XP outfits [Skill Gear and Animal Outfits - September 27th]

[Mr_G_W]

They boost by 5% now instead of 2.5%. Hidden update? not mentioned in patch notes, but somehwere on forums a jmod confirmed it.

 

Mod Edit: And now, a copy&paste of the news update!

 

Skill Gear and Animal Outfits

1 hour ago

Four new Skill Gear Sets on the Squeal of Fortune!

As part of this update, existing skill gear sets (Fishing, Mining, Woodcutting, Construction, Runecrafting and Thieving) have been improved, rebalanced and boosted to 5%, so its a good time to start training those skills again!

 

In addition, four new XP boosting skill outfits have been added to the Squeal of Fortune. Not only will each 5-piece kit certainly make you look the part, each item within the set will give you a 1% boost a 5% boost in total on any XP earned in that skill whilst wearing these items. The boost lasts for 30 days before the kit becomes cosmetic only so make sure you get your Sous chefs toques and Blacksmith's helmets at the ready!

 

Planning to cook, craft, smith or concoct this weekend? From 00:00 (GMT) on Friday the 28th of September until 23:59 (GMT) on Monday the 1st of October, players will have increased chances to grab these new skill gear sets for Cooking, Crafting, Smithing and Herblore.

 

For players who want their boosts to last a little bit longer, recharge gems will also be added to the wheel. Available in 1 day and 7 day versions, the crystals will allow you to recharge the boost on an item.

 

Remember - all members receive four free spins per day only until Sunday the 30th of September 23.59 (GMT), so subscribing is a great way to maximise your chances to win.

 

Happy spinning!

 

Walk on the Wild side this week in Solomons General Store!

Good day to you Sir, Madam thank you for visiting my General Store!

 

It is with great delight that I present to you my latest range of outfits and accessories available from Solomons General Store: Animal Antics!

 

First off, why not become the Alpha in your pack of friends with the Wolf outfit. Available for both males and females alike, this 5 piece outfit including Ears, Jacket, Legs, Tail and shoes is sure to have everyone howling.

 

More of a night-time person? Then look your nocturnal best in my all new Fox outfit. Cunningly crafted for stealth and style, dog or vixen, you will be ready to hunt and outwit even the dangerous of prey!

 

If youre in the market for a new headpiece Sir, may I recommend the Woodland Crown. Stately, noble and majestic, the Woodland Crown is made of only the finest enchanted stag horn. A Panda Warrior outfit from the Eastern lands, an eye-catching Kalphite Greathelm, a fetching Bunny tail for all events and two new titles complete my animal collection.

 

Remember - if youve yet to visit my store, why not drop in and receive 200 RuneCoins absolutely free? You can also buy additional RuneCoins here. Dont forget that I also offer a 10% discount on all items, only for members!

 

Until next time.

 

Discuss the Skill Gear Sets here and Solomon's new outfits here.

[Failed Acct]

Whaaaaaaaat...that's pretty sweet if true!

[Baffler]

Somewhere on forums? QFC as proof?

 

Edit: Checked ingame, and I got 5% bonus exp using the full golden mining suit. I'd still like a QFC though as I'm curious as to why :P.

[Estoc]

Are any of them actually "worth" getting now?

[Baffler]

Confirmed in latest newspost:

 

http://services.runescape.com/m=news/skill-gear-and-animal-outfits

[Sylpheed]

 

I was like wtf when I got this, had to read the news post to find out what it was. Got it from an uncommon slot, seems like a nice group of items as they only last for 30 days until they become cosmetic and all the existing skill outfits you get from game content are a permanent 5% boost.

[aerendil]

Cant load the newspost, can someone copy pasta it?

[Alg]

Cant load the newspost, can someone copy pasta it?

Four new Skill Gear Sets on the Squeal of Fortune!

 

As part of this update, existing skill gear sets (Fishing, Mining, Woodcutting, Construction, Runecrafting and Thieving) have been improved, rebalanced and boosted to 5%, so it’s a good time to start training those skills again!

In addition, four new XP boosting skill outfits have been added to the Squeal of Fortune. Not only will each 5-piece kit certainly make you look the part, each item within the set will give you a 1% boost – a 5% boost in total – on any XP earned in that skill whilst wearing these items. The boost lasts for 30 days before the kit becomes cosmetic only so make sure you get your Sous chef’s toques and Blacksmith's helmets at the ready!

Planning to cook, craft, smith or concoct this weekend? From 00:00 (GMT) on Friday the 28th of September until 23:59 (GMT) on Monday the 1st of October, players will have increased chances to grab these new skill gear sets for Cooking, Crafting, Smithing and Herblore.

For players who want their boosts to last a little bit longer, recharge gems will also be added to the wheel. Available in 1 day and 7 day versions, the crystals will allow you to recharge the boost on an item.

Remember - all members receive four free spins per day only until Sunday the 30th of September 23.59 (GMT), so subscribing is a great way to maximise your chances to win.

Happy spinning!

Walk on the Wild side this week in Solomon’s General Store!

 

Good day to you Sir, Madam – thank you for visiting my General Store!

It is with great delight that I present to you my latest range of outfits and accessories available from Solomon’s General Store: Animal Antics!

First off, why not become the Alpha in your pack of friends with the Wolf outfit. Available for both males and females alike, this 5 piece outfit including Ears, Jacket, Legs, Tail and shoes is sure to have everyone howling.

More of a night-time person? Then look your nocturnal best in my all new Fox outfit. Cunningly crafted for stealth and style, dog or vixen, you will be ready to hunt and outwit even the dangerous of prey!

