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Fishing skill (and karamja) introduced - Spring 2001

 

 

 

Removal of the PK/NPK system and wilderness introduced - Autumn 2001

 

 

 

The first rare introduced (physically dropped by moderators)- October 31st 2001

 

 

 

Rune introduced

 

 

 

P2P introduced

 

 

 

You'll have to look up the dates, it's far too long ago for me to remember. :P

 

 

 

Fishing skill- June 11, 2001

 

 

 

P2P introduced- February 28, 2002

99 Hunter - November 1st, 2008

99 Cooking -July 22nd, 2009

99 Firemaking - July 29th, 2010

99 Fletching - December 30th, 2010

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Oh I forgot one of the biggest of all - item banking! That completely revolutionised RuneScape. Before you could only store cash in there, so if you mined some ores you had to immediately smelt, smith and sell the product, or store the ores on mules.

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Oh I forgot one of the biggest of all - item banking! That completely revolutionised RuneScape. Before you could only store cash in there, so if you mined some ores you had to immediately smelt, smith and sell the product, or store the ores on mules.
The bank was added January 23, 2001. As you said it was only aloud to bank coins, Jagex updated it on May 2001, to let you store everything else :D

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ok theres been alot of talk over night about how every update changes RuneScape forever. I'm not going to disagree with you, but in the main post I said I wanted to include the ones that had the Biggest Impact on the game. As for those who say I haven't been playing long enough to make this thread, you're entitled to your own opinion I suppose. Finally, how yesterday's updates didn't change "runescape forever", I think that they did. Every update has an impact on someone, but yesterdays was especially true for the people who enjoy PvP. Like all of you I am also entitled to my own opinion.

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-graphics update-going fullscreen-14-Jul-2008

 

-RS2-29-Mar-2004

 

-Construction-31-May-2006

 

-Hunter-21-Nov-2006

 

-Grand Exchange-26-Nov-2007

 

-Farming-11-Jul-2005

 

-Addition and removal of BH in the WIlderness Volcano-

 

Removal-27-Feb-2009

 

Addition-10-Dec-2007

 

-New BH-06-May-2009

 

-PvP Worlds-15-Oct-2008

 

-Rise of 26k/76k tricking in PvP/BH worlds, addition of ancient artefacts-16-Jun-2009

 

-Alteration of PvP/BH worlds-15-Jul-2009(not sure if thats what your asking)

 

-While Guthix Sleeps quest-26-Nov-2008

 

-God Wars Dungeon-28-Aug-2007

 

-Stealing Creation-less expensive 99s-11-Nov-2008

 

-Desert Treasure quest-18-Apr-2005

 

-Lunar Isles-24-Jul-2006

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Remember, remember, the fifth of November. The gunpowder treason and plot... oh wait...

 

 

 

I also feel that the censor update was pretty big. It was quite annoying to be censored for words like phone, to school, sucks..

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Yea but the censor was a relief in a way; walking around Varrock, especially past the Shield of Arrav gang hideouts in the south, I was offered to cyber so many times by people. A few times in Karamja banana field too!

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I'd definately say that the change to crossbows changed rs alot. They completely changed the way ranged works.

 

 

 

The introduction of barrows was another one, along with godwars, that changed combat for ever.

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The introduction of the Grand Exchange easily changed Runescape the most out of any update. Removed a lot of player interaction.

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The second set of summoning updates.

 

The wilderness ditch was another biggie.

 

The CT

 

Charter Boats

 

 

 

Quest wise

 

Kings ransom

 

Underground Pass/Regicide

 

RfD

 

Haunted mine

 

Smoking Kills

 

 

 

Theres more but my minds gone blank

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I remember the Pure Essence update being a big deal. Can't remember when the date was.

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I remember the Pure Essence update being a big deal. Can't remember when the date was.

 

Good point! I totally forgot about that. I think the week before I had bought about 20,000 ess and then it all got changed to Pure and Regular. Made a lot of money off a lucky buy.

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while not necessarily an update.. the phat duping (Nov 2003) probably have just as much of an impact as any update in there. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I wasn't able to take advantage of the dupe.

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Hmm..yeah completely forgot about the new archive. I'll have to use that to find some of the missing dates. Thanks n64jive,

 

 

 

as for the Party Hat Duping, I will include that because it did have a huge impact on one of the discontinued items

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5th June 2008 - Smoking Kills

 

http://news.runescape.com/newsitem.ws?id=1252

 

 

 

20th September 2004 - Regicide

 

http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Regicide

 

 

 

31th July 2006 - Crossbows

 

http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Update:Crossbows

 

 

 

18th April 2007 - Wilderness Ditch

 

http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Update:Wilderness_Ditch

 

 

 

20th April 2006 - Rune Essence adjustment

 

http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Update: ... adjustment

 

 

 

3rd March 2003 - Underground Pass

 

http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Underground_Pass

 

 

 

 

 

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