Enviroment Additions

I think Runescape should incorperate a few things into the enviroment that we're involved with right now. I think that they should make a night and day in this game, also allow your view of the character to go higher in so you can see the sky. This could also leave more room for different tressure trails, quests, and monsters. Now with that said as everyone may know the Runescape world has alot of "blank spots" Some of those being in the ocean area. If Jagex produced like an ability to "fletch" a boat you could goto a dock "Use" your newly made boat and use clicks as if your walking to sail across the ocean and be in the middle or where ever, they can have certain areas where you'd fish too kind of like on the docks they use now. Perhaps even store fish in the boat too! It'd be a nice addition. Something that'd be really cool would be if they made weather in the game, like in the wilderness or in lumbridge there can be a fog that settles in for a few hours, or it begin to rain. You could goto an NPC and they can tell you what the weather is going to be like for the day, what time its going to rain at, and when it would stop ect. The weather could effect things too.

I.E. - Lets say your character is pking in the wilderness, a fog settles in. Your map becomes "alittle" cloudy, like its transparent, but it gets more solid in certain areas which indicates thicker fog on your screen. So in a way if your in the thickest fog if a group of people find you then you may not notice them at first till your struck.

Another thing with rain, Rain obviously makes dirt wet and become slippery, muddy patches can make your character slip, almost like being stunned for several moments, like as if you've been snared or something for 3-5 seconds.

Lightning would obviously acompany rain and thus if your hit by lightning like if your, fishing. You get 5 or 10 hp atrusion damage depending on your level. Id your wearing armor it does even more, obviously since metal is a conductor. And though fish may be alot easier to catch like rain give you + 5 fishing for the time being you can slip in mud and lose your poll in the water or whatnot if your fishing on a mud filled hill, or mud spot.

My next idea was heat and cold. Seasonal changes, the leaves turn colors in different places. The map becomes snow covered, everything dies and is reborn again. So that will give peak capitals for trees since they wont be able to grow during a winter season. So thus they can't be cut. It would make a small period of time where willows, or yews would jump in price significantly. Of course the one area not affected would be karmaja island, and alkraid, and any other desert like area. Now heat will have serious effects on this too. Things can "catch fire" like if you've go for example some tree's in a zone they can start up just like a random event to make sure your staying alert, or some lush grass and plant life area can burn if your not paying any attention to it. This can make farming alittle more interesting for members im guessing. In cold there can be ice patches that act like mud, or also theres always the chance that water items "freeze" If you dont enchant a potion or something that your carrying with "anti freeze" spell or something under than line than it becomes unuseable till the temperature returns to a melting point.

This is just a thought though. Tell me what you think, at least this is better than my other idea, I guess I was bored then but this would be really neat and a HUGE update for everyone. I'd love RS more if this was already in it.

Everything there is a [/b]GREAT idea :)

Very well thought out idea, it would definitely make Runescape's environment more interesting and exciting. Good job! :D

Seems a bit much for a java game if you ask me.

Yeah it would be cool, no doubt. But Jagex are a company who produce an MMORPG like Runescape to be easy and quick to play and load. Little complications or fuss to make or play as well. Adding this just seems a bit much.

Well I think they would be good idea..It wouldn't be that hard to do. It'd be the next big RS update. It'd change alot of things, plus give room for like at least 10 new quests for both high and low level characters. No doubt it'd require work.

So let's see, you want:

Removing an entire major skill completely from the game for three whole months each year, due to no woodcutting during the winter.

Periods of time where simply walking causes damage.

Potions becoming unusable.

Taking damage for fishing.

I like this idea, but I don't think you go far enough. I think we should have every skill except firemaking and agility removed year-round except for a short two-hour period on June 17th. The price gain will more than make up for the fact that lots of people won't be able to do their favorite skills! Furthermore, I think taking even one step should automatically kill you. Why waste everyone's time by taking a few minutes to kill them, when we can get it over with right away? Everyone will be happy with how sped up the death-for-no-good-reason process is. And although this is off-topic a bit, since we want realism so bad, let's make it so the first person to start a quest is the only one who gets to complete it, ever. Why would Lathas need to kill Iban hundreds of thousands of times? Just how legendary is Excalibur if everyone has it? How many times can you lose a blurite sword before you start keeping a closer eye on it? It doesn't make sense to have all these quests done multiple times, so only one person gets to do them, ever. Finally, I like these seasons, so I have a new season to propose: "human season". For as long as they feel like it, King Black Dragons respawn everywhere, even in F2P, and roast everyone. The best part is that if someone tries to run away, they die for taking a step!

Seriously, sacrificing large amounts of game playability just for some worthless "realistic" environment is somewhere between item protecting a spot potion and reporting sheep for autotyping in terms of stupidity.

