Mod Mark schreef:On launch, the action bar will not be moveable. You will be able to minimise it. If you don’t like the look of the action bar you will be able to minimise it so it’s not there which means you’ll be able to type as you’re used to. However, in the future with the things that we’re talking about with RuneScape 3, we’re doing some incredible design projects at the moment. We’re completely reworking the top level interface which is development speak for the screen. We’re looking into the ability to effectively build your own screen. So, you’ll be able to use all the different principles, all the different things you use from different interfaces to build your own screen to make it perfect for you. The plan for that is to make the ability bar moveable, which is a bit of a reveal. We’re working really hard on that and we’ll try to do as much as we can.

Mod Mark schreef:The RuneScape apps, that’s very exciting. We’ve had meetings about that recently. We’ve been looking at the kind of things we want to produce, the different kinds of apps, what kinds of things we want to be able to support RuneScape, it’s really exciting. I’ve wanted to have the idea of different games using that RuneScape logo, using that IP. The rich, the fantastic world that we have, the idea of getting that out on different devices is really exciting. This is brand new stuff and it’s literally stuff that we’ve just started working on and thinking about really. Talking to all the different departments and what we’d need to do to actually make something like this happen, but it is a reality and it is not a pie in the sky dream. This is something that we’re actually going to do so it’s really cool.

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Mog MMG schreef:2013 is the year that will allow you to play a faster, high-fidelity, pure HTML5-powered RuneScape -the first MMO to ever do so! Not only on your PC or Mac, either - 2013 will see your favourite game extend to your favorite tablet - train journeys, car journeys or simply waiting for the bus are all about to get a whole load more exciting! Also, for those with smart phones, we have some cool upcoming apps in store for you too.

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Mod Mark schreef:It’s a good test for us. It’s a massive change to the game with the beta servers working. In the future, if we’re making big fundamental changes to the game and we feel that there are updates that are worth beta testing, and we want to get five, six months’ worth of feedback about how or when we’re trying different things, then we’ve got a platform to do it now. It is a brand new thing and we’re really excited about it because it allows us to try out new things, get the players’ feedback and the content we make is so much better when we get feedback from the players and it just gives us a better platform to do that so the sky is the limit.

Mod Chris L schreef:Technically there’s no limit as to how we can unlock them so we can do any ways that you have described and there is a quest in development that will unlock more than one ability.

Mod Mark schreef:We’ve got some serious grandmaster content coming out. There’ll be all sorts of things associated with that. Don’t think about it any differently from the current system. The idea of unlocking new weapons, new equipment, potions or anything like that as you complete minigames or quests or unlock higher elements of skills is absolutely no different. We don’t want to change that part of the game. It’s really rewarding so we don’t want to change that.

Mod Mike schreef:As recently confirmed in our lore live stream, there's a whole host of big story lines on the way next year, particularly focused around the gods of RuneScape.

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Mod Mark schreef:We’ve got an amazing year planned next year. The gods will feature heavily and Guthix will certainly not miss out. There’ll be all sorts of things that we’ve got planned for future content including level 85 equipment and above.

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Mod Ana schreef:• Remember this is not the last quest ?. Where you say plot holes, it's more things that have not yet been addressed in the story. None of these things had been forgotten, but I didn't want to try and cram everything in one quest as it would probably become bloated and disjointed.

• Gpw_the_best: "I do hope there is slightly more Myreque involvement in the next quest where they accompany us on our orders and fight along side us in conflict, mainly like to see some of the burgh de rott order in on some action aswell"
That's a fair point ?. I'm sure in the future there will be more opportunity for them to get more involved.

• I also noticed there was some discussion about re-writing the past lore for Mortyania/the vampyres. I think this was stated a while back but I just wanted to reinforce that I'm not rewriting history.

• As Freolin says, I'm not sure I hinted at Morytania being destroyed - I said I have a paint drawing (it's good, honest!) of how I would like Morytania to look at the end of the series. That could mean it is destroyed, but it could equally mean that nothing changes at all, or just something completely unexpected?.

• As for Sliske... I love Sliske and I'd really like to be able to continue his story in other content, but I'm not looking to involve the Mahjarrat in the Myreque series at this point. For me, they have their own content and I'd prefer the struggle to be between just the Myreque/humans and the vampyres.

• Edcy: I hope I've got your question right, feel free to correct me if not ?! I think I mentioned this a while back - I want to keep the in-game lore fairly separate from the books. The main reason for this is that I don't want players to have to read the books to understand the quests. Also, I have plans to explore Vanstrom's past in-game in the future.

• yes, I do have ideas for what I want to do for Myreque 6 ?!

• In reference to how many future Myreque quests there may be, I do have two planned, but obviously those are only plans and I can't guarantee that will be the case.

