2 swords

Sad to see my boi Ikta go. You've earned your rest.

 

Hey guys, welcome back to the latest edition of the Alora Newspaper. In this months edition we will be going over some huge updates, some new staff. and a couple of new rules updates!

 

Apologies for quite delayed newspaper edition, hope you can all still enjoy reading!

 

Date & time of updated rule: 8/18/2017, 3:23 PM GMT

Updated section: Forums

Time or date that the updated rule(s) will be put into effect: Immediately

Part(s) added, changed or removed: RED

 

4. Spamming

 

• a. Posts that consist of one word (e.g. posting "support" on a suggestion thread) are considered spam and will be deleted off of the thread along with the wrongdoer receiving a warning or an infraction. This rule does not apply to the Spam section or the Red Carpet section.

• b. Posting in the correct section and board is required at all times. Failure to do so results in an infraction.

• c. Grave digging is the act of posting on an inactive thread (last post being 14 days or older). Unless a member is posting relevant, useful information regarding the topic at hand, then it is considered spam and an infraction will be in order along with the removal of the post. Members are permitted to comment on older threads only in the suggestions section if given a detailed response otherwise they will be punished accordingly.

• d. Trolling is not permitted on the forums. This applies to any portion of Alora.

• e. Posting in the marketplace section without the intent to buy or sell something is prohibited.

 

 

Keep up to date with our rules by clicking HERE!

 

The Updates that come out on 8/27/17 & 9/1/17 was huge! The following was added;

 