You can't say that that isn't funny ^ :lol:

anyways, this idea isn't bad and can be improved upon. maybe winter wouldn't last 3 months, just as day and night would have a shorter time span. weather would be a nice change into the game, but I don't see why it has to be an inconvenience. A few tweaks and twists would help your suggestion a lot :wink:

Im not one who favors being criticized..but I couldn't help but laugh at what he said..lol..roasting..hehe..fire..:) Well, I highly DOUBT woodcutting and fletching are peoples favorite skills...I mean..especially stringing the bows n like [cabbage] yo... ( im not black just bored. ) it's just interesting to see stuff change.

Well, I highly DOUBT woodcutting and fletching are peoples favorite skills...I mean..especially stringing the bows n like cabbage yo... ( im not black just bored. ) it's just interesting to see stuff change.

Fletching+WC=Rich.. And that was a wittle bit raicst there :-\

A bit racist? It's not racism, its a stereotype..theres a big difference.

A bit racist? It's not racism, its a stereotype..theres a big difference.

The difference is very close in my opinion, you shouldn't stereotyping people anyway........But then again, Not all of Gods' creations turned out pretty.

I don't know about the bit about "Fletching a boat" but the rest is EXCELLENT!

Maybe make boats using the new Carpentry skill (if JAGeX ever decide to release it).

All well and good, but to me it is pointless to discuss Runescape suggestions here that are considered restricted topics in the official Runescape Suggestions forum.

But since we are, the only thing that I'd like to see changed based upon your list above is the sky color. I think the current black sky is a bit depressing and it should be a nice, clear blue. Perhaps in the wilderness, a foggy grey would be appropriate.

As for the rest, I don't think it will add to the game sufficiently. You can already simulate day and night with your brightness controls, which won't bother anyone else, especially since people from all over the world play the game. In the same track, seasons aren't really necessary. Sure, having a snowball fight might be fun, but it's really no different that swinging rubber chickens at each other.

- Sligo

night and day wouldnt work because of the endless list of timezones so it would have to be different for each player, and that takes to much computer memory.

Runescape can have its own set time. I mean people from all over the world are playing yes..but runescape is its own seperate world, so why not it have its own timezone, sure "some" people may play durring day and whatnot, and others only night, but hey its advantages and disadvantages that made this game in the first place..its a constant competitive enviroment.

About day and night, a 24 hours could last 2 hours (one for day and other for night).

The best idea here in my opinion was the weather idea. Except i wouldn't have taken it as far. Perhaps it would change anything in the game but you could see rain falling around you etc.

That's some nice thoughts you've made yourself there.:D

Though I don't think there should be and heat and cold..

But rain and fog could be quite cool.:P

*Wandering around in wildy. Suddenly you're facing a lvl 126.;)*

I think it'd make the game alittle more strategical and fun if anything.

... maybe the fog will close minimaps and compass

Yes I could see why you would think that but people just want something to make it seem more real like the night and day thing. The random events like fog could be annoying if you were doing something and suddenly the screen when gray- Think of the noobs

rain and fog would b a nice touch, but damage is going way too far, seeing as some of the lower lvls can only stand 1-2 shots. the seasons dont work since the world has different seasons, and jagex shouldnt be taking sides as to whose is going to be in the game, and same with night and day. i really liked the rain making fish easier to catch, and fog of war may be a nice touch if thought out more

I think the fog was thought out, I mean you have to acomidate for random events while mining, woodcutting, or practicly anything down to walking, so something like fog would be another creative touch. Its not like your going to spaz out and die. And the damage could be worked to be like peoples levels just how random events are. Stronger characters will take more, while lower wont be hurt as much, but still hurt none the less. Compas should still be in use, so should the mini map though, I like it better how some areas are harder to see enviroment places in, so you can navigate yourself through shallow fog as opposed to thick fog, since thick fog wont show people, buildings, nor npc's clear at all.

A noob/newb would freak out when the screen went gray suddenly. It would be a year of updates. So one month you got night, next month rain, next month and so on.

Slowly eaking the ideas in would be vittal oh and a new toutorial island guide would be nessecerey

Well your looking at it like the world is going to end. Noobs freak out when a random event happens while they're minning, or a level 78 walks through lumby. So I HIGHLY doubt Fog or anything else for that Matter will be difficult to deal with. Now Tutorial island wouldn't have to be a WHOLE NEW one, just add a slight piece to it explaining wheather, thats all the NPC needs to do. Maybe give a quick example in a tiny spot of the addition, and then your on your way. It's nothing that extreme like needing to program an entire new place, and slowly introduce updates to noobs. One giant update is just fine. If you don't read the front page thats your own fault.