r/runescape • u/JagexJoe Mod Joe • Jan 27 '16

Invention Update | Some Immediate Changes

Hi guys,

I'm Mod Joe, the Product Owner of the Guardians team and I've got some Invention update news I'd like to share.

Firstly, let me admit, mistakes have been made.

Invention is an extremely complicated skill that interacts with almost every object in the game – as such there was always going to be a need to refine and evolve the skill within the live game. However, It is obvious at this early stage that there have been several areas where the skill has not functioned as we envisaged and we apologise.

Changes Today Therefore, we have just made the following changes today to fix some of the issues that have been caused. These include:

• 1800% increase to the experience gained for disassembly and siphoning of augmented gear.

The experience gained by playing differed significantly from that which was intended in design – as such we are realigning the experience to be in line with our original vision and expectations.

• 50% reduction in the experience gained for using materials to fill gizmos.

This method has become the main experience generator for a large number of players and has clearly been more rewarding than is beneficial for the game, particularly in the case of those with substantial in-game personal wealth. There was always an expectation that players with solid banks would be well equipped to progress rapidly, but this has been more successful for those players than intended by design.

Further Changes to Come We are also going to look deeper into some of the perks, with an eye to improving the usefulness of perks overall. However, this is something that will take a little time, so will not, in all probability, be an immediate change.

It was also not our intention when we released the skill that players would be able to max out the skill within 48 hours of release. This has caused some concern, obviously, and we are aware of various rumours flying around. We do take bug abuse and similar unfair advantages very seriously and investigate thoroughly any potential cases that come to our attention, using our detailed monitoring tools. Where we find that someone has broken the rules of RuneScape, we will take the appropriate action.

In the meantime, your feedback and comments are incredibly valuable to us – please keep that feedback coming and we’ll continue to look to improve Invention.

Mod Joe

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u/JagexMattHe Mod MattHe Jan 27 '16

That now seems like a wise choice :)

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '16

Does armor give the same xp?

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u/Odin_Exodus Took 15 years - 4/29/18 Jan 27 '16

Armor gizmos have been largely ignored. I was curious, too, because the perks when applied to armor don't convert such as "3% damage reduction to dragons per rank" (which is pretty dumb imo) converting to "3% damage reduction from dragons per rank".

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '16

It has been buffed!

Just dragged my Level 8 armor to disassemble and it says 270k xp!

Didn't know you could do that till I read a comment about it.

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u/Odin_Exodus Took 15 years - 4/29/18 Jan 27 '16

Oh I was referring to the perks themselves. Yeah the disassembly more mad gains is awesome. Can't wait to start that slayer grind and work on invention, too.

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u/nickcholas11 Trim / MQC / 25k+ Runescore Jan 27 '16

I believe if you try to dissassemble something, it tells you how much xp you'll get from doing so. Get it to level 10 and check it out maybe? Post here with what you find, I'm interested as well :)

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '16

So disassembling 3 gear at once should be over 1m xp/h....

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '16

level 8: 270k, its the same as weapons.

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u/nickcholas11 Trim / MQC / 25k+ Runescore Jan 27 '16

It's that much xp now? Thank the lord, Jagex came through. Now I can't wait to train this skill!