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Dilbert2001
Jun Member 2006

Dilbert2001

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Rewards buffed and should have been hotfixed now:

https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/vorkath-battle-of-forinthry---feedback-update#

Drop rate of codex and new armor materials increased. Some low value items like stone spirits replaced with high value items like Black Stone Hearts. Interesting, why Black Stone Hearts... so Vorkath may have something to do with the Blackstone too perhaps.

Hard mode loot gets 8 rolls instead of 6, so 33.33% increased in value of loot and significant better than normal mode loot.

Fix on mechanics, balances will come on next week's update. The new Lords of Bones ability is getting buffed too, good news for necromancers.

24-Nov-2023 19:51:22

H 1 L D A
Apr Member 2020

H 1 L D A

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"we're going to leave the giant where they are, we're gonna save the fast-track to Vorkath for hard mode"

BUT WHY?

Having to deal with the Siege Phase in any capacity makes me less likely to want to fight the boss at all, which is the opposite feeling of trying to get good enough to get HM kc.
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27-Nov-2023 06:24:39

Dilbert2001
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Dilbert2001

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H 1 L D A said :
"we're going to leave the giant where they are, we're gonna save the fast-track to Vorkath for hard mode"

BUT WHY?

Having to deal with the Siege Phase in any capacity makes me less likely to want to fight the boss at all, which is the opposite feeling of trying to get good enough to get HM kc.

We can skip to the Western camp giant in normal mode. The whole fight is very short actually.

"NM Vorkath speedrunning (1:16.8 pr)" - Glotzfrosch

A sub-2-minute boss fight for BiS T95 Ranged gear among other new items for both Ranged and Necromancy is actually more appealing than other BiS loot dropping bosses.

27-Nov-2023 17:09:38 - Last edited on 27-Nov-2023 18:43:14 by Dilbert2001

Crone924
Sep Member 2006

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"BUT WHY?"

After reading the feedback update (which has a lot of "we hear you, but this is what we're doing anyway", i.e. "we want the fast-track to Vorkath to be an incentive to push yourself to try Hard Mode&quot ;) it seems more of the idea behind the necro rollout in that everybody gonna boss, and boss hard.

It's good for us, right? lolol

27-Nov-2023 18:24:57

Dilbert2001
Jun Member 2006

Dilbert2001

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Crone924 said :
"BUT WHY?"

After reading the feedback update (which has a lot of "we hear you, but this is what we're doing anyway", i.e. "we want the fast-track to Vorkath to be an incentive to push yourself to try Hard Mode&quot ;) it seems more of the idea behind the necro rollout in that everybody gonna boss, and boss hard.

It's good for us, right? lolol

Necromancy is the 4th ever
Combat
Style. Of coure, the main purpose of a
combat
style is for
combat
. Combat doesn't only mean bossing though, you can use Necromancy on many mobs and do better the other 3 combat styles too.

As for Hard Mode Vorkath, they are not pushing players to do HM. Being an Average Joe pvmer I will still normal mode because it is much quicker and easier than high enrage Zammy and such that drop BiS gear. HM are for advanced pvmers. It is really our choices for the kind of players we are.

27-Nov-2023 20:20:02

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