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    Default [BTS] Oct 2008 (New PVP INFO)

    Yes, it is coming this very month. The new PvP. Anyways, quote from the RS Frontpage, and as usually a summary below.

    October is traditionally a month of scary surprises and toothache. This month will be no different when it comes to our Hallowe’en content, with a quest AND holiday event both to be available on the free servers. For scary surprises: how about entire worlds where you can PK and hunt other players to your heart’s content? That’s right, PvP worlds are coming! But first, a few words about how we’re going to update RuneScape in the future.
    During the last six months we’ve been reading through the forums, talking to you in-game and running polls on the sorts of updates you really want. It doesn’t take a genius to realise that it’s the bigger, chunkier updates that really get you excited, those like the God Wars Dungeon or a new skill. These are the sorts of updates we found that you wanted to play. Updates that you want to go back to time and time again.
    So, starting from this month, we’re changing the way we release content. From now on you’ll see one massive “headline update” (such as a Recipe for Disaster or a Castle Wars) every month. On top of that, there will still be a secondary release, much more like the size of update you’re used to right now. We’re also still committed to making sure that no two weeks pass without something new.
    Basically, from now on our releases will be like this:
    • Four week months will have two updates: one big headline release and a secondary one.
    • Five week months will have three updates: one big headline release and two secondary ones.
    So, on to this month’s updates...
    PvP Worlds
    Ever found yourself wanting to say, “Look, it’s my tree. If you don’t stop chopping it...I’ll chop you!” Sounds cool, right? Yeah, but where could you do it? And when? The answers are PvP worlds and October!

    From log-in, those that are interested in PvP content will be able to join in on special PvP worlds. The danger on these worlds will be very clear from the first messages you see, ensuring that players never log onto these worlds by mistake. After all, we don’t want players accidentally getting involved with PKing (player killing) if they don’t want to. Normal, non-PvP worlds will still act just as they do now, so don’t worry if bashing others isn’t really your thing.
    Those that want to get involved will find a number of differences to the usual set-up on PvP worlds. Firstly, you’ll be able to fight people pretty much anywhere, so long as their Combat level is similar to yours (within a certain range of levels). This means that almost everywhere is dangerous. Some places, like banks and respawn points, will be deemed “safe” and no combat will be able to occur there, and some of the minigames will be disabled (you won’t be able to PK team mates while playing Castle Wars, for example) but many will still be active. Other places, like Falador, Varrock and the entirety of the Wilderness, will be considered “hot spots” where the danger will be even greater and a higher concentration of opponents.
    Now, onto the money side of things. Many of you will be aware of the RWT (real-world trading of RuneScape gold for money) reasons we changed the old Wilderness. We certainly can’t just bring that threat back to RuneScape, so we have devised a system that rewards players based on a variety of factors. This means that things such as risk, level of foe and location will help to calculate rewards. Drops will be determined by a combination of drop tables and some of the gear that your opponent drops. We will go into more depth about this on the day of release.
    Hallowe'en
    As well as changing things around with the headline updates, we also decided to change the way we do things with our holiday events. We wanted to make the most of the little bits of fun we have every year, and give the free-to-play game a taste of the content we release in the members’ world. This year, we will be releasing a Hallowe’en-themed quest as well as the traditional holiday event. This quest will be available to our free players for the two weeks around Hallowe’en, along with the holiday event itself. What’s it about? Well, you’ll have to wait and see, but expect some funky decorations to start appearing.
    Spooky player letters and artwork will also await those strong of stomach...so be prepared.
    Updates being released after October


    In case that little lot isn’t enough for you, let’s take a few moments to talk about the headline content we’re releasing in the months after October:
    Stealing Creation
    Not long to wait now for this crazy combination for skillers and PKers. Can you and your team work together capturing resources and equipping your warriors? Will you avoid the multitude of threats bearing down on your safe haven? Will you try to make your own way to the higher level gear, or will you just PK and destroy your opponents’ hard work? Will you be able to keep the enemy at bay while stealing creation?
    Mobilising Armies
    Ever fancied assaulting a castle with your very own army? You will be able to hire a mercenary force to battle against three other players, complete set objectives and earn rewards. Mobilising Armies will be a fast paced tactical minigame allowing you to control your very own RuneScape army with troops made up of humans and other races. There will also be some special effects including dive bombing gnomes and giant catapults. Will you be up to the challenge?
    Have fun!
    Mod Mark
    Lead Designer – RuneScape



