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Gepan

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  3. Posted

    Hello,


    Thank you for providing some feedback - However some of the supply and demand issues come directly from players being inconsiderate and hogging resources.  Reference the screenshots below of an actual bank.  I will look into some of your other suggestions in the thread but simply indicating that players are not holding onto items for self benefit is unfortunately not the case. 

    I think one thing that we could consider in the sense of a suggestion is holding each other accountable when it comes to things like price gauging and being selfish or self motivated when it comes to suggesting updates and the take on the economy aspect.  An example of a self motivated suggestion would be adding increased drops to the wilderness for certain monsters. We have already added PVP armors, noted drops, a resource dungeon and the list goes on into the wilderness.  How about we consider taking a step away and adding 5 noted rune bars as a drop to Rune Dragons or a instant 1m drop each time someone kills a slayer superior? 

    There is ways we can look into improving the economy and drops without using the wilderness because again we are wanting to boost the economy not boost the player count in the wilderness from my understanding of your suggestion but all of your answers seem directly reflectant of content the wilderness has to offer. 

    Perhaps you could enlighten me on this?




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  5. Posted

    Hello,

    I am going to reply and hopefully it becomes crystal clear because I am sick of seeing the same feedback time and time again. 

    • Theatre of Blood
    • Construction
    • GIM
    • Revision Update
    • Wilderness Updates (Only recommended by certain members of the community time and time again)

    These are all suggestions that I have seen a numerous amount of times and the top four are extremely important but are not something that we will spin our fingers and produce next week.  There is other developers such as myself who will not be involved in the Theatre of Blood or Revision Updates.  One thing that makes me sick to my stomach with some of the replies is how one sided they are for example we are not focusing on adding new hunter mechanics, or ZMI but instead we are focused on combat and PVP which are important to only the poster.

    If we are going to "fix" Zenyte with suggestions and threads like this then people need to be open to the mindset of all the players instead just certain cliques.  Speaking of cliques it is also extremely disgusting when I see people becoming a nuisance in global chats with their friends with the solo purpose to have an up-rise. An example will follow at the end of this reply.

    We need to all be respectful and actually care about things that will benefit all players and not just one specific group.  Everything mentioned in majority of these replies is focused on two groups pkers, and our pvmers are the skillers just shit out of luck for example?

    I have seen these threads a numerous amount of times titled differently and they are all wrapped around the same thing and yeah this is pretty much my comment on this topic here.

     

    This is not how we treat developers you want to take your suggestions into consideration..

     

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    Community Poll - Theatre of Blood - Death Mechanics

     

    Hello Community,

    The Development Team and Management Team have been in deep in discussions about the Theatre of Blood and we have decided to reach out to the community on their opinions on the death mechanics.  We are looking into three different avenues and we would like your opinion on which one you think best fits Zenyte.

     

    1.) The death mechanics should follow the death mechanics of OSRS and Hardcore Ironman should lose their status upon a full death.

    2.) The death mechanics should be altered because we are a RSPS and follow a path similar to RAIDS I (COX) allowing for safe deaths and the ability to continue on with your raid upon death however your chances for a higher tier reward will be less. 

    3.) The death mechanics should be altered because we are a RSPS as said above in 2.) however there will be a gold sink added such as a fee of 750k to conduct a TOB raid.

     

    Thank you,

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    Community Poll - Construction or Theatre of Blood

     

    Hello Community,

    I hate to title this thread as Construction or Theatre of Blood because after after code review with @Grantit has become clear that both of these will be possible however it is important to note as a solo developer working on two large projects of this caliber it will take some time.  We both have received a lot of feedback from the community in the last 24 to 48 hours and the opinion from person to person differs so we would like to open up a poll to the community about which update they would like to see come first as a larger piece of content will it be Construction or Theatre of Blood?
     

    Grant has also started working on the bug fixes to date there is currently about 200 and we took out a nice chunk in the last couple of days.  We will continue to dig toward the bottom of this barrel and hopefully that will eliminate a lot of the repeat bug issues inside of the bug report sections! 

     

    Thank you,

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  8. Posted

    Hello Hoax,

    Recent Resignations/Jimmy/Kal

    I would like to start from the top and say @Kal33m1and @Not Slicewere absolute legends on the Staff Team there is no denying that. However then I felt like you took the last few resignations from our Staff Team and tossed them in without proper context for example you said Schmeradful left but he is still on the team. 1945 and Felix both great assets to the community however they both got met with real life and that will always come first.  I will not make a comment on the Opi situation.

