[K0 manubo 0K]

I think it would be a brawling skill :P

[Air Wales]

Hedgehog, on 06 January 2010 - 08:06 PM, said:

Air Wales, on 06 January 2010 - 01:32 PM, said:

Can I conclude of that that animals will play a large roll in the new skill?

No, you can't. I don't see how you can possibly assume that just because the new skill will not involve mounts, that it still must involve animals on some level. There are no signs that it involves animals at all. Not saying that it won't, but I don't see how you can assume that it will.

Because how do they know it's not mount riding? Because apparently they've been told that technical aspects make it too hard. That's why I somehow associated mounts with animals. But tbh there isn't anything confirmed exept that the skill will begin with a letter of the alphabet!

[Nateisonfire]

LOL, Basket Weaving. They are going to take it away from crafting and turn it into a whole new skill. There will be competition and everything.

Just note, this is targeted to the older, more mature Runescape players.

[ald]

Air Wales, on 07 January 2010 - 01:22 PM, said:

Because how do they know it's not mount riding? Because apparently they've been told that technical aspects make it too hard. That's why I somehow associated mounts with animals. But tbh there isn't anything confirmed exept that the skill will begin with a letter of the alphabet!

Lol, why do you people believe that stuff.. It was a joke and you probably haven't even seen where they posted it. And we know more than it will start with a "b".

-both f2p and p2p
-introduces new game mechanic
-fits perfectly in runescape
-could be a game on its own

Also, Jagex said it won't be mounts because it is to complicated and summoning familiars was hard enough. But maybe this was just to put peoples minds off the idea. But could get pretty laggy in major citys.

[ROAR IM MEAN]

Sailing or "boating", might be pretty cool. I just wonder how you would control it...

[Air Wales]

ald, on 08 January 2010 - 09:02 PM, said:

Lol, why do you people believe that stuff.. It was a joke and you probably haven't even seen where they posted it. And we know more than it will start with a "b".

-both f2p and p2p
-introduces new game mechanic
-fits perfectly in runescape
-could be a game on its own

How do you know when you don't even have a clue what it is?

[ald]

From a Q&A. Those are facts Jagex has told us.

[Dazic]

I think i pretty good at what i think it is.....
bartering....
you know like music skillz.
theres proof of it in some cache finds in youtube, showing a skill cape with a harp.
soo yea :P

[Air Wales]

Sounds more like an opinion to me rather than a fact.

[Goalie]

Air Wales, on 12 January 2010 - 11:51 AM, said:

Sounds more like an opinion to me rather than a fact.

[Jacob]

You're probably most likely right about the new Skill starting with a "B" as a joke, and a new combat skill would be pretty cool, but what do you think it would be like? Or if not a Combat skill, what else could it be? How about Dragon Riding!

[scaliper]

When thinking about new skills, you do have to get rid of things that wouldn't be trainable. Take mount-riding, for example. I can see that as an add-on to the summoning skill or something, but I can't for the life of me think of how you would actually train it. It's a similar thing with boating; in my opinion it's more minigame material than skill material.

I suspect that the key "confirmed fact" is not so much that it fits in perfectly with Runescape as a combination of utilizing a new game mechanic and possibly being a game all to its own. The only thing I can think of at the moment is real-time stuff(e.g. WoW-esque combat), and that is, again, more something I would suspect to see in a minigame than a skill.

I'm honestly just going to wait and see, but I will back up Air Wales in that it will probably start with a letter of the alphabet.

By the way...

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theres proof of it in some cache finds in youtube, showing a skill cape with a harp.
soo yea :P

Remember that a number of people are pretty good at making "fake" graphics. I believe someone once "proved" sailing by making their own animation of a rapidly moving "you are here" mark over water on the world map. Turned out to be a hoax, of course, but it did have some people fooled.

[ald]

Q) Mason7575
Does the new skill realy start with a "B" or was that just humor?

Mason
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A) Hi Mason,
No it doesn't, it's just a rumor.

[DaBazz]

boating

[Dazic]

All i know is that i have over 40m to spend on it

[br3nt84]

I kind of hope that it isn't a combat skill as there is a chance it would be useless for pures.

