Bounty Worlds (+1 Item)

[+Karl]

17th July 2009 - Bounty Worlds (+1 Item)

 

With the recent disabling of Protect Item prayers on PvP Worlds, a lot of players feel that we had rendered their high-value weapons (godswords and dragon claws, in particular) worthless. While no changes had been made to the weapons themselves, the amount of wealth you had to risk in order to use those weapons was considered prohibitively high.

 

We obviously don’t want you to feel like your investment is wasted; we appreciate how much work some of you have put into getting those items! But, we also don’t want to undo changes that we feel are good for PKing as whole.

 

So, we’ve come up with a way of hopefully achieving both goals. Today we are introducing a new type of Bounty World. These ‘+1 item’ worlds still won’t allow you to use the Protect Item prayer, but, instead, everyone will always keep their most valuable item protected.

 

On these worlds, to gain drop potential you (as usual) have to be risking 75k (or 25k on a free world). Because you always keep your most valuable item on these worlds, this means you have to risk 75k of items in ADDITION to your always-protected item.

 

This has the following advantages:

 

a) It still achieves our original intentions of making it harder to gain drop potential and participate in rewarding combat without actually really risking something;

 

B) It stops high-value weapons being made worthless and still maintains that type of gameplay for people who enjoy it;

 

c) Conversely, people who feel the new, more powerful weapons unbalanced PKing, without any risk to the wielder, have a different type of world that they can enjoy too.

 

NOTE - Our ISP issues have meant that world 32, the planned +1 item Bounty World for free players, is not currently available. We sincerely apologise and hope to get this world back online as soon as possible.

[Guest Benjamin]

HUH Jagex are starting to get smart ^^ whats going on they usually crash severs and destroy peoples moral when they bring out an update lol

[+Karl]

Well Benjamin, the funny thing is. Around 20 worlds were offline all day yesterday.

[Brian]

I disagree with the whole thing.

[+Karl]

I'm kind of happy with it, worlds where you don't keep anything, and worlds where you keep one item. Just for those rich people with claws and AGS.

[Guest Benjamin]

Karl, to be honest I am not surprised. It seems with each update they bring out they manage to mess something up. I can't think of a time they have not messed up when doing an major update.

[`Bullet`]

now i can whip pk again <3 jagex.

[Guest Benjamin]

LMAO, I good look with whip pking :P

[Revo]

Would have been lovely if I hadnt invested on things that crashed.

[Joe]

I guess its a decent update itself still doesn't justify what they done to the economy for a few days <_<

[Joe]

I guess its a decent update itself, still doesn't justify what they done to the economy for a few days <_<

[magic12793]

lol at jagex finaly got smart, Yea i like the pvp and these +1 worlds just makes it better when fighting with my clan i dont gota worry about loosing my scimmy lol. +1 jagex

[Ded]

lol magic welfare noob, jk

[Guest Benjamin]

magic12793=noob lolz

[0wnage]

so that means you still get 1 itemers :( shame, they need to come up with a way to get rid of them

[streetz]

I disagree with the whole thing.

That's about it.

 

On top of that, with the 20 or so offline worlds, quite a few had a maximum of 50 players or so lol.

[Derrick]

I don't really care for it, I don't pk solo and I only pk with my clan or team

[AsI]

Hate it...

[konka]

I'm 112 combat on Verango, and I get a lot of people rushing me with AGS/Claws one iteming. Is kind of annoying, but oh well.

[XX R Cbow XX]

i think its stupid what was the whole point of taking away protect item if they were just gonna add this?

[Georgan]

Agreed Michelle.

This update was completely ridiculous... Tho I hate Range/2hers who pray.

Anyways just enjoy it :P

[Coz]

NTY, I like it that you dont have to worry about being smited, but so much for no skulling.

[Anthoni]

It would of been easier just to of kept everything the way it was tbh -.- But this is Jagex trying their "best" to make the game more fun for all. -.- I wish they would stop trying.

[S41NT]

Very smart indeed.

 

I like the fact you don't have to have protect prayer on either... thats so pro :) lol

[XX R Cbow XX]

sucks theres only like 2 worlds with it on