RS3 began the Pirates series of quests

In 2005, Runescape began the Pirates series of quests with "Rum Deal." Pirates is the story of the villainous, tentacle-armed Rabid Jack laying siege to the pirate foundation of Mos Le'Harmless, whose rum has also been spiked with a zombifying
representative. "It is your typical Lovecraftian pirate humor," David Osborne, Runescape lead designer, told Kotaku over email.

"Pieces of Hate" is the final quest in the Pirates series, which the development team has been working on bit by bit for more than ten years. The quest line obtained new quests every couple of decades. Prior to "Pieces of Hate," the most recent quest was 2011's "A Clockwork Syringe." As part of the March 19th upgrade, developer Jagex published "Pieces of Hate," giving gamers their final confrontation with Rabbid Jack to conserve the pirates of Mos Le'Harmless.

"While we would really like to say that we have planned the show to last 13 decades, we would be lying!" Osborne said. "We've been telling stories in the series for as long as we could get away with it, and our players have inexplicably let's"

Players have enjoyed the long-running quest series. "My favourite parts have just been the tone and comedy--creepy sea based terror combined with some very silly stuff," stated a Runescape participant called Maridiem over Reddit private messages. He has been playing the sport for 10 decades.

Long term players such as him are utilized to Runescape pursuit lines taking a very long time to finish. The Elven pursuit took 12 years to complete, he explained, and there is still one continuing exploration, the Desert series, that started in 2005. "While it is not unusual for a series to go on for a while, it is really lovely to find a different 'finale' of sorts," he said.

"Five distinct designers have composed quests in this series, and each has attempted to one-up another," Osborne stated. "That is the key to the show' longevity, but it's also the feel we need from it : increasingly overblown, farcical epics with experience
and humour in equal measure."

The team and the players alike were fond of the Pirates series' comedy. "[Players are] still discovering jokes that we have hidden," Osborne said. "One of those personalities was called 50% Luke, for instance, because he's had so many injuries that he is half-wooden. Well, an explosion causes chunks of the wood to come off, so he's become 66.6% Recurring Luke."

Even though "Pieces of Hate" is the finale for the Pirates series, Osborne isn't so sure the story is finished. "I think [the development team] are all conscious that the Pirates series will never truly be over," he said, "and some ridiculous contrivance
will cause everything to kick again."

According to Maridiem, there are some hints that it might continue. Get more RuneScape gold from our blog!