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Latest RuneScape News - 23rd October 2002
The mother of all updates has just landed!
New Quests:
Biohazard (Members' Quest) This is the second part of our large ongoing quest. Elena has been rescued, but now she needs your help to find a cure for the plague - so the fate of hundreds could rest in your hands! Find out if you're a thinker or a do-er ... because you'll need to be both.
Jungle Potion (Members' Quest) Trufitus Shakaya of the Taie Bwo Wannai Village requires that you collect five special jungle herbs for a potion so he can commune with his Gods. The jungle area has been greatly expanded for this quest.
New members town - The town of Yanille:
Explore this border town in the far south of Kandarin. Experienced Wizards will want to make use of the Wizards' Guild (magic level 66 to enter). Yanille also contains, a bank, a cookery shop, an inn and various other features.
New members spells - Enfeeble, stun, vulnerability:
You can now use more powerful high level versions of the the weaken, confuse and curse spells. They are cast using the new "soul rune", bought from the wizards' guild.
New features:
Dragon bones - Do you feel like you're praying in vain? Dragon bones can now be buried for a bigger prayer xp bonus than big bones.
Improved monster A.I. Monsters who are far weaker than you no longer auto attack. We thought it a bit strange that weak monsters were so stupid as to regularly commit suicide on a far stronger opponent, so they won't anymore. This also helps stop cheats who use programs to unfairly keep their character logged in at a respawn point, and gain combat xp unfairly.
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Latest RuneScape News - 30th September 2002
Attention all adventurers! In response to the constant thirst for knowledge of our players Jagex is proud to announce the birth of the Runescape newsletter - delivered straight to your email account! Forged in the mines at an undisclosed location, this priceless document will give you all the latest development news and info straight from the Jagex team.
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Latest RuneScape News - 25th September 2002
We've updated the RuneScape world-map to show all the latests areas and additions to the map. Newly mapped areas include West Ardougne, and the Gnome Tree Village. The map is pretty huge now so use the scrollbars to scroll around and view the entire area.
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Latest RuneScape News - 24th September 2002
RuneScape was updated today with changes big and small. As well as fixing lots of small issues, we've also added the following features:
Tutorial Island - All newcomers can now take heart! First-time players will now start their adventures on tutorial island, where the good people of Runescape are busy preparing people for the challenges that await them. Learn the way of the rune, and pick up some handy culinary tips.
Waterfall Quest (Members quest) - Walk along the river that flows through Kandarin, where the locals speak of hidden treasure, and the legend of the Elven King. Search for a place untouched by human hand, and for treasures whose value cannot be counted.
King Black Dragon (Members monster) - The most fearsome monster ever to venture into Runescape has now... err... ventured into Runescape. So for all you plucky young upstarts, take a break from emailing customer support and pit your wits against the deadliest beast to date! More prudent types might just want to gaze at him from afar. Of course you'll have to find him first.
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Latest RuneScape News - 19th September 2002
We're still working on the big graphical update. It sure is a lot of work! It's still a way off, so meanwhile we're going to show occasional previews of how things are progressing.
As well as improving all the graphics, we're also reworking all the animation to use a lot more frames so everything moves more smoothly. Here is a preview of how some of the monsters/people look using our new animation system.
Remember: Don't be fooled by fake websites, offering to let you test the new version. It's not ready yet, and we are not running any tests of this sort. NEVER enter your password ANYWHERE except runescape.com, or you will lose your account!
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Latest RuneScape News - 11th September 2002
New abuse reporting system online!
We've added a new 'abuse report' button to the RuneScape game which sends an untamperable snapshot of recent chat/trade events directly to customer support.
This means there is now a VERY easy way for us to catch all the people misusing our game and ban them once and for all! If you continue to be abusive or break the rules now the new 'report abuse' system is online then you WILL be caught almost immediately!
Please do NOT misuse the 'report abuse' feature. This is feature will allow us to catch and remove the trouble makers from our game. Help us clean up RuneScape by only using this report for serious cases.
Thanks Andrew
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Latest RuneScape News - 9th September 2002
New members quest online - The sea slug quest
Something mysterious is happening on the new offshore fishing platform. People who've gone on their regular fishing trip just haven't returned! Can you rescue the missing father and son from the unknown horrors out at sea?
We've also added the ablitity to catch oysters whilst fishing with a bignet. The pearls from these can be used to make powerful crossbow bolt tips. Plus we've added two new certificate traders in Zanaris
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Latest RuneScape News - 27th August 2002
Epsiode 1 of our new multipart quest is now online. Edmond's daugher Elena has gone missing in West Ardougne whilst trying to help the plague victims there. See if you can find out whats going on. The story started in this quest will be continued in future updates.
We have also added a new Ardougne teleport spell for high level magicians, and a new bank in East Ardougne.
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Latest RuneScape News - 26th August 2002
RuneScape progress update.
It's been a while since I last revealed what we're currently working on, so here goes!
