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Emps-World => Update Notes => Topic started by: Thomy on June 26, 2016, 03:43:51 pm
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Hello everybody,
I've got quite a few things ready, so please take your time and read through them. Some updates might be of great interest for you!
Ironman mode
Many people have continuously suggested the famous ironman mode. You're now able to make yourself an ironman account on tutorial island. The quest guide (last npc to visit) will offer you the option to become an ironman account. With this update, I've also reworked parts of the Hiscores (https://emps-world.net/hiscores). The page's layout was updated and an option was added to view ironman accounts only. Ironman accounts cannot get any items from player interactions, they have to get everything themselves (with the exception of membership tickets).
Moreover, ironman accounts have a special icon (https://emps-world.net/data/cache/Sprites/crowns/ironman_chat_badge.png) in front of their name to show off their efforts.
(https://emps-world.net/img/updates/ironman.17361.jpg)
Protection Prayers
The way protection prayers used to work was confusing and I also don't wish to explain it. This update overhauls protection prayers. When fighting an enemy with a protection prayer, your maximum hit is reduced:- You get 40% less damage from players with an activated protection prayer.
- You get 60% less damage from monsters with an activated protection prayer.
With this update we have a fair and easy to understand protection prayer system, the maximum damage is simply reduced. Monsters that cannot hit more than 25 will ALWAYS hit 0 with an activated protection prayer. This means that protection prayers give you full protection from weak monsters.
In-game fixes / tweaks:- The map loader has been rewritten. Presenting you a much smoother map transition when walking into newer areas. When teleporting somewhere, the game will pause until the region is loaded. Resulting in an overall smoother gameplay.
- The minimap is now rendered faster and won't lag anymore when moving around. It's now making use of multiple cores on your system to share the workload.
- Two additional obsidian dragons have been added to their caves.
- The way how dragonfire protection works has been changed. Dragonfire will now hit you more often and cannot be fully protected anymore. Dragonfire damage can always hit a maximum of 3 now, no matter how much protection you use.
- Vesta's spear special now works correctly again.
- You will now also get double tickets when using double XP scrolls during the Brimhaven agility arena minigame.
In other news
I'll now start working on the next huge update, which is going to be a new dungeon with a new boss. I'll most likely combine this with a quest series that continuously gives you more access to the area. I'm not 100% sure on the outcome though, just letting you guys know what I've got in mind. :D
All the best,
Thomy
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DAS DA GOOD STUFF KEEP IT UP THOMY HAVE ALL OF OUR SPIRITUAL ENERGY
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So you can't just bring a bunch of prayer potions to, say abby demons, but food aswell because of the protection prayer changes?
Ironman mode is a great addition, might create an account later.
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So you can't just bring a bunch of prayer potions to, say abby demons, but food aswell because of the protection prayer changes?
Ironman mode is a great addition, might create an account later.
That's true and could be a flaw in the system, I'll have a look at it, thank you!
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Woah didn't expect you to get it ready so fast :)
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Noice! Thanks for the update, Thomy. :)
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Amazing work, you got it done so fast. Stoked on the next one, thanks!
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exciting...
thanks
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Ironman mode!!!! Gonna love it.
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Great update! Im for sure gonna make an ironman :D
Quick question though, how are you going to get member on an ironman? Earlier, the unwritten rules for an ironman said that you can buy them from other players, but what now?
Exited to see what's coming up next!
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So you can't just bring a bunch of prayer potions to, say abby demons, but food aswell because of the protection prayer changes?
Ironman mode is a great addition, might create an account later.
That's true and could be a flaw in the system, I'll have a look at it, thank you!
Updated this 'issue': Monsters that cannot hit more than 25 will ALWAYS hit 0 with an activated protection prayer. This means that protection prayers give you full protection from weak monsters.
This was also used by the old protection prayer mechanic.
Great update! Im for sure gonna make an ironman :D
Quick question though, how are you going to get member on an ironman? Earlier, the unwritten rules for an ironman said that you can buy them from other players, but what now?
Exited to see what's coming up next!
You're able to trade member tickets and can buy them on the Grand Exchange.
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Great update! Im for sure gonna make an ironman :D
Quick question though, how are you going to get member on an ironman? Earlier, the unwritten rules for an ironman said that you can buy them from other players, but what now?
Exited to see what's coming up next!
You're able to trade member tickets and can buy them on the Grand Exchange.
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Alright, that's great!
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love you thomy been waiting for this :D
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Anyway easy to make an Ironman Mode. Great Updates Thomy... 8)
Also, Do ironman Gets rank on forums That would be nice.
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oii nice, finally something interesting!
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time to play again
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"Vesta's spear special now works correctly again."
What do you mean by this?
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Forum ironman icon likely not coming since we don't do ingame rank showoff unless it matters for the forum powers you have (staff etc)
We dont have donator ranks or maxed account ranks either.
"Vesta's spear special now works correctly again."
What do you mean by this?
the 'hitdelay'display used by weapons that have multiple hits in their special attack was updated (this update is not noticeable for players so it wasnt in the notes). I fixed that so it shows the hit correctly again. It's a different issue than the unable to KO issue before. It only affected pvm since special attacks are individually coded for pvm and pvp combat and vesta spec for pvm was simply forgotten
Bug report: https://emps-world.net/forum/index.php?topic=17391.0
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https://emps-world.net/forum/index.php?topic=17396.0
no? k den
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Protection Prayers
The way protection prayers used to work was confusing and I also don't wish to explain it. This update overhauls protection prayers. When fighting an enemy with a protection prayer, your maximum hit is reduced:- You get 40% less damage from players with an activated protection prayer.