• Weesiwel (in reply to your feedback on Branches of Darkmeyer):
That is an interesting point ?. With Myreque 5 I did try and expand a small amount on the Sanguinesti Myreque's characters, but I agree that the Burgh de Rott Myreque could do with some more attention. Without wanting to reveal too much, my plans for the future storyline involve plenty of other characters who were not featured heavily in Branches of Darkmeyer, and with such a buildup for Ivan from earlier quests he couldn't possibly just be forgotten!

Mod Srowley schreef:• On Scabaras's banishment. I don't want to go into too much detail here, as it will be addressed more fully in a later quest and will come good, but... banishment can take a number of forms and/or it can be circumvented and/or it might not actually have occurred quite like it has said to have. I'm not saying which is the case for little Scabby, but he's quite comfortable being in isolation (and it's where he's safest).

His influence on Diamond was intentionally vague and slight, and only really noticeable if you have familiarity with the lore. Too many gods in what is an introductory quest could have confused things for players new to this storyline.

In spite of the involvement of Scabby and Ammy, I also see Hearts/Diamond being something of a Het quest just for the involvement of Al Kharid (the whole theme of the scales puzzle was carefully considered, which I'm glad you've picked up on ).

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"After the Banishment, all records of Scabaras changed dramatically." History is written by the victor. Amascut's influence is wide-reaching and propaganda is a powerful tool.

• On the future of the series: You're right in that I want to have a quest for Crondis and Het, then I'd probably do a finale after that to wrap everything up. Where Menaphos would fall in that, I'm not sure, but it would likely be towards the end.

My ideal next quest would be for a Master level sister quest to Do No Evil, but revolving around Crondis. There's very little about her in the game so far. I've got a couple of early working titles - either 'Crocodile Tears' or 'Cry Me a River' - but like with Mod Nancy's Goldflipper, there's no guarantee that will be the next desert quest, or that's what its name will be.

• The hieroglyphs on the tomb walls aren't just for looks; some thought did go into them. I'm glad that it's already been picked up on that the hippo depicts Elidiniss, and I'm not sure if it's been said, but the bird of prey is Tumeken's animal aspect (as it was in that Tumeken's Dream lores you've posted earlier in the thread).

There's also some connection between the hieroglyphs, the sundials and the Het scales (I worked on more than a few postbags back when I was an editor...) But so you don't waste loads of time combing that for clues, I did it more for coherence in design - there's no huge revelation hidden there. It's something I'll more than likely do more with in future though.

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• The Edicts don't apply to Icthlarin and Amascut (Guthix didn't peg them on the same level as the rest of the gods; maybe he should have). Nor do they apply to the lesser gods - as their name implies, they are even less powerful. That's never properly been explained before (certainly not in-game; Ammy and Iccy just show up in quests, bold as brass), but it's not some big secret, so it's best cleared up.

• If you're talking about the Tumeken's Dream lores (I wrote that too, BTW, way back when) and how that portrays the pantheon, that was intentionally written in the style of an overly preachy parable (taken from the desert area's main religious text), so it may intentionally skew towards highlighting the flaws of the gods (in order to teach people what not to do, particularly children). It's historical accuracy is more than questionable.

But if there's confusion about the dream from in-game dialogue, that's more likely to do with new content added on to old, or perhaps from individual character bias.

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Mod Mark schreef:We have some epic updates for construction planned for next year, and also a smaller construction themed D+D for next month. I agree though that farming has been a little neglected, although I am happy with the general “level up” mechanics within it already.

Mod Chris L schreef:Ammo binding works on a different system to item binding, and with the time-frame for this specific rework was left for now - I'd like to convert the ammo to use the same system in the near future if time permits. I imagine something similar like allowing 3 ammo binds but only having one active on a loadout. This might not hit home on the point of "I want laws and arrows bound at the same time" but the bind system was never meant to replace the idea of making some items in the dungeon so we don't want to undermine that.

Mod Chris L schreef:Glad you are enjoying the new system. I didn't even think about the possibility of linking a ring to the bind setups. I'll definitely add it to the list of improvements (Such as standardising ammo to be included) we could work on in the future.

Mod Mark schreef:Hopefully we’ll have them by the end of the year with any luck. We wanted a focus on the main game and the surface world, if you like. We’ve got a lot of the assets we needed for dungeoneering but there are lots of different things that we need to think about for dungeoneering. Things like rangers for example are only limited to using bows within dungeoneering so they don’t have dual wielding options right there. We’d have to add new equipment and new ways of building that equipment within the dungeons.

Mod Liono schreef: We can definitely look into this!

The plan is for them to still be available through the Iffie NPC in Varrock, but just not with the 'costume points' currency (so spend 'em while you got 'em). We just didn't go into detail in today's news because it's not today's update! No plans for them to go on SOF, Solomon's or Loyalty.

As for the characters, they will also be reintroduced in various places for nostalgia reasons, in a similar way to what Mod Ash did the last time we retired some random events (e.g. those in the Enchanted Valley, the wandering Drunken Dwarf, etc)

There are no plans to add any more lodestones at this time - that's not to say we never will or won't add more in future.