Sailing (2015 proposed skill)
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Sailing was proposed as a skill to players in August of 2015 in a Dev Blog. The skill was to consist of three main activities: ship building, navigation, and exploration, and was said to be available to free-to-play.[1]
Background
In July 2008, prior to the release of Old School RuneScape, a player known by the username Fang Gallo received an image from his in-game friend Qwertysumo. The image contained a snapshot of the RuneScape Hiscores with an icon of a sailboat at the bottom of the skill list, implying a possible new skill "leak" was found. Qwertysumo quickly admitted the image was faked and had a good laugh about it, but Fang Gallo decided to take it to the next level by posting a short video showing off the altered image. It quickly gained traction as Sailing was now speculated to be a possible new skill coming to RuneScape due to the spread of faked pictures and evidence of its supposed release. Afterwards, it had become a subject of jokes both by Jagex Moderators, through references and April Fools jokes, and the community. In Old School RuneScape, the 2014 April Fools event centred on Sailing being released as a new skill. However, sixteen months later (August 2015), the Jagex Old School Runescape team considered Sailing as a potential real skill.
Details
The details of the skill were expanded upon further by three development blogs and a trailer in August and September 2015. Examples included creating ships using different logs at various ports such as Port Sarim and Port Khazard, outfitting those ships with cannons of different tiers of metals, using those cannons in player-versus-player combat similar to the Wilderness, and exploring new islands which could only be reached with the Sailing skill.[1]
This proposal was concluded with a poll in which players were asked to vote for or against inclusion of a new Sailing skill. The poll ran from 10 September to 16 September 2015, resulting in a 68% Yes to 32% No vote, failing to reach the 75% required for implementation.
Following the results of the poll, many of its advertised features, rewards, and locales were added separately in other updates. These include:
- Zenyte and its jewellery
- The Gemstone Caverns, similar to Catacombs of Kourend
- Randomly generated caverns, similar to Chambers of Xeric
- Augury and Rigour prayers
- Fossil Island
- Merfolk
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Shipyards
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Shipyards (2)
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Hulls
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Upgrades
Shipyard
Location of your ships when they are not out at sea. At higher Sailing levels, can increased the number of ships one commands.
Hulls and Plating
The interior wood of your ship's hull. The metal plating applied to the wood to increase the hull integrity.
Chest and lootcrates
Storage of items, at higher levels can increase the quantity/quality of loot the ship returns back to port.
Figurehead
Increase the morale of your ship's crew members
Cannons
Increase the combat strength of your ship
Concept art
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The Gemstone Caverns
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Mermaids
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A player fighting a kraken
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A sunken ship
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The underwater caverns
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A player with a Sailing skillcape
References
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| Gathering | |
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