SRL Archive - News and General

2-6-2012 Update


Silentcore

2012-03-06 12:12:50

Armour Graphical Update

Our biggest equipment update yet is here! As previewed at RuneFest 2011 , and building on the improvements already seen in the Barrows update and the Troll Warzone, we’re proud to present our latest batch of graphical improvements to armour and shields. Taking into account your feedback from Runefest and the forums, everything from adamant to Zuriel’s has been spruced up to look distinct (take a look at an addy platebody next to a rune platebody), full of character and just plain amazing. Read on for full details of the gear we’ve revamped:

Melee:

* White armour, including initiate and proselyte.
* Black armour, including elite, trimmed, gold-trimmed and heraldic.
* Mithril armour.
* Adamant armour, including trimmed, gold-trimmed and heraldic.
* Rune armour, including trimmed, gold-trimmed, heraldic, gilded nd all *god-specific variants.
* Dragon armour, including trimmed, ornate and corrupt.
* Torva armour.
* Bandos armour.
* Barbarian Assault fighter’s torso.
* Warrior, Berserker and Neitiznot helms.
* Varrock armour, all tiers.

Ranged:

Studded leather.
Dragonhide: green, blue, red and black, and all blessed variants.
Armadyl armour.
Robin Hood hat.
Ava’s equipment.

Magic:

* Mystic robes, including light and dark variants.
* Enchanted robes.
* Infinity robes, including all elemental variants.
* Zuriel’s equipment.

General Use/Non-specific:

* Void Knight’s gear, including style-specific headgear and elite variants.
* Slayer Helmet, including full variant.


We’ve made each set look more imposing as the level requirements rise, and we’ve gone out of our way to make many of the rarer variants stand out. What are you waiting for? Go and check out your bank!

Gnome on the Range

Gnome-related content is also given a fresh coat of creosote today, with a complete rework of gnome NPC models, chatheads and environments. Curved, stylised wooden architecture now pervades the Gnome Stronghold; lush, verdant topiary marks the borders of the Tree Gnome Village; and the top level of the Grand Tree really is a sight to behold, with some amazing lighting effects and a tremendous view. Each gnomish chathead and NPC model has been given a new level of detail too, so make sure to book in some face-time with these diminutive denizens of the forest.

Of course, this is all part of our ongoing efforts to overhaul the game’s look – be sure to continue giving us your feedback on RuneScape’s visuals on the forums.

Clan Fealty

Finally, we’ve made some changes to reward you stalwart clan skillers for your ongoing hard graft. Upon becoming eligible for a clan ring, you’ll also attain a Clan Fealty rank of 1, which means a 15% bonus to skilling XP earned at skill plots in your citadel from the next build tick. For each subsequent week that you earn your clan ring, you’ll gain another rank (up to 3), for a potential bonus of +45% XP! Along with extra skill lamps and a trimmed upgrade to your clan cape that improves with your rank, there’s never been a better time to get to work in your citadel.

On top of this, mining and woodcutting plots no longer degrade after a single use, and Shattered Heart rocks can now be obtained while skilling in your citadel.

The quota you’ll need to meet each week has been slightly increased across the board to reflect the additional reward, and your Fealty rank will decrease by 1 for each week that you do not meet your quota, but you can always attain it anew.

Clan admins among you also have some new tools to manage the maintenance of your citadels. It is now possible to lock out skill plots once an XP target has been met, allowing you to direct the efforts of your clan, as needed, to meet your weekly upkeep needs. It’s also possible to lock a skill plot indefinitely, until it is manually unlocked.

Enjoy!

Mod GFX, Mod Chihiro & Mod Avatar

In Other News…

The swift gloves from the Dominion Tower have had their stats improved.
The spellcaster gloves’ special attack, which sometimes activates when casting spells without a staff equipped and while wearing the gloves, has had its damage output increased.
The Dominion staff no longer has an Attack requirement.
Castle Wars now requires the player to remain in the game for at least 10 minutes to gain a reward, or for the game to count towards their total games played.


WANT TO SEE SOME ARMOURS, GO TO http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Upcoming_updates AND SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

Harry

2012-03-06 12:13:15

Armour is really ugly. Worse than RSC's look.

xtrapsp

2012-03-06 12:14:01

From: Harry
Armour is really ugly. Worse than RSC's look.


havent seen it yet, Anyone wanna post some pics?