    Dragon Pickaxes
     

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    That made people think that the content was added, but nothing really was. Has anybody even bought Clay packs from the shop? Should an ironman really get a Dpick (end game gear) without any hassle?

    The clay packs are following the structure of Old School Runescape as is the bag full of gems however on the topic of Dragon Pickaxe If I recall exactly the reason(s) behind the change was to balance some of the drops when we added the PVP armors.  We are not a PVP server so it was not logical at that time to have all of our high end content such as dark crabs, PVP armors (best armors), dragon pickaxes, some rings locked behind being in the wilderness. 


    Senior Staff Teams

    Refer to my response here


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    Also i would like to point out some of the earlier staff members like Lvl3virgin and Athera. Could you Matt tell me, why were they chosen to be staff? Because they applied? It's literally like giving P-mod status in osrs for people botting.

    There is a feedback stage during applications and majority of our Staff including some of those you mentioned above as the elite supported their application. There isn't a reason someone should be given an opportunity at an entry level position if they have decided to actually change their behaviors.

    QA Teams

    I will look into the information you provided and see if we can make any adjustments.

     

    However  I am not sure what this type of behavior is for since you seem to be an advocate for the players. I made it clear I already addressed and fixed the bug with the female character (facemask) if you would like us to restart the server to ensure it's implemented let me know.

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  9. Posted

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    Community Poll - Future Updates I

     

    Hello Community Members,

    The "Direction of Your Game" Poll received a remarkable response and it became quite clear by the 80% margin that most players want us to update the game based upon logic even if doesn't follow the OSRS mechanics by 100%.  I do however want to mention that this is a case by case basis and we will still try to follow the same path of OSRS to the best of our developing ability however we do not want to lock great content by the inability to have a revision completed in a timely manner. (An example would be the next 2 to 4 weeks) 

    I have been working closely with members of our community, former staff members/developers and current staff members to come up with a list of proposed changes that we believe could be implemented in a respectful timeframe.  I have asked some questions in this poll to get some clarity as to the type of content our players would like to see in their game. If you have any questions, concerns or statements to add toward any of these poll questions please do not hesitate to reply.


    Crystal Shards - We will attempt to add parts of the area however if we are not able to successfully without a revision we may consider adding things like the ability to pickpocket the elves for a chance at crystal shards, or add the chance of obtaining crystal shards from ores/trees around LLetya/Elf City.  We may even have an option of adding a exclusive Crystal Tree in the patch used for the Song of Elves quest inside of Lletya. The ideas are endless we will just want to make sure they are logical to OSRS standards. 

     

     

    Sincerely,


    Matt 

  10. Posted

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    Community Poll - The Direction of Your Game

     

    Hello Community Members,


    All of our Staff Teams have been holding meetings/discussions about future updates, but I wanted to come directly to our community with a extremely important question and I would like to give some background beforehand. 

    The word "revision" is something you may be familiar with if you have been playing Zenyte for a little while.  The reason being is a lot of our future content is locked behind a process called a "revision update" which would essentially import a lot of new models, areas, structures and content from newer versions of Old School Runescape. (Examples would be Prifddinas, Tempoross, Nightmare etc)  

    This type of update from my knowledge and the reason behind it not being concluded in the past was simply because a project of this caliber would take a lot of hours for a normal developer let alone a junior developer like myself or someone who works a 50-60 hour work week like our other developer.

    I believe once we are able to find a trusted and consistent full-time developer (We are currently hiring for one if you know anyone then have them send a resume to [email protected]) then we may be able to tackle a project of this magnitude however for now unfortunately we are not able too.

    With that being said I would like to offer a proposal to our community members in order to release new content into the current game as it stands we could offer alternative methods to some content which would make logical sense in the world of Old School Runescape however may not fit the specific path that Old School Runescape had taken. This would only be temporarily implemented until a revision is completed and the correct path is defined.

    I would like to provide an example a "basilisk jaw" is obtained by killing basilisk knights beneath the Island of Stone on Old School Runescape however our revision does not currently offer a Island of Stone so a alternative method may be implementing the basilisk jaw to be dropped by basilisk at a super ultra rare rate, and a superior basilisk at a rare rate.

