They spoke about their new plans for invention on the developer stream yesterday, and it seems it's going to be a new skill after all.


They start talking about it at 38:50

New podcast about it:

Some details about their current plans for invention:

• Will add to total level/appear on the skills interface just like any other skill
• Will be unlocked by having level 80 in three other skills (not sure which)
• Will be trained to level 120
• Will have a different experience formula (e.g. lvl 92 won't half way to 99, it won't be as "exponentially harsh" as the current xp formula)
• lvl 75+ gear will have levelable engeineering eversions (i.e. get better as you use them, like passive effects and such, with certain tresholds where the player chooses what effect to add, like amplifying a certain ability)
  
• Will be a semi-buyable skill (time based factors will weigh in, such as how much you've used to equipment you have created)
• ETA is late this year

I was always distraught over inventor being postponed, so this is excellent news!

Looks interesting but RIP max/comp cape

I'm pretty sure that they said that the elite skill was NOT going to be a new skill...I believe they said that they were talking about making an elite skill, which is basically more stuff to do with your current skills. (Maybe something to do with virtual 120s).

Also, I'm almost positive that they mentioned that it wouldn't intervener with the max cape (Unless that's the Virtual 120's)!

As I'm too lazy to watch the video and listen..You're welcome to quote me if I'm wrong on anything, or anything that is true.

I'm pretty sure that they said that the elite skill was NOT going to be a new skill...I believe they said that they were talking about making an elite skill, which is basically more stuff to do with your current skills. (Maybe something to do with virtual 120s).

Also, I'm almost positive that they mentioned that it wouldn't intervener with the max cape (Unless that's the Virtual 120's)!

As I'm too lazy to watch the video and listen..You're welcome to quote me if I'm wrong on anything, or anything that is true.

It depends on what discussion you are referring to, but I really recommend that you watch the stream, they start talking about it at 38:50 and talk for about 5 minutes. They mention that the reason they didn't want to make invention into a skill was because they didn't want to add meaningless low level content. That's when they decided that they would just improve current skills, but now they've thought of making it into an elite skill that unlocks at higher levels instead, which means the initial issue with pointless low level content has been resolved.

A tweet about it:

Nothing seems decided at the moment though. They have also opened up for the possibility of adding more elite skills in the future.

They have to make things that little bit harder, but I wonder when they will make it buy able and all the lazy ones will buy it.

Sorry if I sound so negative but its how I feel about things

As a lazy person, i'd love to buy it......

As a poor person, I hope I don't have to spend a dime on it.

Buyable skills are fun with money, tho im poor as fuck and can only afford semi-high methods

All I can say is excited, excited, excited.

I like the idea of it, always have.

But they have to get it right or it could just kill it for me!!

Also the discussion on the new client makes me excited

Podcast about invention and elite skills
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We have quite a lot of high tier gameplay coming in recently...wondering when mid tier is going to be improved?

interesting, glad their still working on big updates

Hopefully Elite skills please the old and new community of Runescape, i'm glad they are pushing for bigger updates.