I know my opinion I have a verryyy good feeling that it is going to cost alot.

[AlchemyHawk]

I don't necessarily agree with this, but I found it interesting.

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In all honesty, it needs to be a money sink. With the inflation coming in from PvP; not to mention the insane amounts that came in over the summer (pre-"nerf"). I mean, in just 4 days, I could afford a Bandos God Sword at 18m just by doing that. Some people did that 24/7, though. I know of some people that bolted overnight while they slept (similar to the people who wind strike spiders). There are some merchants that aren't even as well-known that have multiple Party Hat and H'ween mask sets and multiple piles of Max Cash that they just juggle through empty GE slots.

However, if the new skill is a money sink, the "middle-class" would be at a loss for money. They would be in need of cash to spend, and by doing so, might even fuel the pyramid scheme Clan Chats even more (with their "Get Rich Quick" schemes), making the rich richer, and the poor poorer. The counter to this is, that this might urge them to go to say, GWD, guided by the lure of 27m Tassets/Chestplates, or even 100m hilts. Doing this could help the economy by bringing in more of the items, countering the inflation. There are some people who say that if the new skill is indeed a money sink, that the rare market will finally crash with the merchants who own them using them as leverage(junk) to get mass amounts of supplies for the new skill, making the rare market crash, and make Party Hats much easier to get over the Grand Exchange. Who knows, though. The RuneScape economy is so volatile, that even the slightest change could destroy it. I heard that when the new quest featuring Nomad came out, some of the smaller rares (Masks/Santas), as well as some Bandos pieces crashed in anticipation that it was the new skill.

[ald]

AlchemyHawk, on 04 February 2010 - 08:15 AM, said:

I don't necessarily agree with this, but I found it interesting.

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In all honesty, it needs to be a money sink. With the inflation coming in from PvP; not to mention the insane amounts that came in over the summer (pre-"nerf"). I mean, in just 4 days, I could afford a Bandos God Sword at 18m just by doing that. Some people did that 24/7, though. I know of some people that bolted overnight while they slept (similar to the people who wind strike spiders). There are some merchants that aren't even as well-known that have multiple Party Hat and H'ween mask sets and multiple piles of Max Cash that they just juggle through empty GE slots.

However, if the new skill is a money sink, the "middle-class" would be at a loss for money. They would be in need of cash to spend, and by doing so, might even fuel the pyramid scheme Clan Chats even more (with their "Get Rich Quick" schemes), making the rich richer, and the poor poorer. The counter to this is, that this might urge them to go to say, GWD, guided by the lure of 27m Tassets/Chestplates, or even 100m hilts. Doing this could help the economy by bringing in more of the items, countering the inflation. There are some people who say that if the new skill is indeed a money sink, that the rare market will finally crash with the merchants who own them using them as leverage(junk) to get mass amounts of supplies for the new skill, making the rare market crash, and make Party Hats much easier to get over the Grand Exchange. Who knows, though. The RuneScape economy is so volatile, that even the slightest change could destroy it. I heard that when the new quest featuring Nomad came out, some of the smaller rares (Masks/Santas), as well as some Bandos pieces crashed in anticipation that it was the new skill.

To who ever wrote that, why do we NEED a new skill to fix the economy? Many of the new skills have been money sinks (con, summ etc.) I would rather have something different done, maybe delete the ge? and items would rise and fall based on trades but there would be restrictions, wouldn't count if you traded it back and wouldn't be able to trade it back for 4 hours. This would also open up w2 again and make more involvement with other people again.


"I mean, in just 4 days, I could afford a Bandos God Sword at 18m just by doing that."

That guy sucked cuz I made 20m in a couple hours and didn't even get the 5m drop.

[ald]

~Q&A from Andrew, so lol glad to hear that.

Firefox asks:
Will [the new] skill be a money sink?

Answer:
I don't think so. Not in the way Construction is at any rate. It certainly won't be a skill 'only for rich people'

[Master Elf]

I read a quote from Jagex mod saying that the new skill will not start with a B.