• NPC “walking through walls” bug fixed:
  • Sometimes, larger NPCs such the Giant mole would appear to walk through walls away from you and disappear.
    • This bug was visual, meaning they didn’t actually walk through walls but only appeared to be doing so (this is why you could still be damaged by them). 
      • Nonetheless, this bug has been fully patched and should no longer occur.
• Skotizo bug fixed:
  • Skotizo was unspawnable in the world since the server thought he was still alive. This has been fixed.
  • Skotizo can now drop totem pieces as intended.
    • Usually only monsters within the Catacombs can, but Skotizo is the only exception.
• Raid formula changes:
  • Small changes to balance out the formula now that we have collected data.
• Purple slayer helm will now go to the Lost items manager upon death.
• Double-action bug fix:
  • A bug that allowed you to perform 2 of the same actions in 1 tick (eg. Cooking) has been fixed.
• Skilling timers fixed:
  • Some skilling actions were too fast (Eg. Using bones on an altar, or crafting uncuts). The timers have been matched to OSRS.
• Combat changes:
  • Tele-block fix:
    • You can now throw up Protect from Magic prayer while someone is tele blocking you (after they’ve started the animation) and only get half of the TB time.
    • Tele-block projectile fixed (reverted from new-school gfx)
  • Dragon claws are now more accurate.
  • Magic formula tweaks:
    • Magic defence is now more effecting, meaning proper gear will make you less vulnerable to magic attacks.
    • If you have -65 or lower Magic attack bonus, you will always miss (PvM or PvP)
  • Melee formula tweaks:
    • Melee accuracy has been very slightly buffed overall.
  • Dragon spear special fix:
    • When attacking a player who was stunned for awhile with by Dragon spears, only a few (4) hits would actually damage them once they were unstunned. This special attack has been changed:
      • At the end of every stun, there is 1 tick of “immunity” where the player takes damage and can eat food (1 food).
        • During this period of immunity, the player cannot run, though.
  • Leaf-bladed battleaxe is now functional.
• PvM balancing changes:
  • Ranged accuracy has been reduced across the board.
  • Magic accuracy has been increased across the board.
• Classic mode changes:
  • Shop changes:
    • Sapphires and Emeralds have been removed from the Classic shop.
    • Chaos runes have been removed from the Magic shop.
  • Lost items shop changes:
    • Buy-back prices are now 50% of what normal players pay due to the lower GP rate on Classic mode.
      • Of course, this means that if you die in the wilderness (to any player) that player will only receive 50% of the usual GP drop for any items that are reclaimable.
• Miscellaneous:
  • Using magic on a dormant rock crab was previously buggy. It will now wake up the rock crab as intended.
  • Fight caves NPCs will no longer un-aggro you after a certain distance. They will always try to follow you until blocked by an object.
  • Gree-grees (and other spoof items) no longer make you invincible to NPCs.
• Clan chat fixed:
  • Ranked members can now kick lower ranks in Clan chats.
• Hunter changes:
  • System overhaul:
    • Many people know that the hunting system was very buggy overall, sometimes box traps wouldn’t disappear, or would dupe on the ground. We’ve rewritten major parts of the code to hopefully not have any of the aforementioned issues occur again.
  • Hunter accuracy (chance of catching a trappable npc) has been increased overall.
    • Hunter npc will now be more likely to walk towards your trap(s). This is based on your Hunter level.
  • Baby implings will now spawn more often in Puro Puro.
• Forum Loyalty program updated:
  • To account for the previous top record of 2,500 posts being broken , we have added a new goal for everyone to reach:
    • 5,000 posts reward:
      • The never seen before, all new Rainbow Scarf!
      • Wily Hellcat
• NPC Pathfinding fixed:
  • Some NPCs were walking oddly (eg. Through pillar in the Inferno) since the last update. This has been patched.
• Magic fix:
  • When freezing a target (eg. Using Ice barrage), they would unfreeze if you were 11 steps away or further. This has been increased to 14 steps away before unfreeze.
• Abyssal tentacle whip now has a chance to poison your enemy for 4 damage.
  • The special attack yields an even higher chance of poisoning your opponent.
• Cannonball smithing is now available:
  • To create cannonballs, simply have an ammo mould in your inventory and use Steel bars on a furnace!
    • Ammo mould (tradable) can be purchased from the Slayer reward shop for 15,000 points.
• Raid points major changes:
  • Inactive players’ (logged out or left raid) points will be removed from the team total.
  • A major overhaul to the way Raids points affect your loot rate has been implemented:
    • It is now based on 3 factors:
      • Your points
      • Your points relative to the average # of points for your team this run
      • Your points relative to the average # of points that are historically obtained based on your team size
    • In this way, we are ensuring that players who do better than the rest of the team are suitably rewarded, but also that players who do better than average historically are rewarded.
• Battle Royale changes:
  • Southern waiting area is now a safe-zone (not used as a waiting area typically, but staff sometimes teleport players into there)
  • Administrators can now set a custom countdown timer for how long players will spend in the waiting room.
  • Ring of life/Defence cape will no longer teleport you out of here (or any other tele blocked area) 
  • You can now watch Battle Royale even if you are not participating! (Or have died)
    • Type ::watchbr to view the battle area.
      • You must be able to teleport, not already in the battle, and not in combat to be able to watch.
        • You can use the orb interface to move around the map.
• Achievements which have been made easier:
  • On a Roll:
    • Previously: Reach a 5 player killstreak
    • Now: Reach a 3 player killstreak
  • Rolling Stone:
    • Previously: Reach a 15 player killstreak
    • Now: Reach a 6 player killstreak
  • Slaughterhouse:
    • Previously: Kill 50 random players
    • Now: Kill 30 random players
      • Additionally, you can now kill any players to fulfill this achievement, even if they are low risk.
• Miscellaneous:
  • Examine prices fix:
    • When examining certain items, sometimes the wrong alch prices would be shown.
  • Olm fix in Raids:
    • Falling crystals will now do damage as intended (bug from last update)
       

You can find more information about August 20th updates HERE! September 1st updates HERE!

 

 

You can find more information about our recent updates by clicking HERE!

 

Many thanks to Omicron for these amazing updates!

 

Over the past couple of weeks there have been some coming and goings. The following changes have been made to the team. I'm sure you'll all join me in welcoming the new members to the team as well as thanking past staff members for their efforts.

 

Staff update as of September 1st, 2017:

 

Promotions:

Classicals has been promoted to Server Moderator.

2 swords (Syntax) has been promoted to Global Moderator.

Sheep has returned as a Global Moderator under a name of ClassicSheep.

Ryuu has been promoted to Server Support.

 

Resignations:

Ikta has resigned from Forum Moderator.

 

 

Staff update as of August 27th, 2017:

 

Congrats to everyone promoted and best of luck to those gone.

Next on our list is Postimees!

 

Diva: Tell us something that you really regret?

 

Postimees: I regret not inviting someone up to my place after an evening out. Still think to this day what could be different if I had done that.

Diva: When was the last time you lied and to whom and why?

 

Postimees: Last time I lied was probably to one of my teachers, most likely about studying something at home which I really didn't, I'm gonna take a brave guess and say history teacher, just because I probably felt like I had more important things to do.

Diva: What’s a body part that you wouldn’t mind losing?

 

Postimees: I'd mind losing any body part tbh, perhaps I would care the least about my legs because I'd still be able to play on the computer in that case.

Diva: What is the dumbest way you’ve been injured?

