Thread: [718] Rome - "Rome wasn't built in a day..."

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Welcome to the official Rome thread, all about the 718 Rome! We hope you enjoy what you see and stick around for the latest updates by the Roman team.

Latest Update: Rome is now officially released!
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On November 18th, 2013, Rome had begun.
On November 21st, 2013, Rome featured in-game total login time awards.
On November 23rd, 2013, Rome had an introduction made.
On November 23rd, 2013, Rome featured the Squire NPC, an NPC that answers frequently asked questions.
On November 24th, 2013, Rome featured the Financial Advisor, an NPC who would tell you how to get money in Rome and how to minimize your chances of being scammed.
On November 24th, 2013, Rome featured I, the Town crier.
On November 24th, 2013, the Seers of Seers' Village, province of Rome, now share the same dialogue as the Squire, the FAQ NPC.
On November 24th, 2013, Rome featured the Weird Old Man, an old man with weird dialogue and WITH VOICE!
On November 28th, 2013, Rome's main city (home town) was relocated to Taverley with completely new spawns.
On December 2nd, 2013, Rome had fixed the bug with skill interfaces.
On December 2nd, 2013, Rome had a Crafting tutor, Jack Oval. He is located North-west in Taverley.
On December 2nd, 2013, Rome had a Smithing tutor, Martin Steelweaver. He is located North-west in Taverley.
On December 2nd, 2013, Rome's epicenter, Taverley, had it's cows' drops fixed.
On December 2nd, 2013, Rome had a Mining tutor, Tobias Bronzearms. He is located North-west in Taverley.
On December 3rd, 2013, Rome had a Woodcutting tutor, Will Oakfeller. He is located at the North of the Central Trading Hub (North of the entrance of Taverley).
On December 3rd, 2013, Rome had a Fletching tutor, Alison Elmshaper. She is located at the North of the Central Trading Hub (North of the entrance of Taverley).
On December 4th, 2013, Rome had featured spinning. You can now spin items such as Wool and Flax.
On December 4th, 2013, Jack Oval, the Crafting tutor, had his information updated!
On December 4th, 2013, Rome had a Firemaking tutor, Marcus Everburn. He is located at the North of the Central Trading Hub (North of the entrance of Taverley).
On December 4th, 2013, Rome had a Prayer tutor, Chaplain Sarah. She is located at the North of the Central Trading Hub (North of the entrance of Taverley).
On December 6th, 2013, Rome had a Herblore tutor, Poletax. He is located at the North of the Central Trading Hub (North of the entrance of Taverley).
On December 6th, 2013, all the tutors of Taverley had their dialogues fixed (grammatically).
On December 6th, 2013, the Squire, also known as the FAQ NPC, had his information updated!
On December 6th, 2013, the Altar of Guthix, North of the Central Trading Hub (North of the entrance to Taverley), was now a new place to pray (recharge your prayer).
On December 6th, 2013, Rome had a Hunter tutor, Ayleth Beaststalker. She is located North-west of the Central Trading Hub (North of Taverley Entrance).
On December 6th, 2013, Rome had a Fishing tutor. He is located West of the Central Trading Hub (North of the Taverley Entrance).
On December 9th, 2013, Rome had the Chaos Tunnels fully working!
On December 14th, 2013, Rome had a Skirmish system. From this, Barbarians and Roman Guards would spawn at certain locations and fight to the death for supremacy. ROME SHALL BE SUPERIOR!
On December 23rd, 2013, the Private Messaging system had its bug fixed. This bug was that the message sent be blank even if you typed something to the friend.
On December 23rd, 2013, Ayleth Beaststalker was removed temporarily.
On December 24th, 2013, Player Looks were now saved from the tutorial.
On December 24th, 2013, Login-time awards had been implemented. This way, you get rewards for however long you have played!
On December 26th, 2013, more Special Attacks were added to Rome. These include:
The Dragon pickaxe - 
The Dragon hatchet - 
The Dragon 2h (without the attack animation) - 
On December 26th, 2013, some Special Attacks had their drainage fixed. These include:
The Dragon Halberd - 
Statius's Warhammer - 
On December 26th, 2013, Rome featured Ruth Savage, the Thieving tutor. She is located North of the Taverley bank.
On December 26th, 2013, Rome featured Mess Sergeant Ramsey, the Cooking tutor. He is located North of the Taverley bank.
On December 27th, 2013, Rome featured Slayer masters. These masters can now assign you tasks.
On December 27th, 2013, Rome fixed the feature that if you attack all the monsters that contain your task's name, it would credit you for still doing the task. For example, if a Slayer master assigns you 'Rats' then you can kill a 'Giant Rat' and it would still count as a kill for 'Rats'.
On December 27th, 2013, Slayer masters had their Combat requirement added.
On December 30th, 2013, the glitch with Bow strings used on unstrung bows not deleting the Bow string was fixed.
