28 May 2016 | Community | mod_robbie

Summer Special Offer – Get it Now! | New HiScores

The Summer Special is live now! Get 3 months of membership for the price of 2 and bag the exclusive Illumination aura that offers fantastic XP boosts and lets you take part in new Summer HiScores.

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Ensure you’re ready for a Summer of Adventure as loads of fantastic content approaches!

The best way to do this is to secure your membership with the summer special offer which comes at a great rate and includes an empowering in-game aura.


The offer is available right now but for a limited time only. Check it out while you can!


The Summer Special 2016 offer includes the following:

• 3 months of membership for the price of 2
• Illumination aura (becomes available from 1st June):
• +10% XP for one hour per day when activated
• +100% for one hour on every fifth activation
• Bonus XP that you would have earned during a +10% XP activation will be given to you as a lump sum once the activation ends (complete with a cool explosion animation!)
• XP earned while the aura is active contributes to the Summer HiScores (see section below)
• Awesome cosmetic effects (including wings!) while the aura is active

For any questions you have about this aura and related summer activities, please see a special FAQ in the forum thread for this news post.

With your membership all sorted you’ll be in prime position to enjoy the Summer of Adventure content including The Arc Islands, Gower quest, the return of The Beach and much much more.

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New Summer HiScores

Prove your mettle this summer by topping a series of new HiScores tables. From 1st June until 9th September, earn as much XP as possible in the window when your new Illumination aura is active. There is a table for each skill – so let’s see what you’re made of!

Ironmen are able to compete in the HiScores and activate the aura.

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Have a great rest of the weekend and we’ll see you next week!

The RuneScape Team

Aura seems nice, unless I misread 

Aura seems nice, unless I misread 

"+10% XP for one hour per day when activated" - This does not work with any skilling outfit or BXP. So...It's sort of nice, not great though.

"Bonus XP that you would have earned during a +10% XP activation will be given to you as a lump sum once the activation ends (complete with a cool explosion animation!)" --- What? I don't even understand.

Already got my aura because of gold membership. I saw somewhere on reddit that the aura was a bit better than enlight aura, lets just hope it does reset at reset since it is a daily aura.

Is this a new aura?

Is this a new aura?

It is, but anyone with the Enlightenment aura from the previous summer promotions will receive it automatically.

Quote from: Only Lilly on May 29, 2016, 11:08:09

Is this a new aura?

It is, but anyone with the Enlightenment aura from the previous summer promotions will receive it automatically.

Ok thanks

Quote from: Only Lilly on May 29, 2016, 11:08:09

Is this a new aura?

It is, but anyone with the Enlightenment aura from the previous summer promotions will receive it automatically.

Dont you only get aura if you have gold pack or buy a summer pack??

Quote from: Cryogen on May 29, 2016, 11:11:54

Quote from: Only Lilly on May 29, 2016, 11:08:09

Is this a new aura?

It is, but anyone with the Enlightenment aura from the previous summer promotions will receive it automatically.

Dont you only get aura if you have gold pack or buy a summer pack??

From the FAQ they posted on the official forums:

What's the Illumination aura, and what happened to the Enlightenment aura?

The Enlightenment aura has been replaced with the Illumination aura, which gives +10% XP for up to an hour each day, increasing to +100% for every fifth activation.

If you already own the Enlightenment aura, you will receive the Illumination aura automatically (in your bank, or with Xuan if your bank is full), and will be able to use it over the summer period, as long as you’re a member.

So having the Enlightenment aura is enough to get this new aura. If you aren't a Gold Premier Club member or don't have Enlightenment, then you have to get the summer package to obtain the new aura.

Are these high scores competitive?

Sucks that it doesn't stack with any other bonuses like skilling costumes, anyone have any ideas what the best use for it will be?

UPDATE!

Hey all,
We have seen your feedback on the Illumination Aura and as a result have made a few changes, before I go into them you all raised some fair points, such as:

• The Aura won't include the XP from any skill outfits so it isn't as efficient compared to the previous Enlightenment Aura.

As a result, this is what the Illumination Aura provides upon activation.

• Only base XP is tracked for the hiscores you can compete for the top spot!
• It will reset at 00:00 Game Time
• Uses all XP earned, including from Bonus XP, Skill Outfits, Clan Avatar, Refer a Friend, etc
• It no longer includes a Bonus XP explosion at the end of the aura.
• It will still grant a 10% XP boost for each day with a 100% xp boost for every 5 activations.
• After a fair amount of discussion, we've decided to allow gilded altars to keep consistent with the Enlightenment aura. Other XP boosts, such as clan avatars or Prayer bonus XP will be disabled on altars. So with the aura active, you will receive either 350%+350% on the 5th activation, or 350%+35% on other activations.
• Ironmen will get the Aura but will not get any Bonus XP nor will they get the 10% and 100% XP increases from the Aura.

With the following changes, you'll always gain more XP with the aura active now compared to the original Bonus XP bomb.
We hope this clears it up a bit!