The following is a direct quote from runescape.com :



28th June 2004 - Lots more improvements



Today's update makes a variety of small improvements to RuneScape.



Bigger friends list for members! As a new members benefit, you now get twice as much space on your friend-list. Giving you a total of 200 slots.



Multiple hit-splats during combat. If a player or monster is being attacked by multiple opponents, or is taking damage very rapidly, the game will now show multiple damage indicators at once. This makes it much easier to see how much damage is being dealt. Note: the total damage received is the same, it's just shown more clearly now.



Npcs better at retreating. We've improved the intelligence of the npcs a bit, such that if they are being attacked from beyond the edge of their wander zone, they will run away rather than just standing there stupidly.



Music+sounds work on more machines. We've found why the music+sounds sometimes wasn't working when you select the SUN java plugin. We're still working on reaching 100% comptability, but a few more people should find it works for them now.



Fixed dragon-spear special attack. We've fixed the bug which meant attacking a player with the dragon-spear special attack didn't give a pk-skull in the wilderness.

•Pirate Bob•

Our moderating staff has increased. Not only has RHQ gained three Category Mods, a Chat Room Mod, but two Admins as well!



The newest of our Category Mods are Irish_Buddha, Figgy17 and xxtigurxx.



These Mods have dove head first into their jobs and are here to help. Let's welcome them to the team.



Merlin Rune has been made a Chat Room Mod and has been keeping an eye on it.



The site's newest Admins are Shaw and myself, Ariendiablo.



To the new staff: Welcome!



~Ariendiablo~

The new fletching guide has been added to RuneHQ.


A special thanks for this awesome guide goes out to Im4eversmart.



The guide can be found here

~Keystone~ , (¯`·._.·[xxtigurxx]·._.·´¯)

I have greatly improved the prayer guide by adding more information and pictures. Be sure to check it out.



You can view the new guide by clicking Here

(¯`·._.·[xxtigurxx]·._.·´¯)

This is a Direct Quote from Runescape:



23rd June 2004 - Alternative RuneScape Client



Today we have released an updated version of our RuneScape Windows client.
Use of this alternative client is entirely optional, and it doesn't add any extra features compared to playing through your web-browser at our website like normal. It does however allow you to play without all that browser clutter, which is particularly useful for low-memory or low-resolution machines.



The client can be found in the new Extra Files section on the front page. Unofficial downloads from other sites may contain malware, so to keep your account safe we recommend you only get the client from www.RuneScape.com

~^Kidd^~

We tried putting up the new features and starting fresh but most of the modifications are causing too many errors and we cannot have that.


We are putting up the old forum again and may not get these new features up anytime soon, if ever.


The dynamic sigs MAY be removed as they are causing our server to use too much bandwidth and slow down the forum.


So we may need to cut back on those as we have already used 400Gig of bandwidth this month and have a maximum of 700Gig, which due to our popularity and growth the past couple of months, I expect us to continue having that much (if not more) per month.


We cannot afford to increase the server bandwidth or performance, as it is already costing us $150/month, so we need to cut back on some things.


We hate to do this, but this is the only choice, as we do not run RuneHQ off of donations and never will.

*~*Weezy*~*

Runescape has had an update today. You can read it there or read it here at RHQ - Your place for everything Runescape!



Quoted from RS:



Today's update is just a small one to make a few minor tweaks to the game. Some of the more noticeable changes are:



- The stone border around the edge of the game window is now narrower. This is to make the game fit better for people running at 800x600. The actual 3d view area is still the same size however. There is just less wasted space now.



- When you click to use an item, it now has a white outline to show that it is selected.



- Fixed several cases where using 2 objects together only worked one way around. (the order objects were clicked in made difference)



- Fixed a bug which meant the Iban-staff could be wielded at level 49, despite stating a requirement of 50.



- Fixed a couple of digsite bugs where it sometimes didn't recognise you had the required items.



- Fixed a bug with the treasure trail puzzle-box where it occasionally didn't recognise you had completed it.



- Lots of other minor changes and fixes.



Saradomin Illuminates



Saradomin returns once more to bring the light of his Wisdom in the darkness of confusion in Letters 21.



~Ariendiablo~

super_dude has given RuneHQ new Smithing and Firemaking Calculators!



You can them by clicking here



Thank you once again, super_dude, for making these wonderful calculators for everyone's use.

*~*Weezy*~*

The new Firemaking Guide has now been added to RuneHQ!
Kudos go to Sporhund for writing this guide for us, thanks Sporhund!

