RuneScape Discussion

To fit within the free-to-play skill cap, and to make it more accessible in general, the requirement for Dive, Escape and Surge has been lowered from 30 Agility to 5 Agility.
The Daemonheim enemies in the Mage Arena combat challenge of the Succession quest now have significantly more lifepoints.
Revolution now supports untargeted Agility abilities, so Escape and Surge can once again be put on a Revolution bar, if that's how you roll!
Smithing Argonlike armour during the Succession quest now gives token Smithing XP.
Only the anvil near the Mage Arena can be used to smith Argonlike equipment.
Hotfix: Lowered the up time of the 'feeling pumped' modifier in Shattered Worlds.

Dev Note: This temporary change was made due to increasingly excessive XP rates players had been receiving in conjunction with recent changes to special attacks. The change is considered temporary, whilst the team is investigating more in depth resolutions to the XP issues.

Unveiling similar to Archaeology. About a month or so before RuneFest, Shauny was told to release the new skill name. All we had was a name until Osborne and Timbos’s videos.
Not Summoning: A summoning expansion to 120 was designed for 2022. Decision was made to not go for it because of the scope. Skills take 18mos - 2 years to design and build. You would not be building Necromancy and expand Summoning to 120 if similar.
Not an elite skill: Want everyone to be able to get access to the skill on launch.
General community sense seems to be of trust rather than straight out negativity. Nothing to pick apart yet.
What’s in a name? Abjuration, inscription, something else. Divination in-game has nothing to do with divination.
Why Necromancy now?

2018 Mod Osborne: Necromancy, Sailing, and Spellcrafting were early frontrunners ahead of Archaeology.
“[Archaeology] didn’t win in every category (Necromancy took that crown, but that’s a longer story…) but it was a close second… they all excited our designers much more than Necromancy.”
Either the Necromancy design got better than it was in 2018 or the second best from 2018 is fine in 2022. Must be the former that the design got better.

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Show Data

Episode Title: It’s a Fee!
Teaser: The JMods recap 2022 and we catch our first peek at what 2023 has in store. This includes the death rework, grand exchange fees, and Necromancy. We detail why the GE update is a fee and not a tax and lay out our first thoughts on Necromancy.
Recorded Date: December 15, 2022
Release Date: December 16, 2022
Executive Producers: Shane, Cireon, and Tanis
Producers: Earth
Hosts: Shane, Tanis, and Earth
Duration: 1:32:10
Editing Notes: Insert Patreon, Reid AFK