 

Postimees: When I was like 8-9 years old I loved just kicking a football as hard as I can just to see how big of an impulse it would have or how far it would fly, in the school gym there was a wall so I practiced just kicking the football at the wall, it bounced back and hit my face and I got a nosebleed from that.

Diva: If you could know the absolute and total truth to one question, what question would you ask and why?

 

Postimees: Who the fuck built the Stonehenge?

 

Diva: What ridiculous thing has someone tricked you into doing or believing?

 

Postimees: My parents tricked me into believing god existed, that was pretty ridiculous.
 

 

Well, thanks Postimees for giving your story! :)

 

 

 

 

That concludes the end of this newspaper! 

Read our last newspaper by clicking HERE!

Welcome! My name's Thunk and this is a guide on how to achieve the Music Cape in Alora!

 

The requirements for said cape are simple. 140 music tracks must be unlocked. It's going to look a little something like this   

 

 

 

Since a lot of quests/objectives that are in OSRS aren't in Alora (yet ) I picked these songs to collect for my cape.

 

 

How to get them? For this information, I'm going to break down where you have to go in order to be in the area that unlocks the Music track. 

 

 

7th Realm

Adventure

Al Kharid

Alone

Ambient Jungle

Arabian

Arabique

Army of Darkness

Arrival

Ballad of Enchantment

Bandit Camp

Barbarianism

Baroque

Big Chords

Body Parts

Bone Dry

Book of Spells

Borderland

Camelot

Cave Background

Cave of Beasts

City of the Dead

Close Quarters

Complication

Courage

Dance of the Undead

Dangerous Road

Dangerous Way

Dark

Deep Wildy

Desert Voyage

Doorways

Down to Earth

Dream

Dunjun

Egypt

Emotion

Emperor

Expanse

Faithless

Fanfare

Fenkenstrain's Refrain

Find My Way

Fishing 

Flute Salad

Forever

Frostbite

Garden

Gnome King

Gnome Village

Greatness

Ground Scape

Harmony

High Seas

HomeScape

Horizon

Ice Melody

In The Manor

In The Pits

Insect Queen

Inspiration

Island Life

Karamja Jam

Kingdom

Knightly

La Mort

Legion

Lightwalk

Long Way Home

Lullaby

Mage Arena

Magic Dance

Masquerade

Medieval

Mellow

Mellodrama

Miles Away

Miracle Dance

Miscellania

Monkey Madness

Newbie Melody

Nightfall

Nomad

Null and Void

Parade

Path of Peril

Pathways

Pheasant Peasant

Pirates of Peril

Regal

Righteousness

Riverside

Romper Chomper

Rune Essence 

Scape Cave

Scape Hunter

Scape Main

Scape Original

Scape Sad

Scape Santa

Scape Scared

Scape Soft

Scape Wild

Serene

Shine

Shining

Sojourn

Spendour

Start

Still Night

Stratosphere

Sunburn

Troubled

Undercurrent

Underground

Understanding

Unknown Land

Vision

Wander

Waterfall

Waterlogged

Wilderness

Wild Side

Wildwood

Witching

Wonder

Wonderous

Woodland

Workshop

Yesteryear

Zealot

 

After all of these have been unlocked, you're ready to buy your Music Cape! 

 

This is purchased from Mac, who stands next to the Slayer Master in Edgeville, for 1m.

 

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This is the hardest I've had to work to get a post out to y'all, but I enjoyed it a lot. I hope you do too! Good luck on exploring Gielinor and all it has to offer!

 

Much love, 

Thunk

I expected and called this, most are only in it for the money irl or money in-game, then go play their reg accounts.

 

Myself, i have a maxed account and like the challenge i have no intentions on giving up even if i'm the last Classic player i'd just treat it like an ironman but with worse xp.

 

Changing the game mode now may bring new players in yes BUT, offering rewards is tricky, many of us have grinded out drops already and let's say OMI changes it do a drop rate boost, many will be annoyed.

 

UIM is a gamemode not very many play and yet people still do for the challenge, likewise they'll do for this game mode after all those who just wanted the cash will leave, only the real players will stay on this mode. If they released this mode without the rewards how many would you think would actually try it? a handful. that's the only reason the game mode is dying, the handful that would play are still playing and grinding it out.

Hey guys,

 

Today’s update will prepare us for the first half of the Classic mode competition — the PvP tournament, which will be hosted later today at 5pm UTC (server time) by @uTorrent ! We urge you to participate if you’re a classic player, of course, and/or to watch if you are not. @Lowkey will be streaming the event, but you can also now view Battle Royale events with the latest command (::watchbr) included in this update.

