Friday, May 25, 2007

Wilderness Pking Poll

The current poll by Jagex on the main runescape site is focussed on multi-player actions. There are 3 types of multi-player action that Jagex are considering expanding within the game. The areas in the poll are:

  • Quests
  • Skills
  • Pking
Jagex are trying to figure out the view of the runescape community and whether or not more multi-player quests, skills or wilderness events (eg Team Pking) should be introduced.

It is a nice idea to think Jagex may be considering the role of runescape clans, although it does seem they consider groups of friends rather than clans. In this instance, clan support in runescape will not be any closer after the poll has finished.

In my view, there have been enough problems in the past trying to find quest partners and so I would be opposed to any multi-player quests being introduced. With regard to skills, it is likely Jagex considering new multi-player mini games that would help raise a specific skill and in that instance it would be ok. Although clans will gain from working together, it would depend on the number of people required whether it would be useful to groups of friends.

Finally, on the pking side of things, if enough people have voted in the opinion of Jagex, they may consider introducing multi-player pking events. This would likely have a direct affect on the wilderness and could take the form of additional group monsters or new locations whereby teams of players can fight each other under wilderness rules - last person standing wins kind of thing.

It does open the possibility of a battle arena within the wilderness and make it more useful to clans who could possibly organise tournaments, leagues and wars more easily without having to guard over the possibility of outside interferance.

I am optimistic on this poll and hopefully something worthwhile does eventually come about from it.

If you haven't voted and want multi-player activities within runescape then don't miss the opportunity to cast your vote now. Remember only members can vote.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

King Black Dragon Slaying

The King Black Dragon or KBD in runescape used to be the most feared monster in the game, however, Jagex have since introduced various other monsters such as the Kalphite Queen that could cause some serious harm to the KBD should they ever meet on the battlefield.

Nevertheless, many players still enjoy slaying the KBD regularly and hoping to reap the rewards. The lair is located in the runescape wilderness - although the actual fighting area is not classified as the wilderness.

The best drop rewards for the King Black Dragon are:

  • Dragon Medium Helm
  • Dragon Spear
  • Dragon Left Half Shield
There are four main spells that the KBD can attack with and they should be noted:
  • Fire Spell - Can hit damage into the 30's
  • Poison Spell - Damage range 4-10
  • Snow Spell - Can do damage up to 20
  • Weakening Spell - Can do up to 10 damage as well as lowering your stats
RuneCrypt has a decent KBD Slaying Guide and details a method for more effective dragon slaying. Overall, the rewards are not as sought after as they once were, but the King Black Dragon is still a decent foe in runescape and where small groups of friends can work together to overcome his power.