SRL Archive - News and General

Hey,

Lots of new faces here. Seems lots of things happened, too (botana bay? mordaut random solved? 6-hour limit? full transition to lape??). Though I still post once a month or so in upper boards (to not break 7k) and random stuff, I didn't really keep myself up-to-date. RS is messed up anyways now, last login > 6 months ago or so.
So what happened in the past (six?) months? I see MSI is 'gone', any reason why? Had a really cool idea for it =/ Lots of other new java bots, too?
Ok, gotta leave now but Hi to all and please update me a bit :)

Markus

Jagex released bot nuke part 2, all it's done so far is get rid of auto talkers.
Jagex released 6 hour limit, we countered with six hour fix
Transition to lape has begun, most scripts are still written in pascal script though.
Brandon has made tremendous progress with openGL
MSI closed due to the lack of people updating it. There were so many scripts, and so few developers.

Can't think of any more right now. Welcome back!

For MSI - http://villavu.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90582

I rewrote almost all the randoms solvers a few months ago, and I guess they're holding up pretty well. Good thing is Jagex announced that they will be removing random events from the game. When this will happen I do not know, but it's good for us. :)

Oh, BraK is now an administrator of SRL. ;)

Welcome back!

Hope all is well and welcome back! A little less active here now that pb and eb are back, but things are working well!

2012:

January
1. The Firemaker's Curse (quest). Provides you with the Book of Char that upon activation automatically lights any log the user walks over. Also lets you enter the training cave every week where you can at least collect one of the four fire creatures to serve as a pet.

February
1. Potion flasks which hold 6 doses vs. the regular 4.

2. The Fight Kiln, a big step-up from the regular Caves. Check out its awesome new cape too!
2b. An accompanying quest lets you bag the TokKul-Zo ring which gives a 10% boost to all damage dealt against TzHaar and Tokhaar creatures. Also it makes the Warrior, Seers', and Archer's Fremennik counterparts obsolete thanks to a +4 bonus in all attack and defence styles (save for Summoning and strength).

3. The Squeal of Fortune. Free players get to use it once a day and members twice (resets at midnight GMT, though +1 during BST hours). You can win a whole array of items leading up to 'lucky' godswords and sigil shields (untradeable versions which are destroyed upon death if not selected on the 'keep items' popup). The Achievment's forum hosts a log where you can view other peoples' rewards and/or post your own.

March
1. A range of graphical upgrades made to all sorts of armour sets (a chart cataloguing the transformations can be found here) and the gnome world. Changes were also made to the workings of Citadels with the release of 'clan fealty' to improve rewards.

2. The Lodestone Network. Upon activating these ancient devices, which are scattered across Gielinor, one can travel to from a variety PtP and FtP places such as Port Sarim, Yanille, and Taverley all via the Home Teleport spell. A helpful thread started by Nommy gives examples as to how these can improve your daily ingame activities.

3. Barkriminel Bolts released to add a new spin to [Ranged] PvP. They can only be fletched from the logs of Bloodwood trees which are located in an array of spots in the Wilderness and safe areas (the latter of which require high-level quests to access such as Nomad's Requiem), and tipped with bolt tips bought from Mami Rimba. The trees respawn roughly every 6 hours for each player after being cut. Instead of attack styles you can toggle between aiming for an opponent's head, torso, and legs - all with unique special effects such as slowing down magic casts for 30 seconds or draining run energy.

4. Morytania Tasks unveiled. Rewards range from the usual XP lamps, reduced prayer drain whilst on Barrows runs, to Morytania legs that can double the number of runes gained from the chest and so on.

April
1. Ways to get extra spins for the SoF are introduced. Tickets for another two can be obtained by killing monsters, participating in certain D&Ds (such as the Circus) that week, general skilling, and you can even buy more generous packages for real-life cash.

2. Dungeoneering revamp. Jagex add a toolbelt which serves the same purpose as the one used outside Daemonheim, starting off with a Novite pickaxe and hatchet that can be replaced by counterparts made from more valuable metals such as Primal should you find them later on. Even if you find a pickaxe or hatchet that you don’t have the levels for just yet, upon adding them to the belt – they'll still act like the highest level equivalent you can use until you’ve attained the necessary level(s). Furthermore, another aspect of the TB holds any keys picked up by yourself or members of your party. As long as someone in your party’s picked up a key, all members of the party can access it. Finally - gathered resources obtained in dungeons (including ore, logs and raw food) will now stack, leaving you yet more space for your gear. All stacks, including coins, can now be split with a new “Drop-X” option while Dungeoneering.
2b. Release of another two Fremennik Sagas, Thok Your Block Off and Nadir (which seeks to expand upon the Mahjarrat storyline).

