Combat Beta, Combat Academy & XP Reward: Open to All

Combat Academy & Open Beta for All

Those of you playing the Evolution of Combat Beta can now access the Combat Academy: a great way to pick up on the finer points of the new combat system.

Veteran adventurer Lady Deathknell has set up shop in Lumbridge, with her Combat Academy replacing the old melee, magic and ranged training dummies. She has a class full of wide-eyed rookies to beat into shape and she needs a hardy volunteer to help out.

Act as Lady Deathknell’s assistant and you’ll be put through your paces in a set of fully voiced combat trials. You’ll cover everything from basic attacks and the relationship between the styles of combat, right up to more advanced techniques such as damage-over-time effects, exploiting enemy weaknesses and ultimate abilities.

Outside of the training, there’ll also be the opportunity to deploy training dummies – with defensive strengths or weaknesses of your choice – which can be used to test out your latest gear loadout or ability bar setup.

Make it through Deathknell’s rigorous regimen of training in the beta and you’ll have the opportunity to take part in a short survey. With this, we’ll fine-tune the new tutorial to give everyone the know-how they need to become all-conquering combatants. Complete this and you’ll be sent a tasty XP reward in the live game (equivalent to 10 times the XP you’d get from a Jack of Trades aura) on the week commencing with the 19th of November 2012.

Whether you’re daisy-fresh from the Troll Warzone or a grizzled veteran of a thousand battles, we want your feedback on the Combat Academy. The beta is now open to everyone, so log in and enlist now!

Evolution of Combat: Mod Mark’s Big Five!

Watch on for details of Mod Mark’s five favourite Evolution of Combat features:

Make X Interface

Also going into the beta this week is our new Make X Production Interface. This awesome new set of tools streamlines skilling like never before: it displays details of all items that can be made in all skills, gives vital information on skill requirements, components needed, and both Grand Exchange and Alchemy value for however many you’re making, and it does this in one tidy interface. You’ll be able to make Evolution of Combat-specific gear too, so take a look and be sure to let us know what you think!

Community Round-Up: 02/11

Thanksgiving Fun

Thanksgiving may not be for another few weeks, but that hasn’t stopped us already getting into the spirit of things. In a RuneScape first, we’re offering you the chance to choose your own Thanksgiving-related title that will be added into the game to celebrate the festival! Submit your entries here.

Pro PvPers take to the Duel Arena

Ever wondered who’d win in a fight between Silentc0re and S0 Wrecked? Reckon Regicidal would wipe the floor with Soft Pillow? Wonder no more as we present to you the first official YouTuber PvP Duel Arena tournament! Find out more about the fights here.

Combat Academy

With this week’s large Evolution of Combat update, we’ll also be launching the Combat Academy. The Combat Academy is a new tutorial system for that will help you get to grips with all of the new and exciting features of the Evolution of Combat. Not only will you receive a generous XP reward for completing the tutorial, there will also be a whole host of fun competitions happening throughout the weekend to celebrate its release!

Fansite News

All of the fansites are as busy as ever and Zaffre.net is no exception as they venture into the God Wars Dungeon. This one isn’t for the faint of heart as the groups attempt to take down the minions of Zamorak and slay K’ril Tsutsaroth. Find out more and gear up here.

In need of some Livid Farm tips? RuneHQ’s Miss Sarah has you covered in her extensive video guide that details the best way to unlock the additional Lunar spells from the minigame.

Movellas Competition

Over the past few months we ran a competition with Movellas to allow RuneScape players to write their own RuneScape stories. After many hours of reading all of the great submissions, we have selected our winners! You can read the winning RuneScape stories here.

Weekly Twitter Competition

Did you know that there are lots of chances to win great prizes every Wednesday? Make sure to follow @RuneScape on Twitter to get involved!

Fan Art

Following on from last week’s spooky theme, we have another great piece of fan art from Tip.it user tripsis!

If you want to see your fan art featured in the weekly Community Round-Up, send it over to us at [email protected].

That’s it for the Community Round-Up this week. Be sure to teleport on over to the forums and discuss what you’ll be up to this week with the rest of the community!