Howlin0001 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 (edited) Snowverload & Dominion Tower Rumble Mode Love a big boss battle? This is the week for you. We've opened up Dominion Tower's new Rumble Mode, where you'll fight packs of bosses all at once - either solo or with friends - and seek glory on the scoreboards by surviving as long as possible. We've added a swathe of fiendish bosses to the tower as a whole, too, and beefed up many of the rewards. We've also unleashed the ice-cold wrath of Snowverload - a frosty boss for the festive season.Read on to find out more.Dominion TowerRequirements: RuneScape membershipCombat level 110+Completed at least 20 selected combat quests Rumble ModeRumble Mode is a new way to do battle in the Dominion Tower, accessible by clicking the stairs in the tower's lobby and selecting it from the interface. You can create a new Rumble Mode instance, or join an existing one - although note that itis possible to set entry requirements and a pass number when creating a game. The aim is simply to survive - as long as you can - against a brutal, never-ending onslaught of bosses. You'll do this while contending with random events - swarms of evil chickens, tornadoes, wizards, and sheets of flame from the Sunfreet.There are four special power-ups for the mode, too:Booster orb: doubles Dominion Factor gain for the user for 30 seconds.Vigorous orb: grants infinite adrenaline to the user for 30 seconds.Healing orb: heals all players' life points and prayer points by 50% of maximum.Volatile orb: imparts a random effect. More likely to be beneficial than not, but risky nonetheless.Rumble Mode can be played solo or with up to five players. The cap on bosses increases the more players are involved in the battle - up to ten for a four or five-player instance.When a player dies, they are removed and can only watch in spectator mode, but note that this does not decrease the cap on bosses for the instance. It's in your interest to keep your teammates alive! New Bosses12 new boss encounters have been added to the tower, which are accessible in Climber, Endurance and Rumble Modes, then in Freestyle once they're defeated in one of those. Note that the quests they're related to now count towards the Dominion Tower's entry requirements:Apep and Heru (Diamond in the Rough)Vanstrom (The Branches of Darkmeyer)Char (The Firemakers’ Curse)Dawn (Death of Chivalry)Khazard and allies (Ritual of the Mahjarrat)Zemouregal and Enakhra (The World Wakes)Yelps (The Mighty Fall)Lol (The Mighty Fall)Chaos Grimmson and Hreidmar (Birthright of the Dwarves)Echo of Jas (One of a Kind)Dragon Hunters (One of a Kind)Nial Swiftfling (Glorious Memories)RewardsDreadnips can now have their combat styles switched - just right-click them to make the change. They're better at finding their targets, too. Dominion Markers now grant you increased combat stats and - from tier 2 up - a prayer bonus when planted. There's also a new upgrade tier for the Dominion Medallion, meaning better stats, more teleports to the tower, and a style-universal accuracy buff. Rack up 1800 kills in Rumble Mode to unlock it. Please note that the double kill counts for unlocks bonus that's active this weekend will not work for unlocking this new item tier.Snowverload - Christmas BossFree players and members A bulbous shape is forming in the winter gloom; wicked cackles drifting on the frigid breeze. Snowverload - the player-named seasonal boss - is here, and he's ready to put you on ice! This frosty monstrosity will manifest at the same time as every second Wilderness Warband, and can appear just north of Falador, in the Varrock Grand Exchange, south of the Clan Camp, or near Draynor Village. Snowverload is impervious to regular attacks. The only way to weaken him is to take snow from his body (right click on him to do this), and equip the snowballs you receive and pelt him with them. Dodge his deadly attacks and keep up your snowy onslaught and he'll gradually reduce in size. Once he's been sufficiently weakened, he'll start to move from his original spot. Once this happens, it's up to you to lure him to the Lumbridge Crater, where the most festive of heroes will step in to vanquish Snowverload…until he returns. Everyone who contributes to taking down Snowverload will receive two festive paper, and will be able to deliver a second present that day.Have Fun! Have a brilliant week of boss bashing and look out for more festive cheer to come. If you haven't already, read about Winter Weekends - particularly the Minigames Weekends that starts on the 12th, featuring Dominion Tower bonuses. Enjoy, and join in the discussion on the forums. Mod Chris L, Mod Wilson and the RuneScape TeamIn Other News The much-requested Replica Barrow Armour retro overrides are now in stock at Solomon's General Store.Read the patch notes for other updates released today. [spoiler=Patch Notes]GraphicalThe branches of the yew tree next to Lumbridge Church no longer clip through the wallsThe gravedigger top now has arms when keepsakedA