    We may also add certain areas and activities to the best of our ability to make them accessible until and we could then build around that. An example would be Giant Seaweed farming may be implemented before underwater agility and the swimming animation for that set area. 

    I have 18 to 20 years of experience with Runescape in general and I have been a active member of the Old School Runescape community since launch maintaining a account with over 2200 total.  I understand the general philosophy and mission statement the game holds and would not push an update that would put that in jeopardy. 

    My question is would you like us to push content take makes logical sense for Old School Runescape as explained above or would you like us to wait patiently for a new developer to come along and do a revision update? (This may take anywhere from 2-8 months)

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  15. Posted

    Hello @Psyche I would like to say thank you for your feedback I would like to give some internal insight on your previous statement or question about the Admin accounts and what their roles intel.    We have 2 in-game administrators who have their player account with administrator access (Itzcnote100 and No Slice) then they both have a spawn admin account named Admin Carl and Mod Slice this prevents them from account sharing and we have the ability to add 2FA to all the spawn accounts instead of leaving some without 2FA (example was the old Zenyte account that was shared)

    We also have introduced two new position that of Head Administrator who handles all of our Staff Team and Assistant Manager who handles all of the day to day activities in a position similar to that of Life.  The Manager position has a lot more responsibilities without a Kris, Corey, Chris, and Tommeh because I make all of the decisions both for the Forum Development, Game Development and oversee the Development Team in the process. 

    Our Global Moderators focus more on forums and in-game moderation duties and have winged away from direct supervision of the Junior Moderators as we have a specific person in-charge of that. However their feedback is obtained during promotions, and evaluations.


    The Staff Team in general handles way more responsibility per role then they have previously a couple of examples would be Global Moderators are able to process 2FA requests, and account management. Our Administrators are able to handle donator transfers, and Head Administrator / Assistant Managers are able to handle purchasing of advertisements, funds, and other content that was locked behind developer role.  I am also able to access the server databases, and game files not something that was possible from my knowledge.

    However again to not get off subject and refocus your point I will take into consideration your mention of the lack of Staff on certain timezones etc.

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    Community Poll - Zenyte Survey 

     

    Hello Community Members,

    The Management Team and Administrator Yamato have been analyzing our current player base and we ask that you take a few minutes to review and answer some general questions about the server.  I will be selecting two individuals who answers all of the poll questions at random to receive a pick in a goodie bag. 

    Please comment below once you have completed the poll for entry into the goodie bag.
     

    Thanks,


    Gepan

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  19. Posted

    Hello Community Members,

    The following items are being polled for the Summer Store Update:

    • Imbued Capes
    • Easter Carrot
    • Battlemage Potions (30)
    • Bastion Potions (30)
    • Pet Penace Queen
    • 3rd Age Druidical Set (This will be the most expensive item in the shop by far) 
    • Ecumenical Key Pack (This will be 10 keys at a cheaper rate then single keys)
    • Anger Sword (Cosmetic)
    • Anger Mace (Cosmetic)
    • Anger Spear (Cosmetic)
    • Dark Totem

     

    Thank you for taking the time to vote in this poll! If you have any more suggestions for future store updates please message a member of the Staff Team.


    Sincerely,

    Gepan

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  22. Posted

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    Community Poll - The Kingdom of Miscellania

     

    Hello Community Members,


    I would like to receive some feedback and poll the Kingdom of Miscellanea with some alternative changes from the original content that would benefit Zenyte. If you are not familiar with The Kingdom of Miscellnia please read over this wiki page or watch this Youtube video. 

    As you know or would of learned by now you in this thread you obtain materials or resources by managing the Kingdom of Miscellania by doing favors or tasks and obtaining approval.   You will also know that there is 6 different types of materials you may obtain "herbs, wood, minerals, fish, hardwood and seeds"

    My proposal will be to increase the yields by 50% - 100% from that of Old School Runescape but also change some of the materials obtained for example:


    Herbs - You will receive standard grimy herbs, herblore seconderies, and flax 
    Minerals - You will receive random ores from iron ore to rune ore
    Fish - You will receive raw sharks, raw mantas, raw turtles
    Wood - You will receive maples, yews, magics 
    Hardwood - You will receive all levels of planks   
    Farm - You will receive all medium to high tier seeds

     

    If you have any suggestions or feedback please free to reply with them in regards to this content! I am curious if the community is wanting us to stick with the system of approval. 

     

    Sincerely,


    Gepan

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