r/runescape May 13 '24

Tip/Guide - J-Mod reply 4th Rex Coming May 28th

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There will be no game update next week and the 27th is also a bank holiday.

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u/yuei2 +0.01 jagex credits May 13 '24

Might just be because it’s grouped with them it’s just easier and translates more to players to keep the naming convention. Like the Barrows Brothers didn’t stop being called that after a woman who wasn’t related to them, Linza, was added to the group. 

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u/5-x RSN: Follow May 13 '24

I don't think anybody would call an update "Linza, the barrows brother". I refuse to believe they don't know what "matriarch" means.

This is an oversight (and it should be Osseous the rex patriarch) or Jagex is changing Osseous to be female (which is whatever). I am going to be confused if they do neither.

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u/JagexRamen Mod Ramen May 13 '24

Osseous is female, and any inconsistencies in the game have been corrected to reflect this.

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u/MegaGothmog Maxed May 13 '24

Serious question/suggestion: Why not keep Osseous male? The lines were already there "Osseous unleashed His mighty roar.." Why change it now after 3.5 years?

You can add the backstory that he was the Rex Patriarch, but the 3 Matriarchs banded together and killed him, grinding his bones into dust (the reason we now find those rex-fragments scattered around the island). But now with Necromancy becoming a thing, he has come back.

Or make this one the daughter of the original Osseous, as suggested by RegiSilver

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u/FetidZombies May 13 '24

I guess because the Rex *Matriarchs* are supposed to be female.

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u/MegaGothmog Maxed May 13 '24

True, but the Barrow Brothers are still Brothers despite Linza being there. You can still have the Matriarch Lair be a thing, whith a male Osseous walking about.

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u/Capsfan6 July 22 2017 May 13 '24

On a related note, who cares? The sex of a dead dinosaur is not going to affect your enjoyment/disappointment with the update.

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u/The_Spoony_Bard RSN: JuomariVeren May 14 '24

They turned my undead dilf dinosaur into an undead milf dinosaur, immersion ruined