BluEz

Aug 1 2006, 02:46 PM | Post #1

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Welcome to the Behind the Scenes – August edition!

For many of us, August brings sun, holidays, cheap souvenirs and sunburn… but in RuneScape it’s a whole different story! So, in no particular order….

Gnomes on holiday often miss the sweet taste of home - so it's up to you to bring it to them all wrapped up in a gnome delivery bag! Players who have visited Aluft Gianne’s restaurant in the Grand Tree may have offered to help out with orders in the past, but just keeping the restaurant in stock of worm battas and fruit blasts is hardly a challenge for today’s gliding, spirit tree hopping adventurers. So, in August, why not help out with Aluft Junior's Gnomic delivery service? Make the stuff and trek over the world delivering this, erm, “Gnourmet” food and you’ll find you are rewarded with some very interesting gear as well as some vastly improved XP for the actual cooking. If you’re really good, you may be able to get fresh gnome cuisine delivered to you!

Also in the gnome kingdom this month, we dig deep into gnomic history after the discovery of a strange old machine from the era of King Healthorg the Great, whose glittering reign preceded that of King Narnode Shareem. What is its purpose and why didn’t anyone notice it before? What secrets can be unearthed, and will all the gnomes appreciate a human nosing about again? Only time will tell…..

Later this month we release a new batch of prayers, this time adding the ability to temporarily boost your ranged and magic attacks with prayers like “Hawk Eye” and “Mystic Law”. All these new additions will match the existing attack and strength boosting prayers.

In addition to all the above, we also bring you the new sailing transport system. Many of RuneScape’s ports will be connected via a network of high quality sailing vessels. Although the initial cost can be quite heavy, players familiar with piratical ways and those handy in the art of persuasion will find it a lot easier on the wallet. The crew members will no doubt be able to sell you a few choice goods from their travels, so keep a look out for them too.

And finally for the month of August, the Dragons, Giants and Demons have all been at the rehab clinic for the last few months getting a well deserved makeover. Gone will be the flabby bellies and dull claws of the past… we will be saying goodbye to weak-limbed, flailing attacks and hello to the sparkling-eyed, razor-sharp, meaty new look of the future! Demons who actually look like they could destroy you from a badly-directed sneeze are far more fun to fight than ones that, well, don’t. Dragons that swagger as they walk and moss giants with beards that actually are alive are just a few of the magnificent changes we will be making. Don’t worry! We won’t make them tougher.

Enjoy!

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Geo1988

Aug 1 2006, 04:15 PM | Post #2

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I like all of it accept the Gnome Delivery Service...

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Makoto

Aug 1 2006, 04:18 PM | Post #3

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All I can wonder now is how a Steel Dragon might look.

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Twilight Ray

Aug 1 2006, 06:25 PM | Post #4

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If they don't fly, it's worthless. (Dragons that is.)

I'm glad to see they're giving mages/rangers their branch of the prayer tree finally.

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Teminator149

Aug 1 2006, 07:38 PM | Post #5

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Darn, I can't get on RS so all I can do is dream of the new look...

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Bookdude

Aug 1 2006, 08:02 PM | Post #6

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For the most part, it looks like a bunch of small stuff. Maybe there's something big in the works for September.

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BluEz

Aug 1 2006, 10:55 PM | Post #7

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The new prayers sound good and the makeover sounds good.



If thats the type of look they are going for it might be cool.

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Spiderchild

Aug 2 2006, 08:37 AM | Post #8

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mage and range prayers long overdue.
im thinking that range is now back up there

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Dilbert26

Aug 2 2006, 11:59 AM | Post #9

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Sounds like a good month for updates.

Gnomes: I gotta admit, gnomes are cool but this delivery update doesnt seem too great. Doubt the exp would actuall be worth, who knows, but the gnomic food may be good. Gnomes are wicked chefs

New Prayers: These sound great, even if we only had 2 new prayers i'd love it. It's about time we had a magic and range prayer but now rangers will own even more. Dont think any range/mage pures would want 55-58 prayer just for "hawk eye" and "mystic law". That's just too much combat.

MORE Transportation: Wow, why not just be able to fly? [/sarcasm]
We have had a lot of new transportation updates and here comes more. We recently had conoes and then Lunar Diplomacy came out, giving us even more options to tele. Is Jagex making traveling too easy? We'll have to wait a see where we a can go via boat.

New Graphics: This sounds sweet, can't wait until they released this. I am just hoping it is as good as they make it sound.

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Hawk1189

Aug 2 2006, 04:45 PM | Post #10

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Gnome Mini Game - Sounds boring where's that Wilderness Tag, Jagex mentioned about in April

New Gnome Quest - I would of prefered a sequel to Forgettable Tales of a Drunken Dwarf

New Prayers - Sounds good

New Sailing Transport System - I would rather sink ships instead of sailing them

New Graphics for Demons, Dragons & Giants - Sounds good hope they don't mess them up

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Mr_Krusty1

Aug 3 2006, 01:43 PM | Post #11

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i'm gonna like these updates, those new prayers are gonna be great, and the boat is gonna ease transportation even more. Btw I noticed JaGex changed the demon's head with a dragon's head, dragons are gonna kick ass now!

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Slim50

Aug 4 2006, 01:44 AM | Post #12

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All somewhat cool sounding...minus the gnome delivery thing...never was much for the gnomic peoples.


Just an idea...with that transportation thing...just an idea, why doesn't jagex make a minigame where you have ship battles? =o

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