Lots of people said it would be really great if RuneScape had more of an overall story-line and if there was some sort of ongoing plot. Therefore we're pleased to say that we've designed a massive twisting plot which we're going to release over multiple episodes. The next update (hopefully tuesday or wednesday), will contain a new quest which is epsiode #1 of this story. We've also been working on a 'RuneScape history' page, which gives some background story for the RuneScape world, which we hope to put online soon.
Whilst the rest of the dev-team have been focussing on that, myself and Tony have been working very hard on the promised new 3d-graphics system. This is a mammoth task since we are replacing a vast chunk of the graphics and code. The new engine is coming together extremely well, although there's still a lot of work to do. I hope to get another preview online with the next couple of weeks so you can see how we are doing. We're now nearly ready to show a preview demo of our new landscape engine, our new character animation system, and our new improved user interface.
As I mentioned before this new graphics engine will also allow us much more flexible maps, and so we will finally be able to put the player owned houses and carpentry in. However since that update is still quite a long way off, the rest of the dev-team is going to work on a new 'agility' skill next. This will give the members something else new to enjoy meanwhile whilst we finish off our big graphics update.
Note: A few people have been tricked by fake previews of our upcoming updates. Any previews we put online will always be on this website only, and will not require your RuneScape password to view. NEVER enter your password anywhere but runescape.com or it will be stolen! Click here for security tips.
Andrew
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Latest RuneScape News - 15th August 2002
We've just got another 2 members quests online. Sorry it took a bit longer than expected. We've been trying a new testing method to make sure there are less bugs than the last update.
The 1st quest is the hazeel cult quest. Thieves have stolen the carnillean family armour, and you are asked to recover it. This quest is a bit different because there are two very different ways of completing it! Will you side with the Hazeel Cult or with Ceril Carnillean?
The 2nd quest is the sheep herder quest in which you must safely herd four plagued sheep away from the city of Ardougne before the citizens become infected! Speak to Councillor Halgrive to start this quest.
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Latest RuneScape News - 26th July 2002
The hiscore tables are back online, and we've increased them to show the top 100,000 players!! We've also added a search facility so you can quickly find your name and see where you rank
An unrelated warning to free edition users - we've discovered that the members 'gnome amulet' is accidently usable on the free server. However we will obviously be fixing this oversight in the next update, so we'd like to warn you NOT to waste your money buying an object which will become useless to you in the next update!
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Latest RuneScape News - 23rd July 2002
We've updated RuneScape with 3 new members quests!
King arthur is sending out his knights on a quest for the famous holy grail. If you are a knight of the round table go to king arthur for further orders
Find the secret gnome village, and help them retrieve the orbs of protection which constantly protect their village from the dangers outside.
Help Lady Servil save her family from general Kazar who has enslaved them in his fight-arena. Quest starts south-east of Ardougne beyond the monastry.
We've also added a variety of other features including lots of new areas for the above quests, and a coal-truck track to rapidly transport coal.
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Latest RuneScape News - 20th July 2002
Our new improved customer support system is finally online. I've completely rewritten the system to be easier and quicker to use. (and a lot more reliable!) If you've been having trouble submitting support queries recently the new system should work properly for you.
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Latest RuneScape News - 19th July 2002
The RuneScape database is now running from a faster server so everything should be a lot more reliable now. I have also adjusted the network settings of the New-York servers so hopefully they are a lot less laggy now. If you live in the US then you should try them out again.
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Latest RuneScape News - 18th July 2002
I went away for a short holiday on saturday, and it seems Runescape promptly broke in my absence. It seems I can't even take 1 week a year away from running this game! I'd like to apologise for the people who have experienced connections problems over the last few days. I've decided to abort the remainder of my holiday and have come back to the office to fix RuneScape instead.
I'm currently transfering the database to a new server which is 6 times faster than the old one which should hopefully get things running smoothly again. Once again sorry things weren't working 100%. Now I'm back at work I should be able to get it working smoothly fairly quickly.
Andrew
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Latest RuneScape News - 12th July 2002
More ways of becoming a RuneScape member are now available!
In addition to the usual credit/debit-card we've teamed up with paybycash.com to offer the following additional payment options:
Virtual Check
Check-by-FAX
direct debit (ACH)
Western Union®
PayPal
Citibank's "C2it" service
Cash
Wire transfer
Money order!
Click here to sign up for RuneScape members now!
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Latest RuneScape News - 10th July 2002
Today Runescape update fixes a large number of outstanding bugs in the game.
The following issues have been fixed:
Bug where you could teleport from the high level wilderness dungeon is fixed
Bug where iron arrows were usable on the free servers is fixed
Bug where you could get a skull for retaliating to a ranged attack is fixed
Bug where shadow spiders prevented potions from running out is fixed
Bug where arrows did not stack correctly, if multiple players shot the same target is fixed
Bug where recovery questions were occasionally reported as 'not set' is fixed
Bug where attacking another player immediately after a retreat caused a glitch is fixed
Bug where player occasionally ran in random direction after ranged kill is fixed
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