The new guide can be found here.



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super_dude has given RuneHQ a new Woodcutting Calculator!


You can find it by clicking here


Thank you once again, super_dude, for making these wonderful calculators for everyone's use.



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Also, the new Special Attacks guide has been added to the Special Reports page.


You can find it by clicking here


Thanks to Im4eversmart for this nice guide.


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This is a direct quote from Runescape.com's News:


17th June 2004 - Warning - fake emails



It has come to our attention that a number of our players are receiving fake emails claiming to be from Jagex, offering players the chance to apply to be player moderators.
Remember, Jagex does NOT send out emails to players EVER! If we want to send you a message we instead send it to your message-centre here on this website, and then notify you about it next time you login to the game.



We have our own message centre system and so have no reason to use email to contact you! Email is fundamentally insecure and easy to forge which is why we never ever use it to contact players.



If you are a player and you receive any email from us, it doesn't matter how genuine it looks, or what it says, you should always assume it is a fake!



Please do NOT under any circumstances reply to these emails, just delete them immediately, they are not from Jagex and are an attempt to steal account passwords.

*~*Weezy*~* , « Freakybat » , ¤Pirate Bob¤

super_dude has created some calculators for RuneHQ to use!


We now have updated Cooking, Fishing, Mining, Prayer, and Theiving calculators for your use!


You can find them here


Thank you super_dude for your time and effort put into these!


Also, the old Runescape Calculators have been moved to the classic section for classic user use.

*~*Weezy*~*

A new dueling Guide is at our disposal, use it in good health.



A special thanks for this guide goes out to our own superpure101.



The guide can be found here.



-=-Dravan-=-



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Bringing you up to speed: RS news



On June 7th, Jagex made two (2) new worlds for Members, giving them eight different locations to log on to now.



On June 8th, Jagex announced that agility was updated to be more effective at helping restore your run energy. "The same agility level now decreases the restore time by approximately 50% more than it did previously, so should hopefully be a bit more worthwhile now."



June 14th was a day of many updates. In-Game Player Moderators are introduced to Runescape! These players were hand-picked by Jagex Staff to help keep the game a fun and safe environment for everyone.



Better mind your manners. These new RS Mods have the power to mute players who break their chat rules.



To help you spot them, there are two crown icons to look out for. These will appear next to a moderator's name in the chat log when they speak.



Silver crowns for Player Moderators and Gold crowns for Staff Moderators.



June 14th also gave members Special Attacks. The Dragon weapons, Excalibur, Rune Throwing Axes and Magic Bows now all have different Special Attacks. Things from temporarily boosting your stats to having your strikes deal extra damage.



"In the combat interfaces of these weapons you will notice a special attack bar. If you click on the bar, then your character will initiate a special attack and use up some of your special attack power."



Go to the RS site for more details.



Also, if two people are thieving from the same stall or mining from the same rock, and if they are both successful at the same time, they both will get the resource.



Strange fruit restores more energy than it did previously.



The system for reporting bugs has been upgraded. Now you use the Bug Reporting system, which is found in the Customer Support section. Here you select the bug you are reporting and complete the form and RS Investigators will get on it.

Giving as much detail as possible will help them track down and fix the problems more swiftly. Go to Runescape for more info.



Treasure Trail Hunters will be happy to know that 2 more monsters drop clues. Which ones? You'll have to hunt them to find out.




Happy Playing!

--Ariendiablo

Is Runescape just becoming way too boring for you? Well your'e in luck, because we've just added a Multi-Tasking Guide which is very helpful when your'e sick of mining coal.

The guide can be found here.
Thanks to Prince Kyle for writing this guide.

•Pirate Bob•

Have you been struggling through the very frustrating Digsite Quest? Well, it's a good day for you, we've just added a Digsite Quest Guide to help you out.

The guide can be found here.
Thanks to Elyria1 for helping convert the guide to RS2.



The Tourist Trap is now here! Thanks to imthecoolest for this great guide that is located here.




And also a Mage Arena RS2 guide is now up for all to see. This quest guide was written by allerchiez, Pirate Bob 49 ,super dude.

You can find it here.

•Pirate Bob•, -=DRAVAN=-

A new Treasure Trail guide has been put up!



Thanks to Hoz who wrote this awesome guide! Click Here to check it out!

~Kidd~

Elemental Workshop quest has been put up! Click here to view it.

~ Cav103