Ahem.... New thing for next year is summoning...

[mugged99]

awesome! combat and non combat assisting animals. and sweet, summoning seems to be the one skill that has been worked on for like 3-4 years lol. Its going to be insane!

 

 

 

 

 

(who were the goofballs that said sea faring skills, etc etc. lol,)

 

 

 

I am guessing a lot of players quit members on their stakers, even though they probably kep their mains. This is just Jagex's way of getting more subscribers as they have previously stated that they have an upsurge in signups whenever a new skill is released.

 

 

 

lol, members subscriptions? why do you play if you think jagex is soo evil/greedy. Personally, i think since this skill has essentially been talked and worked on for around 4 years, there really is no point talking about 'subscriptions'. If jagex wanted subscriptions they wouldve made a high reward cheesy update that was members only. This is just a long awaited update. GJ jageX

[unorclan]

Its no longer a triangle, it's a combat square!

 

 

 

Lol, looks awesome, so becoming a member. Cause i dont even get the duel thing cause i'm just f2p right now, but summoning looks interesting and my curiousity will force me to waste 5 bucks

[jessy87]

 

 

 

 

 

interesting

[Juader]

spiritwolf is gonna be used killing ghosts. lol -.-

 

or then they can be the crazy dual wielders like in total annihilation kingdoms O_O

[bored321]

tbh, i would have preferd the animal lore to summoning giving another use for hunter. I just think summoning is gonna be really cheesy.

[BabyPunchers]

It's cool although i'm not very excited. Summoning's never been that interesting to me. But life runes are gonna be really expensive the first few days Wonder what the skill cape emote will be? =P~

[Winner5555]

It's cool although i'm not very excited. Summoning's never been that interesting to me. But life runes are gonna be really expensive the first few days Wonder what the skill cape emote will be? =P~

 

 

 

If life runes go into the mage stores, then there will already be a set price when they come out, because of the shop having unlimited stock.

[SirHartlar]

I best go train my Hunter. :shock:

[Sumpta]

Mmm, I have trouble envisioning this. Imagine already crowded training spots infested with hordes of animals on top of the hordes of players.

 

 

 

Still, they seem to have put a lot of thought into this, so I'm curious. It'll be great if it's a skill that interacts with all the other skills. Preferably not too expensive either. I'm guessing we'll finally have a use for bird's eggs.

 

 

 

And on a personal level: that 2000 total goal of mine is very feasible all of a sudden :D.

[wakka102]

All I have to say is...I told ya so (its not a new game :wink: )

 

 

 

anyways, I'm incredibly excited about this skill, I can't wait : =P~

[meili]

I am guessing a lot of players quit members on their stakers, even though they probably kep their mains. This is just Jagex's way of getting more subscribers as they have previously stated that they have an upsurge in signups whenever a new skill is released.

 

 

 

lol, members subscriptions? why do you play if you think jagex is soo evil/greedy. Personally, i think since this skill has essentially been talked and worked on for around 4 years, there really is no point talking about 'subscriptions'. If jagex wanted subscriptions they wouldve made a high reward cheesy update that was members only. This is just a long awaited update. GJ jageX

 

 

 

I never said Jagex is evil, nor do I hate them. They themselves said the reason they have updates every week and new skills is to get more members. I don't expect them to spend their own money to run RS. We need members or otherwise Rs will die. :roll:

 

 

 

You are the one who equated wanting more members with greed or evil. Not me.

 

 

 

It's interesting, but with each addition, we see surges of growth.

 

 

 

Andrew Gower also said "We saw a huge surge with our recent addition of player houses..."

 

 

 

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=13769

[ReapMe]

dogs = auto bury bones lol

[Wachtwoord]

I hope Jagex isn't setting our hopes too high, it wouldn't be the first time (*Cough* Barbarian outpost *cough*).

[lkgsabre]

 

 

 

I went look around and I found these old ruins, couldn't tell what they were for. Till I saw the life rune today. o.0

[Adamfostas]

Awesome politicking there by Jagex. This clearly wasn't planned from the beginning, but is rather a rapid response to the furore over staking. While they should've been able to anticipate what the response was to their changes, at least it's clear they know how to minimise their losses.

