TL;DW 220 - Q&A + Skilling Pets & Catherby Preview

[Brimes]

https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/4y1z7y/tldw_220_qa_skilling_pets_catherby_preview/

 

Combat Changes

• ETA: Monday, August 22nd.
• Revolution and Full Manual swapping while in combat has been sorted.
• There's a possibility we can allow you to turn off queuing while in combat.

Ninja Team

• The Wilderness Acitivites/Task Set took some of our time away from small Ninja fixes.
• Bounty Hunter/Deathmatch planned for September.
• Customer Support Week coming soon.
• Working on the Christmas Event currently.
• We are also designing the Bank Rework.
• May make a thread to share some of the major back-log updates but we won't have a full list.
• Future Idea Plans (Not guaranteed)
  • Treasure Trails - Similar to Oldschool's changes.
  • Daily Challenges - Look at challenges and making adjustments where needed.

Bank Rework Information

• This is a massive project due the saftey precautions.
• The Ninja team will display a design doc and discuss it with the players before developing it.
• We plan to begin work on September.
• There will be a BETA test for a week or two before release to make sure nothing bad occurs.
  • We will delay it if needed.

Current Plans

• Augmented dyed armor will be available on week before Runefest.
  • You will be able to dye already augmented gear.
• Find a way to give Ironmen the Beach Lootbeam.
• Ninja fix to remove member challenges from F2P Daily Challenges.
• Add ETAs on the ports minigame interface.

Considered Plans

• Add more charges to teleport crystals (rather than an infinite charge).
• Shop Restock Timers resting at the Daily Reset.
  • We'd only do the most desired ones.

Not Planned/Worked On

• Allow you to teleport to and from Fairy Rings outside of Zanris to leave it as a reward space.
• Allow items claimed from modified skilling sets to be noted.

Other

• Temperature Gauge Issue - Hotfix
• Ironmen XP Beach Nerf was removed as it doesn't fullfill the update guidelines we made for Ironmen.
• Portable priority is an NXT bug.

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The Skilling Pets

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General Information

• Release Date: August 22nd
• 19 Skilling Pets for all the skills except Combat skills, Prayer, and Summoning.
• Skilling pets will display the players XP in the respective skill.
• F2P can unlock skilling pets for F2P skills.

Pet Interface Changes

• Boss Pets will be in their own tab labeled Boss Pets.
• Skilling Pets will be in their own tab labeled Skilling Pets.
• All skilling pets will be familliar overrides.
• The Pet Interface Move-over
  • Vitalis (and override-able) - Tuesday, August 30th
  • Krar Jnr and Lil' Tuzzy - Next on the list, but no time-frame.
  • Other Object Pets - Sometime later.
  • More Interface categories - If there's time.

Drop Information

• Almost everything that gives Strange/Golden Rocks has a chance to drop the pet.
• Gathering skills have the same chance to drop the pet regardless of the resource.
• Production skills have greater chance to drop the pet with greater xp drops.
• Level 99s, Virtual Levels, and 200m are thresholds that will increase your drop chance.
• Probably will never say the drop rates so they remain a mystery.
• The following items/training methods will not provide a chance at receiving a pet:
  • Silverhawk Boots
  • D&Ds/Minigames
  • XP Stars/Lamps
  • Voice of Seren boosts.

Other

• All the pets of flavor dialogue with most having multiple dialogues.
• Some of the pets have easter eggs.
• There are 2 titles: For owning 5 skilling pets, and for owning all skilling pets.
• There are world broadcast for the first person and first Ironman broadcasts to receive the pets.
• There are no plans to make a pet for a Treasure Trails pet.
• You have a chance to receive the agility pet after a lap is complete.
• You don't have to get 99 to get the skilling pet.
• The pets are purely cosmetic.
• The Invention pet was the most difficult to think of.
• Mod Chambers choose the tortoise as the herblore pet because they both have 8 letters.
  • Originally suggested a White Dalmatian for the firemaking pet.

The Skilling Pets

Use of the unofficial RS Wiki for Strange Rock Information and Golden Rock Information.

