Or did they make it up as they went along?

 

 

 

 

 

Why am i asking this? Well I just thought maybe Jagex has been wanting to release this update for ages but wanted a good time and to make sure it was all good. I think they had it in the works for ages and a few recent updates quests etc have been added to aid in its completion.

 

 

 

 

 

Requirements for not being automatically attacked by the various things in the dungeon - Sara item - Zammy item - Bandos item (ancient mace) and the Armadyl item (Pendant of Armadyl)

 

 

 

Zammy and Sara well they have been around for ages

 

 

 

The Ancient Mace - Alot thought it was a useless weapon, some thought it had potential. Did Jagex put this quest in there so all can obtain an item for the God dungeon? or did they think lets make the Ancient Mace a protector from Bandos?

 

 

 

Pendant of Armadyl - I often did wonder why it was a option to have at the time since it never had any real use.

 

 

 

We always had that patch in the ice that just looked like it was screaming for some attention.

 

 

 

In my honest opinion I think its been in the works for ages and they have been tweaking it for a good while, with a perfect result - A nice high lvl requirement dungeon with great rewards and a place I love hangin out in.

 

 

 

 

 

What do you think?

Well Jagex did say that some updates take a long time. The dark bow update took many months to code so imagine the god wars dungeon :shock: . So yeah I think they done the Ancient Mace thing to go with Bandos. The Pendant of Armadyl has been out for a very long time so yeah.

It probably took Jagex a year or so to make god wars so ya they have planned it.

Of course they planned it, they don't make an update in a day. The original idea for it probably came a year or two back and it's taken that long to sort things out and with other projects which have come first.

This would have taken alot of time and effort and i think they have really outdone themselves with the godwars dungeon, But most of the time people focus on the bad points and not the good.

 

 

 

Well Done Jagex =D>

It took 28 weeks to release the Impetuous Impulses & dark bow, GWD is a lot bigger so yeah I guess it was planed duh!

Well, technically the God Wrs were in the Second Age, and now we are in the Fifth Age (Go leaf through the Knowledge Base) so it really was planned for Ages.

Heh, wouldn't you like to know :-w

I assume it took about a 8-12 months to finish GWD.

 

 

 

Now, the the ancient mace. They probably made that quest with some intention in mind, but i think that they had finished GWD before this quest was released.

 

 

 

Pendant of Armadyl: Been around for a while (since temple of ikov, very very old quest), but it's like a lot of quest items, that don't seem to have much of a purpose.

 

 

 

They defiently made it up while they were going along probably.

Nah i think 2 days before release they say get to work, weve had a week off time to make a dungeon

Well, technically the God Wrs were in the Second Age, and now we are in the Fifth Age (Go leaf through the Knowledge Base) so it really was planned for Ages.

 

 

 

that's shocking. really, it's terrible.

 

 

 

OT: jagex have said that making any update takes time, and this is a huge update. the planning stages will have taken weeks, maybe months, let alone all the artwork and coding. you can't just make it up as you go along when you're trying to please over a million members.

The've probably got the Main Updates for the Next 1-2 Years Planned out.

 

 

 

There will probably be some lore in this so the next few Years of Updates to do with these gods will probably be planned out, as this update was

 

 

 

~ Raz ~

Or did they make it up as they went along?

 

 

 

 

 

Why am i asking this? Well I just thought maybe Jagex has been wanting to release this update for ages but wanted a good time and to make sure it was all good. I think they had it in the works for ages and a few recent updates quests etc have been added to aid in its completion.

 

 

 

 

 

Requirements for not being automatically attacked by the various things in the dungeon - Sara item - Zammy item - Bandos item (ancient mace) and the Armadyl item (Pendant of Armadyl) on the spot thinking? not even a valid point ..

 

 

 

Zammy and Sara well they have been around for ages yea, they are gods ..

 

 

 

The Ancient Mace - Alot thought it was a useless weapon, some thought it had potential. Did Jagex put this quest in there so all can obtain an item for the God dungeon? or did they think lets make the Ancient Mace a protector from Bandos? ancient mace is like the brine scimitar or whatever it is, quest weapon, you just have another use for this one

 

 

 

Pendant of Armadyl - I often did wonder why it was a option to have at the time since it never had any real use. wasnt this in a quest? another use for it ..

 

 

 

We always had that patch in the ice that just looked like it was screaming for some attention. jagex noticed that too, and decided to put GWD at that point

 

 

 

In my honest opinion I think its been in the works for ages and they have been tweaking it for a good while, with a perfect result - A nice high lvl requirement dungeon with great rewards and a place I love hangin out in.

 

 

 

 

 

What do you think?

 

 

 

It may have been in the works for awhile, but not that long ...

Yeah, they probably have been working on it for ages, as it is a huge update, and there was always that slab of nothing, just waiting to be used.

I would imagine that they would have had an overall desire for GWD (codename: fluffy bunny) in the pipelines for quite some time. They would have pitched it as a battle between Gods. As things progressed, the idea of a god's items protecting you from being attacked would have been slated.

 

 

 

Whether or not it was actually accepted, they probably then went about putting something into the game that would fulfil that need if required.

 

 

 

It's a bit like bird's eggs. They've been put in to fulfil some need of a future update. It looks like the original intention may not have come to it's fulfillment for whatever reason. Whenever a use for them does come out, you'll get a good feeling on how long some things can take.

 

 

 

How long an update take all comes down to what priority they stick on it ... and therefore how many people work on it. I'm sure their QA/Testing processes are improved since bugs like the Falador Massacre, which all adds to the development time.

Nah i think 2 days before release they say get to work, weve had a week off time to make a dungeon

 

An update that big cannot be turned into a finished article without a hell of a load of procrastination :P

Jagex works on their updates months in advance so this is sorta a dumb question.

This has probably been in the works for over a year. Remember the first monsters fighting each other? Gnomes vs Khazahard. They updated thoes 2 quite a bit back and I'm guessing they've been working on GWD since then.

All of the updates on runescape are planned ages ago.

Well, technically the God Wrs were in the Second Age, and now we are in the Fifth Age (Go leaf through the Knowledge Base) so it really was planned for Ages.

 

 

 

The third age was the God Wars.

 

http://www.runescape.com/kbase/viewarticle.ws?article_id=2703

 

 

 

Anyway, it was obviously planned, not so far back as the Temple of Ikov, Jagex probably just put it in to show who you had pledged alliance to and then went back and give it a purpose.

 

 

 

For one thing they hadn't even coded a way to get another one having lost one, doesn't seem like they had the idea for GWD at the time.

well duh... people don't go blindly writing novels either. all the fans they have only make their job harder -- a plot hole or inconsistency will have hundreds of people disapointed in them.

They probaly already have a nother skill being worked on right now.

 

 

 

Everything is planned.

To think..If Jagex had planned this update a long time ago, WHO KNOWS what they currently have planned for Later...

 

 

 

Maybe God Wars dungeon is some sort of training for a future update waiting to be unleashed!

well duh... people don't go blindly writing novels either. all the fans they have only make their job harder -- a plot hole or inconsistency will have hundreds of people disapointed in them.

 

 

 

Whats with the rant reply?

Probably been as long as the black hole has existed in the wilderness. Though I dont honestly know how long that is.

 

 

 

Failing that I'd say its been planned for 12-18 months, I mean, it was a MASSIVE update.