Silentcore

2012-03-06 12:15:52

The armours look just like they were on RSC but with a little more color. When i logged in, i saw my full rune and i was upset with the look.

Silentcore

2012-03-06 12:19:23

From: xtrapsp
havent seen it yet, Anyone wanna post some pics?


http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Upcoming_updates

xtrapsp

2012-03-06 12:29:30

I like certain bits… but why does rune full helm look like Blue torva helm :P

Luniz

2012-03-06 12:29:44

i actually like the armor update (except for the dragon full helm)

oh and btw, there's a typo in the topic title

FifthDimension

2012-03-06 12:41:18

Graphics look horrible now I have to spend months figuring out what is what… I feel like a new player rofl.

Tickyy

2012-03-06 12:57:38

UGLY

All i can say.

Edit: http://villavu.com/forum/showpost.php?p=912488&postcount=94

Kyle Undefined

2012-03-06 14:19:41

I hate how Rune looks, but the Saradomin Set looks pretty awesome!

rice

2012-03-06 14:55:26

The new graphics look horrible, why do they need to update it when its not broken.

HyperSecret

2012-03-06 15:13:48

From: rice
The new graphics look horrible, why do they need to update it when its not broken.


Because the graphics were getting old looking imho. I don't see how you thought having every set of armor (as you leveled) look exactly the same other than color. There needed to be a rework to make a progression of armor be superior to the prior set.

I really like the upgrade to the sets. There is more depth to the sets and more detail, they look better.

J J

2012-03-06 15:33:25

I'm not a big fan of graphical updates - but this one has been better than most of the latest graphical updates. The armours have been around for ages and I agree that the time has come to change them - and Jagex did.

Semtex

2012-03-06 16:07:39

From: Ucantseemebot
The armours look just like they were on RSC but with a little more color. When i logged in, i saw my full rune and i was upset with the look.


have you set your graphics to best? otherwise its proberly not that cool

Kosova

2012-03-06 16:35:28

Awful

wister1

2012-03-06 17:06:41

the update isnt that good, but we are used to the old armour, lets wait for a week or so…

superbuster4

2012-03-06 17:25:35

jagex you *&@$ me again.

this is staring to look like silk road video game. soon we are going to have elephants, pandas, and rhinos, jagex you lost another subscriber.

P1nky

2012-03-06 17:40:21

Lame Update Jagex, improve gameplay instead.

xtrapsp

2012-03-06 18:08:32

From: superbuster4
jagex you *&@$ me again.

this is staring to look like silk road video game. soon we are going to have elephants, pandas, and rhinos, jagex you lost another subscriber.


hardly silk road… the gfx aim more towards LoL/WoW. Slightly cartoony and bright

DemiseScythe

2012-03-06 18:14:27

On the good side, Valentine's Day is in 8 days, that will probably cheer most of us up.

It will sure cheer me up ^.^~

Kyle Undefined

2012-03-06 18:36:07

From: DemiseScythe
On the good side, Valentine's Day is in 8 days, that will probably cheer most of us up.

It will sure cheer me up ^.^~


Haha, I was confused, then saw why you said that :p

kevin33

2012-03-06 18:51:47

The green dhide stuff is decent I guess and the gold trimmed+ heraldic looks cool for some armours but I dislike the normal rune, addy, mith etc armour. Boo update :(
This is gonna take some getting used to.

kingarabian

2012-03-06 18:55:26

From: DemiseScythe
On the good side, Valentine's Day is in 8 days, that will probably cheer most of us up.

It will sure cheer me up ^.^~


Oh baby girl yes I will!

Sin

2012-03-06 18:59:23

From: DemiseScythe
On the good side, Valentine's Day is in 8 days, that will probably cheer most of us up.

It will sure cheer me up ^.^~


I'm gonna guess you're talking about the bot nuke?

rice

2012-03-06 20:06:27

From: Sin
I'm gonna guess you're talking about the bot nuke?


thats in 10 days i think

pown otto

2012-03-06 21:55:37

Yeah i think the new armor looks ugly, i havnt seen gnome yet though. The only armor that looks cool is bandos and dragon (somewhat) everything else is iffy, i guess arma looks decent too though.

CAPMAT

2012-03-08 11:53:40

yeah, even in bank or inventory slot it looks ugly :/