Mining and Smithing Rework

Bounty Hunter returns, and we discuss is this what has been needed all along to revive pvp and the wilderness? Plus Bounty Hunter mechanics, tactics, and the return of pures?!?

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Hosts: Shane and Mr. Bistro
Duration: 2:08:57

• Bounty Hunter Returns
• What’s The Bounty — Mr Bistro’s Informer Article
• Elite Skilling Outfits
• Tweaks and Fixes (Release Notes)
• RuneScape Dev Diaries ep. 3 – Mining & Smithing: Profit
• Listener Questions
• Now anyone use Skype right away
• Progress on addressing online abuse
• Spotify is writing massive amounts of junk data to storage drives
• November SkotM Update
• We are gathering 2016 Clips!
• Shane’s Pick: Daystrom Institute
• What have we been doing?

We get a glimpse into what the new Mining and Smithing rework is starting to look like. Also, Patch Notes and what we would do if we were CEO at Jagex.

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Hosts: Shane and Mr. Bistro
Duration: 1:40:17

• Patch Week | Ironman outfits | Halloween Short-Story Competition
• Tweaks and Fixes (Release Notes)
• Errata of The Arc
• RuneScape Dev Diaries – Mining & Smithing: Reasons to 99
• Treasure Hunter | Attack of the Zombie Sprouts
• Making Available Elite Skilling Outfits
• Listener Questions
• Historic Achievement: Microsoft researches reach human parity in conversational speech recognition
• Nintendo Switch Release Trailer
• Samsung made YouTube remove video of GTA mod that turns Note 7 into a bomb
• October SkotM Update
• Achievements of The Week
• Mr. Bistro’s Pick: Westworld On HBO
• What have we been doing?

We piece together the Arc and its purpose in RuneScape. We also discuss the reasoning behind pulling back the Mining and Smithing Rework. But first, we introduce our new co-host for Q3 2016!

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Hosts: Shane (@_ShaneA) and Cireon
Duration: 2:09:09

• The Arc & Uncharted Isles
• Invention XP Amnesty
• Mining & Smithing Rework Postponed
• Mining & Smithing Rework #2 Reveal
• Tweaks and Fixes 18/7 (Release Notes)
• Tweaks and Fixes 25/7 (Release Notes)
• RuneFest 2016 | Gold Gnome Award Nominations
• Month Ahead – August 2016
• Listener Questions
• Verizon to buy Yahoo’s core business for $4.8 billion in digital ad push
• Facebook Is So Afraid of Controversy, It May Take the News Out of Its Trending News Section
• Twitter still has revenue problems, and its stock is down big
• July SkotM Update
• Achievements of the Week
• Shane’s Pick: Star Trek Beyond
• What have we been doing?

With more and more players reaching endgame in RuneScape, we ask the question, what skills are really useful today and of those that are not, how can they be reworked? Our tally my surprise you.

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Hosts: Shane (@_ShaneA) and Dave with Special Guest Prynassius
Duration: 1:49:23

• Are our non-combat skills useful?
• The hypothesis
• Defining usefulness
• The influence of PvM
• What can be done to rework this skill?
• Dissecting the skills
• RSBANDBUpdate! Returns to our regular schedule next week with a new co-host!