God Wars Dungeon Video
I’ve been waiting for one of these to come out!
First up, a group of 25 guys killing the Zamarok bosses:
Second, a video of the full dungeon:
These two awesome videos (both by Coffey522) give a good feel of the new Dungeon. There are a bunch of things that I liked about the dungeon, at least from what is shown in the video.
First, the amount of difficulty just to get to the dungeon is amazing. Not only is there the cold, which drains your hit points, injuring you before you even enter the dungeon, but there are also extremely high leveled wolves outside and/or near the entrance. Also, the entrance is very remote, forcing you to push aside a boulder, which was very cool, and climb down a massive hole in the snow. Very cool.
Second, getting thrown into the battle so early on looks extremely intimidating. You don’t get time to look around and check things out – instead you’re thrown into battles from the offset. No matter what area you enter, you are automatically attacked by hundreds of malicious monsters.
Third, the graphics for the dungeon are very nice. Everything looks frozen and “destroyed”, as if a battle actually had taken place right here. Furthermore, in the main area, there is a mix of monsters from each of the different armies, adding to the chaos of a battle. I’m not sure if the monsters from opposing armies fight each other, for example Saradomin soldiers fight Zamarok soldiers, but if they did that would be very realistic.
Finally, the bosses – at least the Zamarok one – were not impossible to take down. An alter was placed within the boss area where you can recharge prayer, though it has a “waiting” time between recharges. Also, the Zamarok boss looked extremely menacing and dangerous, befitting his “I can crush mountains!” reputation.
That’s about all I can think of. I can’t wait to try it out (I just need the stats to be able to kill the bosses…), but, when I do, the dungeon will probably be a lot emptier, since everyone will have a Godsword by then.
Bye Bye 12 and Unders
Just read this post on Thinking in a Different Box. Apparently, anyone under 12 years old cannot should not create a Runescape account. Though this probably won’t stop 12 year olds from making an account, hopefully it will cut back on the amount of immature noobs in the game.
Personally, I feel Jagex made the right decision to limit the game to more mature users. I’m not saying that all 12 and unders are immature – but the majority have proven that they are. You can go to some of the more crowded worlds and see for yourself – there are tons of lower level players constantly using profane language and ruining the Runescape experience for the rest of us. Quite frankly, I’m disappointed by the lack of maturity. It shows that kids have no desire to be a member of society and have no respect for the rest of the Runescape community. This comic sums it up quite nicely.
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I would also like to touch on the growing number of Flax bots and bots in general. Flax has become one of the largest “botting enterprises” (for lack of a better term). Take a look at the flax fields next time you’re in Seer’s village, and remember to wear sunglasses – all those green “Level-3s” can hurt your eyes. Yup, level 3’s. I counted a bunch, last time I was there, and the amount has simply grown since. Not only is this highly annoying for those human players who wish to collect flax for money or bowstrings – but it can severely cripple the flax economy. Imagine, hundreds of bots selling massive amounts of flax for cheaper and cheaper prices, and, eventually, the price will go down so far that flax is virtually worthless.
Sieg commented on Marlaine’s post:
Jagex is really trying to sort out the bot problem…it is really getting bad though.
You CAN however stop flax bots yourself, it just takes a lot of time on your part.Equip either of the following:
Frog mask, green dragonhide body, green dragonhide vams, greendragonhide chaps NOTHING ELSE
OR
green fremmenik robes (with cape and hat or frog mask) and again again NOTHING else.
Then what you do you stand outside the flax area and type either “cyan:::” “cyan:.:.” or “cyan:.” a bot might start trying to pick you like flax, then what you do you VERY SLOWLY (as in 1 space at a time) move to le-fays castle slightly north east of the flax field. Eventually you’ll reach the giant bats and they will take care of the rest.
I have tested this and it DOES work it just does take a little bit of time. It’s best done in groups of 2, and if you do manage to get a bot following – please don’t talk, as that may make the bot go back to the flax. Use clan chat instead XD
So, let’s all do something good for the community, not to mention our precious economy, and endeavor to have one flax bot killed per day. Not only would you be helping others, but the flax bots would finally be doing something useful – they’ll entertain you as they are murdered by a level 27 bat. Hopefully, if enough people do this, we can destroy the whole enterprise.
With that said, I’d like to pose a question: Where do people get these bots from anyway? Hopefully, if someone can answer this, Jagex and those responsible players can strike at the heart of the problem.