-- NEW YEAR 2014 --
On January 1st, 2014, Rome's prices were fixed to be more suited for an economy.
On January 1st, 2014, Auto-Saving was added for Romans every 5 minutes.
On January 1st, 2014, all drops that are dropped at a 5% rate or lower are announced when they are dropped.
On January 3rd, 2014, the Mining area was added! This area can be accessed by going into the Heroes Guild and clicking the ladder that goes down.
On January 3rd, 2014, the Fountain of Heroes was added.
On January 4th, 2014, a new Latest Kills board was added.
On January 4th, 2014, the bug with the Latest Kills board showing oldest kills to newest kills was fixed.
On January 6th, 2014, High Alchemy and Low Alchemy were added to Rome.
On January 6th, 2014, Slayer Caves and Slayer Towers had their spawns added.
On January 7th, 2014, the Slayer Gem and Ring of Slaying had all their functions added.
On January 7th, 2014, the Ice Caves were added on Rome.
On January 11th, 2014, Rome now had the spawns of McGrubor's Woods added.
On January 11th, 2014, Ancient Caverns had their spawns added.
On January 11th, 2014, Rome now had Kuradal's Dungeon's spawns added.
On January 12th, 2014, Romans could access the Kalphite Queen.
On January 12th, 2014, Rome now had the Fisher Realm's spawns added.
On January 12th, 2014, Rome now had the Legends' Guild's spawns added.
On January 12th, 2014, Rome now had Miscellania's spawns added.
On January 12th, 2014, Rome now had the Wizards' Guild's spawns added.
On January 13th, 2014, Rome now had Sinclair Mansion's spawns added.
On January 16th, 2014, Rome now had the Fairy Ring working!
On January 23rd, 2014, Rome now allows you to get slayer tokens based on the amount of tasks complete. (10th and 50th task giving extra tokens (including their multiples)).
On January 23rd, 2014, Rome now features the Slayer Reward Shop, having the same things as RuneScape!
On January 25th, 2014, Rome now features the Capes of Distinction. It is the following:
- Veteran's Cape - 3 month old account
- Classic Cape - Played Rome Beta
- Max Cape - Obtained 99 in all level-able skills
- Completionist's Cape - 99 in all level-able skills, all quests completed, and 3 months of playtime.
On January 27th, 2014, Rome was up for Beta!
On January 30th, 2014, Rome had removed auto-saving and login-times.
On January 30th, 2014, Fletching worked again.
On January 30th, 2014, Thieving now had more possible stalls to steal from.
On January 30th, 2014, Aubury worked (to teleport you to the Pure Essence mine).
On January 30th, 2014, Runecrafting exits worked.
On January 30th, 2014, buying with less than the required inventory space would no longer subtract your money!
On January 31st, 2014, the ability to make potions was fixed.
On January 31st, 2014, more lunar spells were added.
On January 31st, 2014, enchanting items & smelthing ore (from the spell) worked.
On January 31st, 2014, the ability to craft leather was added.
On January 31st, 2014, transportation to the Taverley Dungeon worked.
On February 1st, 2014, Bosses crashing the client were fixed.
On February 1st, 2014, the 'Superheat' spell was fixed.
On February 1st, 2014, TzHaar monsters now dropped tokkul.
On February 2nd, 2014, Purple sweets worked.
On February 2nd, 2014, Praetorian was a new rank and had its benefits added.
On February 2nd, 2014, auto-vote worked. To vote, please do ;;vote.
On February 2nd, 2014, super anti-fires worked.
On February 2nd, 2014, loop and tooth halves could be merged and the Crystal key work now work on the chest.
On February 2nd, 2014, the altars at godwars worked.
On February 2nd, 2014, the custom titles had a limit of 14 characters set.
On February 3rd, 2014, the glitch with Max not giving the Max cape even with the proper requirements was fixed.
On February 22nd, 2014, the Latest kills board didn't crash your client.
On February 22nd, 2014, all the Agility courses (that worked) had their entrances working (partially).
On February 23rd, 2014, silk stalls no longer ruined your clipping.
On March 7th, 2014, glitches with Smithing were fixed!
On March 7th, 2014, tanning was added to Rome.
On March 12th, 2014, Rome had slavery made. Release of it was not tell the day after due to bugs.
On March 13th, 2014, 95% of the bugs with Slaves were fixed.
On March 13th, 2014, you could rename your slaves!
On March 23rd, 2014, low leveled NPCs weren't overpowered.
On March 26th, 2014, the glitch with not being able to move after an activity was fixed!
On March 30th, 2014, Rome had a starter's guide.
On March 30th, 2014, Rome had a Lord-only area.
On March 30th, 2014, Rome had a Lord-only training area.
On March 30th, 2014, Rome was officially released for the public.
On March 30th, 2014, the problem with votes not being counted were fixed!
On March 30th, 2014, the tanning dupe was fixed!
On March 30th, 2014, 3 Lord-only shops were added to the Lord-only area.
On March 30th, 2014, the glitch with XP not being given was fixed!

