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    Clans progress update

    in Old School RuneScape Discussion

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    On 3/15/2021 at 4:59 AM, Ghost Sabre said:

    Absolutely Ivory thanks for looking in to it! We will probably start tweeting/DMing some J mods soon to get their attention.

    I heard in clan chat recently that the clan has already registered their name. What name(s) did we register? Was the name "The Sabres" able to be included as well? 

    Clans progress update

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    Posted · Edited by Ivory Blade
    Changed "of" to "off".

    On 3/15/2021 at 4:59 AM, Ghost Sabre said:

    Absolutely Ivory thanks for looking in to it! We will probably start tweeting/DMing some J mods soon to get their attention.

    Out of curiosity, have you tweeted any J mods yet? It's still a way off mid year, but once they roll out the first test of the clan system (available to Jagex staff only for testing purposes), there will only be a week allocated to hand out the names to the old clans. In other words, they will need to know the names and who to send them too in advance (before the testing begins). 

    Clans progress update

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    As most of you will already know, Jadex has announced an update to the clan system. In this update Jadex proposed making clan names unique. They could be registered and then no one else could take them. 

     

    What some people might not know is that Jadex announced in their twitch stream (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/927907051 58 minutes in)  that famous and historical clans could register their name in advance, by contacting Jadex some way. I suggest that the Wilderness Guardians do this, and register our own name, as well as "The Sabres" and "Sabres".

     

    The Sabres have been documented by several OSRS Youtubers as the first clan in Runescape, and many players will be trying to register their name. What Jadex and the players may not know is that The Sabres merged with the Wilderness Guardians between 2012 and 2013. Many of our members are still Sabres, one of which is a leader of the clan. 

     

    To preserve their legacy, and prevent some other clan pretending to be them, it would be preferable if we register this name too. 

     

    Jadex said they would announce more about this closer to release of the update, which is scheduled for mid year. 

     

     

    [Accepted] Flocked Up

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    Posted · Edited by Ivory Blade

    9 hours ago, Flocked_Up said:

    Aha they're all doing their usual thing, just chilling and whatnot these days

    I immediately search the wiki for "Frog Squad", could not find. Could you give us the details? Or is it top secret?

     

    Also, welcome back!

    Fishing Skill Boss: Tempoross Poll Blog

    in Old School RuneScape Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Ivory Blade
    Fixed grammar.

    56 minutes ago, TheKlodster said:

    They aren't forcing you to do anything, however. It's your game, you choose how to play it how you want. The game for those who don't want to participate in this boss hasn't changed at all, and it is invalid to say they are at a disadvantage - a disadvantage to whom, and about what exactly? What is this "disadvantage"?

     

    I think you are misunderstanding:

     

    Consider someone who finds the most enjoyment by being AFK and still progressing in the game. For this reason, the most enjoyement they can get is by AFK fishing. However, with the advent of the new boss:

     

    - In order to be the most AFK, they need to play this boss.

    - In order to have the best profit, they need to play boss.

    - In order to get the best experience, they need to play this boss.

     

    However, playing the boss is not an AFK activity. As such, someone who wants to get the most enjoyment from the game will have to spend several hours on the boss beforehand.

     

    56 minutes ago, TheKlodster said:

    a disadvantage to whom, and about what exactly? What is this "disadvantage"?

     

    From a technical standpoint: You will have to bank twice as much, resulting is less AFK time. 

     

    From a social standpoint: If you always prefer being more AFK, then you will prefer obtaining the rewards because it results in you being more AFK. 

     

    56 minutes ago, TheKlodster said:

    There is no fun way to play the game, what makes the game fun is defined by you as a player. "Efficiencyscape" is also a dumb idea and should be thrown in the bin. No one needs to play to maximum efficiently, and "every skiller" does not need to do the boss for the rewards at all.  Skillers can skill their accounts exactly how they want to, and nothing changes. No skiller needs to be playing max efficiency, idk where this idea has come from.

     

    See above points on enjoyment. 

     

    56 minutes ago, TheKlodster said:

    Those who want to participate can put in their time and effort to get well deserved rewards which in turn slightly boosts their fishing quality of life experience. 

     

    They either bank half as much or obtain double the fish. This is a change by a factor of 2, not a slight one. 

     

    56 minutes ago, TheKlodster said:

    You don't need any of the rewards to continue fishing exactly how you were fishing 5 years ago or 5 minutes ago, to 5 months in the future. If no one was complaining about fishing before, then why would we complain if they haven't changed anything with how the fishing skill works.

     

    By definition, this is a change to how the fishing skill works.

