2nd February 2004 - Huge Runescape 2 update

Today we have done a huge update for Runescape 2
Many newly converted areas including:

Ardougne
Yanille
Tree gnome stronghold
Ogre country
The Khazard Battlefield
More jungle areas
The rest of the desert
The barbarian outpost (now moved to north of the waterfall)
The northeast of the wilderness
The Fishing guild
Yanille Dungeon
Gnome Ball


Many newly converted quests.

Biohazard
Clock tower
Dwarf cannon
Fight arena
Grand Tree
Hazeel Cult
Holy Grail
Jungle potion
Monks friend
Observatory
Plague city
Temple of Ikov
Tourist trap
Watchtower
Waterfall quest


Many animations, no longer cause unnecessary additional delays in game play. In 1 or 2 cases we have even removed an animation entirely. Things which we have speeded up with this update include.

Picking objects up
Dropping object
Using spinning wheels
Cooking on fires and ranges
Grain picking
Potato Picking
Glass making
Pottery
Smelting
Bone Burying
Opening cupboards and chests
Chest thieving
Ladder and stairs climbing


None of the above no longer take any more time than in Runescape 1.
We will be continue to be making adjustments on various aspects of the game such as the above. Our intention is certainly not to make the game slower.
We are continuing to add sounds to many aspects of the game.
We have fixed a number of bugs which we shall detail shortly in another news item.