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Billing Web Pages - New Look

23-Sep-2009

We have redesigned our billing web pages. The subscription process is still the same, just with a brand new look to improve your experience.


Old billing style:...

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Woodcutting Rebalance

23-Sep-2009

Willows, maples and magic trees all have their uses, but what of the lesser known vegetation such as the hollow trees of Mort Myre or the arctic pines of the Fremennik isles? With this week’s update, we’ve taken a closer look at the Woodcutting skill, rebalancing experience for the less popular trees and cultivating some new forms of training, but it’s not just XP rates that we’ve been analysing.....

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Friends and Clan Chat Rollback

21-Sep-2009

During the migration of one of our storage systems, we have regrettably lost five days' worth of Friend List and Clan Chat updates for approximately one quarter of our players. Unfortunately, restoring from a newer backup is not an option in this situation, and the only course of action we have is to revert to the pre-migration data from last week.


As you may be aware, we have been movin...

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Game Worlds Moving...

18-Sep-2009

Following on from the game world outage in July, we are in the process of moving from the affected ISP as promised to a new facility that is not only robust but has significantly more bandwidth to support our continued growth requirements.


We have been using the new ISP at a different location for some time, so we know they are competent.


Unfortunately, this will mean some down-time whi...

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Advisors and Objectives

17-Sep-2009

Today’s update sees a rework to the very earliest portions of the game, plus a new feature called the objective system, which can be accessed via the new tab on the side interface (the signpost icon left of the Friends List).


Objective system


The objective system allows you to set yourself an objective to work towards, be that a specific skill level or the completion of a certain quest. ...

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