Skill/Pet Name	Additional Information
Agility - Dojo Mojo	Reference to Mojo Jojo from Powerpuff Girls. Obtained by completing agility courses.
Construction - Baby Yaga's House	Mod Ramen's Dream House. Obtained by working on furniture or any construction activity that yields experience in the construction skill, including in building mode.
Cooking - Ramsay	Reference to the Internet's favorite chef. Obtained by cooking any fish or food products.
Crafting - Gemi	Obtained by making gold jewllery, items from leather or dragonhide, molten glass and glass objects, clay objects, using the spinning wheel, or playing the Harps.
Divination - Willow	Obtained by gathering wisps and converting memories from any wisp colony.
Dungeoneering - Gordie	Obtained by completing dungeons in Daemonheim.
Farming - Brains	Reference to the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. Obtained by harvesting crops/trees.
Firemaking - Bernie	The name is a reference to a certain politician. Certain dialogue options changes his run animation. Obtained by lighting a fire using any logs and a tinderbox, as well as burning vines in Jadinko Lair, burning shades in Mort'ton, adding logs to a bonfire.
Fishing - Bubbles	Obtained by fishing with a harpoon, net, cage, fly fishing rod, or barehanded. Fishing Rocktails or Cavefish in the Living Rock Caverns. Fishing for salmon, trout and barbarian fishing.
Fletching - Flo	Obtained by making unstrung bows or crossbow stocks.
Herblore - Herbert	Obtained by combining unfinished potions with secondary ingredients, including barbarian mixes; making unfinished potions; or by cleaning herbs.
Hunter - Ace	Obtained by tracking; checking deadfall, box, and pit, checking Marasamaw plants; practising falconry; hunting Charm Sprites.
Invention - Malcolm	Coolest pet for certain unmentioned reasons.
Mining - Rocky	Obtained by mining ore, coal, granite, clay, stone, gems or rune essence.
Runecrafting - Rue	Obtained from crafting runes, and the Runespan.
Slayer - Crabbe	Reference to Crabbe and Goyle from Harry Potter. Obtained by killing monsters on a slayer task.
Smithing - Smithy	Obtained by smelting normal ores, including gold ore; smithing items from normal bars.
Thieving - Ralph	Obtained by pickpocketing an NPC; stealing from stalls; stealing from chests.
Woodcutting - Woody	Obtained by cutting any wood, ivy, or Jadinko Lair roots.

• Some information may be wrong, such as certain skill - name matchups and obtained skilling methods.

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The Catherby and White Wolf Mountain Graphical Rework

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General Information

• Release Date: Tuesday, August 30th
• The Catherby layout has changed, but all primary locations remain the same distance from each-other.
• White Wolf Mountain uses caves along the path to elevate the mountain higher.

GIFS

• Catherby
  • Catherby West
  • Catherby Market
  • Catherby Beach
  • Catherby Views
• White Wolf Mountain
  • Mountain Base
  • Mountain Content
  • Mountain Peak/Views

Other

• Catherby Lunar Spell teleport is still being looked into.
• Fishing Contest has been changed from a hut to a cave.
• Clue Scroll locations have been re-factored for both Catherby and WWM.
• We will need to look into ways to transport Megaduck.

[Brimes]

So which skilling pet is everyone going to try get first?  

[Sas]

Going to get Ace the hunter pet. Also, lol at the fact that Jagex a UK based company seems to have named one of the pets after an American political. 

[Beric]

I'll be going for the divination pet first. So excited we can override familiars with them.

[Brimes]

Chef Ramsay for the Idiot sandwich reference  Although the only skilling I regularly do is DG/Invention, might get lucky. 

 

[James]

Crabbe and Ralph. 

[LiquidSwords]

Div of course.

[Pearl]

Not too excited for the skilling pets, but the slayer one looks aight.

[Pizzas]

9 hours ago, BRIMZY said:

So which skilling pet is everyone going to try get first?  

I'm well over 120 woodcutting so I'll go for that first, then maybe firemaking since I burn what logs I get as pvm drops.

[Sansa]

White Wolf Mountain looks like a real mountain.

[Brimes]

46 minutes ago, Sansa said:

White Wolf Mountain looks like a real mountain.

It's a shame you can't really walk on most of it, just quick-travel through caves. 

[Drake M]

This is hype

[Drake M]

@BRIMZY ty for letting me use this post in my event details.