RuneScape Content's Answers by Mod Fetzki 10-Sep-2009

[rangeor]

Wait, people actually believed sailing was coming out? God, I just thought it was a terrible meme or something. Good read though.

[Michaael]

Now this was an excellent QA. Very informative and it has me excited for 2010 :thumbup:

[Grasle]

Og Gangsta66 asks:

 

Will the next GrandMaster quest have requirements that make it this grade (as you did with Curse of Arrav, where the requirements made it a Master quest), or will the gameplay and the puzzels itself base it on its GrandMaster grade?

 

 

 

Mod Mark: We are planning the next Grandmaster quest to have several level 80 requirements. I know to some people that is still low-level, but over the last year we have raised our top quest requirements significantly, and will continue to do so over the next year.

 

 

 

[Maximusa]

I didnt notice it said 'several' before. I just presumed read it saying it will have an 80ish requirement. Dang its ganna have several. Thats like freaky and unheard of. My eyes didnt process it.

 

 

 

Everyone better get 80 cooking and fletching quick! The ultimate quest is in developement.

 

 

 

I hope its good. I dont think many people have gripes with a level 80 requirement being low as its just unheard of anyway that I take whatever I can get for a quest above 20.

 

 

 

Yay jagex yay. I luv thee.

[Mazhar]

Dragon warhammers are probably going to have crappy attack stats with a good special, like dragon claws, perhaps released with the next grandmaster quest? :twss:

 

edit: I really hope summoning will be one of the 80s.. more time to stall for meeting the requirements when they come out.. highly doubt it though :/

[Emmentail]

Well the next GM (Genertically Modified?) quest won't be out till next year. So there's plenty of time to get everything to 80. I really hope you need 80rc for something. That would be awesome! :D

[Beloved]

Dragon warhammers are probably going to have crappy attack stats with a good special, like dragon claws, perhaps released with the next grandmaster quest? :twss:

 

edit: I really hope summoning will be one of the 80s.. more time to stall for meeting the requirements when they come out.. highly doubt it though :/

 

all im hoping for is that it will be better than a whip against dragons, that would be awesome :D

[Wachtwoord]

O_o This one is huge. It's definitely one of the most interesting yet though.

[Beloved]

O_o This one is huge. It's definitely one of the most interesting yet though.

 

well it took me almost an hour to read through tbh :lol:

 

 

 

its quite worth it though, some really cool stuff in there

[Ravenkana]

It's nice to get some real answers, but I get the feeling that the stuff being talked about is either a. in early development or b. in the planning stages.

[Bauke]

Live Q&A was interesting as well. Now we know a bit about upcoming stuff.

[Albel]

This all looks very intresting. I only skimmed through it. I will give a full read once I am done with my homework :

[ford_landau]

yeas please! IO applaud jagex for an amazing q/a, this was very long and indepth. it did not beat around the bush, i am really amazed!

 

 

 

with these great updates comming out i have no chance in finishing my uni degree :P

[Obtaurian]

A very good read. Took me forever to finish it - and I'm somewhat of a speed reader. Almost made me late for a job interview. :D

 

 

 

I'm very excited for the prayer updates and level 99 ( :shock: )armor and weapons.

[Myweponsg00d]

If the actual ammount of Barrows trips Mark has made is seriously ~50, it makes me concerned for how much the developers actually play this game. 50 trips is like a day of playing Barrows.

 

 

 

The rest of the article sounded pretty good though. I expected to read a ton of "We have PLANS for....." or "We are THINKING about...." but there was a surprising ammount of "We are in the development stages of....."

 

 

 

Which is a good sign, because to go from coming up with ideas to making them takes a good couple months, and these Q&As usually leave me feeling like "Oh the ideas sound nice, but I am pretty sure everything is over 6 months away." But this one leaves me hopeful for some good content that I will see within a few months.

[Dragonlordjl]

If the actual ammount of Barrows trips Mark has made is seriously ~50, it makes me concerned for how much the developers actually play this game. 50 trips is like a day of playing Barrows.

 

 

 

The rest of the article sounded pretty good though. I expected to read a ton of "We have PLANS for....." or "We are THINKING about...." but there was a surprising ammount of "We are in the development stages of....."

