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We posted our blog on the 13th of May regarding the current situation of PvP at OldSchool. It also covered the Last Man Standing overhaul.
There are rewards to be had with any minigame that players invest their time and effort into and Last Man Standing should be no exception. It shouldn't be just something that players are eager to invest their time however, it should also bring benefits beyond the minigame.
This blog will provide information on the Reward system as well as the surveyed rewards for LMS. The poll will begin on August 16th until Wednesday , August 21st.
Changelog
Added Beserker Shield, and poll questions
A question about an upgradeable cosmetic Poll
Clarification of F2P vs. Members Rewards
Clarification regarding Ironmen access to the points exchange system
We've already stated that the strategy for High Stakes and Competitive games was to award players five points for participating and 10 points per kill, and 30 or 20 points for finishing the top three spots.
We've subsequently had some concerns regarding these plans, particularly about them being boostable/botted. We have therefore created the following points system in order to collect your feedback:
Players who rank between 20th-24th on the list will receive zero points.
1 point for players who are placed between the ages of 10 and 19
Players who rank between 5th- 9th on the list will receive 2 points.
3 points for players placing 3rd and 4th
4 points for placing 2nd
First place with 5 points
Bonus points will be given depending on the number of kills you score in a game.
Three kills during a game gets 1 bonus point
2 bonus points for every player who gets 5 or more kills in an entire game
Bonus points cannot stack with each-other. The player will earn bonus points at the end of each round, based on their finishing position and any additional bonus points , if relevant. Note that under this new system you will not be eligible to receive any points unless you've been in the game for a minimum of 30 seconds.
Reward Program
These are the rewards that Last Man Standing would love to offer. These rewards will be only available to members, except for the Deadman Armour and 3 Speed 1-Handed Warrior, Beserker Shield and Upgradeable Cosmetic Cape. We will release the passed poll rewards in the shortest time possible. This might mean that not all of the rewards that pass will be released on the launch day.
Cosmetic Armour for Deadman
There is an armour set that Deadman players can buy for blood money. The armour was ineffective because it was not very effective and could be easily farmed. We'd like to take the stats on armour and bring the 3 items (top-bottom, cape, and cape) to the Last Man Standing Reward shop as cosmetics.
In the under 20 Wilderness There are a few non-tradeable items that, instead of being lost on death, remain with the player in a damaged version. To fix the broken version, go to Perdu the NPC that can repair the item at a cost.
To increase the use of these products throughout the Wilderness We suggest the following:
The Last Man Standing Reward shop will let players purchase a consumable Scroll. If they are taken to Perdu, he will offer to enhance one of the items that he would typically repair for a cost. The enchantment allows the user to take the item into the 20 Wilderness and to have it destroyed upon death. It will be destroyed if the player dies in Wilderness. This happens even if it being a death in PvM. If a player is PKed while using these items, 75% of the cost will be returned to the floor as coins for the player who PKed them.
Each scroll is able to be traded, and it would enchant one item. The enchantment will continue until the player dies.
This will increase the quantity of items in Wilderness, as well as the risk for players. They won't be required to be obtained again by players, which means they don't need to do the annoying grind of Void, Defender, and Void. It is more likely that you will get them from PvP.
Castle Wars has offered the 3 God Halos rewards for long periods of time. What do you think of other gods? Armadyl, Bandos, Seren, Zaros and Brassica have been under-represented in the fashion world! Therefore, we'd like to present five brand new halos as rewards. These new halos will bear the same stats and will allow you to support the God of choice.
For quite a while now OldSchool has featured the Event RPG, and more recently, we received the Ham Joint in the Treasure Trails Expansion. We'd like to add another weapon to the list, but one more in line with the theme of the other weapons of OldSchool. The weapon is designed to attack three times per cycle. It is one-handed , and doesn't have any stats.
Guthixian Icon/Staff of Balance
In the beginning of 2018, players were given the option of adding Saradomin's Light to a Staff of the Dead, offering a little variety and a high level weapon for magic that can be used to cast Saradomin Strike. But what about Guthix?
With this reward, players will be able to take an Guthixian Icon to Juna, whom will then infuse it into the Staff of the Dead, creating the Staff of Balance.
Staff of Balance will have the same stats and abilities like Staff of Light, Staff of the Dead as well as also being able to cast/autocast Claws of Guthix.
We'd like to offer points to exchange rewards earned from LMS points earned in the minigame like Pest Control. Players would be able to exchange points at the store when they have combat skills that are greater than 25. The XP rates would not be as good as the ones Pest Control currently offers.
We would like to offer an exchange system similar like that of Barbarian Assault. This will allow players to gain a variety of points to play on the general loot table. The table is comprised of a range of useful items, useful materials, and supplies. The exchange system used in LMS is not able to include pets. Ironmen will be unable to exchange points for crates due to concerns that they might allow low-level Ironmen easy access (i.e Rune) to items they may not have been allowed access to in the beginning of the game.
The shield was first made available in 2008, the Rune Berserker shield is a play-for-free and members shield that has stats better than the rune kiteshield, but requires 45 Defence to wield. After 6 hours of combat the shield will turn inactive. The players can recharge it by purchasing a token that is available from the Last Man Standing reward shop. This shield is available for trade. These are the statistics of the shield:
Attack Bonuses: -8 Magic , and 2 Range
Defence Bonuses: +45 Stab +49 Slash +47 Crush +47 Ranged
Other bonuses Other Bonuses: +4 Strength and +0 Prayer Much like the caps of accomplishment from Theatre of Blood and Chambers of Xeric We would like to see a tiered cape which players can get through the Last Man Standing Reward Shop that will change depending on the number of wins that player has accrued inside the minigame. The levels will be:
Tier 1: 1 Win
Tier 2: 10 Wins
Tier 3: 50 Wins
Tier 4: 100 Wins
Tier 5: 500 Wins
All capes will be made available for players who have collected the required amount of wins at the store.
You will notice that we have taken out Negative XP Lamps, Bolas, and the Staff of Paralysis that was pitched in previous blog posts on reward design. Due to player feedback We have made the decision to remove them and potentially revisit them in the near future. We'd like to thank everyone who provided feedback and suggestions for rewards options. Tell us what you feel about the reward suggestions you received via the channels you normally use below. We will conduct a poll between Friday August 16th and Wednesday August 21st, depending on your comments.