Content in bold and green are considered 'major updates'.
Total updates done: 104

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Rome is a 667 loading 718 that is build on the idea to be different, but to the extent of maintaining real RuneScape aspects. The main idea of the server is to have playability, interactivity, and tons of content. This server wants to keep aspects of the Roman Empire times but still maintaining RuneScape, making this a blend of medieval and emperor times. The logic of this server is to make YOU a 'Roman' not some 'Player'. We found this a more formal way of talk and found this to be quite descriptive of YOU. Our interactivity will be to produce content that will come from the unexpected, and something that is fun and doesn't always have to follow the pattern of "get on a server, get 99s, and PK!" We, the Roman team, find this to be quite repetitive, and wish to annihilate that from our server. All-in-all, this server is circulated by YOU and not by the concept of "the World is just turning around"

In 11 words: The collaboration of Rome while keeping the main idea of RuneScape.



Server Thought Process
The server is built to replace the name of "Player" to "Roman". Staff are "Emperor"s. Donators? Get rid of that name. They are 'Lord's (or 'Lady's if they are a girl character). Everyone considers Taverley, our home, to be the main epicenter of Rome, as it has the Central Trading Hub, Skilling Tutors, the Town Crier (one of few), the Squire (one of two), and the Financial Adviser (one of few). It also provides nearly all things that a skiller may need for their journey in Rome. The thought for having it all-in-one, with a few cuts our (such as how rocktails and such are not at Taverley) is to maintain the socialization perspective of Rome.


This is an example of our status system that will come very soon to Rome!

This is an example of an Emperor (better known as staff) being named a Roman Emperor.

This is an example of the Roman idea put into dialogue. This type of dialogue is found all around Rome!

This is an example of keeping the idea of Rome in almost every premises.



