Runescape Clan Battle Arena Suggestion

Currently on RuneScape member worlds the wilderness is void of player versus player pking and mayhem. Jagex need to address this as many people do prefer to fight against other players but it is currently pointless due to the number of 1 itemers that swarm in and destroy any arranged battles.

One proposal is to have a Clan Battle Arena where a clan leader can challenge another clan leader and then agree set rules. The idea of a battle arena is not entirely new, however, Jagex have never really catered to clans and therefore this may only be a pipedream. Anyway, this is how I would like a clan battle arena to be implemented into RuneScape.

Location:
The battle arena would be located between the level 38 wilderness altar and the Forgotten Cemetary. Although this is a free to play area, the battle arena could possibly be made a member only feature - in effect, a player vs player minigame. It would not be a safe minigame and therefore items would be lost if pked.

Rules:
The rules would be agreed by the clan leaders - this would include options such as melee only, melee + binds, range only, mage only as well as flat arena, obstacles or mixed. Combat levels could also be set (making it possible for events such as only people between levels 100 - 110 could take part), as well as maximum number of people on both sides. It could be set to allow only people of a certain rank on the clan leaders clan chat channel - and lootshare would also be enabled.

However, lootshare would be different. Instead of how it currently works, all armour/weapons would automatically be looted and stored in a reward chest. At the end of the war, the victorious leader would be able to unlock the chest and then every member who had been involved in the battle would randomly get some loot that had been stored.

This would make wars more common on pay to play worlds as well as making it free from any outside interferance. This is something that I feel would not imbalance the p2p wilderness as it is already void of most wars as it stands.

Anyway, this is just a rough outline of how I would see a clan battle arena being implemented in the runescape wilderness and how it would help ensure more p2p wilderness wars and challenges. In addition, it would mean less loot lost to 1 itemers and the so called no-honour clans who have virtually made p2p wilderness pking pretty pointless.

Runescape Macro or Bots

Runescape macro users are ruining the whole runescape economy through their automated actions. Jagex have banned several characters and will continue banning them when they catch them.

Personally I think it would be funny if Jagex introduced a new random event that was only used on suspected macro abusers. This random event would be triggered to appear whenever people reported a potential macro or bot abuser. Obviously it would be random and would appear with a multitude of sayings in order to combat any macro running.

This runescape macro anti-bot would have some consequences. To summarize the idea, the macro anti-bot detector would do the following:

• Appear to players reported via the ingame report abuse
• Randomly appear and ask players to input an answer
• Answers would be obvious to any real person, but hard for a bot to detect
• Each time the random event appeared to a user it would be a different question
• If a player got the question wrong they would be teleport randomly
• Best part, the teleport would be into deep wilderness
• In addition, players would be frozen for up to 30 seconds

I feel if something like this was introduced and applied to people suspected of being a runescape macro, then players would soon stop trying to outfox the game. It would also bring some more fun back into the runescape wilderness as it could enable the cheats to be killed by any pkers that happen to be wandering nearby.

Obviously there is some potential for abuse of the system and Jagex would make exceptions initially, but in the long term they wouldn't as it is against another of their rules to falsely report someone. Overall, I feel this would bring some hilarity to everyone in the game apart from the runescape cheat that was intent on abusing the game.

Runescape members could be transported up to busy locations or almost to within range of the chaos elemental, whereas free to play people would be transported closer to the greater demons in the multi combat zone.

Runescape Pking

Runescape pking is not just for clans in runescape as many individuals love the player versus player action that they can get on the edge of the wilderness. Granted, pking in deep wilderness is still very much clan dominated and will continue to be so, however, individuals can accumulate wealth in the low level wilderness easily. Where individuals can excel is in mage bank pking where skill is important.

It will require some skill and guile to be able to avoid the throngs of people hovering on the borders of the low level wilderness. However, if a players luck holds out they can quickly gain some victories and dash back into the safety zone.

Players unfamiliar with locations in the runescape wilderness may need to observe first before venturing out into it. If they don't, they can risk going into a multiple combat zone and quickly get taken out without learning anything.

Pking is a skill but it is also a feature of runescape as a game. Many players will avoid the wildy at all costs while those players who prefer clans will always strive to excel, both for personal dominance and for overall clan reputation.

Free to play runescape is an ideal training ground for players to hone their pking skills and is a way to limit overall monetary losses in the process. Players who have learned how to pk effectively will normally join clans of friends and work as a group in deep wilderness. In particular, members may really enjoy mage bank pking and end up making a fortune. However, in all cases, players should be aware that they cannot win every battle or war, but they can always carry themselves with dignity and honour and build up a good relationship with the regular runescape pkers.

There are many wilderness tips available to help players both improve as a pker or increase their virtual wealth through skills in the game.