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Post: Information on "old"servers - former Jagex employee
Forum: RuneScape General
Assigned Moderators: Dalpra, Wolfdog, RsProd, -Ryan

Posted by: Tabbycat88
Original Content:

Hello to the Sythe community.

The purpose of this post is to shed a little light on the content that has been the center of much speculation over the past months.

I am a former employee of Jagex, I still maintain regular contact with some of my former colleagues, one of whom works closely with the development team.

I am posting this to put your minds at ease, and because I was never happy with the communication between Jagex and its players. It has always been a one way conversation.

The following information comes from current Jagex employees, dates and content may change at any time.

1: "Old school" servers.

"Old school" servers will be introduced this year. The squeel of fortune will be enabled in the old school servers to replace some content that will not be available in the re-introduced version. Only content that was available in the "old runescape" can be received from the squeel of fortune. The date that the servers will be "rolled back" to will be decided in a Poll, to be held later this year. I have been told the developers generally agree that it will be somewhere in 2006. Solomon's general store will not be available in these servers.

Just as it was and still is today, there will be both free to play and members servers, only players with a current subscription will be able to access the members servers. Any account that was created after the "roll back" date, (lets say 2006) will have all stats re-set to 1 upon entering the old server, all wealth will also be reset. Any account created before 2006 will have the same stats and wealth that it did at the time of the roll back date. The developers believe this is essential for the economy as it will re-introduce "rares" and other items in a fair way. As far as stats go, I'm told the setup explained before is very likely to change, it is believed that the opening of the "Old servers" will be a major event and there will be "xp lamps", "bonus xp time periods" and other hand ups to get new players started (remember, this is all still on the drawing board). Items will be non transferable between "Old servers" and the current game.

The "old servers" will have their own independent high scores. Only accounts that access the re introduced servers will appear on the high scores.

In the poll to be held later this year, players will have the chance to vote on key elements, I was told that it was suggested that players who had accounts that predate 2006 may have stronger influence in the poll. Some content that may be voted upon will be:
- Skill capes in old servers
- Quick chat
- Slightly enhanced menus
- Slightly enhanced music/SFX

There will still be a tutorial island, but you will have the option to skip it.

New accounts must log into the main game before accessing the old servers.

I am told that the current project overview changes every day, there are no staff working on in full time yet. It is by no means in the stages of development, but it has been on the drawing board for more then a month.

In the unlikely event that I receive more information, I will update this post.

2: Squeel of Fortune.

Not much to say, it's here to stay. There will be a poll in May where players can have their say on changes they want made to the SoF.

3: Membership.

By the end of the year, purchasing membership will be a lot different. There will be membership "packages" that include standard membership, additional content, SoF spins and J coins. The price of standard membership will rise by approx. 30%

Please don't post questions or try to contact me as I have no additional information. No information is guaranteed and is likely to change.

Hope you enjoyed the insight.

 

[Dalpra]

Done.