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Bounty Hunter Rewards Poll Blog

Changelist (12/09/2019):

• The poll questions offering corrupt dragon equipment were removed. We would like more time to understand how they should be introduced and what the consequences might be. One concern is that in their current state, corrupt dragon weapons would have been available to free players despite being intended as members-only content. We were also wary of the impact they may have had on PvP in free-to-play following the addition of Snare on those worlds.
• Dagon'hai was deemed too powerful for a 30 Defence requirement. We have increased this requirement to 70 and specified the drop rate from the deep Wilderness Larran's chest it would be available from (1/512). Some players feel this is not a fitting place for Dagon'hai to be placed into the game - if the poll question fails, we may offer it elsewhere at a later date.
• The looting bag changes will negatively affect UIM who will no longer be able to effectively stockpile the bags. We're considering allowing players to store spare looting bags with an NPC.
• The GP that PvP weapons convert to when dropped was considered too low. It has been increased to 2,500,000 GP and the curse fee has been raised to match. This adds greater risk when using the weapons and a bigger reward for defeating an opponent who has one.
• The questions about PvP weapons being used in combat other than PvP were clarified.
• The cost of the rune pouch in the new points system has been reduced to 75 (roughly equivalent to 1,500,000 GP in value).
• The interaction between the Saradomin sword upgrade item and the blessed version of the sword has been clarified.

In the Bounty Hunter design blog we pitched a points system and new rewards for the minigame. We'd like to thank you for your feedback, which we've used to solidify the contents of this post and its poll questions. The core changes since the design blog are as follows:

• The legacy BH shop will remain open for a couple of months after full release to allow players ample time to cash in their old mysterious emblems.
• All existing items in the BH shop will be re-costed according to the new points system and added to the new shop. This includes the looting bag.
• All rewards discussed in the original design blog will be tradeable.
• Killstreaks will not end upon logging out.

Since the original design was overwhelmingly popular, we would like to proceed to a beta sometime after RuneFest. In the meantime, we would like to poll the rewards.

The poll is expected to open on Friday September 13th and will close on Wednesday September 18th.

W45 Deadman

In Deadman players have access to the Bounty Hunter shop and can use emblems from Wilderness Slayer to purchase its items. We are in discussion with players from that community about how the rework design should affect this world.


The Rune Pouch and Looting Bag

The rune pouch will remain available in the Bounty Hunter shop after the rework. In the original pitch we suggested that this should cost 250 Bounty Points, but feedback suggested that this price was too high. We’ve decreased the cost to 150 Bounty Points and may make further adjustments if necessary.

Update: this is now likely to be around 75 points following further feedback and is still open to suggestions. Some players have also requested that the item's cost in the Slayer reward points shop be reduced. This may be polled at a later date.

Rune pouches have always been indirectly purchasable with GP because mysterious emblems are tradeable. Post rework, players won't be able to convert mysterious emblems into the points they need to obtain a rune pouch from the BH shop. To avoid trouble with the in-game economy, rune pouches will be made tradeable, as will looting bags, although these will be much cheaper in the BH shop. The rune pouch's Grand Exchange price will match its' current effective value and the looting bag will be inexpensive.

We would also like to make rune pouches and looting bags stackable. This would allow you to accumulate spares, avoiding having to purchase new ones each time they are lost. However, only one of each could be used at a time. We can also make looting bag drop rates scale to the level of Wilderness NPC that drop them.





Elemental Runes

In the design blog we offered "Omni" runes. After your feedback, we decreased the original price of these in the shop and made sure they would be tradeable, allowing anyone to use them. Now called Elemental runes, each one can act as an Air, Water, Earth or Fire rune and can be used anywhere within the Wilderness. These would be tradeable and cost 1 point for 100 runes.



Larran's Keys
With mysterious emblems leaving the Wilderness Slayer loot table, we would like to offer the following additional rewards from Larran's chest to make up for the lost value. If any of these pass, they will be available from both chest locations, but more common from the one in deeper Wilderness.

Update: each individual piece will have a 1/512 chance to be received.

Dagon'hai Robes


In the Warding poll we offered the Dagon'hai robe set, which received 72% support. We'd like to offer the set again to see if it fares better coming from Larran's chest instead.


The set would require 70 Magic and 70 Defence to equip. This has been increased from 30 in the original pitch.



Recolours
In the first Bounty Hunter rework design blog we suggested a number of items that could be recoloured. While some players liked the idea and suggested other items that could be recoloured, the majority were against the idea of offering further cosmetics from the Bounty Hunter shop. In response, these have been removed from the design and won't be polled.


The alternate special attack animations for the godswords had more appeal than the other recolours. As such, we'd like to poll the following question:


Weapon Upgrades

In the rework design, Bounty crates are a reward that are bought with the new Bounty points, averaging 100,000 coins worth of rewards - typically PvP supplies. We suggested that Bounty crates should contain tradeable attachments that improve the viability of certain weapons. We're pitching two weapon upgrades, with opportunities for more to be added in the future:

Saradomin Sword Upgrade

This upgrade item would replace the special attack of the Saradomin sword with a more powerful one, identical to the special attack from the original version of the Korasi sword. This upgrade could be applied to standard or blessed versions of the sword (ones with a Saradomin's tear already applied). When an upgraded blessed sword runs out of charges, the sword would be lost as usual, leaving you with the tear and new attachment. It could be later blessed again with another tear.


Abyssal Dagger

Feedback has suggested that the abyssal dagger is underused in PvP. To remedy this, we'd like to offer an upgrade item that improves its special attack.



Ancient Warriors' Weapons

The unique loot table that Bounty crates have a chance to roll on could also contain the Ancient Warriors' weapons that featured in the Deadman Mode tournaments. We still believe that the armours are too powerful for the live game so we are not offering those at this time.

The weapons would have the same stats as they did in Deadman. The only change we would like to make is that Vesta's Longsword will have a 50% special attack cost, increased from 25%. The melee weapons would require 78 Attack to wield, the ranged weapons would require 78 Ranged to wield and Zuriel's staff would require 78 Magic and Attack to wield.

Each weapon would degrade to nothing after one hour of combat. Brand new weapons will be tradeable, but as soon as the weapons are used in combat they will start to degrade and become untradeable. If they are lost on death, they will convert to 2,500,000 coins.

Update: this was increased from 1,000,000 which was not considered enough. The curse fee has also been increased accordingly.

A player who dies with one of these weapons (with the exception of Morrigan's axes and javelins) will become cursed by that Ancient Warrior. This will also apply to players who drop the weapon manually in the Wilderness. While cursed, a player may not equip that warrior's weapon again until the curse is lifted. The new Bounty Hunter NPC will lift the curse for 3,000,000 coins. This encourages players to use the weapon until it fully degrades rather than "cashing in" by dying on purpose to a friend or alternate account.

Each PvP weapon will be offered individually and they will work only for PvP combat, unless players separately vote in question #9 to enable them against Wilderness NPCs, or in question #10 to enable them against NPCs across the whole game.









Thank you all again for your feedback! If you haven't already, there's still time to share your thoughts via the links below before the above questions are polled in game.

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