14 May 2020
This week’s update brings improvements to Bounty Hunter, and new player experience changes.
Bounty Hunter Changes
This week, based on how Bounty Hunter’s been used since its relaunch, we’ve made some adjustments to the balancing.
Some reward prices have been reviewed:
- Blighted potions have increased to 4,100 points
- Blighted karambwan have increased to 1,400 points
- The blighted anglerfish has reduced slightly to 1,200 points
We’ve also reviewed the task list, replacing some undesirable entries with a couple of new tasks based on the existing dragon dagger one. These new tasks ask you to deal the final hit with a dragon scimitar or granite maul (ornate and upgraded versions of those weapons are accepted too.) Players will only be given these tasks if they meet the requirements to wield the weapons, with the game also checking that a player has access to Ape Atoll to obtain a dragon scimitar.
In addition, we’re very much aware that players commonly manipulate the game by cooperating for kills, including for emblem transfers where a player pays for a guaranteed emblem drop. While we don’t expect to be able to prevent players from cooperating, we’ve added a measure to discourage large-scale emblem transfers.
Now, when an emblem is transferred via a PK drop:
- Tiers 4-10 will always downgrade
- Tiers 1-3 have a 50% chance of downgrading
- If a tier 1 emblem downgrades, it becomes 20k coins
There have been a couple of other alterations, too:
- The standard Bounty Hunter Shop now gives applicable items in banknote form if you’re attempting to buy more than one
- The Blighted Teleblock Sack has become a Blighted Teleport Spell Sack, able to cast either the Teleblock or Teleport to Bounty Target spells
Lastly, now that Bounty Hunter is back with us, we’ve agreed to make some of its rewards available from another PvP-themed minigame: Last Man Standing. Justine’s store now offers Magic Shortbow Scrolls (5 points), Ring of Wealth Scrolls (5 points), ornate maul handles (15 points), and clue boxes (5 points).
Keep your eyes peeled for further adjustments to Bounty Hunter as time goes on!