2 Feb. 2015 Demon Flash Mobs – New Rewards and Rebalancing

Earth · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2015, 8:04 am

RuneScape.com wrote:

Demon Flash Mobs – New Rewards and Rebalancing

Demon Flash Mobs are brimstone-fresh today, with improved rewards and balancing. With aggressive combat familiars, demonic titles and much more up for grabs, it well worth your while to answer the flash mob call to arms.

Read on to find out more!

Baleful Balancing

First up, we've made battling the demon bosses a less punishing prospect. They’re no pushovers, and you’ll still need to team up to take them out, but the risks should now be more in line with the rewards:

Flash mob bosses' health and defence have been reduced.
Stuns applied by bosses' attacks now last only a third as long.
Healing applied to the bosses has been halved.
Bleed effects inflicted by demon flash mobs can now be cleared with the Freedom ability.
Bosses no longer cause bonus prayer damage against players using the Protect Item prayer.
Note that demon flash mobs now spawn every two hours, rather than hourly.

Wicked Rewards

There are dark delights aplenty on offer for those who take down a flash mob boss, including a number of new additions:

Aggressive Combat Familiars: loot a demon claw from the boss and – with 82 Summoning - make a brawler, executioner or deacon demon summoning pouch. These beasts are aggressive, so as long as you’re in combat, they’ll continually attack enemies of the type you’re currently engaged with – even if you’re not actively fighting yourself. They also have an AoE special attack.
Demonic Titles: get the infernal honorific you deserve with title scrolls, obtained as drops from flash mob bosses. There are 14 titles to collect in all.
Finally, we’ve ensured that a boss always yields enough loot for at least five players. If fewer than five players contribute to a boss's downfall, the excess loot will be divided among them.

Enjoy!

Have fun taking down some fiery foes and reaping some rich rewards. Let us know what you think over on the forums.

Mod Deg and the RuneScape Team

In Other News

Four new sets of wings are in stock now in Solomon's Store.
Players can now quickly change worlds from in-game by opening the options menu (by pressing Esc) and selecting "Hop worlds", thanks to our dedicatedly deadly Ninja Team.
Read the patch notes for other updates released today.

Adbot · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2015, 8:04 am

Arceus · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2015, 3:27 pm

The world hop option is easily the highlight of the update. The only thing missing is a column there to check ping.

Earth · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2015, 4:43 pm

Arceus wrote:

The world hop option is easily the highlight of the update. The only thing missing is a column there to check ping.

Yep, I agree
Grats on Adamant member, by the way

Arceus · **Posted:** February 5th, 2015, 2:52 pm

Lol thanks, sometimes the limiting factor seems like the number of topics to post on/reply to and I don't want to keep making spam

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Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

Arceus wrote:

Lol thanks, sometimes the limiting factor seems like the number of topics to post on/reply to and I don't want to keep making spam

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You aren't the first one to have that thought. :lol:

Don't worry about spamming. If you want to post, just go for it. As long as you are saying alkdfal;skdfjalghalgj, you aren't spamming.

On topic, yes, the world hop feature is the biggest part of this update imo. Convenience is king when it comes to gaming.

Earth · **Posted:** February 10th, 2015, 10:53 am

Arceus wrote:

Lol thanks, sometimes the limiting factor seems like the number of topics to post on/reply to and I don't want to keep making spam

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We like it when people post! :wink:

Adbot · **Posted:** February 10th, 2015, 10:53 am

Arceus · **Posted:** February 10th, 2015, 11:25 am

Really? Let's put that theory to the test. s;ldkfsd assasd.

JUST KIDDING! Don't ban me please

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Getting back to the topic at hand though, it seems the spawn rate from the demons is being reduced back from every two hours to its original hourly rate. That didn't last very long, did it?