If you’re in the market for a new headpiece Sir, may I recommend the Woodland Crown. Stately, noble and majestic, the Woodland Crown is made of only the finest enchanted stag horn. A Panda Warrior outfit from the Eastern lands, an eye-catching Kalphite Greathelm, a fetching Bunny tail for all events and two new titles complete my animal collection.

Remember - if you’ve yet to visit my store, why not drop in and receive 200 RuneCoins absolutely free? You can also buy additional RuneCoins here. Don’t forget that I also offer a 10% discount on all items, only for members!

[Baffler]

The names of the sets are:

 

Blacksmith (smithing)

Sous chef (cooking)

Artisan (crafting)

Botanist (herblore)

[IridiumBunny]

These are definitely one of the things that should be earnable via gameplay as well (as permanent versions).

[Pinata]

^

Mhm if this appeared in the October bts as a normal update.

 

Blacksmiths -- Artisan Workshop or Blast Furnace

Botanist -- Herblore Habitat or Flash Powder Factory

Sous Chef -- Gnome restaurant minigame or Trouble Brewing

Artisan -- Trouble brewing

 

Or maybe even Stealing Creation for all of them.

 

Seriously, this could had easily been a weeks worth of content rather than on the SoF.

[Platinum_Myr]

tbh the xp outfits are not a huge thing for me due to the time it takes to earn. I am glad they boosted them though. 5% makes a lot more sense than 2.5%

[decebal]

For one second, I read the newspost as "New Skill Gear on Solomon's Store" and crapped my pants.

 

Fortunately, it's just the effects of runespanning for a couple of hours straight.

 

That being said, pretty sure I saw a strange "glove" thing earlier on the SOF which was a member's object. They haven't tried offering F2Pers any costumes or SOF-only items since Queen's Guard outfits.

[michel555555]

...i'm almost speechless. I mean come on these sets would have been perfect for permanent content from any one of a dozen different minigames instead of using them as more lame promotion for the sof....and i'm guessing that this is gonna be like queens guard and ceremonial where jagex is going to one day just arbitrarily remove from the sof?

[Saradomin_Mage]

I assume they'll eventually move up to the rare slots and become more difficult to obtain than any of the other in-game sets (unless you buy a ton of spins).

 

Of course, I really hope they eventually move them to being minigame rewards, much like all the other sets, but that seems a bit far flung for Jagex at the moment.

[michel555555]

come on really...really!! no the outfits are going to stay as lame sof gear... they run out after 30 days....unless you spend more cash on spins and get a skill set recharge that makes it last an extra amount of days.

[Alg]

come on really...really!! no the outfits are going to stay as lame sof gear... they run out after 30 days....unless you spend more cash on spins and get a skill set recharge that makes it last an extra amount of days.

All that work for a 5% boost. :razz:

 

I don't actually see anyone spending money just to get these. They aren't a game changer, they're something that a player will get when s/he buys spins for another reason, then they'll probably get ignored, especially once the pieces become rares.

 

So, it looks like they've probably created the SoF's first piece of dead content! I suppose that makes it an actual part of the game now? :twss:

[Platinum_Myr]

come on really...really!! no the outfits are going to stay as lame sof gear... they run out after 30 days....unless you spend more cash on spins and get a skill set recharge that makes it last an extra amount of days.

All that work for a 5% boost. :razz:

 

I don't actually see anyone spending money just to get these. They aren't a game changer, they're something that a player will get when s/he buys spins for another reason, then they'll probably get ignored, especially once the pieces become rares.

 

So, it looks like they've probably created the SoF's first piece of dead content! I suppose that makes it an actual part of the game now? :twss:

 

Wrong. They are cosmetic outfits, that will be desired if they look good.

[Alg]

Wrong. They are cosmetic outfits, that will be desired if they look good.

True.

[Naive]

I'm tired of this sof shit that you can only get if you buy spins or be blessed by [bleep]ing Yelps.

 

This is stupid.

 

How long will it be until they just put all this shit in Solomon's rwt emporium?

[Platinum_Myr]

I'm tired of this sof shit that you can only get if you buy spins or be blessed by [bleep]ing Yelps.

 

You can't even get it when you buy spins :c

[strilmus]

well, at least with that welding mask, you can now pretend that you're john defoe

 

"ermahgerd it's the killer!"

 

stabstabstabstab

[Saradomin_Mage]

well, at least with that welding mask, you can now pretend that you're john defoe

 

"ermahgerd it's the killer!"

 

stabstabstabstab

stabstabstabstab with a dragon dagger pointed in the wrong direction :P

[SwreeTak]

There we go. It was quite some time since the last SoF weekend promotion. I almost started to think they had decided to stop doing these every now and then, perhaps just do it like once a month or something. I was wrong apparently. It is good the outfits are not permanent and just gives a 5% boost. I don't think this promotion will be as popular as the recent alchemist's amulet one because of this. But certainly it will increase the number of spins sold.

I agree with all of those who have posted here before about that these outfits should be obtainable in game as well. Either through minigames related to the skills or stealing creation. I would love if you could spend sc points on getting these xp-boosting items.

What I however really like with this update is that my master rc robes now gives me 5% bonus xp instead of 2,5%. That is a whole lot bonus rc xp to me when doing runecrafting (which I do a lot). Yay :)

[Den]

The 4 content developers working on solomon's store and sof have to be the most productive people at Jagex. A ton of new animal-related sets ON TOP OF 4 full skilling sets? Could you move those 4 to actual content and replace them with a few monkeys or something? Would be nice.