 

 

 

Which is a good sign, because to go from coming up with ideas to making them takes a good couple months, and these Q&As usually leave me feeling like "Oh the ideas sound nice, but I am pretty sure everything is over 6 months away." But this one leaves me hopeful for some good content that I will see within a few months.

 

 

 

Unfortunately, Mod Fetzki destroyed his/her credibility with this:

 

 

 

Leet103 asks:

 

This might seem a stupid question for a game, but how will you deal with the massive inflation in the game?

 

 

 

Mod Fetzki: I would be more careful in labelling what is going on with the RuneScape economy - its not simply inflation. Only certain items in the game get more expensive, including some rare items, but, overall, we see steady prices in most raw materials and some of the high prices are already coming down. Just look at the curve that the dragon chainbodys price has drawn over the last six months.

 

 

 

And to think, Fetzki is credited as the "head of RuneScape." Scary. :wall:

[Toad]

If the actual ammount of Barrows trips Mark has made is seriously ~50, it makes me concerned for how much the developers actually play this game. 50 trips is like a day of playing Barrows.

 

 

 

The rest of the article sounded pretty good though. I expected to read a ton of "We have PLANS for....." or "We are THINKING about...." but there was a surprising ammount of "We are in the development stages of....."

 

 

 

Which is a good sign, because to go from coming up with ideas to making them takes a good couple months, and these Q&As usually leave me feeling like "Oh the ideas sound nice, but I am pretty sure everything is over 6 months away." But this one leaves me hopeful for some good content that I will see within a few months.

 

 

 

 

I'll tell you that I haven't done 50 barrows trips and i've been playing before barrows, I want new content not changes to old mini-games :)

[Tim]

[hide=My Opinions]

Mod Mark: We are planning the next Grandmaster quest to have several level 80 requirements. I know to some people that is still low-level, but over the last year we have raised our top quest requirements significantly, and will continue to do so over the next year

 

as long as its not something expensive like smithing, herblore, summoning or Prayer I think it'll be interesting.

 

 

 

 

Mod Mark: Honestly, its not the Sailing skill. That was a crazy rumour based on a picture of a mage on a dock, who apparently is sailing a ship. He isnt, and there is no Sailing skill. Interestingly, several of the team here at Jagex love sailing, so it did give us some cool ideas for the future. Oh, and the new skill is far better than sailing.

 

Shoot, they're onto us.

 

 

 

Mod Fetzki: Each of these storylines deserves to have top priority and it is a huge challenge, but we have made progress and one of the storylines you mention is nearing its completion. Others will continue to be updated for months and probably years to come. The dwarf quest series is the one we are currently focusing on (Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf was just released), but we are planning on new entries for all these storylines in the foreseeable future.

 

Finally, I might see whats the next upgrade to the Sea Slug Quest storyline / Temple Knights.

 

 

 

 

Mod Mark: Upgrading everything was not achievable in one year, and, frankly, defining a whole year as a year of upgrades was an overstatement. There are many things we are yet to upgrade that were right at the top of our list, like Duel Tournaments, Gnomeball and Barbarian Assault. We havent forgotten them.

 

Don't forget Castle Wars. That hasn't seen an update since 2002.

 

 

 

98monkey1 asks:

 

I consider this question to be RS content, so here it goes. I'll keep it short and simple.-Will the new tab be revealed by September? Thank you.

 

 

 

Mod Mark: Yes.

 

I give it 2 weeks before they either release it or "hit a snag"

 

 

 

Ady Inc asks:

 

Are you ever going to make an update to the bank so we can see our total value of the bank in 'gp'? Just like you can check how much you have in your full inventory, but maybe for the whole bank too!? If so, when? Also, could you link your bank value to the HiScores too? - since making money is a skill, it would be really nice if it had hiscores too. You could keep record of the highest value a person reached to make it easier if you don't want to update it each time since money goes up and down a lot... If your not going to do something like this, could you at least explain why you wouldn't?

 

Sounds like this guy just wants to brag about his Price Manipulation Earnings. :|

 

 

 

Lil Duck 99 asks:

 

Will Free To play Players get skillcapes? (Simple Question, Yes or No)

 

 

 

Mod Mark: No.

 

Dream Crusher.

