Month Ahead

It’s all about monetization on the live stream. We give our summary, say what went wrong, what’s right, and how it could’ve been done better. Also big news that the Java client is nearing death and our thoughts on the extended Double XP Weekend.

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• Cameron
• Cass
• Christian S
• Darren L
• Diana
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• Kabru
• Rippeth
• Sam W
• Tim A
• The Naked Captain
• Tom V
• Zachary K
• Zez

Hosts: Shane and Tanis
Duration: 2:09:18

• Monetisation Q&A (notes)
• How the Monetisation Q&A Could’ve Been Done Better
• Tweaks and Fixes (Patch Notes)
• Double XP Weekend: Extended
• The future of RuneScape technology
• Month Ahead – November
• Buff Bar Fix test worlds
• RSBANDB is on Patreon
• Listener Questions and Discussion
• Introducing Our New Company Brand (Facebook)
• Uber stock falls after quarterly results beat estimates, but losses topped $1 billion
• SpaceX’s Starship May Fly for Just $2 Million Per Mission, Elon Musk Says
• Achievements of the Week
• Tanis’ Pick: Red Dead Redemption 2
• What have we been doing?

The annual survey has been released and we run through all the details. We highlight our favourites and question what’s to come in 2020 and beyond. We also recap the livestream press conference and its highlights and we end on a bombshell reveal.

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• Adam T
• Arvīds L
• Brock H
• Cass
• Darren L
• Diana
• Gylefleur
• Kyle
• Logan H
• Kabru
• Rippeth
• Sam W
• Sean H
• Tom V
• Zachary K
• Zez

Hosts: Shane, Tanis, and Cireon
Duration: 2:27:34

• September Raffle & Anachronia Summer Week
• Tweaks and Fixes (Patch Notes)
• Clan Cup Results
• New Player Experience, Player Owned Farm Changes, etc – RuneScape General Q&A
• RuneScape Annual Survey
• Month Ahead – September
• RSBANDB is on Patreon
• Listener Questions and Discussion
• Apple Fires Hundreds Of Contractors It Hired To Review Siri Recordings
• Google to move Pixel smartphone production out of China into Vietnam, Nikkei reports
• Valve to fight EU antitrust charges, five videogame publishers to settle: sources
• August Skill of the Month Competitions: Farming and Crafting
• Achievements of the Week
• Cireon’s Pick: Divinity: Original Sin
• What have we been doing?

I’m back and I get stuck in to the weapon diversity beta, we have thoughts on executing the comp cape rework, and we share a cautionary tale of hyping the bank rework. Plus some introspection on RSBANDBUpdate! and a look at AFK training methods.

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• Andrew C
• Arvīds L
• Brock H
• Darren L
• Diana
• Kyle
• Logan H
• Kabru
• Sean H
• Shane F
• Sojusdadevil
• Tom V
• Zachary K
• Zez

Hosts: Shane, Tanis, and David
Duration: 2:40:15

• Weapon Diversity Beta
• Tweaks and Fixes (Patch Notes)
• Comp Cape – Dev Blog 4
• RuneScape Preview – Bank Improvements & Placeholders
• Month Ahead: June
• RSBANDB is on Patreon
• Listener Questions and Discussion
• Apple’s WWDC Announcements
• Stadia Founders Edition
• Justice Dept. Explores Google Antitrust Case
• The Informer Agency
• June Skills of the Month: Divination and Runecrafting
• Achievements of the Week
• David’s Pick: Doin’ Time – Lana Del Ray – LOVE THIS SONG!! Such a fun summer jam.
• What have we been doing?

We got a bundle of clan QoL fixes, but the main focus is on the impending Hunter modernisation. We run through the rationale, why this is fixing a bad design, and what to expect in July. Plus a recap of a prophetic RSBANDBInformer! article.

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• Andrew C
• Brock H
• Diana
• Jason R
• Kyle
• Kabru
• Shane F
• Sojusdadevil
• Tom V
• Zachary K
• Zez

Hosts: Shane and Tanis
Duration: 2:09:18

• Clan Quality of Life Update
• Tweaks and Fixes (Patch Notes)
• Hunter Modernisation Blog
• RuneScape Month Ahead Q&A (May 2019) – Song of Seren, Desperate Times, Hunter Modernisation
• RSBANDB is on Patreon
• Listener Questions and Discussion
• Facebook talked privacy, Google actually built it (other Google IO announcements)
• U.S. Senator Introduces Bill To Ban Loot Boxes And Pay-To-Win Microtransactions
• Facebook co-founder calls for the company to be broken up and says Zuckerberg has ‘unilateral control over speech’
• May Skills of the Month: Firemaking and Slayer
• Achievements of the Week
• Shane’s Pick: Angry Birds AR
• What have we been doing?