Demon Flash Mobs arrive next week!
Posted Jan 25, 2013, 12:14 PM UTC
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A teaser with a player who's not wearing random inappropriate gear?
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You're healing it!
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Might just be the angle it's at, but it looks a lot like it's floating.
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I'm all for fighting these demons in the desert (like the pic), not so much in the wilderness (like the Behind the Scenes says)....
It looks like from the pic that damage it does to you will also heal it. Or it could be that the player's own attack backfired, hurt himself and healed the demon.
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The Demon Flash Mobs will be spawning all over the game. :)
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so following the pattern of flash mobs would a mob aligned to another one of the gods be next?
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Who knows! I'd certainly love to see an Icyene flash mob! :D
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YES!!!!
Oh wow, I have been waiting for SO LONG for Icyenes to be implemented far more into the game, especially if its the return of the race! (or at least a instanced Icyene town),
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When will you be improving KK drop table? At the moment, too many sharks.
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I'll let the balancing guys know you think it needs looking at! :)
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200+ Kills dry in last two days. I think you re-balanced it a bit too much.
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Is the armor tradeable?
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Hopefully not.
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Is this similar to Skoll and Hati? Do you have a link to more info?
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Thank you, Sir! It sounds like a cool break from PoP and Agility.
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Torva...?
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Torva!
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Show off. :'c
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these events never really interest me :/ goblins, snowmen blah blah its all the same
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The demons will be much higher level than the goblin raids were and will be handing out some pretty sweet armour! :)
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Could you elaborate a bit on what you mean by "pretty sweet armour"?
I'm assuming with 70-90 armour buffs, this new armour you mentioned will be pretty sweet looking, instead of stat wise.
Furthermore, higher level? I recently returned to playing and did not bother with the winter raids. So could you give an example of the level ranges we should expect these demons to be around. And if possible a comparison in kill difficulty to a common monster in game.
EDIT: For example Hati and Skoll, I was like oh level 150ish no problem this should be quick. Dudes took about twice as long as the new KBD to kill.
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The armor has the same stats as dragon armor. Here is the link to the page with the info for the new armor... it looks like it's mainly for fighting the demons. http://services.runescape.com/m=news/behind-the-scenes-january-2013
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oh nice, ill maybe check them out then
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Hello Mod Mike, do you have any tips/advice for me in regards to getting back into the game. I mainly played 04-07, with a couple of very, very brief stints inbetween. I feel incredibly overwhelmed these days by the changes and I feel like i'm struggling to learn about all the new stuff. Even the simple things like dying and what not have changed so much. As someone who knew almost everything back in the day, I feel like I know almost nothing now. It's made even worse by the fact i'm a pretty high combat and total. (196/1900+) I used to love RS badly and would like to get into it, since alot of the changes do actually interest me. I also have not a single friend to turn to for advice/questions.
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Hey Benny,
It's awesome to hear you're keen to get back into the game. I'd suggest the first thing you do upon login is check out the new Combat Academy tutorial in Lumbridge, you can teleport straight there via the new tab on the interface and it'll quickly teach you the basis of the new combat system.
Other than that, try chatting with other players (in-game or even on this subreddit) about major changes, price fluctuations and anything else you're perhaps unsure of. Don't forget there's also the RuneScape Wiki and a handful of great fansites filled to the brim with useful information!
Last of all, don't worry about not knowing everything! You'll quickly relearn the game and fall back in love with RuneScape all over again. :)
Look forward to seeing you in-game soon! :)
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Hey, Yeah I did the combat stuff and a touch of slayer just to get the hang of the new combat system, which I actually quite like even though a lot of people seem totally against it. I've decided it would be a pretty good idea to try find a clan since there's alot more support for clans these days, and it would be a good way to find some friends and what not. But the huge amount of clans is making it hard for me to choose one! I've already resorted to the Runescape Wiki a few times! (I'm not sure if that's actually a Jagex site or not, but it's very helpful.)
One thing I've also found a bit annoying since my return is the amount of 'gambling' going on, with all the flower games, dice games, hot/cold etc. They all have party hats and what not. :( Also there seems to be alot more bots/spammers these days, I know this is always going to be a thing but it seems worse than when I left. I reported this gold spam guy, and he got snatched up by the thing which I thought was cool, but then another bot ran along and started spamming the same site!
The player numbers are a little bit sad to see, when I played there was 230k+ players, now it's ranging from 50-80k, I would love to see this number rise, someone on the forums suggested expanding into the Asian market which I thought was an interesting idea. Yes some of the changes may not have been the most popular, but overall there's a hell of a lot more to do now than when I played which should equal to more players!
Anyway that's just a few of the thoughts going on in my head. ^_^
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My only problem is hopefully precautions are taken so a newbie wandering in the lumbridge swamp isn't killed by a lvl 200 boss.
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I hope other demons in the game are updated to look that good.
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They will be! :)
There's also a rework of the classic Demon Slayer quest next week so there will be plenty of fresh demons to feast your eyes on!
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Oh that sounds sweet, hopefully I can get one last fight in against classic Delrith in the Dominion Tower before then.
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Tbh, that is probably my favorite quest. First one I ever did on my first account :) thank you for reworking it.
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Along with the rework of demon slayer, should take a look at the exiled kalphite queen. When a player gets the drop of oyster pearls they're all individual while with the original Kalphite Queen drops them noted. Or was this intended?
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Oh man, that brings back so many memories, first time I did Demon Slayer was almost 8 years ago now, I'm glad its finally getting a makeover :)
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Is it floating?
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looking forward to it =)
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I absolutely love this.
I always loved stars and other distractions from the grind.
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Why...
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They both hit each other for the same damage, spooky :o
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Looks very similar to the doomguard demons in the Warcraft series.
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He's not the real mod mike, I have the jagex twitter! Jk hes real
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Does that demon look alot like that boogie bow demon thing?