RuneScape Discussion
- Trailer
- Early reward teaser
- Live stream comments from Rowley and Sponge
- RuneScape’s Summer 2021: Elder God Wars (Live stream - Mod Warden)
- Familiars will now return to players faster when stuck against terrain.
- Familiars that previously only fought in self-defence, such as Bunyips or Unicorn Stallions, can now be ordered to attack (they still won't attack by default).
- A new 'Combat Mode' Summoning setting will set your Familiar to always attack your current target, attack only in self-defence, or never attack unless specifically commanded to.
- The duration of all Familiars has been standardised to increments of 16 minutes - 16, 32, 48, 64 and so on. Some outliers have been rebalanced and had their duration increased or decreased where appropriate. Dungeoneering and Stealing Creation Familiars will all last for 64 minutes and 32 minutes respectively.
- The Anachronia Totem of Summoning now increases all Familiar durations by 16 minutes instead of by 10%. All Familiars except Spirit Pack and Prayer Pigs may now store their respective scrolls.
- The following Familiars can now auto-fire their scrolls:
- Spirit Spider
- Macaw
- Spirit Terrorbird
- Ibis
- Fruit Bat
- Nightmare Muspah
- Ghast
- Spirit War Pig
- Ravenous Locus
- Some Familiars can no longer have their auto-fire set. Previously, these Familiars could set a rate but would never actually fire.
- Legendary pets with the Beast of Burden ability can now be turned into Beasts of Burden by left-clicking or tapping the pouch.
- The 'Follower Details' interface has been updated:
- Various icons have been replaced with new graphics.
- The familiar special points bar is now green, the same colour as its action bar variant.
- Added a button to set the special attack auto-fire rate and removed the right-click option to do the same thing on the special points bar.
- Added a new button to directly access Familiar Settings from the Settings interface.
- Added a new button to store or take scrolls with four different options: 'store max', 'take all', 'store x' and 'take x'.
- Added a new information panel which, when expanded, displays all information regarding the Familiar which could usually be found on the Pouch.
- Added hover/tap tooltips to various interface components.
- The indicator for scrolls remaining in the Backpack and held by the Familiar has been made more prominent.
- Interface components will now auto-adjust when resizing the interface.
- These changes also apply to the Beast of Burden Inventory view, where you'll find a new collapsible panel for the relevant buttons.
- Added two new settings to automatically close and open the Follower Details interface when a Familiar spawns or despawns.
- On Mobile, the Beast of Burden Inventory now has bigger slots for better visibility.
- With few exceptions, despawning familiars will no longer automatically close open interfaces.
- Follower interaction settings can now be found in the main Settings menu, under both Combat and Skilling options.
- Tooltips for Summoning Pouches now display:
- Summoning level required
- Familiar duration
- Type of Familiar, i.e. Beast of Burden or Skill Booster Familiar abilities, if applicable
- Relevant scroll and effect
- Which Combat Mode is enabled by default
- Highlighted keywording
- Familiar scrolls have had a similar tooltip touch-up and now display the Familiar they belong to and how many special move points they'll consume.
- Familiar scrolls are now also named after their respective Familiars. For example, 'Death from Above' is now 'Ripper Demon Scroll (Death From Above)'.
- Dungeoneering and Stealing Creation Familiars have also had their scroll and Pouch information updated. Those same Familiars can also hold their own scrolls now.
- They'll also be affected by the Anachronia Summoning Totem.
- Various Familiar buttons can now be dragged to the action bar, including:
- Give to Beast of Burden
- Take from Beast of Burden
- Dismiss Familiar
- Call Familiar
- Use Scroll
- Attack
- Renew
- When a Familiar despawns, any scrolls it was holding will now be sent to the Backpack. If space is not available, they will go to the Bank. If the Bank is also full, they'll be dropped.
- Added info-box messages for various erroneous actions, such as casting scrolls for a Familiar when there are none available.
- The term 'Summoning special points' has been changed to 'Familiar special points'. Abyssal Familiars now use the bank note terminology rather than 'certs'.
- Fixed an issue causing some areas to render overly dark or pitch black.
- Fixed a rare crash when placing walk markers.
- Fixed a crash occurring on Snapdragon 865 devices.
- Fixed a number of issues with on-screen keyboard input on iOS devices.
- Item stack counts will now appear on Samsung Galaxy S20, S21 and Note 20.
- Players on Intel GPUs will no longer see black or invisible textures in compatibility mode. RuneScape is now only available on iOS versions 14.0 and above.
- Improved point light brightness on mobile devices.
- Improved the speed of cache validation.
- Added contextual keyboards and auto-correction on keyboards for iOS.
- The option to purchase 'X' amount has been re-added to the Oddments Store.
- Silver members can once again upgrade their Silver Premier Club to Gold via the Bonds Store on the Marketplace.
- Players are now required to enter their Bank PIN if accessing the Marketplace through the lobby. The Marketplace now loads correctly on MacOS.
- Fixed a font spacing issue for some strings.
- Prevented client stuttering after exiting the cutscene where Magic Stick appears.
- Players can no longer receive unlimited Beans during the Manor Farm tutorial.
- Reworked Cubemaps, resulting in more natural-looking cosmetics with better surface reflections. Social tabs in the lobby of the desktop client now extend to the correct height.
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Listener Questions and Discussion
Question from Sunset Fish
Will mobile turn new players into long term vets or will it just be a curiosity thing used mainly by veterans of the game?
ALL mobile games I've played are ones you get on for 15 minutes a day then forget about. If you did that with Runescape. Well, you won't get very far.
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Show Data
- Episode Title: Scotch, Cigars & RuneScape Mobile
- Teaser: RuneScape Mobile launches. We run through launch celebrations, words from Warden and Pips, and the new user interface. Not to be outdone this week, Battle of the Monolith week 4 wraps and we get ready for City of Senntisten.
- Recorded Date: June 17, 2021
- Release Date: June 18, 2021
- Hosts: Shane, Tanis, Bears OP, and Zant
- Duration: 2:09:29
- Editing Notes: Duplicate mobile uses and sneeze