Hi,
I recently received a number of questions from the RuneScape Classic community which I have tried to answer as best I can below
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Q) (Ill Pun Ill) Will RuneScape Classic ever be reopened to the public, If so when and how?
A) I would love to see RSC open to the public again, whilst now comparatively “retro” in appearance by comparison to the current High Detail version of RuneScape it’s still a great game which posses a unique charm and we are still deeply proud of our ground breaking roots.
The key problem with opening up the game to the public is the absence of the anti-cheating and macro systems we have built up over the last few years, it is also the case that RSC contains all the features that were causing real world trading and therefore incentivising credit card fraud.
From above it is clear we simply cannot open the current RSC game to the public without some substantial changes. Our development efforts are almost exclusively focused on evolving the latest version of RuneScape and therefore I suspect it would be years before we could “fix” RuneScape Classic.
One idea that we are considering is perhaps opening the current RSC game to the public but providing everybody with the cheat codes to set their skills and inventory to whatever they liked. That way everybody could have whatever they wanted in game and there would be no incentive or advantage to cheat or bot.
Naturally the RSC account would be isolated to RSC worlds and could never interact with the current version of RuneScape.
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Q) (Ill Pun Ill) Will RuneScape Classic ever be closely moderated again?
A) No, we currently continue to maintain the existing servers in recognition of our most loyal and ardent fans but all our support and development efforts are around the latest version of RuneScape.
There is a small but dedicated community of just under 500 active players on RSC, I would expect that unsavoury individuals would quickly become isolated in such a close nit community.
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Q) (Caps Lock13) Will the bots be taken care of?
A) Hopefully implementation of the 1st idea above will negate the purpose of bots.
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Q) (Mini Reddish) Will there be any RuneScape Classic events organised by Jagex?
A) I would love to see more community activity in all parts of the organisation, we are still looking into how we might do this with RSC
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Q) (Hit Z) Will we get to have an RSC Cape to wear on RS2 and will we ever be allowed to transfer some of our items over to RS2 again?
A) Certainly no transfer of items to RuneScape, although I really do like the idea of distinguishing our most loyal players in RuneScape – this ideal is currently on our development opportunities list.
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Q) (Legolas435) Will a RS2 item be released to show players still able to play RSC?
A) Yes as above we are looking at the possibility of a skill cape or another unique item such as a hat perhaps.
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Q) (Ill Pun Ill) If avatars are added to the RuneScape, jAGeX forums. Can those of us who can play classic get are own, special avatar icon?
A) I can’t see why not, it’s a bit of work but I think we could do it
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Q) (Ill Pun Ill) Will you dig-up the old RuneScape classic skill guides, world map *wild missing* and other features which were removed?
A) I’m not sure exactly what the public version of RSC might contain, I would expect it would be rather similar to the current version but I would need to come back to you on this one.
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Q) (Ill Pun Ill)Will there ever be in game updates for RuneScape Classic, such as new quests, if no please state why, if yes i think it would be best if World 1 was for the updates world - World 2 stays as it is.
A) No, all our future development activities are around improving and evolving the latest version of RuneScape
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Q) (R4ng3 P0w4) Will there ever be put together a full dedicated team to work with RuneScape Classic, just as with the current RuneScape, FunOrb and the new game MechScape?
A) No as above our future development activities are around improving and evolving the latest version of our products as well as developing completely new game types for our players as we did with RSC nearly 10 years ago.
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Q) Will RuneScape classic ever be welcome on the front page again?
A) Haha without doubt, as before we are really proud of what we first achieved nearly a decade ago and if we did decide to open it up to the public again we would give all our players the opportunity to check it out.
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Q) (Legolas435) Can we have a RuneScape Classic Day?
A) How do you mean?
I recently received a number of questions from the RuneScape Classic community which I have tried to answer as best I can below
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Q) (Ill Pun Ill) Will RuneScape Classic ever be reopened to the public, If so when and how?
A) I would love to see RSC open to the public again, whilst now comparatively “retro” in appearance by comparison to the current High Detail version of RuneScape it’s still a great game which posses a unique charm and we are still deeply proud of our ground breaking roots.