 

 

 

Mod Mark:

 

Thats an idea Im never going to give up.

 

Im never going to let it down.

 

Im never going to turn around and desert it (in the dessert).

 

Glad to see you remember him in all his pre-Rickrolled glory. :)

 

I do believe we all just got Rick-Rolled.[/hide]

 

 

 

Appart from that I think its going to an interesting year.

 

@Myweponsg00d, you should try 149 dry trips. I almost went insane after my reward item was just karils x-bow.

[Erichermit]

I don't understand why people think minigames need regular updates. Only if something is broken about it does anything actually need to be changed.

 

 

 

Castlewars definitely doesn't need an update. There are some people who play the game ONLY for castle wars. That means they must have done something right.

[Omali]

Treeman851 asks:

 

There are 3 possible skills coming out...

 

 

 

Music.

 

Animal Husbandry (Mounting, Riding, whatever you want to call it).

 

Necromancy.

 

 

 

Which one is it?

 

 

 

Mod Mark: Erm, what about the "Random Guessing" skill? I bet youd be great at that. :)

 

 

 

BURNED

[aspeeder]

3)Is it breaking any rule or can you get banned for "afk" training?

 

Mod Fetzki: We are working on a system that makes away with afk-ing.

 

 

I am not sure if I am excited or apprehensive about this, if it gets rid of my ability to browse forums/do homework at some training spots I will be pissed, but if this is a fix to bandits or striking then it is by all means appreciated. I guess I am just suspicious of their definition of "afk"-training, what behavior that allows such training, and how they would/will change it.

[Nenga]

Villeh111 asks:

 

Will magic armour finally be effective melee defence ?

 

 

 

Mod Mark: Tough question. Magic "armour" is rarely tough and bulky, and comes with sparkly bits and soft flimsy robes. They traditionally offer little defence from the blade, relying on the spell-casting prowess of the wearer to soak up damage. Its more likely we would reinforce the damage prevention side of Magic rather than cover mages in armour; however, this is purely speculation and its really too early to tell.

 

 

 

 

Buffs Jagex. Have mages be able to cast personal buffs on their robes (only works on robes) that will reduce melee damage as long as they have a staff equipped to constantly maintain the spell. The spell must be recast every few minutes. There, mages can now hold their own against melee, not give any bonuses to melee fighters and still be weak to ranged. Ahh rebalancing the combat triangle huh? :

[Lunar_Drifter]

Treeman851 asks:

 

There are 3 possible skills coming out...

 

 

 

Music.

 

Animal Husbandry (Mounting, Riding, whatever you want to call it).

 

Necromancy.

 

 

 

Which one is it?

 

 

 

Mod Mark: Erm, what about the "Random Guessing" skill? I bet youd be great at that. :)

 

 

 

BURNED

 

 

 

Ha I was going to quote this one. Mod Mark really did lepwnzor this dude.

 

 

 

And I'm loving the new transparency Jagex is going with. Straightforward, honest answers (at least from Mod Mark and Fetzki).

[Great_one]

Mod Mark: Probably! Though the owners of such ore wouldnt be too happy about losing it, and we wouldnt like it much if they came looking for it...

 

Dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkin, dragonkinDRAGONKIN!!!! ahhhhh... *light cigarette*

[Dragonlordjl]

Villeh111 asks:

 

Will magic armour finally be effective melee defence ?

 

 

 

Mod Mark: Tough question. Magic "armour" is rarely tough and bulky, and comes with sparkly bits and soft flimsy robes. They traditionally offer little defence from the blade, relying on the spell-casting prowess of the wearer to soak up damage. Its more likely we would reinforce the damage prevention side of Magic rather than cover mages in armour; however, this is purely speculation and its really too early to tell.

 

 

 

 

Buffs Jagex. Have mages be able to cast personal buffs on their robes (only works on robes) that will reduce melee damage as long as they have a staff equipped to constantly maintain the spell. The spell must be recast every few minutes. There, mages can now hold their own against melee, not give any bonuses to melee fighters and still be weak to ranged. Ahh rebalancing the combat triangle huh? :

 

 

 

Jagex is too daft to think of that on their own. :wall:

 

 

 

Seriously, Jagex needs to play some console RPGs to broaden their horizons on this kind of stuff.