Runescape updates
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.

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!


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

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

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.

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

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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