 

 

 

Plus, I'm looking forward to this one. It's possible that at least one of the animals will take the form of additional inventory space, which would make the majority of the game so much easier. There'll doubtless be a way to balance it, but I'll be there on the first day yelling, "Bag-Shaped Creature #14, I choose you!".

[Latinoking]

I laugh at Tip.It for saying topics in suggestion about Summoning were spam.

[cynder]

All of you complaining about lag you need to get a new computer, ive never had runescape lag EVER. And if it has it was my connection or computer!

[lord_british]

Why am I waiting for the other shoe to drop about this?

 

 

 

Jagex have consistently proven they mangle and distort any decent ideas into something terrible.....

 

 

 

Their ideas about updates seldom fit the bill to people who have played the game day-in, day-out for years...

 

 

 

Don't get your hopes up too soon kiddies, they may just get dashed again :(

[krisc6]

great,i can see rune prices going up substantially for people who are getting ready to get a 99 in the summoning skill.im guessing a good mage will help.

[Animaslayer]

lets just hope it isnt a money burner but a hunting helper and stuff like they said to make money back

[Knotch_Blade]

Massive Rune Price Jump Hoorah!

 

 

 

Actually I think a new spellbook/set of runes will be released for the summoning skill. Whereas mind,chaos,blood,and death runes cause damage I'spose there'll be a new rune or a few new runes to summon.

 

 

 

 

 

Just my two cents

 

 

 

~Knotch

[mugged99]

I am guessing a lot of players quit members on their stakers, even though they probably kep their mains. This is just Jagex's way of getting more subscribers as they have previously stated that they have an upsurge in signups whenever a new skill is released.

 

 

 

lol, members subscriptions? why do you play if you think jagex is soo evil/greedy. Personally, i think since this skill has essentially been talked and worked on for around 4 years, there really is no point talking about 'subscriptions'. If jagex wanted subscriptions they wouldve made a high reward cheesy update that was members only. This is just a long awaited update. GJ jageX

 

 

 

I never said Jagex is evil, nor do I hate them. They themselves said the reason they have updates every week and new skills is to get more members. I don't expect them to spend their own money to run RS. We need members or otherwise Rs will die. :roll:

 

 

 

You are the one who equated wanting more members with greed or evil. Not me.

 

 

 

It's interesting, but with each addition, we see surges of growth.

 

 

 

Andrew Gower also said "We saw a huge surge with our recent addition of player houses..."

 

 

 

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=13769

 

 

 

I equated because you implied it. Anyways, my bad, i misunderstood your tone of voice :

 

 

 

w00t summoning!

 

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I dont think there will be much lag; maybe the monster will have time limits? like, summon rabbit for 30 seconds -> cannot summon rabbit for :thumbsup: another 5 minutes? Either way i think that the game engine could take it =

[Spartan116]

Finally after 3 years of waiting 8-)

 

When this skill comes out i will train it to 99 right away :)

[tuttle43]

 

Edit: Looks like you'll be able to summon dogs, rabiits etc to follow you around and help you fight and possible to help you train skills. I can imagine the lag now...

 

 

 

In the development diary Jagex said that they already thought about the lag issues and figured out a way to make it work.

 

 

 

 

First, we were thinking these animals would work like cat followers, in that to level the Summoning skill you'd need an animal out following you 100% of the time. "We were, however, keen on not wanting to turn the game into PetScape," says Mod Mark. Also, prototyping and testing made it obvious that creating the entire skill this way wouldn't have worked for technical reasons - every player with a pet out all the time would cause too much slowdown. It works on a small scale with cats, and might as a future Summoning update, but the completely follower-based approach was ruled out and, again, the skill was put on hold to await better technology and a fresh approach.

 

 

 

 

I am very excited for this update and have every confidence that Jagex will implement it the best way possible. If summoning does use life runes I hope I have the runecrafting level for it :)

[B_Ryan20]

 

 

 

I went look around and I found these old ruins, couldn't tell what they were for. Till I saw the life rune today. o.0

 

 

 

do you think you could be little more specific like where this is or if its near a bank?