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Tenembre said :
Arch is kinda. Weird. It feels like an excuse to refine other skill's. Meta without gear. But it really isn't something onto itself. A lot of other skills are used to affect a second skill, but those generally produce a product that bestows the effect (like jewelry, potions, etc). The next skill should be something that pays off entirely in its own sphere (kinda like what hunter did).this isn't to say there can't be overlap but it shouldn't just be about reshaping other skills.
Now that you bring up hunter, that's one of the worst skills too alongside firemaking, as it's both tedious and largely useless until you get to very high levels.
We really don't need another hunter.
Well most of the skills in Runescape's early years are really tedious and largely useless. They are not suitable for modern day players.
If you take a look at the more modern day skills released in the last 10 years, Archaeology, Invention, Dungeoneering and such all have the Elite or Super skill DNA in their blood as they cover a lot of other skills and game features too.
I can see easily, following this trend, the next skill will be something that leads us to uncharted new content and covers a varieties of existing skills.
That's why I envision the coming of Aviation in the future because it makes a whole lot of sense we need this skill for the lore (Abinnah, Iaia, etc) and it possibly can covers a lot of other skills like Construction (new player owned structures floating in the sky, airbases, etc), Invention (Avansie technologies of course... like UFOs), Agility (flying over mountain like obstacles), Hunting (catching flying creatures like dragons and dinosaurs)... the list is neverending...
I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky...
Tenembre said :
Arch is kinda. Weird. It feels like an excuse to refine other skill's. Meta without gear. But it really isn't something onto itself. A lot of other skills are used to affect a second skill, but those generally produce a product that bestows the effect (like jewelry, potions, etc). The next skill should be something that pays off entirely in its own sphere (kinda like what hunter did).this isn't to say there can't be overlap but it shouldn't just be about reshaping other skills.
Now that you bring up hunter, that's one of the worst skills too alongside firemaking, as it's both tedious and largely useless until you get to very high levels.
We really don't need another hunter.
Well most of the skills in Runescape's early years are really tedious and largely useless. They are not suitable for modern day players.
If you take a look at the more modern day skills released in the last 10 years, Archaeology, Invention, Dungeoneering and such all have the Elite or Super skill DNA in their blood as they cover a lot of other skills and game features too.
I can see easily, following this trend, the next skill will be something that leads us to uncharted new content and covers a varieties of existing skills.
That's why I envision the coming of Aviation in the future because it makes a whole lot of sense we need this skill for the lore (Abinnah, Iaia, etc) and it possibly can covers a lot of other skills like Construction (new player owned structures floating in the sky, airbases, etc), Invention (Avansie technologies of course... like UFOs), Agility (flying over mountain like obstacles), Hunting (catching flying creatures like dragons and dinosaurs)... the list is neverending...
I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky...
06-Jul-2020 18:09:01
At this point I would rather see them simply update existing skills. So many are dragging years behind in their viability and leveling: why do I need 90 Fletching and Woodcutting to make a level 65 shortbow?
Why do I need to get level 40+ Crafting for a basic level 20 ranged armor or level 93 for a level 65 armor?
Why does Crafting handle the few magic weapons we can make and not RuneCrafting?
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For better or worse, the Mining and Smithing update shows what they need to do for most, if not all gathering and processing skills, and I've always liked to use Daemonheim as a great example of how the surface game should operate.
While it has had its fair share of controversy, the economies in Dungeoneering are a miniature version of the rest of the game:
Hunter should feed into Ranged armor in Crafting with bits of Fletching, Woodcutting, Smithing for weaponry.
Farming should feed into Magic armor in Crafting (or even toss it into RC too, I dunno!) with bits of Woodcutting, Fletching, RuneCrafting for weaponry.
Properly tiered, basic stuff.
Then we can look at reorganizing the horrible armor classification system and bring actual use to stuff outside of Power armor while making shields not just glorified swaps. (Hello damage reduction? You there? DPS race here, I need a break.)
THEN we can look at adding some new skills, IMO.
Archaeology is... A variably decent skill. It has its uses but they definitely outdid themselves in bringing a large chunk of lore into the game despite having this massive quest drought from over the years...
I'd prefer they lean back into the XP curve for elite skills though. The classic 13m/104m 99/120 curve is way too brutal to properly scale modern playstyles to.
Why do I need to get level 40+ Crafting for a basic level 20 ranged armor or level 93 for a level 65 armor?
Why does Crafting handle the few magic weapons we can make and not RuneCrafting?
¯\_(
_/¯
For better or worse, the Mining and Smithing update shows what they need to do for most, if not all gathering and processing skills, and I've always liked to use Daemonheim as a great example of how the surface game should operate.
While it has had its fair share of controversy, the economies in Dungeoneering are a miniature version of the rest of the game:
Hunter should feed into Ranged armor in Crafting with bits of Fletching, Woodcutting, Smithing for weaponry.
Farming should feed into Magic armor in Crafting (or even toss it into RC too, I dunno!) with bits of Woodcutting, Fletching, RuneCrafting for weaponry.
Properly tiered, basic stuff.
Then we can look at reorganizing the horrible armor classification system and bring actual use to stuff outside of Power armor while making shields not just glorified swaps. (Hello damage reduction? You there? DPS race here, I need a break.)
THEN we can look at adding some new skills, IMO.
Archaeology is... A variably decent skill. It has its uses but they definitely outdid themselves in bringing a large chunk of lore into the game despite having this massive quest drought from over the years...
I'd prefer they lean back into the XP curve for elite skills though. The classic 13m/104m 99/120 curve is way too brutal to properly scale modern playstyles to.
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07-Jul-2020 12:09:37 - Last edited on 07-Jul-2020 12:11:52 by Charge-14
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