Optimus

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Optimus is a second 'bot nuke' originally planned for release in March, but has since been delayed and may be released in June. Mod Mark has also confirmed a full FPS fix will be released along with this update. The anticipation of Optimus in May has led to a large increases in prices of botted items. This is down to the "See The Future" forum post.

There has been much speculation on the target of Optimus. Although widely believed to be aimed at only colour bots, the Optimus bot nuke will target the more popular injection and reflection bots, and removing colour bots will be a side-project - as shown in the quote below.

“	"We’re already well underway with our next generation of anti-botting software called Optimus, which is going to be released shortly, and we’re also currently developing ways to remove the remaining screen-scraper bots from the game."	”
	— Mark Gerhard RuneScape News

Game Engine & CM Q&A

Mod Philip confirmed in the Game Engine & CM Q&A of 13 April 2012 that they are working on Optimus and that they also have other things planned to stop the bots.

“	I can't say too much about the release date, as we don't want to tell the botters too much about how we are getting on. However, I can tell you that we are working on it at the moment, and we are hoping to be able to get rid of the bots again in the near future, and keep on kicking them while they are down, so that they can't get up again... Optimus should help us to do this, as should some other things we are working on (it is not by any means the only trick up our sleeves). Watch this space... (sorry I can't tell you more).	”
	— Mod Philip

In that same Q&A Mod Chirs E said that Optimus is close to release and that it's related to the FPS fix as Mod Mark said earlier.