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Having read the recent Staff Feedback posts, It's clear I could both be more active and more transparent with everyone. I've decided to write up this development blog on Zulrah so you can see our progress from start to finish, as well as be notified when we've been working on this piece of content. If this Dev Blog is well received, I may make one for future projects too. Thanks for the idea @Timburt! Well, where to start? With what's completed so far, of course! What we've done so far: 1) We fixed an issue with the teleport location map (see below spoiler) 2) Added the ability to teleport to Zulrah. 3) Created the instance-starting via NPC on the docks of Zul-Andra. 4) As far as the combat of Zulrah goes, we have currently completed the full phase system, as well as the different attack sequences. We also have all three coloured models of Zulrah attacking with their correct combat style. 5) Zulrah's Melee AOE attack is fully working as well as the Jad Phases. 6) Our most recent piece of work was creating acceptable GFX for Zulrah's different attacks. As we aren't an OSRS based server we have to design these ourselves to make them feel as close to the original as possible. I feel Splash did a good job with this. 7) We also started work on the final special attacks; snakelings and poison clouds. This is an interesting one as we need to place them at specific co-ordinates in certain phases so fairly time consuming to do. To-do list: 1) We need to copy over the drop tables from the OSRS Wiki and then re-balance them to make them suited to Ely. 2) We need to disable Summoning Familiars and Cannons in this area. 3) When we finish the final special attacks, we'll need to get some of the Elysians online to help us test Zulrah to ensure the combat is flawless and the boss is balanced. This will most likely be the last step before release. 4) We also need to handle how to reclaim your items upon death, we will most likely mimic the same system OSRS uses for Zulrah. 5) The main drops from Zulrah will need to be made 100% from scratch as we don't have any of the required assets such as the OSRS Blowpipe attacking animation. It shouldn't be too hard to use something similar, though. We also need to find a solution for Monster Carnage and the Serpentine Helmet as we want to move it to exclusively Zulrah. Moving forward, any time we work on this piece of content I'll create a new post detailing what we've done (I'm more than likely going to reserve a few posts below this one so I can just edit it in and have it all in 1 spot). If you'd like to see more of this type of post in the future, please do let us know. We hope to get Zulrah released by the end of November!

In-Game Name: Callum. What Are You Suggesting: The removal of specific items/instances of global reward messages to avoid spam. Who/What Does This Benefit: Pretty much every player who comes on consistently. Any Additional Information: In its current state, there are a set number of items or instances that are overused within the global reward message system that become a general nuisance for either something with no value or something that is easily obtainable. Off the top of my head, these are some of the ones that could use removal or adjustments: Smouldering Stone from Hellhounds - The item is near worthless due to the incredible rates that it comes into the game and thus does not need to be announced server-wide. Fight Caves - In regards to the Fight Caves, its slightly different. If it could be adjusted to "PLAYER has completed the Fight Caves for the FIRST time" and never post again, then that could be something more relevant. But due to the fact that the Caves can be completed within a minute or two, it generates incredible amounts of spam. Crystal Chest Rewards - A bit of a yes or no to some players, the rewards themselves aren't viewed as valuable and do not really require a global feed to know that somebody has got another item that they are going to Alch. The Fish Mask, Rubber Chicken and Web Cloak are some prime examples of this. These are off the top of my head, there is more than likely to be many more. If there is any prime ones that I have missed then feel free to post them below and I will update the thread.

Girlfriend bought a year subscription - now I'm stuck watching Disney stuff all the time...

Thanks for the feedback @Smarting, @Timburtand @BigGreen. I'm pretty swamped down with work IRL but I'll try to make more of an appearance on my days off.