     

    56 minutes ago, TheKlodster said:

    The fish barrel reward states that the fish can only be removed at a bank, therefore changing absolutely nothing in "efficiencyscape" since you can't empty the barrel at a fishing spot, thus not helping skillers in anyway at all.

     

    This is non sequitur. It does not follow from the inability to empty the barrel at a fishing spot, that skillers are not helped at all. Skillers who bank their fish will have to bank half as often if they are not using spirit pieces, or will receive twice as much fish if they are. 

     

    56 minutes ago, TheKlodster said:

    Spirit Flakes are also an untradable item that is consumed upon use, whereby the user has a 50% chance to get another fix resulting in additional xp.... it sounds like you haven't read the rewards correctly.

     

    This is incorrect. Spirit flakes are an untradeable resource that when automatically consumed while fishing, provide a 50% chance of catching an extra fish for no additional XP. 

     

     

     

    Fishing Skill Boss: Tempoross Poll Blog

    in Old School RuneScape Discussion

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    I am quite upset about this update. They seem to want to turn every skill into pvm. If I wanted to do pvm, I would just do pvm, not fishing.

     

    Furthermore, they want to reward players who prefer the pvm play-style when those same players decide to skill. This means that the people who prefer to skill are at an inherent disadvantage as they obtain less fish than their pvm counterparts, doing the same activity.

     

    This has been proposed in the form of spirit flakes which increase the number of fish you get at once, in addition to this, they want to give pvmers the chance to be more afk than skillers, by giving them a fishing barrel which stores 28 fish.  However these items are only obtainable to people who play against the new boss. 

    [Accepted] Ivory Blade

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    Please join our Discord server and read the #joining_wg channel to see the final step in the process.

    Ivory Blade

     

    What is your current RS name? Ivory Blade

    List any previous RS names: 

    What is your total level and combat level?

    My total level is 1809, and my combat is level is a measly 97.

     

     

     

    Tell us about your RuneScape account and history.

    I started playing back in 2007 and picked a name that sounded cool. I have never changed this name although I check occasionally to see if Blade or Ivory are untaken.

    My account is mainly used for skilling, although I occasionally play castle wars and attend a corp event. I have the typical stats of a noob skiller: above 99 woodcutting (14m xp) and cooking (17.5m xp), high fishing and mining, most buyable skills are very low (herblore, prayer, construction) and slayer is my lowest skill.

    I spent 13 hours on fletching and made my first 2m using it when I first became a member. I used the for profit method only, andI bought bonds in the process of obtaining that 99. The 2m was left over at the end from my efforts.

    After getting 99 fletching, I moved on to cooking like a typical noob, as the price of grapes had dropped substantially and I could get the skill for a mere 1.7m. I still have the wines from that effort and I don't see them ever running out.

    After getting cooking, I went to Zeah and got enough woodcutting for magic logs. Then, I proceeded to grind to 99 on those. I estimated that this took 300 hours in my previous post, based on the number of magic logs in my bank. However recently I have come to suspect that it took much longer, and I have just spent 100 hours fishing and I'm nowhere close to 99. Fishing is a faster skill to level up than woodcutting.

    I would tell you exact amount if I used a client that recorded it, but I have only ever used the vanilla client.

    When I fish, I do so in fashionscape even though I have the full anglers outfit, because it makes the game more enjoyable. A friend of mine Aljase, often skills with me. He estimates I have spent at least 100 hours at angler fish already.

     

    Tell us about your clan history.

    I was in this clan once before but i got removed in a sweep of inactivity. I was notified on discord about this twice, but didn't notice as I rarely use discord.

    After this I reapplied, but at the time I was only able to play on weekends. Because I live in Australia, it was hard for me to find the requisite 3 events to attend and complete my application. Hopefully this wont be the case again.

     

    Tell us about your yourself.

    I work in a laboratory on experimental physics. at one point this laboratory was closed due to covid-19, and I decided to take a break from my PHD because of this. Currently this break hasn't ended (there is a minimum time you can pause a PHD for), even though the lab has reopened.

    I'm enjoying myself studying different topics to what I usually do right now. Intellectual freedom is underrated.

     

    How did you hear about us?  Your website.

    What makes you want to join us? I like groups of people with a history, and this clan has that. I am also a fan of the music which plays when you open the welcome page. It was the memory of this music that made me look the wildness guardians back up after seeing them for the first time years ago.

     

    Do you agree to the rules and requirements of WG and understand that this is an honour clan? Yes

     

    Come clean about anything that may deter us from accepting you:  I was removed from the clan due to inactivity. You can see my previous application here (https://www.wildernessguardians.com/forums/topic/7640-accepted-ivory-blade/?tab=comments#comment-73613) which has additional details.