house has been added to the minimap in AshdalePlayers no longer render invisibly if a player looks through certain parts of a willow treeFixed some flickering on a window in the Varrock sword shopAdded a transportation icon on the world and minimap for balloon transportation near Varrock's lumber yardFixed an issue with drawers clipping through a wall in BrimhavenSeveral Varrock emblems have been updatedSuak the Dwarf in the Artisans' Workshop no longer floats above the groundAn out-of-place water source icon on the minimap at the northern Lumbridge chicken farm has been movedThe chain links on the anchor near the entrance to the Heist minigame are now fully visibleRemoved an unneeded tree from the Meilyr area of PrifddinasRemoved some trees from the Cadarn area of PrifddinasThe buildings in Lumbridge no longer has green walls or pink roofs, and the wigwams at Cabbage Facepunch Bonanza are no longer blue in low detailDropping certain items around energy rifts will no longer cause them to floatSome minor clipping issues in Underground Pass have been correctedSkills, D&Ds & MinigamesThe camera is now fixed in cutscene mode until the end of the Hefin Agility CourseA typo on the D&D tracker entry for Cabbage Facepunch Bonanza has been fixedThe icons used on the Rune Goldberg Machine have been changed to be more identifiable for colour-blind playersA particularly skilled penguin spy who could hide in a blocked area of Isafdar now spawns in a more suitable locationTreasure Hunter item tooltips no longer display over the rewards screenQuests, Challenges and AchievementsThe Plague's End boss music no longer plays when music volume is mutedThe combat level for the toughest opponent in the Witch's House quest journal has been correctedPrevented players from being able to walk around certain swampy sections of Underground PassPlayers can now complete a certain god emissary task meant for Varrock square by planting their flag / lighting a bonfire south of the Christmas treePlayers will no longer receive daily challenges for combination potions they have not unlockedOtherThe camera no longer resets to face north when performing various actions across the gameWhen delivering tinsel snakes, players with a low Summoning level are now asked if they want to claim the Summoning XPPlayers can now decant 5 & 6 dose flasks back to 4 dose potions via TeplinA message now displays in the chatbox when receiving an expensive drop with the Christmas loot beam effect activeThe click zone on the crystal resting animation has been reducedLady Ithell now has a bank PIN on the crystal seed storageExtended the bank's healing effect in the Tower of Voices and Max Guild of PrifddinasAll 'of the (clan name)' titles will now appear in the correct clan coloursSoft clay mined in the Ithell area of Prifddinas will now respawn at the same rate as normal clayDyed noxious weapon special attacks will now work correctly in PvM and PvPPanning trays no longer stall damageIt is no longer possible to cast certain abilities faster than normal with manual spell casting enabledCrystal pickaxes and hatchets will now protect on death correctlyA swamp toad by the Tree Gnome Stronghold has been washed ashoreImplings are no longer able to find their way up the cliffsides at Shantay PassPlayers will no longer disconnect when trying to switch keepsaked boots in the Stronghold of SecurityThe price checker will now display the price of multiple items correctly in Ironman ModeFixed a few issues with songs playing in the wrong locations around RuneScapeMade various miscellaneous audio improvements, such as tweaking water sounds from some fountains and rivers, and updating the God Wars Dungeon music tracksThe gemstone golem and rune ethereal outfits can now be retrieved from Diango if they are keepsakedNinja fixesPlayers can now find out how many anagogic orts they have collected today via a right-click option on themThe left-click option on the charming imp is now 'Wear' as opposed to 'Talk-to'The Robin Hood hat has been tweaked for male characters to sit better on the headThe growth stages for oak and willow trees in Farming patches has been graphically updatedPresets can now be loaded while an aura is activeStarting horns and racing boots have been removed from the game to stop gamblingPlayers will no longer see achievement banner text from a player on their ignore listSeveral abilities and spells will no longer cause the player to stand still when attempting to move at the same time, causing the player to appear like they're running faster to catch upEngineThe snow effect in the console has been re-enabledAn issue with bloom in OpenGL being offset when using a resized game view has been fixedAn animation movement issue in HTML5 has been fixed Edited January 26, 2015 by Miss Lioness 1 Link to 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essiw Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I guess there has been a hidden update as well? I got Sparkles from collecting tinsel snakes in varrock... http://sign.tip.it/1/2/79/260/essiw.png Retired item crew I would like to be credited as essiw at the website update & corrections forum. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddish DIY Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Ironmen cant play rumble mode, sad. Feels like lazy coding to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howlin0001 Posted December 8, 2014 Author Share Posted December 8, 2014 I guess there has been a hidden update as well? I got Sparkles from collecting tinsel snakes in varrock...I was just going to mention that. I now have two Sparkles in my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaur Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 They also added Vorago final form and removed The Defeater titles from everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wkw Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 The end? Oh lawdy Also So much for 3 minute kill with death darts! Runescape player since 2005 Ego Sum Deus Quo Malum Caligo et Barathum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arceus Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Killing a snowman boss with his own snow while I'm dressed as a snowman ? I'm in! "Fight for what you believe in, and believe in what you're fighting for." Can games be art? --- My blog here if you want to check out my Times articles and other writings! I always appreciate comments/feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essiw Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 So where is this snowman, is there some friendchat or something where I can see where it is? Because I also heard he only spawns only once per 14 hours... http://sign.tip.it/1/2/79/260/essiw.png Retired item crew I would like to be credited as essiw at the website update & corrections forum. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel555555 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 so u cant take items from yak in rumble..... and you cant use dominion weaps..... oh and boss kills from rumble dont actually count to any rewards besides title and medalion and tok xil is glitchy, need a pick still. who bug tested this. 2 [spoiler=click you know you wanna]Me behave? Seriously? As a child I saw Tarzan almost naked, Cinderella arrived home from a party after midnight, Pinocchio told lies, Aladin was a thief, Batman drove over 200 miles an hour, Snow White lived in a house with seven men, Popeye smoked a pipe and had tattoos, Pac man ran around to digital music while eating pills that enhanced his performance, and Shaggy and Scooby were mystery solving hippies who always had the munchies. The fault is not mine! if you had this childhood and loved it put this in your signature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arceus Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 One of four locations: "just north of Falador, in the Varrock Grand Exchange, south of the Clan Camp, or near Draynor Village." I'm not sure of an FC but that seems like it might be helpful, or going to one of the worlds and hopping a few times if it happens to be instanced. What time is second warbands anyway? 16:00 GMT? "Fight for what you believe in, and believe in what you're fighting for." Can games be art? --- My blog here if you want to check out my Times articles and other writings! I always appreciate comments/feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essiw Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 ^thanks, I saw that, but I have no clue how long that boss is around and when to look for it :p http://sign.tip.it/1/2/79/260/essiw.png Retired item crew I would like to be credited as essiw at the website update & corrections forum. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouwzie Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Presets can now be loaded while an aura is active Best update of 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel555555 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 survivor unlocked. Shields are your friends here at least until yak is debugged and you can actually take food from it again. [spoiler=click you know you wanna]Me behave? Seriously? As a child I saw Tarzan almost naked, Cinderella arrived home from a party after midnight, Pinocchio told lies, Aladin was a thief, Batman drove over 200 miles an hour, Snow White lived in a house with seven men, Popeye smoked a pipe and had tattoos, Pac man ran around to digital music while eating pills that enhanced his performance, and Shaggy and Scooby were mystery solving hippies who always had the munchies. The fault is not mine! if you had this childhood and loved it put this in your signature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLad1 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 & they still haven't fixed the log-in glitch. God how I love having to go to Control, click RS3 & then back again, just to get my screen to appear how it should - makes Qh'ing a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 One of four locations: "just north of Falador, in the Varrock Grand Exchange, south of the Clan Camp, or near Draynor Village." I'm not sure of an FC but that seems like it might be helpful, or going to one of the worlds and hopping a few times if it happens to be instanced. What time is second warbands anyway? 