The key problem with opening up the game to the public is the absence of the anti-cheating and macro systems we have built up over the last few years, it is also the case that RSC contains all the features that were causing real world trading and therefore incentivising credit card fraud.
From above it is clear we simply cannot open the current RSC game to the public without some substantial changes. Our development efforts are almost exclusively focused on evolving the latest version of RuneScape and therefore I suspect it would be years before we could “fix” RuneScape Classic.
One idea that we are considering is perhaps opening the current RSC game to the public but providing everybody with the cheat codes to set their skills and inventory to whatever they liked. That way everybody could have whatever they wanted in game and there would be no incentive or advantage to cheat or bot.
Naturally the RSC account would be isolated to RSC worlds and could never interact with the current version of RuneScape.
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Q) (Ill Pun Ill) Will RuneScape Classic ever be closely moderated again?
A) No, we currently continue to maintain the existing servers in recognition of our most loyal and ardent fans but all our support and development efforts are around the latest version of RuneScape.
There is a small but dedicated community of just under 500 active players on RSC, I would expect that unsavoury individuals would quickly become isolated in such a close nit community.
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Q) (Caps Lock13) Will the bots be taken care of?
A) Hopefully implementation of the 1st idea above will negate the purpose of bots.
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Q) (Mini Reddish) Will there be any RuneScape Classic events organised by Jagex?
A) I would love to see more community activity in all parts of the organisation, we are still looking into how we might do this with RSC
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Q) (Hit Z) Will we get to have an RSC Cape to wear on RS2 and will we ever be allowed to transfer some of our items over to RS2 again?
A) Certainly no transfer of items to RuneScape, although I really do like the idea of distinguishing our most loyal players in RuneScape – this ideal is currently on our development opportunities list.
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Q) (Legolas435) Will a RS2 item be released to show players still able to play RSC?
A) Yes as above we are looking at the possibility of a skill cape or another unique item such as a hat perhaps.
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Q) (Ill Pun Ill) If avatars are added to the RuneScape, jAGeX forums. Can those of us who can play classic get are own, special avatar icon?
A) I can’t see why not, it’s a bit of work but I think we could do it
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Q) (Ill Pun Ill) Will you dig-up the old RuneScape classic skill guides, world map *wild missing* and other features which were removed?
A) I’m not sure exactly what the public version of RSC might contain, I would expect it would be rather similar to the current version but I would need to come back to you on this one.
----------------------------
Q) (Ill Pun Ill)Will there ever be in game updates for RuneScape Classic, such as new quests, if no please state why, if yes i think it would be best if World 1 was for the updates world - World 2 stays as it is.
A) No, all our future development activities are around improving and evolving the latest version of RuneScape
----------------------------
Q) (R4ng3 P0w4) Will there ever be put together a full dedicated team to work with RuneScape Classic, just as with the current RuneScape, FunOrb and the new game MechScape?
A) No as above our future development activities are around improving and evolving the latest version of our products as well as developing completely new game types for our players as we did with RSC nearly 10 years ago.
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Q) Will RuneScape classic ever be welcome on the front page again?
A) Haha without doubt, as before we are really proud of what we first achieved nearly a decade ago and if we did decide to open it up to the public again we would give all our players the opportunity to check it out.
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Q) (Legolas435) Can we have a RuneScape Classic Day?
A) How do you mean?
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Posts from the thread...
Q) (Garibaldo1) Oh and when will we have classic open after all ?1 Month ? 2 ? 3 ? four:|? five:( ?
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A) I would expect we could have it up and running in a matter of weeks
So, In the Q&A Mod MMG suggests that one way to prevent RWT, cheating, macroing etc would be to open a new RuneScape Classic server, however you would be able to do all sorts of crazy things like J-Mods can do.
So you could spawn items, set levels etc.
This would obviously be limited to this new RSC server only.
~ MMH ~
Q) (Garibaldo1 ) Mod Mmg and Mod Mark H you both my gods now even more that guthix also giving all the cheat codes wouldn* it mean we would have to make a new account on the server since if we logged in a RS2 server we could keep the levels or something ?If i remember correctly if we got xp on a classic we would get it on RS2. But i have to admite having the all cheat codes would by handsome players could try to by in the skin of a high level player at least once and also that would kill for sure most private servers in a single shot!
