Having 5 or more members in a clan means you can build your own castle in the sky, giving ”unmatched customisation and freedom”. Player made battlegrounds.
”This expansion fills RuneScape’s horizon with a multitude of floating castles, offering in-game clans a much-anticipated unique and fully customisable gameplay experience,” said developer Jagax Studios in their press release.
”From today, any clan with five or more RuneScape members will be able to take ownership of its own Citadel.” There are over 200,000 clans in MMO Runescape.
”Clan Citadels are set to break the mould for group gaming in MMOs by offering players unmatched customisation and freedom to create user-generated multiplayer content.”
What exactly do the clans get to customise? Well they ”choose from four initial Citadel layouts and propel their Citadel into glorious sunshine or perpetual night. Players then have unrestricted customisation options for their castle keep, and can add a range of banners and flags, flying the colours of their clan for all to see,” explained the release.
The main highlight though of this expansion is the clan battlefields feature, ”presenting unique sandbox environments allowing clans to generate their own gameplay, a RuneScape first.” An editor lets users ”generate their own combat scenarios and multiplayer games.”
”Clans can create any activity, including simple capture-the-flag games, deathmatches, ball games, mazes, and any combination of these. Once the battlegrounds are fine-tuned, players can challenge other clans to participate in large-scale battles and competitions.”
Clan Citadels can be upgraded through seven tiers, says Jagex, ”unlocking more space, skilling hotspots, impressive elements and special features. These include skilling zones, portal grounds, meeting areas, a senate, dragon perch, and party room.”
“Today is a historic day for RuneScape, as we release the biggest expansion of the year and our largest ever community update. We have been looking for a unique and innovative way to provide new multiplayer features to the game, and we are hugely excited to see what the community makes of this update,” said RuneScape VP, Daniel Clough.
”The popularity of our in-game clans is staggering, with more than 1.3 million players signing up since our last clan update in April and, as you would expect, the level of anticipation for this update is unprecedented.”
”Our ambitious plan has always been to make RuneScape’s clan support the envy of the MMO world, and we are confident that Clan Citadels can do just that,” he added.
For more information about the arrival of Clan Citadels visit the official Runescape website. Check out the trailer below for the new flying fortresses.