    The Summary
    • Yes, the new PvP worlds will come this very month.
    • There will be a castle wars/gwd/other big update now every month.
    • There will also be one or two small updates each month, depending on if it's a 4 week or 5 week month
    • Two new minigames:
    • Stealing creation, will introduce new armour. It's a PK and skiller combination, you need to steal the opponents' armour creation, and keep them out of your bay
    • Some kind of Age of Empires style minigame will come? There will be nice rewards
    • Mod Mark made promotion to lead designer of RS, and he already did quite some nice updates
    Tbh, this looks very good! Will RS enter a new era now? An era of good updates instead of those bad ones? We will see this very month...
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    GREAT!!! I would actually play it again, j/k
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    Sounds cool, even though I already readed it
    How about.. we multi log..
    And can still gain good items xD
    Because... we can kill our own people...
    And we won't lose anything.. we will gain tokens or so.. to buy good stuff..
    No RWT.. but doubling things :shock:

    Meh.. Maybe the above statement can't happen.. but it sounds cool

    PvH

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    IIRC they said that on PvP worlds you lose your gear if you die, even though the other player doesn't get it all. If your reward is based mainly on the gear you're carrying, then you won't be able to exploit the system very well by killing your own characters.

    Like if you're wearing full rune worth 150k, Jagex will probably make sure the reward is worth significantly less than that, say 50k. If so, then any attempt to RWT would lose you 2/3 of your cash in the process.

    However, if it's more level based, you could keep killing your own character without any gear on and make some cash, but I would guess this is a more minor factor.


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    Quote Originally Posted by tarajunky View Post
    IIRC they said that on PvP worlds you lose your gear if you die, even though the other player doesn't get it all. If your reward is based mainly on the gear you're carrying, then you won't be able to exploit the system very well by killing your own characters.

    Like if you're wearing full rune worth 150k, Jagex will probably make sure the reward is worth significantly less than that, say 50k. If so, then any attempt to RWT would lose you 2/3 of your cash in the process.

    However, if it's more level based, you could keep killing your own character without any gear on and make some cash, but I would guess this is a more minor factor.
    Hmm.. you got a point there...
    I heard before.. (before this news..) That they would reward tokens or exp or things like that..
    I readed it on runescape.com some time ago..
    Maybe I wasn't right.. or they changed it


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    Butstill, I think this only can affect SRL positively.

    In either way, there would actually be a point in botting again.
    See, EVEN IF this would mean that you'd get 1/3rd of the kill's worth, it's still something ..?

    In any way, they cannot make victories in PvP unrewarded.
    The absolutely worst rewards you could possibly get from a kill in these worlds would have to be "temoprarily stat-boosting gear".
    Arrgh, if that was the case, it'd be very very annoying.

    But I'm pretty sure that it can't be that bad. They've released crap updates for how long now? Half a year? A year? Longer? Anyway.
    I've actually got a good feeling about this one.

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    I'm pretty sure that this update will be crap in the beginning, then gradually better in a period of around four months. After that, lots of people are happy.
    It's always like that with those kind of updates.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Markus View Post
    I'm pretty sure that this update will be crap in the beginning, then gradually better in a period of around four months. After that, lots of people are happy.
    It's always like that with those kind of updates.
    10x agree. Jagex doesn't know what people like

    This is amazing though. We might get a lot of people to come back to srl.

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    Formerly known as Cut em2 it

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    yeah read it yesterday, its like private server pking :P go outside bank and get killed

    bank is the safe spot lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cut em2 it View Post
    10x agree. Jagex doesn't know what people like

    This is amazing though. We might get a lot of people to come back to srl.

    Cut em2 it
    It's better to put something in a little worse than you envision and then tweak it to make it better, than to put something in that's too good and having to nerf it.

    Plenty of game developers have learned that the hard way.


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    The PVp updates are gonna be sickk.

    If you guys haven't already, invest in str ammys, and str pots. Speculation is FTW!

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    can't wait for the pvp update

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