...they will come.
Later. In a Whodunnit quest near you.
Here's some thoughts I had when constructing Fort Forinthry and completing the quest "New Foundations":
1.
While the POH has still faded into near obscurity, the Construction skill no longer feels aimless and dependent upon it.
Over the past few years, we've seen Construction as a skill slowly jump out of the house portal through updates like the God Statues D&D, portable workbenches, and Construction Contracts. These updates, while substantial in improving the mere training of the skill, missed the very important payoff of engaging with said training methods. The reward space. Fort Forinthry is
first piece of content
that is directly tied to Construction that actual provides rewarding purpose beyond providing the player with a really sick....teleport location that is literally useless otherwise. This does
not
mean that Jagex should ignore the POH, but it does remove the burden of having to train Construction simply because one -has- to for bigger goals such as the Max cape. The Fort provides some of the greatest hits from the House Party era, as well as new-agey skilling areas and remote access to various systems throughout Gielinor, encouraging the player to earn the Construction cape in the process.
2.
The amount of time spent building Fort Forinthry, even starting at 99, felt balanced.
I'm not going to review how actually trying to -level- Construction through Fort Forinthry's building and reinforcement works because I have no need to dive into that. However, it felt long enough from post-99 Construction that it wasn't forgettable and thus rewarding, yet short enough that you didn't get bored too quickly.
Quest Cape Owner since 2021
Maxed
- July 31st, 2022