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A) Hey Garibaldo,
Yes the RuneScape classic account on the "Public Servers" would be a different account to your current RSC account so there would be NO possibility of skill or wealth transfer into the current version of RuneScape. This would be a isolated service just for Fun!
I also love the idea of removing the reason for private servers to exist
Q) (Ill Pun Ill) Would the current Classic players be able to moderate the game for you?
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A) I think this is a great idea, naturally it would be entirely your choice if you wished to help out or not.
Q) (Ill Pun Ill) There wouldn't be any new items just the currently existing Classic items and stats
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A) No I expect the game would only contain skills and items already available in RuneScape Classic.
Hi Dolfin,
I think that the RSC Forums would remain for those who use the RuneScape Classic... uhh Classic version. They're a very loyal community and those have always been their forums.
What we could do though is add another forum for the free/open RSC.
That's just a thought though. Mod MMG may have some scheme already planned.
~ MMH ~
Q) (1dolfinsfan) Would we be able to use the classic forums then?
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A) Unfortunately not, the classic forums this will remain reserved for the original classic community.
We will however have a forum where the new RuneScape Classic "Public Servers" can be discussed.
Q) (Emergency Cc) It'd be great if you made the cheat codes for a RS2 server, seperate of course.
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A) Haha, now I would bet my salary that this will never happen
Q) (Ill Pun Ill) Im pretty sure it would be members only
Correct me if im wrong
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A) I don't know yet, we haven't really gone through the exact details yet - I just wanted to understand if this would be something that community would want before we explore it any further?
Q) (Basearcher1) I fear my question got lost in the bustle of a few pages back - seeing the responces have moved on to the page after.
Is another Wilderness & RWT Q&A in the works? Many excellent questions and solutions were posted - we'd really like some feedback!
Again, thanks for posting the RSC Q&A, I'll have to try out those new servers. Maxed stats with Rune 2H ftw. Plus it will give us all a taste of classic.
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A) Hi Basearcher, we got some truly great feedback from the recent Wilderness and RWT Q&A, some of these suggestions are already in development and some are even being included in the Bounty Hunter fixes we are working on. I hope that we can deliver a number of the suggestions first before the next Q&A so that we can get the latest feedback on our improvements.
*lots of JMod replies about in-game play time*
To put it into context Zezima had 334 days 19 hours 34 minutes of play time in Classic and over 3 times that amount in RuneScape
Q) (Leviathen456) Hi there Mod Mmg and Mod Mark H,
although I personally wasn't around for RuneScape Classic (but I still have 3 1/4 years of veteran status) I've always wanted to play it. I think having a public server with cheats is a great idea, for the reasons you've already mentioned in addition to it being a fun way to cure the very occasional boredom any player might get in RuneScape HD.
One Question:
Would we still have the same username on the cheat server (and be able to keep the friend's list and chat through the different servers like the current RSC), or would we need to create a new/separate "public-server/cheat-server account?"
~^v~^v£Ê\/ÏÆ|-|È/\/456~^v~^v
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A) Hi Leviathen, I think they would be totally separate so you would need to manually add your friends on the new RuneScape Classic Public(cheat) Server.
Q) (Dark Vizior) I was the one who posted about DeviousMud.
I just thought it would be rather cool and informative to be able to see how the game started out. I mean you can find information on the internet about it, but how much of that can you really trust? In tieing in with the possibility of a RuneScape classic "re-release", I would hope to see maybe an article on the history of the technical developments of RuneScape as well as maybe some information from Andrew or Paul about their original vision of how RS should be and how its played out.
The history of the game seems a cloud, but with the recent change of policies on the openness of JaGex, I think it should be revealed in all its glory.
Sorry for being a bit off topic.
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A) Hi Dark Vizior,
I think this is a great idea, it might be a bit of work to put it all together but I think it would be fun
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A) I would expect we could have it up and running in a matter of weeks
So, In the Q&A Mod MMG suggests that one way to prevent RWT, cheating, macroing etc would be to open a new RuneScape Classic server, however you would be able to do all sorts of crazy things like J-Mods can do.
So you could spawn items, set levels etc.
This would obviously be limited to this new RSC server only.