    Then I was removed again because I didn't complete 3 events and post about them on the forms in time. You can see my second application here:
    https://www.wildernessguardians.com/forums/topic/7915-accepted-ivory-blade/?tab=comments#comment-75347

    I said I would train melee in my previous post to contribute more at corp, but I haven't gotten around to it because I find combat too draining.

    I worry I will be removed again because I am an infrequent player.

    [Accepted] Ivory Blade

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    Posted · Edited by Ivory Blade
    fixed a gramatical error

    Please join our Discord server and read the #joining_wg channel to see the final step in the process.

    Ivory Blade

     

    What is your current RS name? Ivory Blade

    List any previous RS names: 

    What is your total level and combat level?

    My total level is 1787, and my combat is 96.

     

     

    Tell us about your RuneScape account and history.

    I started playing back in 2007 and picked a name that sounded cool. I have never changed this name although I check occasionally to see if Blade or Ivory are untaken.

    My account is mainly used for skilling, although I have added corp too the list of things I do recently. I have the typical stats of a noob skiller: above 99 woodcutting and cooking, high fishing and mining, most buyable skills are very low (herblore, prayer, construction) and slayer is my lowest skill.

    I spent 13 hours on fletching and made my first 2m using it when I first became a member. I used the for profit method only, andI bought bonds in the process of obtaining that 99. The  2m was left over at the end from my efforts.

    After getting 99 fletching, I moved on to cooking like a typical noob, as the price of grapes had dropped substantially and I could get the skill for a mere 1.7m. I still have the wines from that effort and I don't see them ever running out.

    After getting cooking, I went to Zeah and got enough woodcutting for magic logs. Then, I proceeded to grind to 99 on those. I estimated that this took 300 hours in my previous post, based on the number of magic logs in my bank. I would tell you exact amount if I used a client that recorded it, but I have only ever used the vanilla client.

    Recently I have been grinding fishing and rune crafting, as fishing is 200k an hour instead 100k from magic logs, while runecrafting is a whopping 500k an hour (it was 700k an hour when I first started).

     

    Tell us about your clan history.

    I was in this clan for a few weeks but I got removed in a sweep due to inactivity. I was notified on discord about this twice, but didn't notice as I rarely use discord (apart from now, then last time I checked discord was months ago).
     

     

    Tell us about your yourself.

    I only play twice a week on weekend. I work in a laboratory on experimental physics, so our line of work hasn't closed due to covid-19 (laboratory work is very clean).

     

    How did you hear about us?  Your website

    What makes you want to join us? I like groups of people with a history, and this clan has that. I am also a fan of the music which plays when you open the welcome page. It was the memory of this music that made me look the wildness guardians back up after seeing them for the first time years ago.

     

    Do you agree to the rules and requirements of WG and understand that this is an honour clan? Yes

     

    Come clean about anything that may deter us from accepting you: I was removed from the clan due to inactivity. You can see my previous application here (https://www.wildernessguardians.com/forums/topic/7640-accepted-ivory-blade/?tab=comments#comment-73613) which has additional details.

    I also feel as though I didn't contribute enough in the two corp trips I have attended. I do not have base 80 melee stats or a BGS, so I used range with ruby bolts. I have been levelling combat recently to be of more use in corp trips.

    Jagex Finally Releases PvP Vision

    in Old School RuneScape Discussion

    Posted

    17 hours ago, Misdeal said:

    I think it should be like a 2 minute run to get to the safespots. Not like a burning amulet teleport to right outside the lair.

    When a route to a safe spot exists in the wilderness, the best way to PK someone is to camp that route until they appear.

     

    There is nothing inherently wrong with this, however sometimes you just want to kill someone and screw the wait.  This is currently possible at bosses like Calisto, where the only wait involved is the short time spent world hopping. 

    Jagex Finally Releases PvP Vision

    in Old School RuneScape Discussion

    Posted

    On 3/12/2020 at 9:34 PM, JD said:

    i hate how they when they talk pvp they bring up castle wars/clan wars/lms, like you know thats not what anyone means by pvp updates. 

    I agree with this completely. They should refer to these things separately as combat minigames. 

     

    On 3/13/2020 at 2:51 PM, Misdeal said:

    Id support this if the wildy bosses were in safespots like kbd otherwise no

     

    If they place the overworked wilderness bosses in safe zones, then they would likely become too safe like KBD. 

    10 hours ago, Mojo said:

    it's highly unlikely that Jagex would move a boss that was in a PvP area into a safe area.

     

    I hope this is the case. However I notice that on their list of things, there are a lot of places a mistake like this could happen and the wilderness could be made too safe. Since they list so many changes, I expect at least one of these changes to have a negative impact (based on the statistics alone).

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