Playability & Content
The server is designed to have access to alot of your playable content all in one place, the Fairy Ring transportation system! Playable content include minigames, skills, and other specs that are needed, crucial or not, for your gameplay. I will be straight out honest here, the server has the content of Matrix. Why do I state this? Because I don't want you all to think that I somehow proclaimed the Fight Caves or Pest Control to be mine and all mine.

A server idea we have for a minigame can be found below.

Originally Posted by Minigame Idea

Roman Assault - A barbarian to Rome jungle.

There is a ship at the start, a cutscene coming, showing Roman Guards getting off the ship. Afterwards, you get out. When you get out, you see a battle going on. Barbarians fighting Roman Guards. You must kill as many Barbarians as you can. Once they are all killed, a boss will come. His level will be the exact average of all the players in the game (So if we have a level 69, a level 52, and a level 47, the boss would be the calculated average of their levels (thus, the boss is level 56)). Once the boss is killed, all participants get a reward, just like Pest Control. The person with the most kills gets more money, and vice-versa.

This is the starting tutorial upon your first login.

This is our welcome screen upon your first login.





These are all images taken in the Roman mining area. 1 Tin ore, 1 Copper ore, ~9 Coal ore, 2 Mithril ore, 2 Adamentite ore, and 2 Runite ore spawns are. This fountain will also restore your Amulet of glory's charges.



Interactivity
Our prime concern is interactivity. The reason being that we believe that if the server is not interactive, then it doesn't have the playable feel. Interactivity, to us, is the server having something going on, everywhere. I swear to you, when I was walking down from Taverley to Edgeville, I found things that I forgot I even programmed in pop out of nowhere. That's interactivity to me. That's true interactivity.

We Care About the Little Things
We believe that the little things count. If you were to walk down as an adventurer in Roman times, no food with you, and suddenly you got attacked and are hungry. What's the first reaction you'd do? Get food! There is a cabbage field right near you. You run to eat the cabbage. But what do you find? You click it and the boring message, "Nothing interesting happens," comes up. On Rome, we strive to count the little things in, meaning when you are in dire need, and have no food around, you can click on some sort of field and not worry about that terrifying message, "Nothing interesting happens."


This is an example of the Town crier feature that allows you to get updates in almost all the major cities!

This is an example of a completely Roman idea where a Roman Guard will attack a Barbarian to the death at randomly selected locations.

This is an example of our 'before' image when pickables didn't work. Isn't it boring seeing the 'Nothing interesting happens.' text?

This is the Latest Kills board where all the latest kills are recorded.

This is an example of our In-game login time awards.
A little secret. Shh! We have two more secret features that will come as a shocker to anyone who finds it out. Here's 2 hints:

1. Its when you say something aloud, not a command or anything, but ordinary talk.
2. They are from famous lyrics or videos.

Freedom
Unlike the real Roman Empire, freedom of choice is in this new Rome, with only little exceptions (such as the tool belt). You can be a skiller without having the fear of having, being forced to, kill something in order for you to do what you love. You can be a PvN person without having the requirement to kill a fellow Roman, but instead fight alongside them. You can be a PvP person without having a non-playable character getting in your way for your dream of PvP. You can choose, we don't care!

The toolbelt. At this era of RuneScape, all items that were not quest items were unlocked by default and also the player could not supply an item higher than bronze. This is one of the few things that have no freedom.



The BvB Series
Rome now features a way where our Emperors can come and take requests and be social with our players. This is the BvB Youtube series.

BvB stands for Boss vs. Boss. Romans suggest which Boss should fight any other Boss, and Emperors will take your request and try their best to make it a reality.

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Conclusion
I thank you for reading this thread and we, the Roman team, the three Emperors, would like to thank you. Please, if you show support, drop the support banner in your signature or take time to atleast post a reply for more to see. If everyone were to view this thread and post something, we'd have the motivation everyday for the game you love. Remember, even a "Good luck" or even two letter, "gl" contributes to motivation at an immense level.

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Once again, thank you,
Emperor Arham 4,
Emperor Andrew