Apparently for quite a while now there has been a glitch that in certain areas, at random times, you will get hit the amount of damage that your hp is. It was really rare and uninhabited 1-square places, but with the new game engine it somehow spread.

 

 

 

Main areas to avoid:

 

 

 

Right by Juna outside Tears of Guthix

 

The Gargoyles in Slayer tower

 

TzHaar City

 

Fishing Guild

 

 

 

This has been CONFIRMED by Jagex and can happen in other places really rarely such as Rellekka, desert Bandits and Falador.

 

 

 

People have lost many items to this! I myself saw a red partyhat at the fishing guild from a dead person!

 

 

 

Jagex is NOT doing a rollback because they're in denial and refuse to believe that people who did not know of this are losing their items!

 

 

 

They are also, like usual, not going to return items.

 

 

 

They have also excluded the glitch from several of the areas, yet Juna's cave and presumably gargoyles are the highest-risk areas.

 

 

 

Proof of this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RapidNoob video:

 

 

 

http://rapidshare.de/files/20731713/ran ... h.wmv.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm posting this here because 1) it has pictures, 2) it's only in P2P, therefore making the thread in "General" a bit irrelevant to the category.

Wow.. that's crazy. glad I'm going away for a bit and all this might be sorted out. Must really suck for the people who are unfortunate to die from it.

 

 

 

PS: didn't watch vid as I'm on my wireless laptop and it'd take about 2 hours to dl...

 

 

 

EDIT: Just did some reading around and it seems like it's been fixed already...

For those who don't know, the glitch has been fixed since early this morning. See sticky on RSO in Rants board. Should still be there.

has it not been fixed?

Probably just a late-comer.

 

 

 

Quick find code: 27-28-666-23403280

 

^Paul's post "Death Bug Fixed"

 

As you may be aware we had a bug in the game which occasionally hit people for high numbers at random causing them to die.

 

This has now been fixed and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

 

 

 

We will NOT be doing a roll back.

 

 

 

This bug happens in quite specific areas under very specific circumastances. It was actually very obscure and not something which we'd have been able to pick up under normal testing.

 

 

 

It has actually been in the game for a little while (it's definitly been in longer than the new engine update) and we hadn't heard anything about until this morning.

 

 

 

We do not believe many people at all have been affected in a way which lost them valuable items. - Hence why there will be no roll back.

 

 

 

The only reason that it suddenly came to a head in the last couple of hours is because suddenly it became widely known and people started standing around on mass in the affected areas to see people die.

 

Obviously most these people would have bought three or less valuable items, so those deaths don't really count.

 

 

 

We simply can't refund lost items. Sorry this has always been our policy - they'll just be to many people making false claims on this, especially those who have actually died due to their own carelessness and decide to try it on to get their items back,

 

It's just not going to be possible to tell who's lying and who's not.

It's still being reported, so I would guess that it hasn't completely been fixed yet. I won't be chancing it.

A member of MK lunareclipse read the report from jagex saying it was fixed, so he went back to tzars to train, after about 10 minutes there he was hit for 88, died and lost full dharoks and whip.

I've seen that post, but yesterday it said that only some areas had been excluded. And that the main thing was still being fixed.

 

 

 

It's not fixed apparently yet. Since there are still posts popping up of friends or posters still being hit high damage.

 

 

 

I mean, I myself went on world 78 a few hours ago, went to tears of guthix to see if it was true. After a few minutes, got hit 74 and dead. Got taken to falador, and only took 2 or 3 steps before it hit me again. I'm like Dubbleyoo tee eff by now. Try again, walk to the end of the bridge before I die.

 

 

 

I'm starting to wonder if it's possible a part of Jagex's systems got hacked. I mean how can such a bug be so ... detailed? I mean, before castlewars rocks got installed there was no way for 80-90 damage to be hit except for rare occasions with Dharok's. And this bug has been supposedly around for a LONG time. Just contained in small areas. Had the images and codes for high damage hits been in game already?

I just got 163 Gargoyles for a Slayer task. :(

Don't worry Metallica, it's fixed :wink:

Umm, Mod Paul's post was there yesterday, Jagex says it's been fixed, but it hasn't!! Metallica I wouldn't go the Gargoyles if I were you!! I don't think they've actually fixed it, people are still posting about deaths everywhere.

It kinda must suck for that who lost ~5m in items in that one pic :x

i'm getting kinda afraid to go to fally now cuz i might get hit and lose my hard earned stuff

It kinda must suck for that who lost ~5m in items in that one pic :x

 

 

 

Yeah, poetic justice would be for the guy who picked it all up to die also :)

 

 

 

heh.. but then someone else would just get the stuff... truly nasty bug

Im scared to even go on runescape..

desert bandits also?

 

omg im there training with my guthans!! don't want to die :(

that happened to be a a month back on castle wars i thought it was a hack cus i attacked this level 37 and then he ran and i got hit a 65 and died

From the Official Forums

 

 

 

Curse Mage1

 

 

 

19-May-2006 18:09:45

 

Last edited on 19-May-2006 18:10:35 by Andrew

 

 

 

ppl have said they died ,after,jagex said its fixed so its hard to say

 

 

 

(Andrew: those people are lieing, it's fixed, believe me we know!)

 

 

 

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Andrew

 

Jagex Mod

 

 

 

19-May-2006 18:10:08

 

It's fixed.

 

 

 

In fact was fixed within 12 hours of it being discovered, and we estimate only affected a tiny handful of people. (discounting the people who were TRYING to make it happen to them).

 

 

 

Quick find code: 15-16-342-23452344

OK, it's true, Andrew did post confirming the bug has been fixed, no need to worry any more, can I suggest tip.it puts an update on their front page telling people this, seeing as Jagex won't do it.

You... Lucky... BASTARD! I'd love to see that.

Don't worry Metallica, it's fixed :wink:

 

 

 

Or is it?

 

 

 

I'd hold off on it for now, Met.

that happened to be a a month back on castle wars i thought it was a hack cus i attacked this level 37 and then he ran and i got hit a 65 and died

 

Thats because that isnt a bug, they collapsed the tunnel on you, which kills you instantly.

That's not good. I hope that doesn't happen to me. I'm f2p and in falador. Does this happen in f2p worlds or just member worlds? I know that jagex said they fixed it but I see people here are saying it's still happening.

The bug was actually quite funny, if you didn't lose any items. :D It was a nice change from the ordinary grone.

 

 

 

But it certainly stired up the Runescape forums, busy time for mods...

Ok andrew can officially kiss my [wagon], i know for a FACT, lunareclipse was hit 88 and died at tzars AFTER the fix was posted.

 

So the only liar here is andrew.