RuneScape Discussion

Primary and secondary means of progression (i.e. dailies, weeklies, specials vs. just playing the game)

Does the battle pass focus primarily on cosmetics? are there any gameplay buffs that give an advantage?

All battle pass rewards are purely cosmetic. There is no benefit to gameplay except that you look cool.
Reward Types

Yes, there is a premium track that Contains all 100 reward items and 1,500 V-bucks. It costs 950 V-bucks to purchase.

The free version contains less than a third of the rewards, and only gives 300 V-bucks.

Battle pass tiers can be purchased for 150 V-bucks each for a total of 15000 V-bucks or roughly $120 USD to buy out the entire pass

Primary and secondary means of progression (i.e. dailies, weeklies, specials vs. just playing the game)

Does the battle pass focus primarily on cosmetics? are there any gameplay buffs that give an advantage?
Is there a premium track?

Each stage can be bought for 250 ($1.49) gold after buying the improved pass. 50 stages, 12,500 gold for the entire pass. This equates to about $190USD to buy the entire pass.

Cleaned up & reorganized a number of damage buffs to work in a more consistent manner. Note: This will have changed the order of operations for a number of buffs, and will likely act as a slight buff for magic/ranged/melee, as the majority of buffs have been grouped after potion stat boosts (apologies as your PVM calculators will need retuning)!
Reworked a number of damage buffs that previously only affected 'random damage' to affect all damage. Previously effects like the Slayer Helmet claimed to boost damage by 12.5%, but due to how this was applied, they actually boosted damage anywhere from 1% up to 12%, These effects have been reworked and rebalanced to consistently buff damage by a fixed amount:

Slayer helm (Rebalanced from 12.5% random damage to 7.5% total at the lowest tier, 9.5% at the highest tier).
Genocidal (Rebalanced from 7% random damage to 5% total damage when fully stacked).
Fort Forinthry guardhouse buff(values remain the same, changed from random to total damage).
Revenge (Rebalanced from 10% random damage per stack to 5% total damage per stack).
Spendthrift (values remain the same, random damage changed to total damage).

Sitting on benches anywhere now triggers rest.
Sitting on stools in the City of Um now triggers rest too. Ahh!
A new Necromancy gameplay settings option has been added, which ensures the highest tier communion item is automatically placed on the pedestal from focus storage, rather than continuing to use the already- selected item.
Fixed an issue with the Agoroth boss fight - in some cases the player could be killed by a tentacle attack in phase 1 after defeating all the tentacles - and in phase 2 after defeating the main boss. This has been corrected.
Fixed an issue where Agoroth tentacle attack rate was not being set correctly in the boss's second phase. Tentacles now attack more frequently during phase 2.
You can now take the shorter path between River Lum and the wheat farm.

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Show Data

Episode Title: The Hero Pass Fortnite
Teaser: We gather again to recap the issues surrounding Hero Pass and outline what is still outstanding. Fortnite and World of Tanks also make an appearance showcasing their battle passes in comparison. Does Hero Pass make sense for RuneScape?
Recorded Date: September 21, 2023
Release Date: September 22, 2023
Executive Producers: Shane, Cireon, and Tanis
Producers: Zant
Hosts: Shane, Tanis, Pyrnassius, and Zant
Duration: 2:07:35
Editing Notes: Bleeps x3