I am sad to hear that Q's left as well though. His knowledge of the game was unparalleled. :( Which chat do you mean? F2P United is still going, and I'd honestly forgotten about that until I logged back in. Wait, what? This I gotta see. To Off-Topic!

Personally, I like Sporks' contribution best. Any way I can vote for them? No? Oh well. :P +1 for Lindsey.

I've been gone a long time...

Medi! Wow, I can't believe you're still here and updating this. Awesome levels man. :thumbsup: I've only just returned so forgive my noobish question, but how did you get it to show levels over 99?

It's been too long TIF, but I have returned. After two years things seem much quieter there than when I left, but I see some familiar faces still wandering about. It's good to be back. :)

A think fog rolls in from the edge of the wilderness. From it a grey, dishevelled figure stumbles into the light and onto the smooth white stone of the Grand Exchange. Looking wildly around he grabs the first person he encounters and, shaking, almost pleads: "You there, what day is this? What year? What of donuts? TELL ME!" "GTFO noob." Confused and unsure, the stranger looks around and is suddenly assaulted by the sights and sounds of the busiest trading in hub in Gielinor. A girl in blue armor trimmed in white walks up to him. "Pls gve 1M. Im poor." He pushes her aside, but other voices quickly follow. "Pls give" "What outfit is that?" "Buying!" "Selling!" "Dancing for coins" "Looking for gf?" "This place sucks" Slowly, a wave of calm washes over him. A sense of familiarity. Suddenly memories long forgotten return. All is as it should be. Kaida23 has come home. Greetings once again blog fans. (If any of you are left of course :P) I've been gone a long time and have now stumbled my way back to loving bosom of Tip.It and RuneScape. Recently I've been taken by a wave of nostalgia and logged back in to see how things have been in my absence. It's nice to see very little of either has changed. It all feels warm and familiar. I've spent a bit of time wandering around the game and, at least on the free servers, it seems very much the same. Also, I was pleasantly surprised to see the F2P United friend chat was still going, and that I'm still ranked. My account is still as I left it, will all the strange and wonderful items in my bank right where I left them. Although I have absolutely no idea why I have thousands of hard leather boots, and tens of thousands more hard leather. I guess I was training Crafting. Possibly for a clan competition. I just really don't remember. (seriously, what the heck? :huh:) I've been going over my blog a bit and apparently all the images I uploaded using Imageshack way back in the day are no longer there so a very VERY large portion of my blog is now missing pictures. I think I still have them all backed up somewhere, so maybe one day I'll reupload them. Also, none of the links in the first post work anymore so it looks like I'll have to spend some time fixing those. On the forum side of things I'm obviously not a moderator anymore (you disappear for two years and they just kick you out! :P), but I am still a member of the Editorial Panel which was a nice surprise. I realize the Times isn't what it used to be, but I still messaged @Arceus to thank him for keeping me on the roster all this time. Now, I'm sure you're all excited that I'm back but right now I honestly don't know how much I'm going to be playing or how often I'll be posting. I certainly won't be playing as much. Too much life, not enough time. You know, that old chestnut. I do have a bunch pictures from way back when I was still updating this blog that I never got around to posting, and I never did finish with that huge 4-month update that included the Battle of Lumbridge (which was supposed to be the next instalment). I think I'll work on finishing that over the next few days and then go from there. For now though, I think I'll just be wandering about RS and seeing what's what. Well that, and apparently crafting. Just...so much crafting. :lol: Until next time true believers. It's good to be back. :)

Welcome to Tip.It! :)