From today, the future of Rsroleplay is in your hands. Through frequent polls - voted on in-game through the Community interface - you'll set the course for Rsroleplay's content updates. You'll vote on the order of our most anticipated releases; set the tone for our holiday events; decide which monsters are in need of a drop table rework, and much more.
From now on, almost everything headed for the game goes through you first. With your input into every major update we release, we'll make Rsroleplay the game that you want to play.
You Decide
You can access the new poll system in the game itself. Open the Community (previously Social) interface, and you'll find the polls under the 'Vote Now!' tab.
Note that the quick polls displayed on the Rsroleplay homepage itself are not part of the Power to the Players system. We'll be adding a way to vote in the new polls to the RuneScape homepage soon.
Polls are divided into three types:
Dragonstone polls are where you'll decide the direction of the game - voting on topics that define what Rsroleplay is. You'll see our biggest blockbuster updates polled in the Dragonstone category - as seen in this month's Invention vs Elf City poll - as well as core mechanical changes, and other game-changing updates. There'll be just one Dragonstone poll each month, usually running for its entire duration.
Diamond polls cover major updates, or changes to key game features. You'll see two Diamond polls each month, running for up to a fortnight each.
Ruby polls get down to the nitty-gritty. They'll tend to be about specific aspects of upcoming updates, or content that caters to a specific group of players. You'll get three or four Ruby polls each month, each running for around a week.
There are three polls up and running already, which will stay open during the listed date ranges:
Dragonstone: Invention Skill vs the Elf City (13th January - 31st January)
In this month's big poll, you'll decide which of two hotly anticipated updates we create first: the Invention skill, or the Elf City.
Diamond: Drop Table Improvement (13th January - 20th January)
Decide which type of enemy you'd like to be less miserly with their drops, out of beasts, demons, elementals and ghosts. Alternatively, you can say they're all fine as they are.
Ruby: Decide on Maps for a New Minigame (13th January - 20th January)
We've got a doozy of a new minigame coming up soon, featuring instanced maps that are themed around iconic RuneScape regions. We've decided on several themes already, but here's your chance to pick one more: Ashdale, Canifis, Isafdar, the Wilderness, Zanaris, or none of these suggestions.
The following polls are coming later this month:
Diamond: Decide on a Spring Holiday Event (20th - 31st January)
Do you like your springtime celebrations traditional - an Easter-based theme, complete with bunnies and chocolate eggs aplenty - or would you prefer something different: an ape-vs-vegetable clash between Marimbo and Brassica Prime?
Ruby: Which New Dragon Would You Like? (20th to 27th January)
Choose which type of draconic foe you'd most like to tangle with: alchemical, celestial, gemstone, runescape gold, or none of these.
Ruby: Should We Reduce the Number of Worlds? (27th to 31st January)
Reducing the number of game worlds would make those that remain livelier, with more players around to trade, talk and adventure with. Would you like us to do this, or would you prefer to keep the number of worlds as they are?