 

Countdown to event:

https://www.timeandd...nt&font=cursive

 

You must register at least 15 minutes prior to the event by posting your Classic account name in the sign-up thread:

http://www.alora.io/...-pvp-tournament

 

Along with this, we’ve now added the ability for players to craft Cannonballs if they can amass 15,000 Slayer points for the mould! We’ve also listened to your suggestions for Raids and have tried our best to make the formula as fair and accurate as possible.

 

 

• Forum Loyalty program updated:
  • To account for the previous top record of 2,500 posts being broken (Congratulations @Diva !), we have added a new goal for everyone (Aka @Sheep) to reach:
    • 5,000 posts reward:
      • The never seen before, all new Rainbow Scarf!
      • Wily Hellcat
• NPC Pathfinding fixed:
  • Some NPCs were walking oddly (eg. Through pillar in the Inferno) since the last update. This has been patched.
• Magic fix:
  • When freezing a target (eg. Using Ice barrage), they would unfreeze if you were 11 steps away or further. This has been increased to 14 steps away before unfreeze.
• Abyssal tentacle whip now has a chance to poison your enemy for 4 damage.
  • The special attack yields an even higher chance of poisoning your opponent.
• Cannonball smithing is now available:
  • To create cannonballs, simply have an ammo mould in your inventory and use Steel bars on a furnace!
    • Ammo mould (tradable) can be purchased from the Slayer reward shop for 15,000 points.
• Raid points major changes:
  • Inactive players’ (logged out or left raid) points will be removed from the team total.
  • A major overhaul to the way Raids points affect your loot rate has been implemented:
    • It is now based on 3 factors:
      • Your points
      • Your points relative to the average # of points for your team this run
      • Your points relative to the average # of points that are historically obtained based on your team size
    • In this way, we are ensuring that players who do better than the rest of the team are suitably rewarded, but also that players who do better than average historically are rewarded.
• Battle Royale changes:
  • Southern waiting area is now a safe-zone (not used as a waiting area typically, but staff sometimes teleport players into there)
  • Administrators can now set a custom countdown timer for how long players will spend in the waiting room.
  • Ring of life/Defence cape will no longer teleport you out of here (or any other tele blocked area) 
  • You can now watch Battle Royale even if you are not participating! (Or have died)
    • Type ::watchbr to view the battle area.
      • You must be able to teleport, not already in the battle, and not in combat to be able to watch.
        • You can use the orb interface to move around the map.
• Achievements which have been made easier:
  • On a Roll:
    • Previously: Reach a 5 player killstreak
    • Now: Reach a 3 player killstreak
  • Rolling Stone:
    • Previously: Reach a 15 player killstreak
    • Now: Reach a 6 player killstreak
  • Slaughterhouse:
    • Previously: Kill 50 random players
    • Now: Kill 30 random players
      • Additionally, you can now kill any players to fulfill this achievement, even if they are low risk.
• Miscellaneous:
  • Examine prices fix:
    • When examining certain items, sometimes the wrong alch prices would be shown.
  • Olm fix in Raids:
    • Falling crystals will now do damage as intended (bug from last update)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We hope you all enjoy this update, and good luck to all of those who are participating in the tournament!

 

Regards,

Omicron

Hey guys,

There's been some big changes over the past period, here's the latest.

 

 

Congrats to everyone promoted and best of luck to those gone.

 

Blank
Alora Administration Team

Classic Mode

With the massive support for Classic mode, and many of us still on Summer vacation, there’s no better time to release Classic mode than now! Lets dive right into it:

Classic mode is a game mode that is more challenging than other game modes — it has the lowest experience rate of any previous mode. It has trading restrictions like ironman modes, but here’s the kicker: Classic mode players can trade between each other, meaning a Classic-only economy will exist! This is a bit different than the usual Ironman mode which makes it slightly less of a solo game style.

We’re looking to release this game mode this weekend! The planned release date is 9:00 PM Eastern time on Saturday, August 19th!