New Player Kit; Themed Servers; Full Mystic; Rune Ess Mining
For today’s updates, Jagex added a new player kit, that includes new hair styles and clothing styles.
Personally, I still like the dreadlocks the best, as the other hairdos feel unnatural. The Mohawk was very cool too, though.
Introducing the new player kits was a very good idea, since it offers a larger selection of styles that, hopefully, will diversify the players of Runescape. I can’t tell you how tired I am of looking at virtually identical players for 2 years. Now new players can choose cool colors and “unique” styles, rather than the green shirt, brown pants, bald head and brown beard that is so common among lower level players.
Check out my new do:
I still have my old dreadlocks, but I’ve changed the color of my clothes, as well as the type (I can’t remember what they’re called). I’m thinking about getting some better pants before the free week is up, which brings me to another point. Since this first week is free, you can change your appearance as much as like, without it burning a hole in your wallet.
The other update introduced “themed” worlds:
This is a great update and actually does help when looking for a good world to play certain activities. A couple notes:
- World 9 is also good for Pest Control
- World 116 is also good for generally nice players
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In other news, I also purchase a set of full mystic, for when I train magic:
At the moment, I am mining rune ess, aiming for 20k ess. I’m going to make 5k chaos runes and 15k nature runes, which I will sell for 300 each. Once I start training magic again, I’ll rate the mystic robes and write an overview.
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Check out the (somewhat) new Apple Keyboards:
The top keyboard is wired, while the bottom is wireless. Personally, I find the wireless keyboard disappointing, as it offers only the basic keyboard – no number pad or special options (page up, page down, etc.). Though the design may be fine for the regular, traveling business man, hopefully Apple will release a full version in the coming months, which can be used by those people who won’t be constantly on the go.
New Interface; The Lost Tribe; 55 Fletching; 40 Agility
As part of a recent update, Jagex has added a new clan chat system, which allows players to chat on a clan only frequency. Since I don’t have a clan, I probably won’t be using it for a while, so it’s a bit of a useless update for me.
The new clan chat isn’t the only major update from Jagex – the entire Runescape interface has been changed making it, in my opinion, much more modern.
Looks great, doesn’t it? (The HAM Robes are for the Death to the Dorgeshuun Quest) The new interface, except for chat, works the same as the previous interface. In a nutshell, the All button will display all your chats using the given settings. So, if you have private chat on friends and clan chat off, you will not see the clan chat, private chat will be friends only, and the public chat (if on) will be displayed normally. The Game button allows you to view only the messages from the game itself. Effectively, you are turning off all of your chats. The Public and Private buttons, if left-clicked, will allow you to view only public chat or only private chat. By right-clicking you can set the options for that filter (as Jagex calls it), which is how it will appear when you select the All button. The Clan chat works in pretty much the same way, but with more options when you right-click the filter.
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In the past few days, I have gained a bunch of levels in Runescape, as well as completed a whole new quest.
I spent a few hours playing Skullball to get my agility up. I highly recommend Skullball as a training method for low to medium level players, since you can make 750 xp in about 3 minutes 30 seconds. I went from level 28 to level 40 in a single day.
Skullball is a simple and fun game. The goals is to move the ball through a course, scoring in each of the “bone” goals, then shooting it into a hole at the end. Unlike many other agility courses, Skullball can actually be fun, and is quick xp, which makes it very worthwhile.
Afterwards, I decided to get rid of my willow logs by fletching them into Willow longbows. Altogether, I obtained a total of 5 levels, so I can now make maple longbows.
Finally, I completed the Lost Tribe quest, which was short and easy. I’ve been doing several quests lately since the give quick xp and access to new areas of Runescape. For example, I can now access the Dorgeshuun mines, which I couldn’t before. Overall, the Lost Tribe quest was fun, but easy. Not much walking was involved either, which was great.
Now I’m off to work on my Construction, which I need at 20 (mine is 1) to begin the Fremmenik Isles quest. Wish me luck!
About and Goals
Although I am posting this here, I will also create a separate page about it as well.
So, here are my Runescape stats, armor, and goals as of 7/29/07.
My Stats:
My Character:
Runescape – King’s Ransom and Barrows Lore
There were several updates to Runescape today, though I have only been able to ‘experience’ one of them.
King’s Ransom
The first and most important update is the new quest, King’s Ransom, available to members who meet the requirements.