- You get 60% less damage from monsters with an activated protection prayer.
Dunno why but protection prayers seem to do absolutely nothing against bosses now...
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Not big fan of the iron man mode.
But shouldn't you start with runecrafting first?
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When will we be getting the Minigame update that was pitched? Like, out of all the time I've been on Emps I've not even been in a minigame. It feels kinda sad.
I said before that I think we should get a rotating Minigame every week that gives out double or even quad tickets for that game. It'd get people to play the minigames and also have a reason for minigames rewards to even exsist.
The only things I ever see from Minigames are Void things and 99% of the time those are bought on GE now and not worked for.
Idk though, just a minigames lover wanting some love for minigames.
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Very nice update ! Alot players already playing :). I hope you will update it soon ;).
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Wup, new boss soon :o. That sounds like music in my ears!
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I hope ironmans got membership for free... otherwise there is no way to unlock any of the interesting game content.
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I hope ironmans got membership for free... otherwise there is no way to unlock any of the interesting game content.
They're allowed to obtain member tickets.
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Great updates, thanks!
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I hope ironmans got membership for free... otherwise there is no way to unlock any of the interesting game content.
They're allowed to obtain member tickets.
do you mean to buy from ge or by donating?
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I hope ironmans got membership for free... otherwise there is no way to unlock any of the interesting game content.
They're allowed to obtain member tickets.
do you mean to buy from ge or by donating?
Both and you can obtain them from other players too.
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I hope ironmans got membership for free... otherwise there is no way to unlock any of the interesting game content.
They're allowed to obtain member tickets.
do you mean to buy from ge or by donating?
You can do both.
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Great update! I really love it. But you should start working on runecrafting skill. :(
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Protection Prayers
The way protection prayers used to work was confusing and I also don't wish to explain it. This update overhauls protection prayers. When fighting an enemy with a protection prayer, your maximum hit is reduced:- You get 40% less damage from players with an activated protection prayer.
- You get 60% less damage from monsters with an activated protection prayer.
Dunno why but protection prayers seem to do absolutely nothing against bosses now...
They reduce 60% of their maximum hit. Assuming that bosses can hit 60, they'll now deal a maximum hit of 24. The protection system before also blocked a percentage of all hits. We may need to adjust this a little bit, because it may be too little for strong bosses. Which bosses have you been fighting?
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U FOKIN WOT
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Protection Prayers
The way protection prayers used to work was confusing and I also don't wish to explain it. This update overhauls protection prayers. When fighting an enemy with a protection prayer, your maximum hit is reduced:- You get 40% less damage from players with an activated protection prayer.
- You get 60% less damage from monsters with an activated protection prayer.
Dunno why but protection prayers seem to do absolutely nothing against bosses now...
They reduce 60% of their maximum hit. Assuming that bosses can hit 60, they'll now deal a maximum hit of 24. The protection system before also blocked a percentage of all hits. We may need to adjust this a little bit, because it may be too little for strong bosses. Which bosses have you been fighting?
Corp seems to hit a crap load of more than before.
Also I would like to address Barrows: Verac's special ability is to hit through prayer. That, in my opinion, should suggest that no-one else of the 6 brother should be able to do so. Currentl Dharok actually hits higher than verac through prayer.
Same with GWD. You're constantly taking damage from all 3 sources. If you cannot even fully protect yourself from even a single style, it's pointless.
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Was scrolling down the comments waiting for your comment, but hey? You can start a new ironman account and play with me when i come home ;)
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they shud make vestalongsword and statiuswarhammer like the strenght vesta spear has now its best update they ever made! AND DONT NERF VESTA SPEAR!!!!!
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they shud make vestalongsword and statiuswarhammer like the strenght vesta spear has now its best update they ever made! AND DONT NERF VESTA SPEAR!!!!!
already nerfed for next update, it should not be this powerful it was an unintended buff
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they shud make vestalongsword and statiuswarhammer like the strenght vesta spear has now its best update they ever made! AND DONT NERF VESTA SPEAR!!!!!
already nerfed for next update, it should not be this powerful it was an unintended buff
When weapons are buffed/nerfed could we please be informed about the changes so we can prevent over nerfing/buffing them and then we have to wait another month for an update.
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they shud make vestalongsword and statiuswarhammer like the strenght vesta spear has now its best update they ever made! AND DONT NERF VESTA SPEAR!!!!!
already nerfed for next update, it should not be this powerful it was an unintended buff
When weapons are buffed/nerfed could we please be informed about the changes so we can prevent over nerfing/buffing them and then we have to wait another month for an update.
I described the 'buff' and also described the incoming nerf in multiple topics/posts so it might be hard to overview but here they are:
- You can now KO players and monsters with vesta spear specials (before it would only do 90% of your hit, and since Emps does not use overkill you were never able to kill something with the special)
Since vesta spear special did only 90% of the hit, the maxhit is effectively 11% more than it was before. Stats will be adjusted accordingly soon.
and with this i mean the special strength (and thus the maxhit), not the stats or the normal attack of the weapon itself*
By fixing the weapon from 90% of the hit to 100% hit, I didn't realize that would ofcourse buff it.
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Loving Ironman mode!!
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Very much awesome