~ MMH ~
Q) (Garibaldo1 ) Mod Mmg and Mod Mark H you both my gods now even more that guthix also giving all the cheat codes wouldn* it mean we would have to make a new account on the server since if we logged in a RS2 server we could keep the levels or something ?If i remember correctly if we got xp on a classic we would get it on RS2. But i have to admite having the all cheat codes would by handsome players could try to by in the skin of a high level player at least once and also that would kill for sure most private servers in a single shot!
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A) Hey Garibaldo,
Yes the RuneScape classic account on the "Public Servers" would be a different account to your current RSC account so there would be NO possibility of skill or wealth transfer into the current version of RuneScape. This would be a isolated service just for Fun!
I also love the idea of removing the reason for private servers to exist
Q) (Ill Pun Ill) Would the current Classic players be able to moderate the game for you?
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A) I think this is a great idea, naturally it would be entirely your choice if you wished to help out or not.
Q) (Ill Pun Ill) There wouldn't be any new items just the currently existing Classic items and stats
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A) No I expect the game would only contain skills and items already available in RuneScape Classic.
Hi Dolfin,
I think that the RSC Forums would remain for those who use the RuneScape Classic... uhh Classic version. They're a very loyal community and those have always been their forums.
What we could do though is add another forum for the free/open RSC.
That's just a thought though. Mod MMG may have some scheme already planned.
~ MMH ~
Q) (1dolfinsfan) Would we be able to use the classic forums then?
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A) Unfortunately not, the classic forums this will remain reserved for the original classic community.
We will however have a forum where the new RuneScape Classic "Public Servers" can be discussed.
Q) (Emergency Cc) It'd be great if you made the cheat codes for a RS2 server, seperate of course.
-------------------------
A) Haha, now I would bet my salary that this will never happen
Q) (Ill Pun Ill) Im pretty sure it would be members only
Correct me if im wrong
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A) I don't know yet, we haven't really gone through the exact details yet - I just wanted to understand if this would be something that community would want before we explore it any further?
Q) (Basearcher1) I fear my question got lost in the bustle of a few pages back - seeing the responces have moved on to the page after.
Is another Wilderness & RWT Q&A in the works? Many excellent questions and solutions were posted - we'd really like some feedback!
Again, thanks for posting the RSC Q&A, I'll have to try out those new servers. Maxed stats with Rune 2H ftw. Plus it will give us all a taste of classic.
-------------------------
A) Hi Basearcher, we got some truly great feedback from the recent Wilderness and RWT Q&A, some of these suggestions are already in development and some are even being included in the Bounty Hunter fixes we are working on. I hope that we can deliver a number of the suggestions first before the next Q&A so that we can get the latest feedback on our improvements.
*lots of JMod replies about in-game play time*
To put it into context Zezima had 334 days 19 hours 34 minutes of play time in Classic and over 3 times that amount in RuneScape
Q) (Leviathen456) Hi there Mod Mmg and Mod Mark H,
although I personally wasn't around for RuneScape Classic (but I still have 3 1/4 years of veteran status) I've always wanted to play it. I think having a public server with cheats is a great idea, for the reasons you've already mentioned in addition to it being a fun way to cure the very occasional boredom any player might get in RuneScape HD.
One Question:
Would we still have the same username on the cheat server (and be able to keep the friend's list and chat through the different servers like the current RSC), or would we need to create a new/separate "public-server/cheat-server account?"
~^v~^v£Ê\/ÏÆ|-|È/\/456~^v~^v
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A) Hi Leviathen, I think they would be totally separate so you would need to manually add your friends on the new RuneScape Classic Public(cheat) Server.
Q) (Dark Vizior) I was the one who posted about DeviousMud.
I just thought it would be rather cool and informative to be able to see how the game started out. I mean you can find information on the internet about it, but how much of that can you really trust? In tieing in with the possibility of a RuneScape classic "re-release", I would hope to see maybe an article on the history of the technical developments of RuneScape as well as maybe some information from Andrew or Paul about their original vision of how RS should be and how its played out.
The history of the game seems a cloud, but with the recent change of policies on the openness of JaGex, I think it should be revealed in all its glory.
Sorry for being a bit off topic.
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A) Hi Dark Vizior,
I think this is a great idea, it might be a bit of work to put it all together but I think it would be fun