Summary
“Intrigue, murder and devious plots! Things are afoot once again at the Sinclair Mansion. The family has vanished without a trace. None of their neighbours are very sorry to see them go, but suspicions are aroused when King Arthur and his knights disappear as well…Your help is needed once again to unravel the Sinclair family’s plots. Those of you who have solved the Murder Mystery will be called upon to put your Defence skill to the test: as you act as the defence attorney and disprove the case you built up against them in the first place. All is not as it seems, though, and more people are involved in the kidnapping of King Arthur than is at first apparent.
If you’re successful, you’ll be invited to train with the Knights of the Round Table. If you can keep up with them, you’ll be well rewarded…
Will you be able to deliver a King’s Ransom?”
Requirements
Completion of…
Black Knights’ Fortress
Merlin’s Crystal
Holy Grail
Murder Mystery
One Small Favour
Level 45 Magic
Level 65 Defence
Unfortunately, I still need 6 magic levels and 11 defense levels, but when (if) I get them, this looks like an excellent quest.
EDIT: According to Drakeswarm…
“This quest was a lot longer than I made it out to be….I didn’t care much for the story, as the end had nothing to do with the beginning…
I found the tumbler puzzle rather confusing for a runescape puzzle….There was no instructions on how to work it, and the fact that it reset itself if you failed to many times was annoying.
Also, the part with grail was tedious too…..The riddle said small packages would lead to danger, and yet the answer was in a small one…
On the [plus side], getting 33k def exp was awesome, and the extra 20k for all combat stats after the knight wave was well worth the time.” – Official Thread (pg 27, post 3)
Lore and Histories: Barrows
The second update is the discovery of a manuscript that contains the story The Fall of Six.
“This month, Reldo has been sent a tattered manuscript by some Strange Old Man who lives in Morytania. This manuscript sheds new light on the area known as the Barrows, and the legend that surrounds its existence.
Reldo has transcribed this tale, entitled The Fall of Six, into the Lores and Histories section of the website for you all to have a read.”
In Other News…
Seers’ Village has undergone a graphical update, which, unfortunately, I have not seen yet. With the Party Room gone, I can just imagine that the changes were quite impressive.
Yes, you heard me, the Party House has been moved from Seers’ Village to the North-East of Falador. This means that free players can now enjoy all the fun the Party House has too offer!
The high scores have been updated with a new feature that allows you to link to a single stat, rather than trying to link to all the stats. Since my explanation was thoroughly insufficient, you can read about it, here.
The final update allows the ninja implings to drop certed dragonhides instead of the uncerted kind.
Pest Control
Pest Control (PC) is a mini game that is part of the massive online multiplayer game, Runescape. Pest Control offers players a new and, somewhat, faster way of training combat skills such as attack and defense. This is done via ‘commendation’ points, which can be cashed in to purchase various items and/or experience points in a chosen combat skill.
Pest Control is a fairly simple game, but first, make sure you are playing on a crowded world; if not, then it will be nearly impossible for lower level players and players new to the game. The mini game involves 25 players fighting against ‘Pests’ to protect and NPC (non playable character) called the Void Knight and to gain control of the island. This can be achieved several ways.
The first, and most difficult and lengthy option is to defend the Void Knight. This is very difficult as the Void Knight can only be healed through the destruction of 1 of 4 portals, which I will discuss later. This method is very long, since you must defend the Knight for 20 minutes, and very difficult, since you will be constantly running after monsters.
The second option, though difficult, is far less challenging and time consuming than the first, assuming that you have a good attack level and strength level. For this method, you must destroy all 4 portals in 4 different corners of the island. In the beginning of the game, each portal is protected by a shield. The first shield will fall after 15 seconds, and the next will fall 30 seconds after, until every portal has lost its shield. Now the portals can be attacked! As you attack the portal, you will notice that, unless you have a high attack level, most of your attacks will ’splash’ as zeros; this is due to the portals high defense. Not only do they have high defense, but the portals also have a giant amount of hitpoints – 250 each. This makes them extremely difficult to kill if you rarely hit 15+. If you are playing in a crowded world, this won’t mean much, since you will have a large number of team mates to help you take out the portal.
If you and your team mates are successful, you will be awarded commendation points depending upon which boat you took from the Void Knight Outpost. You can then cash these points in for experience or some great items.
Some More In-Game Pics:
Ultimate PK-er
Wow, this guy is amazing!
