Tag: Combat upgrade

Video of the ____: RuneScape Fingers, Dual Wielding


RuneScape’s beta goes live in just a few days, and the last of the Behind the Scenes videos has been released. In addition to the numerous changes to the way players fight, Jagex has revealed that players will also be able to dual wield weapons. Check out the video to see it in action.

Even at eleven years old, RuneScape is committed to keeping the game fresh and new, with massive upgrades including the combat system, the high definition graphics upgrade just a couple years ago, and the continued addition of new skills, new areas, and new mini-games. Dual wielding is a feature that has been long requested by the RuneScape community.

Note: Don’t go spending your RS gold on extra weapons to stock up. According to reports, you will need special versions that won’t be released until the update.

Summer 2012: Beta Test New RuneScape Combat System


Remember that major combat overhaul I’ve been talking about? Earlier this month, Jagex’s Mark Gerhard revealed that the update is coming late in the summer. In fact, the update is going to be such a significant change to RuneScape, the largest since RuneScape made a major engine update in 2004, that Jagex has seen fit to perform a public beta test at the end of June.

As this is such a significant evolution of the game, we’ll be running our first ever BETA test, starting in the week commencing with the 25th of June. We value your input, and we know you are the best people to tell us what works and what doesn’t.

This is rather interesting, as the last time Jagex held a public beta was when RuneScape transitioned to RuneScape 2 back in 2004.

Next week we’ll be sharing many more details and how to get access to the Beta test, so check back in with us and be ready to mark your calendars for the big day!

Check out the full news post at the link below.

(Source: RuneScape website)

Jagex Leak: Combat System Overhaul Icons




 

 

In case you don’t play RuneScape, earlier this month CEO Mark Gerhard responded to player criticism over the controversial Squeal of Fortune with the following message:

…it should be evident that we just gearing up for our most exciting and biggest content year ever……….. including a complete upgrade to the combat system later this summer!

The update may come sooner rather than later, if the above leaks via the RuneScape official wiki are to be believed. According to reports, the combat overhaul will bring RuneScape more in line with other MMOs, introducing a hot bar (which the above images would presumably fill) and balancing out the combat system to work as intended.

More information to come, hopefully soon.