FAQ:

• What will be the experience rate?
  • 5x experience.
• Will experience boosts (well of goodwill, wilderness bonuses, vote book bonuses, etc) apply to Classic mode accounts?
  • Most boosts will not be applicable to Classic mode players!
    • With that being said, vote books WILL grant extra experience, but can only be opened once every 12 hours.
• Can I trade/stake other players?
  • You can only trade/stake other classic mode players. Of course, this means the Trading post is disabled for Classic mode players.
• Will there be an icon in-game for Classic players?
  • Yes! An icon with two swords crossed will be shown in-game for Classic mode players.
• Will shops be available?
  • Yes, although the items in the shops may be nerfed and adapted to suit the game mode.
• Will I be able to use the donation store?
  • Yes, although it will be similar to the ironman store where you can only purchase cosmetic and mid-tier items.
  • Some donator perks will be nerfed on this game mode.
• Are there any other things I should know about this mode?
  • Gold obtained from thieving will be at a lower rate than other game modes.
  • Bonds can be transferred between normal accounts, but vote books can only be transferred between Classic players.

 

Classic Mode Competition/Tournament

 

Huge thank to @uTorrent for organizing this event and coming up with the idea!

 

The release of Classic mode brings with it an exciting competition with huge prizes (Over $350 in cash, as well as many in-game prizes) to be won! To ensure that all players can participate, we have divided this competition into two sections:

• Classic Competition ($150 prize):
  • The Classic competition is our way of rewarding the players who put the most effort into their Classic mode accounts. Here's how it works:
    • Point-based event:
    • This event will last 10 days from the release of Classic mode.
    • Assuming the release is on Saturday the 18th at 9pm, this means that the competitition will end on Monday, August 28th at 9pm.
  • Points are earned for the following achievements:
    • All recorded drops, monsters killed, total level, and experience gained throughout this time period will award points. The top three players with the most points at the stopping time win prizes!
  • ​Points earned for:
    • Rare drops:
    • Points are given based on drop rate. A whip with a D.R of 1/400 will award 400 points. Every consecutive whip gives 20% less points until 20% (20% is minimum).
    • There is a maximum of 2,000 points for any particular drop.
  • Achievements
  •          10 points per easy task completed
  •          45 points per hard task completed
  • Monsters killed:
    • One point per 10 NPCs killed
    • 8500 total NPCs killed / 10 = 850 points for monsters killed.
  • Total level:
    • For total level, 2 points will be awarded for every level obtained.
  • Number of 99s (combat and non-combat):
    300 points per 99. 
  • Total experience:
    • For total experience, 10 points will be awarded per 1M experience obtained.
• Notes:
  • For recorded drops, players MUST obtain proof (via picture/video) of the item(s) & record the date and server time (for proof).
    • Only high tiered items will be counted. For example, Leaf-bladed items would not be counted.
  • The points calculations are subject to change.
  • At the end of the week, players need to submit their own portfolio of rare drops/total levels/total experience. We will verify everything on our end to make sure that no player has cheated.
• Rewards:
  • 1st Place:
    • $150 in cash OR $200 worth in tokens
  • 2nd Place:
    • 600 tokens OR 6 bonds
  • 3rd Place:
    • 400 tokens OR 4 bonds

• Classic PvP Tournament ($200 prize):
  • Similar to the Ironman tournament we held months ago, this tournament will open for registration a few days before it is held, and players will battle it out in a fight-to-the-death until only one competitor remains! This type of battle will be very interesting to watch, as we will see what style of combat players will choose and which items they have brought to the battle after their week long grind. The last man standing will take the full $200 prize, although 2nd and 3rd places will receive alternative prizes as shown below:
    • 1st Place:
    • $200 in cash OR $250 worth of tokens
  • 2nd Place:
    • 800 tokens OR 8 bonds
  • 3rd Place:
    • 500 tokens OR 5 bonds
• Rules:
  • The tournament will be 1v1 brackets. You must be registered before it begins.
  • You are limited to 9 Saradomin brews. Inventories will be checked before you fight, and you will be forced to stay within this limit.
    • We want the tournament to be fair and for the fights to last a reasonable amount of time, but not to take hours.
  • These rules are subject to change before the tournament begins.
    • A separate tournament thread will be created once registration opens.
• Our very own @Lowkey will be live-streaming and commentating the event, so you can watch it all unfold live!
• Schedule:
  • Tournament registration is undetermined, but will be announced soon. A new thread will be posted soon after the Classic mode release this weekend, wherein we will announce the exact time for the tournament.
  • As a rough estimate, it will be the weekend immediately after release (Between August 25-27) and will likely be held on the 27th of August.

Note: These two competitions are completely separate and you could choose to participate in one of them, both, or neither.

We hope you're as excited for this competition and game mode as we are, and we wish the best of luck to all who choose to participate in the competition/tournament.


Regards,
Omicron