A New Feature!

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Have you ever been working on a quest and you were stumped on the next step? Or maybe you are working on your 99 skill goal and just want to get some other opinions? You want to get some quick answers, but your usual band of friends aren't online at the time, so what can you do?

Here are RuneHQ, we want to help you out. We will be providing several sessions on IRC and Ventrilo, so that you can ask our staff volunteers those burning questions! Please click on the graphic above or here to get more detailed information.

Session Times

This Saturday, August 30th at the following times on both IRC and Ventrilo:

• 9:00am - 11:00am CDT
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm CDT

Time Converter and how to use it.

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~ RuneHQ Staff ~

All Fired Up Quest Guide

For those who are looking for an interesting and fun way to train their Firemaking, the reward of this quest offers the access to a new Firemaking mini-game.

Our thanks go out to Razkumar and everyone else who helped to get this guide up so quickly!

~ Alfawarlord ~

Quotations taken directly from Runescape.com

26 August 2008 - All Fired Up

Increasingly concerned by Morytania mischief makers and invaders from the Wilderness, King Roald has a burning desire to increase homeland security. This has taken the form of a beacon network that will warn Varrock of invasion. The beacons have been built and firetenders have been assigned to look after them; the only problem is that they are yet to be tested – and that's where King Roald could use your pyromania...

After you learn the basics of lighting and maintaining the beacons in a sizzlingly short quest, you are free to use the beacons as you please. Why not challenge yourself and see how many beacons you can keep simultaneously alight? Rewards are in store for those who succeed, not to mention some Firemaking experience for flashy firetenders.

Summary

In other news...

The level 86 Plank Make spell now has the option to skip the warning message when converting logs to planks. At this level, we feel that most players are aware that it costs money; so, after one cast, you can opt to turn the message off.

Various dyes have had their Grand Exchange price ranges adjusted to allow for a built-in 'delivery' cost. This compensates those players who have taken the time to gather dyes in larger quantities.

A new option has been added to allow the collection of Grand Exchange purchases in note form. Don't worry: you can still choose to take the objects directly, but for larger quantities this option should be cert-ifiably handy!

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Quotations taken directly from RuneScape.com

22 August 2008 - RuneScape in Guinness World Records!

RuneScape has entered the record books this week. The game has been recognised as the most popular free MMORPG in the world for the second year in a row, with a certificate awarded by Guinness World Records. That's one record that Usain Bolt didn't manage to get!

The presentation took place at the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany, where RuneScape has been showcasing RuneScape HD.

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22 August 2008 - Jagex Store - Official Launch!

The Jagex Store has expanded to include a range of official RuneScape merchandise. If you visit it today, you'll find that it includes the following items:

• T-shirts
• Hoodies
• Mousemats
• A wireless optical mouse
• Mugs

None of these items are available anywhere else - they are exclusives to the Jagex Store. The official RuneScape novel, Betrayal at Falador, is also available from the store.

We have more merchandise planned for the near future, so keep an eye on the RuneScape front page for more announcements. We've even got some items in the pipeline that are based on your feedback!

Anyway, enough from us - get to the Jagex Store and check out the official accessories and apparel for yourself!

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18 August 2008 - Price Change - Starting Today

For players who create a new subscription, the monthly cost of RuneScape membership has increased 30p in the UK, $0.95 in the US and by similar amounts in other currencies. These are examples of credit card prices - all other payment types have been increased by a similar margin.

For a list of the new prices, please view the Billing Options page.

If you have an existing subscription, set up before the 18th August, then this price change will not affect you. You will continue to pay the lower price for as long as you keep your membership valid. As long as you do not allow your membership to lapse for more than two weeks (after the 18th of August), you will continue to pay at this lower RuneScape price.

We are also offering a 'loyalty' rate, for those of you who have paid at the slightly increased price for a long period. If you pay at the higher rate for 12 months (without a gap of more than 14 days) you will be offered the lower, $5 (£3.20) rate at the end of the year.

For those of you who pay by Surfpin or PaybyCash, there are some points to note due to the way your payments are made:

• If you make a payment at the lower price, but have an account that is charged at the higher price, then you will receive fewer days of credit.
• If you make a payment at the higher price, but have an account that is charged at the lower price, then you will receive more days of credit.

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18 August 2008 - Wallie Card Update

We recently introduced a method of making direct payments using Wallie Cards for RuneScape. With the recent price increase, existing Wallie Card subscribers will be pleased to find out that they are able to keep paying a lower price. Wallie cards are available in lots of stores in the EU and Switzerland, and can be used for longer, multiple-month subscriptions.