16:00 GMT? Warbands run every 7 hours, so the snowman runs every 14 hours:0000 (0700) 1400 (2100) 0400 (1100) 1800(0100) 0800 (1500) 2200 (0500) 1200 (1900)0200 (0900) 1600 (2300) 0600 (1300) 2000(0300) 1000 (1700) 0000... Is the warband time cycle, so every other one one would snowverload EDIT: And its been confirmed on twitter 11pm gmt is one, so looks like our time cycle for it goesDay 1:9am11pm Day 2:1pm Day 3:3am5pm Day 4:7am9pm Day 5:11am Day 6:1am3pm Day 7:5am7pm Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 so u cant take items from yak in rumble..... and you cant use dominion weaps..... oh and boss kills from rumble dont actually count to any rewards besides title and medalion and tok xil is glitchy, need a pick still. who bug tested this. More like who gave the coders time to do these things in the first place -- they clearly weren't given enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza285 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 so u cant take items from yak in rumble..... and you cant use dominion weaps..... oh and boss kills from rumble dont actually count to any rewards besides title and medalion and tok xil is glitchy, need a pick still. who bug tested this. More like who gave the coders time to do these things in the first place -- they clearly weren't given enough. Jagex must be an example of how the "efficiency vs quality" effect is crossing over into other places of work. I never thought I would see this happen to a place of work were half the work is trying to survive sitting in a chair for extended periods of time. Pretty soon we'll see anonymous ravings of jagex staff who don't get bathroom breaks or tea time! Maxed [February 14, 2012] | Completionist [October 25, 2012] | Trimmed Completionist [in Progress]Visit my Blog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterDexter Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Jagex still doesn't get that those time and budget limits on pieces of content really are creating subpar updates.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youmu Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 All you need to do for the 45 minute thing: ez af BlogTrimmed | Master Quester | Final BossBoss pets: Bombi | Shrimpy | Ellie | Tz-Rek Jad | Karil the Bobbled | Mega Ducklings120s: Dungeoneering | Invention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaur Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Take turns to tank? Sounds boring as hell doing that for 45 minutes.Anyways, unlocked a new toy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arceus Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Thank you Sy, appreciate it. That means about 3 hours before I go hunt it down ^.^. "Fight for what you believe in, and believe in what you're fighting for." Can games be art? --- My blog here if you want to check out my Times articles and other writings! I always appreciate comments/feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza285 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Take turns to tank? Sounds boring as hell doing that for 45 minutes. Anyways, unlocked a new toy: Can we get a picture from the other angle? I want to see how the handle looks. Maxed [February 14, 2012] | Completionist [October 25, 2012] | Trimmed Completionist [in Progress]Visit my Blog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaur Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza285 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Ok that is not so bad. I kind of expected them to dull down the "awesomeness" efffect on a seasonal, but its relatively nice. I would have liked a longer scythe head, but that's ok. Maxed [February 14, 2012] | Completionist [October 25, 2012] | Trimmed Completionist [in Progress]Visit my Blog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeEliteOne Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Take turns to tank? Sounds boring as hell doing that for 45 minutes. Not even that. All you have to do is just kill bosses until you get 10 melee ones and then run around until they line up so that only one can attack the tank at once (one person provokes all 10). Pretty damn boring but it's a one time thing so w/e. You need to pay some attention for the specials though, Sunfreet's fireball special almost wrecked a couple of us in that pic. Inefficiency = fun. That's objective and can't be debated. Ever. Blog to 200m in all skills.Max cape achieved November 5th, 2011.Completionist cape achieved December 29th, 2011.Final Boss title achieved December 28th, 2014.Trimmed completionist cape achieved November 7th, 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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