3. For every quest completed, regardless of whether it is free or members-only, you now get 2 more SoF spins on top of their regular rewards. However this only applies to those that the player has either not started (displayed in red) or completed (yellow) yet - including finishing the newer versions of replaced ones (Gunnar’s Ground, Wolf Whistle, Druidic Ritual, and Death Plateau). Note that you won’t get spins for unlisted mini-quests (such as Alfred Grimhand’s Bar Crawl), claiming post-quest rewards (such as Tears of Guthix), or completing Fremennik Sagas.

4. [The training of] Runecrafting is completely revolutionised with the alternate new dimension of Runespan! Through siphoning runes from the environment (via 'node hunting' in particular), RS offers much faster experience than the traditional methods - albeit with no profits. However, there is a system that keeps track of the runes you have made and awards you points accordingly for them, which can be spent on a variety of interesting rewards. Further guides to maximising your exp/hr rates are linked here: 1, 2, 3, and 4.

May
1. Introduction of bonfires to serve as a new way to train the Firemaking skill. Though the xp/hr rates for using them are slightly lower than making traditional trails with equivalent logs, bonfires have the advantage of being AFK'able. Furthermore - one can get bonus xp by adding logs to a fire that others are already using (up to a maximum of 4% for 5 or more players), whilst contributing at least 5 logs to one fire in succession earns a temporary boost to your maximum life points (up to 10% depending on your FM level), and finally; those who cook on bonfires receive their own 10% xp bonus. A popular place to make/participate with one is in the Shantay Pass on world 100.

2. Release of the quest 'Song from the Depths', which serves as a prelude to the Queen Black Dragon - who surpasses Nex as the most powerful and difficult-to-conquer NPC - and serves as the resident boss of the Grotworm Lair. With her comes the Royal Dragonhide set, whose stats are favourably comparable with Armadyl (importantly: lacking the latter's negative offensive melee bonuses), and the long-awaited Dragon kiteshield.

June
1. Complete overhauls of the SoF's reward list and the Fish Flingers D&D.

2. Release of The Crucible, Jagex's attempt to reincarnate the old Bounty Hunter minigame. Inside the arena you will be matched up with another player and assigned as each others' targets. If you successfully locate and kill your opponent, you can loot all of their equipment.

July
1. Release of 'Social Slayer', which allows players to pair up on tasks. Use your enchanted gem or slayer ring on the player you wish to invite, or use the gem or ring's new 'co-op' right-click option and enter their name when prompted. As long as neither of you are on an active slayer task, or if you're on the same slayer task, you'll invite them to join your group. Further information on the likes of rewards can be found here.

2. Pendants of Skill, along with Prized counterparts, added to the SoF. The former double XP earned in their associated skills up to an amount equivalent to a Large XP lamp, whilst the latter will triple the rate for as much XP as you'd get from a Huge XP lamp. The amount of bonus XP each pendant contains is dependent on the levels of your relevant skills when you claim them. Once these pendants are exhausted, they will degrade and can be kept as a nice cosmetic keepsake.

August
1. Release of 'Some Like it Cold', the third instalment of the penguins quest line. Rewards include the ability to spy on an extra penguin for the weekly Distraction and Diversion (which is worth 3 points and can only be seen with the Ring of Visibility worn), and access to a Thieving expansion for Balthazar Beauregard's Big Top Bonanza.

Taken from Runescape Community
http://forums.zybez.net/topic/1550660-back-from-a-break-heres-what-you-missed-updated-11812/

Nice to see you stop by, Markus. :)

Hoi Markus. Getting the competitions running good(hopefully) with some help from our outstanding members.

From: Footy
Jagex released bot nuke part 2, all it's done so far is get rid of auto talkers.
Jagex released 6 hour limit, we countered with six hour fix
Transition to lape has begun, most scripts are still written in pascal script though.
Brandon has made tremendous progress with openGL
MSI closed due to the lack of people updating it. There were so many scripts, and so few developers.

Can't think of any more right now. Welcome back!

Not anymore. They add some random letters and dashes on the end of their message now, thus avoiding botany bay.

Hey Markus, nice to see you back bro. I actually wondered, what's happened to you.
Hope your well and hope your back for a while :)