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Official RuneHQ August Event
Olympic Games Celebration!

Citius -Altius - Fortius! No those aren't words to some new spell, they are actually the words that compose the Olympic motto, which in English translates to: Faster - Higher - Stronger!

Well, in this month's event we will be celebrating the Olympic games, and you will have an opportunity to experience each part of the motto in its own way.

Stronger: Nothing toughens you up like a good game of Gnomeball! This first event will not only make you stronger, but also get into the true spirit of the games by showing a team mentality!

Faster: Nothing truly makes you faster like a good ol' session of agility training. After our Gnomeball scores are settled, we'll all head over for some agility training at the Gnome Stronghold course!

Higher: We'll all be a little higher as we climb up a few levels in the Grand Tree and have a seat at the local bars. Grab a beer or two, reminisce about the games (real and RuneScape alike), and most importantly, have good times with friends.

Important Information:

• Event: Olympic Games Celebration! (Gnomeball, Agility Training, and After-Party).
  
  
• When: Saturday, August 23rd.
  
  
• Time: 2pm CST, 8pm GMT+0
  
  
• Where: World 60 (Members)
  
  
• Meeting Place: The Gnomeball mini game inside the Tree Gnome Village.
  
  
• What to bring: Money for beer and a good attitude.
  
  

Visit the Official Events Forum on our Community Forum for additional information and comments.

If you are not registered on our Community Forums, just click here to go to the registrations page. If you have problems validating your email, make sure to check your junk/bulk email box or you can send an email to forum_admin@runehq.net.

~ RuneHQ Events Team ~

Quotations taken directly from Runescape.com

15 August 2008 - Future PvP Updates

The most frequent request we have received over the last few months has been to put more PvP back into the game. We want to let you know that this request hasn't gone unheard, and that we've put a lot of research into how we can introduce new PvP mechanisms. The aim is for PvP content that better replaces the old Wilderness, but without reintroducing RWT.

Hopefully, you’re already aware of the imminent Clan Wars release (see the September Behind the Scenes in a couple of weeks for more information), but there are also plans afoot for the most exciting and "old school" PvP update we have ever considered – unique PvP worlds.

As many of our long term players know, in the old RuneScape Classic days you could actually fight players just outside the gates of Lumbridge, before the days of duelling and even before the days of the old Wilderness itself. Players could hunt each other down, chasing them away from favourite resource points and generally "owning" large areas of the map.

So, in 2008, we will be bringing you special 'PvP worlds', where you can fight other players almost anywhere! In addition to all the usual content you might expect to find in RuneScape, they will also include:

• Optional sign-up – choose between PvP danger or stick to ordinary play by simply switching worlds.
• High danger with items dropped on death.
• High rewards for kills. To avoid any RWT issues the reward for a successful PK will be generated by the game, similar to when you kill a monster at the moment. We're creating generous drop tables based on factors like your levels and the impressiveness of the kill.
• These drop tables will include "PvP world specific" items like XP-modifying gear, lvl 70+ equipment and new, glorious, short-term but hard hitting gear. These will once again make PKing a viable source of income.
• PvP across 99% of the world, including the old Wilderness.
• Attack any player within a certain level of your own. Level range depends on the area, similar to the old Wilderness levels.
• ...And all sorts of other twists on interesting content... Just think of the possibilities when you can PK anywhere!

Naturally, we also have other PvP-orientated content, like Stealing Creation (a resource control game where skillers and PKers work together, creating equipment and beating up the opposition) and Mobilising Armies (a real-time strategy game where you use your hard made bows, swords, etc. to equip your own armies in 4-player battles).

Add all this to a healthy schedule of quests (featuring Arrav and the sequel to Spirit of Summer), holiday events and some unique puzzle content... and the rest of '08 has something for almost everyone.

Finally, we'd like to let you in on a little secret – we're currently working on our highest level, longest, most exciting quest ever. Not necessarily for launch in '08 (it's not something we want to rush, after all), it’s already had more development time than the entirety of "Recipe for Disaster"... but you’ll have to wait to find out more. We're adding secret hints and references all the time about this one, so if you need to know more, just look around! Leave no stone unturned....

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14 August 2008 - Players' Gallery - Barrows Brothers

There's been a bit of a Barrows Brothers theme recently, with our wallpaper being followed by a Players' Gallery. If you like your warriors purple and ghostly, go here to see some ghoulish pictures.

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